[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: 15CFR921.20]

[Page 102]
 
                  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 C_Acquisition, Development and Preparation of the Final 
                             Management Plan
 
Sec. 921.20  General.


    The acquisition and development period is separated into two major 
phases. After NOAA approval of the site, draft management plan and draft 
MOU, and completion of the final EIS, a coastal state is eligible for an 
initial acquisition and development award(s). In this initial phase, the 
state should work to meet the criteria required for formal research 
reserve designation; e.g., establishing adequate state control over the 
key land and water areas as specified in the draft management plan and 
preparing the final management plan. These requirements are specified in 
Sec. 921.30. Minor construction in accordance with the draft management 
plan may also be conducted during this initial phase. The initial 
acquisition and development phase is expected to last no longer than 
three years. If necessary, a longer time period may be negotiated 
between the state and NOAA. After Reserve designation, a state is 
eligible for a supplemental acquisition and development award(s) in 
accordance with Sec. 921.31. In this post-designation acquisition and 
development phase, funds may be used in accordance with the final 
management plan to construct research and educational facilities, 
complete any remaining land acquisition, for program development, and 
for restorative activities identified in the final management plan. In 
any case, the amount of Federal financial assistance provided to a 
coastal state with respect to the acquisition of lands and waters, or 
interests therein, for any one National Estuarine Research Reserve may 
not exceed an amount equal to 50 percent of the costs of the lands, 
waters, and interests therein or $5,000,000, whichever amount is less, 
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 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 62 FR 12540, Mar. 17, 1997; 
63 FR 26717, May 14, 1998]