[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 51 (Monday, March 17, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12675-12676]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-6249]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY


Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program: Proposed Findings 
Document, Environmental Assessment, and Finding of No Significant 
Impact

AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of availability of Proposed Findings Document, 
Environmental Assessment, and Finding of No Significant Impact on 
conditional approval of coastal nonpoint pollution control program for 
Minnesota.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the availability of the Proposed 
Findings Document, Environmental Assessment (EA), and Finding of No 
Significant Impact for Minnesota. Coastal States and Territories were 
required to submit their coastal nonpoint programs to the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for approval. The Findings 
Document was prepared by NOAA and EPA to provide the rationale for the 
agencies' decision to approve each State and Territory coastal nonpoint 
pollution control program. Section 6217 of the Coastal Zone Act 
Reauthorization Amendments (CZARA), 16 U.S.C. section 1455b, requires 
States and Territories with coastal zone management programs that have 
received approval under section 306 of the Coastal Zone Management Act 
to develop and implement coastal nonpoint pollution control programs. 
The EA was prepared by NOAA, pursuant to the National Environmental 
Policy Act (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq., to assess the environmental 
impacts associated with the approval of the coastal nonpoint pollution 
control program submitted to NOAA and EPA by Minnesota.
    NOAA and EPA have proposed to approve, with conditions, the coastal 
nonpoint pollution control program submitted by Minnesota. The

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requirements of 40 CFR parts 1500-1508 Council on Environmental Quality 
(CEQ) regulations to implement NEPA apply to the preparation of the 
Environmental Assessment. Specifically, 40 CFR 1506.6 requires agencies 
to provide public notice of the availability of environmental 
documents. This notice is part of NOAA's action to comply with this 
requirement.
    Copies of the Proposed Findings Document, EA, and Finding of No 
Significant Impact may be found on the NOAA Web site at http://www.ocrm.nos.noaa.gov/czm/6217/ or may be obtained upon request from: 
Helen Farr, Coastal Programs Division (N/ORM3), Office of Ocean and 
Coastal Resource Management, NOS, NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway, Silver 
Spring, Maryland, 20910, phone (301) 713-3155, x150, e-mail 
[email protected].

DATES: Individuals or organizations wishing to submit comments on the 
proposed Findings Document or EA should do so by April 16, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be made to: John King, Acting Chief, Coastal 
Programs Division (N/ORM3), Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource 
Management, NOS, NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland 
20910, phone (301) 713-3155, x188, e-mail [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Helen Farr, Coastal Programs Division 
(N/ORM3), Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, NOS, NOAA, 
1305 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910, phone (301) 713-
3155, x150, e-mail [email protected].

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

    Dated: March 5, 2003.
Jamison S. Hawkins,
Acting Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal Zone 
Management, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
G. Tracy Mehan III,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Water, Environmental Protection 
Agency.
[FR Doc. 03-6249 Filed 3-14-03; 8:45 am]
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