[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 64 (Tuesday, April 4, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17056-17057]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-8150]



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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 Alaska 
and Northern Marianas Islands Coastal Zone Management Programs and the 
Old Woman Creek (Ohio) and South Slough (Oregon) National Estuarine 
Research Reserve Programs.
    These evaluations will be conducted pursuant to Sections 312 and 
315 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 and estuarine management. Evaluation of Coastal 
Management Programs and National Estuarine Research Reserves requires 
findings concerning the extent to which a state has met the national 
coastal management objectives, adhered to its Coastal Program or 
Reserve 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 Old Woman Creek National Estuarine Research Reserve in Ohio 
evaluation site visit will be from May 15-19, 1995. A public meeting 
will be held on Wednesday, May 17, 1995, at 7 p.m., at the Old Woman 
Creek Visitor's Center, 2514 Cleveland Road-East, Huron, OH.
    The Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands Coastal Zone 
Management Program evaluation site visit will be from June 5-9, 1995. A 
public meeting will be held on Wednesday, June 7, 1995 at 7:30 p.m., in 
Saipan.
    The Alaska Coastal Zone Management Program evaluation site visit 
will be from June 19-23, 1995. A public [[Page 17057]] meeting will be 
held on Monday, June 19, 1995, at 7 p.m., at the Anchorage Legislative 
Information Office, 716 W. 4th Avenue, Suite 200, Anchorage, AK. 
Teleconference connections to Legislative Information Offices will be 
provided between Anchorage and the coastal communities of Ketchikan, 
Sitka, Juneau, Cordova, Valdez, Kenai, Kodiak, Dillingham, Bethel, 
Nome, Kotzebue, and Barrow.
    The South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve in Oregon 
evaluation site visit will be from July 10-14, 1995. A public meeting 
will be held on Thursday, July 13, 1995, at 7 p.m., at Southwestern 
Oregon Community College, 1988 Newmark, Coos Bay, OR.
    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, 11th 
Floor, 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, 11th Floor, Silver Spring, Maryland, 
20910, (301) 713-3090, ext. 126.

Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog 11.419

Coastal Zone Management Program Administration
W. Stanley Wilson,
Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal Zone.
[FR Doc. 95-8150 Filed 4-3-95; 8:45 am]
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