[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 166 (Monday, August 26, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 43736]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-21699]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Environmental Protection Agency


Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program: Proposed Finding 
Documents, Environmental Assessments, and Findings of No Significant 
Impact

AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, and The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of availability of proposed findings documents, 
environmental assessments, and findings of no significant impact on 
approval of coastal nonpoint pollution control programs for States of 
Rhode Island and Delaware.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the availability of the Proposed 
Findings Documents, Environmental Assessments (EA's), and Findings of 
No Significant Impact for the states of Rhode Island and Delaware. 
Coastal states were required to submit their coastal nonpoint programs 
to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for approval in July 1995. 
The Findings documents were prepared by NOAA and EPA to provide the 
rationale for the agencies' decision to approve each state's coastal 
nonpoint pollution control program. Section 6217 of the Coastal Zone 
Act Reauthorization Amendments (CZARA), 16 U.S.C. 1455b, requires 
states with coastal zone management programs that have received 
approval under section 306 of the Coastal Zone Management Act to 
develop and implement coastal nonpoint pollution control programs. The 
EA's were prepared by NOAA, pursuant to the National Environmental 
Policy Act (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq., to assess the environmental 
impacts associated with the approval of the coastal nonpoint pollution 
control programs submitted to NOAA and EPA by the states of Rhode 
Island and Delaware.
    NOAA and EPA have proposed to approve, with conditions, the coastal 
nonpoint pollution control programs submitted by the states of Rhode 
Island and Delaware. The requirements of 40 CFR parts 1500-1508 
(Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) regulations to implement the 
National Environmental Policy Act) apply to the preparation of the 
Environmental Assessments. Specifically, 40 CFR 1506.6 requires 
agencies to provide public notice of the availability of environmental 
documents. This notice is part of NOAA's action to comply with this 
requirement.
    Copies of the Proposed Findings Documents, Environmental 
Assessments, and Findings of No Significant Impact may be obtained upon 
request from: Joseph P. Flanagan, Coastal Programs Division (N/ORM3), 
Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management NOS, NOAA, 1305 East-
West Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910, tel. (301) 713-3121, x201.

DATES: Individuals or organizations wishing to submit comments on the 
proposed Findings or Environmental Assessments should do so by 
September 25, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be made to: Joseph A. Uravitch, Coastal 
Programs Division (N/ORM3), Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource 
Management, NOS, NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland 
20910, tel. (301) 713-3155, x195.

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

    Dated: August 21, 1996.
W. Stanley Wilson,
Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal Zone Management, 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Robert H. Wayland, III,
Director, Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds, Environmental 
Protection Agency.
[FR Doc. 96-21699 Filed 8-23-96; 8:45 am]
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