96-17992. Notice of Public Hearings in Texas on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement on the Proposed Taxes Coastal Management Program

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 137 (Tuesday, July 16, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37048-37049]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-17992]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Notice of Public Hearings in Texas on the Draft Environmental 
Impact Statement on the Proposed Taxes Coastal Management Program

AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public hearings.

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SUMMARY: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) 
hereby gives notice that it will hold two

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public hearings in Texas on the Texas Coastal Management Program/Draft 
Environmental Impact Statement (P/DEIS). The P/DEIS has been prepared 
in conjunction with NOAA's proposed approval of the Texas Coastal 
Management Program (TCMP, or program) under the provisions of Section 
306 of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, as amended, 16 U.S.C. 
1455. The P/DEIS was filed with EPA on June 13, 1996 and the notice of 
availability for the DEIS was published in the Federal Register on June 
21, 1996. The public comment period on the P/DEIS ends August 5, 1996. 
Notice of these hearings was provided to all agencies, organizations 
and individuals receiving copies of the P/DEIS.

    Pursuant to the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, as amended, 
NOAA's Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management (NOAA/OCRM), in 
coordination with the Texas Coastal Coordination Council will hold the 
two public hearings at the following locations in Texas:

Wednesday, July 31, 1996--7:00 p.m.
    Corpus Christi City Hall, Council Chambers, 1201 Leopard, Corpus 
Christi, Texas
Thursday, August 1, 1996--7:00 p.m.
    Texas A&M University at Galveston, University Auditorium, Room CLB-
100, 200 Seawolf Parkway, Galveston, Texas.

    The purpose of the hearings is to receive comments on NOAA's 
preliminary determination to approve the Texas Coastal Management 
Program pursuant to the Coastal Zone Management Act as reflected in the 
P/DEIS.
    The proposed Federal approval of the program would make Texas 
eligible for program administration and enhancement awards and require 
Federal actions to be consistent with the enforceable policies of the 
State's management program (16 U.S.C. 1455, 1456). The alternatives to 
approval include delaying approval of the program, or denying approval 
which, in this case, is the no-action alternative.
    Individuals or organizations wishing to submit written comments on 
the range of alternatives, the underlying issues for decision, or other 
issues should do so by August 5, 1996. Requests for the above described 
documents and all comments should be made to:
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean 
Service, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, Coastal 
Programs Division, Gulf/Caribbean Region, 1305 East-West Highway (N/
ORM3), Silver Spring, Maryland 20910, Attention: Joe Uravitch.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bill O'Beirne at tel. [phone] x160; fax [phone]; internet 
[bobeirnecoasts.nos.noaa.gov] or, Janet Fatheree of the Texas General 
Land Office at tel. [phone]; fax [phone], or internet 
[[e-mail]].

(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog 11.419 Coastal Zone Management 
Program Administration)

    Dated July 9, 1996.
David L. Evans,
Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal 
Zone Management.
[FR Doc. 96-17992 Filed 7-15-96; 8:45 am]
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