[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 172 (Tuesday, September 5, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53703-53704]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-22627]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY


Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program: Approval Decision on 
Puerto Rico 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 Puerto Rico Coastal Nonpoint 
Program.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the intent to fully approve the 
Puerto Rico Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program (coastal 
nonpoint program) and of the availability of the draft Approval 
Decisions on conditions for the Puerto Rico 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 Puerto Rico coastal nonpoint program on November 18, 1997. 
NOAA and EPA have drafted approval decisions describing how Puerto Rico 
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 Puerto Rico 
coastal nonpoint program available for a 30-day public comment period. 
If no comments are received, the Puerto Rico program

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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 web 
site at http://www.ocrm.nos.noaa.gov/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 October 5, 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].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Josh Lott, Coastal Program Division 
(N/ORM3), Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, NOS, NOAA, 
1305 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20910, tel. 301-713-
3155, extension 178, e-mail [email protected] or Katie Lynch, EPA 
Region 2--2WMWSP, Water Programs Branch, 24th Floor, 290 Broadway, New 
York, NY 10007, tel. 212-637-3840, e-mail [email protected].

Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog 11.419 Coastal Zone Management 
Program Administration.
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. 00-22627 Filed 9-1-00; 8:45 am]
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