[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 139 (Tuesday, July 21, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 39073]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-19416]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Evaluation of Coastal Zone Management Program 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 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
Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management Program and the Chesapeake Bay
(VA) and Waquoit Bay (MA) National Estuarine Research Reserves.
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 states with
respect to coastal program and research reserve program implementation.
Evaluation of Coastal Zone Management Programs and National Estuarine
Research Reserves require findings concerning the extent to which a
State has met the national objectives, adhered to its coastal program
document or 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. 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 Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in Virginia
evaluation site visit will be from September 14-18, 1998. One public
meeting will be held during the week. The public meeting will be held
on Wednesday, September 16, 1998, at 7:00 p.m., at the Virginia
Institute of Marine Science, Waterman's Hall Auditorium, Route 1208--
Greate Road, Gloucester Point, Virginia.
The Massachusetts Coastal Management Program site visit will be
from September 14-18, 1998. One public meeting will be held during the
week. This public meeting will be on Wednesday, September 16, 1998, at
7:00 p.m. in the Massachusetts Maritime Academy, Room 101, 101 Academy
Drive, Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts.
The Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in
Massachusetts site visit will be from September 21-25, 1998. One public
meeting will be held during the week. This public meeting will be on
Wednesday, September 23, 1998, at 7:00 p.m. at the Waquoit Bay Reserve
Headquarters, Main House--Old Sargent Estate, 149 Waquoit Highway,
Waquoit, Massachusetts.
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 public meeting. Please direct written comments
to Vickie A. Allin, Chief, Policy Coordination Division (PCD), Office
of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, NOS/NOAA, 1305 East-West
Highway, 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, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910, (301)
713-3090, ext. 126.
(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog 11.419 Coastal Zone Management
Program Administration)
Dated: July 15, 1998.
Nancy Foster,
Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal Zone.
[FR Doc. 98-19416 Filed 7-20-98; 8:45 am]
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