[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 97 (Tuesday, May 20, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 27535]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-12527]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY


Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program: Approval Decision on 
Maine Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program

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

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Approve the Maine Coastal Nonpoint Program.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the intent to fully approve the 
Maine Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program (coastal nonpoint 
program) and of the availability of the draft Approval Decisions on 
conditions for the Maine coastal nonpoint 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 programs. 
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 in July 1995. NOAA and EPA conditionally approved 
the Maine coastal nonpoint program on February 23, 1998. NOAA and EPA 
have drafted approval decisions describing how Maine has satisfied the 
conditions placed on its program and therefore has a fully approved 
coastal nonpoint program.
    NOAA and EPA are making the draft decisions for the Maine coastal 
nonpoint program available for a 30-day public comment period. If 
comments are received, NOAA and EPA will consider whether such comments 
are significant enough to affect the decision to fully approve the 
program.
    Copies of the draft Approval Decisions can be found on the NOAA Web 
site at http://www.ocrm.nos.noaa.gov/czm/ 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 
draft Approval Decisions should do so by June 19, 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: May 15, 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. 03-12527 Filed 5-17-03; 8:45 am]
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