[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 95 (Wednesday, May 15, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42451-42452]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-10131]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY


Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program: Proposed Finding for 
Alabama Approval Conditions

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) (the Federal agencies) 
invite public comment on the Federal agencies' proposed finding that 
Alabama has satisfied each of the conditions the agencies included as 
part of their 1998 approval of Alabama'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 the EPA invite 
public input on the two agencies' rationale for this proposed finding.

DATES: Comments are due by June 14, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the proposed findings document may be found on 
www.regulations.gov (search for NOAA-NOS-2023-00107) and NOAA's Coastal 
Nonpoint Pollution Control Program website at 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-2023- 00107 in the Search box, then click the 
``Comment'' icon, complete the required fields, and enter or attach 
your comments.

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     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 
202-468-7270; ATTN: Alabama 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 Federal agencies will accept anonymous 
comments (enter ``N/A'' in the required fields 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 Federal 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 
Duane Robertson, U.S. EPA Region 4, Water Division, 404-562-9398, 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 6217(a) of the Coastal Zone Act 
Reauthorization Amendments (CZARA), 12 U.S.C. 1455b(a), required that 
each State or territory with a coastal zone management program 
previously approved under section 306 of the Coastal Zone Management 
Act prepare and submit to the Federal agencies a coastal nonpoint 
pollution control program for approval by July 1995. The Federal 
agencies provided public notice of and invited public comment on their 
proposal to approve the Alabama program subject to specified 
conditions. (62 FR 6216). The Federal agencies approved the program 
subject to those conditions on June 30, 1998 (63 FR 37094). The Federal 
agencies now propose to find, and invite public comment on the proposed 
findings, that Alabama has satisfied the conditions associated with the 
earlier approval of its coastal nonpoint program.
    The proposed findings document for Alabama's program is available 
at www.regulations.gov (search for NOAA-NOS-2023-00107) and information 
on the Coastal Nonpoint Program in general is available on the NOAA 
website at coast.noaa.gov/czm/pollutioncontrol/.

Bruno Pigott,
Acting Assistant Administrator Office of Water, Environmental 
Protection Agency.
Nicole R. LeBoeuf
Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal Zone Management, 
National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2024-10131 Filed 5-14-24; 8:45 am]
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