[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 131 (Tuesday, July 9, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45482-45483]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-16981]


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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 Michigan 
Coastal Management Program and the Alaska Coastal Management Program.
    These Coastal Zone Management Program 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, subpart L.
    The CZMA requires continuing review of the performance of states 
with respect to coastal program implementation. Evaluation of Coastal 
Zone 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.
    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 visit for these 
evaluations, and the date, local time, and location of the public 
meeting during the site visit.
    The Michigan Coastal Management Program evaluation site visit will 
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held September 9-13, 2002. One public meeting will be held during the 
week. The public meeting will be on Monday, September 9, 2002 from 3:30 
to 5 p.m., at the Michigan Library and Historical Center, Lake Superior 
Room, 1st Floor, 717 West Allegan, Lansing, Michigan.
    The Alaska Coastal Management Program evaluation site visit will be 
from September 9-16, 2002. One public meeting will beheld during the 
week. The public meeting will be a coast-wide public meeting held 
Thursday, September 12, 2002 from 7 to 9:30 p.m., via teleconference on 
the Alaska Legislative Teleconference Network. OCRM Evaluation staff 
will be at the Anchorage Legislative Information Office, at 716 W 4th 
Avenue, Suite 200, Anchorage. Teleconference connections will be 
provided to Legislative Information Offices in: Ketchikan, Sitka, 
Juneau, Cordova, Valdez, Homer, Kenai, Kodiak, Dillingham, Bethel, 
Nome, Kotzebue, and Barrow. Written or oral comments will be accepted, 
and a person does not need to attend the teleconference to submit 
written comments.
    Copies of Michigan's and Alaska's most recent performance reports, 
as well as OCRM's notification and supplemental request letters to the 
States, are available upon request form 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 Douglas Brown, Deputy Director, Office of Ocean and Coastal 
Resource Management, NOS/NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway, 120th floor, 
Silver Spring, Maryland 20910. When each evaluation is completed, OCRM 
will place a notice in the Federal Register announcing the availability 
of the Final Evaluation Findings.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Douglas Brown, Deputy Director, Office 
of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, NOS/NOAA, 1305 East-West 
Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910, (301) 713-3155, Extension 215.

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

    Dated: June 28, 2002.
Jamison S. Hawkins,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal Zone 
Management.
[FR Doc. 02-16981 Filed 7-8-02; 8:45 am]
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