[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 158 (Monday, August 17, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 43914]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-22015]


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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.

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 Connecticut, the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands, Hawaii, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, 
Puerto Rico, South Carolina, and Virgin Islands Coastal Management 
Programs, and the Chesapeake Bay (Maryland), Great Bay (New Hampshire), 
and Jobos Bay (Puerto Rico) 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 Connecticut, Hawaii, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, 
New York, South Carolina, Virgin Islands, and the Territories of the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and Puerto Rico were found 
to be implementing and enforcing their Federally approved coastal 
management programs, addressing the national coastal management 
objective identified in CZMA Section 303(2) (A)-(K), and adhering to 
the programmatic terms of their financial assistance awards.
    Chesapeake Bay, Jobos Bay, and Great 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 (310) 713-3087x126.

(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog 11.419 Coastal Zone Management 
Program Administration)
Capt. Evelyn J. Fields,
Deputy Assistant Administrator.
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