[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 194 (Friday, October 4, 1996)] [Notices] [Page 51914] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 96-25546] [[Page 51914]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program: Proposed Findings; Documents, Environmental Assessments, and Findings of No Significant Impact AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, and The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. ACTION: Notice of availability of proposed findings documents, Environmental assessments, and findings of no Significant impact on approval of Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Programs for Massachusetts, Maryland, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the availability of the Proposed Findings Documents, Environmental Assessments (EA's), and Findings of No Significant Impact for Massachusetts, Maryland, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Coastal states were required to submit their coastal nonpoint programs to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for approval in July 1995. The Findings documents were prepared by NOAA and EPA to provide the rationale for the agencies' decision to approve each state and territory coastal nonpoint pollution control program. Section 6217 of the Coastal Zone Act Reauthorization Amendments (CZARA), 16 U.S.C. 1455b, requires states and territories with coastal zone management programs that have received approval under section 306 of the Coastal Zone Management Act to develop and implement coastal nonpoint pollution control programs. The EA's were prepared by NOAA, pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq., to assess the environmental impacts associated with the approval of the coastal nonpoint pollution control programs submitted to NOAA and EPA by Massachusetts, Maryland, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. NOAA and EPA have proposed to approve, with conditions, the coastal nonpoint pollution control programs submitted by Massachusetts, Maryland, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. The requirements of 40 CFR parts 1500-1508 (Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) regulations to implement the National Environmental Policy Act) apply to the preparation of the Environmental Assessments. Specifically, 40 CFR 1506.6 requires agencies to provide public notice of the availability of environmental documents. This notice is part of NOAA's action to comply with this requirement. Copies of the Proposed Findings Documents, Environmental Assessments, and Findings of No Significant Impact may be obtained upon request from: Joseph P. Flanagan, Coastal Programs Division (N/ORM3), Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, NOS, NOAA, 1305 East- West Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20910, tel. (301) 713-3121, x201. DATES: Individuals or organizations wishing to submit comments on the proposed Findings or Environmental Assessments should do so by November 4, 1996. ADDRESSES: Comments should be made to: Joseph A. Uravitch, Coastal Programs Division (N/ORM3), Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, NOS, NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20910, tel. (301) 713-3155, x195. (Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog 11.419 Coastal Zone Management Program Administration) Dated: September 30, 1996. David L. Evans, Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal Zone Management, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Robert H. Wayland, III, Director, Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds, Environmental Protection Agency. [FR Doc. 96-25546 Filed 10-3-96; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-12-M