69838 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 226 / Monday, November 24, 2014 / Notices 

Dated: November 18, 2014. 

Glenna Mickelson, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2014–27647 Filed 11–21–14; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Intent To Prepare a Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Proposed He’eia National Estuarine 

Research Reserve in Kane’ohe Bay, 

Hawai’i 

AGENCY: National Estuarine Research 

Reserve System, Office for Coastal 

Management, National Ocean Service, 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration, Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with section 

315 of the Coastal Zone Management 

Act of 1972, as amended (16 U.S.C. 

1451–1466), the State of Hawai‘i and the 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (NOAA) intend to 

conduct two public scoping meetings on 

December 17, 2014, in Kane‘ohe, 

Hawai‘i, and on December 19, 2014, in 

Honolulu, Hawai‘i, as part of NOAA’s 

draft environmental impact statement 

(DEIS) and draft management plan 

(DMP) process to solicit comments for 

the preparation of a DEIS and DMP on 

the Proposed He’eia National Estuarine 

Research Reserve in Kane’ohe Bay. 

DATES: December 17, 2014, at 5:00–7:00 

p.m. and December 19, 2014, at 5:00– 

7:00 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: December 17 at the King 

Intermediate School, 46–155 

Kamehameha Hwy., Kane‘ohe, HI 96744 

and December 19 at the NOAA Fisheries 

Honolulu Service Center, 1139 N. 

Nimitz Hwy., Ste 220, Honolulu, HI 

96817. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Contact Rebecka Arbin, Hawai‘i Office 

of Planning, P. O. Box 2359, Honolulu, 

HI 96804 at (808)587–2831 or 

rebecka.j.arbin@dbedt.hawaii.gov or 

Joelle Gore, Acting Chief, Stewardship 

Division, Office for Coastal 

Management, National Ocean Service, 

NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway, Silver 

Spring, Maryland 20910, at (301) 713– 

3155 ext. 177, or 

Hawaii.nerr.comments@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

decision to be made by NOAA is 

whether to designate the proposed 

He‘eia National Estuarine Research 

Reserve. The State of Hawai‘i, through 

its Office of Planning, site partners and 

NOAA are working to determine the 

boundaries of the reserve, how the 

reserve would be managed, and the 

policies of the proposed reserve. These 

decisions will be made through an 

analysis process and described in the 

reserve management plan. 

Found within the largest sheltered 

bay in the Hawaiian Islands, the He‘eia 

estuary constitutes a range of diverse 

habitats, including uplands, wetland, 

and fringing coral reefs, and is 

representative of the estuarine habitats 

in the Insular biogeographic region. In 

addition, the site hosts numerous 

traditional Hawaiian practices, 

including an ancient Hawaiian fish 

pond and taro cultivation. The 

combination of unique traditional 

Hawaiian land uses and natural habitats 

is expected to attract a broad range of 

research interests from multiple 

scientific disciplines. In July 2012, the 

Governor of Hawai‘i sent NOAA a letter 

of interest in exploring the feasibility of 

designating a reserve within the 

Hawaiian Islands based on ongoing 

conversations with community groups 

and the University of Hawai‘i. In 

February 2013, the State of Hawai‘i 

undertook a site selection process to 

determine appropriate areas of the 

Hawaiian Islands that might be 

nominated for inclusion in the reserve 

System. Hawai‘i, working with 

scientists, community organizations, 

and the public, gathered input and 

suggestions to inform the selection of a 

potential site for consideration as a 

national estuarine research reserve. 

On May 21, 2014, the Governor of the 

State of Hawai‘i nominated the He‘eia 

estuary for consideration as a Hawai‘i 

reserve. On October 27, 2014, NOAA 

accepted the site nomination document 

for the proposed He‘eia reserve and 

initiated planning efforts with the 

Hawai‘i Office of Planning HIMB. 

The He‘eia reserve is proposed to be 

administered by the State of Hawaii in 

cooperation with the Hawaii Office of 

Planning, the Hawai‘i Department of 

Land and Natural Resources, the 

University of Hawai‘i, Hawai‘i 

Community Development Authority, 

and community organizations Kako‘o 

‘O ̄ iwi, Paepae o He‘eia, Ko‘olaupoko 

Hawaiian Civic Club, Kamaaina Kids, 

and The Nature Conservancy, with 

support from other state and county 

agencies and community members. The 

Hawai‘i Office of Planning, in 

collaboration with those partners, is 

jointly developing an outline of a 

preliminary DMP. The outline is 

intended to identify specific needs and 

priorities related to research, education, 

and stewardship. At the public 

meetings, the Hawai‘i Office of Planning 

and NOAA will provide a synopsis of 

the process for developing a DEIS and 

DMP and will solicit comments on the 

scope and the significant issues to be 

analyzed in a DEIS. 

Interested parties who wish to submit 

suggestions or comments about the 

scope or content of the proposed DEIS 

and DMP are invited to attend the above 

meetings or provide comments to the 

Hawai‘i Office of Planning or NOAA’s 

Office for Coastal Management. 

Comments can be submitted to 

Hawaii.nerr.comments@noaa.gov or 

U.S. mail at the addresses listed below. 

Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog Number 

11.420 (Coastal Zone Management) Research 

Reserves 

Dated: November 18, 2014. 

Donna Rivelli, 

Deputy Chief Financial Officer, National 

Ocean Service, National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2014–27729 Filed 11–21–14; 8:45 am] 

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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING 

COMMISSION 

Agricultural Advisory Committee 

Meeting 

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Commodity Futures 

Trading Commission (CFTC or 

Commission) announces that on 

December 9, 2014, from 10:00 a.m. to 

3:00 p.m., the Agricultural Advisory 

Committee (AAC) will hold a public 

meeting at the CFTC’s Washington, DC, 

headquarters. The meeting will focus 

on, among other issues, topics related to 

the agricultural economy, as well as the 

deliverable supplies of agricultural 

commodities as they pertain to position 

limits. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Tuesday, December 9, 2014 from 10:00 

a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Members of the public 

who wish to submit written statements 

in connection with the meeting should 

submit them by December 1, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place 

in the first floor Conference Center at 

the Commission’s headquarters, Three 

Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street NW., 

Washington, DC 20581. Written 

statements should be submitted to: 

Agricultural Advisory Committee, c/o 

Cory Claussen, Commodity Futures 

Trading Commission, Three Lafayette 

Centre, 1155 21st Street NW., 


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