[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 160 (Friday, August 17, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 43216]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-20690]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Public Comment Period for the Draft Environment Impact Statement 
and Draft Management Plan for the Proposed San Francisco Bay National 
Estuarine Research Reserve in California

AGENCY: The Estuarine Reserves Division, Office of Ocean and Coastal 
Resource Management, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Public hearing notice; extension of public comment period.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Estuarine Reserves Division, 
of the Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management (OCRM), National 
Ocean Service (NOS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
(NOAA), U.S. Department of Commerce, will extend the public comment 
period for the purpose of receiving comments on the Draft Environmental 
Impact Statement and Draft Management Plan (DEIS/DMP) prepared on the 
proposed designation of the San Francisco Bay National Estuarine 
Research Reserve in California. The DEIS/DMP addresses research, 
monitoring, education and resource protection needs for the proposed 
reserve.

DATES: The comment period for the DEIS/DMP which published on June 29, 
2001 (66 FR 34618) will be extended to August 31, 2001. All written 
comments received by this deadline will be considered in the 
preparation of the FEIS.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Laurie McGilvray (301) 713-3155 
extension 158, Estuarine Reserves Division, Office of Ocean and Coastal 
Resource Management, National Ocean Service, NOAA, 1305 East-West 
Highway, N/ORM5, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Copies of the Draft 
Environmental Impact Statement/Draft Management Plan are available upon 
request to the Estuarine Reserves Division.

(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog Number 11.420 (Coastal Zone 
Management) Research Reserves)
Gary C. Matlock,
Acting Director for the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science.
[FR Doc. 01-20690 Filed 8-16-01; 8:45 am]
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