[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR921.50]

[Page 103]
 
                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
CHAPTER IX--NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT 
                               OF COMMERCE
 
PART 921--NATIONAL ESTUARINE RESEARCH RESERVE SYSTEM REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
                  Subpart F--Special Research Projects
 
Sec. 921.50  General.


    (a) To stimulate high quality research within designated National 
Estuarine Research Reserves, NOAA may provide financial support for 
research projects which are consistent with the Estuarine Research 
Guidelines referenced in Sec. 921.51. Research awards may be awarded 
under this subpart to only those designated Reserves with approved final 
management plans. Although research may be conducted within the 
immediate watershed of the Reserve, the majority of research activities 
of any single research project funded under this subpart may be 
conducted within Reserve boundaries. Funds provided under this subpart 
are primarily used to support management-related research projects that 
will enhance scientific understanding of the Reserve ecosystem, provide 
information needed by Reserve management and coastal management 
decision-makers, and improve public awareness and understanding of 
estuarine ecosystems and estuarine management issues. Special research 
projects may be oriented to specific Reserves; however, research 
projects that would benefit more than one Reserve in the National 
Estuarine Reserve Research System are encouraged.
    (b) Funds provided under this subpart are available on a competitive 
basis to any coastal state or qualified public or private person. A 
notice of available funds will be published in the Federal Register. 
Special research project funds are provided in addition to any other 
funds available to a coastal state under the Act. Federal funds provided 
under this subpart may not exceed 70 percent of the total cost of the 
project, consistent with Sec. 921.81(e)(4) (``allowable costs''), except 
when the financial assistance is provided from amounts recovered as a 
result of damage to natural resources located in the coastal zone, in 
which case the assistance may be used to pay 100 percent of the costs.

[58 FR 38215, July 15, 1993, as amended at 62 FR 12541, Mar. 17, 1997]