[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 17 (Thursday, January 25, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2229-2230]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-1085]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


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 Guam Coastal 
Zone Management Program, and the Weeks Bay (AL), North Carolina, and 
North Inlet-Winyah Bay (SC) National Estuarine Research Reserve 
Programs.
    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 implementation and reserve management. 
Evaluation of Coastal Zone Management Programs and National Estuarine 
Research Reserves requires findings concerning the extent to which a 
state has met the national objectives, adhered to its coastal program 
document 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. 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 Guam Coastal Zone Management Program site visit will be from 
February 12-16, 1996. A public meeting will be conducted on Thursday, 
February 15, 1996, at 6:00 p.m., at the Governors Cabinet Conference 
Room at Adelup, Guam.
    The Weeks Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Alabama site 
visit will be from February 12-16, 1996. A public meeting will be held 
on Wednesday, February 14, 1996, at 7:00 p.m., at the Weeks Bay 
Interpretive Center, 11300 U.S. Highway 98, Fairhope, AL.
    The North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve site visit 
will be from February 12-16, 1996. Public meetings will be held on 
Wednesday, February 14, 1996 at 7:00 p.m., at the North Carolina 
Maritime Museum, 315 Front Street, Beaufort, North Carolina, and on 
Thursday, February 15, 1996, at 7:00 p.m., at Bryan Auditorium within 
Morton Hall, on the campus of the University of North Carolina at 
Wilmington, 601 South College Road, Wilmington, North Carolina.
    The North Inlet-Winyah Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, 
South Carolina, site visit will be from March 11-15, 1996. A public 
meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 12, 1996, at 7:00 p.m., at the 
Kimbel Conference Lodge, Highway 17 (1 mile north of Georgetown), 
Hobcaw Barony, Georgetown, South Carolina.
    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 

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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, 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 19, 1996.
Dave Evans,
Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal 
Zone.
[FR Doc. 96-1085 Filed 1-24-96; 8:45 am]
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