[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 166 (Monday, August 26, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 43736]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-21699]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Environmental Protection Agency
Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program: Proposed Finding
Documents, Environmental Assessments, and Findings of No Significant
Impact
AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S.
Department of Commerce, and The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice of availability of proposed findings documents,
environmental assessments, and findings of no significant impact on
approval of coastal nonpoint pollution control programs for States of
Rhode Island and Delaware.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the availability of the Proposed
Findings Documents, Environmental Assessments (EA's), and Findings of
No Significant Impact for the states of Rhode Island and Delaware.
Coastal states were required to submit their coastal nonpoint programs
to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for approval in July 1995.
The Findings documents were prepared by NOAA and EPA to provide the
rationale for the agencies' decision to approve each state's coastal
nonpoint pollution control program. Section 6217 of the Coastal Zone
Act Reauthorization Amendments (CZARA), 16 U.S.C. 1455b, requires
states with coastal zone management programs that have received
approval under section 306 of the Coastal Zone Management Act to
develop and implement coastal nonpoint pollution control programs. The
EA's were prepared by NOAA, pursuant to the National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq., to assess the environmental
impacts associated with the approval of the coastal nonpoint pollution
control programs submitted to NOAA and EPA by the states of Rhode
Island and Delaware.
NOAA and EPA have proposed to approve, with conditions, the coastal
nonpoint pollution control programs submitted by the states of Rhode
Island and Delaware. The requirements of 40 CFR parts 1500-1508
(Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) regulations to implement the
National Environmental Policy Act) apply to the preparation of the
Environmental Assessments. Specifically, 40 CFR 1506.6 requires
agencies to provide public notice of the availability of environmental
documents. This notice is part of NOAA's action to comply with this
requirement.
Copies of the Proposed Findings Documents, Environmental
Assessments, and Findings of No Significant Impact may be obtained upon
request from: Joseph P. Flanagan, Coastal Programs Division (N/ORM3),
Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management NOS, NOAA, 1305 East-
West Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910, tel. (301) 713-3121, x201.
DATES: Individuals or organizations wishing to submit comments on the
proposed Findings or Environmental Assessments should do so by
September 25, 1996.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be made to: Joseph A. Uravitch, Coastal
Programs Division (N/ORM3), Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource
Management, NOS, NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland
20910, tel. (301) 713-3155, x195.
(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog 11.419, Coastal Zone Management
Program Administration)
Dated: August 21, 1996.
W. Stanley Wilson,
Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal Zone Management,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Robert H. Wayland, III,
Director, Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds, Environmental
Protection Agency.
[FR Doc. 96-21699 Filed 8-23-96; 8:45 am]
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