[Federal Register: April 23, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 78)]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

 
Notice of Designation of the Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine 
Research Reserve at Mullica River and Great Bay, New Jersey; and the 
Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Alaska

AGENCY: Estuarine Reserves Division, Office of Ocean and Coastal 
Resource Management, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce

ACTION: Notice of designation.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), U. S. Department of Commerce, has 
designated certain lands and waters of the Mullica River-Great Bay 
estuary in New Jersey as the Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine 
Research Reserve at Mullica River and Great Bay, and has designated 
certain lands and waters of Kachemak Bay in Alaska as the Kachemak Bay 
National Estuarine Research Reserve.
    On April 3, 1998, Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and 
Atmosphere D. James Baker, signed findings of designation for the 
Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve in New Jersey 
pursuant to Section 315 of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, as 
amended, 16 U.S.C. 1461, and its implementing regulations at 15 CFR 
Part 921. The Reserve duly received certification from the State of New 
Jersey Coastal Zone Management Program that Reserve designation is 
consistent to the maximum extent practicable with its program. A copy 
of the official Record of Decision is available for public review from 
NOAA's Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management at the address 
below.
    On February 12, 1999, Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and 
Atmosphere D. James Baker, signed findings of designation for the 
Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in Alaska pursuant to 
Section 315 of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, as amended, 16 
U.S.C. 1461, and its implementing regulations at 15 CFR Part 921. The 
Reserve duly received certification from the State of Alaska Coastal 
Zone Management Program that Reserve designation is consistent to the 
maximum extent practicable with its program. A copy of the official 
Record of Decision is available for public review from NOAA's Office of 
Ocean and Coastal Resource Management at the address below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laurie McGilvray (301) 713-3155, 
Estuarine Reserves Division, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource 
Management, National Ocean Service, NOAA, 1305 East West Highway, N/
ORM5, Silver Spring, MD 20910. A copy of the Record of Decision for 
each Reserve is available upon request.

    Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog Number 11.420 (Coastal Zone 
Management) Research Reserves

    Dated: April 16, 1999.
Nancy Foster,
Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal Zone Management.
[FR Doc. 99-10282 Filed 4-22-99; 8:45 am]
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