[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 48 (Wednesday, March 12, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13987-13988]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-05416]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Consistency Certification for a Proposed Project in Sterling, New 
York; Notice of Closure of the Administrative Appeal Decision Record

AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 
Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Closure--Administrative Appeal Decision Record.

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SUMMARY: This announcement provides notice that the decision record for 
an administrative appeal filed with the Secretary of Commerce 
(Secretary) by Mark Smolinski (Appellant) has closed. No additional 
information, briefs, or comments (not previously submitted and made 
part of the decision record prior to closure) will be considered by the 
Secretary in deciding the appeal.

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DATES: The administrative appeal decision record closed on February 28, 
2014.

ADDRESSES: Materials from the appeal record are available at NOAA, 
Office of General Counsel for Ocean Services, 1305 East-West Highway, 
Room 6111, Silver Spring, MD 20910.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gladys P. Miles, Attorney-Advisor, 
NOAA, Office of General Counsel, 301-713-7384, or at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 22, 2013, the Secretary of 
Commerce (Secretary) received a ``Notice of Appeal'' filed by Mark 
Smolinski, pursuant to the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (CZMA), 
16 U.S.C. 1451 et seq., and implementing regulations found at 15 CFR 
part 930, Subpart H. The appeal is taken from an objection by the New 
York Department of State to a consistency certification for a U.S. Army 
Corps of Engineer permit needed for the installation of a solar panel 
array onto an existing dock located in Sterling, New York. Notice of 
this appeal was published in the Federal Register on September 23, 
2013. See 78 FR 58288.
    A CZMA consistency appeal decision is based on information 
contained in the administrative appeal record developed by the parties. 
Under the CZMA, the Secretary must close the decision record for an 
appeal no later than 160 days after notice of the appeal is first 
published in the Federal Register. See 16 U.S.C. 1465(b). Consistent 
with these requirements, the Secretary closed the administrative appeal 
decision record for the federal consistency appeal filed by Mr. 
Smolinski on February 28, 2014. No further information, briefs, or 
comments (not previously submitted and made part of the decision record 
prior to closure) will be considered by the Secretary in deciding the 
appeal.

[Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog No. 11.419 Coastal Zone 
Management Program Assistance.]

    Dated: March 7, 2014.
Jeffrey S. Dillen,
Acting Chief, Oceans & Coasts Section, NOAA of General Counsel.
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