[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 224 (Thursday, November 20, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61998-61999]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-30554]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Evaluation of State Coastal Management Programs and National 
Estuarine Research Reserves

AGENCY: Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, National Ocean 
Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), DOC.


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ACTION: Notice of availability of evaluation final findings.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the availability of the final 
evaluation findings for the Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, North 
Carolina, Washington, and American Samoa Coastal Management Programs, 
and the Apalachicola (Florida), and Rookery Bay (Florida) National 
Estuarine Research Reserves (NERRs). Sections 312 and 315 of the 
Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (CZMA), as amended, require a 
continuing review of the performance of coastal states with respect to 
approved coastal management programs and the operation and management 
of NERRs.

    The States of Alabama, Louisiana, North Carolina, and Washington, 
and the Territory of American Samoa were found to be implementing and 
enforcing their Federally approved coastal management programs, 
addressing the national coastal management objectives identified in 
CZMA Section 303(2)(A)-(K), and adhering to the programmatic terms of 
their financial assistance awards. The State of Mississippi was found 
to be not fully adhering to its approved coastal zone program and is 
not implementing and enforcing the program in a satisfactory manner.
    Apalachicola and Rookery Bay NERRs were found to be adhering to 
programmatic requirements of the NERR System. Copies of these final 
evaluation findings may be obtained upon written request from: Vickie 
Allin, Chief, Policy Coordination Division, Office of Ocean and Coastal 
Resource Management, NOS/NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway, 10th Floor, 
Silver Spring, Maryland 20910, (301) 713-3087x126.

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

    Dated: November 14, 1997.
Nancy Foster,
Assistant Administrator.
[FR Doc. 97-30554 Filed 11-19-97; 8:45 am]
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