[Federal Register: March 17, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 51)]
[Notices]
[Page 12675-12676]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program: Proposed Findings
Document, Environmental Assessment, and Finding 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 Document,
Environmental Assessment, and Finding of No Significant Impact on
conditional approval of coastal nonpoint pollution control program for
Minnesota.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the availability of the Proposed
Findings Document, Environmental Assessment (EA), and Finding of No
Significant Impact for Minnesota. Coastal States and Territories 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. The Findings
Document was 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. section 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 was 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 program submitted to NOAA and EPA by Minnesota.
NOAA and EPA have proposed to approve, with conditions, the coastal
nonpoint pollution control program submitted by Minnesota. The
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requirements of 40 CFR parts 1500-1508 Council on Environmental Quality
(CEQ) regulations to implement NEPA apply to the preparation of the
Environmental Assessment. 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 Document, EA, and Finding of No
Significant Impact may be found on the NOAA Web site at http://
www.ocrm.nos.noaa.gov/czm/6217/
or may be obtained upon request from:
www.ocrm.nos.noaa.gov/czm/6217/ or may be obtained upon request from:
Helen Farr, Coastal Programs Division (N/ORM3), Office of Ocean and
Coastal Resource Management, NOS, NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway, Silver
Spring, Maryland, 20910, phone (301) 713-3155, x150, e-mail
helen.farr@noaa.gov.
DATES: Individuals or organizations wishing to submit comments on the
proposed Findings Document or EA should do so by April 16, 2003.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be made to: John King, Acting Chief, Coastal
Programs Division (N/ORM3), Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource
Management, NOS, NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland
20910, phone (301) 713-3155, x188, e-mail john.king@noaa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Helen Farr, Coastal Programs Division
(N/ORM3), Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, NOS, NOAA,
1305 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910, phone (301) 713-
3155, x150, e-mail helen.farr@noaa.gov.
(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog 11.419 Coastal Zone Management
Program Administration)
Dated: March 5, 2003.
Jamison S. Hawkins,
Acting Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal Zone
Management, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
G. Tracy Mehan III,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Water, Environmental Protection
Agency.
[FR Doc. 03-6249 Filed 3-14-03; 8:45 am]
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