[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 68 (Wednesday, April 9, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17177-17178]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-9111]
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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.
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 Virginia, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode
Island, and Oregon Coastal Management Programs, and Sapelo Island
(Georgia) National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR). 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 Virginia, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and
Oregon 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.
Sapelo Island NERR was 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, 11th Floor,
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Silver Spring, Maryland 20910 (301) 713-3087x126.
(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog 11.419, Coastal Zone Management
Program Administration)
Dated: April 2, 1997.
David L. Evans,
Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator.
[FR Doc. 97-9111 Filed 4-8-97; 8:45 am]
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