[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 193 (Wednesday, October 6, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 54274]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-26060]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY


Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program: Approval Decision on 
Maryland Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program

AGENCIES: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of intent to approve the Maryland Coastal Nonpoint 
Program.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the intent to fully approve the 
Maryland Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program (coastal nonpoint 
program) and of the availability of the draft Approval Decisions on 
conditions for the Maryland coastal nonpoint program. Section 6217 of 
the Coastal Zone Act Reauthorization Amendments (CZARA), 16 U.S.C. 
section 1455b, requires states and territories with coastal zone 
management programs that have received approval under section 306 of 
the Coastal Zone Management Act to develop and implement coastal 
nonpoint programs. Coastal states and territories were required to 
submit their coastal nonpoint programs to the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency (EPA) for approval in July 1995. NOAA and EPA conditionally 
approved the Maryland coastal nonpoint program on October 3, 1997. NOAA 
and EPA have drafted approval decisions describing how Maryland has 
satisfied the conditions placed on its program and therefore has a 
fully approved coastal nonpoint program.
    NOAA and EPA are making the draft decisions for the Maryland 
coastal nonpoint program available for a 30-day public comment period. 
If no comments are received, the Maryland program will be approved. If 
comments are received, NOAA and EPA will consider whether such comments 
are significant enough to affect the decision to fully approve the 
program.
    Copies of the draft Approval Decisions can be found on the NOAA 
website at http://www.nos.noaa.gov/ocrm/czm/ or may be obtained upon 
request from: Joseph P. Flanagan, Coastal Programs Division (N/ORM3), 
Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, NOS, NOAA, 1305 East-
West Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910, tel. 301-713-3121, 
extension 201, e-mail [email protected].

DATES: Individuals or organizations wishing to submit comments on the 
draft Approval Decisions should do so by November 5, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be made to Joseph A. Uravitch, Chief, 
Coastal Programs Division (N/ORM3), Office of Ocean and Coastal 
Resource Management, NOS, NOAS, 1305 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, 
Maryland, tel. 301-713-3155 extension 195, e-mail 
[email protected] or to Fred Suffian, EPA Region 3, 1650 Arch 
Street (3WP14), Philadelphia, PA, 19104, tel. 215-814-5753, e-mail 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elisabeth Morgan, Coastal Programs 
Division (N/ORM3), Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, 
NOS, NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910, tel. 
301-713-3109, extension 166, e-mail [email protected].

    Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog 11.419 Coastal Zone 
Management Program Administration.

    Dated: October 1, 1999.
Captain Ted I. Lillestolen,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal Zone 
Management, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
J. Charles Fox,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Water, Environmental Protection 
Agency.
[FR Doc. 99-26060 Filed 10-5-99; 8:45 am]
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