[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 73 (Thursday, April 16, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 20472]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-08722]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Evaluation of National Estuarine Research Reserve

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 (OCM) announces its 
intent to evaluate the performance of the San Francisco Bay 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.
    The evaluation 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, OCM 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.

DATE AND TIME:  The San Francisco Bay National Estuarine Research 
Reserve public meeting will be held June 8, 2015, at 4:00 p.m. at the 
Bay Conference Center, Romberg Tiburon Center, 3152 Paradise Drive, 
Tiburon, CA 94920.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the reserve's most recent performance report, as 
well as OCM's evaluation notification letter to the state, are 
available upon request from OCM. Written comments from interested 
parties regarding these programs are encouraged and will be accepted 
until June 19, 2015. 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 Texas Coastal Management 
Program. 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. The state of Texas was found to be implementing and 
enforcing its federally approved coastal management program, addressing 
the national coastal management objectives identified in CZMA Section 
303(2)(A)-(K), and adhering to the programmatic terms of financial 
assistance awards.
    Copies of the 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


    Dated: April 8, 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. 2015-08722 Filed 4-15-15; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 3510-08-P