[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 206 (Wednesday, October 24, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 53782]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-26724]


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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 Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts and Texas 
Coastal Management Programs. 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 Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts and Texas 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.
    Copies of these final evaluation findings may be obtained upon 
written request from: Ralph Cantral, Senior Policy Analyst, 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 118.

    Dated: October 16, 2001.
Jamison S. Hawkins,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal Zone 
Management.
[FR Doc. 01-26724 Filed 10-23-01; 8:45 am]
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