[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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