[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 115 (Monday, June 15, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36186-36187]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-12670]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY


Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program: Intent to Find that 
Washington has Satisfied All Conditions of Approval Placed on its 
Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program

AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of availability of proposed finding; request for 
comments.

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SUMMARY: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and 
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (the Federal agencies) 
invite public comment on the agencies' proposed finding that Washington 
has satisfied all conditions the agencies established as part of their 
1998 approval of the State's coastal nonpoint pollution control program 
(coastal nonpoint program). The Coastal Zone Act Reauthorization 
Amendments (CZARA) directs states and territories with coastal zone 
management programs previously approved under Section 306 of the 
Coastal Zone Management Act to develop and implement coastal nonpoint 
programs, which must be submitted to the Federal agencies for approval. 
Prior to making such a finding, NOAA and the EPA invite public input on 
the two Federal agencies' rationale for this proposed finding.

DATES: Individuals or organizations wishing to submit comments on the 
proposed findings document should do so by August 14, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted by:
     Electronic Submission: Submit all electronic public 
comments via the Federal eRulemaking Portal. Go to www.regulations.gov/docket?D=NOAA-NOS-2019-0135, click the ``Comment Now!'' icon, complete 
the required fields, and enter or attach your comments.
     Mail: Submit written comments to Joelle Gore, Chief, 
Stewardship Division (N/OCM6), Office for Coastal Management, NOS, 
NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910; phone 
(240) 533-0813; ATTN: Washington Coastal Nonpoint Program.
    Instructions: All comments received are a part of the public record 
and will generally be posted for public viewing on www.regulations.gov 
without change. All personally identifiable information (for example, 
name, address, etc.), confidential business information, or otherwise 
sensitive information submitted voluntarily by the commenter will be 
publicly accessible. NOAA and EPA will accept anonymous comments (enter 
``N/A'' in the required fields if you wish to remain anonymous). 
Multimedia submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be accompanied by a 
written comment. The written comment is considered the official comment 
and should include discussion of all points you wish to make. The 
federal agencies will generally not consider comments or comment 
contents located outside of the primary submission (i.e., on the web, 
cloud, or other file sharing system).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Copies of the proposed findings 
document may be found on www.regulations.gov/docket?D=NOAA-NOS-2019-0135 and NOAA's Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program website at 
https://coast.noaa.gov/czm/pollutioncontrol/. Additional background 
information on the state's program may be obtained upon request from: 
Allison Castellan, Stewardship Division (N/OCM6), Office for Coastal 
Management, NOS, NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland 
20910, phone (240) 533-0799, email: [email protected]; or 
Michelle Wilcox, U.S. EPA Region 10, Washington Operations Office, 300 
Desmond Drive, SE, Suite 102, Lacey, WA 98503, phone: (360) 753-9469, 
email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 6217(a) of the Coastal Zone Act 
Reauthorization Amendments (CZARA), 16 U.S.C. 1455b(a), requires that 
each state (or territory) with a coastal zone management program 
previously approved under section 306 of the Coastal Zone Management 
Act must prepare and submit to the federal agencies a coastal nonpoint 
pollution control program for approval. Washington originally submitted 
its program to the Federal agencies for approval in September 1995. The 
Federal agencies provided public notice of and invited public comment 
on their proposal to approve, with conditions, the Washington program 
(63 FR 27055). The Federal agencies approved the program by letter 
dated June 30, 1998, subject to the conditions specified in the letter 
(63 FR 37094). The Federal agencies propose to find, and invite public 
comment on the proposed findings, that Washington has now fully 
satisfied all conditions (of the earlier

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approval) of its coastal nonpoint program.
    The proposed findings document for Washington's program is 
available at www.regulations.gov/docket?D=NOAA-NOS-2019-0135 and 
information on the Coastal Nonpoint Program in general is available on 
the NOAA website at https://coast.noaa.gov/czm/pollutioncontrol/.

Nicole R. LeBoeuf,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services, National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration.
David P. Ross,
Assistant Administratorfor Office of Water, Environmental Protection 
Agency.
[FR Doc. 2020-12670 Filed 6-12-20; 8:45 am]
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