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continuing review of the performance of 

states and territories with respect to 

coastal program implementation. 

Evaluation of a Coastal Management 

Program requires findings concerning 

the extent to which a state or territory 

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 evaluations will include a public 

meeting, consideration of written public 

comments and consultations with 

interested Federal, state, and local 

agencies and members of the public. 

When the evaluation is completed, the 

Office for Coastal Management will 

place a notice in the Federal Register 

announcing the availability of the Final 

Evaluation Findings. Notice is hereby 

given of the date, local time, and 

location of the public meeting. 

Date and Time: The Puerto Rico 

Coastal Zone Management Program 

public meeting will be held on 

Wednesday, May 13, 2015 at 5:00 p.m. 

local time at the Environmental 

Agencies Building, PR–8838 Km. 6.3, El 

Cinco, Rio Piedras, San Juan, Puerto 

Rico. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the most recent 

performance report, as well as the Office 

for Coastal Management evaluation 

notification letter to the territory, are 

available upon request. Written 

comments from interested parties are 

encouraged and will be accepted until 

May 22, 2015. Please direct written 

comments to Carrie Hall, Evaluator, 

Planning and Performance Measurement 

Program, Office for Coastal 

Management, NOS/NOAA, 1305 EastWest Highway, 11th Floor, N/OCM1, 

Silver Spring, Maryland 20910, or 

Carrie.Hall@noaa.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Carrie Hall, Evaluator, Planning and 

Performance Measurement Program, 

Office for Coastal Management, NOS/

NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway, 11th 

Floor, N/OCM1, Silver Spring, 

Maryland 20910, or Carrie.Hall@

noaa.gov. 

Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog 

11.419, Coastal Zone Management Program 

Administration 

Dated: April 8, 2015. 

Christopher C. Cartwright, 

Associate Assistant Administrator for 

Management and CFO/CAO, Ocean Services 

and Coastal Zone Management, National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2015–08719 Filed 4–15–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Evaluation of State Coastal 

Management Programs 

AGENCY: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Office for Coastal Management, National 

Ocean Service, Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to evaluate and 

notice of availability of final findings. 

SUMMARY: The NOAA Office for Coastal 

Management announces its intent to 

evaluate the performance of the 

American Samoa, Ohio, and Virginia 

Coastal Management Programs. 

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 a Coastal Management 

Program 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 evaluations will include a public 

meeting, consideration of written public 

comments and consultations with 

interested Federal, state, and local 

agencies and members of the public. 

When the evaluation is completed, the 

Office for Coastal Management will 

place a notice in the Federal Register 

announcing the availability of the Final 

Evaluation Findings. Notice is hereby 

given of the date, local time, and 

location of the public meeting. 

DATES: Date and Time: The American 

Samoa Coastal Management Program 

public meeting will be held on 

Wednesday, May 27, 2015 at 5:00 p.m. 

local time at the North Wing of the Lee 

Auditorium. 

The Ohio Coastal Management 

Program public meeting will be held on 

Wednesday, May 20, 2015, at 5:30 p.m. 

at the Ritter Public Library—Community 

Meeting Room, 5680 Liberty Avenue, 

Vermilion, OH 44089. 

The Virginia Coastal Management 

Program public meeting will be held on 

Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at 5:00 p.m. at 

the Virginia Department of 

Environmental Quality, 2nd Floor 

Training Room, 629 E. Main St., 

Richmond, VA 23219. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of each state’s most 

recent performance report, as well as the 

Office for Coastal Management 

evaluation notification letter to the state, 

are available upon request. Written 

comments from interested parties 

regarding these programs are 

encouraged and will be accepted until 

June 5, 2015 for the American Samoa 

Coastal Management Program, May 29, 

2015 for the Ohio Coastal Management 

Program, and May 15, 2015 for the 

Virginia Coastal Management Program. 

Please direct written comments to Carrie 

Hall, Evaluator, Planning and 

Performance Measurement Program, 

Office for Coastal Management, NOS/

NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway, 11th 

Floor, N/OCM1, Silver Spring, 

Maryland 20910, or Carrie.Hall@

noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given of the availability of the 

final evaluation findings for the 

Connecticut, Massachusetts, and 

Michigan Coastal Management Programs 

(CMPs) and Waquoit Bay National 

Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR). 

Sections 312 and 315 of the 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 states of Connecticut, 

Massachusetts, and Michigan were 

found to be implementing and enforcing 

their federally approved coastal 

management programs, 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 Waquoit Bay NERR was 

found to be adhering to programmatic 

requirements of the NERR System. 

Copies of these final evaluation 

findings may be downloaded at http:// 

coast.noaa.gov/czm/evaluations/

evaluation_findings/index.html or 

obtained upon written request from: 

Carrie Hall, Evaluator, Planning and 

Performance Measurement Program, 

Office for Coastal Management, NOS/

NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway, 11th 

Floor, N/OCM1, Silver Spring, 

Maryland 20910, or Carrie.Hall@

noaa.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Carrie Hall, Evaluator, Planning and 

Performance Measurement Program, 

Office for Coastal Management, NOS/

NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway, 11th 

Floor, N/OCM1, Silver Spring, 

Maryland 20910, or Carrie.Hall@

noaa.gov. 

Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog 

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20472 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 73 / Thursday, April 16, 2015 / Notices 

Dated: April 9, 2015. 

Coastal Zone Management Program 

Administration. 

Christopher C. Cartwright, 

Associate Assistant Administrator for 

Management and CFO/CAO, Ocean Services 

and Coastal Zone Management National, 

Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2015–08721 Filed 4–15–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Evaluation of National Estuarine 

Research Reserve 

AGENCY: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Office for Coastal Management, National 

Ocean Service, Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to evaluate and 

notice of availability of final findings. 

SUMMARY: The NOAA Office for Coastal 

Management (OCM) announces its 

intent to evaluate the performance of the 

San Francisco Bay National Estuarine 

Research Reserve. 

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 a National Estuarine 

Research Reserve 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. 

The evaluation will include a public 

meeting, consideration of written public 

comments and consultations with 

interested Federal, state, and local 

agencies and members of the public. 

When the evaluation is completed, OCM 

will place a notice in the Federal 

Register announcing the availability of 

the Final Evaluation Findings. Notice is 

hereby given of the date, local time, and 

location of the public meeting. 

DATE AND TIME: The San Francisco Bay 

National Estuarine Research Reserve 

public meeting will be held June 8, 

2015, at 4:00 p.m. at the Bay Conference 

Center, Romberg Tiburon Center, 3152 

Paradise Drive, Tiburon, CA 94920. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the reserve’s most 

recent performance report, as well as 

OCM’s evaluation notification letter to 

the state, are available upon request 

from OCM. Written comments from 

interested parties regarding these 

programs are encouraged and will be 

accepted until June 19, 2015. Please 

direct written comments to Carrie Hall, 

Evaluator, Planning and Performance 

Measurement Program, Office for 

Coastal Management, NOS/NOAA, 1305 

East-West Highway, 11th Floor, 

N/OCM1, Silver Spring, Maryland 

20910, or Carrie.Hall@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given of the availability of the 

final evaluation findings for the Texas 

Coastal Management Program. Sections 

312 and 315 of the CZMA, as amended, 

require a continuing review of the 

performance of coastal states with 

respect to approval of CMPs. The state 

of Texas 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 

financial assistance awards. 

Copies of the final evaluation findings 

may be downloaded at http://

coast.noaa.gov/czm/evaluations/

evaluation_findings/index.html or 

obtained upon written request from: 

Carrie Hall, Evaluator, Planning and 

Performance Measurement Program, 

Office for Coastal Management, NOS/

NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway, 11th 

Floor, N/OCM1, Silver Spring, 

Maryland 20910, or Carrie.Hall@

noaa.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Carrie Hall, Evaluator, Planning and 

Performance Measurement Program, 

Office for Coastal Management, NOS/

NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway, 11th 

Floor, N/OCM1, Silver Spring, 

Maryland 20910, or Carrie.Hall@

noaa.gov. 

Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog 

11.419 

Dated: April 8, 2015. 

Coastal Zone Management Program 

Administration. 

Christopher C. Cartwright, 

Associate Assistant Administrator for 

Management and CFO/CAO, Ocean Services 

and Coastal Zone Management, National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

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Administration 

RIN 0648–XD867 

General Advisory Committee and 

Scientific Advisory Subcommittee to 

the U.S. Section to the Inter-American 

Tropical Tuna Commission; Meeting 

Announcement 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: NMFS announces a public 

meeting of the Scientific Advisory 

Subcommittee (SAS) to the U.S. Section 

to the Inter-American Tropical Tuna 

Commission (IATTC) on June 2, 2015, 

and a meeting of the General Advisory 

Committee (GAC) to the U.S. Section to 

the IATTC on June 3, 2015. The meeting 

topics are described under the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this notice. 

DATES: The meeting of the SAS will be 

held on June 2, 2015, from 11 a.m. to 5 

p.m. PDT (or until business is 

concluded). The meeting of the GAC 

will be held on June 3, 2015, from 8:30 

a.m. to 5 p.m. PDT (or until business is 

concluded). 

ADDRESSES: Both meetings will be held 

in the Pacific Conference Room (Room 

300) at NMFS, Southwest Fisheries 

Science Center, 8901 La Jolla Shores 

Drive, La Jolla, California 92037–1508. 

Please notify Taylor Debevec if you plan 

to attend either meeting. The meetings 

will be accessible by webinar— 

instructions will be emailed to meeting 

participants. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Taylor Debevec, West Coast Region, 

NMFS, at Taylor.Debevec@noaa.gov, or 

at (562) 980–4066. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

In accordance with the Tuna 

Conventions Act, 16 U.S.C. 953, the U.S. 

Department of State has appointed a 

General Advisory Committee (GAC) and 

a Scientific Advisory Subcommittee 

(SAS) to the U.S. Section to the IATTC. 

The U.S. Section consists of four U.S. 

Commissioners to the IATTC and a 

representative of the Deputy Assistant 

Secretary of State for Oceans and 

Fisheries. The GAC and SAS support 

the U.S. Section to the IATTC in an 

advisory capacity; in particular, they 

provide advice on the development of 

U.S. policies and positions. NMFS West 

Coast Region provides administrative 

support for the GAC and SAS in 


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