[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 69 (Monday, April 12, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 17624]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-8984]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


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 Department of 
Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of availability of final evaluation findings.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the availability of the final 
evaluation findings for the Alaska, Delaware, Massachusetts, 
Pennsylvania, and Virgin Islands Coastal Management Programs, and the 
Chesapeake Bay (Virginia), Waquoit Bay (Massachusetts), and Old Woman 
Creek (Ohio) 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 Alaska, Delaware, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania, 
and the Territory of the Virgin Islands 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.
    Old Woman Creek, Waquoit Bay and Chesapeake 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) 713-3086, 
Extension 126.

    Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog 11.419, Coastal Zone 
Management Program Administration.
Ted Lillestolen,
Deputy Assistant Administrator.
[FR Doc. 99-8984 Filed 4-9-99; 8:45 am]
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