[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 238 (Wednesday, December 12, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 63889]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-26901]


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GULF COAST ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION COUNCIL

[Docket No.: 112072018-1111-04]


Notice of Proposed Subaward Under a Council-Selected Restoration 
Component Award

AGENCY: Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council (Council) 
publishes notice of a proposed subaward from the NOAA Restoration 
Center, Department of Commerce to Ducks Unlimited, Inc., a nonprofit 
organization, for the purpose of completing planning, design, and 
engineering for a hydrologic restoration project located at the Bahia 
Grande Channel F site in the Laguna Atascosa Wildlife Refuge, Cameron 
County, Texas. Completion of these activities will provide the NOAA 
Restoration Center with a full understanding of the construction 
alternatives at this site, complete with environmental impact and 
benefits metrics. This subaward is in accordance with the Bahia Grande 
Wetland System Restoration (planning) Award as approved in the Initial 
Funded Priority List.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Please send questions by email to 
[email protected], or call Keala J. Hughes at (504) 
717-7235.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 1321(t)(2)(E)(ii)(III) of the 
RESTORE Act (33 U.S.C. 1321(t)(2)(E)(ii)(III)) and Treasury's 
implementing regulation at 31 CFR 34.401(b) require that, for purposes 
of awards made under the Council-Selected Restoration Component, a 
State or Federal award recipient may make a grant or subaward to or 
enter into a cooperative agreement with a nongovernmental entity that 
equals or exceeds 10 percent of the total amount of the award provided 
to the State or Federal award recipient only if certain notice 
requirements are met. Specifically, at least 30 days before the State 
or Federal award recipient enters into such an agreement, the Council 
must publish in the Federal Register and deliver to specified 
Congressional Committees the name of the recipient and subrecipient; a 
brief description of the activity, including its purpose; and the 
amount of the award. This notice accomplishes the Federal Register 
requirement.

Description of Proposed Action

    As specified in the Initial Funded Priority List, which is 
available on the Council's website at https://www.restorethegulf.gov/council-selected-restoration-component/funded-priorities-list, RESTORE 
Act funds in the amount of $404,318 will support the Bahia Grande 
Wetland System Restoration (planning) Award to the NOAA Restoration 
Center. NOAA Restoration Center will provide a subaward in the amount 
of $313,115.31 to the Ducks Unlimited, Inc. to complete planning, 
design, and engineering for a hydrologic restoration project located at 
the Bahia Grande Channel F site in the Laguna Atascosa Wildlife Refuge, 
Cameron County, Texas.

Keala J. Hughes,
Director of External Affairs & Tribal Relations, Gulf Coast Ecosystem 
Restoration Council.
[FR Doc. 2018-26901 Filed 12-11-18; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 6560-58-P