80 FR 35305 - Final NOAA Restoration Center Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 118 (June 19, 2015)

The National Marine Fisheries Service is providing notice that the Final NOAA Restoration Center (RC) Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) is complete and available. The NOAA RC proposes to fund or otherwise implement habitat restoration activities through its existing programmatic framework and related procedures. The NOAA RC programs, which are authorized to conserve and manage coastal and marine resources, will support, fund, or otherwise implement habitat restoration activities throughout the coastal United States. NOAA RC identified a suite of appropriate restoration approaches that it believes will most effectively conserve and restore the coastal and marine resources, and the ecosystem services they provide under NOAA trusteeship. The PEIS evaluates the potential impacts to the human and natural environment of implementing these approaches and sets the stage so that future decisions by NOAA at the project-specific level can be documented as included under, or effectively tiered from, this programmatic analysis.

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 118 (Friday, June 19, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35305-35306]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-14984]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XD983


Final NOAA Restoration Center Programmatic Environmental Impact 
Statement

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of availability of a Final Programmatic Environmental 
Impact Statement.

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SUMMARY: The National Marine Fisheries Service is providing notice that 
the Final NOAA Restoration Center (RC) Programmatic Environmental 
Impact Statement (PEIS) is complete and available. The NOAA RC proposes 
to fund or otherwise implement habitat restoration activities through 
its existing programmatic framework and related procedures. The NOAA RC 
programs, which are authorized to conserve and manage coastal and 
marine resources, will support, fund, or otherwise implement habitat 
restoration activities throughout the coastal United States.
    NOAA RC identified a suite of appropriate restoration approaches 
that it believes will most effectively conserve and restore the coastal 
and marine resources, and the ecosystem services they provide under 
NOAA trusteeship. The PEIS evaluates the potential impacts to the human 
and natural environment of implementing these approaches and sets the 
stage so that future decisions by NOAA at the project-specific level 
can be documented as included under, or effectively tiered from, this 
programmatic analysis.

ADDRESSES: Frederick C. Sutter, Director, Office of Habitat 
Conservation, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 1315 
East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Melanie Gange, by mail at NOAA 
Restoration Center/FHC3, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 
20910; or by telephone at 301-427-8664.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Although NOAA RC is not soliciting comments 
on this PEIS, we will consider any comments submitted that would assist 
us in preparing future NEPA documents. An electronic copy of the PEIS 
is available at: http://www.restoration.noaa.gov/environmentalcompliance. Electronic correspondence regarding it can be 
submitted to [email protected]. Otherwise, please submit any 
written comments via U.S. mail to the responsible official named in the 
ADDRESSES section.

    Dated: June 9, 2015.
Frederick C. Sutter,
Director, Office of Habitat Conservation, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-14984 Filed 6-18-15; 8:45 am]
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