[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 201 (Friday, October 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54096-54097]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-27546]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Evaluation of Coastal Zone Management Program 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 Hawaii and 
New Jersey Coastal Zone Management Programs and the Chesapeake Bay 
National Estuarine Research Reserve in Maryland.
    These evaluations will be conducted pursuant to sections 312 and 
315 of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (CZMA), as amended. The 
CZMA requires a continuing review of the performance of states with 
respect to coastal program or estuarine research reserve program 
implementation. Evaluation of Coastal Zone Management and Estuarine 
Research Reserve Programs require findings concerning the extent to 
which a state has met the national objectives, adhered to its

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coastal program document or 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 Hawaii Coastal Zone Management Program site visit will be from 
December 8-12, 1997. One public meeting will be held during the week. 
This meeting is scheduled for 7:00 p.m., Thursday, December 11, 1997, 
at the State Capitol Auditorium (on the basement level by the parking 
garage entrance beneath Beretania Street entrance), Honolulu, Hawaii.
    The New Jersey Coastal Zone Management Program site visit will be 
from December 8-12, 1997. Two public meetings will be held during the 
week. The meetings are scheduled for 7:30 p.m., on Tuesday, December 9, 
1997, at Monmouth University, McGill Commons Clubroom, Rooms 107 & 108, 
Cedar Avenue, West Long Branch, New Jersey and for 7:30 p.m., on 
Thursday, December 11, 1997, at the Cape May City Municipal Building, 
Auditorium, 643 Washington Street, Cape May City, New Jersey.
    The Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in Maryland 
site visit will be from November 17-21, 1997. Two public meetings will 
be held during the week. The meetings are scheduled for 7:30 p.m., 
Tuesday, November 18, 1997, at the Patuxent River 4-H Center, 18405 
Queen Anne Road, Upper Marlboro, Maryland, and for 7:30 p.m., 
Wednesday, November 19, 1997, at the Anita C. Leight Estuary Center, 
Leight Park, 700 Otter Point Road, Abingdon, Maryland.
    The States will issue notice of the public meeting(s) in a local 
newspaper(s) at least 45 days prior to the public meeting(s), and will 
issue other timely notices as as appropriate.
    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 Vickie A. Allin, Chief, Policy Coordination Division (PCD), Office 
of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, NOS/NOAA, 1305 East-West 
Highway, 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:
Vickie A. Allin, Chief, Policy Coordination Division, Office of Ocean 
and Coastal Resource Management, NOS/NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway, 
Silver Spring, Maryland, 20910, (301) 713-3090, ext. 126.

Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog 11.419 Coastal Zone Management 
Program Administration

    Dated: October 10, 1997.
Captain Evelyn Fields,
Acting Deputy Assistant, Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal 
Zone Management.
[FR Doc. 97-27546 Filed 10-16-97; 8:45 am]
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