[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 99 (Tuesday, May 21, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 44683]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-11060]


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GULF COAST ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION COUNCIL

[Docket No.: 105152024-1111-01]


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 (Council) 
publishes this notice of a proposed subaward from the Florida 
Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) to the Pensacola and 
Perdido Bays Estuary Program, a nonprofit organization, for the purpose 
of planning, design and permitting of a stream restoration project in 
accordance with the Florida Water Quality Improvement Program Award as 
approved in the Council's Initial Funded Priorities List (FPL).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Please send questions by email to 
Bjorn Johnson at [email protected] or (504) 444-1260.

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) and note) (RESTORE 
Act) and Treasury's implementing regulation at 31 CFR 34.401(b) require 
that, for purposes of awards made under the Council-Selected 
Restoration Component of the RESTORE Act, 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 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 publication requirement.

Description of Proposed Action

    As specified in the Initial FPL, which is available on the 
Council's website at https://www.restorethegulf.gov/council-selected-restoration-component/funded-priorities-list, RESTORE Act funds in the 
amount of $6,750,000 will support the Florida Water Quality Improvement 
Program Award to the FDEP. FDEP will provide a subaward in the amount 
of $2,200,000 to the Pensacola and Perdido Bays Estuary Program for 
planning, design and permitting of a stream restoration project.

Keala J. Hughes,
Director of External Affairs & Tribal Relations, Gulf Coast Ecosystem 
Restoration Council.
[FR Doc. 2024-11060 Filed 5-20-24; 8:45 am]
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