[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] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 [[Page 39500]] 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] BILLING CODE 3510-08-M