Notice2022-19006
Final Management Plan for the Chesapeake Bay Virginia National Estuarine Research Reserve
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Published
September 2, 2022
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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 plan for the Chesapeake Bay Virginia Reserve. In accordance with applicable Federal regulations, the Virginia Institute of Marine Science revised the reserve's management plan, which replaces the plan previously approved in 2008.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 170 (Friday, September 2, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54199-54200]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-19006]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Final Management Plan for the Chesapeake Bay Virginia National
Estuarine Research Reserve
AGENCY: Office for Coastal Management, National Ocean Service, National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of approval for the revised management plan for the
Chesapeake Bay Virginia National Estuarine Research Reserve.
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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 plan for the Chesapeake Bay Virginia Reserve. In accordance
with applicable Federal regulations, the Virginia Institute of Marine
Science revised the reserve's management plan, which replaces the plan
previously approved in 2008.
ADDRESSES: The approved management plan can be downloaded or viewed at
<a href="https://www.vims.edu/cbnerr/resources/resources_annual_reports.php">https://www.vims.edu/cbnerr/resources/resources_annual_reports.php</a>. The
document is also available by sending a written email request to Tricia
Hooper, NOAA's Office for Coastal Management, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#affbddc6ccc6ce81e7c0c0dfcaddefc1c0cece81c8c0d9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e8bc9a818b8189c6a08787988d9aa886878989c68f879e">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tricia Hooper, NOAA's Office for
Coastal Management, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#adf9dfc4cec4cc83e5c2c2ddc8dfedc3c2cccc83cac2db"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="de8aacb7bdb7bff096b1b1aebbac9eb0b1bfbff0b9b1a8">[email protected]</span></a>, (617) 921-1998.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to 15 CFR 921.33(c), a State must
revise the management plan for its 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 March 1, 2022,
NOAA issued a notice in the Federal Register announcing a thirty-day
public comment period for the proposed revision of the Chesapeake Bay
Virginia management plan (87 FR 11418).
Appendix J of the plan contains a summary of written and oral
comments received, and an explanation of how comments were incorporated
into the final version of the management plan.
The management plan outlines the 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. Since 2008, the reserve has
made notable investments in programs and infrastructure, which include
launching the new Margaret A. Davidson Fellowship, reinvigorating the
York River and Small Coastal Basin Roundtable, and establishing the
Environmental Data Center and the Virginia Scientists and Educators
Alliance with partners at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science. The
reserve installed a floating dock at Taskinas Creek and Catlett Islands
components, and maintained extensive Sentinel Site infrastructure,
including boardways, sediment elevation tables, tide gauges, and survey
benchmarks. The reserve also navigated changes in ownership and
management at the Catlett Islands and Sweet Hall Marsh components,
conducted an internal reorganization, and developed a comprehensive
communications plan. The revised management plan will serve as the
guiding document for the 3,072 acre (12 km\2\) research reserve for the
next five years.
NOAA reviewed the environmental impacts of the revised management
plan and determined that this action is
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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. 2022-19006 Filed 9-1-22; 8:45 am]
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