[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 61 (Thursday, March 29, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 17151]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-7725]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Availability of Draft Guidance for Coastal Impact Assistance 
Program

AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of availability of draft guidance for Coastal Impact 
Assistance Program

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the availability of Draft Guidance 
for the Coastal Impact Assistance Program (CIAP). The fiscal year 2001 
appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice and State 
created the CIAP.
    The CIAP will direct approximately $145 million to the outer 
continental shelf oil and gas producing states of Alaska, Alabama, 
California, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas and the 
approximately 150 coastal political subdivisions within those states to 
help mitigate the impacts of OCS activities and protect coastal 
resources. The CIAP requires these states to submit Coastal Impact 
Assistance Plans detailing how the funds will be expended. This 
guidance provides the information necessary for eligible states and 
coastal political subdivisions to develop CIAP plans and submit them to 
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) by July 1, 
2001.
    Copies of the Draft Guidance for the Coastal Impact Assistance 
Program can be found on the NOAA website at 
http://www.ocrm.nos.noaa.gov/cpd/welcome/html 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. 301-713-3155, 
extension 201, e-mail [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John King, Acting Chief, 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 188, e-mail [email protected].

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

    Dated: March 22, 2001.
Margaret A. Davidson,
Acting Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal Zone 
Management, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department 
of Commerce.
[FR Doc. 01-7725 Filed 3-28-01; 8:45 am]
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