federal_register: 99-33424
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| 99-33424 | Initiation of Review of Management Plan/Regulations of the Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary; Intent To Prepare Draft Environmental Impact Statement and Management Plan; Scoping Meetings | Proposed Rule | The Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary (GRNMS or Sanctuary) was designated in January 1981, and consists of 17 square nautical miles of open ocean and live bottom habitat approximately 17.5 nautical miles east of Sapelo Island, Georgia. The present management plan for the Sanctuary was completed in 1983. In accordance with Section 304(e) of the National Marine Sanctuaries Act, as amended, (NMSA) (16 U.S.C 1431 et seq.), the Marine Sanctuaries Division (MSD) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is initiating a review of the management plan, to evaluate substantive progress toward implementing the goals for the Sanctuary, and to make revisions to the plan and regulations as necessary to fulfill the purposes and policies of the NMSA. The proposed revised management plan will likely involve changes to existing policies and regulations of the Sanctuary, to address contemporary issues and challenges, and to better protect and manage the Sanctuary's resources and qualities. The review process is composed of four major stages: information collection and characterization; preparation and release of a draft management plan/environmental impact statement, and any proposed amendments to the regulations; public review and comment; preparation and release of a final management plan/ environmental impact statement, and any final amendments to the regulations. NOAA anticipates that completion of the revised management plan and concomitant documents will require approximately eighteen to twenty-four months. NOAA has already conducted five public scoping meetings (as announced in the document in 64 FR 63262, November 17, 1999) to gather information and other comments from individuals, organizations, and government agencies on the scope, types and significance of issues related to the sanctuary's management plan and regulations. Because of the interest of individuals in other communities in Georgia, NOAA has decided to conduct three additional scoping meetings. | 1999-12-27 | 1999 | 12 | https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1999/12/27/99-33424/initiation-of-review-of-management-planregulations-of-the-grays-reef-national-marine-sanctuary | https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1999-12-27/pdf/99-33424.pdf | Commerce Department; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | 54,361 | The Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary (GRNMS or Sanctuary) was designated in January 1981, and consists of 17 square nautical miles of open ocean and live bottom habitat approximately 17.5 nautical miles east of Sapelo Island, Georgia. The present... |