[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 15, Volume 3]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

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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