[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: 15CFR921.60]

[Page 108]
 
                  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 G_Special Monitoring Projects
 
Sec. 921.60  General.


    (a) To provide a systematic basis for developing a high quality 
estuarine resource and ecosystem information base for National Estuarine 
Research Reserves and, as a result, for the System, NOAA may provide 
financial support for basic monitoring programs as part of operations 
and management under Sec. 921.32. Monitoring funds are used to support 
three major phases of a monitoring program:
    (1) Studies necessary to collect data for a comprehensive site 
description/characterization;
    (2) Development of a site profile; and
    (3) Formulation and implementation of a monitoring program.
    (b) Additional monitoring funds may be available on a competitive 
basis to the state agency responsible for Reserve management or a 
qualified public or private person or entity. However, if the applicant 
is other than the managing entity of a Reserve that applicant must 
submit as a part of the application a letter from the Reserve manager 
indicating formal support of the application by the managing entity of 
the Reserve. Funds provided under this subpart for special monitoring 
projects 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.
    (c) Monitoring projects funded under this subpart must focus on the 
resources within the boundaries of the Reserve and must be consistent 
with the applicable sections of the Estuarine Research Guidelines 
referenced in Sec. 921.51. Portions of the project may occur within the 
immediate watershed of the Reserve beyond the site boundaries. However, 
the monitoring proposal must demonstrate why this is necessary for the 
success of the project.

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