[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 45 (Friday, March 7, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11066-11067]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-5472]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Evaluation of Coastal Zone 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 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-Virginia National Estuarine Research Reserve and the 
Guam Coastal Zone Management Program.
    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 
and territories 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 or territory 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, territory 
and local agencies and members of the public. Public meetings will be 
held as part of the site visits.
    Notice is hereby given of the dates of the site visits for the 
listed evaluations, and the dates, local times, and locations of the 
public meetings during the site visits.
    The Chesapeake Bay-Virginia National Estuarine Research Reserve 
evaluation site visit will be held April 28-30, 2003. One public 
meeting will be held during the week. The public meeting will be on 
Wednesday, April 30, 2003, at 7 p.m., in the Wilson House Seminar Room, 
Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, Virginia.
    The Guam Coastal Zone Management Program evaluation site visit will 
be held April 15-26, 2003. One public meeting will be held during the 
site visit. The public meeting will be on Tuesday, April 22, 2003, at 6 
p.m., in the Governor's Cabinet Conference Room, Adelup, Guam. Copies 
of states' and territories' most recent performance reports, as well as 
OCRM's notifications and supplemental request letters to the states and 
territories, 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 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: 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)


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    Dated: March 3, 2003.
Jamison S. Hawkins,
Acting Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal Zone 
Management.
[FR Doc. 03-5472 Filed 3-6-03; 8:45 am]
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