[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 145 (Monday, July 29, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49008-49009]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-19116]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Evaluation of Coastal Zone Management Program and National 
Estuarine Research Reserve

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 Delaware 
National Estuarine Research Reserve and the Delaware National Estuarine 
Research Reserve and the Delaware Coastal Management Program. Since the 
Coastal Management Program and the National Estuarine Research Reserve 
are administered by the same office, they are being evaluated together.
    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. A public meeting will be held as 
party of the site visit.
    Notice is hereby given of the dates of the site visit for the 
listed evaluations, and the date, local time, and location of the 
public meeting during the site visit.
    The Delaware Coastal Management Program and National Estuarine 
Research Reserve evaluation site visit will be held September 16-20, 
2002. One public meeting will be held during the week. The public 
meeting will be on Tuesday, September 17, 2002, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., 
in the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental 
Control Auditorium, Richardson and Robbins Building, 89 Kings Highway, 
Dover, Delaware 19901.
    Copies of the state's 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, 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, 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)


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    Dated: July 24, 2002.
Jamison S. Hawkins,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal Zone 
Management.
[FR Doc. 02-19116 Filed 7-26-02; 8:45 am]
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