[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 203 (Wednesday, October 21, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56145-56146]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-28154]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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 ACE
Basin (SC) and Wells (ME) National Estuarine Research Reserves.
These evaluations will be conducted pursuant to sections 312 and
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 research reserve program implementation. Evaluation of
National Estuarine Research Reserves require 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 dates of the site visits for the
listed evaluations, and the dates, local times, and locations of public
meetings during the site visits.
The ACE Basin National Estuarine Research Reserve in South Carolina
evaluation site visit will be from November 30 to December 4, 1998. One
public meeting will be held during the week. The public meeting will be
held on Wednesday, December 2, 1998, at 7:00 p.m., at the Edisto Island
Town Hall, Edisto, SC.
The Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve in Maine site visit
will be from November 30 to December 4, 1998. One public meeting will
be held during the week. This public meeting
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will be on Wednesday, December 2, 1998, at 7:00 p.m. at the Wells
Reserve Headquarters, 342 Laudholm Farm Road, Wells, Maine.
The States will issue notice of the public meeting(s) in a local
newspaper(s) at least 45 days prior to the public meeting(s), 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 these Programs 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)
713-3155, ext. 126.
(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog 11.419 Coastal Zone Management
Program Administration)
Dated: October 15, 1998.
Nancy Foster,
Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal Zone Management.
[FR Doc. 98-28154 Filed 10-20-98; 8:45 am]
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