[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 33 (Friday, February 16, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 10735]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-4032]


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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

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife Service, have replaced one Coastal 
Barrier Resources System map in North Carolina, 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 these units became effective on 
October 19, 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 Act also defines our responsibilities regarding the System 
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 entitled ``Coastal Barrier 
Resources System'' 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 the Coastal Barrier Resources System in North Carolina

    Section 1 of Public Law 106-332, enacted on October 19, 2000, 
requires us to revise the map of Coastal Barrier Resources System Unit 
NC-01 in Dare and Currituck Counties, North Carolina. The changes to 
Pine Island Unit NC-01 will conform the boundary of the unit to the 
National Audubon Society's Pine Island Sanctuary property boundary. The 
changes will also include ``associated aquatic habitat'' as defined by 
Service guidelines.

How To Get Copies of the Maps

    The Service has given copies of the revised System maps to the 
House of Representatives Committee on Resources and the Committee on 
Banking and Financial Services, the Senate Committee on Environment and 
Public Works, and to each appropriate Federal, State, or local agency 
having jurisdiction over the areas in which the modified units are 
located.
    You can purchase copies of System maps from the U.S. Geological 
Survey, Earth Science Information Center, P.O. Box 25286, Mail Stop 
517, 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 Service offices:

Washington Office--all System 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 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 maps for North Carolina, Field Supervisor, U.S. 
Fish and Wildlife Service, Raleigh Field Office 551-F Pylon Drive, P.O. 
Box 33726, Raleigh, NC 27636-3726, (919) 856-4520

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