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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=CZ-MailSubhead align=center style='text-align:center'>Upcoming CZM Program Evaluation<o:p></o:p></p><p class=CZ-MailSubhead align=center style='text-align:center'>Public Meeting<o:p></o:p></p><p class=CZ-MailParagraph><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=CZ-MailParagraph style='margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>As required in Section 312 of the Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management (OCRM) is in the process of conducting a routine review of the Massachusetts coastal program for the period of April 2007 through September 2013. OCRM staff are evaluating the performance, operation, and management of Massachusetts’s federally approved coastal management program and assessing how CZM is addressing the coastal management goals of the CZMA, as well as adhering to the terms of federal funding awards. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=CZ-MailParagraph style='margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=CZ-MailParagraph style='margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>The review includes a public meeting, consideration of written public comments, and consultations with interested federal, state, and local agencies, stakeholders, and members of the public. The public meeting will be held on:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=CZ-MailParagraph style='margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=CZ-MailParagraph align=center style='margin-left:0in;text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Thursday, June 5 at 4:30 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=CZ-MailParagraph align=center style='margin-left:0in;text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=CZ-MailParagraph align=center style='margin-left:0in;text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>2<sup>nd</sup> Floor Conference Room D<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=CZ-MailParagraph align=center style='margin-left:0in;text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>100 Cambridge Street<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=CZ-MailParagraph align=center style='margin-left:0in;text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Boston, Massachusetts 02114</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=CZ-MailParagraph style='margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Written comments can also be submitted by June 13 to Carrie Hall at </span><a href="mailto:Carrie.Hall@noaa.gov"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Carrie.Hall@noaa.gov</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>