[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 101 (Thursday, May 25, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30121-30122]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-4858]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Notice of Designation of the Mission-Aransas National Estuarine 
Research Reserve in Texas

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

ACTION:  Notice of Designation and availability of Notice of Record of 
Decision.

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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 the Mission Aransas estuary in 
Texas as the Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve
    On May 3, 2006, Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and 
Atmosphere Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr. USN (Ret.), signed 
a record of decision and a findings of designation for the Mission-
Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve in Texas 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 
Reserve duly received certification from the State of Texas Coastal 
Coordination Council that 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: Laurie McGilvray (301) 713-3155 x158, 
Estuarine Reserves Division, Office of

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Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, National Ocean Service, NOAA, 
1305 East West Highway, N/ORM5, Silver Spring, MD 20910. A copy of the 
Record of Decision for each Reserve is available upon request.

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

    Dated: May 16, 2006.
Doug Brown,
Acting Director, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management.
[FR Doc. 06-4858 Filed 5-24-06; 8:45 am]
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