[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 178 (Monday, September 15, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53965-53966]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-23453]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY


Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program: Approval Decision on 
Connecticut 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 Connecticut Coastal Nonpoint 
Program.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the intent to fully approve the 
Connecticut Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program (coastal 
nonpoint program) and of the availability of the draft Approval 
Decisions on conditions for the Connecticut coastal nonpoint program. 
Section 6217 of the Coastal Zone Act Reauthorization Amendments 
(CZARA), 16 U.S.C. 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 Connecticut coastal nonpoint program on June 3, 1998. NOAA 
and EPA have drafted approval decisions describing how Connecticut 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 Connecticut 
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 October 15, 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,

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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: September 10, 2003.
Alan Neuschatz,
Associate Assistant Administrator, Management and Budget Office, 
National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration.
G. Tracy Mehan, III,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Water, Environmental Protection 
Agency.
[FR Doc. 03-23453 Filed 9-12-03; 8:45 am]
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