[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 28 (Tuesday, February 11, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6216-6217]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-3397]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Environmental Protection Agency
Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program: Proposed Findings
Documents, Environmental Assessments, and Findings of No Significant
Impact
AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of
Commerce, and 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 New
Hampshire, Mississippi, Alabama and Oregon.
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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 New Hampshire, Mississippi, Alabama and
Oregon. Coastal states and territories 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 and territory coastal nonpoint pollution control
program. Section 6217 of the Coastal Zone Act Reauthorization
Amendments (CZARA), 16 U.S.C. section 1455b, requires states and
territories 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. sections 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 New
Hampshire, Mississippi, Alabama and Oregon.
NOAA and EPA have proposed to approve, with conditions, the coastal
nonpoint pollution control programs submitted by New Hampshire,
Mississippi, Alabama and Oregon. The requirements of 40 CFR Parts 1500-
1508 (Council of Environmental Quality (CEQ) regulations to implement
the National Environmental Policy Act) apply to the preparation of the
Environmental Assessments. Specifically, 40 CFR section 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 March
12, 1997.
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.
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(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog 11.419 Coast Zone Management
Program Administration)
Dated: February 6, 1997.
David L. Evans,
Acting Deputy 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. 97-3397 Filed 2-10-97; 8:45 am]
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