[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 83 (Wednesday, April 30, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 23435]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-11184]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


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 North 
Carolina Coastal Zone Management Programs and the Great Bay National 
Estuarine Research Reserve in New Hampshire.
    The 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 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 North Carolina Coastal Zone Management Program site visit will 
be from June 9-13, 1997. Two public meetings will be held during the 
week. These meetings are scheduled for 7 pm, June 10, 1997, at the 
DEHNR Wilmington Regional Office, 127 Cardinal Drive Extension, 
Wilmington, NC, and 7 pm, Wednesday, June 11, 1997, at the North 
Carolina Maritime Museum, 315 Front Street, Beaufort, NC.
    The Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in New Hampshire 
site visit will be from June 2-6, 1997. A public meeting will be on 
Wednesday, June 4, 1997, from 7-9 pm, at the Sandy Point discovery 
Center, 89 Depot Road (off of Route 33), Stratham, New Hampshire.
    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 (PCD), 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 24, 1997.
David L. Evans,
Acting Deputy Assistant, Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal 
Zone.
[FR Doc. 97-11184 Filed 4-29-97; 8:45 am]
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