[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 146 (Monday, July 30, 2001)]
[Notices]
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Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program: Approval Decisions on 
Massachusetts and New Hampshire Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control 
Programs; Notice

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Environmental Protection Agency

[FRL-7019-1]


Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program: Approval Decisions on 
Massachusetts and New Hampshire Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control 
Programs

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 Massachusetts and New Hampshire 
Coastal Nonpoint Programs.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the intent to fully approve the 
Massachusetts and New Hampshire Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control 
Programs (coastal nonpoint programs) and of the availability of the 
draft Approval Decisions on conditions for the Massachusetts and New 
Hampshire coastal nonpoint programs. Section 6217 of the Coastal Zone 
Act Reauthorization Amendments (CZARA), 16 U.S.C. 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 Massachusetts coastal nonpoint 
program on September 24, 1997 and the New Hampshire coastal nonpoint 
program on November 18, 1997. NOAA and EPA have drafted approval 
decisions describing how Massachusetts and New Hampshire have satisfied 
the conditions placed on their programs and therefore have fully 
approved coastal nonpoint programs.
    NOAA and EPA are making the draft decisions for the Massachusetts 
and New Hampshire coastal nonpoint programs available for 30-day public 
comment periods. If no comments are received, the Massachusetts and New 
Hampshire programs 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 programs.
    Copies of the draft Approval Decisions can be found on the NOAA 
website at http://www.ocrm.nos.noaa.gov/czm/6217/ 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].

DATES: Individuals or organizations wishing to submit comments on the 
draft Approval Decisions should do so by August 29, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be made to John King, Acting 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, for 
Massachusetts, to Bruce Rosinoff, tel. 617-918-1698, e-mail 
[email protected]; for New Hampshire, to Warren Howard, tel. 617-
918-1587, e-mail [email protected], EPA Region 1, 1 Congress 
Street, Suite 1100, Boston, MA, 02114-2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For Massachusetts, Joelle Gore, 
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 177, e-mail 
[email protected]; for New Hampshire, Elisabeth Morgan, 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 166, e-mail 
[email protected].

    Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog 11.419 Coastal Zone 
Management Program Administration

    Dated: July 17, 2001.
Ted I. Lillestolen,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal Zone 
Management, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Diane C. Regas,
Acting Assistant Administrataor, Office of Water, Environmental 
Protection Agency.
[FR Doc. 01-18881 Filed 7-27-01; 8:45 am]
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