[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 59 (Tuesday, March 28, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15903-15904]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-7508]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


National Marine Sanctuary Symbol

AGENCY: Sanctuaries and Reserves Division (SRD), Office of Ocean and 
Coastal Resources Management (OCRM), National Ocean Service (NOS), 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Department of 
Commerce.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: SRD is announcing the adoption of a symbol for the National 
Marine Sanctuary Program as required by the National Marine Sanctuaries 
Act. The symbol is one element of a pilot project to enhance funding 
for designation and management of national marine sanctuaries. In 
accordance with the Act, SRD is publishing, in the Federal Register, 
the symbol shown in the attachment to this document. This symbol shall 
be the official symbol for the National Marine Sanctuary Program. This 
notice also announces the opportunity for interested persons to become 
official sponsors of the National Marine Sanctuary Program or of 
individual sanctuaries.

DATES: The Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management will begin 
using the symbol immediately.

ADDRESSES: Information on becoming an official sponsor may be obtained 
from: Justin Kenney, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
Sanctuaries and Reserves Division, 1305 East-West Highway, 12th floor, 
Silver Spring, MD 20910.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Justin Kenney at (301) 713-3145 ext. 
153 or Harriet Sopher at (301) 713-3125 ext. 109.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under Title III of the Marine Protection, 
Research and Sanctuaries Act of 1972, as amended, the United States 
Congress has authorized the designation of discrete areas of the marine 
environment as National Marine Sanctuaries to protect distinctive 
natural and cultural resources whose protection and beneficial use 
requires comprehensive planning and management. The National Marine 
Sanctuary Program was established by the Act, and is administered by 
the Sanctuaries and Reserves Division of the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration.
    The mission of the National Marine Sanctuary Program is to 
identify, designate and manage areas of the marine environment of 
special national significance due to their conservation, recreational, 
ecological, historical, research, educational, and aesthetic qualities.
    The Program currently has 14 designated sites including Olympic 
Coast, Cordell Bank, Gulf of the Farallones, Monteray Bay, Channel 
Islands, Hawaiian Islands Humphack Whale, Fagatele Bay, Flower Garden 
Banks, Looe Key, Key Largo, Gray's Reef, the Monitor, Florida Keys, and 
the Stellwaen Bank National Marine Sanctuaries.
    In 1992, with the passage of the National Marine Sanctuaries Act, 
Pub. L. 102-587, Congress directed the National Marine Sanctuary 
Program to enhance funding for the designation and management of 
national marine sanctuaries through the creation, adoption and 
marketing of a logo. Through a partnership with the National Fish and 
Wildlife Foundation, the Sanctuary Program received pro bono assistance 
from Lintas, a national public [[Page 15904]] relations and marketing 
firm, in developing the sanctuary symbol.
    The National Marine Sanctuaries Act also directs the Sanctuary 
Program to solicit and designate official sponsors of the Program or of 
individual National Marine Sanctuaries. These sponsors shall be 
authorized to manufacture, reproduce, or use the symbol. The Sanctuary 
Program is authorized to sell rights to the logo for such use and 
retain the funds to enhance and manage National Marine Sanctuaries. The 
symbol is the property of the United States and it is unlawful for any 
person, except a designated sponsor, to manufacture, reproduce or use 
the symbol. Persons interested in becoming an official sponsor of the 
National Marine Sanctuary Program or of an individual sanctuary should 
contact Justin Kenney.

    Dated: March 22, 1995.
W. Stanley Wilson,
Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal Zone Management.

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[FR Doc. 95-7508 Filed 3-27-95; 8:45 am]
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