Coastal zone management programs and estuarine sanctuaries: State programs— Intent to evaluate performance,

[Federal Register: March 12, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 48)]

[Notices]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

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.

SUMMARY: The NOAA Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management (OCRM) announces its intent to evaluate the performance of the Old Woman Creek National Estuarine Research Reserve in Ohio.

This evaluation will be conducted pursuant to section 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 estuarine research reserve program implementation. Evaluation of Estuarine Research Reserve Programs requires findings concerning the extent to which a state has met the national objectives, adhered to its final 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 date of the site visit for the listed evaluation, and the date, local time, and location of public meeting during the site visit.

Old Woman Creek National Estuarine Research Reserve in Ohio site visit will

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be from May 18-22, 1998. One public meeting will be held during the week. This meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m., on Tuesday, May 19, 1998, at the Reserve's Visitor's Center, 2514 Cleveland Road East, Huron, Ohio, 44839.

The State will issue notice of the public meeting in a local newspaper(s) at least 45 days prior to the public meeting, 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 this Program are encouraged and will be accepted until 15 days after the public meeting. Please direct written comments to Vickie A. Allin, Chief, Policy Coordination Division (PCD), 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: March 5, 1998. Nancy Foster, Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal Zone.

[FR Doc. 98-6344Filed3-11-98; 8:45 am]

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