37980 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 145 / Thursday, July 30, 2009 / Notices 

accepted by Commissioner of Customs: 

July 16, 2009. 

Dated: July 24, 2009. 

Gregory Campbell, 

Acting Director, IA Subsidies Enforcement 

Office. 

[FR Doc. E9–18236 Filed 7–29–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S 

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 Maine Coastal 

Management Program, the Washington 

Coastal Management Program, and the 

Padilla Bay (Washington) National 

Estuarine Research Reserve. 

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 CZMA 

requires continuing review of the 

performance of states with respect to 

coastal program implementation. 

Evaluation of Coastal Management 

Programs 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 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 National Estuarine 

Research Reserves 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. 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. 

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 Kate.Barba@noaa.gov. 

Dates and Times: The Maine Coastal 

Management Program evaluation site 

visit will be held September 14–18, 

2009. One public meeting will be held 

during the week. The public meeting 

will be held on Tuesday, September 15, 

2009, at 7 p.m., at the Ellsworth City 

Hall Auditorium, 1 City Hall Plaza, 

Ellsworth, Maine. 

The Washington Coastal Management 

Program evaluation site visit will be 

held September 21–25, 2009. One 

public meeting will be held during the 

week. The public meeting will be held 

on Monday, September 21, 2009, at 6 

p.m. at the Washington Department of 

Ecology Auditorium, 300 Desmond 

Drive, SE., Lacey, Washington. 

The Padilla Bay (Washington) 

National Estuarine Research Reserve 

evaluation site visit will be held 

September 22–24, 2009. One public 

meeting will be held during the week. 

The public meeting will be held on 

Wednesday, September 23, 2009, at 7 

p.m. at the Padilla Bay National 

Estuarine Research Reserve, Interpretive 

Center Meeting Room, 10441 BayviewEdison Road, Mt. Vernon, Washington. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of states’ most recent 

performance reports, as well as OCRM’s 

evaluation notification and 

supplemental information 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 until 15 days after the last 

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. When the evaluation is 

completed, OCRM will place a notice in 

the Federal Register announcing the 

availability of the Final Evaluation 

Findings. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given of the availability of the 

final evaluation findings for the 

Wisconsin Coastal Management 

Program (CMP) and the Sapelo Island 

(Georgia) and Wells (Maine) 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 Wisconsin 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 

their financial assistance awards. The 

Sapelo Island and Wells 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 Kate.Barba@noaa.gov. 

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: July 23, 2009. 

David M. Kennedy, 

Director, Office of Ocean and Coastal 

Resource Management, National Ocean 

Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. E9–18082 Filed 7–29–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–08–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XQ63 

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 


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