[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 73 (Thursday, April 16, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20471-20472]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-08721]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Evaluation of State Coastal Management Programs

AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office 
for Coastal 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 for Coastal Management announces its intent to 
evaluate the performance of the American Samoa, Ohio, and Virginia 
Coastal Management Programs.
    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 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.
    The evaluations will include a public meeting, consideration of 
written public comments and consultations with interested Federal, 
state, and local agencies and members of the public. When the 
evaluation is completed, the Office for Coastal Management will place a 
notice in the Federal Register announcing the availability of the Final 
Evaluation Findings. Notice is hereby given of the date, local time, 
and location of the public meeting.

DATES:  Date and Time: The American Samoa Coastal Management Program 
public meeting will be held on Wednesday, May 27, 2015 at 5:00 p.m. 
local time at the North Wing of the Lee Auditorium.
    The Ohio Coastal Management Program public meeting will be held on 
Wednesday, May 20, 2015, at 5:30 p.m. at the Ritter Public Library--
Community Meeting Room, 5680 Liberty Avenue, Vermilion, OH 44089.
    The Virginia Coastal Management Program public meeting will be held 
on Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at 5:00 p.m. at the Virginia Department of 
Environmental Quality, 2nd Floor Training Room, 629 E. Main St., 
Richmond, VA 23219.

ADDRESSES: Copies of each state's most recent performance report, as 
well as the Office for Coastal Management evaluation notification 
letter to the state, are available upon request. Written comments from 
interested parties regarding these programs are encouraged and will be 
accepted until June 5, 2015 for the American Samoa Coastal Management 
Program, May 29, 2015 for the Ohio Coastal Management Program, and May 
15, 2015 for the Virginia Coastal Management Program. Please direct 
written comments to Carrie Hall, Evaluator, Planning and Performance 
Measurement Program, Office for Coastal Management, NOS/NOAA, 1305 
East-West Highway, 11th Floor, N/OCM1, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910, 
or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given of the availability 
of the final evaluation findings for the Connecticut, Massachusetts, 
and Michigan Coastal Management Programs (CMPs) and Waquoit Bay 
National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR). Sections 312 and 315 of the 
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 Connecticut, Massachusetts, and 
Michigan 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 Waquoit Bay NERR was found to be adhering to programmatic 
requirements of the NERR System.
    Copies of these final evaluation findings may be downloaded at 
http://coast.noaa.gov/czm/evaluations/evaluation_findings/index.html or 
obtained upon written request from: Carrie Hall, Evaluator, Planning 
and Performance Measurement Program, Office for Coastal Management, 
NOS/NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway, 11th Floor, N/OCM1, Silver Spring, 
Maryland 20910, or [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carrie Hall, Evaluator, Planning and 
Performance Measurement Program, Office for Coastal Management, NOS/
NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway, 11th Floor, N/OCM1, Silver Spring, 
Maryland 20910, or [email protected].

    Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog 11.419



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    Dated: April 9, 2015.

Coastal Zone Management Program Administration.
Christopher C. Cartwright,
Associate Assistant Administrator for Management and CFO/CAO, Ocean 
Services and Coastal Zone Management National, Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2015-08721 Filed 4-15-15; 8:45 am]
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