[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 178 (Friday, September 17, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51890-51891]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-20066]


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GULF COAST ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION COUNCIL

[Docket No.: 109132021-1111-03]


Notice of Proposed Subaward Under a Council-Selected Restoration 
Component Award

AGENCY: Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council (RESTORE Council) 
publishes notice of proposed subawards from the U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency (EPA) to implement the Gulf of Mexico Conservation 
Enhancement Grant Program (GMCEGP), which is an approved project on the 
Initial Funded Priorities List.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Please send questions to Joshua Easton 
by email [email protected] or phone: (504) 252-7717.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 1321(t)(2)(E)(ii)(III) of the 
Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and 
Revived Economies Act of 2012 (33 U.S.C. 1321(t)) (RESTORE Act) and 
Treasury's implementing regulation at 31 CFR 34.401(b), require that, 
for purposes of

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awards made under the Council-Selected Restoration Component, a State 
or Federal award recipient may make a grant or subaward to or enter 
into a cooperative agreement with a nongovernmental entity that equals 
or exceeds ten (10) percent of the total amount of the award provided 
to the State or Federal award recipient only if certain notice 
requirements are met. Specifically, at least 30 days before the State 
or Federal award recipient enters into such an agreement, the Council 
must publish in the Federal Register and deliver to specified 
Congressional Committees the name of the recipient and subrecipient; a 
brief description of the activity, including its purpose; and the 
amount of the award. This notice accomplishes the Federal Register 
requirement.

Description of Proposed Action

    As specified in the Initial Funded Priorities List, which is 
available on the Council's website at Initial (2015) Funded Priorities 
List [verbar] Restore The Gulf, RESTORE Act funds in the amount of 
$2,472,917 to implement the Gulf of Mexico Conservation Enhancement 
Grant Program (GMCEGP) will be provided through an interagency 
agreement (IAA) with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). 
The GMCEGP will support the primary RESTORE Comprehensive Plan goal of 
restoring and conserving habitat. Under the GMCEGP Interagency 
Agreement, EPA will provide subawards to non-profit organizations in 
the amounts of $501,464 to the Atlanta Botanical Garden; $300,000 to 
the Galveston Bay Foundation; $250,000 to the Nature Conservancy; and 
$500,000 to the Partnership for Gulf Coast Land Conservation. Through 
these subawards, the GMCEGP will: (1) Enhance land protection and 
conservation in priority landscapes, (2) improve habitats and water 
quality; and (3) enhance the understanding of the benefit of land 
protection to communities through focused outreach and education 
supporting conservation and stewardship.

Keala Hughes,
Director of External Affairs and Tribal Relations.
[FR Doc. 2021-20066 Filed 9-16-21; 8:45 am]
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