Notice2023-05207
Availability of Final Evaluation Findings of National Estuarine Research Reserves
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Published
March 14, 2023
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Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Abstract
Notice is hereby given of the availability of final evaluation findings for seven national estuarine research reserves, Ashepoo- Combahee-Edisto (ACE) Basin, Chesapeake Bay Virginia, Guana Tolomato Matanzas (GTM), San Francisco Bay, South Slough, Tijuana River, and Weeks Bay, under Section 315 of the Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA).
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 49 (Tuesday, March 14, 2023)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-05207]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Availability of Final Evaluation Findings of National Estuarine
Research Reserves
AGENCY: Office for Coastal Management, National Ocean Service, National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of availability of evaluation findings.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the availability of final evaluation
findings for seven national estuarine research reserves, Ashepoo-
Combahee-Edisto (ACE) Basin, Chesapeake Bay Virginia, Guana Tolomato
Matanzas (GTM), San Francisco Bay, South Slough, Tijuana River, and
Weeks Bay, under Section 315 of the Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA).
ADDRESSES: Copies of these final evaluation findings may be found at
<a href="https://coast.noaa.gov/czm/evaluations/evaluation_findings/index.html">https://coast.noaa.gov/czm/evaluations/evaluation_findings/index.html</a>
or by submitting a written request to Michael Migliori at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#672a0e040f06020b492a0e000b0e08150e270908060649000811"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="672a0e040f06020b492a0e000b0e08150e270908060649000811">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Migliori, Lead Evaluator, NOAA
Office for Coastal Management, by phone at (443) 332-8936 or email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#327f5b515a53575e1c7f5b555e5b5d405b725c5d53531c555d44"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7b361218131a1e175536121c17121409123b15141a1a551c140d">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NOAA Office for Coastal Management has
completed the national estuarine research reserve evaluations for ACE
Basin, Chesapeake Bay Virginia, GTM, San Francisco Bay, South Slough,
Tijuana River, and Weeks Bay. The reserves were found to be adhering to
the terms of the reserves' financial assistance awards and to the
programmatic requirements of the CZMA, including the requirements of
Section 315(f), and its implementing regulations. NOAA published in the
Federal Register notices for public meetings and opportunities to
submit public comments on the evaluation of these national estuarine
research reserves. See 86 FR 23349 (May 3, 2021) (ACE Basin), 86 FR
52131 (September 20, 2021) (Chesapeake Bay Virginia), 87 FR 66162
(November 2, 2022) (GTM), 86 FR 33992 (June 28, 2021) (San Francisco
Bay), 87 FR 11417 (March 1, 2022) (South Slough), 87 FR 36308 (June 16,
2022) (Tijuana River), and 87 FR 36309 (June 16, 2022) (Weeks Bay).
NOAA addressed the public comments it received in the final evaluation
findings.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1458 and 1461(f); 15 CFR 921.40 and
923.133(b)(7).
Keelin Kuipers,
Deputy Director, Office for Coastal Management, National Ocean Service,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
[FR Doc. 2023-05207 Filed 3-13-23; 8:45 am]
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