Notice2024-08797
Availability of Final Evaluation Findings of State Coastal Management Programs and National Estuarine Research Reserves
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Published
April 25, 2024
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Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Abstract
Notice is hereby given of the availability of final evaluation findings for seven State and territory coastal management programs (i.e., Alabama, Connecticut, Guam, Michigan, Ohio, Texas, and Virginia), and four national estuarine research reserves (i.e., He[revaps]eia, Grand Bay, Narragansett Bay, and Waquoit Bay), which were prepared pursuant to sections 312 and 315 of the Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA).
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 81 (Thursday, April 25, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31733-31734]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-08797]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Availability of Final Evaluation Findings of State Coastal
Management Programs and National Estuarine Research Reserves
AGENCY: Office for Coastal Management, National Ocean Service, National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the availability of final evaluation
findings for seven State and territory coastal management programs
(i.e., Alabama, Connecticut, Guam, Michigan, Ohio, Texas, and
Virginia), and four national estuarine research reserves (i.e.,
He[revaps]eia, Grand Bay, Narragansett Bay, and Waquoit Bay), which
were prepared pursuant to sections 312 and 315 of the Coastal Zone
Management Act (CZMA).
ADDRESSES: Copies of these final evaluation findings may be found at
<a href="https://coast.noaa.gov/czm/evaluations/evaluation_findings/index.html">https://coast.noaa.gov/czm/evaluations/evaluation_findings/index.html</a>
or by submitting a written request to Michael Migliori at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f7ba9e949f96929bd9ba9e909b9e98859eb799989696d9909881"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="db96b2b8b3babeb7f596b2bcb7b2b4a9b29bb5b4babaf5bcb4ad">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Migliori, Lead Evaluator, NOAA
Office for Coastal Management, by phone at (443) 332-8936 or email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c588aca6ada4a0a9eb88aca2a9acaab7ac85abaaa4a4eba2aab3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9fd2f6fcf7fefaf3b1d2f6f8f3f6f0edf6dff1f0fefeb1f8f0e9">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NOAA Office for Coastal Management has
completed the coastal zone management program final evaluation findings
for the States of Alabama, Connecticut, Michigan, Ohio, Texas, and
Virginia and the Territory of Guam. The States and territory were found
to be implementing and enforcing their federally approved coastal zone
management programs, addressing the national coastal management
objectives identified in CZMA section 303(2), and adhering to the
programmatic terms of their financial assistance awards. In addition,
the NOAA Office for Coastal Management has completed the final
evaluation findings for He[revaps]eia, Grand Bay, Narragansett Bay, and
Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserves. The reserves were
found to be adhering to the terms of the reserves' financial assistance
awards and to the programmatic requirements of the Coastal Zone
Management Act, including the requirements of CZMA section 315(b)(2),
and its implementing regulations.
NOAA published in the Federal Register notices for public meetings
and
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opportunities to submit public comments on the evaluation of these
State coastal zone management programs and national estuarine research
reserves. See 88 FR 42917 (July 5, 2023, Alabama), 87 FR 47983 (August
5, 2022, Connecticut), 88 FR 15376 (March 13, 2023, Guam), 87 FR 41665
(July 13, 2022, Michigan), 87 FR 59062 (September 29, 2022, Ohio), 87
FR 48156 (August 8, 2022, Texas), 87 FR 41673 (July 13, 2022,
Virginia), 88 FR 30950 (May 15, 2023, He[revaps]eia), 88 FR 50847
(August 2, 2023, Grand Bay), 88 FR 59871 (August 30, 2023, Narragansett
Bay), and 87 FR 27989 (May 10, 2022, Waquoit Bay). NOAA addressed the
public comments it received in the final evaluation findings.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1458 and 1461(f); 15 CFR 921.40 and 923.133.
Keelin Kuipers,
Deputy Director, Office for Coastal Management, National Ocean Service,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
[FR Doc. 2024-08797 Filed 4-24-24; 8:45 am]
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