[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 224 (Thursday, November 20, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61998-61999]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-30554]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Evaluation of State Coastal Management Programs and National
Estuarine Research Reserves
AGENCY: Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, National Ocean
Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), DOC.
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ACTION: Notice of availability of evaluation final findings.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the availability of the final
evaluation findings for the Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, North
Carolina, Washington, and American Samoa Coastal Management Programs,
and the Apalachicola (Florida), and Rookery Bay (Florida) National
Estuarine Research Reserves (NERRs). Sections 312 and 315 of the
Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (CZMA), as amended, require a
continuing review of the performance of coastal states with respect to
approved coastal management programs and the operation and management
of NERRs.
The States of Alabama, Louisiana, North Carolina, and Washington,
and the Territory of American Samoa were found to be implementing and
enforcing their Federally approved coastal management programs,
addressing the national coastal management objectives identified in
CZMA Section 303(2)(A)-(K), and adhering to the programmatic terms of
their financial assistance awards. The State of Mississippi was found
to be not fully adhering to its approved coastal zone program and is
not implementing and enforcing the program in a satisfactory manner.
Apalachicola and Rookery Bay NERRs were found to be adhering to
programmatic requirements of the NERR System. Copies of these final
evaluation findings may be obtained upon written request from: Vickie
Allin, Chief, Policy Coordination Division, Office of Ocean and Coastal
Resource Management, NOS/NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway, 10th Floor,
Silver Spring, Maryland 20910, (301) 713-3087x126.
(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog 11.419, Coastal Zone Management
Program Administration)
Dated: November 14, 1997.
Nancy Foster,
Assistant Administrator.
[FR Doc. 97-30554 Filed 11-19-97; 8:45 am]
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