[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 198 (Thursday, October 14, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 55701]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-26748]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Evaluation of Coastal 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 Virginia 
and Alabama Coastal Zone Management Programs and the North Inlet/Winyah 
Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve.
    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 Virginia Coastal Zone Management Program evaluation site visit 
will be from November 15-19, 1999. One public meeting will be held 
during the week. The public meeting will be held on Monday, November 
15, 1999, at 7:00 P.M., in the House Room C of the General Assembly 
Building, 910 Capitol Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219.
    The Alabama Coastal Zone Management Program evaluation site visit 
will be from November 15-19, 1999. One public meeting will be held 
during the week. The public meeting will be held on Wednesday, November 
17, 1999, at 6:00 P.M., in the Killian Room of the International Trade 
Center, 250 North Water Street, Mobile, Alabama.
    The North Inlet/Winyah Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in 
South Carolina site visit will be from November 29-December 3, 1999. 
One public meeting will be held during the week. The public meeting 
will be held on Wednesday, December 1, 1999, at 7:00 P.M., in the 
Kimbel Lodge Conference Center on Route 17, one mile north of the 
Georgetown Bridges and near the entrance to the Hobcaw Barony Refuge, 
in Georgetown, South Carolina.
    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, Extension 
114.

(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog 11.419 Coastal Zone Management 
Program Administration)
Capt Ted Lillestolen,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal Zone 
Management.
[FR Doc. 99-26748 Filed 10-13-99; 8:45 am]
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