[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 28 (Monday, February 11, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 7714]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 08-596]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY


Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program: Approval Decision on 
Florida's and South Carolina's Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control 
Programs

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 Florida and South Carolina 
Coastal Nonpoint Programs.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the intent to fully approve the 
Florida and South Carolina Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Programs 
(coastal nonpoint program) and of the availability of the draft 
decision documents fully approving the Florida and South Carolina 
coastal nonpoint programs. 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, 
16 U.S.C. section 1455, 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 Florida and South Carolina coastal nonpoint programs on November 
18, 1997 and February 23, 1998, respectively. NOAA and EPA have drafted 
approval decisions describing how Florida and South Carolina have 
satisfied the conditions placed on their programs and therefore have a 
fully approved coastal nonpoint program.
    NOAA and EPA are making the draft decisions for the Florida and 
South Carolina coastal nonpoint programs 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 programs.
    Copies of the draft Approval Decisions can be found on the NOAA Web 
site at http://coastalmanagement.noaa.gov/czm/6217/findings.html or may 
be obtained upon request from: Allison Castellan, 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, x125, e-mail [email protected].

DATES: Individuals or organizations wishing to submit comments on the 
draft Approval Decisions should do so by March 12, 2008.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be made to: John King, 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: Allison Castellan, 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, x125, e-mail [email protected].

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

    Dated: February 5, 2008.
John H. Dunnigan,
Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal Zone Management, 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Benjamin H. Grumbles,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Water, Environmental Protection 
Agency.
[FR Doc. 08-596 Filed 2-8-08; 8:45 am]
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