[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 33 (Friday, February 16, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10734-10735]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-4031]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


Coastal Barrier Improvement Act of 1990; Amendments to the 
Coastal Barrier Resources System and Otherwise Protected Areas

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife Service, have replaced one map 
depicting an otherwise protected area (OPA) in Florida, as directed by 
Congress. We are using this notice to inform the public about the 
distribution and availability of the revised map.

DATES: The boundary revisions for this OPA became effective on October 
27, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Benjamin N. Tuggle, Department of 
the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of Federal 
Program Activities, (703) 358-2161.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    In 1982, Congress passed the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (Pub. L. 
97-348) to restrict Federal spending that could foster development of 
undeveloped coastal barriers along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico 
coasts. In the Coastal Barrier Improvement Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101-
591), Congress amended the 1982 Act to broaden the definition of a 
coastal barrier, and approved a series of maps entitled ``Coastal 
Barrier Resources System'' dated October 24, 1990. These maps identify 
and depict those coastal barriers located on the coasts of the Atlantic 
Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, and the Great Lakes, and in Puerto Rico and the 
Virgin Islands that are subject to the Federal funding limitations 
outlined in the Act. The 1990 Act also approved a related series of 
maps depicting OPAs along the same coastlines. Unlike full System 
units, only Federal flood insurance is prohibited in OPAs.
    The Act also defines our responsibilities regarding System and OPA 
maps. We have official custody of these maps, and prepare and 
distribute copies of the maps. We published a notice of the filing, 
distribution, and availability of the maps dated October 24, 1990, in 
the Federal Register on June 6, 1991 (56 FR 26304-26312). We have 
announced all subsequent map revisions in the Federal Register.

Revisions to an Otherwise Protected Area in Florida

    Section 1 of Public Law 106-360, enacted on October 27, 2000, 
requires us to replace one OPA map. The changes affect OPA P-19P in Lee 
County,

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Florida. The changes to P-19P are designed to coincide the OPA with 
lands held for conservation purposes on North Captiva Island.

How To Get Copies of the Maps

    The Service has given copies of the revised map to the House of 
Representatives Committee on Resources and the Senate Committee on 
Environment and Public Works, and is sending maps to the House of 
Representatives Committee on Banking and Financial Services and each 
appropriate Federal, State, and local agency having jurisdiction over 
the areas in which the modified units are located.
    You can purchase copies of System and OPA maps from the U.S. 
Geological Survey, Earth Science Information Center, P.O. Box 25286, 
Denver, Colorado 80225. The cost is $10.00 per map, plus a $5.00 
shipping and handling fee for the entire order. Maps can also be viewed 
at the following Fish and Wildlife Service offices:

Washington Office--all System and OPA maps, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service, Division of Federal Program Activities, 4401 N. Fairfax Drive 
Room 400, Arlington, Virginia 22203, (703) 358-2183
Southeast Regional Office--all System and OPA maps for NC, SC, GA, FL, 
AL, MS and LA, Region 4, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1875 Century 
Blvd., Atlanta, Georgia 30345, (404) 679-7125
Field Office--System and OPA maps for south Florida, Field Supervisor, 
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 360 U.S. 1, Suite 5, Vero Beach, 
Florida 32960, (561) 562-3909

    Dated: January 22, 2001.
Marshall P. Jones, Jr.,
Acting Director, Fish and Wildlife Service.
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