[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 58 (Thursday, March 27, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 13856]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-05158]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Notice of Availability of Evaluation Findings for Coastal Zone 
Management Programs and National Estuarine Research Reserve

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 the Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve and 
six State and Territory coastal management programs: American Samoa, 
Hawaii, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New York, and Oregon, which were 
prepared pursuant to sections 312 and 315 of the Coastal Zone 
Management Act.

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 [email protected].

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NOAA's Office for Coastal Management has 
completed the coastal zone management program final evaluation findings 
for the States of Hawaii, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New York, and 
Oregon and the Territory of American Samoa. 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 Coastal Zone Management Act section 
303(2), and adhering to the programmatic terms of their financial 
assistance awards. In addition, NOAA's Office for Coastal Management 
has completed the final evaluation findings for Sapelo Island National 
Estuarine Research Reserve. The reserve was 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 Coastal Zone Management Act section 315(b)(2) and 
its implementing regulations.
    NOAA published notices in the Federal Register for public meetings 
and opportunities to submit public comments on the evaluation of these 
State and Territory coastal zone management programs and the national 
estuarine research reserve. See 88 FR 1057 (Jan. 6, 2023) (American 
Samoa); 88 FR 50267 (June 13, 2024) (Hawaii); 88 FR 22677 (Apr. 2, 
2024) (Mississippi); 88 FR 64887 (Sept. 20, 2023) (New Hampshire); 88 
FR 3389 (Jan. 19, 2023) (New York); 88 FR 46778 (July 20, 2023) 
(Oregon); and 88 FR 85265 (Dec. 7, 2023) (Sapelo Island). 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. 2025-05158 Filed 3-26-25; 8:45 am]
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