[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 149 (Thursday, August 1, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 40196]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-19586]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Evaluation of Coastal Zone 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 Maine, 
New Hampshire and Rhode Island Coastal Zone Management Programs and the 
Sapelo Island (GA) National Estuarine Research Reserve Program.
    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 states with 
respect to coastal program implementation and reserve management. 
Evaluation of Coastal Zone Management Programs and National Estuarine 
Research Reserves requires findings concerning the extent to which a 
state has met the national objectives, adhered to its coastal program 
document 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 Maine Coastal Zone Management Program site visit will be from 
September 9-13, 1996. A public meeting will be on Thursday, September 
12, 1996, at 4:00 P.M., at the Portland City Court House, Portland 
City, Maine.
    The New Hampshire Coastal Zone Management Program site visit will 
be from September 9-13, 1996. A public meeting will be on Wednesday, 
September 11, 1996, at 7:00 P.M., at the Urban Forestry Center, 45 
Elwyn Road, Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
    The Rhode Island Coastal Zone Management Program site visit will be 
from September 9-13, 1996. A public meeting will be on Wednesday, 
September 11, 1996, at 7:00 P.M., at the Department of Administration 
Building, 1 Capitol Hill, Conference Room A, 2nd Floor, Providence, 
Rhode Island.
    The Sapelo Island, Georgia, National Estuarine Research Reserve, 
site visit will be from September 23-27, 1996. A public meeting will be 
held on Wednesday, September 25, 1996, at 7:00 P.M. at the Sapelo 
Island Visitor's Center, Dock Landing Road, Meridian, Georgia.
    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 suppplemental 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: July 25, 1996.
David L. Evans,
Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal 
Zone Management.
[FR Doc. 96-19586 Filed 7-31-96; 8:45am]
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