46950 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 172 / Friday, September 5, 1997 / Notices

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 EastWest 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.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control

Program; Proposed Findings

Document, Environmental

Assessment, and Finding 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 Extension of Comment

Period for Proposed Findings

Document, Environmental Assessment,

and Finding of No Significant Impact on

Approval of the Coastal Nonpoint

Pollution Control Program for

Louisiana.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the

extension of the comment period on the

Proposed Findings Document,

Environmental Assessment (EA), and

Finding of No Significant Impact on the

Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control

Program (coastal nonpoint program)

submitted to the National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

and the U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA) for approval by the State

of Louisiana. A Notice of Availability

was published at 62 FR 38520 on July

18, 1997. Comments were due by

August 18, 1997. The Findings

document was prepared by NOAA and

EPA to provide the rationale for the

agencies’ decision to approve the

Louisiana coastal nonpoint program.

The EA was 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 Louisiana coastal nonpoint program.

NOAA and EPA have proposed to

approve, with conditions, the coastal

nonpoint pollution control program

submitted by Louisiana. 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

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

Document, Environmental Assessment,

and Finding of No Significant Impact

may be obtained upon request from:

Joseph P. Flanagan, Coastal Program

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

Assessment should do so by October 20,

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 1997.

Nancy Foster,

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.

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Administration

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Atlantic Striped Bass Fishery; 1996

Survey of Atlantic Striped Bass

Fisheries

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of availability of survey.

SUMMARY: NMFS announces the

availability and summarizes the results

of a survey of the Atlantic coast striped

bass fisheries for 1996. The Atlantic

Striped Bass Conservation Act (Act),

requires NMFS to provide information

on the status of the fisheries.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the survey results

are available from Anne Lange, NOAA/

NMFS/FX2, 8484 Georgia Avenue, Suite

425, Silver Spring, MD 20910.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Anne Lange, (301) 427–2014.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Act

requires the Secretary of Commerce and

the Secretary of the Interior to conduct

a comprehensive annual survey of the

Atlantic striped bass fisheries. The