[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: 15CFR921.50]



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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 F_Special Research Projects

 

Sec. 921.50  General.





    (a) To stimulate high quality research within designated National 

Estuarine Research Reserves, NOAA may provide financial support for 

research projects which are consistent with the Estuarine Research 

Guidelines referenced in Sec. 921.51. Research awards may be awarded 

under this subpart to only those designated Reserves with approved final 

management plans. Although research may be conducted within the 

immediate watershed of the Reserve, the majority of research activities 

of any single research project funded under this subpart may be 

conducted within Reserve boundaries. Funds provided under this subpart 

are primarily used to support management-related research projects that 

will enhance scientific understanding of the Reserve ecosystem, provide 

information needed by Reserve management and coastal management 

decision-makers, and improve public awareness and understanding of 

estuarine ecosystems and estuarine management issues. Special research 

projects may be oriented to specific Reserves; however, research 

projects that would benefit more than one Reserve in the National 

Estuarine Reserve Research System are encouraged.

    (b) Funds provided under this subpart are available on a competitive 

basis to any coastal state or qualified public or private person. A 

notice of available funds will be published in the Federal Register. 

Special research project funds 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.



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