[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 20 (Tuesday, January 30, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4206-4207]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-01702]


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GULF COAST ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION COUNCIL

[Docket Number: 101242018-111-02]


Notice of Funding Availability: Council-Selected Restoration 
Component 2017 Funded Priorities List for Comprehensive Plan Commitment 
and Planning Support

AGENCY: Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council.

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SUMMARY: The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council (Council) 
announces the Notice of Funding Availability for the Council-Selected 
Restoration Component 2017 Funded Priorities List (FPL) for 
Comprehensive Commitment and Planning Support under the Council-
Selected Restoration Component of the Resources and Ecosystems 
Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Revived Economies of the 
Gulf Coast States Act of 2012 (RESTORE Act).

DATES: Applications will be accepted until April 30, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kristin Smith, Council staff, 
telephone number: 504-444-3558; or email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Council approved the Council-Selected 
Restoration Component 2017 Funded Priorities List for Comprehensive 
Plan Commitment and Planning Support (2017 CPS FPL or CPS FPL) on 
January 24, 2018, authorized under the Council-Selected Restoration 
Component of the RESTORE Act (33 U.S.C. 1321(t)(2)). The Council has 
published a Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for financial 
assistance available through the CPS FPL, which provides guidance to 
Council members on the steps necessary to submit applications for 
funding to enhance collaboration, coordination, public engagement, and 
use of best available science needed to make efficient use of Gulf 
restoration funds resulting from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The 
CPS FPL awards will support the Council's commitment to a coordinated 
approach to ecosystem restoration, as called for in the Comprehensive 
Plan Update 2016: Restoring the Gulf Coast's Ecosystem and Economy. The 
CPS FPL was finalized in September 2017 and was officially approved by 
the Council in the January 24, 2018 vote. The full text of the NOFA for 
the CPS FPL awards is available on the Council website at https://www.restorethegulf.gov/sites/default/files/GO-RES_20180124_NOFA_CPS.pdf. To locate the opportunity on www.grants.gov, 
enter Funding Opportunity Number GCC-FPL-18-001 in the main search box.

Keala J. Hughes,
Director of External Affairs & Tribal Relations, Gulf Coast Ecosystem 
Restoration Council.
[FR Doc. 2018-01702 Filed 1-29-18; 8:45 am]
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