[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 244 (Thursday, December 21, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60588-60589]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-27514]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


National Estuarine Research Reserve System

AGENCY: Stewardship Division, Office for Coastal Management, National 
Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public comment period for the San Francisco Bay, 
California National Estuarine Research Reserve management plan 
revision.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Stewardship Division, Office 
for Coastal Management, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce is announcing a 
thirty (30) day public comment period for the revised management plan 
for San Francisco Bay, California National Estuarine Research Reserve 
management plan revision.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to 15 CFR 921.33(c), a state must 
periodically update their management plan for a National Estuarine 
Research Reserve. The San Francisco Bay Reserve

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revised plan will replace the plan previously approved in 2010. NOAA 
issues this notice of a public comment period for the revised plan 
under 15 CFR 921.33 (a).
    The revised management plan outlines a strategic plan; 
administrative structure; research and monitoring, education, 
stewardship, wetland science and training programs of the reserve; 
resource protection and manipulation plans, restoration management 
plan; public access and visitor use plan; considerations for future 
land acquisition; and facility development to support reserve 
operations.
    The San Francisco Bay Reserve takes an integrated approach to 
management, linking research, education, coastal training, and resource 
management functions. The reserve has outlined how it will manage 
administration and its core programs, providing detailed actions that 
will enable it to accomplish specific goals and objectives. Since the 
last management plan, the reserve has built out its core research 
programs and monitoring infrastructure; conducted an educational market 
analysis and needs assessment to understand current needs of teachers 
and underserved audiences; updated the coastal training program 
strategy and expanded the program partnerships, expanded stewardship 
program and developed resource management plans.
    There will be no boundary change with the approval of the revised 
management plan. The management plan will serve as the guiding document 
for the 3,710-acre San Francisco Bay Reserve.
    View the San Francisco Bay Reserve management plan revision on 
their website, at http://www.sfbaynerr.org/resource-library/reserve-plans-reports/sf-bay-nerr-managment-plan_oct-25/, and provide comments 
to Christine Metzger, [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bree Turner at (206) 526-4641 or 
Kimberly Texeira at (240) 533-0722 of NOAA's National Ocean Service, 
Stewardship Division, Office for Coastal Management, 1305 East-West 
Highway, N/ORM5, 10th floor, Silver Spring, MD 20910.

    Dated: November 30, 2017.
Keelin Kuipers,
Acting Deputy Director, Office for Coastal Management, National Ocean 
Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
[FR Doc. 2017-27514 Filed 12-20-17; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 3510-08-P