[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 156 (Tuesday, August 13, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 52709]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-20641]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Extension of Waiting Period for the Final Environmental Impact 
Statement/Final Management Plan (FEIS/FMP) for the Proposed San 
Francisco Bay National Estaurine 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: Extension of waiting 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, is extending the 30-day waiting 
period for the Final Environmental Impact Statement/Management Plan 
(FEIS/FMP) for the proposed San Francisco Bay National Estuarine 
Research Reserve to August 26, 2002. The availability of the FEIS/FMP 
was announced on July 16, 2002 (67 FR 46637) with the waiting period 
ending on August 19, 2002. The time extension is due to mailing delays 
on the FEIS/FMP. 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 
26, 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, Chief, Estuarine 
Reserves Division, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, 
National Ocean Service, NOAA 1305 East West Highway, N/ORM5, Silver 
Spring, Maryland 20910, (301) 713-3155, Extension 158. Copies of the 
FEIS/FMP are available upon request to the Estuarine Reserves Division.

    Dated: August 9, 2002.
Alan Neuschatz,
Chief Financial Officer/Chief Administrative Officer for Ocean Services 
and Coastal Zone Management.
Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog Number 11.420 (Coastal Zone 
Management) Research Reserves

[FR Doc. 02-20641 Filed 8-12-02; 8:45 am]
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