[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 49 (Monday, March 13, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 13370]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-6028]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


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 (NOAA), DOC.

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 Wisconsin, Oregon and Guam Coastal 
Management Programs, and the Hudson River (New York), Ace Basin (South 
Carolina), South Slough (Oregon), Wells (Maine), and Weeks Bay 
(Alabama) 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 approval of coastal management programs, and the operation 
and management of NERRs.
    The states of Wisconsin and Oregon, and the Territory of Guam 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.
    Hudson River, Ace Basin, South Slough, Wells, and Weeks 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: Margo E. Jackson, Deputy Director, Office of 
Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, NOS/NOAA, 1305 East-West 
Highway, 10th Floor, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910, or 
[email protected], (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.
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