[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 141 (Friday, July 23, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43145-43146]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-18108]


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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 North 
Inlet/Winyah Bay (South Carolina) National Estuarine Research Reserve 
and the Pennsylvania Coastal Resources Management Program.
    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.
    The Coastal Zone Management Program evaluation 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 a Coastal Management 
Program 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. 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 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 North Inlet/Winyah Bay (South Carolina) 
National Estuarine Research Reserve evaluation site visit will be held 
September 13-17, 2010. One public meeting will be held during the week. 
The public meeting will be held on Wednesday, September 15, 2010, at 6 
p.m. at the Hobcaw Barony Discovery Center, 22 Hobcaw Road, Georgetown, 
South Carolina.
    The Pennsylvania Coastal Resources Management Program evaluation 
site visit will be held September 13-17, 2010. One public meeting will 
be held during the week. The public meeting will be held on Wednesday, 
September 15, 2010, at 6:30 p.m. at the Tom Ridge Environmental Center 
at Presque Isle, Room 112, 301 Peninsula Drive, Erie, Pennsylvania.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the States' 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 these Programs are 
encouraged and will be accepted until 15 days after the public 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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given of the availability 
of the final evaluation findings for the California, Mississippi, and 
Maine Coastal Management Programs (CMPs) and the Old Woman Creek (Ohio) 
National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR). Sections 312 and 315 of the 
Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (CZMA), as amended, require a 
continuing review of the performance of coastal States with respect to 
approval of CMPs and the operation and management of NERRs.
    The States of California, Mississippi, and Maine were found to be 
implementing and enforcing their 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 their financial assistance awards. The Old Woman 
Creek NERR was found to be adhering to programmatic requirements of the 
NERR System.
    Copies 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.


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    Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog 11.419, Coastal Zone 
Management Program Administration

    Dated: July 14, 2010.
Donna Wieting,
Director, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, National 
Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
[FR Doc. 2010-18108 Filed 7-22-10; 8:45 am]
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