[Federal Register: March 17, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 51)]

[Notices]               

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE



National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration



ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY



 

Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program: Proposed Findings 

Document, Environmental Assessment, and Finding of No Significant 

Impact



AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. 

Department of Commerce, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.



ACTION: Notice of availability of Proposed Findings Document, 

Environmental Assessment, and Finding of No Significant Impact on 

conditional approval of coastal nonpoint pollution control program for 

Minnesota.



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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the availability of the Proposed 

Findings Document, Environmental Assessment (EA), and Finding of No 

Significant Impact for Minnesota. Coastal States and Territories were 

required to submit their coastal nonpoint programs to the National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for approval. The Findings 

Document was prepared by NOAA and EPA to provide the rationale for the 

agencies' decision to approve each State and Territory coastal nonpoint 

pollution control program. Section 6217 of the Coastal Zone Act 

Reauthorization Amendments (CZARA), 16 U.S.C. section 1455b, requires 

States and Territories with coastal zone management programs that have 

received approval under section 306 of the Coastal Zone Management Act 

to develop and implement coastal nonpoint pollution control programs. 

The EA was prepared by NOAA, pursuant to the National Environmental 

Policy Act (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq., to assess the environmental 

impacts associated with the approval of the coastal nonpoint pollution 

control program submitted to NOAA and EPA by Minnesota.

    NOAA and EPA have proposed to approve, with conditions, the coastal 

nonpoint pollution control program submitted by Minnesota. The



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requirements of 40 CFR parts 1500-1508 Council on Environmental Quality 

(CEQ) regulations to implement NEPA apply to the preparation of the 

Environmental Assessment. Specifically, 40 CFR 1506.6 requires agencies 

to provide public notice of the availability of environmental 

documents. This notice is part of NOAA's action to comply with this 

requirement.

    Copies of the Proposed Findings Document, EA, and Finding of No 

Significant Impact may be found on the NOAA Web site at http://

www.ocrm.nos.noaa.gov/czm/6217/

 or may be obtained upon request from: 



www.ocrm.nos.noaa.gov/czm/6217/ or may be obtained upon request from: 



Helen Farr, Coastal Programs Division (N/ORM3), Office of Ocean and 

Coastal Resource Management, NOS, NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway, Silver 

Spring, Maryland, 20910, phone (301) 713-3155, x150, e-mail 

helen.farr@noaa.gov.



DATES: Individuals or organizations wishing to submit comments on the 

proposed Findings Document or EA should do so by April 16, 2003.



ADDRESSES: Comments should be made to: John King, Acting Chief, Coastal 

Programs Division (N/ORM3), Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource 

Management, NOS, NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland 

20910, phone (301) 713-3155, x188, e-mail john.king@noaa.gov.



FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Helen Farr, Coastal Programs Division 

(N/ORM3), Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, NOS, NOAA, 

1305 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910, phone (301) 713-

3155, x150, e-mail helen.farr@noaa.gov.



(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog 11.419 Coastal Zone Management 

Program Administration)



    Dated: March 5, 2003.

Jamison S. Hawkins,

Acting Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal Zone 

Management, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

G. Tracy Mehan III,

Assistant Administrator, Office of Water, Environmental Protection 

Agency.

[FR Doc. 03-6249 Filed 3-14-03; 8:45 am]



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