67534 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 222 / Thursday, November 18, 2004 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service 

Tehama County Resource Advisory 

Committee

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Tehama County Resource 

Advisory Committee (RAC) will meet in 

Red Bluff, California. Agenda items to 

be covered include: (1) Introductions, 

(2) Approval of Minutes, (3) Public 

Comment, (4) Selection of New 

Chairman, (5) New Members Welcome, 

(6) Review of Walk in the Woods 

Project, (7) General Discussion, (8) Next 

Agenda.

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

December 9, 2004 from 9 a.m. and end 

at approximately 12 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Lincoln Street School, Conference 

Room A, 1135 Lincoln Street, Red Bluff, 

CA. Individuals wishing to speak or 

propose agenda items must send their 

names and proposals to Jim Giachino, 

DFO, 825 N. Humboldt Ave., Willows, 

CA 95988.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Bobbin Gaddini, Committee 

Coordinator, USDA, Mendocino 

National Forest, Grindstone Ranger 

District, P.O. Box 164, Elk Creek, CA 

95939. (530) 968–5329; e-mail 

ggaddini@fs.fed.us.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

meeting is open to the public. 

Committee discussion is limited to 

Forest Service staff and Committee 

members. However, persons who wish 

to bring matters to the attention of the 

Committee may file written statements 

with the Committee staff before or after 

the meeting. Public input sessions will 

be provided and individuals who made 

written requests by December 5, 2004 

will have the opportunity to address the 

committee at those sessions.

Dated: November 12, 2004. 

James F. Giachino, 

Designated Federal Official.

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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.

SUMMARY: The NOAA Office of Ocean 

and Coastal Resource Management 

(OCRM) announces its intent to evaluate 

the performance of the San Francisco 

(California) Bay Conservation and 

Development Commission Coastal 

Management Program; the Louisiana 

Coastal Management Program; the North 

Inlet/Winyah Bay National Estuarine 

Research Reserve, South Carolina; and 

the Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine 

Research Reserve, California. 

The Coastal Zone Management 

Program evaluations 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 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 San Francisco (California) Bay 

Conservation and Development 

Commission Coastal Management 

Program evaluation site visit will be 

held February 7–11, 2005. One public 

meeting will be held during the week. 

The public meeting will be on 

Wednesday, February 9, 2005, at 7 p.m., 

at the Bay Conservation and 

Development Commission offices, 

McAteer-Petris Conference Room, 26th 

Floor, 50 California Street, San 

Francisco, California. 

The Louisiana Coastal Management 

Program evaluation site visit will be 

held March 21–25, 2005. One public 

meeting will be held during the week. 

The public meeting will be held on 

Wednesday, March 23, 2005, at 7 p.m., 

at the Louisiana Department of Natural 

Resources, Griffon Room, LaSalle 

Building, 617 North Third Street, Baton 

Rouge, Louisiana. 

The North Inlet/Winyah Bay National 

Estuarine Research Reserve, South 

Carolina, evaluation site visit will be 

held January 31–February 4, 2005. One 

public meeting will be held during the 

week. The public meeting will be held 

on Tuesday, February 1, 2005, at 5:30 

p.m. at the Kimbel Lodge at Hobcaw 

Barony, Highway 17 North, Georgetown, 

South Carolina. 

The Elkhorn Slough National 

Estuarine Research Reserve, California, 

evaluation site visit will be held March 

21–25, 2005. One public meeting will be 

held during the week. The public 

meeting will be held on Wednesday, 

March 23, 2005, at 7:00 p.m. at the 

Elkhorn Slough Reserve Visitors’ Center, 

1700 Elkhorn Road, Watsonville, 

California. 

Copies of states’ most recent 

performance reports, as well as OCRM’s 

notifications and supplemental 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 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, 

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 EastWest Highway, 10th Floor, Silver 

Spring, Maryland 20910, (301) 713–

3155, extension 118.

(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog No. 

11.419)

Coastal Zone Management Program 

Administration.

Dated: November 9, 2004. 

Eldon Hout, 

Director, Office of Ocean and Coastal 

Resource Management.

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