[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 165 (Monday, August 28, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40752-40753]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-18193]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Estuarine Research Reserve System
AGENCY: Office for Coastal Management, National Ocean Service, National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of Public Comment Period for the Jobos Bay National
Estuarine Research Reserve Management Plan revision.
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Notice is hereby given that the Office for Coastal Management,
National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce is announcing a thirty-day
public comment period for the Jobos Bay National Estuarine Research
Reserve Management Plan revision. Pursuant to 15 CFR Section 921.33(c),
the revised plan will bring the reserve into compliance. The Jobos Bay
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Reserve revised plan will replace the plan approved in 2000.
The revised management plan outlines the administrative structure;
the research/monitoring, stewardship, education, and training programs
and priorities of the reserve; plans for a proposed boundary expansion
through future land acquisition; and facility development priorities to
support reserve operations.
The Jobos Bay Reserve takes an integrated approach to management,
linking research and education, coastal training, and stewardship
functions. The Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental
Resources (PRDNER) has outlined how it will administer the reserve and
its core programs by providing detailed actions that will enable it to
accomplish specific goals and objectives. Since the last management
plan, the reserve has: Developed core programs; expanded monitoring
programs within Jobos Bay and its watershed; expanded its dorm, and
remodeled the historic train depot and visitor center; conducted
training workshops; implemented K-12 education programs; and built new
and innovative partnerships with local, Commonwealth, and U.S.
organizations and universities.
The total number of acres within the boundary is 2800 acres, which
is a slight modification of the original 2883 acres identified in the
previous management plan. The revised acreage is a result of survey
contracted by the PRDNER to clarify the boundary. The revised
management plan will serve as the guiding document for the Jobos Bay
Reserve for the next five years.
View the Jobos Bay Reserve Management Plan revision at (http://drna.pr.gov/jbnerr/) and provide comments to the Reserve's Manager,
Aitza Pabon ([email protected]).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nina Garfield at (240) 533-0817 or
Erica Seiden at (240) 533-0781 of NOAA's Office for Coastal Management,
1305 East-West Highway, N/ORM5, 10th floor, Silver Spring, MD 20910.
Dated: August 21, 2017.
Paul M. Scholz,
Deputy Director, Office for Coastal Management, National Ocean Service,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
[FR Doc. 2017-18193 Filed 8-25-17; 8:45 am]
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