[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 197 (Friday, October 9, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64125-64126]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-22460]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Availability of Final Evaluation Findings of State Coastal 
Programs and National Estuarine Research Reserves

AGENCY: Office for Coastal Management (OCM), National Ocean Service 
(NOS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 
Department of Commerce (DOC).

ACTION: Notice of availability of evaluation findings.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the availability of final evaluation 
findings of state coastal programs and national estuarine research 
reserves. The NOAA Office for Coastal Management has completed review 
of the Coastal Zone Management Program evaluations for the states and 
territories of California, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
Islands, Delaware, Georgia, Hawaii, Minnesota, Mississippi, 
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and Wisconsin. In addition, 
the NOAA Office for Coastal Management has completed review of the 
National Estuarine Research Reserve evaluations for Great Bay, Hudson 
River, Kachemak Bay, North Inlet-Winyah Bay, Old Woman Creek, and 
Rookery Bay, and Sapelo Island. Copies of these final evaluation 
findings may be downloaded at http://coast.noaa.gov/czm/evaluations/evaluation_findings/index.html or by submitting a written request to 
the person identified under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carrie Hall, Evaluator, Planning and 
Performance Measurement Program, Office for Coastal Management at 
[email protected] or (240) 530-0730.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The states and territories were found to be 
implementing and enforcing their federally approved Coastal Zone 
Management Programs, addressing the national coastal management 
objectives identified in CZMA Section 303(2), and adhering to the 
programmatic terms of

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their financial assistance awards. The reserves were found to be 
adhering to programmatic requirements of the National Estuarine 
Research Reserve System.

Keelin Kuipers,
Deputy Director, Office for Coastal Management, National Ocean Service, 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
[FR Doc. 2020-22460 Filed 10-8-20; 8:45 am]
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