[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR921.33]

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                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
CHAPTER IX--NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT 
                               OF COMMERCE
 
PART 921--NATIONAL ESTUARINE RESEARCH RESERVE SYSTEM REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
         Subpart D--Reserve Designation and Subsequent Operation
 
Sec. 921.33  Boundary changes, amendments to the management plan, and 
addition of multiple-site components.

    (a) Changes in the boundary of a Reserve and major changes to the 
final management plan, including state laws or regulations promulgated 
specifically for the Reserve, may be made only after written approval by 
NOAA. NOAA may require public notice, including notice in the Federal 
Register and an opportunity for public comment before approving a 
boundary or management plan change. Changes in the boundary of a Reserve 
involving the acquisition of properties not listed in the management 
plan or final EIS require public notice and the opportunity for comment; 
in certain cases, a categorical exclusion, an environmental assessment 
and possibly an environmental impact statement may be required.

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NOAA will place a notice in the Federal Register of any proposed changes 
in Reserve boundaries or proposed major changes to the final management 
plan. The state shall be responsible for publishing an equivalent notice 
in the local media. See also requirements of Secs. 921.4(b) and 
921.13(a)(11).
    (b) As discussed in Sec. 921.10(b), a state may choose to develop a 
multiple-site National Estuarine Research Reserve after the initial 
acquisition and development award for a single site has been made. NOAA 
will publish notice of the proposed new site including an invitation for 
comments from the public in the Federal Register. The state shall be 
responsible for publishing an equivalent notice in the local 
newspaper(s). An EIS, if required, shall be prepared in accordance with 
section Sec. 921.13 and shall include an administrative framework for 
the multiple-site Reserve and a description of the complementary 
research and educational programs within the Reserve. If NOAA 
determines, based on the scope of the project and the issues associated 
with the additional site(s), that an environmental assessment is 
sufficient to establish a multiple-site Reserve, then the state shall 
develop a revised management plan which, concerning the additional 
component, incorporates each of the elements described in 
Sec. 921.13(a). The revised management plan shall address goals and 
objectives for all components of the multi-site Reserve and the 
additional component's relationship to the original site(s).
    (c) The state shall revise the management plan for a Reserve at 
least every five years, or more often if necessary. Management plan 
revisions are subject to (a) above.
    (d) NOAA will approve boundary changes, amendments to management 
plans, or the addition of multiple-site components, by notice in the 
Federal Register. If necessary NOAA will revise the designation document 
(findings) for the site.