Notice2022-15897
Draft Environmental Assessment for the Installation of a High Frequency Radar at Hightower Park in Satellite Beach, Florida
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Published
July 26, 2022
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Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Abstract
NOAA has prepared a draft environmental assessment (EA) for the installation of a high frequency radar at Hightower Park in Satellite Beach, Florida. We are making the environmental assessment available to the public for review and comment.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 142 (Tuesday, July 26, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 44364]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-15897]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Draft Environmental Assessment for the Installation of a High
Frequency Radar at Hightower Park in Satellite Beach, Florida
AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), U.S.
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of Availability; Request for Comments.
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SUMMARY: NOAA has prepared a draft environmental assessment (EA) for
the installation of a high frequency radar at Hightower Park in
Satellite Beach, Florida. We are making the environmental assessment
available to the public for review and comment.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before August 25, 2022.
ADDRESSES: The Draft EA is available online at <a href="https://ioos.noaa.gov/hightower-beach-park">https://ioos.noaa.gov/hightower-beach-park</a>.
If you wish to comment on the Draft EA, please send comments via
email to U.S. IOOS Office at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5f373638372b30283a2d3d3a3e3c372f3e2d341f31303e3e71383029"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4b23222c233f243c2e39292e2a28233b2a39200b25242a2a652c243d">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mequela Moreno, U.S. Integrated Ocean
Observing System (IOOS), Regions Budget & Policy Division, by email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#cfa2aabebaaaa3aee1a2a0bdaaa1a08fa1a0aeaee1a8a0b9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ea878f9b9f8f868bc48785988f8485aa84858b8bc48d859c">[email protected]</span></a>, by phone 240-533-9433, or by mail at 1315 East
West-Highway, SSMC3, 2nd Floor, Silver Spring, MD 20910.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NOAA's U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing
System (IOOS) Program Office has prepared a draft environmental
assessment of potential impacts for the installation of a high
frequency radar (HFR) at Hightower Beach Park, in the City of Satellite
Beach, Florida.
The HFR would be installed south and shoreward of the parking lot
at Hightower Beach Park, approximately 100 ft. (30 meters) away.
Coordinates: Latitude: 28.194372[deg] N; Longitude: 80.594403[deg] W
(WGS 84 datum).
The proposed action at Hightower Beach Park HFR installation is
part of a large, on-going initiative to fill HFR coverage gaps along
the southeast coastline. HFR systems measure the speed and direction of
ocean surface currents in near real time. The HFR systems are managed
by Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association (SECOORA) and
the Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS[supreg]), which is a
national-regional partnership working to provide new tools and
forecasts to improve safety, enhance the economy, and protect our
environment. IOOS was created by the Integrated Coastal and Ocean
Observation System Act of 2009 (Pub. L. 111-11), and amended by the
Coordinated Ocean Observation and Research Act of 2020 (Pub. L. 116-
271, Title I), codified at (33 U.S.C. 3601-3610).
Surface current mapping is integral to research, supporting
oceanographic, fisheries, and meteorological forecasting activities.
Surface current mapping is also vital for U.S. Coast Guard search and
rescue activities, monitoring and tracking hazardous materials,
monitoring water quality, including tracking harmful algal blooms, and
supporting marine navigation.
IOOS proposes that the installation and operation of the HFR would
have no significant impact on the environment. The EA has been prepared
in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(NEPA), as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and Council on
Environmental Quality implementing regulations (40 CFR parts 1500-
1508), as well as the Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System
Act of 2009 (Pub. L. 111-11), as amended by the Coordinated Ocean
Observation and Research Act of 2020 (Pub. L. 116-271, Title I),
codified at (33 U.S.C. 3601-3610).
Carl C. Gouldman,
Director, U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System Office, National Ocean
Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
[FR Doc. 2022-15897 Filed 7-25-22; 8:45 am]
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