[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 109 (Friday, June 5, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 34601]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-12223]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Approval of a Boundary Expansion for the Elkhorn Slough 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 the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
(NOAA)'s Office for Coastal Management approved the final environmental 
assessment of a proposed boundary expansion for the Elkhorn Slough 
National Estuarine Research Reserve in Watsonville, California. 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 nine parcels to and remove one parcel from the 
existing approved boundary, which would result in a net increase of 
299.773 acres in size to the boundary. NOAA prepared a draft 
environmental assessment to analyze the effects of the requested 
changes and solicited public comment before approving the request [84 
FRN 57702]. 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 (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elaine Vaudreuil of NOAA's Office for 
Coastal Management, by email at [email protected], phone at 
240-533-0821, or mail at: 1305 East-West Hwy., N/OCM, Silver Spring, MD 
20910.

    Authority:  16 U.S.C. 1451 et seq; 15 CFR 921.33.

Keelin S. Kuipers,
Deputy Director, Office for Coastal Management, National Ocean Service, 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
[FR Doc. 2020-12223 Filed 6-4-20; 8:45 am]
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