[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 104 (Thursday, June 1, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 25289]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-11309]


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GULF COAST ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION COUNCIL

[Docket No.: 106012017-1111-13]


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 Texas Commission on 
Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to the Houston Parks Board (HPB), a 
nonprofit organization, for the purpose of acquiring multiple 
properties in along the Clear Creek Greenway as part of the larger 
Bayou Greenways Initiative in accordance with the Bayou Greenways 
Planning and Implementation Award as approved in the Initial Funded 
Priority List.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Please send questions by email to 
[email protected].

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 Web site at https://www.restorethegulf.gov/council-selected-restoration-component/funded-priorities-list, RESTORE 
Act funds in the amount of $7,109,000 will support the Bayou Greenways 
Planning and Implementation Award (Bayou Greenways Award) to TCEQ. TCEQ 
will provide a subaward in the amount of $7,085,022 to HPB to purchase 
and conserve approximately 80 to 100 acres of land through fee title 
acquisition from willing sellers. HPB intends to transfer title of 
acquired lands to the Houston Parks and Recreation Department for 
preservation in perpetuity as parkland. The subaward will contribute to 
the Bayou Greenways Initiative's long-term goal of preserving and 
restoring nearly 4,000 acres of riparian buffer corridors along the 
major waterways (bayous and creeks) running predominately through 
Harris County and the City of Houston. These waterways are connected to 
a region known as the Trinity-San Jacinto Estuary (Galveston Bay)--the 
largest watershed in Texas. Through the Bayou Greenways Initiative, HPB 
has partnered with the City of Houston and the Harris County Flood 
Control District to preserve, restore and provide public access these 
important ecological assets in the 4th largest city in the nation.

Will D. Spoon,
Program Analyst, Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council.
[FR Doc. 2017-11309 Filed 5-31-17; 8:45 am]
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