[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 158 (Monday, August 17, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 43914]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-22015]
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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 Connecticut, the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands, Hawaii, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, New York,
Puerto Rico, South Carolina, and Virgin Islands Coastal Management
Programs, and the Chesapeake Bay (Maryland), Great Bay (New Hampshire),
and Jobos Bay (Puerto Rico) National Estuarine Research Reserves
(NERRs). 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 Connecticut, Hawaii, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey,
New York, South Carolina, Virgin Islands, and the Territories of the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and Puerto Rico were found
to be implementing and enforcing their Federally approved coastal
management programs, addressing the national coastal management
objective identified in CZMA Section 303(2) (A)-(K), and adhering to
the programmatic terms of their financial assistance awards.
Chesapeake Bay, Jobos Bay, and Great Bay NERRs were 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, 10th Floor, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910 (310) 713-3087x126.
(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog 11.419 Coastal Zone Management
Program Administration)
Capt. Evelyn J. Fields,
Deputy Assistant Administrator.
[FR Doc. 98-22015 Filed 8-14-98; 8:45 am]
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