[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 81 (Thursday, April 25, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31733-31734]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-08797]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


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

AGENCY: Office for Coastal Management, National Ocean Service, National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the availability of final evaluation 
findings for seven State and territory coastal management programs 
(i.e., Alabama, Connecticut, Guam, Michigan, Ohio, Texas, and 
Virginia), and four national estuarine research reserves (i.e., 
He[revaps]eia, Grand Bay, Narragansett Bay, and Waquoit Bay), which 
were prepared pursuant to sections 312 and 315 of the Coastal Zone 
Management Act (CZMA).

ADDRESSES: Copies of these final evaluation findings may be found at 
https://coast.noaa.gov/czm/evaluations/evaluation_findings/index.html 
or by submitting a written request to Michael Migliori at 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Migliori, Lead Evaluator, NOAA 
Office for Coastal Management, by phone at (443) 332-8936 or email at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NOAA Office for Coastal Management has 
completed the coastal zone management program final evaluation findings 
for the States of Alabama, Connecticut, Michigan, Ohio, Texas, and 
Virginia and the Territory of Guam. The States and territory 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 their financial assistance awards. In addition, 
the NOAA Office for Coastal Management has completed the final 
evaluation findings for He[revaps]eia, Grand Bay, Narragansett Bay, and 
Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserves. The reserves were 
found to be adhering to the terms of the reserves' financial assistance 
awards and to the programmatic requirements of the Coastal Zone 
Management Act, including the requirements of CZMA section 315(b)(2), 
and its implementing regulations.
    NOAA published in the Federal Register notices for public meetings 
and

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opportunities to submit public comments on the evaluation of these 
State coastal zone management programs and national estuarine research 
reserves. See 88 FR 42917 (July 5, 2023, Alabama), 87 FR 47983 (August 
5, 2022, Connecticut), 88 FR 15376 (March 13, 2023, Guam), 87 FR 41665 
(July 13, 2022, Michigan), 87 FR 59062 (September 29, 2022, Ohio), 87 
FR 48156 (August 8, 2022, Texas), 87 FR 41673 (July 13, 2022, 
Virginia), 88 FR 30950 (May 15, 2023, He[revaps]eia), 88 FR 50847 
(August 2, 2023, Grand Bay), 88 FR 59871 (August 30, 2023, Narragansett 
Bay), and 87 FR 27989 (May 10, 2022, Waquoit Bay). NOAA addressed the 
public comments it received in the final evaluation findings.
    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1458 and 1461(f); 15 CFR 921.40 and 923.133.

Keelin Kuipers,
Deputy Director, Office for Coastal Management, National Ocean Service, 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
[FR Doc. 2024-08797 Filed 4-24-24; 8:45 am]
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