[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: 15CFR921.20]



[Page 101]

 

                  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]