[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 9, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11615-11616]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-4540]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Evaluation of State Coastal Management Programs and National
Estuarine Research Reserves
AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office
of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, National Ocean Service,
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of intent to evaluate and notice of availability of
final findings.
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SUMMARY: The NOAA Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management
(OCRM) announces its intent to evaluate the performance of the Great
Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, New Hampshire; the American
Samoa Coastal Management Program; the Rookery Bay National Estuarine
Research Reserve, Florida; the Puerto Rico Coastal Management Program;
and the California Coastal Commission Coastal Management Program.
The Coastal Zone Management Program evaluations will be conducted
pursuant to section 312 of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, as
amended, (CZMA) and regulations at 15 CFR part 923, subpart L. The
National Estuarine Research Reserve evaluations will be conducted
pursuant to sections 312 and 315 of the CZMA and regulations at 15 CFR
part 921, subpart E and part 923, subpart L.
The CZMA requires continuing review of the performance of states
with respect to coastal program implementation. Evaluation of Coastal
Zone Management Programs and National Estuarine Research Reserves
requires findings concerning the extent to which a State has met the
national objectives, adhered to its Coastal Management Program document
or Reserve final management plan approved by the Secretary of Commerce,
and adhered to the terms of financial assistance awards funded under
the CZMA.
The evaluations will include a site visit, consideration of public
comments, and consultations with interested Federal, State and local
agencies and members of the public. Public meetings will be held as
part of the site visits.
Notice is hereby given of the dates of the site visits for the
listed evaluations, and the dates, local times, and locations of the
public meetings during the site visits.
The Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, New Hampshire,
evaluation site visit will be held April 26-28, 2005. One public
meeting will be held during the week. The public meeting will be on
Wednesday, April 27, 2005, at 7 p.m., at the New Hampshire Fish and
Game Department, Region 3 Office, 225 Main Street, Durham, New
Hampshire.
The American Samoa Coastal Management Program evaluation site visit
will be held June 6-10, 2005. One public meeting will be held during
the week. The public meeting will be held on Monday, June 6, 2005, at 4
p.m., at the Convention Center, Utulei, American Samoa.
The Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Florida,
evaluation site visit will be held June 20-24, 2005. One public meeting
will be held during the week. The public meeting will be held on
Wednesday, June 22, 2005, at 6 p.m., at the Environmental Learning
Center Auditorium, Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, 300
Tower Road, Naples, Florida.
The Puerto Rico Coastal Management Program evaluation site visit
will be held June 20-24, 2005. One public meeting will be held during
the week. The public meeting will be held on Wednesday, June 22, 2005,
at 7 p.m. at the Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental
Resources, Parada 3\1/2\ Puerta de Tierra, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
The California Coastal Commission Coastal Management Program
evaluation site visit will be held June 20-24, 2005. One public meeting
will be held during the week. The public meeting will be held on
Tuesday, June 21, 2005, at 7 p.m. at the City of Santa Cruz Police
Department, Community Room, 155 Center Street, Santa Cruz, California.
Copies of States' most recent performance reports, as well as
OCRM's notifications and supplemental request letters to the State, are
available upon request from OCRM. Written comments from interested
parties regarding these Programs are encouraged and will be accepted
until 15 days after the last public meeting held for that Program.
Please direct written comments to Ralph Cantral, Chief, National Policy
and Evaluation Division, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource
Management, NOS/NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway, 10th Floor, Silver
Spring, Maryland 20910. When the evaluations are
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completed, OCRM will place a notice in the Federal Register announcing
the availability of the Final Evaluation Findings.
Notice is hereby given of the availability of the final evaluation
findings for the Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, North Carolina,
Ohio, and Wisconsin Coastal Management Programs (CMPs); and the Waquoit
Bay (Massachusetts) National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR).
Sections 312 and 315 of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (CZMA),
as amended, require a continuing review of the performance of coastal
states with respect to approval of CMPs and the operation and
management of NERRs.
The States of Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, North Carolina,
Ohio, and Wisconsin were found to be implementing and enforcing their
federally approved coastal management programs, addressing the national
coastal management objectives identified in CZMA Section 303(2)(A)-(K),
and adhering to the programmatic terms of their financial assistance
awards. Waquoit Bay (Massachusetts) NERR was found to be adhering to
programmatic requirements of the NERR System.
Copies of these final evaluation findings may be obtained upon
written request from: Ralph Cantral, Chief, National Policy and
Evaluation Division, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management,
NOS/NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway, 10th Floor, Silver Spring, Maryland
20910, or Ralph.Cantral@noaa.gov, (301) 713-3155, extension 118.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ralph Cantral, Chief, National Policy
and Evaluation Division, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource
Management, NOS/NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway, 10th Floor, Silver
Spring, Maryland 20910, (301) 713-3155, extension 118.
Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog 11.419, Coastal Zone
Management Program Administration.
Dated: February 24, 2005.
Eldon Hout,
Director, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management.
[FR Doc. 05-4540 Filed 3-8-05; 8:45 am]
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