[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 147 (Wednesday, August 4, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41959-41960]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-16639]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Notice of Availability of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement 
for the Proposed Lake Ontario National Marine Sanctuary; Announcement 
of Public Meetings

AGENCY: Office of National Marine Sanctuaries (ONMS), National Ocean 
Service (NOS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 
Department of Commerce (DOC).

ACTION: Notice of virtual public meetings; correction.

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SUMMARY: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has 
prepared a draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) for the proposed 
designation of a national marine sanctuary to manage a nationally 
significant collection of shipwrecks and other underwater cultural 
resources in New York's eastern Lake Ontario and the Thousand Islands 
region of the St. Lawrence River. NOAA previously announced public 
meetings during the comment period, and is replacing the two in-person 
meetings with additional virtual meetings and providing registration 
links for the previously announced virtual meetings.

DATES: NOAA will continue to accept comments received by September 10, 
2021. NOAA will conduct a total of four virtual public meetings on the 
following dates:

(1) Date: Wednesday, August 18, 2021

Location and time: Virtual Meeting, 6:30-8:30 p.m. EDT
Registration via this link: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8226916950939600400
By phone: (415) 655-0060
Access Code: 439-509-724. Audio PIN: Shown after joining the webinar

(2) Date: Thursday, August 19, 2021

Location and time: Virtual Meeting, 6:30-8:30 p.m. EDT
Registration via this link: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8864690869654406928
By phone: (914) 614-3221
Access Code: 237-285-132. Audio PIN: Shown after joining the webinar

(3) Date: Tuesday, August 24, 2021

Location and time: Virtual Meeting, 2:30 to 4 p.m. EDT
Registration via this link: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/5067664901003984652
Access code: 346-751-009. Audio PIN: Shown after joining the webinar
By phone: (562) 247-8422, PIN: 346-751-009

(4) Date: Thursday, August 26, 2021

Location and time: Virtual Meeting, 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. EDT
Registration via this link: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/2978792919345892364
By phone: (415) 655-0052, PIN: 819-641-913

ADDRESSES: Copies of the DEIS can be downloaded or viewed on the 
internet at www.regulations.gov (search for docket NOAA-NOS-2021-0050) 
or at http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/lake-ontario/. Copies can also be 
obtained by contacting Ellen Brody (in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT section of this notice).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen Brody, Great Lakes Regional 
Coordinator, address: 4840 South State Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48108-9719; 
phone: 734-276-6387; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA, 42 
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and the NMSA (16 U.S.C. 1434), NOAA prepared a 
DEIS for a proposed national marine sanctuary in New York's eastern 
Lake Ontario and the Thousand Islands region of the St. Lawrence River. 
NOAA announced the availability of the DEIS in a notice issued on July 
7, 2021 (86 FR 35757). In that notice, NOAA announced there would be 
four public meetings, two of which were planned to be virtual meetings, 
and two of which NOAA

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planned to hold in person. When the notice was issued, NOAA included a 
caveat to the in-person meetings stating ``A virtual meeting platform 
may substitute if public safety concerns remain to prevent the spread 
of COVID-19.''
    NOAA has determined that the two meetings previously scheduled for 
August 18, 2021 and August 19, 2021 will now be conducted virtually. 
Interested parties should register to attend a virtual meeting via the 
information provided in the DATES section of this notice or at https://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/lake-ontario/.

(Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.)

Rebecca R. Holyoke,
Acting Director, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, National Ocean 
Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
[FR Doc. 2021-16639 Filed 8-3-21; 8:45 am]
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