Notice2024-17057
Draft Revised Management Plan for the Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve
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Published
August 2, 2024
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Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Abstract
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is soliciting comments from the public regarding a proposed revision of the management plan for the Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve. A management plan provides a framework to guide a reserve's programs, track progress toward meeting its goals, and identify potential opportunities or changes in direction. It is also used to guide programmatic evaluations of a reserve. Management plan revisions are required at least every five years. This draft revised management plan is intended to replace the Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve management plan, which was approved in 2009.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 149 (Friday, August 2, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 63165]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-17057]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Draft Revised Management Plan for the Guana Tolomato Matanzas
National Estuarine Research Reserve
AGENCY: Office for Coastal Management, National Ocean Service, National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is
soliciting comments from the public regarding a proposed revision of
the management plan for the Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine
Research Reserve. A management plan provides a framework to guide a
reserve's programs, track progress toward meeting its goals, and
identify potential opportunities or changes in direction. It is also
used to guide programmatic evaluations of a reserve. Management plan
revisions are required at least every five years. This draft revised
management plan is intended to replace the Guana Tolomato Matanzas
National Estuarine Research Reserve management plan, which was approved
in 2009.
DATES: Comments must be received at the appropriate address (see
ADDRESSES) on or before September 3, 2024.
ADDRESSES: The draft revised management plan can be downloaded or
viewed at: <a href="https://floridadep.gov/sites/default/files/GTM-NERR-Management-Plan.pdf">https://floridadep.gov/sites/default/files/GTM-NERR-Management-Plan.pdf</a>. It is also available by sending a written request
to the point of contact identified below (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT).
You may submit comments by email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d1a2a5b4a1b9ffa3beb3b8bfa2bebf91bfbeb0b0ffb6bea7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e7949382978fc99588858e89948889a789888686c9808891">[email protected]</span></a>.
Include ``Comments on draft Guana Tolomato Matanzas Management Plan''
in the subject line of the message. NOAA will accept anonymous
comments, however, the written comments NOAA receives are considered
part of the public record, and the entirety of the comment, including
the name of the commenter, email address, attachments, and other
supporting materials, will be publicly accessible. Sensitive personally
identifiable information, such as account numbers and Social Security
numbers, should not be included with the comment. Comments that are not
related to the Management Plan for the Guana Tolomato Matanzas National
Estuarine Research Reserve, or that contain profanity, vulgarity,
threats, or other inappropriate language will not be considered.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephanie Robinson, on contract with
NOAA's Office for Coastal Management, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7e0d0a1b0e16500c111c17100d11103e10111f1f50191108"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e3909786938bcd918c818a8d908c8da38d8c8282cd848c95">[email protected]</span></a>, (843)
481-0190.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to 15 CFR 921.33(c), Florida must
revise the management plan for the Guana Tolomato Matanzas National
Estuarine Research Reserve at least every five years. If approved by
NOAA, the revised management plan for the Guana Tolomato Matanzas
National Estuarine Research Reserve will replace the plan previously
approved in 2009.
Management plans outline a 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. In particular, this draft
revised management plan for the Guana Tolomato Matanzas reserve focuses
on changes to the strategic plan, physical boundaries, and enhanced
programmatic alignment across the reserve's sectors.
Since the last management plan, the Guana Tolomato Matanzas
National Estuarine Research Reserve received approval for an expansion
of the site's boundary--March 2020--to include the City of St.
Augustine's sovereign submerged lands within the Matanzas River and
Salt Run, the state sovereign submerged lands along the Matanzas and
Tolomato Rivers that connect the City of St. Augustine portion to the
previous boundary, and the Marshview parcel in the southern portion of
the reserve. In addition, the reserve completed several facility
construction projects: the Princess Place Legacy House and Cabins for
visiting investigator use; a freshwater wetland boardwalk; a freshwater
marsh boardwalk on the Guana Preserve Yellow Trail; and a storage
facility (pole barn). The reserve also installed redesigned
interpretive displays at the Visitor Center and along several trails
within the reserve. The revised management plan, once approved, would
serve as the guiding document for the 75,761-acre Guana Tolomato
Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve for the next five years.
NOAA's Office for Coastal Management analyzes the environmental
impacts of the proposed approval of this management plan in accordance
with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), as amended,
42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq., and the Council on Environmental Quality
Regulations for Implementing the Procedural Provisions of NEPA (40 CFR
1500-1508 (2022)). The public is invited to comment on the draft
revised management plan. NOAA will take these comments into
consideration when deciding whether to approve the revised management
plan in whole or in part.
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. 2024-17057 Filed 8-1-24; 8:45 am]
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