[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 144 (Wednesday, July 29, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37693-37694]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-18072]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


National Estuarine Research Reserve System

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 Public Comment Period for the Revised Management Plan 
for the Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Estuarine Reserves Division, 
Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, National Ocean 
Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), U.S. 
Department of Commerce is announcing a thirty day public comment period 
on the Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve Management Plan 
Revision.
    Four sites along the Hudson River comprise the Hudson River 
National Estuarine Research Reserve; Piermont Marsh, Iona Island, 
Tivoli Bays, and Stockport Flats. The Hudson River National Estuarine 
Research Reserve was designated in 1982 pursuant to Section 315 of the 
Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, as amended, 16 U.S.C. 1461. The 
reserve has been operating in partnership with the New York State 
Department of Environmental Conservation under a management plan 
approved in 1993. Pursuant to 15 CFR 921.33(c), a state must revise 
their management plan every five years. The submission of this plan 
fulfills this requirement and sets a course for successful 
implementation of the goals and objectives of the reserve. New 
facilities and updated programmatic objectives are notable revisions to 
the 1993 approved management plan.

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    The revised management plan outlines the administrative structure; 
the education, stewardship, and research goals of the reserve; and the 
plans for future land acquisition and facility development to support 
reserve operations. This management plan describes how the strengths of 
the reserve will focus on several areas relevant to the Hudson River, 
including sea level rise and other effects of climate change, 
development pressure, and invasive species.
    Since 1993, the reserve has added an estuary training program that 
delivers science-based information to key decision makers in New York; 
has completed a site profile that characterizes the reserve; and has 
expanded the monitoring, stewardship and education programs. A new 
headquarters building, the Norrie Point Environmental Center, (2007) 
has been built to support the growth of reserve programs.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amy Clark at (301) 563-1137 or Laurie 
McGilvray at (301) 563-1158 of NOAA's National Ocean Service, Estuarine 
Reserves Division, 1305 East-West Highway, N/ORM5, 10th floor, Silver 
Spring, MD 20910. For copies of the Hudson River Management Plan 
revision, visit: http://hrnerr.org.

    Dated: July 23, 2009.
Donna Wieting,
Deputy Director, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
[FR Doc. E9-18072 Filed 7-28-09; 8:45 am]
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