[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 206 (Wednesday, October 26, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-26365]
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[Federal Register: October 26, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Evaluation of State Coastal Management Programs
AGENCY: Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, National Ocean
Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), DOC.
ACTION: Notice of intent to evaluate.
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SUMMARY: The NOAA Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management
(OCRM) announces its intent to evaluate the performance of the New
Jersey Coastal Management Program, and the Padilla Bay (Washington) and
Waquoit Bay (Massachusetts) National Estuarine Research Reserves.
These evaluations will be conducted pursuant to section 312 and
section 315 of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (CZMA), as
amended. The CZMA requires a continuing review of the performance of
Coastal Management Programs (CMPs) and National Estuarine Research
Reserves (NERRs). Evaluation of CMPs requires findings concerning the
extent to which a State has met the national coastal management
objectives, adhered to its Coastal Management Program approved by the
Secretary of Commerce, and adhered to the terms of financial assistance
awards funded under the CZMA. Evaluation of NERRs requires findings
concerning the operation and management of the reserve including
education and interpretive activities, the consistency of research
activities with the approved research guidelines, and the existence of
a basis for the continued support of the findings for designation. The
evaluations will include a site visit, consideration of public
comments, and consultations with interested Federal, State, and local
agencies and members of the public. Public meetings are held as part of
the site visits.
Notice is hereby given of the dates of the site visits for the
listed evaluations, and the dates, local times, and locations of public
meetings during the site visits.
The New Jersey Coastal Management Program evaluation site visit
will be from December 5 to December 9, 1994. A public meeting will be
held on Monday, December 6, 1994 at 7:00 p.m., at the New Jersey DEP
Headquarters Public Hearing Room, 1510 Hooper Avenue, Room 140,
Trenton, New Jersey 08625.
The Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve site visit will
be from December 5 to December 9, 1994. A public meeting will be held
on Wednesday, December 7, 1994 at 7:30 p.m., at the Reserve
Headquarters (the former Sergeant Estate), 149 Waquoit Highway,
Waquoit, Massachusetts 02536.
The Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve site visit will
be from December 5, to December 9, 1994. A public meeting will be held
on Wednesday, December 7, 1994 at 7:00 p.m., at the Breazeale-Padilla
Interpretive Center, 1043 Bayview-Edison Road, Mt. Vernon, Washington
98273.
Each State will issue notice of the public meeting(s) in a local
newspaper(s) at least 45 days prior to the public meeting(s), and will
issue other timely notices as appropriate.
Copies of the States' most recent performance reports, as well as
OCRM's notifications and supplemental request letters to the States,
are available upon request from OCRM. Written comments from interested
parties regarding these Programs are encouraged and will be accepted
until 15 days after the site visit. Please direct written comments to
Vickie A. Allin, Chief, Policy Coordination Division, Office of Ocean
and Coastal Resource Management, NOS/NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway,
Silver Spring, Maryland 20910. When the evaluation is completed, OCRM
will place a notice in the Federal Register announcing the availability
of the Final Evaluation Findings.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vickie A. Allin, Chief, Policy
Coordination Division, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management,
NOS/NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910, (301)
713-3090.
Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog 11.419
Coastal Zone Management Program Administration
Dated: October 19, 1994.
Scott Page,
Acting Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal Zone
Management.
[FR Doc. 94-26365 Filed 10-25-94; 8:45 am]
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