Evaluation of State Coastal Management Programs and National Estuarine Research Reserves, 64045 [E9-29055]

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[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 233 (Monday, December 7, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 64045]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-29055]


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Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 233 / Monday, December 7, 2009 / 
Notices

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Evaluation of State Coastal Management Programs and National 
Estuarine Research Reserves

AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office 
of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, National Ocean Service, 
Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of intent to evaluate and notice of availability of 
final findings.

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SUMMARY: The NOAA Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management 
(OCRM) announces its intent to evaluate the performance of the Rhode 
Island Coastal Resources Management Program.
    The Coastal Zone Management Program evaluation 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.
    Each evaluation will include a site visit, consideration of public 
comments, and consultations with interested Federal, State, and local 
agencies and members of the public. A public meeting will be held as 
part of the site visit. When the evaluation is completed, OCRM will 
place a notice in the Federal Register announcing the availability of 
the Final Evaluation Findings. Notice is hereby given of the date of 
the site visit for the listed evaluation, and the date, local time, and 
location of the public meeting during the site visit.
    Dates and Times: The Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management 
Program evaluation site visit will be held January 25-29, 2010. One 
public meeting will be held during the week. The public meeting will be 
held on Wednesday, January 27, 2010, at 6 p.m. at the Rhode Island 
Department of Administration, Conference Room A, One Capitol Hill, 
Providence, Rhode Island.

ADDRESSES: Copies of States' most recent performance reports, as well 
as OCRM's evaluation notification and supplemental information request 
letters to the State, are available upon request from OCRM. Written 
comments from interested parties regarding this Program are encouraged 
and will be accepted until 15 days after the public meeting. Please 
direct written comments to Kate Barba, Chief, National Policy and 
Evaluation Division, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, 
NOS/NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway, 10th Floor, N/ORM7, Silver Spring, 
Maryland 20910.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given of the availability 
of the final evaluation findings for Minnesota's Lake Superior Coastal 
Program and the Narragansett Bay (Rhode Island) and Kachemak Bay 
(Alaska) National Estuarine Research Reserves (NERRs). Sections 312 and 
315 of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (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 State of Minnesota 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 their 
financial assistance awards. The Narragansett Bay and Kachemak Bay 
NERRs were found to be adhering to programmatic requirements of the 
NERR System.
    Copies of these final evaluation findings may be obtained upon 
written request from: Kate Barba, Chief, National Policy and Evaluation 
Division, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, NOS/NOAA, 
1305 East-West Highway, 10th Floor, N/ORM7, Silver Spring, Maryland 
20910, or Kate.Barba@noaa.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kate Barba, Chief, National Policy and 
Evaluation Division, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, 
NOS/NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway, 10th Floor, N/ORM7, Silver Spring, 
Maryland 20910, (301) 563-1182.

    Dated: November 20, 2009.
Donna Wieting,
Acting Director, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, 
National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration.

Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog 11.419.

Coastal Zone Management Program Administration.
[FR Doc. E9-29055 Filed 12-4-09; 8:45 am]
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