[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 159 (Tuesday, August 18, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44236-44237]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-22191]
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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 Grand Bay National Estuarine
Research Reserve in Mississippi
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 a public
hearing 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 Grand Bay National
Estuarine Research Reserve in Mississippi. The DEIS/DMP addresses
research, monitoring, education and resource protection needs for the
proposed reserve.
The Sanctuaries and Reserves Division will hold a public hearing at
6:00 p.m. on September 2, 1998, at the East Jackson Community Center,
9313 Old Stage Road, Pascagoula, Mississippi 39581.
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
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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 September 7, 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: August 12, 1998.
Evelyn J. Fields,
Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal
Zone Management.
[FR Doc. 98-22191 Filed 8-17-98; 8:45 am]
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