[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 216 (Wednesday, November 7, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56277-56278]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-27880]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Evaluation of Coastal Zone 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 intent to evaluate.

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SUMMARY: The NOAA Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management 
(OCRM) announces its intent to evaluate the performance of the 
Mississippi Coastal Management Program, and the Ashepoo-Combahee-Edisto 
(ACE) Basin National Estuarine Research Reserve, South Carolina.
    The Coastal Zone Management Program evaluation will be conducted 
pursuant to section 312 of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 
(CZMA), as amended and regulations at 15 CFR part 923, subpart L. The 
National Estuarine Research Reserve evaluation will be conducted 
pursuant to sections 312 and 315 of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 
1972 (CZMA), as amended and regulations at 15 CFR part 921, subpart E 
and part 923, subpart L.
    The CZMA requires continuing review of the performance of states 
with respect to coastal program and research reserve program 
implementation. Evaluation of Coastal Zone Management Programs and 
National Estuarine Research Reserves requires findings concerning the 
extent to which a state has met the national objectives, adhered to its 
Coastal Management Program document or Reserve final management plan 
approved by the Secretary of Commerce, and adhered to the terms of 
financial assistance awards funded under the CZMA.
    The evaluations will include a site visit, consideration of public 
comments, and consultations with interested Federal, state, and local 
agencies and members of the public. Public meetings will be held as 
part of the site visits.
    Notice is hereby given of the dates of the site visits for the 
listed evaluations, and the dates, local times, and locations of the 
public meetings during the site visits.
    The Mississippi Coastal Management Program evaluation site visit 
will be held January 7-11, 2002. One public meeting will be held during 
the week. The public meeting will be on Tuesday, January 8, 2002, at 
5:30 p.m., in the Bolton State Office Building, 1141 Bayview Avenue, 
Biloxi, Mississippi.
    The Ashepoo-Combahee-Edisto (ACE) Basin National Estuarine Research 
Reserve site visit will be from January 14-18, 2002. One public meeting 
will be held during the week. The public meeting will be held on 
Wednesday, January 16, 2002, at 7:00 p.m., at the Edisto Beach State 
Park Office, Edisto, South Carolina. This ACE Basin Reserve site visit 
replaces a site visit originally scheduled for December 10-14, 2001. 
Likewise, the public meeting scheduled above replaces a public meeting 
originally set for Wednesday, December 12, 2001. Notice of the earlier 
site visit and public meeting was published in the Federal Register, 
September 20, 2001 (see 66 FR 48425).
    Copies of states' most recent performance reports, as well as 
OCRM's notifications and supplemental request letters to the states, 
are available upon request from OCRM. Written comments from interested 
parties regarding these Programs are encouraged and will be accepted 
until 15 days after the public meeting. Please direct written comments 
to Douglas Brown, Acting Deputy Director, Office of Ocean and Coastal 
Resource Management, NOS/NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway, 10th floor, 
Silver Spring, Maryland 20910. When the evaluations are completed, OCRM 
will place a notice in the Federal Register announcing the availability 
of the Final Evaluation Findings.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Douglas Brown, Acting Deputy Director, 
Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, NOS/NOAA, 1305 East-
West Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910, (301) 713-3155, Extension 
215.

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


    Dated: October 31, 2001.
Jamison S. Hawkins,
Deputy Assistance Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal Zone 
Management.
[FR Doc. 01-27880 Filed 11-6-01; 8:45 am]
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