[Federal Register: July 16, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 136)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Evaluation of Coastal Zone Management Programs and National
Estuarine Research Reserves
AGENCY: Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, National Ocean
Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), DOC.
ACTION: Notice of intent to evaluate.
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SUMMARY: The NOAA Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management
(OCRM) announces its intent to evaluate the performance of the Hawaii
Coastal Management Program; the Narragansett Bay National Estuarine
Research Reserve, Rhode Island; the Minnesota Coastal Management
Program; the Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve, New
York; and the Washington Coastal Management Program and Padilla Bay
National Estuarine Research Reserve, Washington.
The Coastal Zone Management Program evaluations will be conducted
pursuant to section 312 of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972
(CZMA), as amended, and regulations at 15 CFR Part 923, Subpart L. 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.
The CZMA requires continuing review of the performance of states
with respect to coastal program implementation. Evaluation of Coastal
Zone Management Programs and National Estuarine Research Reserves
requires findings concerning the extent to which a state has met the
national objectives, adhered to its Coastal Management Program document
or Reserve final management plan approved by the Secretary of Commerce,
and adhered to the terms of financial assistance awards funded under
the CZMA.
The evaluations will include a site visit, consideration of public
comments, and consultations with interested Federal, state, and local
agencies and members of the public. Public meetings will be held as
part of the site visits.
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.
The Hawaii Coastal Management Program evaluation site visit will be
held August 23-27, 2004. One public meeting will be held during the
week. The public meeting will be on Monday, August 23, 2004, at 6 p.m.,
at St. Andrew's Priory School, Kennedy Hall, Room K111, 224 Queen Emma
Square, Honolulu, Hawaii.
The Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Rhode
Island, evaluation site visit will be held September 14-17, 2004. One
public meeting will be held during the week. The public meeting will be
on Wednesday, September 15, 2004, at 12 noon at 55 South Reserve Drive,
Prudence Island, Rhode Island.
The Minnesota Coastal Management Program evaluation site visit will
be held September 27-October 1, 2004. Two public meetings will be held
during the week. The first public meeting will be on Monday, September
27, 2004, at 7 p.m., in the Large
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Conference Room at the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, 525 South
Lake Avenue, Suite 400, Duluth, Minnesota. The second public meeting
will be on Wednesday, September 29, 2004, at 6 p.m., in the Board Room
at the Cook County Courthouse, 411 West Second Street, Grand Marais,
Minnesota.
The Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve, New York,
evaluation site visit will be held September 28-30, 2004. One public
meeting will be held during the week. The public meeting will be on
Wednesday, September 29, 2004, at 7 p.m., at the Tivoli Bays Visitor
Center, Watts DePeyster Fireman's Hall, 1 Tivoli Commons, Tivoli, New
York.
The Washington Coastal Management Program and Padilla Bay National
Estuarine Research Reserve, Washington, joint evaluation site visit
will be held September 27-October 1, 2004. One joint public meeting
will be held during the week. The joint public meeting will be held on
Wednesday, September 29, 2004, at 7 p.m., in the Evergreen Room,
Washington State University Extension, 600 128th Street, SE., Everett,
Washington.
Copies of states' most recent performance reports, as well as
OCRM's notifications and supplemental request letters to the states,
are available upon request from OCRM. Written comments from interested
parties regarding these Programs are encouraged and will be accepted
for each Program until 15 days after the last public meeting held for
that 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, N/ORM7, 10th
Floor, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910. When the evaluations are
completed, OCRM will place a notice in the Federal Register announcing
the availability of the Final Evaluation Findings.
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, N/ORM7, 10th Floor,
Silver Spring, Maryland 20910, (301) 713-3155, Extension 118.
Dated: July 12, 2004.
Eldon Hout,
Director, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management.
Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog 11.419, Coastal Zone Management
Program Administration.
[FR Doc. 04-16241 Filed 7-15-04; 8:45 am]
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