[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 12 (Thursday, January 19, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3838-3839]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-1257]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Evaluation of State Coastal Management Programs and National 
Estuarine Research Reserve

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 New York 
Coastal Management Program and the Jobos Bay (Puerto Rico) National 
Estuarine Research Reserve Program.
    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 coastal states with 
respect to coastal management. Evaluation of Coastal Management 
Programs and National Estuarine Research Reserves requires findings 
concerning the extent to which a state has met the national coastal 
management objectives, adhered to its Coastal Program or Reserve 
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. 

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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 Jobos Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in Puerto Rico 
site visit will be from February 27 to March 3, 1995. A public meeting 
will be held on Tuesday, February 28, 1995, at 1:30 p.m., at the 
Department of Natural and Environmental Resources Auditorium, Tropical 
Medicine Building, Puerta de Tierra, Puerto Rico.
    The New York Coastal Management Program evaluation site visit will 
be from March 20 to March 24, 1995. A public meeting will be held on 
Wednesday, March 22, 1995 at 7:30 p.m. in the State Office Building, 
Happauge, Long Island, New York.
    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 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 site visit. 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, 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: January 12, 1995.
W. Stanley Wilson,
Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal Zone.
[FR Doc. 95-1257 Filed 1-18-95; 8:45 am]
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