[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 172 (Friday, September 5, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46949-46950]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-23519]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY


Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program: Proposed Findings 
Documents, Environmental Assessments, and Findings of No Significant 
Impact

AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, and The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of availability of proposed findings documents, 
environmental assessments, and findings of no significant impact on 
approval of coastal nonpoint pollution control programs for Alaska, 
South Carolina and Virginia.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the availability of the Proposed 
Findings Documents, Environmental Assessments (EA's), and Findings of 
No Significant Impact for Alaska, South Carolina and Virginia. Coastal 
states and territories were required to submit their coastal nonpoint 
programs to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) 
and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for approval in July 
1995. The Findings documents were prepared by NOAA and EPA to provide 
the rationale for the agencies' decision to approve each state and 
territory coastal nonpoint pollution control program. Section 6217 of 
the Coastal Zone Act Reauthorization Amendments (CZARA), 16 U.S.C. 
section 1455b, requires states and territories with coastal zone 
management programs that have received approval under section 306 of 
the Coastal Zone Management Act to develop and implement coastal 
nonpoint pollution control programs.

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The EA's were prepared by NOAA, pursuant to the National Environmental 
Policy Act (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. sections 4321 et seq., to assess the 
environmental impacts associated with the approval of the coastal 
nonpoint pollution control programs submitted to NOAA and EPA by 
Alaska, South Carolina and Virginia.
    NOAA and EPA have proposed to approve, with conditions, the coastal 
nonpoint pollution control programs submitted by Alaska, South Carolina 
and Virginia. The requirements of 40 CFR Parts 1500-1508 (Council on 
Environmental Quality (CEQ) regulations to implement the National 
Environmental Policy Act) apply to the preparation of the Environmental 
Assessments. Specifically, 40 CFR section 1506.6 requires agencies to 
provide public notice of the availability of environmental documents. 
This notice is part of NOAA's action to comply with this requirement.
    Copies of the Proposed Findings Documents, Environmental 
Assessments, and Findings of No Significant Impact may be obtained upon 
request from: Joseph P. Flanagan, Coastal Programs Division (N/ORM3), 
Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, NOS, NOAA, 1305 East-
West Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20910, tel. (301) 713-3121, 
x201.

DATES: Individuals or organizations wishing to submit comments on the 
proposed Findings or Environmental Assessments should do so by October 
6, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be made to: Joseph A. Uravitch, Coastal 
Programs Division (N/ORM3), Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource 
Management, NOS, NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland, 
20910, tel. (301) 713-3155, x195. (Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog 
11.419 Coastal Zone Management Program Administration).

    Dated: August 29, 1997.
Evelyn J. Fields,
Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal 
Zone Management, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Robert H. Wayland, III,
Director, Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds, Environmental 
Protection Agency.
[FR Doc. 97-23519 Filed 9-4-97; 8:45 am]
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