[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 244 (Thursday, December 21, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60588-60589]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-27514]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Estuarine Research Reserve System
AGENCY: Stewardship Division, 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 San Francisco Bay,
California National Estuarine Research Reserve management plan
revision.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Stewardship Division, Office
for Coastal Management, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce is announcing a
thirty (30) day public comment period for the revised management plan
for San Francisco Bay, California National Estuarine Research Reserve
management plan revision.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to 15 CFR 921.33(c), a state must
periodically update their management plan for a National Estuarine
Research Reserve. The San Francisco Bay Reserve
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revised plan will replace the plan previously approved in 2010. NOAA
issues this notice of a public comment period for the revised plan
under 15 CFR 921.33 (a).
The revised management plan outlines a strategic plan;
administrative structure; research and monitoring, education,
stewardship, wetland science and training programs of the reserve;
resource protection and manipulation plans, restoration management
plan; public access and visitor use plan; considerations for future
land acquisition; and facility development to support reserve
operations.
The San Francisco Bay Reserve takes an integrated approach to
management, linking research, education, coastal training, and resource
management functions. The reserve has outlined how it will manage
administration and its core programs, providing detailed actions that
will enable it to accomplish specific goals and objectives. Since the
last management plan, the reserve has built out its core research
programs and monitoring infrastructure; conducted an educational market
analysis and needs assessment to understand current needs of teachers
and underserved audiences; updated the coastal training program
strategy and expanded the program partnerships, expanded stewardship
program and developed resource management plans.
There will be no boundary change with the approval of the revised
management plan. The management plan will serve as the guiding document
for the 3,710-acre San Francisco Bay Reserve.
View the San Francisco Bay Reserve management plan revision on
their website, at http://www.sfbaynerr.org/resource-library/reserve-plans-reports/sf-bay-nerr-managment-plan_oct-25/, and provide comments
to Christine Metzger, [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bree Turner at (206) 526-4641 or
Kimberly Texeira at (240) 533-0722 of NOAA's National Ocean Service,
Stewardship Division, Office for Coastal Management, 1305 East-West
Highway, N/ORM5, 10th floor, Silver Spring, MD 20910.
Dated: November 30, 2017.
Keelin Kuipers,
Acting Deputy Director, Office for Coastal Management, National Ocean
Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
[FR Doc. 2017-27514 Filed 12-20-17; 8:45 am]
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