[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 189 (Monday, September 30, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 61322]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-24804]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Evaluation of 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 
Chesapeake Bay-Maryland National Estuarine Research Reserve.
    The National Estuarine Research Reserve evaluation will be 
conducted pursuant to section 315 of the 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 National Estuarine Research Reserve program 
implementation. Evaluation of National Estuarine Research Reserves 
requires findings concerning the extent to which a state has met the 
national objectives, adhered to its Reserve final management plan, 
approved by the Secretary of Commerce, and adhered to the terms of 
financial assistance awards funded under the CZMA.
    The evaluation 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 visit.
    Notice is hereby given of the dates of the site visit for the 
listed evaluation, and the date, local time, and location of the public 
meeting during the site visit.
    The Chesapeake Bay-Maryland National Estuarine Research Reserve 
site visit will be from November 12-14, 2002. One public meeting will 
be held during the week. The public meeting will be held on Wednesday, 
November 13, 2002, at 7 p.m., at the Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary on 
Wrighton Road in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.
    Copies of the state's most recent performance reports, as well as 
OCRM's notification and supplemental request letters to the state, are 
available upon request from OCRM. Written comments from interested 
parties regarding the program 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 evaluation is 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.

    Dated: September 25, 2002.
Jamison S. Hawkins,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal Zone 
Management.
[FR Doc. 02-24804 Filed 9-27-02; 8:45 am]
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