[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 78 (Friday, April 23, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 19979]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-10282]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Notice of Designation of the Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine
Research Reserve at Mullica River and Great Bay, New Jersey; and the
Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Alaska
AGENCY: 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 designation.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), U. S. Department of Commerce, has
designated certain lands and waters of the Mullica River-Great Bay
estuary in New Jersey as the Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine
Research Reserve at Mullica River and Great Bay, and has designated
certain lands and waters of Kachemak Bay in Alaska as the Kachemak Bay
National Estuarine Research Reserve.
On April 3, 1998, Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and
Atmosphere D. James Baker, signed findings of designation for the
Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve in New Jersey
pursuant to Section 315 of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, as
amended, 16 U.S.C. 1461, and its implementing regulations at 15 CFR
Part 921. The Reserve duly received certification from the State of New
Jersey Coastal Zone Management Program that Reserve designation is
consistent to the maximum extent practicable with its program. A copy
of the official Record of Decision is available for public review from
NOAA's Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management at the address
below.
On February 12, 1999, Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and
Atmosphere D. James Baker, signed findings of designation for the
Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in Alaska pursuant to
Section 315 of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, as amended, 16
U.S.C. 1461, and its implementing regulations at 15 CFR Part 921. The
Reserve duly received certification from the State of Alaska Coastal
Zone Management Program that Reserve designation is consistent to the
maximum extent practicable with its program. A copy of the official
Record of Decision is available for public review from NOAA's Office of
Ocean and Coastal Resource Management at the address below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laurie McGilvray (301) 713-3155,
Estuarine Reserves Division, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource
Management, National Ocean Service, NOAA, 1305 East West Highway, N/
ORM5, Silver Spring, MD 20910. A copy of the Record of Decision for
each Reserve is available upon request.
Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog Number 11.420 (Coastal Zone
Management) Research Reserves
Dated: April 16, 1999.
Nancy Foster,
Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal Zone Management.
[FR Doc. 99-10282 Filed 4-22-99; 8:45 am]
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