National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 44498-44499 [E7-15464]

Download as PDF 44498 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 152 / Wednesday, August 8, 2007 / Notices from interested parties regarding this Program are encouraged and will be accepted until 15 days after the public meeting held for the Program. Please direct written comments to Ralph Cantral, Chief, National Policy and Evaluation Division, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, NOS/NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway, 10th Floor, N/ORM7, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910. When the evaluation is completed, OCRM will place a notice in the Federal Register announcing the availability of the Final Evaluation Findings. Notice is hereby given of the availability of the final evaluation findings for the Massachusetts Coastal Management Program (CMP) and the Chesapeake Bay-Virginia National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR). Sections 312 and 315 of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (CZMA), as amended, require a continuing review of the performance of coastal states with respect to approval of CMPs and the operation and management of NERRs. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts was found to be implementing and enforcing its federally approved coastal management program, addressing the national coastal management objectives identified in CZMA Section 303(2)(A)– (K), and adhering to the programmatic terms of its financial assistance awards. The Chesapeake Bay-Virginia NERR was found to be adhering to programmatic requirements of the NERR System. Copies of these final evaluation findings may be obtained upon written request from: Ralph Cantral, Chief, National Policy and Evaluation Division, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, NOS/NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway, 10th Floor, N/ ORM7, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910, or Ralph.Cantral@noaa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: sroberts on PROD1PC70 with NOTICES Ralph Cantral, Chief, National Policy and Evaluation Division, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, NOS/NOAA, 1305 EastWest Highway, 10th Floor, N/ORM7, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910, (301) 563–7118. Dated: August 2, 2007. David M. Kennedy, Director, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. [FR Doc. E7–15487 Filed 8–7–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–08–P VerDate Aug<31>2005 19:14 Aug 07, 2007 Jkt 211001 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Notice of intent to conduct a natural resource damage assessment at the Diamond Alkali Superfund Site in New Jersey. AGENCY: SUMMARY: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, acting as the lead administrative trustee on behalf of itself and the U.S. Department of the Interior, collectively acting as Federal natural resource trustees (Federal Trustees), have concluded their preliminary investigation of potential injuries to natural resources under their trusteeship that may have occurred as the result of releases of hazardous substances at or from the Diamond Alkali Superfund Site (ASite@). Pursuant to 43 CFR 11, the Federal Trustees have completed a Preassessment Screen (‘‘PAS’’). The Federal Trustees made the determination to perform a natural resource damage assessment for the Site. Notice letters have been issued to potentially responsible parties (PRPs) to participate in the development and performance of this assessment, and in its funding. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: PRPs that are being noticed are requested to provide a response within 30 calendar days of receipt of their notice letters, stating whether they wish to participate in this process. PRPs are asked to send responses to: Eli Reinharz, NOAA Assessment and Restoration Division, 1305 East-West Highway, N/ ORR3, SSMC#4, Room 10342, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20910–3281. For further information regarding the notice letters, please feel free to contact Eli Reinharz (NOAA) at (301) 713–4248 ext.193, eli.reinharz@noaa.gov, or Tim Kubiak (FWS) at (609) 646–9310, tim_kubiak@fws.gov. Legal questions should be addressed to Linda Burlington (NOAA) at (301) 713–1332, linda.b.burlington@noaa.gov, or Mark Barash (DOI) at (617) 527–2103, r5mbarash@gmail.com. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Please be advised that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, acting as the lead administrative trustee on behalf of itself and the U. S. Department of the Interior, collectively acting as Federal natural resource trustees (Federal Trustees), have concluded their preliminary investigation of potential injuries to natural resources under their PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 trusteeship that may have occurred as the result of releases of hazardous substances at or from the Diamond Alkali Superfund Site (ASite@). Pursuant to 43 CFR part 11, the Federal Trustees have completed a Preassessment Screen (‘‘PAS’’). The complete PAS may be found at https:// www.darrp.noaa/gov/northeast/passaic/ injury.html. The two agencies cited serve as Federal Trustees under authority of Subpart G of the National Contingency Plan, 40 CFR 300.600(b)(1–3), and 300.605. Information gathered and presented in the PAS forms the basis of the Federal Trustees—conclusion that the following criteria are met: 1. A release of a hazardous substance has occurred. 2. Natural resources for which the Federal Trustees may assert trusteeship under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) are or are likely to be adversely affected by the release. 3. The quantity and concentration of the released hazardous substances are sufficient to potentially cause injury to natural resources for which the Trustees may assert trusteeship under CERCLA. 4. Data sufficient to pursue a natural resource damage assessment are available or likely to be obtained at a reasonable cost. 5. Currently implemented and planned response actions will not sufficiently remedy the injury to natural resources without further action. Based upon the above findings, the Federal Trustees made the determination to perform a natural resource damage assessment for the Site, and have issued letters to those companies identified as PRPs in connection with the release of hazardous substances and the subsequent damages resulting from natural resource injury. The Notice of Intent to Perform an Assessment is provided pursuant to 43 CFR 11.32(a)(2)(iii)(A). Accordingly, PRPs are invited to participate in the development and performance of this assessment, and in its funding. Note that other PRPs are being noticed at this time, and the Federal Trustees may in the future also provide notices to additional PRPs as may be deemed appropriate. E:\FR\FM\08AUN1.SGM 08AUN1 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 152 / Wednesday, August 8, 2007 / Notices Dated: August 3, 2007. Ken Barton, Acting Director, Office of Response and Restoration, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. [FR Doc. E7–15464 Filed 8–7–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–JE–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 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 Great Bay (New Hampshire) National Estuarine Research Reserve. sroberts on PROD1PC70 with NOTICES 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 Great 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 Doris Grimm at Doris.Grimm@noaa.gov or NOAA’s Estuarine Reserves Division, 1305 East-West Highway, N/ORM5, 10th Floor, Silver Spring, MD 20910. The Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve was designated in October 1989 pursuant to Section 315 of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, as amended, 16 U.S.C. 1461. Pursuant to 15 CFR 921.33(c), a state must revise its management plan every five years. The reserve has been operating under a management plan approved in 1989. The submission of this plan fulfills this requirement and sets a course for successful implementation of the goals and objectives of the reserve. Since the last management plan, the Great Bay Reserve has constructed needed facilities, increased its staff, changed its boundary, implemented several system-wide programs, and acquired key parcels of land. The original boundary included 4,471 acres of open water and salt marsh in Great Bay proper and 1,882 acres of upland. VerDate Aug<31>2005 19:14 Aug 07, 2007 Jkt 211001 The boundary expansion includes 2,830 acres of additional open and salt marsh in Little Bay and several tidal rivers as well as 1,052 acres of upland. This expansion also includes all of the Federal lands under the Great Bay National Wildlife refuge that was established in 1992. The expanded boundary is a more comprehensive representation of the natural communities within the Southern Gulf of Maine province of the Acadian bio-geographic region of the United States. Great Bay serves as a natural field laboratory for researchers and the boundary expansion will increase and diversify the areas capable of supporting NERRS long-term research and monitoring, including opportunities for extensive upland research. The boundary expansion also increases the Reserve’s opportunities for educating the public about the estuarine system. This new management plan serves as the primary guidance document for the operation of the Great Bay Reserve’s core and system-wide programs in research and monitoring, education and coastal training, and resource management and stewardship. The plan provides guidance on the acquisition of land to be added to the Reserve and on the construction and renovation of buildings and exhibits that support NERR programs. It also guides the Reserve in important related programs, such as volunteerism and outreach to communities to encourage stewardship of coastal resources in the Great Bay area. The Great Bay Reserve is administered through the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department. The Reserve is a part of the Marine Fisheries Division, which is based in Durham, New Hampshire. The Reserve also works closely with the New Hampshire Coastal Program and the New Hampshire Estuaries Project, as well as many other partners, such as the University of New Hampshire and the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services, to meet its goals and objectives. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doris Grimm at (301) 563–7107 or Laurie McGilvray at (301) 563–1158 of NOAA’s National Ocean Service, Estuarine Reserves Division, 1305 EastWest Highway, N/ORM5, 10th Floor, Silver Spring, MD 20910. For copies of the Wells Management Plan revision, visit https://www.reserve.org. PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 44499 Dated: August 2, 2007. David M. Kennedy, Director, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. [FR Doc. E7–15483 Filed 8–7–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–08–P DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Office of the Secretary Defense Health Board (DHB) Meeting Department of Defense. Notice of meeting. AGENCY: ACTION: SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (5 U.S.C., Appendix as amended), the Sunshine in the Government Act of 1976 ( 5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended), and 41 CFR 102–3.150, and in accordance with section 10(a)(2) of Public Law, the following meeting is announced: Name of Committee: Defense Health Board (DHB). Dates: September 19 and 20, 2007. Times: 8 a.m.–11:30 a.m. (Open Session). 12:30 p.m.–4:45 p.m. (Open Session). Place of Meeting: Holiday Inn Riverwalk, 217 N. St. Mary’s Street, San Antonio, TX 78205. Purpose of the Meeting: The purpose of the meeting is to address and deliberate pending and new Board issues and provide briefings for Board members on topics related to ongoing Board business. Agenda: The Board will deliberate Pandemic Flu preparedness and the subcommittee recommendations, recruit Chlamydia screening efficacy, Army Action Plan to address wounded warriors’ concerns, and discuss the DOD disability evaluation system, to include an overview and plans for reengineering the system. The status of the DOD response plan for Traumatic Brain Injury and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder will be discussed. The Board will also receive an update from the Task Force on the Future of Military Health Care. The Board will conduct an administrative session on September 18, 2007, in the same location. The administrative session is closed to the public. Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended, and 41 CFR 102–3.140 through 102–3.165 and subject to availability of space, the Defense Health Board meeting from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on May 3, 2007 is open to the public. Any member of the public wishing to provide input to the Defense Health E:\FR\FM\08AUN1.SGM 08AUN1

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[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 152 (Wednesday, August 8, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44498-44499]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-15464]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 
Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of intent to conduct a natural resource damage 
assessment at the Diamond Alkali Superfund Site in New Jersey.

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SUMMARY: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, acting as 
the lead administrative trustee on behalf of itself and the U.S. 
Department of the Interior, collectively acting as Federal natural 
resource trustees (Federal Trustees), have concluded their preliminary 
investigation of potential injuries to natural resources under their 
trusteeship that may have occurred as the result of releases of 
hazardous substances at or from the Diamond Alkali Superfund Site 
(ASite@). Pursuant to 43 CFR 11, the Federal Trustees have completed a 
Preassessment Screen (``PAS''). The Federal Trustees made the 
determination to perform a natural resource damage assessment for the 
Site. Notice letters have been issued to potentially responsible 
parties (PRPs) to participate in the development and performance of 
this assessment, and in its funding.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: PRPs that are being noticed are 
requested to provide a response within 30 calendar days of receipt of 
their notice letters, stating whether they wish to participate in this 
process. PRPs are asked to send responses to: Eli Reinharz, NOAA 
Assessment and Restoration Division, 1305 East-West Highway, N/ORR3, 
SSMC4, Room 10342, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20910-3281.
    For further information regarding the notice letters, please feel 
free to contact Eli Reinharz (NOAA) at (301) 713-4248 ext.193, 
eli.reinharz@noaa.gov, or Tim Kubiak (FWS) at (609) 646-9310, tim_
kubiak@fws.gov. Legal questions should be addressed to Linda Burlington 
(NOAA) at (301) 713-1332, linda.b.burlington@noaa.gov, or Mark Barash 
(DOI) at (617) 527-2103, r5mbarash@gmail.com.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Please be advised that the National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration, acting as the lead administrative 
trustee on behalf of itself and the U. S. Department of the Interior, 
collectively acting as Federal natural resource trustees (Federal 
Trustees), have concluded their preliminary investigation of potential 
injuries to natural resources under their trusteeship that may have 
occurred as the result of releases of hazardous substances at or from 
the Diamond Alkali Superfund Site (ASite@). Pursuant to 43 CFR part 11, 
the Federal Trustees have completed a Preassessment Screen (``PAS''). 
The complete PAS may be found at https://www.darrp.noaa/gov/northeast/
passaic/injury.html.
    The two agencies cited serve as Federal Trustees under authority of 
Subpart G of the National Contingency Plan, 40 CFR 300.600(b)(1-3), and 
300.605.
    Information gathered and presented in the PAS forms the basis of 
the Federal Trustees--conclusion that the following criteria are met:
    1. A release of a hazardous substance has occurred.
    2. Natural resources for which the Federal Trustees may assert 
trusteeship under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) are or are likely to be 
adversely affected by the release.
    3. The quantity and concentration of the released hazardous 
substances are sufficient to potentially cause injury to natural 
resources for which the Trustees may assert trusteeship under CERCLA.
    4. Data sufficient to pursue a natural resource damage assessment 
are available or likely to be obtained at a reasonable cost.
    5. Currently implemented and planned response actions will not 
sufficiently remedy the injury to natural resources without further 
action.
    Based upon the above findings, the Federal Trustees made the 
determination to perform a natural resource damage assessment for the 
Site, and have issued letters to those companies identified as PRPs in 
connection with the release of hazardous substances and the subsequent 
damages resulting from natural resource injury. The Notice of Intent to 
Perform an Assessment is provided pursuant to 43 CFR 
11.32(a)(2)(iii)(A). Accordingly, PRPs are invited to participate in 
the development and performance of this assessment, and in its funding. 
Note that other PRPs are being noticed at this time, and the Federal 
Trustees may in the future also provide notices to additional PRPs as 
may be deemed appropriate.


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    Dated: August 3, 2007.
Ken Barton,
Acting Director, Office of Response and Restoration, National Ocean 
Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
 [FR Doc. E7-15464 Filed 8-7-07; 8:45 am]
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