[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 64 (Friday, April 3, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16472-16473]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-8831]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Public Hearing on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement and
Draft Management Plan for the Proposed Kachemak Bay National Estuarine
Research Reserve in Alaska
AGENCY: Sanctuaries and Reserves Division, Office of Ocean and Coastal
Resource Management, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Public hearing notice.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Sanctuaries and 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, will hold public
hearings for the purpose of receiving comments on the Draft
Environmental Impact Statement and Draft Management Plan (DEIS/DMP)
prepared on the proposed designation of the Kachemak Bay National
Estuarine Research Reserve in Alaska. The DEIS/DMP addresses research,
monitoring, education and resource protection needs for the proposed
reserve.
The Sanctuaries and Reserves Division will hold public hearings at
7:00 p.m. on April 21, 1998, at the Seldovia Community Center, 260
Seldovia Street, Seldovia, Alaska 99663,
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and at 7:00 p.m. on April 22, 1998, at the Homer City Council Chambers,
491 East Pioneer Avenue, Homer, Alaska 99603.
The views of interested persons and organizations on the adequacy
of the DEIS/DMP are solicited, and may be expressed orally and/or in
written statements. Presentations will be scheduled on a first-come,
first-heard basis, and may be limited to a maximum of five (5) minutes.
The time allotment may be extended before the hearing when the number
of speakers can be determined. All comments received at the hearing
will be considered in the preparation of the Final Environmental Impact
Statement (FEIS) and Final Management Plan.
The comment period for the DEIS/DMP will end on May 4, 1998. All
written comments received by this deadline will be considered in the
preparation of the FEIS.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mr. R. Randall Schneider (301) 713-3132, Sanctuaries and Reserves
Division, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, National
Ocean Service, NOAA, 1305 East West Highway, N/ORM2, Silver Spring, MD
20910. Copies of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Draft
Management Plan are available upon request to the Sanctuaries and
Reserves Division.
Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog Number 11.420 (Coastal Zone
Management) Research Reserves
Dated: March 31, 1998.
Nancy Foster,
Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal Zone Management.
[FR Doc. 98-8831 Filed 4-2-98; 8:45 am]
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