[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 14 (Wednesday, January 22, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3012-3013]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-1292]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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 North 
Carolina Coastal Management Program and the Connecticut Coastal 
Management Program.
    These Coastal Zone Management Program evaluations 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 CZMA requires continuing review of the performance of states 
with respect to coastal program implementation. Evaluation of Coastal 
Zone Management Programs requires findings concerning the extent to 
which a state has met the national objectives, adhered to its Coastal 
Management Program document approved by the

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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 visits for these 
evaluations, and the dates, local times, and locations of the public 
meetings during the site visit.
    The North Carolina Coastal Management Program evaluation site visit 
will be held March 10-14, 2003. Three public meetings will be held 
during the week. The public meetings will be: On Monday, March 10, 
2003, at 6 p.m., at the North Carolina Department of Environment and 
Natural Resources/Wilmington Regional Office, Conference Room, 127 
Cardinal Drive Ext., Wilmington, North Carolina; on Tuesday, March 11, 
2003, at 6 p.m., at the Carteret County Courthouse, District Courtroom, 
Courthouse Square, Beaufort, North Carolina; and Wednesday, March 12, 
2003, at 6 p.m., at Manteo Town Hall, Board of Commissioners Meeting 
Room, 407 Budleigh Street, Manteo, North Carolina.
    The Connecticut Coastal Management Program evaluation site visit 
will be held March 31-April 4, 2003. One public meeting will be held 
during the week. The public meeting will be held on Wednesday, April 2, 
2003, at 7 p.m., at the Department of Environmental Protection Marine 
Headquarters, Training Room, Building 3, 333 Ferry Road, Old 
Lyme, Connecticut.
    Copies of North Carolina's and Connecticut's most recent 
performance reports, as well as OCRM's notification 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 last public 
meeting. Please direct written comments to Ralph Cantral, Chief, 
National Policy and Evaluation Division, Office of Ocean and Coastal 
Resource Management, NOS/NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway, 10th floor, 
Silver Spring, Maryland 20910. When each evaluation is completed, OCRM 
will place a notice in the Federal Register announcing the availability 
of the final evaluation findings.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ralph Cantral, Chief, National Policy 
and Evaluation Division, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource 
Management, NOS/NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland 
20910, (301) 713-3155, Extension 118.

Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog 11.419, Coastal Zone Management 
Program Administration

    Dated: January 14, 2003.
Alan Neuschatz,
Chief Financial Officer/Chief, Administrative Officer for Ocean 
Services and Coastal Zone Management.
[FR Doc. 03-1292 Filed 1-21-03; 8:45 am]
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