[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 12 (Thursday, January 18, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4797-4798]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-1525]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Evaluation of Coastal Zone Management Programs

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 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Coastal Management 
Program, the California San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development 
Commission/State Coastal Conservancy Coastal Program, and the Puerto 
Rico Coastal Management Program.
    These evaluations will be conducted pursuant to section 312 of the 
Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (CZMA), as amended and regulations 
at 15 CFR Part 923.
    The CZMA requires continuing review of the performance of states 
with respect to coastal program implementation. Evaluation of Coastal 
Zone Management Programs require findings concerning the extent to 
which a state has met the national objectives, 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 will be 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 the 
public meetings during the site visits.
    The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Coastal Management 
Program evaluation site visit will be from February 26-March 9, 2001. 
One public meeting will be held during the week. The public meeting 
will be held on Tuesday, March 6, 2001, at 5:30 p.m., at the Joeten 
Kiyu Library, Saipan.
    The California San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development 
Commission/State Coastal Conservancy Coastal Program site visit will be 
from March 5-9, 2001. One public meeting will be held during the week. 
The public meeting will be held on Wednesday, March 7, 2001, from 4-6 
p.m., in the McAteer-Petris Room, at the BCDC offices, 50 California 
Street, Suite 2600, San Francisco, California.
    The Puerto Rico Coastal Management Program evaluation site visit 
will be from March 12-16, 2001. One public meeting will be held during 
the week. The public meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 13, 2001, 
at 6 p.m., at The Department of Natural and Environmental Resources 
Auditorium, Avenue Munoz Rivera, Stop 3\1/2\, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
    Copies of States' 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 Margo E. Jackson, Deputy Director, Office of Ocean and Coastal 
Resource Management, NOS/NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway, 10th Floor, 
Silver Spring, Maryland 20910. When the evaluations are completed, OCRM 
will place a notice in the Federal Register

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announcing the availability of the Final Evaluation Findings.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Margo E. Jackson, Deputy Director, 
Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, NOS/NOAA, 1305 East-
West Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910, (301) 713-3155, Extension 
114.

(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog 11.419  Coastal Zone Management 
Program Administration)


    Dated: January 10, 2001.
Capt. Ted I. Lillestolen,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal Zone 
Management.
[FR Doc. 01-1525 Filed 1-17-01; 8:45 am]
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