Notice2021-24062
Final Management Plans for the Lake Superior and Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserves
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Published
November 4, 2021
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Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Abstract
Notice is hereby given that the Office for Coastal Management, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce approves the revised management plans for the Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve in Wisconsin and the Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve in Texas. In accordance with applicable Federal regulations, the University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Extension revised the Lake Superior Reserve's management plan, which replaces the plan previously approved in 2010, and the University of Texas at Austin revised the Mission-Aransas Reserve's management plan, which replaces the plan previously approved in 2015.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 211 (Thursday, November 4, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60802-60803]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-24062]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Final Management Plans for the Lake Superior and Mission-Aransas
National Estuarine Research Reserves
AGENCY: Office for Coastal Management, National Ocean Service, National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of approval of the revised management plan for the Lake
Superior and Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserves.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Office for Coastal Management,
National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce approves the revised
management plans for the Lake Superior National Estuarine Research
Reserve in Wisconsin and the Mission-Aransas National Estuarine
Research Reserve in Texas. In accordance with applicable Federal
regulations, the University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Extension
revised the Lake Superior Reserve's management plan, which replaces the
plan previously approved in 2010, and the University of Texas at Austin
revised the Mission-Aransas Reserve's management plan, which replaces
the plan previously approved in 2015.
ADDRESSES: The approved Lake Superior Reserve management plan can be
downloaded or viewed at <a href="https://lakesuperiorreserve.org/files/2020/03/lsnerr-management-plan.pdf">https://lakesuperiorreserve.org/files/2020/03/lsnerr-management-plan.pdf</a>. The approved Mission-Aransas Reserve
management plan can be downloaded or viewed at <a href="https://sites.cns.utexas.edu/manerr/about/management-plan">https://sites.cns.utexas.edu/manerr/about/management-plan</a>. These documents are
also available by sending a written request to the point of contact
identified below (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For the Lake Superior revised
management plan--Bridget Faust-Accola of NOAA's Office for Coastal
Management, by email
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at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#086a7a616c6f6d7c266e697d7b7c4866676969266f677e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="80e2f2e9e4e7e5f4aee6e1f5f3f4c0eeefe1e1aee7eff6">[email protected]</span></a>, phone at (651) 983-0235, or mail at: 1735
Lake Drive West, Chanhassen, MN 55317-8582. For the Mission-Aransas
revised management plan--Matt Chasse of NOAA's Office for Coastal
Management, by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d6bbb7a2a2f8b5beb7a5a5b396b8b9b7b7f8b1b9a0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3954584d4d175a51584a4a5c7957565858175e564f">[email protected]</span></a>, phone at 410-570-1020.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to 15 CFR 921.33(c), a state must
revise the management plan for a research reserve at least every five
years. Changes to a reserve's management plan may be made only after
receiving written approval from NOAA. NOAA approves changes to
management plans via notice in the Federal Register. On November 02,
2020, NOAA issued a notice in the Federal Register announcing a thirty-
day public comment period for the proposed revision of the management
plan for the Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve (81 FR
69320). On July 1, 2021, NOAA issued a notice in the Federal Register
announcing a thirty-day public comment period for the proposed revision
of the management plan for the Mission-Aransas National Estuarine
Research Reserve (86 FR 35072). Responses to written and oral comments
received, and an explanation of how comments were incorporated into the
final versions of the revised management plans, are available in
appendix B of the Lake Superior plan and appendix 8 of the Mission-
Aransas plan.
The revised management plans outline each reserve's: Strategic
goals and objectives; administrative structure; programs for conducting
research and monitoring, education, and training; resource protection,
restoration, and manipulation plans; public access and visitor use
plans; consideration for future land acquisition; and facility
development to support reserve operations.
The Lake Superior revised management plan focuses on changes to
facilities through acquiring permanent housing for visiting students
and researchers; growing the sectors by structurally supporting
additional staff; advancing geographic information systems (GIS) and
data management priorities; and developing a formal advisory board and
strategic relationships with the private sector in the region. Since
September 2010, the reserve has acquired permanent facilities for the
reserve's operations; hired core sector leads and support staff; opened
a public interpretive center and classroom; and expanded formal
partnerships in research and education across the region. The revised
management plan will serve as the guiding document for the 16,697-acre
research reserve for the next five years.
The Mission-Aransas revised management plan builds upon past
successes and accomplishments and is designed to address specific
priority coastal management issues. The priority issues for research
and monitoring include marine debris, industrial growth impacts, eDNA,
freshwater inflow, biological monitoring, and sea level rise and
coastal subsidence. For education and training, priorities to be
addressed include connecting children and nature; outdoor education
programming, climate change and its effects on coastal environments;
coastal ecology and habitat diversity; marine debris and its impacts on
the coastal environment; and stewardship of estuarine and coastal
resources.
Since its inception, this reserve has engaged in strategic
partnerships with its land managing partners and others based on mutual
interests. These partnerships are expected to be maintained or expanded
through the revised management plan including reserve administration of
the Amos Rehabilitation Keep (ARK), providing animal rehabilitation
services for species endemic to the estuary. The reserve is also
planning to maintain and improve reserve facilities including Fennessey
Ranch, the Bay Education Center, the ARK, and the Patton Marine Science
Education Center.
Neither the Lake Superior or Mission-Aransas revised management
plans change the total acreage of either reserve.
NOAA reviewed the environmental impacts of the Lake Superior and
Mission-Aransas revised management plans and determined that these
actions are categorically-excluded from further analysis under the
National Environmental Policy Act, consistent with NOAA Administrative
Order 216-6.]
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1451 et seq.; 15 CFR 921.33.
Keelin S. Kuipers,
Deputy Director, Office for Coastal Management, National Ocean Service,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
[FR Doc. 2021-24062 Filed 11-3-21; 8:45 am]
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