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further allow for such adjustments and 

completion of all items on the agenda, 

the meeting may be extended from, or 

completed prior to the date/time 

established in this notice. 

Special Accommodations 

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to Tina O’Hern at the 

Council (see ADDRESSES) at least 5 

working days prior to the meeting. 

Dated: September 28, 2009. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–23745 Filed 9–30–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

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 Approval and 

Availability for the Revised 

Management Plan for the North Carolina 

National Estuarine Research Reserve. 

SUMMARY: 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 has 

approved the North Carolina National 

Estuarine Research Reserve 

Management Plan Revision. 

Four sites in coastal North Carolina 

comprise the North Carolina National 

Estuarine Research Reserve: Currituck 

Banks, Rachel Carson, Masonboro Island 

and Zeke’s Island. Currituck Banks, 

Rachel Carson and Zeke’s Island were 

designated in 1985, and Masonboro 

Island was designated in 1991, as the 

North Carolina National Estuarine 

Research Reserve 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 North Carolina 

Department of Environment and Natural 

Resources under a management plan 

approved in 1998. 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. An 

increase in the vertical placement of the 

program on the state organizational 

chart, a new administrative facility, and 

updated programmatic objectives are 

notable revisions to the 1998 approved 

management plan. 

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 coastal North Carolina, 

including coastal population increase, 

altered land use, storm water runoff and 

eutrophication, invasive species, 

tropical and coastal storm impacts and 

sea level rise. 

Since 1998, the reserve has added a 

coastal training program that delivers 

science-based information to key 

decision makers in North Carolina; has 

completed a site profile that 

characterizes the reserve; and has 

expanded the monitoring, stewardship 

and education programs. A new 

administrative building (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 

North Carolina Management Plan 

revision, visit: http:// 

www.nccoastalreserve.net/. 

Dated: September 28, 2009. 

David Kennedy, 

Director, Office of Ocean and Coastal 

Resource Management, National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration. 

[FR Doc. E9–23822 Filed 9–30–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–08–P 

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 Approval and 

Availability for the Revised 

Management Plan for the Hudson River 

National Estuarine Research Reserve. 

SUMMARY: 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 has 

approved 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. 

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 


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