[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 132 (Friday, July 10, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 39752]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-16768]


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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 Guana Tolomato Matanzas (GTM) 
National Estuarine Research Reserve.
    The National Estuarine Research Reserve evaluation will be 
conducted pursuant to sections 312 and 315 of the Coastal Zone 
Management Act (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 and oral 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.

DATES: The GTM National Estuarine Research Reserve public meeting will 
be held Wednesday, August 26, 2015, at 6:00 p.m. at the GTM NERR 
Environmental Education Center Auditorium, 505 Guana River Road, Ponte 
Vedra Beach, Florida.

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 September 4, 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].

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

Coastal Zone Management Program Administration

    Dated: July 2, 2015.
Christopher C. Cartwright,
Associate Assistant Administrator for Management and CFO/CAO, Ocean 
Services and Coastal Zone Management, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2015-16768 Filed 7-9-15; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 3510-08-P