[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 72 (Friday, April 12, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 16239]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-9070]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Evaluation of Coastal Zone Management Program and National 
Estuarine Research Reserves

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 Virginia and 
Oregon Coastal Zone 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 states with respect 
to coastal program implementation. Evaluation of Coastal Zone 
Management Programs requires findings concerning the extent to which a 
state has met the national objectives, adhered to its coastal program 
document 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 Virginia Coastal Zone Management Program site visit will be 
from June 3-7, 1996. Public meetings will be held on Tuesday, June 4, 
1996, at 7:00 p.m., at the Rappahannock Community College, 52 Campus 
Drive (Route 360), Warsaw, VA, and Thursday, June 6, 1996, at 7:00 
p.m., at the Hampton Roads Planning District Commission, 723 Woodlake 
Drive, Chesapeake, VA.
    The Oregon Coastal Zone Management Program site visit will be from 
June 3-7, 1996. A public meeting will be held on Wednesday, June 5, 
1996, at 7:00 p.m., at the Lincoln City Council Chambers, Lincoln City 
Hall, 3rd Floor, 801 SW Highway 101, Lincoln City, OR, 97367.
    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, 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: April 8, 1996.
W. Stanley Wilson,
Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal Zone.
[FR Doc. 96-9070 Filed 4-11-96; 8:45 am]
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