[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 210 (Wednesday, November 3, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60616-60617]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-23948]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY


Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program: Proposal To Find That 
Ohio Has Satisfied Conditions on Earlier Approval

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

ACTION: Notice 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) (hereafter, ``the 
agencies'')

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invite public comment on the agencies' proposed finding that Ohio has 
satisfied all conditions the agencies established as part of their 2002 
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 EPA invite public input on the 
agencies' rationale for this proposed finding.

DATES: Individuals or organizations wishing to submit comments on the 
proposed findings document should do so by December 3, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted by:
     Electronic Submission: Submit all electronic public 
comments via the Federal eRulemaking Portal. Go to regulation.gov and 
enter NOAA-NOS-2020-0101 in the Search box, click the ``Comment'' 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: Ohio 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 
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 (search for NOAA-NOS-2020-
0101) and NOAA's Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program website at 
https://coast.noaa.gov/czm/pollutioncontrol/. Additional background 
information on the State of Ohio'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 Paul Thomas, U.S. EPA Region 5, Water 
Division, 77 W Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois, 60604, phone: 
(312) 886-7742, 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. Ohio originally submitted its 
program to the agencies for approval in 1997. The agencies provided 
public notice of and invited public comment on their proposal to 
approve, subject to specific conditions, the Ohio program (66 FR 
49643). The agencies approved the program by letter dated June 4, 2002, 
subject to the conditions specified at that time (67 FR 38471). The 
agencies propose to find, and invite public comment on the proposed 
findings, that Ohio has now fully satisfied all conditions associated 
with the earlier approval of its coastal nonpoint program.
    The proposed findings document for Ohio's program is available at 
www.regulations.gov (search for NOAA-NOS-2020-0101) 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,
Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services, National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration.

Radhika Fox,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Water, Environmental Protection 
Agency.
[FR Doc. 2021-23948 Filed 11-2-21; 8:45 am]
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