[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 138 (Tuesday, July 20, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42068-42069]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-17629]


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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 Elkhorn 
Slough (California) 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 CFR Part 921, Subpart E and Part 923, Subpart L. Evaluation of a 
National Estuarine Research Reserve requires findings concerning the 
extent to which a State has met the national objectives, adhered to its 
Reserve final management plan 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. When the evaluation is completed, OCRM will 
place a notice in the Federal Register announcing the availability of 
the Final Evaluation Findings. Notice is hereby given of the date of 
the site visit

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for the listed evaluation, and the date, local time, and location of 
the public meeting during the site visits.

DATES:  Dates and Times: The Elkhorn Slough (California) National 
Estuarine Research Reserve evaluation site visit will be held August 2-
6, 2010. One public meeting will be held during the week. The public 
meeting will be held on Tuesday, August 3, 2010, at 6 p.m. at the 
Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, Administration 
Building Conference Room, 1700 Elkhorn Road, Watsonville, California.

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 Program 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.

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.

    Dated: July 15, 2010.
Donna Wieting,
Director, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, National 
Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
    Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog 11.419, Coastal Zone Management 
Program Administration.

[FR Doc. 2010-17629 Filed 7-19-10; 8:45 am]
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