[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 159 (Friday, August 16, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 66721]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-18366]


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GULF COAST ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION COUNCIL

[Docket No.: 108122024-1111-03]


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 (Council) 
publishes notice of a proposed subaward from the Texas Commission on 
Environmental Quality to The Nature Conservancy, a nonprofit 
organization, for the purpose of land acquisition in accordance with 
the Texas Land Acquisition Program for Coastal Conservation Award as 
approved in the Council's 2021 Funded Priorities List (FPL 3b).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Please send questions to Bridget 
Zachary by email [email protected] or (504) 232-3750.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The RESTORE Act at 33 U.S.C. 
1321(t)(2)(E)(ii)(III) and Treasury's implementing regulation at 31 CFR 
34.401(b) require that, for purposes of 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 10 percent of the total 
amount of the award to the State or Federal 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 fulfills the Federal Register 
requirement.

Description of Proposed Action

    As specified in FPL 3b, 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 
$24,300,000 will support the Texas Land Acquisition Program for Coastal 
Conservation Award to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. 
Under the Texas Land Acquisition Program for Coastal Conservation 
Award, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality will provide a 
subaward in the amount of $7,600,000 to The Nature Conservancy, a non-
profit organization, to purchase conservation easements on properties 
within the Goliad Refugio Prairie to ensure the preservation of land in 
perpetuity.

Keala J. Hughes,
Director of External Affairs & Tribal Relations, Gulf Coast Ecosystem 
Restoration Council.
[FR Doc. 2024-18366 Filed 8-15-24; 8:45 am]
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