[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 49 (Tuesday, March 14, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 15675]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-05207]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Availability of Final Evaluation Findings of National Estuarine 
Research Reserves

AGENCY: Office for Coastal Management, National Ocean Service, National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of availability of evaluation findings.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the availability of final evaluation 
findings for seven national estuarine research reserves, Ashepoo-
Combahee-Edisto (ACE) Basin, Chesapeake Bay Virginia, Guana Tolomato 
Matanzas (GTM), San Francisco Bay, South Slough, Tijuana River, and 
Weeks Bay, under Section 315 of the Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA).

ADDRESSES: Copies of these final evaluation findings may be found at 
https://coast.noaa.gov/czm/evaluations/evaluation_findings/index.html 
or by submitting a written request to Michael Migliori at 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Migliori, Lead Evaluator, NOAA 
Office for Coastal Management, by phone at (443) 332-8936 or email at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NOAA Office for Coastal Management has 
completed the national estuarine research reserve evaluations for ACE 
Basin, Chesapeake Bay Virginia, GTM, San Francisco Bay, South Slough, 
Tijuana River, and Weeks Bay. The reserves were found to be adhering to 
the terms of the reserves' financial assistance awards and to the 
programmatic requirements of the CZMA, including the requirements of 
Section 315(f), and its implementing regulations. NOAA published in the 
Federal Register notices for public meetings and opportunities to 
submit public comments on the evaluation of these national estuarine 
research reserves. See 86 FR 23349 (May 3, 2021) (ACE Basin), 86 FR 
52131 (September 20, 2021) (Chesapeake Bay Virginia), 87 FR 66162 
(November 2, 2022) (GTM), 86 FR 33992 (June 28, 2021) (San Francisco 
Bay), 87 FR 11417 (March 1, 2022) (South Slough), 87 FR 36308 (June 16, 
2022) (Tijuana River), and 87 FR 36309 (June 16, 2022) (Weeks Bay). 
NOAA addressed the public comments it received in the final evaluation 
findings.
    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1458 and 1461(f); 15 CFR 921.40 and 
923.133(b)(7).

Keelin Kuipers,
Deputy Director, Office for Coastal Management, National Ocean Service, 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
[FR Doc. 2023-05207 Filed 3-13-23; 8:45 am]
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