[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 82 (Friday, April 29, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-10303]


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[Federal Register: April 29, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

 

Evaluation of State Coastal Management Programs and National 
Estuarine Research Reserve

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 Maryland 
and North Carolina Coastal Management Programs and the Chesapeake Bay 
(Virginia) National Estuarine Research Reserve Program.
    These evaluations will be conducted pursuant to section 312 of the 
Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (CZMA), as amended. The CZMA 
requires a continuing review of the performance of coastal states with 
respect to coastal management. Evaluation of Coastal Management 
Programs requires findings concerning the extent to which a state has 
met the national coastal management objectives, adhered to its Coastal 
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 Maryland Coastal Management Program evaluation site visit will 
be from June 6 to June 10, 1994. A public meeting will be held on 
Wednesday, June 8, 1994 at 7 p.m. at the Tawes State Office Building, 
Annapolis, Maryland.
    The North Carolina Coastal Management Program evaluation site visit 
will be from June 6 to June 10, 1994. A public meeting will be held on 
Wednesday, June 8, 1994 at 7 p.m., at the Carteret County Courthouse, 
District Courtroom #1, Beaufort, North Carolina.
    The Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in Virginia 
site visit will be from June 20 to June 24, 1994. A public meeting will 
be held on June 22, 1994, at 7 p.m., at Virginia Institute of Marine 
Science, Waterman's Hall, Route 1208, Gloucester Point, Virginia.
    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 site visit. Please direct written comments to 
Vickie A. Allin, Chief, Policy Coordination Division, 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.

(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog 11.419, Coastal Zone Management 
Program Administration)
W. Stanley Wilson,
Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal Zone.
[FR Doc. 94-10303 Filed 4-28-94; 8:45 am]
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