[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 30 (Monday, February 14, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8233-8234]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-03062]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY


Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program: Proposal To Find That 
Texas 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'') invite public comment on the agencies' proposed finding 
that Texas has satisfied all conditions the agencies established as 
part of their 2003 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

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develop and implement coastal nonpoint programs, which must be 
submitted to the Federal Register for approval. Prior to making such a 
finding, NOAA and the EPA invite public input on the agencies' 
rationale for this proposed finding.

DATES: Comments are due by March 16, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the proposed findings document may be found on 
www.regulations.gov (search for NOAA-NOS-2020-0168) and NOAA's Coastal 
Nonpoint Pollution Control Program website at https://coast.noaa.gov/czm/pollutioncontrol/.
    Comments may be submitted by:
     Electronic Submission: Submit all electronic public 
comments via the Federal eRulemaking Portal. Go to www.regulations.gov 
and enter NOAA-NOS-2020-0168 in the Search box, then 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) 428-7096; ATTN: Texas 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. The agencies 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: Allison Castellan, Office for Coastal 
Management, NOS, NOAA, 202-596-5039, [email protected]; or 
Brian Fontenot, EPA, 214-665-7286, [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. Texas submitted its 
program to the agencies for approval after gaining federal approval of 
its coastal zone management program in 1996. The agencies provided 
public notice of and invited public comment on their proposal to 
approve, with conditions, the Texas program (68 FR 16784). The agencies 
approved the program by the Federal Register notice dated October 16, 
2003, subject to the conditions specified therein (68 FR 59588). The 
agencies now propose to find, and invite public comment on the proposed 
findings, that Texas has satisfied the conditions associated with the 
earlier approval of its coastal nonpoint program.
    The proposed findings document for Texas's program is available at 
www.regulations.gov (search for NOAA-NOS-2020-0168) 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 and Coastal Zone Management, 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Radhika Fox,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Water, Environmental Protection 
Agency.
[FR Doc. 2022-03062 Filed 2-11-22; 8:45 am]
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