[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 118 (Wednesday, June 18, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34704-34705]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-13747]


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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 and Notice of Availability of 
Final Findings.

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SUMMARY: The NOAA Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management 
(OCRM) announces its intent to evaluate the performance of the Hawaii 
Coastal Management Program, the Minnesota Coastal Management Program, 
the San Francisco (California) Bay Conservation and Development 
Commission, and the California State Coastal Conservancy.
    The Coastal Zone Management Program evaluations will be conducted 
pursuant to section 312 of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, as 
amended (CZMA) and regulations at 15 CFR 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 requires findings concerning the extent to which a state has 
met the national objectives, adhered to its Coastal Management Program 
document approved by the Secretary of Commerce, and adhered to the 
terms of financial assistance awards funded under the CZMA.
    Each 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 the site visit. Notice is hereby given of the dates of the site 
visits for the listed evaluations, and the dates, local times, and 
locations of the public meetings during the site visits.
    Dates and Times: The Hawaii Coastal Management Program evaluation 
site visit will be held July 25-August 4, 2008. One public meeting will 
be held during the week. The public meeting will be held on Wednesday, 
July 30, 2008, at 7 p.m. at the Hilo State Office Building, Conference 
Rooms A, B, and C, 75 Aupuni Street, Hilo, Hawaii.
    Minnesota's Lake Superior Coastal Program evaluation site visit 
will be held August 4-8, 2008. One public meeting will be held during 
the week. The public meeting will be held on Monday, August 4, 2008, at 
6 p.m. at the Lafayette Community Center, 3026 Minnesota Avenue, 
Duluth, Minnesota.
    The joint San Francisco (California) Bay Conservation and 
Development Commission and the California State Coastal Conservancy 
evaluation site visit will be held September 22-26, 2008. One public 
meeting will be held during the week. The public meeting will be held 
on Tuesday, September 23, 2008, at 7 p.m. at the San Francisco Bay 
Conservation and Development Commission, McAteer-Petris Conference 
Room, 50 California Street, San Francisco, California.

ADDRESSES: Copies of states' most recent performance reports, as well 
as OCRM's evaluation notification and supplemental information request 
letters to the states, are available upon request from OCRM. Written 
comments from interested parties regarding these Programs are 
encouraged and will be accepted until 15 days after the public

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meeting held for a Program. 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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given of the availability 
of the final evaluation findings for the Ohio Coastal Management 
Program (CMP). Section 312 of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 
(CZMA), as amended, requires a continuing review of the performance of 
coastal states with respect to approval of CMPs.
    The state of Ohio was found to be implementing and enforcing its 
federally approved coastal management programs addressing the national 
coastal management objectives identified in CZMA Section 303(2)(A)-(K), 
and adhering to the programmatic terms of its financial assistance 
awards.
    A copy of these final evaluation findings may be obtained upon 
written request from: 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, or [email protected].

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: June 12, 2008.
David M. Kennedy,
Director, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, National 
Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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