[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 210 (Thursday, October 30, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 58706]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-28709]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Notice of Administrative Record Closure; Coastal Zone Management: 
Federal Consistency Appeal by Jessie W. Taylor From an Objection by the 
South Carolina Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management

AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of administrative record closure.

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    Jessie W. Taylor (Appellant) proposes to fill in approximately 0.6 
acres of wetlands for the purpose of commercial development, and to 
mitigate the adverse wetland impacts through his purchase of mitigation 
credits in a wetland mitigation bank. The site of his proposed activity 
consists of two undeveloped lots, which are located in a commercial 
area adjacent to Highway 17, in Surfside Beach, Horry County, South 
Carolina. The South Carolina Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource 
Management (State) has objected to the Appellant's activity. The 
Appellant requested that the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary), 
override the State's objection based on the ground that the proposed 
activity is consistent with the objectives of the Coastal Zone 
Management Act of 1972, as amended.
    In its review of the administrative record for this appeal, the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) determined that 
additional information on the Appellant's mitigation proposal would 
assist the Secretary in deciding whether to override the State's 
objection. NOAA reopened the record and allowed the Appellant, the 
State and the Corps an opportunity to file additional comments on the 
Appellant's mitigation proposal. The Appellant, the State and the Corps 
each responded to NOAA's request for additional comments. Accordingly, 
the administrative record for this appeal closed on September 4, 1997, 
and the Secretary will issue a decision in the matter.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Roger B. Eckert, Attorney-Adviser, Office of the Assistant General 
Counsel for Ocean Services, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1305 East-West Highway, 
Room 6111, Silver Spring, MD 20910, (301) 713-2967.

(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog No. 11.419 Coastal Zone 
Management Program Assistance)

    Dated: October 21, 1997.
Monica P. Medina,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 97-28709 Filed 10-29-97; 8:45 am]
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