[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 146 (Monday, July 31, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 38990]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-18684]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program: Public Hearing on 
Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement

AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Public Hearing and Availability of Draft Programmatic 
Environmental Impact Statement.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), 42 
U.S.C. 4321 et seq., the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration (NOAA) has prepared and circulated a draft programmatic 
environmental impact statement (PEIS). The draft PEIS was prepared to 
assess the environmental impacts associated with the approval of state 
and territory coastal nonpoint pollution control programs. This draft 
PEIS will form the basis for the subsequent NEPA documents 
(environmental impact statements or assessments) NOAA will prepare on 
each of the 29 state and territory coastal nonpoint programs expected 
to be submitted to NOAA and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 
for approval.
    The requirements of 40 C.F.R. parts 1500-1508 [Council on 
Environmental Quality (CEQ) regulations to implement the National 
Environmental Policy Act] apply to the preparation of the draft PEIS. 
Specifically, 40 C.F.R. section 1506.6 requires agencies to provide 
public notice of NEPA-related hearings and the availability of 
environmental documents. This notice is part of NOAA's action to comply 
with the public hearing requirement.
    The PEIS was filed with EPA on July 7, 1995 and a notice of its 
availability was published at 60 FR 36279 on July 14, 1995. NOAA will 
hold a public hearing on this draft PEIS at NOAA Buildings SSMC 3, 1315 
East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD, Room 4527, on August 11, 1995, at 
9:00 a.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Marcella Jansen, Coastal Programs Division (NORM/3), Office of Ocean 
and Coastal Resource Management, NOS, NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway, 
Silver Spring, Maryland, 20910, tel. (301) 713-3098, x143.

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

    Dated: July 25, 1995.
W. Stanley Wilson,
Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal Zone Management.
[FR Doc. 95-18684 Filed 7-28-95; 8:45 am]
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