[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 159 (Wednesday, August 19, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 41864]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-19820]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY


Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program: Approval Decision on 
the New Jersey Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program

AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, and Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of intent to approve the New Jersey Coastal Nonpoint 
Program; invitation for public comment.

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SUMMARY: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and 
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) invite public comment on the 
agencies' intention to fully approve New Jersey's Coastal Nonpoint 
Source Pollution Control Program. Federal approval of such state 
programs is required under the Coastal Zone Act Reauthorization 
Amendments. Final approval would satisfy conditions that the agencies 
previously identified to the State to ensure conformity with required 
guidance specifying management measures to protect coastal waters from 
nonpoint source pollution.

DATES: Individuals or organizations wishing to submit comments on the 
draft decision document should do so by September 18, 2009.

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].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Notice is hereby given of the intent to fully approve the New 
Jersey Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program (coastal nonpoint 
program) and of the availability of the draft decision document on 
conditions for the New Jersey 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 NOAA and EPA for approval in July 1995. NOAA and 
EPA conditionally approved the New Jersey coastal nonpoint program on 
November 18, 1997. NOAA and EPA have drafted a decision document 
describing how New Jersey has satisfied the conditions placed on its 
program and therefore has a fully approvable coastal nonpoint program.
    NOAA and EPA are making the draft decision document for the New 
Jersey coastal nonpoint program available for a 30-day public comment 
period.
    Copies of the draft decision document can be found on the NOAA Web 
site at http://coastalmanagement.noaa.gov/czm/16217/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].

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

    Dated: August 11, 2009.
John H. Dunnigan,
Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal Zone Management, 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
    July 24, 2009.
Michael H. Shapiro,
Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of Water, Environmental 
Protection Agency.
[FR Doc. E9-19820 Filed 8-18-09; 8:45 am]
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