[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 144 (Thursday, July 27, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 38550]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-18488]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

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 
Wisconsin and Florida Coastal Management Programs and the Wells (Maine) 
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 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 Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve in Maine site visit 
will be from September 11-15, 1995. A public meeting will be held on 
Tuesday, September 12, 1995, at 7 p.m., at the Wells Reserve Visitor 
Center, 342 Laudholm Road, Wells, Maine, 04090.
    The Wisconsin Coastal Management Program evaluation site visit will 
be from September 11-15, 1995. Public meetings will be held on Tuesday, 
September 12, 1995, at 7 p.m., at the Neville Museum, 210 Museum Place, 
Green Bay, WI, 54301.
    The Florida Coastal Management Program evaluation site visit will 
be from September 18-22, 1995. A public meeting will be held on 
Thursday, September 21, 1995, from 6 to 8 p.m, at the Naval Beach 
Hotel, 851 Gulf Shores Blvd., North, Naples, Florida.
    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 public meeting. Please direct written comments 
to Vickie A. Allin, Chief, Policy Coordination Division, Office of 
Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, NOA/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: July 19, 1995.
W. Stanley Wilson,
Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal Zone.
[FR Doc. 95-18488 Filed 7-26-95; 8:45 am]
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