[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 145 (Friday, July 28, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38791-38793]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-18612]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary Symbol
AGENCY: Sanctuaries and Reserves Division (SRD), Office of Ocean and
Coastal Resource Management (OCRM), National Ocean Service (NOS),
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: SRD is announcing the adoption of a symbol for the Flower
Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, of the National Marine
Sanctuary Program. Announcement in the Federal Register is required by
the National Marine Sanctuaries Program Amendments Act of 1992 (Act).
The symbol is one element of a pilot project under the Act to enhance
funding for designation and management of national marine sanctuaries.
In accordance with the Act, SRD is publishing, in the Federal Register,
the symbol shown in the attachment to this document. This symbol shall
be the official symbol for the Flower Garden Banks National Marine
Sanctuary, one of the sites included in the National Marine Sanctuary
Program. This notice also announces the opportunity for interested
persons to become official sponsors of the Flower Garden Banks National
Marine Sanctuary.
DATES: The Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management will begin
using the new symbol immediately.
ADDRESSES: Information on becoming an official sponsor may be obtained
from:
Justin Kenney, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
Sanctuaries and Reserves Division, 1305 East-West Highway, 12th floor,
Silver Spring, MD 20910
or
Dr. Stephen Gittings, Manager, Flower Garden Banks National Marine
Sanctuary, 1716 Briarcrest Drive, Suite 702, Bryan, Texas 77802.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Justin Kenney at (301) 713-3145 ext. 153, or Dr. Stephen Gittings at
(409) 847-9296.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under Title III of the Marine Protection,
Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972, as amended, also known as the
National Marine Sanctuaries Act, the United States Congress authorizes
the designation of discrete areas of the marine environment as National
Marine Sanctuaries to protect distinctive natural and cultural
resources whose protection and beneficial use requires comprehensive
planning and management. The National Marine Sanctuary Program was
established pursuant to the National Marine Sanctuaries Act, and is
administered by the Sanctuaries and Reserves Division of the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The mission of the National Marine Sanctuary Program is to
identify, designate and manage areas of marine environment of special
national significance due to their conservation, recreational,
ecological, historical, research, educational, or aesthetic qualities.
The Program currently has 14 designated sites: Olympic Coast,
Cordell Bank, Gulf of the Farallones, Monterey Bay, Channel Islands,
Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale, Fagatele Bay, Florida Keys, Flower
Garden Banks, Looe Key, Key Largo, Gray's Reef, the Monitor, and
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuaries.
In 1992, with the passage of the National Marine Sanctuaries
Program Amendments Act (Act), Title II of Pub. L. 102-587, Congress
directed the National Marine Sanctuary Program to enhance funding for
the designation and management of national marine sanctuaries through
the creation, adoption and marketing of a symbol for the national
program or for individual National Marine Sanctuaries. The National
Marine Sanctuary Program symbol has been adopted and published in the
Federal Register (Vol. 60, No. 59, March 28, 1995). This notice
displays the symbol adopted for the Flower Garden Banks National Marine
Sanctuary; this symbol was developed by Mr. Joel Hickerson from College
Station, Texas.
The Act also directs the Sanctuary Program to solicit and designate
official sponsors for the Program or the individual National Marine
Sanctuaries. These sponsors shall be authorized to manufacture,
reproduce, or use the symbol. The Sanctuary Program is authorized to
sell rights to the symbols for such use and retain the funds to enhance
and manage National Marine Sanctuaries. The symbol is the property of
the United States and it is unlawful for any person, except a
designated
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sponsor, to manufacture, reproduce or use the symbol. Persons
interested in becoming an official sponsor of the National Marine
Sanctuary Program or of an individual sanctuary should contact Justin
Kenney.
W. Stanley Wilson,
Assistant Administrator, Department of Administrative Orders.
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