[Federal Register: September 10, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 175)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Availability of Great Lakes Coastal Restoration Grants
Implementation Plan
AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S.
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of availability of Great Lakes Coastal Restoration
Grants Implementation Plan.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the availability of the Great Lakes
Coastal Restoration Grants Implementation Plan. The Commerce, State,
Justice Appropriations Act for 2001 created the Great Lakes Coastal
Restoration Grants program. This program provides funding for
competitive matching grants to state and local governments for
community based coastal restoration activities in the Great Lakes
region. As required, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) developed an implementation plan for this
program, and submitted it to Congress on May 31, 2001.
The Great Lakes Coastal Restoration Grants Implementation Program
will direct approximately $30 million for matching grants to be awarded
competitively to state agencies and local governments to undertake
coastal and water quality restoration projects in the Great Lakes
region. Other entities such as regional organizations and nonprofit
groups are not eligible to receive funds directly, but are eligible to
receive pass through funding from state agencies or local governments.
The eligible states are Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New
York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. These states will each receive
a portion of the funds to support a competitive funding program. The
funding levels are based on the Coastal Zone Management Act allocation
formula, and are as follows: Illinois ($1,750,000); Indiana
($1,750,000); Michigan ($7,000,000); Minnesota ($1,938,000); New York
($4,727,000); Ohio ($4,489,000); Pennsylvania ($1,846,000); Wisconsin
($5,686,000). The statute requires matching grants but does not specify
an amount. For this year, the match ratio is 4:1.
Each state will run a public competitive process to select eligible
projects. At least fifty percent of a state's allocation should be
directed to local government projects. The other specifics of the
process, including timing and final project selection, are left up to
individual states. States are encouraged to utilize these funds to
address restoration priorities identified in existing plans such as
Coastal Management Plans and Remedial Action Plans. Proposals funded
under this program should be consistent with a Great Lakes State's
approved coastal management program under section 306 of the Coastal
Zone Management Act (CZMA). Absent an approved program, projects must
be consistent with the CZMA. Restoration projects eligible for funding
include contaminated site cleanup, stormwater controls, wetland
restoration, acquisition of greenways and buffers, and other projects
designed to control polluted runoff and protect and restore coastal
resources. States may use up to five percent of their allotments to
cover the administrative expenses of implementing the program.
Copies of the Great Lakes Coastal Restoration Grants Implementation
Plan can be found on the NOAA website at http://www.ocrm.nos.noaa.gov/
cpd or may be obtained upon request from: Joseph Flanagan, Coastal
Programs Division (N/ORM3), Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource
Management, NOS, NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland,
20910, tel. 301-713-3155, extension 201, e-mail
joseph.flanagan@noaa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John King, Acting Chief, Coastal
Programs Division (N/ORM3), Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource
Management, NOS, NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland,
tel. 301-713-3155 extension 195, e-mail john.king@noaa.gov.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Numbers: 11.419 for NOAA
Coastal Zone Management Program Administration)
Dated: September 4, 2001.
Jamison S. Hawkins,
Deputy Assistant Administrator, Ocean Services and Coastal Zone
Management, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department
of Commerce.
[FR Doc. 01-22587 Filed 9-7-01; 8:45 am]
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