82_FR_40915 82 FR 40750 - Evaluation of National Estuarine Research Reserve

82 FR 40750 - Evaluation of National Estuarine Research Reserve

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 165 (August 28, 2017)

Page Range40750-40750
FR Document2017-18192

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office for Coastal Management will hold a public meeting to solicit comments for the performance evaluation of the Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 165 (Monday, August 28, 2017)
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 165 (Monday, August 28, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 40750]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-18192]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Evaluation of National Estuarine Research Reserve

AGENCY: Office for Coastal Management (OCM), National Ocean Service 
(NOS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 
Department of Commerce (DOC).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 
Office for Coastal Management will hold a public meeting to solicit 
comments for the performance evaluation of the Padilla Bay National 
Estuarine Research Reserve.

DATES: Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve Evaluation: The 
public meeting will be held on Wednesday, September 27, 2017, and 
written comments must be received on or before Friday, October 6, 2017.
    For specific dates, times, and locations of the public meeting, see 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on the reserves and coastal program 
NOAA intends to evaluate by any of the following methods:
    Public Meeting and Oral Comments: A public meeting will be held in 
Mt. Vernon, Washington for the Padilla Bay Reserve. For the specific 
location, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
    Written Comments: Please direct written comments to Ralph Cantral, 
Senior Advisor, NOAA Office for Coastal Management, 1305 East West 
Highway N/OCM1, Silver Spring, MD 20910, or via email to 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ralph Cantral, Senior Advisor, Policy, 
NOAA Office for Coastal Management, 1305 East West Highway N/OCM1, 
Silver Spring, MD 20910, (240) 533-0729, or via email to 
[email protected]. Copies of the previous evaluation findings, 
Management Plan, and Site Profile may be viewed and downloaded on the 
Internet at http://coast.noaa.gov/czm/evaluations. A copy of the 
evaluation notification letter and most recent performance report may 
be obtained upon request by contacting the person identified under FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Sections 312 and 315 of the Coastal Zone 
Management Act (CZMA) require NOAA to conduct periodic evaluations of 
federally approved national estuarine research reserves. The process 
includes a public meeting, consideration of written public comments and 
consultations with interested Federal, state, and local agencies and 
members of the public. For the evaluation of National Estuarine 
Research Reserves, NOAA will consider the extent to which the state has 
met the national objectives, adhered to its management plan approved by 
the Secretary of Commerce, and adhered to the terms of financial 
assistance under the Coastal Zone Management Act. When the evaluation 
is completed, NOAA's Office for Coastal Management will place a notice 
in the Federal Register announcing the availability of the Final 
Evaluation Findings.
    Specific information on the periodic evaluation of reserves that 
are the subject of this notice are detailed below as follows:

Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve Evaluation

    You may participate or submit oral comments at the public meeting 
scheduled as follows:
    Date: September 27, 2017.
    Time: 7:00 p.m., local time.
    Location: Padilla Bay Reserve Interpretive Center, 10441 Bayview-
Edison Road, Mt. Vernon, WA 98273.
    Written comments must be received on or before October 6, 2017.

    Dated: July 27, 2017.
Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog 11.419
Coastal Zone Management Program Administration
Paul M. Scholz,
Deputy Director, Office for Coastal Management, National Ocean Service, 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

[FR Doc. 2017-18192 Filed 8-25-17; 8:45 am]
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                                                    will make its final determination within                IX. Analysis of Programs                              most recent performance report may be
                                                    45 days after the Department makes its                  X. Calculation of All-Others Rate                     obtained upon request by contacting the
                                                    final determination.                                    XI. ITC Notification                                  person identified under FOR FURTHER
                                                                                                            XII. Disclosure and Public Comment
                                                    Notification to Interested Parties                                                                            INFORMATION CONTACT.
                                                                                                            XIII. Verification
                                                                                                            XIV. Conclusion                                       SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:      Sections
                                                      This determination is issued and
                                                    published pursuant to sections 703(f)                   [FR Doc. 2017–18166 Filed 8–25–17; 8:45 am]           312 and 315 of the Coastal Zone
                                                    and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR                        BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P                                Management Act (CZMA) require
                                                    351.205(c).                                                                                                   NOAA to conduct periodic evaluations
                                                      Dated: August 21, 2017.                                                                                     of federally approved national estuarine
                                                                                                            DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE                                research reserves. The process includes
                                                    Gary Taverman
                                                                                                                                                                  a public meeting, consideration of
                                                    Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping              National Oceanic and Atmospheric
                                                    and Countervailing Duty Operations,                     Administration                                        written public comments and
                                                    performing the non-exclusive function and                                                                     consultations with interested Federal,
                                                    duties of the Assistant Secretary for                   Evaluation of National Estuarine                      state, and local agencies and members of
                                                    Enforcement and Compliance.                             Research Reserve                                      the public. For the evaluation of
                                                    Appendix I—Scope of the Investigation                                                                         National Estuarine Research Reserves,
                                                                                                            AGENCY: Office for Coastal Management                 NOAA will consider the extent to which
                                                                                                            (OCM), National Ocean Service (NOS),
                                                       The product covered by this investigation                                                                  the state has met the national objectives,
                                                    is biodiesel, which is a fuel comprised of
                                                                                                            National Oceanic and Atmospheric
                                                                                                                                                                  adhered to its management plan
                                                    mono-alkyl esters of long chain fatty acids             Administration (NOAA), Department of
                                                                                                                                                                  approved by the Secretary of Commerce,
                                                    derived from vegetable oils or animal fats,             Commerce (DOC).
                                                                                                                                                                  and adhered to the terms of financial
                                                    including biologically-based waste oils or              ACTION: Notice.
                                                    greases, and other biologically-based oil or fat                                                              assistance under the Coastal Zone
                                                    sources. The investigations cover biodiesel in          SUMMARY:   The National Oceanic and                   Management Act. When the evaluation
                                                    pure form (B100) as well as fuel mixtures               Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),                    is completed, NOAA’s Office for Coastal
                                                    containing at least 99 percent biodiesel by             Office for Coastal Management will hold               Management will place a notice in the
                                                    volume (B99). For fuel mixtures containing              a public meeting to solicit comments for              Federal Register announcing the
                                                    less than 99 percent biodiesel by volume,               the performance evaluation of the                     availability of the Final Evaluation
                                                    only the biodiesel component of the mixture
                                                    is covered by the scope of the investigations.
                                                                                                            Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research               Findings.
                                                       Biodiesel is generally produced to                   Reserve.                                                 Specific information on the periodic
                                                    American Society for Testing and Materials              DATES: Padilla Bay National Estuarine                 evaluation of reserves that are the
                                                    International (ASTM) D6751 specifications,              Research Reserve Evaluation: The                      subject of this notice are detailed below
                                                    but it can also be made to other                        public meeting will be held on                        as follows:
                                                    specifications. Biodiesel commonly has one              Wednesday, September 27, 2017, and
                                                    of the following Chemical Abstracts Service             written comments must be received on                  Padilla Bay National Estuarine
                                                    (CAS) numbers, generally depending upon                                                                       Research Reserve Evaluation
                                                                                                            or before Friday, October 6, 2017.
                                                    the feedstock used: 67784–80–9 (soybean oil
                                                    methyl esters); 91051–34–2 (palm oil methyl               For specific dates, times, and
                                                                                                            locations of the public meeting, see                    You may participate or submit oral
                                                    esters); 91051–32–0 (palm kernel oil methyl                                                                   comments at the public meeting
                                                    esters); 73891–99–3 (rapeseed oil methyl                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
                                                    esters); 61788–61–2 (tallow methyl esters);                                                                   scheduled as follows:
                                                                                                            ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
                                                    68990–52–3 (vegetable oil methyl esters);               on the reserves and coastal program                     Date: September 27, 2017.
                                                    129828–16–6 (canola oil methyl esters);                 NOAA intends to evaluate by any of the
                                                    67762–26–9 (unsaturated alkylcarboxylic
                                                                                                                                                                    Time: 7:00 p.m., local time.
                                                                                                            following methods:
                                                    acid methyl ester); or 68937–84–8 (fatty                                                                        Location: Padilla Bay Reserve
                                                                                                              Public Meeting and Oral Comments:
                                                    acids, C12–C18, methyl ester).                                                                                Interpretive Center, 10441 Bayview-
                                                       The B100 product subject to the                      A public meeting will be held in Mt.
                                                                                                            Vernon, Washington for the Padilla Bay                Edison Road, Mt. Vernon, WA 98273.
                                                    investigation is currently classifiable under
                                                    subheading 3826.00.1000 of the Harmonized               Reserve. For the specific location, see                 Written comments must be received
                                                    Tariff Schedule of the United States                    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.                            on or before October 6, 2017.
                                                    (HTSUS), while the B99 product is currently               Written Comments: Please direct                       Dated: July 27, 2017.
                                                    classifiable under HTSUS subheading                     written comments to Ralph Cantral,                    Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog 11.419
                                                    3826.00.3000. Although the HTSUS                        Senior Advisor, NOAA Office for
                                                    subheadings, ASTM specifications, and CAS                                                                     Coastal Zone Management Program
                                                                                                            Coastal Management, 1305 East West                    Administration
                                                    numbers are provided for convenience and
                                                                                                            Highway N/OCM1, Silver Spring, MD
                                                    customs purposes, the written description of                                                                  Paul M. Scholz,
                                                    the scope is dispositive.                               20910, or via email to Ralph.Cantral@
                                                                                                            noaa.gov.                                             Deputy Director, Office for Coastal
                                                    Appendix II—List of Topics Discussed                                                                          Management, National Ocean Service,
                                                                                                            FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                      National Oceanic and Atmospheric
                                                    in the Preliminary Decision
                                                                                                            Ralph Cantral, Senior Advisor, Policy,                Administration.
                                                    Memorandum
                                                                                                            NOAA Office for Coastal Management,
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                                                    I. Summary                                              1305 East West Highway N/OCM1,
                                                    II. Background                                          Silver Spring, MD 20910, (240) 533–                   BILLING CODE 3510–08–P
                                                    III. Scope Comments                                     0729, or via email to Ralph.Cantral@
                                                    IV. Scope of the Investigation                          noaa.gov. Copies of the previous
                                                    V. Injury Test
                                                    VI. Preliminary Determination of Critical
                                                                                                            evaluation findings, Management Plan,
                                                          Circumstances                                     and Site Profile may be viewed and
                                                    VII. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and               downloaded on the Internet at http://
                                                          Adverse Facts Available                           coast.noaa.gov/czm/evaluations. A copy
                                                    VIII. Subsidies Valuation                               of the evaluation notification letter and


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice.
DatesPadilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve Evaluation: The public meeting will be held on Wednesday, September 27, 2017, and written comments must be received on or before Friday, October 6, 2017.
ContactRalph Cantral, Senior Advisor, Policy, NOAA Office for Coastal Management, 1305 East West Highway N/OCM1, Silver Spring, MD 20910, (240) 533-0729, or via email to [email protected] Copies of the previous evaluation findings, Management Plan, and Site Profile may be viewed and downloaded on the Internet at http://coast.noaa.gov/czm/evaluations. A copy of the evaluation notification letter and most recent performance report may be obtained upon request by contacting the person identified under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
FR Citation82 FR 40750 

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