[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: 15CFR921.60]



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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 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]