[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 173 (Friday, September 6, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 56985]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-22674]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


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 Washington, South Carolina, California, 
Puerto Rico, and the Northern Mariana Islands Coastal Management 
Programs, and the Great Bay (New Hampshire) and Rookery Bay (Florida) 
National Estuarine Research Reserves (NERRs). Sections 312 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 Washington, South Carolina, California, and the 
territories of Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands 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. Great Bay 
and Rookery Bay NERRs were found to be adhering to programmatic 
requirements of the NERR System.
    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.

(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog 11.419 Coastal Zone Management 
Program Administration)
    Dated: August 21, 2002.
Jamison S. Hawkins,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal Zone 
Management.
[FR Doc. 02-22674 Filed 9-5-02; 8:45 am]
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