[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 101 (Wednesday, May 27, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30215-30216]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-12770]


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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 New York and Florida Coastal Management 
Programs.
    The Coastal Zone Management Program (CMP) 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 CMP implementation. Evaluation of a CMP requires findings 
concerning the extent to which a state has met the national objectives, 
adhered to its CMP 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.
    Date and Time: The New York CMP public meeting will be held on 
Wednesday, July 8, 2015 at 4:00 p.m. local time in room #505 on the 5th 
floor of 1 Commerce Plaza at 99 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY.
    The Florida CMP public meeting will be held on Wednesday, July 15, 
2015, at 4:00 p.m. local time in Conference Rooms A and B, Marjory 
Stoneman Douglas Building, Florida Department of Environmental 
Protection, 3900 Commonwealth Blvd., Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3000.

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 July 24, 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 Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands CMP, Indiana CMP, and Apalachicola 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 state of Indiana and Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands 
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 state 
of Florida was found to be adhering to programmatic requirements of the 
NERR System for the implementation of the Apalachicola NERR.
    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:

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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].

    Dated: May 20, 2015.
Christopher C. Cartwright,
Associate Assistant Administrator for Management and CFO/CAO, Ocean 
Services and Coastal Zone Management National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration.
Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog 11.419
Coastal Zone Management Program Administration

[FR Doc. 2015-12770 Filed 5-26-15; 8:45 am]
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