[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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