[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 168 (Wednesday, August 30, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51575-51576]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-7263]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


National Estuarine Research Reserve System

AGENCY: 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 Public Comment Period for the Revised Management 
Plan for the Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Estuarine Reserves Division, 
Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, National Ocean 
Service,

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), U.S. Department 
of Commerce is announcing a thirty day public comment period on the 
Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve Management Plan 
Revision which will begin on the day this announcement is published. 
Comments should be sent within the comment period in hard copy or e-
mail to Patricia Delgado at [email protected] or NOAA's 
Estuarine Reserves Division, 1305 East-West Highway, N/ORM5, 10th 
floor, Silver Spring, MD 20910.
    The Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve was 
designated in 1979 pursuant to Section 315 of the Coastal Zone 
Management Act of 1972, as amended, 16 U.S.C. 1461. The Reserve has 
been operating under a management plan approved in 1985. Pursuant to 15 
CFR 921.33(c), a state must revise its management plan every five 
years. The submission of this plan fulfills this requirement and sets a 
course for successful implementation of the goals and objectives of the 
reserve.
    This plan is a significant revision of the original management plan 
developed for the Reserve. For the revision, the Reserve used a 
collaborative approach, which focused on integrating the Reserve's 
programs in order to better achieve conservation success. The plan 
describes the Reserve's long-term conservation goals and details the 
process involved in identifying those goals. It also maps out the 
objectives and strategies that the Reserve will use over the next five 
years in order to move toward accomplishing its goals. The plan also 
provides an overview of the Reserve's research and monitoring, 
education, stewardship, coastal training, volunteer, and administration 
programs and describes the Reserve's plan for public access, 
acquisition, and facilities.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patricia Delgado at (301) 563-1147 or 
Kate Barba at (301) 563-1182 of NOAA's National Ocean Service, 
Estuarine Reserves Division, 1305 East-West Highway, N/ORM5, 10th 
floor, Silver Spring, MD 20910. For copies of the Delaware Management 
Plan revision, visit http://www.elkhornslough.org/.

    Dated: August 24, 2006.
David M. Kennedy,
Director, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
[FR Doc. 06-7263 Filed 8-29-06; 8:45 am]
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