Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 6.10.1999

Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program: Approval Decision on Maryland Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program

Notice is hereby given of the intent to fully approve the Maryland Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program (coastal nonpoint program) and of the availability of the draft Approval Decisions on conditions for the Maryland coastal nonpoint 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 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. NOAA and EPA conditionally approved the Maryland coastal nonpoint program on October 3, 1997. NOAA and EPA have drafted approval decisions describing how Maryland has satisfied the conditions placed on its program and therefore has a fully approved coastal nonpoint program. NOAA and EPA are making the draft decisions for the Maryland coastal nonpoint program available for a 30-day public comment period. If no comments