[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 149 (Wednesday, August 3, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46723-46724]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-19494]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Evaluation of State Coastal Management Programs and National
Estuarine Research Reserves
AGENCY: Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA), National Ocean Service, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource
Management.
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 North
Carolina and Delaware Coastal Management Programs and the Delaware
National Estuarine Research Reserve.
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 CZMA
requires continuing review of the performance of states with respect to
coastal program implementation. Evaluation of a Coastal Management
Program requires findings concerning the extent to which a state has
met the national objectives, adhered to its Coastal Management Program
document approved by the Secretary of Commerce, and adhered to the
terms of financial assistance awards funded under the CZMA.
The National Estuarine Research Reserve evaluation 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. Evaluation of a
National Estuarine Research Reserve requires findings concerning the
extent to which a state has met the national objectives, adhered to its
Reserve final management plan approved by the Secretary of Commerce,
and adhered to the terms of financial assistance awards funded under
the CZMA.
Each evaluation will include a site visit, consideration of public
comments, and consultations with interested Federal, state, and local
agencies and members of the public. A public meeting will be held as
part of the site visit. When the evaluation is completed, OCRM will
place a notice in the Federal Register announcing the availability of
the Final Evaluation Findings. 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.
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DATES and TIME: The North Carolina Coastal Management Program
evaluation site visit will be held September 12-16, 2011. One public
meeting will be held during the week. The public meeting will be held
on Wednesday, September 14th, 2011, at 6:30 p.m. local time at the NOAA
Beaufort Laboratory, NOAA/NCNERR Administration Building (Building 1),
101 Pivers Island Road, Beaufort, North Carolina.
The Delaware Coastal Management Program evaluation site visit will
be held September 19-23, 2011. One public meeting will be held during
the week. The public meeting will be held on Monday, September 19,
2011, at 6 p.m. local time at the Delaware Reserve, 818 Kitts Hummock
Road, Dover, Delaware.
The Delaware National Estuarine Research Reserve evaluation site
visit will be held September 19-23, 2011. One public meeting will be
held during the week. The public meeting will be held on Monday,
September 19, 2011, at 6 p.m. local time at the Delaware Reserve, 818
Kitts Hummock Road, Dover, Delaware.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the states' most recent performance reports, as
well as OCRM's evaluation notification and supplemental information
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 public meeting
held for the program. Please direct written comments to Kate Barba,
Chief, National Policy and Evaluation Division, Office of Ocean and
Coastal Resource Management, NOS/NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway, 10th
Floor, N/ORM7, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910, or [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given of the availability
of the final evaluation findings for the North Inlet/Winyah Bay (South
Carolina) 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 North Inlet/Winyah Bay 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: Kate Barba, Chief, National Policy and Evaluation
Division, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, NOS/NOAA,
1305 East-West Highway, 10th Floor, N/ORM7, Silver Spring, Maryland
20910, or [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kate Barba, Chief, National Policy and
Evaluation Division, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management,
NOS/NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway, 10th Floor, N/ORM7, Silver Spring,
Maryland 20910, (301) 563-1182, or [email protected].
Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog 11.419 Coastal Zone
Management Program Administration.
Dated: July 19, 2011.
Donna Wieting,
Director, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management National
Ocean Service National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
[FR Doc. 2011-19494 Filed 8-2-11; 8:45 am]
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