[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 141 (Friday, July 23, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43145-43146]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-18108]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
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.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: The NOAA Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management
(OCRM) announces its intent to evaluate the performance of the North
Inlet/Winyah Bay (South Carolina) National Estuarine Research Reserve
and the Pennsylvania Coastal Resources Management Program.
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. Evaluation of a
National Estuarine Research Reserve requires findings concerning the
extent to which a State has met the national objectives, adhered to its
Reserve final management plan approved by the Secretary of Commerce,
and adhered to the terms of financial assistance awards funded under
the CZMA.
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. When the evaluation is completed, OCRM will
place a notice in the Federal Register announcing the availability of
the Final Evaluation Findings. 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.
Dates and Times: The North Inlet/Winyah Bay (South Carolina)
National Estuarine Research Reserve evaluation site visit will be held
September 13-17, 2010. One public meeting will be held during the week.
The public meeting will be held on Wednesday, September 15, 2010, at 6
p.m. at the Hobcaw Barony Discovery Center, 22 Hobcaw Road, Georgetown,
South Carolina.
The Pennsylvania Coastal Resources Management Program evaluation
site visit will be held September 13-17, 2010. One public meeting will
be held during the week. The public meeting will be held on Wednesday,
September 15, 2010, at 6:30 p.m. at the Tom Ridge Environmental Center
at Presque Isle, Room 112, 301 Peninsula Drive, Erie, Pennsylvania.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the States' 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 from interested parties regarding these Programs are
encouraged and will be accepted until 15 days after the public meeting
held for a Program. Please direct written comments to Kate Barba,
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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given of the availability
of the final evaluation findings for the California, Mississippi, and
Maine Coastal Management Programs (CMPs) and the Old Woman Creek (Ohio)
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 States of California, Mississippi, and Maine were found to be
implementing and enforcing their Federally approved coastal management
programs, addressing the national coastal management objectives
identified in CZMA Section 303(2)(A)-(K), and adhering to the
programmatic terms of their financial assistance awards. The Old Woman
Creek 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: Kate Barba, 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 [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kate Barba, 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) 563-1182.
[[Page 43146]]
Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog 11.419, Coastal Zone
Management Program Administration
Dated: July 14, 2010.
Donna Wieting,
Director, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, National
Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
[FR Doc. 2010-18108 Filed 7-22-10; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-08-P