16732 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 58 / Friday, March 25, 2011 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Updates to List of National System of 

Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) 

AGENCY: NOAA, Department of 

Commerce (DOC). 

ACTION: Notice of updates to the List of 

National System of Marine Protected 

Areas (MPAs) and response to 

comments on nominations of existing 

MPAs to the national system. 

SUMMARY: In August 2010, NOAA and 

the Department of the Interior (DOI) 

invited Federal, State, commonwealth, 

and territorial MPA programs with 

potentially eligible existing MPAs to 

nominate their sites to the national 

system of MPAs (national system). A 

total of 39 nominations were received, 

including seven from the American 

Samoa Department of Marine and 

Wildlife Resources and 32 from the 

California Department of Fish and 

Game. Following a 30-day public review 

period, no public comments were 

received by the National Marine 

Protected Areas Center (MPA Center). 

The American Samoa Department of 

Marine and Wildlife Resources and the 

California Department of Fish and 

Game, as the managing agencies, were 

asked to make a final determination of 

sites to nominate to the national system. 

Finding them to be eligible for the 

national system, the MPA Center has 

accepted the nominations for 39 sites 

and placed them on the List of National 

System MPAs. 

The national system and the 

nomination process are described in the 

Framework for the National System of 

Marine Protected Areas of the United 

States of America (Framework), 

developed in response to Executive 

Order 13158 on Marine Protected Areas. 

The final Framework was published on 

November 19, 2008, and provides 

guidance for collaborative efforts among 

Federal, State, commonwealth, 

territorial, tribal and local governments 

and stakeholders to develop an effective 

and well coordinated national system 

that includes existing MPAs meeting 

national system criteria as well as new 

sites that may be established by 

managing agencies to fill key 

conservation gaps in important ocean 

areas. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lauren Wenzel, NOAA, at 301–713– 

3100, ext. 136 or via e-mail at 

mpa.comments@noaa.gov. A detailed 

electronic copy of the List of National 

System MPAs is available for download 

at http://www.mpa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background on National System 

The national system of MPAs is made 

up of member MPA sites, networks and 

systems established and managed by 

Federal, State, commonwealth, 

territorial, tribal and/or local 

governments that collectively enhance 

conservation of the nation’s natural and 

cultural marine heritage and represent 

its diverse ecosystems and resources. 

Although participating sites continue to 

be managed independently, national 

system MPAs also work together at the 

regional and national levels to achieve 

common objectives for conserving the 

nation’s important natural and cultural 

resources, with emphasis on achieving 

the priority conservation objectives of 

the Framework. MPAs include sites 

with a wide range of protection, from 

multiple use areas to no take reserves 

where all extractive uses are prohibited. 

The term MPA refers only to the marine 

portion of a site (below the mean high 

tide mark) that may include both 

terrestrial and marine components. 

The national system is a mechanism 

to foster greater collaboration among 

participating MPA sites and programs in 

order to enhance stewardship in the 

waters of the United States. The act of 

joining the national system does not 

create new MPAs, or create new 

restrictions for the existing MPAs that 

become members. In fact, a site must 

have existing protections of natural and/ 

or cultural resources in place in order to 

be eligible to join the national system, 

as well as meet other criteria described 

in the Framework. However, joining the 

national system does not establish new 

regulatory authority or change existing 

regulations in any way, nor does it 

require changes affecting the 

designation process or management of 

member MPAs. Nor does it bring State, 

territorial, tribal or local sites under 

Federal authority. 

Benefits of joining the national 

system, which are expected to increase 

over time as the system matures, 

include a facilitated means to work with 

other sites in the MPA’s region, and 

nationally on issues of common 

conservation concern; fostering greater 

public and international recognition of 

U.S. MPAs and the resources they 

protect; priority in the receipt of 

available technical and other support for 

cross-cutting needs; and the opportunity 

to influence federal and regional ocean 

conservation and management 

initiatives (such as Coastal and Marine 

Spatial Planning, integrated ocean 

observing systems, systematic 

monitoring and evaluation, targeted 

outreach to key user groups, and 

helping to identify and address MPA 

research needs). In addition, the 

national system provides a forum for 

coordinated regional planning about 

place-based conservation priorities that 

does not otherwise exist. 

Nomination Process 

The Framework describes two major 

focal areas for building the national 

system of MPAs—a nomination process 

to allow existing MPAs that meet the 

entry criteria to become part of the 

system and a collaborative regional gap 

analysis process to identify areas of 

significance for natural or cultural 

resources that may merit additional 

protection through existing Federal, 

State, commonwealth, territorial, tribal 

or local MPA authorities. A call for 

nominations is issued annually, and 

may also be issued at the request of an 

MPA management agency. This round 

of nominations began on August 19, 

2010 and the deadline for nominations 

was November 19, 2010. A public 

comment period was held from 

February 3, 2011 through March 7, 

2011. 

There are three entry criteria for 

existing MPAs to join the national 

system, plus a fourth for cultural 

heritage. Sites that meet all pertinent 

criteria are eligible for the national 

system. 

1. Meets the definition of an MPA as 

defined in the Framework. 

2. Has a management plan (can be 

site-specific or part of a broader 

programmatic management plan; must 

have goals and objectives and call for 

monitoring or evaluation of those goals 

and objectives). 

3. Contributes to at least one priority 

conservation objective as listed in the 

Framework (see below). 

4. Cultural heritage MPAs must also 

conform to criteria for the National 

Register for Historic Places. 

Additional sites not currently meeting 

the management plan criterion can be 

evaluated for eligibility to be nominated 

to the system on a case-by-case basis 

based on their ability to fill gaps in the 

national system coverage of the priority 

conservation objectives and design 

principles described in the Framework. 

The MPA Center used existing 

information in the MPA Inventory to 

determine which MPAs meet the first 

and second criteria. The inventory is 

online at http://www.mpa.gov/ 

dataanalysis/mpainventory/ and 

potentially eligible sites are posted 

online at http://www.mpa.gov/ 

nationalsystem/nationalsystemlist/. As 

part of the nomination process, the 


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managing entity for each potentially 

eligible site is asked to provide 

information on the third and fourth 

criteria. 

Updates to List of National System 

MPAs 

The following MPAs have been 

nominated by the American Samoa 

Department of Marine and Wildlife 

Resources and the California 

Department of Fish and Game to join the 

national system of MPAs. The complete 

List of National System MPAs, which 

now includes 297 members, is available 

at http://www.mpa.gov. 

American Samoa 

Alofau Village Marine Protected Area, 

Amaua and Auto Village Marine 

Protected Area, 

Fagamalo Village Marine Protected 

Area, 

Masausi Village Marine Protected Area, 

Matuu and Faganeanea Village Marine 

Protected Area, 

Poloa Village Marine Protected Area, 

Vatia Village Marine Protected Area. 

California 

Point Arena State Marine Conservation 

Area, 

Sea Lion Cove State Marine 

Conservation Area, 

Saunders Reef State Marine 

Conservation Area, 

Del Mar Landing State Marine Reserve, 

Stewarts Point State Marine Reserve, 

Salt Point State Marine Conservation 

Area, 

Gerstle Cove State Marine Reserve, 

Russian River State Marine Recreational 

Management Area, 

Russian River State Marine 

Conservation Area, 

Bodega Head State Marine Reserve, 

Bodega Head State Marine Conservation 

Area, 

Estero Americano State Marine 

Recreational Management Area, 

Estero de San Antonio State Marine 

Recreational Management Area, 

Drakes Estero State Marine Conservation 

Area, 

Estero de Limantour State Marine 

Reserve, 

Point Reyes State Marine Reserve, 

Point Reyes State Marine Conservation 

Area, 

Duxbury State Marine Conservation 

Area, 

Southeast Farallon Island State Marine 

Reserve, 

Southeast Farallon Island State Marine 

Conservation Area, 

Montara State Marine Reserve, 

Pillar Point State Marine Conservation 

Area, 

Point Reyes Special Closure, 

Point Resistance Special Closure, 

Double Point/Stormy Stack Special 

Closure, 

Egg (Devil’s Slide) Rock to Devil’s Slide 

Special Closure, 

North Farallon Islands & Isle of St. 

James Special Closure, 

Southeast Farallon Special Closure A, 

North Farallon Islands State Marine 

Reserve, 

Southeast Farallon Special Closure B, 

Stewarts Point State Marine 

Conservation Area. 

Response to Public Comments 

On February 3, 2011, NOAA and DOI 

(agencies) published the Nomination of 

Existing Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) 

to the National System of Marine 

Protected Areas for public comment, for 

the nomination of thirty-nine existing 

MPAs. By the end of the 30-day 

comment period, no public comments 

had been received. 

Dated: March 18, 2011. 

David M. Kennedy, 

Assistant Administrator, National Ocean 

Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2011–7036 Filed 3–24–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM 

PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR 

SEVERELY DISABLED 

Procurement List; Proposed Additions 

and Deletions 

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From 

People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled. 

ACTION: Proposed additions to and 

deletions from the procurement list. 

SUMMARY: The Committee is proposing 

to add products and services to the 

Procurement List that will be furnished 

by nonprofit agencies employing 

persons who are blind or have other 

severe disabilities and to delete a 

product and services previously 

furnished by such agencies. 

Comments Must be Received on or 

Before: 4/25/2011. 

ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase 

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Disabled, Jefferson Plaza 2, Suite 10800, 

1421 Jefferson Davis Highway, 

Arlington, Virginia, 22202–3259. 

For Further Information or to Submit 

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Telephone: (703) 603–7740, Fax: (703) 

603–0655, or e-mail 

CMTEFedReg@AbilityOne.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice is published pursuant to 41 U.S.C 

47(a)(2) and 41 CFR 51–2.3. Its purpose 

is to provide interested persons an 

opportunity to submit comments on the 

proposed actions. 

Additions 

If the Committee approves the 

proposed additions, the entities of the 

Federal Government identified in this 

notice will be required to procure the 

products and services listed below from 

nonprofit agencies employing persons 

who are blind or have other severe 

disabilities. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification 

I certify that the following action will 

not have a significant impact on a 

substantial number of small entities. 

The major factors considered for this 

certification were: 

1. If approved, the action will not 

result in any additional reporting, 

recordkeeping or other compliance 

requirements for small entities other 

than the small organizations that will 

furnish the products and services to the 

Government. 

2. If approved, the action will result 

in authorizing small entities to furnish 

the products and services to the 

Government. 

3. There are no known regulatory 

alternatives which would accomplish 

the objectives of the Javits-WagnerO’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46–48c) in 

connection with the products and 

services proposed for addition to the 

Procurement List. 

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The following products and services 

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nonprofit agencies listed: 

Products: 

NSN: MR 350—Containers, Storage, 12PG. 

NSN: MR 351—Containers, Storage, 20PG. 

NSN: MR 1120—Bag, Storage, Vacuum 

Sealed, 6PG. 

NPA: Industries for the Blind, Inc., West 

Allis, WI. 

Contracting Activity: MILITARY RESALE– 

DEFENSE COMMISSARY AGENCY, 

FORT LEE, VA. 

Coverage: C–List for the requirements of 

military commissaries and exchanges as 

aggregated by the Defense Commissary 

Agency. 

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