96-5887. Notice to Solicit Public Comment on the Draft Management Plan for the Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 49 (Tuesday, March 12, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9977-9978]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-5887]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Notice to Solicit Public Comment on the Draft Management Plan for 
the Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve

AGENCY: Sanctuaries and Reserves Division, Office of Ocean and Coastal 
Resource Management, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice to Solicit Public Comment on the Draft Management Plan 
for the Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Sanctuaries and Reserves 
Division (SRD), Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management (OCRM), 
National Ocean Service (NOS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration (NOAA), and the Wells National Estuarine Research 
Reserve Management Authority (RMA) have

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made available the Draft Management Plan (DMP) for the Wells National 
Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR). This DMP sets forth the program 
missions, goals and objectives of the Wells NERR, and establishes 
policies that will protect the natural resources and ecological 
integrity of the Wells NERR. This management plan, when finalized, will 
replace, as an update the NERR's current management plan.
    The public comment period for the DMP ends 30 days from the date of 
this notice.
    Copies of the document are available upon request to the Wells 
National Estuarine Research Reserve, 342 Laudholm Road, Wells, Maine 
04090. 207/646-1555.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Doris Grimm, OCRM, Sanctuaries and Reserves Division, 1305 East-West 
Highway, 12th Floor (N/ORM2), Silver Spring, Maryland 20910. (301) 713-
3132, extension 118.

Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog Number 11.420

(Coastal Zone Management) Research Reserves

    Dated: March 6, 1996.
David L. Evans,
Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal 
Zone Management.
[FR Doc. 96-5887 Filed 3-11-96; 8:45 am]
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