[Federal Register: December 29, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 249)]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

 
Evaluation of National Estuarine Research Reserves

AGENCY: Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, National Ocean 
Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), DOC.

ACTION: Notice of intent to evaluate.

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SUMMARY: The NOAA Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management 
(OCRM) announces its intent to evaluate the performance of the Sapelo 
Island (Georgia) National Estuarine Research Reserve.
    The evaluation will be conducted pursuant to Sections 315 and 312 
of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (CZMA), as amended, and 
regulations at 15 C.F.R. Part 921, Subpart E, and Part 923, Subpart L. 
The CZMA requires a continuing review of the performance of states with 
respect to coastal program and research reserve program implementation. 
Evaluation of National Estuarine Research Reserves require findings 
concerning the extent to which a state has met the national objectives, 
adhered to the Reserve's final management plan approved by the 
Secretary of Commerce, and adhered to the terms of financial assistance 
awards funded under the CZMA. The evaluations 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.
    Notice is hereby given of the date of the site visit for the listed 
evaluation, and the date, local time, and location of the public 
meeting during the site visit.
    The Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve site visit 
will be from January 31-February 4, 2000. One public meeting will be 
held on Thursday, February 3, 2000, at 7 p.m., in the Sapelo Island 
Visitors Center, on Dock Landing Road, Meridian, Georgia.
    The State will issue notice of the public meeting in a local 
newspaper at least 45 days prior to the public meeting, and will issue 
other timely notice as appropriate.
    Copies of the State's most recent performance report, as well as 
OCRM's notification and supplemental request letter to the State, are 
available upon request from OCRM. Written comments from interested 
parties regarding the Reserve are encouraged and will be accepted until 
15 days after the date of the public meeting. Please direct written 
comments to Margo E. Jackson, Deputy Director, Office of Ocean and 
Coastal Resource Management, NOS/NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway, 10th 
Floor, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20910. When the evaluation is 
completed, OCRM will place a notice in the Federal Register announcing 
the availability of the Final Evaluation Findings.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Margo E. Jackson, Deputy Director, 
Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, NOS/NOAA, 1305 East-
West Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20910, (301) 713-3155, Extension 
114.

(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog 11.419 Coastal Zone Management 
Program Administration)

    Dated: December 22, 1999.
CAPT Ted Lillestolen,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal Zone 
Management.
[FR Doc. 99-33745 Filed 12-28-99; 8:45 am]
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