This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER

contains notices to the public of the proposed

issuance of rules and regulations. The

purpose of these notices is to give interested

persons an opportunity to participate in the

rule making prior to the adoption of the final

rules.

Proposed Rules Federal Register

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Vol. 66, No. 111

Friday, June 8, 2001

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

15 CFR Part 922

Initiation of Review of Management

Plan for the Florida Keys National

Marine Sanctuary; Notice of Scoping

Meetings

AGENCY: Marine Sanctuaries Division

(MSD), National Ocean Service (NOS),

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration, Department of

Commerce (DOC).

ACTION: Initiation of review of

management plan; Notice of scoping

meetings.

SUMMARY: 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 of the National

Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration (NOAA) is initiating a

review of the Florida Keys National

Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS or

Sanctuary) 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.

NOAA will conduct public scoping

meetings to gather information and

comments from individuals,

organizations, and government agencies

on the scope, types and significance of

issues related to the Sanctuary’s

management plan and regulations.

DATES: Written comments should be

received by July 20, 2001.

The scoping meeting dates are:

1. Thursday, June 21, 2001, 7:00 p.m.

in Marathon.

2. Friday, June 22, 2001, 7:00 p.m. in

Key Largo.

3. Tuesday, June 26, 2001, 7:00 p.m.

in Key West.

ADDRESSES: Mail written comments to

the Florida Keys National Marine

Sanctuary (Management Plan Review),

Post Office Box 500368, Marathon, FL

33050. Comments will be available for

public review at the same address.

The scoping meeting locations are:

1. Marathon—Marathon Garden Club,

5270 Overseas Highway, Marathon, FL.

2. Key Largo—Key Largo Library,

Tradewinds Shopping Center, 101485

Overseas Highway, Key Largo, FL.

3. Key West—Holiday Inn Beachside,

3841 N. Roosevelt Blvd., Key West, FL.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Billy D. Causey, Sanctuary

Superintendent, (305) 743–2437×26.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary

was designated by the Florida Keys

National Marine Sanctuary and

Protection Act (FKNMSPA) P.L. 101–

605. The Sanctuary includes 2900

square nautical miles of coastal and

ocean waters, and the submerged lands

thereunder, surrounding the Florida

Keys. The 2.5 million-acre Sanctuary

contains one of North America’s most

diverse assemblages of terrestrial,

estuarine, and marine fauna and flora,

including, in addition to the Florida reef

tract, thousands of patch reefs, one of

the largest sea grass communities

covering 1.4 million acres, mangrove

fringed shorelines, mangrove islands,

and various hardbottom habitats. These

diverse habitats provide shelter and

food for thousands of species of marine

plants and animals, including more than

50 species of animals identified under

federal or state law, as endangered or

threatened. The present Management

Plan for the Sanctuary was completed in

1996.

The proposed revised Management

Plan will likely involve changes to

existing management policies of the

Sanctuary, to address current issues and

challenges, and to better protect and

manage the Sanctuary’s resources and

qualities. NOAA anticipates completion

of the revised Management Plan by June

30, 2002, and concomitant documents,

including any revised regulations, will

require approximately six to twelve

additional months.

This timeline will allow NOAA to

prepare a revised plan to be submitted

to the Governor of the State of Florida

for review and approval in July 2002.

The State of Florida is a co-trustee in the

management of the Sanctuary and

NOAA has determined that at the

conclusion of the five-year review of the

Sanctuary, it will re-propose the

management plan and regulations for

the Governor’s review, similar to the

forty-five day review period required

under section 304(b) of the National

Marine Sanctuary Act at the time a

national marine sanctuary is being

designated (16 U.S.C. 1434(b)).

Authority: 16 U.S.C. section 1431 et seq.

(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog

Number 11.429 Marine Sanctuary Program)

Dated: June 4, 2001.

Ted I. Lillestolen,

Deputy Assistant Administrator for Ocean

Services and Coastal Zone Management.

[FR Doc. 01–14428 Filed 6–7–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–08–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

United States Patent and Trademark

Office

37 CFR Parts 1 and 2

[Docket No. 991105297–1125–03]

RIN 0651–AB01

Revision of Patent and Trademark

Fees for Fiscal Year 2002; Correction

AGENCY: United States Patent and

Trademark Office, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking;

correction.

SUMMARY: The United States Patent and

Trademark Office published a proposed

rule in the Federal Register of May 9,

2001, revising certain patent fee

amounts and a trademark fee amount for

fiscal year 2002, changing the

maintenance fee correspondence

address, and amending a fee to reflect

current business practice. This

document corrects one error in that

proposed rule.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Matthew Lee by e-mail at

matthew.lee@uspto.gov, by telephone at

(703) 305–8051, or by fax at (703) 305–

8007.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

United States Patent and Trademark

Office published a proposed rule

entitled ‘‘Revision of Patent and

Trademark Fees for Fiscal Year 2002’’ in

the Federal Register of May 9, 2001 (66

FR 23642). The proposed rule contains

an error in the Other Considerations

section. The paragraph that references