[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 141 (Wednesday, July 23, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39499-39500]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-19318]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


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 Michigan, 
Connecticut, South Carolina, and Maryland Coastal Zone Management 
Programs.
    These 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 require findings concerning the extent to which a 
state has met the national objectives, adhered to its coastal program 
document approved by the Secretary of Commerce, and adhered to the 
terms of

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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 Michigan Coastal Zone Management Program site visit will be 
from September 8-12, 1997. One public meeting will be held during the 
week. This meeting is scheduled for 7:00 P.M., Tuesday, September 9, 
1997, at the Radisson Hotel, 111 North Grand River Avenue, Lansing, 
Michigan.
    The Connecticut Coastal Zone Management Program site visit will be 
from September 15-19, 1997. A public meeting will be held during the 
week. This meeting is scheduled for 7:30 P.M., on Wednesday, September 
17, 1997, at the DEP Marine District Headquarters, 333 Ferry Road, Old 
Lyme, Connecticut.
    The South Carolina Coastal Zone Management Program site visit will 
be from September 8-12, 1997. Three public meetings will be held during 
the week. The public meetings will be held on: Tuesday, September 9, 
1997, from 7:00-9:00 p.m., at the South Carolina Department of Natural 
Resources Marine Resources Research Institute Auditorium, 217 Ft. 
Johnson Road, Charleston, South Carolina; Wednesday, September 10, 
1997, from 7:00-9:00 p.m., at the Santee Cooper Authority Building, 
18th Avenue North and Oak Street, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina; and on 
Thursday, September 11, 1997, from 7:00-9:00 p.m., at the Beaufort 
Technical Education College, Building 12, Room 107, 921 Ribaut Road, 
Beaufort, South Carolina.
    The Maryland Coastal Zone Management Program site visit will be 
from September 22-26, 1997. A public meeting will be held during the 
week. This meeting is scheduled for 7:00 P.M., on Monday, September 22, 
1997, at the Maryland Coastal Bays Office, 9609 Decatur Highway, 
Berlin, Maryland.
    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: July 17, 1997.
Nancy Foster,
Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal Zone.
[FR Doc. 97-19318 Filed 7-22-97; 8:45 am]
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