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Record of Decision for the Final NOAA
Restoration Center Programmatic
Environmental Impact Statement
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of availability of a
Record of Decision.
AGENCY:
The NOAA National Marine
Fisheries Service (NMFS) announces the
availability of the Record of Decision
(ROD) for the Final NOAA Restoration
Center Programmatic Environmental
Impact Statement. The NMFS Office of
Habitat Conservation Director signed the
ROD on July 20, 2015, which constitutes
the agency’s final decision.
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 EastWest Highway, Silver Spring, MD
20910; or by telephone at 301–427–
8664.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The PEIS
evaluated broad issues and
programmatic-level alternatives
(compared to a document for a specific
project or action) for future restoration
activities to be carried out by NOAA. In
addition to providing a programmatic
analysis, NOAA intends to use this
document to approve future site-specific
actions, including grant actions, as long
as the activity being proposed is within
the range of alternatives and scope of
potential environmental consequences
described in the PEIS, and does not
have significant adverse impacts. Any
future site-specific restoration activities
proposed by NOAA that are not within
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the scope of alternatives or
environmental consequences considered
in the PEIS will require additional
analysis under the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).
The ROD documents the decision by
NOAA to select and implement the
‘‘Current Management’’ alternative as its
preferred alternative. The alternative
represents a comprehensive
programmatic restoration approach that
includes funding or conducting
activities such as providing technical
assistance; on-the-ground riverine and
coastal habitat restoration activities
(including but not limited to: Fish
passage projects; channel, bank, and
floodplain restoration; buffer area and
watershed revegetation; salt marsh
restoration; oyster restoration; marine
debris removal; submerged aquatic
vegetation planting; invasive species
removal; and coral restoration); and
habitat conservation transactions.
Because this is a continuation of NOAA
Restoration Center’s (RC) on-going
restoration programs with no change in
management direction, it was also
considered to be the ‘‘No Action’’
alternative.
The NOAA RC is not soliciting
comments on the PEIS but will consider
any comments submitted that would
assist us in preparing future NEPA
documents. An electronic copy of the
PEIS is available at: https://
www.restoration.noaa.gov/
environmentalcompliance. Electronic
correspondence regarding it can be
submitted to rc.compliance@noaa.gov.
Otherwise, please submit any written
comments via U.S. mail to the
responsible official named in the
ADDRESSES section.
Dated: July 15, 2015.
Frederick C. Sutter,
Director, Office of Habitat Conservation,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XD983
Record of Decision for the 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 Record of Decision.
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SUMMARY: The NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) announces
the availability of the Record of Decision (ROD) for the Final NOAA
Restoration Center Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement. The
NMFS Office of Habitat Conservation Director signed the ROD on July 20,
2015, which constitutes the agency's final decision.
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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The PEIS evaluated broad issues and
programmatic-level alternatives (compared to a document for a specific
project or action) for future restoration activities to be carried out
by NOAA. In addition to providing a programmatic analysis, NOAA intends
to use this document to approve future site-specific actions, including
grant actions, as long as the activity being proposed is within the
range of alternatives and scope of potential environmental consequences
described in the PEIS, and does not have significant adverse impacts.
Any future site-specific restoration activities proposed by NOAA that
are not within the scope of alternatives or environmental consequences
considered in the PEIS will require additional analysis under the
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).
The ROD documents the decision by NOAA to select and implement the
``Current Management'' alternative as its preferred alternative. The
alternative represents a comprehensive programmatic restoration
approach that includes funding or conducting activities such as
providing technical assistance; on-the-ground riverine and coastal
habitat restoration activities (including but not limited to: Fish
passage projects; channel, bank, and floodplain restoration; buffer
area and watershed revegetation; salt marsh restoration; oyster
restoration; marine debris removal; submerged aquatic vegetation
planting; invasive species removal; and coral restoration); and habitat
conservation transactions. Because this is a continuation of NOAA
Restoration Center's (RC) on-going restoration programs with no change
in management direction, it was also considered to be the ``No Action''
alternative.
The NOAA RC is not soliciting comments on the PEIS but will
consider any comments submitted that would assist us in preparing
future NEPA documents. An electronic copy of the PEIS is available at:
https://www.restoration.noaa.gov/environmentalcompliance. Electronic
correspondence regarding it can be submitted to rc.compliance@noaa.gov.
Otherwise, please submit any written comments via U.S. mail to the
responsible official named in the ADDRESSES section.
Dated: July 15, 2015.
Frederick C. Sutter,
Director, Office of Habitat Conservation, National Marine Fisheries
Service.
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