[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 179 (Tuesday, September 16, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 54204]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-23539]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Notice of Designation of the San Francisco Bay National Estuarine 
Research Reserve, California

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

ACTION: Notice of designation.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), U.S. Department of Commerce, has 
designated certain lands and waters of San Francisco Bay in California 
as the San Francisco Bay National Esturaine Research Reserve.
    On August 27, 2003, Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Under 
Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere, signed findings designating the 
San Francisco Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in California 
pursuant to Section 315 of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, as 
amended, 16 U.S.C. 1461, and its implementing regulations at 15 CFR 
part 921. The State of California Coastal Zone Management Program has 
certified that the Reserve designation is consistent to the maximum 
extent practicable with its program. A copy of the official Record of 
Decision is available for public review from NOAA's Office of Ocean and 
Coastal Resource Management at the address below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nina Garfield at (301) 713-3155, 
extension 171, Estuarine Reserves Division, Office of Ocean and Coastal 
Resource Management, National Ocean Service, NOAA, 1305 East West 
Highway, N/ORM5, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910.

    Dated: September 9, 2003.
Jamison S. Hawkins,
Deputy Assistant Administrator, Ocean Services and Coastal Zone 
Management, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
[FR Doc. 03-23539 Filed 9-15-03; 8:45 am]
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