[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 22 (Thursday, February 2, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 6525]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-2515]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Evaluation of State Coastal Management Programs

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 Delaware 
and Massachusetts Coastal Management Programs.
    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 
Program 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 Delaware Coastal Management Program evaluation site visit will 
be from March 6 to March 10, 1995. A public meeting will be held on 
Tuesday, March 7, 1995 at 7:00 p.m. in the Department of Natural 
Resources and Environmental Control Auditorium, 89 Kings Highway, 
Dover, Delaware.
    The Massachusetts Coastal Management Program evaluation site visit 
will be from March 20 to March 24, 1995. Public meetings will be held 
on Tuesday, March 21, 1995 at 7:00 p.m. at the Sawyer Free Library, 2 
Dale Avenue, Gloucester, Massachusetts and on Thursday, March 23, 195 
at 7:30 p.m. at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy, Storer Building, 
room 21, Buzzards Bay, 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 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, ext. 126.

(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog 11.419 Coastal Zone Management 
Program Administration)

    Dated: January 26, 1995.
W. Stanley Wilson,
Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal Zone
[FR Doc. 95-2515 Filed 2-1-95; 8:45 am]
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