Public Meetings for Recommending a National Estuarine Research Reserve Site[S] in the Green Bay Coastal Area of Lake Michigan, 50610-50611 [2022-17675]

Download as PDF 50610 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 158 / Wednesday, August 17, 2022 / Notices • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), on behalf of the U.S. Department of Commerce; • U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA); • U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); • State of Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA), Oil Spill Coordinator’s Office (LOSCO), Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ), Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF), and Department of Natural Resources (LDNR); • State of Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality; • State of Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and Geological Survey of Alabama; • State of Florida Department of Environmental Protection and Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission; and • State of Texas: Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Texas General Land Office, and Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. The Trustees reached and finalized a settlement of their natural resource damage claims with BP in an April 4, 2016, Consent Decree approved by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. Pursuant to that Consent Decree, restoration projects in the Alabama Restoration Area are selected and implemented by the Alabama TIG. JSPEARS on DSK121TN23PROD with NOTICES Background Notice of Availability of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Alabama Trustee Implementation Group Draft Living Shoreline Supplemental Environmental Assessment (Draft Supplemental EA) was published in the Federal Register at 87 FR 10339 on February 24, 2022. The public comment period for the Draft Supplemental EA closed on March 28, 2022. One public comment was received during the comment period. It was reviewed and taken into consideration in the preparation of the Final Supplemental EA. All correspondence received is provided in the DWH Administrative Record. Overview of the Alabama TIG Final Supplemental EA As described in Section III of this Final Supplemental EA (the ‘‘OPA Summary’’), the Alabama TIG has determined that the proposed corrective action does not alter its original conclusions for the Swift Tract Living Shorelines Project under OPA and its implementing regulations. Thus, the Alabama TIG concludes that implementation of the corrective action proposed in this Supplemental EA does VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:22 Aug 16, 2022 Jkt 256001 not require further OPA evaluation, and this Supplemental EA focuses its analysis on the potential environmental impacts of the proposed corrective action under NEPA. This Supplemental EA provides NEPA analysis for the Swift Tract Living Shorelines Project proposed corrective action by supplementing the NEPA analysis for the Phase III ERP/PEIS. The supplemental NEPA analysis provided in this Swift Tract Supplemental EA augments and incorporates by reference the applicable sections (Chapter 11, Affected Environment, Environmental Consequences for the Swift Tract Restoration Project) of the Phase III ERP/ PEIS. This supplemental analysis considers any additional environmental impacts that would result from implementation of the corrective action that are not described and analyzed in the Phase III ERP/PEIS. The Final Supplemental EA evaluates the proposed removal of rocks from the bay bottom near the Swift Tract Living Shoreline Project action area and the placement of the removed rocks on a nearby The Nature Conservancy (TNC) breakwater. The proposed rock removal and breakwater placement locations are adjacent to, but outside of, the project action area identified in the Final Phase III ERP/PEIS. Due to the close proximity of the new removal and placement areas to the existing Swift Tract breakwater, the Affected Environment for the proposed removal and placement areas would be the same as that evaluated for the Swift Tract breakwater in the Phase III ERP/PEIS. The environmental consequences of the proposed corrective action are also anticipated to fall generally within the scope of the environmental consequences evaluated for the original project. Therefore, the Environmental Consequences reviewed in the Swift Tract project evaluation, in Chapter 11, Section 11.4 of the Final Phase III ERP/PEIS, are reviewed in the Supplemental EA to evaluate the likely environmental consequences of the proposed corrective action and the ‘‘No Action’’ alternatives to determine whether implementation of the proposed corrective action may alter the conclusions made in the Final Phase III ERP/PEIS. Under the ‘‘No Action’’ alternative, the rocks currently located on the water bottom would not be removed from the water bottom and would instead be left in place. In the Supplemental EA, the Alabama TIG concludes that implementation of the proposed action would not significantly impact the quality of the human environment and, therefore, that an environmental impact statement for this action is not necessary. The PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Alabama TIG thus proposes implementation of the preferred corrective action, removal of the rock material from the bay bottom near the living shoreline constructed during the original Swift Tract Living Shoreline Project and placement of that rock material on the nearby TNC breakwater. Administrative Record The documents comprising the Administrative Record for the Supplemental EA can be viewed electronically at https://www.doi.gov/ deepwaterhorizon/adminrecord. Authority The authority of this action is the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.) and its implementing Oil Pollution Act Natural Resource Damage Assessment regulations found at 15 CFR part 990 and the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). Dated: August 12, 2022. Carrie Dianne Robinson, Director, Office of Habitat Conservation, National Marine Fisheries Service. [FR Doc. 2022–17719 Filed 8–16–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–22–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Public Meetings for Recommending a National Estuarine Research Reserve Site[S] in the Green Bay Coastal Area of Lake Michigan Office for Coastal Management, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce. ACTION: Public meeting notice. AGENCY: Notice is hereby given that two public meetings will be held for the purpose of providing information and receiving comments on the preliminary recommendation by the State of Wisconsin that portions of the Green Bay coastal area of Lake Michigan be proposed to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for designation as a National Estuarine Research Reserve. DATES: The in-person public meeting will be held at 1 p.m. on September 7, 2022, in the S.T.E.M. Innovation Center at the University of Wisconsin Green Bay campus, located at 2019 Technology Way, Green Bay, WI 54311. The virtual public meeting will be held at 3:30 p.m. on September 8, 2022, SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\17AUN1.SGM 17AUN1 JSPEARS on DSK121TN23PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 158 / Wednesday, August 17, 2022 / Notices at: https://wisconsin-edu.zoom.us/j/99 551264991?pwd=QUlPc0dhWSthRUFG aDYvakZvNG1XUT09. If requested upon joining the virtual meeting, the meeting ID is 995 5126 4991, and the attendee access code is NERR. Participants may also join the meeting by phone by using this toll-free number +1 312 626 6799, and meeting ID 995 5126 4991, and attendee access code 688730. Both public meetings will present the same information. The State agency holding the meetings is the University of WisconsinGreen Bay. NOAA’s Office for Coastal Management will assist with the meetings. ADDRESSES: This hearing will present the State’s proposed nomination. Detailed information on the proposed site[s] can be found on the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay website: https:// www.uwgb.edu/national-estuarineresearch-reserves/. The views of interested persons and organizations regarding the proposed nomination are solicited. This information may be expressed verbally and in written statements. A presentation about the proposal and the National Estuarine Research Reserve System will be provided at both meetings. Written comments may also be sent to: Emily Tyner, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Director of Freshwater Strategy, at tynere@ uwgb.edu. All written comments must be received no later than seven days following the public meetings [September 15, 2022]. All comments received will be considered by the State when formally nominating a site or sites to NOAA. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Erica Seiden, Office for Coastal Management, National Ocean Service, NOAA, 1305 East West Highway, N/OCM, Silver Spring, MD 20910 or by email at erica.seiden@noaa.gov or phone at 240–388–9209. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The research reserve system is a Federal and State partnership program administered by the Federal government, specifically NOAA. The research reserve system currently has 30 sites and protects more than 1.3 million acres (5,260 square kilometers) of estuarine and Great Lakes habitat for long-term research, monitoring, education, and stewardship. Established by the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, each reserve is managed by a lead State agency or university, with input from local partners. NOAA provides partial funding and national programmatic guidance. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:22 Aug 16, 2022 Jkt 256001 This particular site selection effort is a culmination of several years of local, grassroots-support for a research reserve in Wisconsin. The proposed site[s] presented at this meeting follow a comprehensive evaluation process that sought the views of the public, affected landowners, and other interested parties. State and local agency representatives, Tribal nations, as well as estuarine experts, served as committee members and evaluated site proposals. Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog Number 11.420 (Coastal Zone Management) Research Reserves. Keelin S. Kuipers, Deputy Director, Office for Coastal Management, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. [FR Doc. 2022–17675 Filed 8–16–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–JE–P CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION Public Availability of Consumer Product Safety Commission FY 2020 Service Contract Inventory, FY 2019 Service Contract Inventory Analysis, and Plan for FY 2020 Inventory Analysis Consumer Product Safety Commission. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), in accordance with Division C of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010, is announcing the availability of CPSC’s service contract inventory for fiscal year (FY) 2020, CPSC’s FY 2019 service contract inventory analysis, and the plan for analyzing CPSC’s FY 2020 service contract inventory. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eddie Ahmad, Procurement Analyst, Division of Procurement Services, Division of Procurement Services, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, 4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814. Telephone: 301–504–7884; email: aahmad@cpsc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 16, 2009, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 (Consolidated Appropriations Act), Public Law 111– 117, became law. Section 743(a) of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, titled, ‘‘Service Contract Inventory Requirement,’’ requires agencies to submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), an annual inventory of service contracts awarded or extended SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 50611 through the exercise of an option on or after April 1, 2010, and describes the contents of the inventory. The contents of the inventory must include: (A) A description of the services purchased by the executive agency and the role the services played in achieving agency objectives, regardless of whether such a purchase was made through a contract or task order; (B) The organizational component of the executive agency administering the contract, and the organizational component of the agency whose requirements are being met through contractor performance of the service; (C) The total dollar amount obligated for services under the contract and the funding source for the contract; (D) The total dollar amount invoiced for services under the contract; (E) The contract type and date of award; (F) The name of the contractor and place of performance; (G) The number and work location of contractor and subcontractor employees, expressed as full-time equivalents for direct labor, compensated under the contract; (H) Whether the contract is a personal services contract; and (I) Whether the contract was awarded on a noncompetitive basis, regardless of date of award. Section 743(a)(3)(A) through (I) of the Consolidated Appropriations Act. Section 743(c) of the Consolidated Appropriations Act requires agencies to ‘‘publish in the Federal Register a notice that the inventory is available to the public.’’ Consequently, through this notice, we are announcing that the CPSC’s service contract inventory for FY 2020 is available to the public.1 The inventory provides information on service contract actions that the CPSC made in FY 2020 per the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) requirements in FAR part 4.1703. The information is organized by function to show how contracted resources are distributed throughout the CPSC. OMB posted a consolidated government-wide Service Contract Inventory for FY 2020 at https:// www.acquisition.gov/service-contractinventory. You can access the CPSC’s inventories by limiting the ‘‘Contracting Agency Name’’ field on each spreadsheet to ‘‘Consumer Product Safety Commission.’’ Additionally, CPSC’s Division of Procurement Services has posted CPSC’s FY 2019 service contract inventory analysis and the plan for analyzing the FY 2020 inventory on CPSC’s website at the following link: https://www.cpsc.gov/Agency-Reports/ Service-Contract-Inventory. The FY 1 The Commission voted 5–0 to publish this notice. E:\FR\FM\17AUN1.SGM 17AUN1

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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 158 (Wednesday, August 17, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50610-50611]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-17675]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Public Meetings for Recommending a National Estuarine Research 
Reserve Site[S] in the Green Bay Coastal Area of Lake Michigan

AGENCY: Office for Coastal Management, National Ocean Service, National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Public meeting notice.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that two public meetings will be held 
for the purpose of providing information and receiving comments on the 
preliminary recommendation by the State of Wisconsin that portions of 
the Green Bay coastal area of Lake Michigan be proposed to National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for designation as a 
National Estuarine Research Reserve.

DATES: The in-person public meeting will be held at 1 p.m. on September 
7, 2022, in the S.T.E.M. Innovation Center at the University of 
Wisconsin Green Bay campus, located at 2019 Technology Way, Green Bay, 
WI 54311.
    The virtual public meeting will be held at 3:30 p.m. on September 
8, 2022,

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at: https://wisconsin-edu.zoom.us/j/99551264991?pwd=QUlPc0dhWSthRUFGaDYvakZvNG1XUT09. If requested upon 
joining the virtual meeting, the meeting ID is 995 5126 4991, and the 
attendee access code is NERR. Participants may also join the meeting by 
phone by using this toll-free number +1 312 626 6799, and meeting ID 
995 5126 4991, and attendee access code 688730.
    Both public meetings will present the same information.
    The State agency holding the meetings is the University of 
Wisconsin-Green Bay. NOAA's Office for Coastal Management will assist 
with the meetings.

ADDRESSES: This hearing will present the State's proposed nomination. 
Detailed information on the proposed site[s] can be found on the 
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay website: https://www.uwgb.edu/national-estuarine-research-reserves/.
    The views of interested persons and organizations regarding the 
proposed nomination are solicited. This information may be expressed 
verbally and in written statements. A presentation about the proposal 
and the National Estuarine Research Reserve System will be provided at 
both meetings. Written comments may also be sent to: Emily Tyner, 
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Director of Freshwater Strategy, at 
[email protected]. All written comments must be received no later than 
seven days following the public meetings [September 15, 2022]. All 
comments received will be considered by the State when formally 
nominating a site or sites to NOAA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Erica Seiden, Office for Coastal 
Management, National Ocean Service, NOAA, 1305 East West Highway, N/
OCM, Silver Spring, MD 20910 or by email at [email protected] or 
phone at 240-388-9209.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The research reserve system is a Federal and 
State partnership program administered by the Federal government, 
specifically NOAA. The research reserve system currently has 30 sites 
and protects more than 1.3 million acres (5,260 square kilometers) of 
estuarine and Great Lakes habitat for long-term research, monitoring, 
education, and stewardship. Established by the Coastal Zone Management 
Act of 1972, each reserve is managed by a lead State agency or 
university, with input from local partners. NOAA provides partial 
funding and national programmatic guidance.
    This particular site selection effort is a culmination of several 
years of local, grassroots-support for a research reserve in Wisconsin. 
The proposed site[s] presented at this meeting follow a comprehensive 
evaluation process that sought the views of the public, affected 
landowners, and other interested parties. State and local agency 
representatives, Tribal nations, as well as estuarine experts, served 
as committee members and evaluated site proposals.
    Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog Number 11.420 (Coastal Zone 
Management) Research Reserves.

Keelin S. Kuipers,
Deputy Director, Office for Coastal Management, National Ocean Service, 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
[FR Doc. 2022-17675 Filed 8-16-22; 8:45 am]
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