[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 48 (Thursday, March 12, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12077-12078]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-6344]


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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 the Old 
Woman Creek National Estuarine Research Reserve in Ohio.
    This evaluation will be conducted pursuant to section 315 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 estuarine research reserve program implementation. Evaluation of 
Estuarine Research Reserve Programs requires findings concerning the 
extent to which a state has met the national objectives, adhered to its 
final management plan approved by the Secretary of Commerce, and 
adhered to the terms of 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 date of the site visit for the listed 
evaluation, and the date, local time, and location of public meeting 
during the site visit.
    Old Woman Creek National Estuarine Research Reserve in Ohio site 
visit will

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be from May 18-22, 1998. One public meeting will be held during the 
week. This meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m., on Tuesday, May 19, 1998, 
at the Reserve's Visitor's Center, 2514 Cleveland Road East, Huron, 
Ohio, 44839.
    The State will issue notice of the public meeting in a local 
newspaper(s) at least 45 days prior to the public meeting, 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 this Program 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: March 5, 1998.
Nancy Foster,
Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal Zone.
[FR Doc. 98-6344 Filed 3-11-98; 8:45 am]
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