[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 37 (Thursday, February 24, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10338-10339]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-4059]
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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
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the performance of the Mission-Aransas (Texas) National Estuarine
Research Reserve.
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 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 visit for the listed evaluation and the date, local time, and
location of the public meeting during the site visit.
Date and Time: The Mission-Aransas (Texas) National Estuarine
Research Reserve evaluation site visit will be held April 11-15, 2011.
One public meeting will be held during the week. The public meeting
will be held on Wednesday, April 13, 2011, at 5 p.m. local time at the
Bay Education Center, 121 Seabreeze Drive, Rockport, Texas.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the 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 from interested parties regarding this Reserve are
encouraged and will be accepted until 15 days after the public meeting
held for the Reserve. 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 Washington Coastal Management
Program (CMP) and the Great Bay (New Hampshire) and Elkhorn Slough
(California) 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 Washington 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 Great Bay and Elkhorn Slough 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 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: February 16, 2011.
Donna Wieting,
Director, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, National
Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
[FR Doc. 2011-4059 Filed 2-23-11; 8:45 am]
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