[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 46 (Monday, March 9, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 13634]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-04731]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Approval of a Boundary Expansion for the Guana Tolomato Matanzas 
National Estuarine Research Reserve

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

ACTION: Notice of approval of boundary expansion and availability of a 
final environmental assessment; finding of no significant impact.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with applicable federal regulations, notice is 
hereby given that NOAA's Office for Coastal Management approved the 
final environmental assessment of a proposed boundary expansion for the 
Guana Tolomato Matanzas (GTM) National Estuarine Research Reserve in 
Florida. NOAA determined that the boundary expansion would not have 
significant environmental impacts and, therefore, issued a finding of 
no significant impact (FONSI). The final environmental assessment 
describes the alternatives considered, including the preferred 
alternative to add three parcels to the existing approved boundary, 
which would result in a net increase in size of 3,346.44 acres to the 
boundary. NOAA prepared a draft environmental assessment to analyze the 
effects of the requested expansion and solicited public comment before 
approving the request. The purpose of this notice is to inform the 
public of NOAA's approval of the boundary expansion and of the 
availability of the final environmental assessment.

ADDRESSES: The final environmental assessment and FONSI can be 
downloaded or viewed at https://coast.noaa.gov/czm/compliance/. The 
document is also available by sending a written request to the point of 
contact identified below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephanie Robinson of NOAA's Office 
for Coastal Management by email at [email protected], phone at 
(843) 740-1174, or mail at 2234 South Hobson Avenue, Charleston, SC 
29405.

(Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1451 et seq.)

Keelin S. Kuipers,
Deputy Director, Office for Coastal Management, National Ocean Service, 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
[FR Doc. 2020-04731 Filed 3-6-20; 8:45 am]
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