[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 159 (Friday, August 16, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66721-66722]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-18369]


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GULF COAST ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION COUNCIL

[Docket No.: 108122024-1111-02]


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 Armand Bayou Nature Center, a non-
government 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 Third Funded Priority 
List.

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 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

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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 Council's 2021 Funded Priorities List, 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 
$3,000,000 to Armand Bayou Nature Center, a non-government 
organization, to acquire and preserve approximately 1,160 acres of 
habitat along Armand Bayou just north of the current 2,800-acre 
preserve.

Keala J. Hughes,
Director of External Affairs & Tribal Relations, Gulf Coast Ecosystem 
Restoration Council.
[FR Doc. 2024-18369 Filed 8-15-24; 8:45 am]
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