[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 89 (Monday, May 8, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26583-26584]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-11346]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


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 Ohio 
Coastal

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Zone Management Program and the North Carolina National Estuarine 
Research Reserve (NERR).
    The Coastal Zone Management Program evaluation 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.
    The NERR evaluation will be conducted pursuant to section 315 of 
the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (CZMA), as amended and 
regulations at 15 CFR part 921, subpart E and part 923, subpart L.
    The CZMA requires a continuing review of the performance of states 
with respect to coastal program and research reserve program 
implementation. Evaluation of Coastal Zone Management Programs and 
National Estuarine Research Reserves require findings concerning the 
extent to which a state has met the national objectives, adhered to its 
coastal program document or the Reserve's 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 are 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 public 
meetings during the site visits.
    The Ohio Coastal Zone Management Program evaluation site visit will 
be from June 26-30, 2000. The public meeting will be held on Wednesday, 
June 28, 2000, at 7:30 P.M., in the Visitor's Center at the Old Woman 
Creek National Estuarine Research Reserve, 2514 Cleveland Road, Huron, 
Ohio.
    The North Carolina National Estuarine Research site visit will be 
from May 22-26, 2000. Public meetings will be held on Tuesday, May 23, 
2000, at 7:00 P.M., in the Currituck County Satellite Office, Corolla, 
North Carolina; Wednesday, May 24, 2000, at 7:00 P.M., in the Marine 
Laboratory Auditorium, Duke University, Beaufort, North Carolina; and 
Thursday, May 25, 2000, at 7:00 P.M., at the Bryan Auditorium in Morton 
Hall, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Wilmington, North 
Carolina.
    Copies of the State's 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 
until 15 days after the public meeting. Please direct written comments 
to Margo E. Jackson, Deputy Director, Ocean and Coastal Resource 
Management, NOS/NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway, 10th Floor, 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Margo E. Jackson, Deputy Director, 
Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, NOS/NOAA, 1305 East-
West Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20910, (301) 713-3155, Extension 
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(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog 11.419, Coastal Zone Management 
Program Administration)

    Dated: May 2, 2000.
John Oliver,
Chief Financial Officer, Chief Administrative Officer, National Ocean 
Service.
[FR Doc. 00-11346 Filed 5-05-00; 8:45 am]
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