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established the Northwestern Hawaiian
Islands Marine National Monument by
issuing Presidential Proclamation 8031
(Proclamation) (71 FR 36443, June 26,
2006) under the authority of the
Antiquities Act (16 U.S.C. 431) (Act).
On February 28, 2007, President Bush
amended the Proclamation to give it a
Native Hawaiian name, chosen by
Native Hawaiians, that reflects
Hawaiian language and culture. On
March 2, 2007, the First Lady, Mrs.
Laura Bush, presented the new name,
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Papahanaumokuakea Marine National
Monument, to the public.
Proclamation 8031 reserves all lands
and interests in lands owned or
controlled by the Government of the
United States in the Northwestern
Hawaiian Islands (NWHI), including
emergent and submerged lands and
waters out to a distance of
approximately 50 nautical miles (nmi)
from the islands. The Monument is
approximately 100 nmi wide and
extends approximately 1,200 miles
around coral islands, seamounts, banks,
and shoals. The area includes the
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral
Reef Ecosystem Reserve, the Midway
Atoll National Wildlife Refuge/Battle of
Midway National Memorial, the
Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife
Refuge, the Hawai1i State Seabird
Sanctuary at Kure Atoll, and NWHI
State Marine Refuge. The Secretaries of
Commerce and the Interior, and the
Governor of Hawai1i signed a
Memorandum of Agreement on
December 8, 2006, to jointly manage
Federal and State lands and waters
within the Monument as Co-Trustees, to
collectively protect, conserve, and
enhance Monument fish, plant, and
wildlife habitats, including coral reefs
and other marine and terrestrial
resources.
During the last 5 years, as part of the
National Marine Sanctuary designation
process, NOAA actively sought input
from Federal and State entities, Native
Hawaiian leaders, the Northwestern
Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem
Reserve Advisory Council, and the
public to develop a Draft Sanctuary
Management Plan (available on the
Internet at: https://
www.hawaiireef.noaa.gov). More than
52,000 public comments were received
during the sanctuary designation
process. The Proclamation recognizes
these efforts by directing the Secretary
of Commerce, in consultation with the
Secretary of the Interior and the State of
Hawai1i, to modify, as appropriate, the
draft Sanctuary Management Plan for
management of the Monument. Another
document relevant to Monument
management, the Draft Interim Visitor
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Services Plan for the Midway Atoll
National Wildlife Refuge, the Battle of
Midway National Memorial, and the
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine
National Monument’s Midway Atoll
Special Management Area, was
distributed for public review in
December 2006. Comments submitted
during the Sanctuary designation
process and comments received on
Midway’s Visitor Services Plan
regarding issues that are subject to
decision by the Co-Trustees (that is, not
already decided by the President and
memorialized in the Proclamation) will
be considered when the agencies are
determining the scope of the Monument
Plan and during development of the
Draft Monument Plan. Any additional
comments at this stage should be
focused on any new environmental
issues identified as a result of new
information or changed circumstances
since the comment periods identified
above. The Co-Trustees will develop comanagement strategies and activities to
meet the needs of FWS, NOAA, and
DLNR in the Monument Plan.
The National Wildlife Refuge System
Administration Act of 1966 (Refuge
Administration Act), as amended by the
National Wildlife Refuge System
Improvement Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C.
668dd–668ee), requires the FWS to
develop a comprehensive conservation
plan (CCP) for each national wildlife
refuge. The purpose in developing a
CCP is to provide refuge managers with
a 15-year strategy for achieving refuge
purposes and contributing toward the
mission of the National Wildlife Refuge
System, consistent with sound
principles of fish and wildlife
management, conservation, legal
mandates, and FWS policies. In
addition to outlining broad management
direction on conserving wildlife and
their habitats, CCPs identify wildlifedependent recreational opportunities
available to the public. The State
maintains its existing responsibility for
managing State waters in the
Monument, including the NWHI State
Marine Refuge and Hawai1i State
Seabird Sanctuary at Kure Atoll. NOAA
maintains responsibility for the NWHI
Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve, included
within the Monument, and has primary
responsibility regarding the
management of the marine areas of the
Monument, in consultation with FWS.
It is the intent of the Co-Trustees to
integrate agency planning and
operational needs into a single
Monument Plan. A draft Monument
Plan will be distributed for public
review and comment early in 2008. The
Co-Trustees will also develop an
environmental assessment in
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accordance with the requirements of the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (NEPA), as amended (42 U.S.C.
4321 et seq.); NEPA Regulations (40 CFR
parts 1500–1508); other appropriate
Federal laws and regulations; and
agency policies and procedures for
compliance with those regulations.
Public Availability of Comments
Before including your address, phone
number, e-mail address, or other
personal identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment—including your
personal identifying information—may
be made publicly available at any time.
While you can ask us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Agency Points of Contact
FWS: Barry Stieglitz, Monument
Project Leader (USFWS); Hawaiian and
Pacific Islands NWR Complex, 300 Ala
Moana Boulevard, Box 50167,
Honolulu, HI 96850–5000; phone (808)
792–9540.
NOAA: T. Aulani Wilhelm,
Monument Superintendent (NOAA);
6600 Kalaniana1ole Highway, #300,
Honolulu, HI 96825; phone (808) 397–
2657.
State of Hawai1i: Athline Clark,
Special Projects Manager, Department of
Land and Natural Resources, Division of
Aquatic Resources; 1151 Punchbowl
Street, Room 330, Honolulu, HI 96813;
phone (808) 587–0099.
Dated: March 28, 2007.
David J. Wesley,
Acting Regional Director, Fish and Wildlife
Service, Region 1, Portland, Oregon.
Elizabeth Scheffler,
Chief Financial Officer, National Ocean
Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland.
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Pre-assessment Workshop and Public
Meeting for West Coast Canary
Rockfish, Darkblotched Rockfish and
Arrowtooth Flounder
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
AGENCY:
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Notice of public meeting.
SUMMARY: NOAA Fisheries will hold a
workshop to discuss the data and
models that will be used in the
upcoming stock assessments for canary
rockfish, darkblotched rockfish and
arrowtooth flounder.
DATES: The Pre-assessment Workshop
for West Coast Canary Rockfish,
Darkblotched Rockfish and Arrowtooth
Flounder will be held Tuesday, April 24
through Wednesday, April 25, 2007.
The workshop will meet each day from
8:30 a.m. through 4:30 p.m., or until
business for the day is completed.
ADDRESSES: The Pre-Assessment
Workshop for West Coast Canary
Rockfish, Darkblotched Rockfish and
Arrowtooth Flounder will be held at
Pacific States Marine Fisheries
Commission, 205 S.E. Spokane Street,
Portland, Oregon 97202.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Stacey Miller, Northwest Fisheries
Science Center (NWFSC); telephone:
(206) 437–5670; or Dr. Jim Hastie,
Northwest Fisheries Science Center
(NWFSC); telephone: (206)860–3412.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
workshop is intended to initiate dialog
between members of the fishing
community, stock assessment authors,
data managers, and interested members
of the public prior to the finalization of
the stock assessment model. The
specific objectives of the workshop are
to: (1) Discuss the data used in the
canary rockfish, darkblotched rockfish
and arrowtooth flounder stock
assessments including details on
collections methods, current observed
trends, and how the data will be
incorporated into the assessment
models; (2) discuss the rationale for
making assumptions in the models,
especially when data are missing or
insufficient; (3) identify anomalies in
the data and provide possible
explanations; and (4) identify data gaps
and future research possibilities.
All participants are encouraged to
pre-register for the workshop by
contacting Ms. Stacey Miller, Northwest
Fisheries Science Center (NWFSC) by
phone at (206)437–5670 or by email at
Stacey.Miller@noaa.gov.
Although non-emergency issues not
contained in the meeting agenda may
come before the workshop participants
for discussion, those issues may not be
the subject of formal workshop action
during this meeting. Workshop action
will be restricted to those issues
specifically listed in this notice and any
issues arising after publication of this
notice that require emergency action
under section 305c) of the Magnuson-
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Management Act, provided the public
has been notified of the workshop
participants’ intent to take final action
to address the emergency.
Special Accommodations
This meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to Ms.
Stacey Miller at (206) 437–5670 at least
five days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: March 30, 2007.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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National Estuarine Research Reserve
System
Estuarine Reserves Division,
Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource
Management, National Ocean Service,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of Public Comment
Period for the Revised Management Plan
for the Weeks Bay National Estuarine
Research Reserve.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that
the Estuarine Reserves Division, Office
of Ocean and Coastal Resource
Management, National Ocean Service,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA), U.S.
Department of Commerce is announcing
a thirty day public comment period on
the revised Weeks Bay National
Estuarine Research Reserve
Management Plan which will begin on
the day this announcement is
published. Comments should be sent
within the comment period in hard
copy or e-mail to Matthew Chasse at
Matt.Chasse@noaa.gov or NOAA’s
Estuarine Reserves Division, 1305 EastWest Highway, N/ORM5, 10th floor,
Silver Spring, MD 20910.
The Weeks Bay National Estuarine
Research Reserve was designated in
February 1986 pursuant to Section 315
of the Coastal Zone Management Act of
1972, as amended, 16 U.S.C. 1461. The
reserve has been operating under a
management plan approved in 1998.
Pursuant to 15 CFR 921.33(c), a state
must revise its management plan every
five years. The submission of this plan
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fulfills this requirement and sets a
course for successful implementation of
the goals and objectives of the reserve.
A boundary expansion, new facility and
land acquisition plans, and updated
programmatic objectives are notable
revisions to the 1998 approved
management plan.
Since the Weeks Bay National
Estuarine Research Reserve was
designated, it has been managed by the
Alabama Department of Economic and
Community Affairs. Since that time,
state responsibility for the management
of the reserve has been transferred to the
Alabama Department of Conservation
and Natural Resources (ADCNR), State
Lands Division. A revised MOU
between NOAA and the State of
Alabama was approved to reflect these
changes. Under ADCNR, the revised
management plan outlines the
administrative structure; the education,
stewardship, and research goals of the
reserve; and the plans for future land
acquisition and facility development to
support reserve operations.
Three hundred and thirty three (333)
acres of state-owned coastal and
submerged lands adjacent to the reserve
are incorporated through the boundary
amendment in the management plan
revision. The expansion provides a
broader and more representative
diversity of wetland and water habitats
into the reserve boundary. The new
boundary and will provide areas for
reserve related research and education
programs. The tidal freshwater riverine,
emergent and forested wetland
communities protected through this
expansion further enhance the Weeks
Bay reserve as an appropriate and
ecologically representative site for longterm research and education.
Matt
Chasse at (301) 563–1198 or Laurie
McGilvray at (301) 563–1158 of NOAA’s
National Ocean Service, Estuarine
Reserves Division, 1305 East-West
Highway, N/ORM5, 10th floor, Silver
Spring, MD 20910. For copies of the
Weeks Bay Management Plan revision,
visit https://www.sarpc.org.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dated: March 28, 2007.
David M. Kennedy,
Director, Office of Ocean and Coastal
Resource Management, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration.
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[I.D. 022807B]
Pre-assessment Workshop and Public Meeting for West Coast Canary
Rockfish, Darkblotched Rockfish and Arrowtooth Flounder
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
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ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: NOAA Fisheries will hold a workshop to discuss the data and
models that will be used in the upcoming stock assessments for canary
rockfish, darkblotched rockfish and arrowtooth flounder.
DATES: The Pre-assessment Workshop for West Coast Canary Rockfish,
Darkblotched Rockfish and Arrowtooth Flounder will be held Tuesday,
April 24 through Wednesday, April 25, 2007. The workshop will meet each
day from 8:30 a.m. through 4:30 p.m., or until business for the day is
completed.
ADDRESSES: The Pre-Assessment Workshop for West Coast Canary Rockfish,
Darkblotched Rockfish and Arrowtooth Flounder will be held at Pacific
States Marine Fisheries Commission, 205 S.E. Spokane Street, Portland,
Oregon 97202.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Stacey Miller, Northwest Fisheries
Science Center (NWFSC); telephone: (206) 437-5670; or Dr. Jim Hastie,
Northwest Fisheries Science Center (NWFSC); telephone: (206)860-3412.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This workshop is intended to initiate dialog
between members of the fishing community, stock assessment authors,
data managers, and interested members of the public prior to the
finalization of the stock assessment model. The specific objectives of
the workshop are to: (1) Discuss the data used in the canary rockfish,
darkblotched rockfish and arrowtooth flounder stock assessments
including details on collections methods, current observed trends, and
how the data will be incorporated into the assessment models; (2)
discuss the rationale for making assumptions in the models, especially
when data are missing or insufficient; (3) identify anomalies in the
data and provide possible explanations; and (4) identify data gaps and
future research possibilities.
All participants are encouraged to pre-register for the workshop by
contacting Ms. Stacey Miller, Northwest Fisheries Science Center
(NWFSC) by phone at (206)437-5670 or by email at
Stacey.Miller@noaa.gov.
Although non-emergency issues not contained in the meeting agenda
may come before the workshop participants for discussion, those issues
may not be the subject of formal workshop action during this meeting.
Workshop action will be restricted to those issues specifically listed
in this notice and any issues arising after publication of this notice
that require emergency action under section 305c) of the Magnuson-
Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, provided the public
has been notified of the workshop participants' intent to take final
action to address the emergency.
Special Accommodations
This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Ms. Stacey Miller at (206) 437-5670 at least five
days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: March 30, 2007.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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