Endangered and threatened species: Critical habitat designation— Johnson's seagrass,

[Federal Register: January 11, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 7)]

[Proposed Rules]

[Page 1584]

From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 226

[I.D. 110599D]

RIN 0648-AL82

Designated Critical Habitat: Reproposed Critical Habitat for Johnson's Seagrass; Notice of Public Hearing

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of public hearing.

SUMMARY: NMFS has scheduled an additional public hearing to be held on the proposed designation of critical habitat for threatened Johnson's seagrass.

DATES: The public hearing will be held from 1:00p.m. to 4:00p.m. on January 31, 2000.

ADDRESSES: The public hearing will be held in the Annex Building of NMFS' Southeast Fisheries Science Center, 75 Virginia Beach Drive, Miami, FL. A sign will be posted in the main lobby directing people to the building located to the left rear of the main building.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Layne Bolen, Panama City Laboratory, Protected Resources Division, NMFS, 850-234-6541 ext. 237, layne.bolen@noaa.gov, or Marta Nammack, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 301-713-1401, marta.nammack@noaa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 2, 1999 (64 FR 67536), NMFS published a reproposed rule to designate critical habitat for Johnson's seagrass under the Endangered Species Act. Public comments were solicited, a public hearing was announced, and the comment period was set to expire on January 3, 2000. NMFS extended the public comment period to February 2, 2000 (65 FR 111, January 3, 2000), in order to provide at least 60 days for public comment following publication in the Federal Register. NMFS has now scheduled an additional public hearing (see DATES and ADDRESSES).

Dated: January 6, 2000. Don Knowles, Director, Office of Protected Resources.

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