[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 90 (Monday, May 11, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25833-25834]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-12424]


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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 the 
Pennsylvania, Delaware and Alaska Coastal Zone Management Programs.
    These evaluations will be conducted pursuant to section 312 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 implementation. Evaluation of Coastal Zone 
Management Programs requires findings concerning the extent to which a 
state has met the national objectives enumerated in the CZMA, adhered 
to its coastal 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 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 Delaware Coastal Management Program site visit will be from 
June 1-5, 1998. One public meeting will be held during the week. This 
meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, June 2, 1998, at 7:00 P.M., at the 
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control Auditorium, 
Richardson and Robins Building, 89 Kings Highway, Dover, Delaware.
    The Pennsylvania Coastal Management Program site visit will be

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from June 8-12, 1998. One public meeting will be held during the week. 
This public meeting will be on Tuesday, June 9 at 7:00 P.M. in the 
Admiral Room, Raymond M. Blasco M.D. Memorial Library, 160 East Front 
Street, Erie, Pennsylvania 16507.
    The Alaska Coastal Management Program site visit will be from June 
9-18, 1998. One public meeting will be held during the week. The public 
meeting will be on Thursday, June 11, 1998, at 7:00 P.M. at the 
Anchorage Legislative Information Office, 716 W. 4th Avenue, Suite 200. 
Teleconference connections will be provided between Anchorage and the 
coastal communities of Ketchikan, Sitka, Juneau, Cordova, Valdez, 
Kenai, Kodiak, Dillingham, Bethel, Nome, Kotzebue, and Barrow.
    Each State will issue notice of the public meeting in a local 
newspaper at least 45 days prior to the public meeting, and will issue 
other timely notices 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, 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 (PCD), 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: May 1, 1998.
Nancy Foster,
Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal Zone Management.
[FR Doc. 98-12424 Filed 5-8-98; 8:45 am]
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