[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 149 (Wednesday, August 4, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 42339]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-20033]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Evaluation of Coast Zone 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 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 Florida 
Coastal Zone Management Program and the Elkhorn Slough (CA), Padilla 
Bay (WA), and Narragansett Bay (RI) 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 Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve in 
California site visit will be from September 13-17, 1999. One public 
meeting will be held during the week. The public meeting will be held 
on Tuesday, September 14, 1999, at 6:00 P.M., at the Reserve's Visitor 
Center, 1700 Elkhorn Road, Watsonville, California.
    The Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in Washington 
site visit will be from September 20-24, 1999. One public meeting will 
be held during the week. This public meeting will be held on Tuesday, 
September 21, 1999, at 7:00 P.M., at the Padilla Bay Reserve 
Auditorium, 1043 Bayview-Edison road, Mt. Vernon, Washington.
    The Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in Rhode 
Island site visit will be from September 20-24, 1999. One public 
meeting will be held during the week. This public meeting will be held 
on Wednesday, September 22, 1999, at 11:00 A.M., at the Narragansett 
Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve's Field Station, 55 South 
Reserve Drive, Prudence Island, Rhode Island.
    The Florida Coastal Zone Management Program evaluation site visit 
will be from September 27- October 1, 1999. One public meeting will be 
held during the week. The public meeting will be held on Tuesday, 
September 28, 1999, at 7:00 p.m. in Classroom 243 in the Student Union 
East Building, Gulf Coast Community College, 5230 West Highway 98, 
Panama City, Florida.
    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 Margo E. Jackson, Deputy Director, Ocean and Coastal Resource 
Management, NOS/NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway, 10th Floor, 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: Margo E. Jackson, Deputy Director, 
Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, NOS/NOAA, 1305 East-
West Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20910, (301) 713-3155, ext. 114.

(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog 11.419, Coastal Zone Management 
Program Administration)

    Dated: July 30, 1999.
John Oliver,
Chief, Office of Management and Budget, National Ocean Service.
[FR Doc. 99-20033 Filed 8-3-99; 8:45 am]
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