[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 172 (Friday, September 5, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46949-46950]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-23519]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program: Proposed Findings
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 Alaska,
South Carolina and Virginia.
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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 Alaska, South Carolina and Virginia. Coastal
states and territories 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 and
territory coastal nonpoint pollution control program. Section 6217 of
the Coastal Zone Act Reauthorization Amendments (CZARA), 16 U.S.C.
section 1455b, requires states and territories 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.
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The EA's were prepared by NOAA, pursuant to the National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. sections 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
Alaska, South Carolina and Virginia.
NOAA and EPA have proposed to approve, with conditions, the coastal
nonpoint pollution control programs submitted by Alaska, South Carolina
and Virginia. 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 section 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 October
6, 1997.
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 29, 1997.
Evelyn J. Fields,
Acting Deputy 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. 97-23519 Filed 9-4-97; 8:45 am]
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