[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 151 (Thursday, August 6, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 46959]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-19444]


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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.

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SUMMARY: The NOAA Office for Coastal Management (OCM) announces its 
intent to evaluate the performance of the Weeks Bay and South Slough 
National Estuarine Research Reserves.
    The National Estuarine Research Reserve evaluations will be 
conducted pursuant to sections 312 and 315 of the Coastal Zone 
Management Act (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 and oral 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.

DATES: The Weeks Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve public meeting 
will be held Wednesday, September 9, 2015, at 6:00 p.m. at the Weeks 
Bay Auditorium at 11300 U.S. Highway 98, Fairhope, Alabama.
    The South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve public meeting 
will be held Wednesday, September 16, 2015, at 5 p.m. at the South 
Slough Reserve at 61907 Seven Devils Road, Charleston, Oregon.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the reserves' 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 
for Weeks Bay Reserve until September 18, 2015 and for South Slough 
Reserve until September 25, 2015. Please direct written comments to 
Carrie Hall, Evaluator, Planning and Performance Measurement Program, 
Office for Coastal Management, NOS/NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway, Rm. 
11212, 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, Rm. 11212, N/OCM1, Silver Spring, 
Maryland 20910, or [email protected].

(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog 11.419 Coastal Zone Management 
Program Administration)

    Dated: July 31, 2015.
Christopher C. Cartwright,
Associate Assistant Administrator for Management and CFO/CAO, Ocean 
Services and Coastal Zone Management, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2015-19444 Filed 8-5-15; 8:45 am]
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