[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 251 (Thursday, December 31, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 72284]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-34687]


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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 Guam 
Coastal Zone Management Program and the Weeks Bay (AL), South Slough 
(OR), and Hudson River (NY) 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 coastal program and research reserve program implementation. 
Evaluation of Coastal Zone Management Programs and National Estuarine 
Research Reserves require findings concerning the extent to which a 
state has met the national objectives, adhered to its coastal program 
document or the Reserve's 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 Guam Coastal Zone Management Program evaluation site visit will 
be from February 1-5, 1999. One public meeting will be held during the 
week. The public meeting will be held on Monday, February 1, 1999, at 
5:00 P.M., in the Governor's Cabinet Conference Room at Adelup, Guam.
    The Weeks Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in Alabama site 
visit will be from February 22-26, 1999. One public meeting will be 
held during the week. The public meeting will be held on Thursday, 
February 25, 1999, at 7:00 p.m., at the Weeks Bay Interpretive Center 
Auditorium, 11300 U.S. Highway 98, Fairhope, Alabama.
    The South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve in Oregon site 
visit will be from March 8-12, 1999. One public meeting will be held 
during the week. This public meeting will be on Wednesday, March 10, 
1999, at 7:00 P.M. at the Southwestern Oregon Community College in Coos 
Bay, Oregon.
    The Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve in New York 
site visit will be from April 12-16, 1999. One public meeting will be 
held during the week. This public meeting will be on Wednesday, April 
14, 1999, from 5:00 P.M.-7:00 P.M., at the New York State Department of 
Environmental Conservation Region 3 Office, 21 South Putt Corners Road, 
New Paltz, New York.
    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.

    Dated: December 23, 1998.

(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog 11.419 Coastal Zone Management 
Program Administration)
Evelyn Fields,
Captain, Deputy Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal 
Zone Management.
[FR Doc. 98-34687 Filed 12-30-98; 8:45 am]
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