[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 53 (Friday, March 17, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 14543]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-6692]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY


Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program: Approval Decision on 
Rhode Island Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program

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

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

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the intent to fully approve the 
Rhode Island Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program (coastal 
nonpoint program) and of the availability of the draft Approval 
Decisions on conditions for the Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island coastal nonpoint program on September 27, 
1997. NOAA and EPA have drafted approval decisions describing how Rhode 
Island 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 Rhode Island 
coastal nonpoint program available for a 30-day public comment period. 
If no comments are received, the Rhode Island 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 April 17, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be made to Joseph A. Uravitch, Chief, 
Coastal Programs Division (N/ORM3), Office of Ocean and Coastal 
Resource Management, NOS, NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, 
Maryland, tel. 301-713-3155 extension 195, e-mail 
[email protected] or to Margherita Pryor, EPA Region, 1, 1 
Congress Street, Suite 1100, Boston, MA, 02114-2023, tel. 617-918-1597, 
e-mail [email protected].

For further information contact: Helen Farr, Coastal Programs Division 
(N/ORM3), Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, NOS, NOAA, 
1305 East-West, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910, tel. 301-713-3105, 
extension 150, e-mail [email protected].

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

    Dated: March 14, 2000.
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. 00-6692 Filed 3-16-00; 8:45 am]
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