[Federal Register: March 21, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 55)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Evaluation of Coastal Zone Management Programs and 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 Rhode
Island Coastal Resources Management Program and the Kachemak Bay
National Estuarine Research Reserve, Alaska.
The Coastal Zone Management Program evaluation will be conducted
pursuant to section 312 of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, as
amended, (CZMA) and regulations at 15 CFR part 923, subpart L. 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.
The CZMA requires continuing review of the performance of States
with respect to coastal program and research reserve program
implementation. Evaluation of Coastal Zone Management Programs and
National Estuarine Research Reserves requires findings concerning the
extent to which a State has met the national objectives, adhered to its
Coastal Management Program document or Reserve 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. Public meetings will be held as
part of the site visits.
Notice is hereby given of the dates of the site visits for the
listed evaluations, and the dates, local times, and locations of the
public meetings during the site visits.
The Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Program evaluation
site visit will be held May 19-23, 2003. One public meeting will be
held during the week. The public meeting will be on Wednesday, May 21,
2003, at 7 p.m., in Conference Room B, William A. Powers Building,
Department of Administration, One Capitol Hill, Providence, Rhode
Island 02908.
The Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve evaluation
site visit will be held June 2-6, 2003. On public meeting will be held
during the week. The public meeting will be on Wednesday, June 4, 2003,
at 6 p.m., at the Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve,
Alaska Department of Fish and Game, 2181 Kachemak Drive, Homer, Alaska
99603.
Copies of states' most recent performance reports, as well as
OCRM's notifications and supplemental request letters to the states,
are available upon request from OCRM. Written comments from interested
parties regarding these Programs are encouraged and will be accepted
until 15 days after the last public meeting. Please direct written
comments to Ralph Cantral, Chief, National Policy and Evaluation
Division, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, NOS/NOAA,
1305 East-West Highway, 10th floor, Silver Spring Maryland 20910. When
the evaluations are completed, OCRM will place a notice in the Federal
Register announcing the availability of the Final Evaluation Findings.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ralph Cantral, Chief, National Policy
and Evaluation Division, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource
Management, NOS/NOAA, 1305, East-West Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland
20910, (301) 713-3155, Extension 118.
(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog 11.419 Coastal Zone Management
Program Administration)
Dated: March 14, 2003.
Alan Neuschatz,
Associate Assistant Administrator for Management, Ocean Services and
Coastal Zone Management.
[FR Doc. 03-6778 Filed 3-20-03; 8:45 am]
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