[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 136 (Tuesday, July 16, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 46637]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-17850]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement/Final 
Management Plan for the Proposed San Francisco Bay National Estuarine 
Research Reserve

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: Notice of availability.

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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, has published the Final 
Environmental Impact Statement/Management Plan (FEIS/FMP) for the 
proposed San Francisco Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. The 
FEIS/FMP addresses research, monitoring, education, and resource 
protection needs for the proposed reserve.
    If no substantive comments have been submitted to NOAA by August 
19, 2002, a notice of availability of a Record of Decision will be 
published in the Federal Register and a Designation Document will be 
signed by the Under Secretary of NOAA and the Director of the Romberg 
Tiburon Center of the San Francisco State University.

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, Maryland 20910. Copies of the FEIS/FMP 
are available upon request to the Estuarine Reserves Division.

(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog Number 11.420 (Coastal Zone 
Management) Research Reserves)

    Dated: June 28, 2002.
Jamison S. Hawkins,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal Zone, 
Management.
[FR Doc. 02-17850 Filed 7-15-02; 8:45 am]
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