[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 64 (Tuesday, April 4, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17056-17057]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-8150]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Evaluation of State Coastal Management Programs and National
Estuarine Research Reserve
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 Alaska
and Northern Marianas Islands Coastal Zone Management Programs and the
Old Woman Creek (Ohio) and South Slough (Oregon) National Estuarine
Research Reserve Programs.
These evaluations will be conducted pursuant to Sections 312 and
315 of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (CZMA), as amended. The
CZMA requires a continuing review of the performance of coastal states
with respect to coastal and estuarine management. Evaluation of Coastal
Management Programs and National Estuarine Research Reserves requires
findings concerning the extent to which a state has met the national
coastal management objectives, adhered to its Coastal Program or
Reserve 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. 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 Old Woman Creek National Estuarine Research Reserve in Ohio
evaluation site visit will be from May 15-19, 1995. A public meeting
will be held on Wednesday, May 17, 1995, at 7 p.m., at the Old Woman
Creek Visitor's Center, 2514 Cleveland Road-East, Huron, OH.
The Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands Coastal Zone
Management Program evaluation site visit will be from June 5-9, 1995. A
public meeting will be held on Wednesday, June 7, 1995 at 7:30 p.m., in
Saipan.
The Alaska Coastal Zone Management Program evaluation site visit
will be from June 19-23, 1995. A public [[Page 17057]] meeting will be
held on Monday, June 19, 1995, at 7 p.m., at the Anchorage Legislative
Information Office, 716 W. 4th Avenue, Suite 200, Anchorage, AK.
Teleconference connections to Legislative Information Offices will be
provided between Anchorage and the coastal communities of Ketchikan,
Sitka, Juneau, Cordova, Valdez, Kenai, Kodiak, Dillingham, Bethel,
Nome, Kotzebue, and Barrow.
The South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve in Oregon
evaluation site visit will be from July 10-14, 1995. A public meeting
will be held on Thursday, July 13, 1995, at 7 p.m., at Southwestern
Oregon Community College, 1988 Newmark, Coos Bay, OR.
The States 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 State's 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, 11th
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: Vickie A. Allin, Chief, Policy
Coordination Division, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management,
NOS/NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway, 11th Floor, Silver Spring, Maryland,
20910, (301) 713-3090, ext. 126.
Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog 11.419
Coastal Zone Management Program Administration
W. Stanley Wilson,
Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal Zone.
[FR Doc. 95-8150 Filed 4-3-95; 8:45 am]
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