[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 249 (Wednesday, December 29, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 73016]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-33745]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Evaluation of National Estuarine Research Reserves
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 Sapelo
Island (Georgia) National Estuarine Research Reserve.
The evaluation will be conducted pursuant to Sections 315 and 312
of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (CZMA), as amended, and
regulations at 15 C.F.R. Part 921, Subpart E, and Part 923, Subpart L.
The CZMA requires a continuing review of the performance of states with
respect to coastal program and research reserve program implementation.
Evaluation of National Estuarine Research Reserves require findings
concerning the extent to which a state has met the national objectives,
adhered to the Reserve's final management plan approved by the
Secretary of Commerce, and adhered to the terms of financial assistance
awards funded under the CZMA. 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. A public meeting will be held as part of the site visit.
Notice is hereby given of the date of the site visit for the listed
evaluation, and the date, local time, and location of the public
meeting during the site visit.
The Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve site visit
will be from January 31-February 4, 2000. One public meeting will be
held on Thursday, February 3, 2000, at 7 p.m., in the Sapelo Island
Visitors Center, on Dock Landing Road, Meridian, Georgia.
The State will issue notice of the public meeting in a local
newspaper at least 45 days prior to the public meeting, and will issue
other timely notice as appropriate.
Copies of the State's most recent performance report, as well as
OCRM's notification and supplemental request letter to the State, are
available upon request from OCRM. Written comments from interested
parties regarding the Reserve are encouraged and will be accepted until
15 days after the date of the public meeting. Please direct written
comments to Margo E. Jackson, Deputy Director, Office of Ocean and
Coastal Resource Management, NOS/NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway, 10th
Floor, 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: Margo E. Jackson, Deputy Director,
Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, NOS/NOAA, 1305 East-
West Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20910, (301) 713-3155, Extension
114.
(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog 11.419 Coastal Zone Management
Program Administration)
Dated: December 22, 1999.
CAPT Ted Lillestolen,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal Zone
Management.
[FR Doc. 99-33745 Filed 12-28-99; 8:45 am]
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