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

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## Record

- **Collection:** Federal Register
- **Document type:** Proposed Rule
- **Published:** January 11, 2000
- **Citation:** 65 FR 1584

## Text

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]
BILLING CODE 3510-22-F

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