[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 73 (Thursday, April 16, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 20472]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-08722]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Evaluation of National Estuarine Research Reserve
AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office
for Coastal 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 for Coastal Management (OCM) announces its
intent to evaluate the performance of the San Francisco Bay National
Estuarine Research Reserve.
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.
The evaluation will include a public meeting, consideration of
written public comments and consultations with interested Federal,
state, and local agencies and members of the public. When the
evaluation is completed, OCM will place a notice in the Federal
Register announcing the availability of the Final Evaluation Findings.
Notice is hereby given of the date, local time, and location of the
public meeting.
DATE AND TIME: The San Francisco Bay National Estuarine Research
Reserve public meeting will be held June 8, 2015, at 4:00 p.m. at the
Bay Conference Center, Romberg Tiburon Center, 3152 Paradise Drive,
Tiburon, CA 94920.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the reserve's most recent performance report, as
well as OCM's evaluation notification letter to the state, are
available upon request from OCM. Written comments from interested
parties regarding these programs are encouraged and will be accepted
until June 19, 2015. Please direct written comments to Carrie Hall,
Evaluator, Planning and Performance Measurement Program, Office for
Coastal Management, NOS/NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway, 11th Floor, N/
OCM1, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910, or [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given of the availability
of the final evaluation findings for the Texas Coastal Management
Program. Sections 312 and 315 of the CZMA, as amended, require a
continuing review of the performance of coastal states with respect to
approval of CMPs. The state of Texas was found to be implementing and
enforcing its federally approved coastal management program, addressing
the national coastal management objectives identified in CZMA Section
303(2)(A)-(K), and adhering to the programmatic terms of financial
assistance awards.
Copies of the final evaluation findings may be downloaded at http://coast.noaa.gov/czm/evaluations/evaluation_findings/index.html or
obtained upon written request from: Carrie Hall, Evaluator, Planning
and Performance Measurement Program, Office for Coastal Management,
NOS/NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway, 11th Floor, N/OCM1, Silver Spring,
Maryland 20910, or [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carrie Hall, Evaluator, Planning and
Performance Measurement Program, Office for Coastal Management, NOS/
NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway, 11th Floor, N/OCM1, Silver Spring,
Maryland 20910, or [email protected].
Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog 11.419
Dated: April 8, 2015.
Coastal Zone Management Program Administration.
Christopher C. Cartwright,
Associate Assistant Administrator for Management and CFO/CAO, Ocean
Services and Coastal Zone Management, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2015-08722 Filed 4-15-15; 8:45 am]
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