[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 248 (Friday, December 28, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 73765]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-25257]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Evaluation of State Coastal Management Programs and National 
Estuarine Research Reserves

AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office 
of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, National Ocean Service, 
Commerce.

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 Sapelo 
Island (Georgia) National Estuarine Research Reserve.
    The National Estuarine Research Reserve evaluation will be 
conducted pursuant to sections 312 and 315 of the CZMA and regulations 
at 15 C.F.R. Part 921, Subpart E and Part 923, Subpart L. The CZMA 
requires continuing review of the performance of states with respect to 
coastal program implementation. Evaluation of Coastal Management 
Programs and National Estuarine Research Reserves requires findings 
concerning the extent to which a state 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.
    This evaluation will include a site visit, consideration of public 
comments, and consultations with interested Federal, state, and local 
agencies and members of the public. A public meeting will be held as 
part of each site visit. Notice is hereby given of the dates of the 
site visit for the listed evaluation, and the date, local time, and 
location of the public meeting during the site visit.
    Dates and Times: The Sapelo Island (Georgia) National Estuarine 
Research Reserve evaluation site visit will be held February 11-15, 
2008. One public meeting will be held during the week. The public 
meeting will be held on Wednesday, February 13, 2008, at 6 p.m., at the 
Sapelo Island Visitor Center, Dock Landing Road, Meridian, Georgia.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the state's most recent performance reports, as 
well as OCRM's evaluation notification and supplemental information 
request letters to the state, are available upon request from OCRM. 
Written comments from interested parties regarding this National 
Estuarine Research Reserve are encouraged and will be accepted until 15 
days after the public meeting. Please direct written comments to Kate 
Barba, Chief, National Policy and Evaluation Division, Office of Ocean 
and Coastal Resource Management, NOS/NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway, 10th 
Floor, N/ORM7, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910. When the evaluation is 
completed, OCRM will place a notice in the Federal Register announcing 
the availability of the Final Evaluation Findings.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kate Barba, Chief, National Policy and 
Evaluation Division, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, 
NOS/NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway, 10th Floor, N/ORM7, Silver Spring, 
Maryland 20910, (301) 563-1182.

Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog 11.419 Coastal Zone Management 
Program Administration

    Dated: December 21, 2007.
David M. Kennedy,
Director, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, National 
Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-25257 Filed 12-27-07; 8:45 am]
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