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

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.

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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 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.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,

[email protected], or Marta Nammack, Office of Protected Resources,

NMFS, 301-713-1401, [email protected].

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.

[FR Doc. 00-629 Filed 1-10-00; 8:45 am]

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