Coastal Zone Management Program [31 Pa.B. 886] The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is proposing several minor changes to the Commonwealth's Coastal Zone Management (CZM) Program. As required by 15 CFR 923.84, the CZM Program is providing public notice of these changes which occurred in 1998 and 1999. These changes involve:
* amendments to and renumbering of state regulations currently networked into the CZM Program's enforceable policies,
* minor boundary changes in Delaware County, and
* the addition of five geographic areas of particular concern.
Since these changes revise the Commonwealth's Federally approved CZM Program, the changes must also be approved by the Federal Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management (OCRM).
The Commonwealth has notified OCRM that the proposed changes are considered by the Commonwealth to be Routine Program Changes (RPC). An RPC is defined by Federal CZM Regulations as an action taken by a state to further detail the implementation of the state's CZM Program. Essentially, these changes are either clarifications, minor revisions or improvements, and do not substantially alter one or more of the following CZM Program areas:
(1) Uses subject to management;
(2) Special management areas;
(3) Boundaries;
(4) Authorities and organization; and
(5) Coordination, public involvement and the national interest.
Therefore, the Commonwealth has requested OCRM to concur with this determination.
Copies of the proposed changes are available for review at the Erie County Department of Planning and the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission. In the Erie Region, contact Brian Barnhizer, Erie County Courthouse, Rm. 119, 140 W. 6th St., Erie, PA 16501, (814) 451-6336. In the Delaware Estuary Region, contact Ben Ginsberg, 111 South Independence Mall-East-The Bourse Building, Eighth Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19106-2515, (215) 592-1800. Also, copies may be reviewed in Harrisburg, PA, by calling Larry Toth, Coastal Zone Management Program, (717) 772-5622.
The RPC is available on DEP's worldwide web site at www.dep.state.pa.us (directLINK ''Coastal Zones'').
Interested parties can submit comments on whether these actions do or do not constitute an RPC. Comments must be submitted within 3 weeks from the date of this notice to Neil K. Christerson, Program Specialist, U.S. Department of Commerce, Coastal Programs Division, OCRM, SSMC4, Room 11209 (N/ORM3), 1305 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910.
BRADLEY MALLORY,
Secretary[Pa.B. Doc. No. 01-227. Filed for public inspection February 9, 2001, 9:00 a.m.]
