[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 18 (Thursday, January 27, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4226-4227]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-01586]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY


Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program: Proposal To Find That 
Louisiana 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.

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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'') invite public comment on the agencies' proposed finding 
that Louisiana 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) direct 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 Federal agencies' rationale for this proposed 
finding.

DATES: Individuals or organizations wishing to submit comments on the 
proposed findings document should do so by February 28, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted by:
     Electronic Submission: Submit all electronic public 
comments via the Federal eRulemaking Portal. Go to www.regulations.gov, 
enter NOAA-NOS-2020-0100 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: Louisiana 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 NOAA-NOS-2020-
0100) 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 
Patty Taylor, U.S. EPA Region 6, EPA Region 6 Main Office, 1201 Elm 
Street, Suite 500, Dallas, Texas 75270, phone: (214) 665-6403, email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 6217(a) of the Coastal Zone Act 
Reauthorization Amendments (CZARA), 16 U.S.C. Section 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 agencies a coastal 
nonpoint pollution control program for approval. Because Louisiana 
administers a federally approved coastal zone management program, 
Louisiana submitted its program updates 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 
Louisiana program (62 FR 38520). The agencies approved the program by 
letter dated June 30, 1998, subject to the conditions specified at that 
time (63 FR 37094). The agencies now propose to find, and invite public 
comment on the proposed findings, that Louisiana has fully satisfied 
the conditions associated with the earlier approval.
    The proposed findings document for Louisiana's program is available 
at www.regulations.gov (search for NOAA-NOS-2020-0100) 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, Environmental Protection 
Agency.
Radhika Fox,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Water, National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration.
[FR Doc. 2022-01586 Filed 1-26-22; 8:45 am]
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