[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 68 (Wednesday, April 9, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17177-17178]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-9111]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Evaluation of State Coastal Management Programs 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 Availability of Evaluation Final Findings.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the availability of the final 
evaluation findings for the Virginia, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode 
Island, and Oregon Coastal Management Programs, and Sapelo Island 
(Georgia) National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR). Sections 312 and 
315 of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (CZMA), as amended, 
require a continuing review of the performance of coastal states with 
respect to approved coastal management programs and the operation and 
management of NERRs.
    The States of Virginia, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and 
Oregon were found to be implementing and enforcing their Federally 
approved coastal management programs, addressing the national coastal 
management objectives identified in CZMA section 303(2)(A)-(K), and 
adhering to the programmatic terms of their financial assistance 
awards.
    Sapelo Island NERR was found to be adhering to programmatic 
requirements of the NERR system. Copies of these final evaluation 
findings may be obtained upon written request from: Vickie Allin, 
Chief, Policy Coordination Division, Office of Ocean and Coastal 
Resource Management, NOS/NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway, 11th Floor,

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Silver Spring, Maryland 20910 (301) 713-3087x126.

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

    Dated: April 2, 1997.
David L. Evans,
Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator.
[FR Doc. 97-9111 Filed 4-8-97; 8:45 am]
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