[Federal Register: August 8, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 152)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Evaluation of State Coastal Management Programs and National
Estuarine Research Reserves
AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office
of Ocean and Coastal Resource 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 of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management
(OCRM) announces its intent to evaluate the performance of the Alaska
Coastal Management Program.
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 CZMA
requires continuing review of the performance of states with respect to
coastal program implementation. Evaluation of a Coastal Management
Program requires findings concerning the extent to which a state has
met the national objectives, adhered to its Coastal Management Program
document approved by the Secretary of Commerce, and adhered to the
terms of financial assistance awards funded under the CZMA.
Each evaluation 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 dates of the site
visit for the listed evaluation, and the date, local time, and location
of the public meeting during the site visit.
Date and Time: The Alaska Coastal Management Program evaluation
site visit will be held August 13-18, 2007. The public meeting will be
held on Monday, August 13, 2007, at 4 p.m. at the Department of Natural
Resources Office of Project Management and Permitting, 302 Gold Street,
Suite 202, Juneau, Alaska. Members of the public may also participate
in the public meeting via teleconference by calling 1-800-315-6338. The
call-in code is 1111.
ADDRESSES: Copies of a state's most recent performance reports, as well
as OCRM's evaluation notification and supplemental information request
letters to the state, are available upon request from OCRM. Written
comments
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from interested parties regarding this Program are encouraged and will
be accepted until 15 days after the public meeting held for the
Program. 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, N/
ORM7, 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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given of the availability
of the final evaluation findings for the Massachusetts Coastal
Management Program (CMP) and the Chesapeake Bay-Virginia National
Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR). Sections 312 and 315 of the Coastal
Zone Management Act of 1972 (CZMA), as amended, require a continuing
review of the performance of coastal states with respect to approval of
CMPs and the operation and management of NERRs.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts 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 its financial
assistance awards. The Chesapeake Bay-Virginia NERR was found to be
adhering to programmatic requirements of the NERR System.
Copies of these final evaluation findings may be obtained upon
written request from: Ralph Cantral, Chief, National Policy and
Evaluation Division, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management,
NOS/NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway, 10th Floor, N/ORM7, Silver Spring,
Maryland 20910, or Ralph.Cantral@noaa.gov.
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, 10th Floor, N/ORM7,
Silver Spring, Maryland 20910, (301) 563-7118.
Dated: August 2, 2007.
David M. Kennedy,
Director, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, National
Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-15487 Filed 8-7-07; 8:45 am]
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