[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 124 (Friday, June 27, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 38309]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-16261]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program: Approval Decision on 
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands 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 commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands Coastal Nonpoint Program.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the intent to fully approve the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Coastal Nonpoint Pollution 
Control Program (coastal nonpoint program) and of the availability of 
the draft Approval Decisions on conditions for the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands 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 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands coastal nonpoint 
program on October 3, 1997. NOAA and EPA have drafted approval 
decisions describing how the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
Islands 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 Commonwealth of 
the Northern Mariana Islands 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 
email [email protected].

DATES: Individuals or organizations wishing to submit comments on the 
draft Approval Decisions should do so by July 28, 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, email [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, email [email protected].

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

    Dated: June 24, 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. 03-16261 Filed 6-26-03; 8:45 am]
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