11418 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 40 / Tuesday, March 1, 2022 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Draft Revised Management Plan for the 

Chesapeake Bay Virginia National 

Estuarine Research Reserve 

AGENCY: Office for Coastal Management, 

National Ocean Service, National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Request for comments on draft 

revised management plan. 

SUMMARY: The National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is 

soliciting comments from the public 

regarding a proposed revision of the 

management plan for the Chesapeake 

Bay Virginia National Estuarine 

Research Reserve (NERR or Reserve). A 

management plan provides a framework 

for the direction and timing of a 

reserve’s programs; allows reserve 

managers to assess a reserve’s success in 

meeting its goals and to identify any 

necessary changes in direction; and is 

used to guide programmatic evaluations 

of the reserve. Plan revisions are 

required of each reserve in the National 

Estuarine Research Reserve System at 

least every five years. This draft revised 

plan is intended to replace the plan 

approved in 2008. 

DATES: Comments are due by March 31, 

2022. 

ADDRESSES: The draft revised 

management plan can be accessed at: 

https://www.vims.edu/cbnerr/resources/ 

resources_annual_reports.php. The 

document is also available by sending a 

written request to the point of contact 

identified below (see FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION). 

• Electronic Submission: Submit all 

electronic public comments by email to 

tricia.hooper@noaa.gov. Include 

‘‘Comments on draft Chesapeake Bay 

Virginia Reserve Management Plan’’ in 

the subject line of the message. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Tricia Hooper of NOAA’s Office for 

Coastal Management, by email at 

tricia.hooper@noaa.gov or phone at 

617–921–1998. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to 15 CFR 921.33(c), a State must revise 

the management plan for the research 

reserve at least every five years. If 

approved by NOAA, the Chesapeake 

Bay Virginia NERR’s draft revised plan 

would replace the plan previously 

approved in 2008. 

The draft revised management plan 

outlines the reserve’s strategic goals and 

objectives; administrative structure; 

programs for conducting research and 

monitoring, education, and training; 

resource protection, restoration, and 

manipulation plans; public access and 

visitor use plans; consideration for 

future land acquisition; and facility 

development to support reserve 

operations. In particular, this draft 

revised management plan focuses efforts 

and investments in three functional 

areas: 

• Enhance and inspire stewardship, 

protection, and management of 

estuaries, their watersheds, and cultural 

connections through place-based 

approaches. 

• Generate, apply, and transfer 

scientific knowledge of estuarine and 

coastal watershed resources to increase 

understanding, appreciation, and 

betterment of coastal communities. 

• Advance environmental literacy 

and appreciation, allowing for better 

resource stewardship and science-based 

decisions that positively affect estuaries, 

their watersheds, and communities. 

Since 2008, the reserve has made 

notable investments in programs and 

infrastructure, which include launching 

the new Margaret A. Davidson 

Fellowship, reinvigorating the York 

River and Small Coastal Basin 

Roundtable, and establishing the 

Environmental Data Center and the 

Virginia Scientists and Educators 

Alliance with partners at the Virginia 

Institute of Marine Science. The reserve 

installed a floating dock at Taskinas 

Creek and Catlett Islands components, 

and maintained extensive Sentinel Site 

infrastructure, including boardways, 

sediment elevation tables, tide gauges, 

and survey benchmarks. The reserve 

also navigated changes in ownership 

and management at the Catlett Islands 

and Sweet Hall Marsh components, 

conducted an internal reorganization, 

and developed a comprehensive 

communications plan. The draft revised 

management plan, once approved, 

would serve as the guiding document 

for the 3,072-acre research reserve for 

the next five years. 

NOAA’s Office for Coastal 

Management analyzes the 

environmental impacts of the proposed 

approval of this draft revised 

management plan in accordance with 

section 102(2)(C) of the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as 

amended, 42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C), and the 

Council on Environmental Quality 

Regulations for Implementing the 

Procedural Provisions of NEPA (40 CFR 

1500–1508). The public is invited to 

comment on the draft revised 

management plan. NOAA will take 

these comments into consideration in 

deciding whether to approve the draft 

revised management plan in whole or in 

part. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1451 et seq.; 15 

CFR 921.33. 

Keelin S. Kuipers, 

Deputy Director, Office for Coastal 

Management, National Ocean Service, 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–NK–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XB852] 

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic and New 

England Fishery Management Councils 

(Councils) will hold a public meeting of 

their joint Northeast Trawl Advisory 

Panel (NTAP). See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION for agenda details. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Thursday, March 17, 2022, from 9 a.m. 

until 12:30 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held 

via webinar. Connection information 

will be posted to the calendar prior to 

the meeting at www.mafmc.org. 

Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council, 800 N State 

Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; 

telephone: (302) 674–2331; 

www.mafmc.org. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive 

Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council, telephone: (302) 

526–5255. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Councils’ Northeast Trawl Advisory 

Panel (NTAP) will review recent 

developments related to relevant fishery 

surveys and develop future priorities. 

Special Accommodations 

The meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aid should be directed to 

Shelley Spedden, (302) 526–5251, at 

least 5 days prior to the meeting date. 

(Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) 


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