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Routine Program Changes

 

123rd Legislative Sessions


July 14, 2008

Section 307 of the Coastal Zone Management Act (“CZMA”), the so-called “federal consistency” provision, provides that federal agencies shall conduct their activities consistently with the provisions of state environmental laws and rules that NOAA has approved as enforceable policies of Maine’s coastal zone management program. In accordance with 15 C.F.R. §923.84, the Maine State Planning Office (“SPO”) is submitting to the federal National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management (“NOAA”), for review and approval as enforceable policies of the Maine Coastal Program the following public laws enacted by the 123rd Maine Legislature, Second Regular Session and First Special Session, in session from January 2, 2008 to March 31, 2008 and April 1, 2008 to April 18, 2008, respectively: PL 2007 chapters 507, §1; 527, §1; 533, §1; 534, §§1-4; 541, § B-1-4; 558, §§1-5; 559, §§1-5; 569, §§ 2-4, 6; 574, §1;  582, §1; 583, §§1-6; 584, §§1-2; 589, §§1-6; 593, §1; 616, §§1-8; 643, §§1-2; 649, §10; 655, §§1, 3-17; 656, §A-1; 661, §§A-7, B-5-7,9-12, C-1-5; 680, §1; and 695, §A-11.

SPO has determined that these changes are routine program implementation and has requested that NOAA concur with this determination.

PUBLIC COMMENTS
A copy of the State's filing submitting these changes to NOAA is available for download:

Request for Approval of Routine Program Changes to the Maine Coastal Program (5.1M)

A hard copy may be obtained from Lorraine Lessard, Maine Coastal Program, State Planning Office, 38 State House Station, Augusta ME 04333; tel: 207-287-3261; email: Lorraine.Lessard@maine.gov. Interested parties have three weeks from the date of this notice to submit comments to NOAA on whether the requested changes are routine program implementation. Comments must be sent to:

John King
NOAA Ocean Service
Ocean and Coastal Resource Management
SSMC4, 11th floor
1305 East West Highway
Silver Spring, MD 20910
John.King@noaa.gov