67 FR 136 pg. 46637 - Availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement/Final Management Plan for the Proposed San Francisco Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve

Type: NOTICEVolume: 67Number: 136Page: 46637
FR document: [FR Doc. 02-17850 Filed 7-15-02; 8:45 am]
Agency: Commerce Department
Sub Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Official PDF Version:  PDF Version

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement/Final Management Plan for the Proposed San Francisco Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve

AGENCY:

The Estuarine Reserves Division, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce.

ACTION:

Notice of availability.

SUMMARY:

Notice is hereby given that the Estuarine Reserves Division of the Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management (OCRM), National Ocean Service (NOS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), U.S. Department of Commerce, has published the Final Environmental Impact Statement/Management Plan (FEIS/FMP) for the proposed San Francisco Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. The FEIS/FMP addresses research, monitoring, education, and resource protection needs for the proposed reserve.

If no substantive comments have been submitted to NOAA by August 19, 2002, a notice of availability of a Record of Decision will be published in the Federal Register and a Designation Document will be signed by the Under Secretary of NOAA and the Director of the Romberg Tiburon Center of the San Francisco State University.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ms. Laurie McGilvray (301) 713-3155, Extension 158, Estuarine Reserves Division, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, National Ocean Service, NOAA 1305 East West Highway, N/ORM5, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910. Copies of the FEIS/FMP are available upon request to the Estuarine Reserves Division.

(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog Number 11.420(Coastal Zone Management) Research Reserves)

Dated: June 28, 2002.

Jamison S. Hawkins,

Deputy Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal Zone, Management.

[FR Doc. 02-17850 Filed 7-15-02; 8:45 am]

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