[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 20 (Wednesday, January 30, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4393-4394]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-2265]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY


Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program: Approval Decisions on 
Delaware and United States Virgin Islands Coastal Nonpoint Pollution 
Control Programs

AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S.

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Department of Commerce, and The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of intent to approve the Delaware and United States 
Virgin Islands coastal nonpoint programs.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the intent to fully approve the 
Delaware and United States Virgin Islands Coastal Nonpoint Pollution 
Control Programs (coastal nonpoint programs) and of the availability of 
the draft Approval Decisions on conditions for the Delaware and United 
States Virgin Islands 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 Delaware coastal nonpoint program on October 3, 1997 and the United 
States Virgin Islands coastal nonpoint program on November 18, 1997. 
NOAA and EPA have drafted approval decisions describing how Delaware 
and the United States Virgin Islands 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 Delaware and 
United States Virgin Islands coastal nonpoint programs available for 
30-day public comment periods. If no comments are received, the 
Delaware and United States Virgin Islands 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 Web 
site 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 March 1, 2002.

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 
Delaware, Agnes White, tel. 215-814-5728, e-mail [email protected], 
EPA Region 3, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19103-2029; 
for United States Virgin Islands, to Donna Somboonlakana, tel. 212-637-
3700, e-mail [email protected], EPA Region 2, 290 Broadway, 
New York, New York, 10007-1866.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For Delaware, 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 United States Virgin Islands, Jewel Griffin-Linzey, 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 163, e-mail [email protected].

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

    Dated: January 25, 2002.
Margaret A. Davidson,
Acting Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal Zone 
Management, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Diane C. Regas,
Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Water, Environmental 
Protection Agency.
[FR Doc. 02-2265 Filed 1-29-02; 8:45 am]
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