[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR921.10]

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                  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 B_Site Selection, Post Site Selection and Management Plan 
                               Development
 
Sec. 921.10  General.


    (a) A coastal state may apply for Federal financial assistance for 
the purpose of site selection, preparation of documents specified in 
Sec. 921.13 (draft management plan (DMP) and environmental impact 
statement (EIS)), and the conduct of limited basic characterization 
studies. The total Federal share of this assistance may not exceed 
$100,000. Federal financial assistance for preacquisition activities 
under Sec. 921.11 and Sec. 921.12 is subject to the total $5 million 
for which each Reserve is eligible for land acquisition. Notwithstanding 
the above, when financial assistance is provided from amounts recovered 
as a result of damage to natural resources located in the coastal zone, 
such assistance may be used to pay 100 percent of all actual costs of 
activities carried out with this assistance, as long as such funds are 
available. In the case of a biogeographic region (see appendix I) shared 
by two or more coastal states, each state is eligible for Federal 
financial assistance to establish a separate National Estuarine Research 
Reserve within their respective portion of the shared biogeographic 
region. Each separate National Estuarine Research Reserve is eligible 
for the full complement of funding. Financial assistance application 
procedures are specified in subpart I.
    (b) In developing a Reserve program, a state may choose to develop a 
multiple-site Reserve reflecting a diversity of habitats in a single 
biogeographic region. A multiple-site Reserve allows the state to 
develop complementary research and educational programs within the 
individual components of its multi-site Reserve. Multiple-site Reserves 
are treated as one Reserve in terms of financial assistance and 
development of an overall management framework and plan. Each individual 
site of a proposed multiple-site Reserve shall be evaluated both 
separately under Sec. 921.11(c) and collectively as part of the site 
selection process. A coastal state may propose to establish a multiple-
site Reserve at the time of the initial site selection, or at any point 
in the development or operation of the Reserve. If the state decides to 
develop a multiple-site National Estuarine Research Reserve after the 
initial acquisition and development award is made for a single site, the 
proposal is subject to the requirements set forth in Sec. 921.33(b). 
However, a state may not propose to add one or more sites to an already 
designated Reserve if the operation and management of such Reserve has 
been found deficient and uncorrected or the research conducted is not 
consistent with the Estuarine Research Guidelines referenced in Sec. 
921.51. In addition, Federal funds for the acquisition of a multiple-
site Reserve remain limited to $5,000,000 (see Sec. 921.20). The 
funding for operation of a multiple-site Reserve is limited to the 
maximum allowed for any one Reserve per year (see Sec. 921.32(c)) and 
preacquisition funds are limited to $100,000 per Reserve. 
Notwithstanding the above, when financial assistance is provided from 
amounts recovered as a result of damage to natural resources located in 
the coastal zone, such assistance may be used to pay 100 percent of all 
actual costs of activities carrier out with this assistance, as long as 
such funds are available.

[58 FR 38215, July 15, 1993, as amended at 63 FR 26717, May 14, 1998]

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