83 FR 39429 - Notice of Availability of a Programmatic Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Data Buoy Center

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 154 (August 9, 2018)

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 154 (Thursday, August 9, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39429-39430]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-17038]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Notice of Availability of a Programmatic Environmental Assessment 
and Finding of No Significant Impact for the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration National Data Buoy Center

AGENCY: National Weather Service (NWS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Department of Commerce (DOC).

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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DATES: The PEA and Finding of No Significant Impact are available for 
public inspection for 30 days after posting.

ADDRESSES: The Final PEA can be accessed at:http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/pea/ndbc_final_pea_20180104.pdf.
    The Finding of No Significant Impact is available for public 
inspection for 30 days after posting. It can be found at:http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/pea/ndbc_fonsi_signed_20180102.pdf.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joe Swaykos, National Data Buoy 
Center, Bldg. 3205, Stennis Space Center, MS 39529; phone (228) 688-
4766; fax (228) 688-1364; email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration (NOAA) National Data Buoy Center (NDBC), a part of the 
National Weather Service (NWS), designs, develops, operates, and 
maintains a network of moored buoys

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and coastal stations throughout the world's oceans, seas, and lakes for 
the purpose of civil earth marine observations. NDBC has prepared a 
Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PEA) to analyze the continued 
operational activities of its network of moored buoys and coastal 
stations. The NDBC PEA has been created in accordance with the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969.
    The expected outcome from a Programmatic Environmental Assessment 
is either (a) finding of no significant impact; (b) identification of 
the need for an environmental impact statement; or (c) the proposed 
action is covered by a categorical exclusion established by the parent 
agency. In the case of the NDBC PEA a finding of no significant impact 
was made.

    Dated: August 3, 2018.
Joseph A. Pica,
Director, Office of Observation, National Weather Service, National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
[FR Doc. 2018-17038 Filed 8-8-18; 8:45 am]
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