[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 218 (Friday, November 12, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69399-69400]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-28436]
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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
Louisiana Coastal Resources Management Program and the Jobos Bay
(Puerto Rico), Rookery Bay (Florida), and Chesapeake Bay (Maryland)
National Estuarine Research Reserves.
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.
The National Estuarine Research Reserve evaluations 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.
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 Louisiana Coastal Resources Management Program
evaluation site visit will be held January 3-7, 2011. One public
meeting will be held during the week. The public meeting will be held
on Monday, January 3, 2011, at 6:30 p.m. in the Griffon Room, LaSalle
Building, Capitol Complex, 617 North 3rd Street, Baton Rouge,
Louisiana.
The Jobos Bay (Puerto Rico) National Estuarine Research Reserve
evaluation site visit will be held January 24-28, 2011. One public
meeting will be held during the week. The public meeting will be held
on Tuesday, January 25, 2011, at 5 p.m. at the Jobos Bay National
Estuarine Research Reserve Visitors' Center, Road 705, Kilometer 2.3,
Main Street, Aguirre, Puerto Rico.
The Rookery Bay (Florida) National Estuarine Research Reserve
evaluation site visit will be held January 24-28, 2011. One public
meeting will be held during the week. The public meeting will be held
on Wednesday, January 26, 2011, at 6:30 p.m. at the Rookery Bay
National Estuarine Research Reserve Environmental Learning Center, 300
Tower Road, Naples, Florida.
The Chesapeake Bay (Maryland) National Estuarine Research Reserve
evaluation site visit will be held January 24-28, 2011. One public
meeting will be held during the week. The public meeting will be held
on Tuesday, January 25, 2011, at 7 p.m. at the McCann Center, Jug Bay
Wetlands Sanctuary, 1361 Wrighton Road, Lothian Maryland.
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, or [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given of the availability
of the final evaluation findings for the Rhode Island Coastal
Management Program (CMP) and the Tijuana River (California), Padilla
Bay (Washington), and North Carolina National Estuarine Research
Reserves (NERRs). 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 State of Rhode Island 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 Tijuana River, Padilla Bay, and North Carolina
NERRs were 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
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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.
(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog 11.419; Coastal Zone Management
Program Administration)
Dated: November 1, 2010.
Donna Wieting,
Director, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, National
Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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