[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 204 (Tuesday, October 22, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64874-64875]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-26996]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Draft Guidance for the Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation

AGENCY: Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, National Ocean 
Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

ACTION: Notice of availability of draft guidance for the Coastal and 
Estuarine Land Conservation Program.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the availability of Draft Guidance 
for the Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program (CELCP), 
created by the FY 2002 appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, 
Justice, and State. The Appropriations Act directed the Secretary of 
Commerce to establish a Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program 
``for the purpose of protecting important coastal and estuarine areas 
that have significant conservation, recreation, ecological, historical, 
or aesthetic values, or that are threatened by conversion from their 
natural or recreational state to other uses,'' giving priority to lands 
which can be effectively managed and protected and which have 
significant ecological value. The law further directed the Secretary to 
issue guidelines for this program delineating the criteria for grant 
awards and to distribute funds in consultation with the States' Coastal 
Zone Managers' or Governors' designated representatives based on 
demonstrated need and ability to successfully leverage funds. Draft

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Guidance for the CELCP can be found on NOAA's website at: 
www.ocrm.nos.noaa.gov/landconversation.html or may be obtained upon 
request via the contact information listed below. Comments may be 
directed to NOAA via letter, e-mail, or fax at (301) 713-4012.

DATES: Comments are requested by November 21, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elaine Vaudreuil, Office of Ocean and 
Coastal Resource Management (N/ORM), NOAA's National Ocean Service, 
1305 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910; telephone (301) 713-
3155, extension 103; or via e-mail at [email protected].

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

    Dated: October 7, 2002.
Jamison S. Hawkins,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal Zone 
Management.
[FR Doc. 02-26996 Filed 10-21-02; 8:45 am]
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