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Funding Years 2009 and 2010 The GLO is conducting a final solicitation for state CIAP projects. A project nomination form must be submitted electronically by Friday, July 30, 2010 before a project will be considered for funding. Public workshops will be held on June 7 in Houston and June 9 in Corpus Christi to discuss the solicitation process. Second Amendment to Texas CIAP State Plan Notice is hereby given that the GLO, on behalf of the Office of the Governor, is offering an additional public comment period regarding proposed changes to the Texas CIAP Plan relating to FY 2007 and FY 2008 allocations.  Please email any comments to the Coastal Impact Assistance Program. All comments must be submitted by July 6, 2010.

The Coastal Impact Assistance Program (CIAP) is intended to assist those coastal states and coastal political subdivisions within those states that have either supported or been impacted in some measure, directly or indirectly, from Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) oil and gas exploration and development activities. Many of these impacts are felt onshore through increased need for production and support facilities, potential air and water quality issues, and increasing demand for infrastructure and social systems to an influx of OCS workforce. In most cases, coastal states such as Texas also support and are impacted by oil and gas drilling in their state waters and coastal lands. CIAP is funded with federal royalties generated from offshore oil and gas leases.

Section 384 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 amended the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1356a) to provide for the disbursement of $250 million each year from 2007 through 2010 to coastal states and their respective coastal political subdivisions as part of the Coastal Impact Assistance Program (CIAP). Minerals Management Service (MMS) is the federal administering agency for the program.

For more information, please email the Coastal Impact Assistance Program or call 1-800-998-4GLO.