Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 21.10.1998

Final Administrative Changes to the Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program Guidance and Responses to Comments

Notice is hereby given of the availability of the Final Administrative Changes to the Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program Guidance (Administrative Changes), developed under section 6217 of the Coastal Zone Act Reauthorization Amendments of 1990 (CZARA), 16 U.S.C. section 1455b, and of the Responses to Comments on the Proposed Administrative Changes, CZARA requires States and Territories with coastal zone management programs that have received approval under section 306 of the Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA) to develop and implement coastal nonpoint pollution control programs. 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 in July 1995 In response to coastal states' concerns over the ability to target the program; enforceable policies and mechanisms; timeframes; and resources to implement coastal nonpoint programs, NOAA and EPA completed a dialogue with the coastal states and other interested parties, resulting in a draft set of administrative changes. The draft administrative changes were made available for p