[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 8 (Friday, January 11, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 1441]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-588]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Public Hearing on the Supplement to the Draft Environmental 
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, Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Public hearing notice.

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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 hold a public hearing for the 
purpose of receiving comments on the Supplement to 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 Supplement to the DEIS/
DMP addresses research, monitoring, education and resource protection 
needs for the proposed reserve.
    The Estuarine Reserves Division will hold a public hearing at 7:00 
p.m. on February 13th, at Pittsburg, California City Hall, 65 Civic 
Avenue, Pittsburg, CA 94565.
    The views of interested persons and organizations on the adequacy 
of the Supplement to the DEIS/DMP are solicited, and may be expressed 
orally and/or in written statements. Presentations will be scheduled on 
a first-come, first-heard basis, and may be limited to a maximum of 
five (5) minutes. The time allotment may be extended before the hearing 
when the number of speakers can be determined. All comments received at 
the hearing will be considered in the preparation of the Final 
Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) and Final Management Plan.
    The comment period for the Supplement to the DEIS/DMP will end on 
February 26, 2002. 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/ORM2, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Copies of the Supplement to 
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

    Dated: January 4, 2002.
Jamison S. Hawkins,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal Zone, 
Management.
[FR Doc. 02-588 Filed 1-10-02; 8:45 am]
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