[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 211 (Friday, October 31, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58939-58940]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-28902]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY


Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program: Proposed Findings 
Documents, Environmental Assessments, and Findings of No Significant 
Impact

AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, and the The U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency.

ACTION: Notice of availability of proposed findings documents, 
environmental assessments, and findings of no significant impact on 
approval of coastal nonpoint pollution control programs for 
Connecticut, North Carolina and Maine.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the availability of the Proposed 
Findings Documents, Environmental Assessments (EA's), and Findings of 
No Significant Impact for Connecticut, North Carolina and Maine. 
Coastal states and territories were required to submit their coastal 
nonpoint programs to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration (NOAA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 
(EPA) for approval in July 1995. The Findings

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documents were prepared by NOAA and EPA to provide the rationale for 
the agencies' decision to approve each state and territory coastal 
nonpoint pollution control program. Section 6217 of the Coastal Zone 
Act Reauthorization Amendments (CZARA), 16 U.S.C. section 1455b, 
requires states and territories with coastal zone management programs 
that have received approval under section 306 of the Coastal Zone 
Management Act to develop and implement coastal nonpoint pollution 
control programs. The EA's were prepared by NOAA, pursuant to the 
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. sections 4321 et 
seq., to assess the environmental impacts associated with the approval 
of the coastal nonpoint pollution control programs submitted to NOAA 
and EPA by Connecticut, North Carolina and Maine.
    NOAA and EPA have proposed to approve, with conditions, the coastal 
nonpoint pollution control programs submitted by Connecticut, North 
Carolina and Maine. The requirements of 40 CFR Parts 1500-1508 (Council 
on Environmental Quality (GEQ) regulations to implement the National 
Environmental Policy Act) apply to the preparation of the Environmental 
Assessments. Specifically, 40 CFR section 1506.6 requires agencies to 
provide public notice of the availability of environmental documents. 
This notice is part of NOAA's action to comply with this requirement.
    Copies of the Proposed Findings Documents, Environmental 
Assessments, and Findings of No Significant Impact may be obtained upon 
request from : Joseph P. Flanagan, Coastal Programs Division (N/ORM3), 
Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, NOS, NOAA, 1305 East-
West Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20910, tel. (301) 713-3121, 
x201.

DATES: Individuals or organizations wishing to submit comments on the 
proposed Findings or Environmental Assessments should do so by December 
1, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be made to: Joseph A Uravitch, Coastal 
Programs Division (N/ORM3), Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource 
Management, NOS, NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland, 
20910, tel. (301) 713-3155, x195.

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

    Dated: October 28, 1997.
Nancy Foster,
Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal Zone Management, 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Geoffrey H. Grubbs,
Director, Assessment and Watershed Protection Division, Environmental 
Protection Agency.
[FR Doc. 97-28902 Filed 10-30-97; 8:45 am]
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