81_FR_66717 81 FR 66529 - Gulf Coast Restoration Trust Fund

81 FR 66529 - Gulf Coast Restoration Trust Fund

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 188 (September 28, 2016)

Page Range66529-66530
FR Document2016-23348

The Department of the Treasury is issuing this Interim Final Rule to change when the statutory three percent cap on administrative expenses is applied to the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council (Council) under the Resources and Ecosystem Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast States Act of 2012 (RESTORE Act or Act).

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

31 CFR Part 34

RIN 1505-AC52


Gulf Coast Restoration Trust Fund

AGENCY: Office of the Fiscal Assistant Secretary, Treasury.

ACTION: Interim Final Rule.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Treasury is issuing this Interim Final 
Rule to change when the statutory three percent cap on administrative 
expenses is applied to the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council 
(Council) under the Resources and Ecosystem Sustainability, Tourist 
Opportunities, and Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast States Act of 
2012 (RESTORE Act or Act).

DATES: Effective date for the Interim Final Rule: September 28, 2016. 
Written comments on the Interim Final Rule must be received on or 
before: November 14, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Treasury invites comments on the topic addressed in this 
Interim Final Rule. Comments may be submitted by any of the following 
methods:
    Electronic Submission of Comments: Interested persons may submit 
comments electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at 
http://www.regulations.gov. Electronic submission of comments allows 
the commenter maximum time to prepare and submit a comment, ensures 
timely receipt, and enables the Department to make them available to 
the public. Comments submitted electronically through the http://www.regulations.gov Web site can be viewed by other commenters and 
interested members of the public.
    Mail: Send to Department of the Treasury, Attention Janet Vail, 
Office of Gulf Coast Restoration, Office of the Fiscal Assistant 
Secretary, Room 2112; 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 
20220.
    In general, Treasury will post all comments to http://www.regulations.gov without change, including any business or personal 
information provided, such as names, addresses, email addresses, or 
telephone numbers. Treasury also will make such comments available for 
public inspection and copying in Treasury's Library, Department of the 
Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20220, on 
official business days between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. 
Eastern Time. All comments received, including attachments and other 
supporting materials, will be part of the public record and subject to 
public disclosure. You should submit only information that you wish to 
make publicly available.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janet Vail, Office of Gulf Coast 
Restoration, [email protected] or 202-622-6873.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background

    The Act makes funds available for the restoration and protection of 
the Gulf Coast region, and certain programs with respect to the Gulf of 
Mexico, through a trust fund in the Treasury of the United States known 
as the Gulf Coast Restoration Trust Fund (trust fund). The trust fund 
holds 80 percent of the administrative and civil penalties paid after 
July 6, 2012, under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act in 
connection with the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. The Act gives Treasury 
several roles in administering the trust fund. One role is to establish 
procedures, in consultation with the Departments of the Interior and 
Commerce, concerning the expenditure of amounts from the trust fund and 
compliance measures for the programs and activities carried out under 
the Act. On December 14, 2015, Treasury promulgated final regulations 
on the RESTORE Act, 80 FR 77239, which became effective on February 12, 
2016.
    The Act established an independent Federal entity, the Gulf Coast 
Ecosystem Restoration Council (Council), to administer certain 
components of the Act, including the Comprehensive Plan Component. The 
Council is comprised of members from six Federal agencies or 
departments and the five Gulf Coast States. One of the Federal members, 
currently the Secretary of Agriculture, serves as Chairperson of the 
Council. The authority for the Council terminates on the date all funds 
in the trust fund have been expended.
    The Council is responsible for developing and implementing a 
Comprehensive Plan to restore and protect the natural resources, 
ecosystems, fisheries, marine and wildlife habitats, beaches, and 
coastal wetlands of the Gulf Coast region. To carry out the 
Comprehensive Plan, the Act makes available to the Council, 30 percent 
of penalties deposited into the trust fund plus one half of interest 
earned on trust fund investments.
    The Act provides that ``[o]f the amounts received by the Council . 
. . , not more than 3 percent may be used for administrative expenses, 
including staff,'' to carry out the Comprehensive Plan. 33 U.S.C. 
1321(t)(2)(B)(iii).
    The Act does not specify when the statutory three percent cap on 
administrative expenses is applied to the Council.\1\ In its final 
regulations, Treasury specified that ``the three percent limit is 
applied to the total amount of funds received by the Council, beginning 
with the first fiscal year the Council receives funds through the end 
of the fourth, or most recent fiscal year, whichever is later.'' 31 CFR 
34.204(b). The final regulations recognized that as a new independent 
Federal entity, the Council's startup administrative expenses would be 
greater in its initial years, and as a result the final regulations 
apply the three percent cap for administrative expenses at the end of 
the fourth fiscal year, and at the end of each fiscal year thereafter.
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    \1\ Treasury considered whether the three percent limitation 
applies at any time, but determined that Congress did not provide 
for such a requirement. Specifically, the Act was enacted as part of 
Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21). MAP-21 
contains non-RESTORE Act sections that include limitations that 
apply ``at any time.'' See MAP-21 Sec.  100121. Treasury believes 
that if Congress had intended the three percent limitation on 
administrative expenses to apply ``at any time,'' Congress would 
have included those words in the RESTORE Act just as it did 
elsewhere in MAP-21. Moreover, such a requirement would undermine 
the RESTORE Act's purpose of ensuring effective and long-term 
planning in the restoration of the Gulf Coast.
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    However, in the Supplementary Information section of the final 
regulations, Treasury stated that it ``will propose to cap the 
Council's administrative expenses at three percent of amounts the 
Council receives under the Comprehensive Plan Component before the 
termination of the Trust Fund,'' and open this proposal for a 45 day 
comment period.\2\ Under this formulation, the application of the three 
percent limit to the Council's administrative expenses would be 
extended from the end of the fourth fiscal year to the date that the 
trust fund terminates. Treasury expects that the trust fund will 
terminate after 2032. Treasury included this language because the 
Council expressed a need for more flexibility on when the statutory 
three

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percent cap on administrative expenses will be applied. Specifically, 
Treasury understands that the Council anticipated its annual 
administrative expenses would remain relatively constant, while the 
amount of funds received and transferred by the Council for projects 
undertaken by its members may vary considerably from one year to the 
next, depending on the Council's funded priorities list. The Council 
also anticipated that its members would seek to fund large-scale 
projects under the Comprehensive Plan Component, but anticipated that 
such large-scale projects would occur in later years after sufficient 
civil penalties had been deposited into the trust fund. Treasury 
supports the Council's goal of restoring and protecting the Gulf Coast 
region under the Comprehensive Plan Component, and is amending section 
34.204(b), with a 45 day comment period.
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    \2\ 80 FR 77239, 77241.
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II. This Interim Rule

    For the reasons described above, Treasury is amending when the 
statutory three percent cap on administrative expenses is applied to 
the Council under 31 CFR 34.204(b). This Interim Final Rule provides 
that the Council's three percent limit applies to the total amount the 
Council will receive under the Comprehensive Plan Component and ensures 
that the Council will not exceed the statutory three percent cap before 
the termination of the trust fund. Specifically, the Interim Final Rule 
provides that amounts used by the Council for administrative expenses 
may not at any time exceed three percent of the total of the amounts 
received by the Council from the trust fund and the amounts in the 
trust fund that are allocated to, but not yet received by, the Council. 
Treasury believes that this Interim Final Rule balances the Council's 
need for greater flexibility with compliance with the statutory 
limitation. The Interim Final Rule amends only section 34.204(b) 
pertaining to when the three percent cap on administrative expenses is 
measured. It does not amend the definition of ``administrative 
expenses'' found at section 34.2. Nor does it amend section 34.204(a) 
regarding limitations on administrative costs associated with grants 
from the Council under the Comprehensive Plan Component.\3\
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    \3\ The final regulations define the term ``administrative 
expenses.'' 31 CFR 34.2. Note that the final regulations distinguish 
``administrative expenses'' from ``administrative costs,'' also 
defined in 31 CFR 34.2.
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    Treasury requests public comment on the amendment to section 
34.204(b).

III. Procedural Requirements

A. Regulatory Flexibility Act

    Because no notice of proposed rulemaking is required, the 
provisions of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) do 
not apply.

B. Regulatory Planning and Review (Executive Orders 12866 and 13563)

    The amendment to the regulation is a significant regulatory action 
as defined in Executive Order 12866, as supplemented by Executive Order 
13563. Accordingly, it has been reviewed by the Office of Management 
and Budget.

C. Administrative Procedure Act

    The Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 551 et seq.) (APA) 
provides that agencies issue regulations with prior notice and an 
opportunity for public comment and that rules should become effective 
30 days after publication in the Federal Register. See 5 U.S.C. 553. 
The APA, however, allows agencies to dispense with these procedures 
when the agency finds that good cause exists. In this case, Treasury 
finds that good cause exists to dispense with prior notice and comment 
procedures and make this rule immediately effective. As discussed 
earlier in the preamble, the revision in this Interim Final Rule amends 
when the Council calculates the statutorily required three percent 
administrative expense limitation, and does not impose any new 
obligations on the Act's eligible recipients. While Treasury had 
previously indicated it would issue a proposed rule, Treasury has 
determined that the revision will have minimal, and more than likely 
no, effect on the Act's eligible recipients. Nor does the Interim Final 
Rule impact the receipt and deposit into the trust fund of the civil 
penalties which are generally fixed by consent decree. Finally, the 
revision will help ensure that the Council can continue to function 
effectively by supporting predictable, long term financial planning and 
operations. As a result, Treasury has determined that prior notice and 
comment and a delayed effective date are unnecessary and that good 
cause exists to make this Interim Final Rule effective immediately.

List of Subjects in 31 CFR Part 34

    Coastal zone, Fisheries, Grant programs, Grants administration, 
Intergovernmental relations, Marine resources, Natural resources, Oil 
pollution, Research, Science and technology, Trusts, Wildlife.

    For the reasons set forth herein, the Department of the Treasury 
amends 31 CFR part 34 to read as follows:

PART 34--RESOURCES AND ECOSYSTEMS SUSTAINABILITY, TOURIST 
OPPORTUNITIES, AND REVIVED ECONOMIES OF THE GULF COAST STATES

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1. The authority citation for part 34 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 31 U.S.C. 301; 31 U.S.C. 321; 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.


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2. Revise paragraph (b) of Sec.  34.204 to read as follows:


Sec.  34.204  Limitations on administrative costs and administrative 
expenses.

* * * * *
    (b) Of the amounts received by the Council under the Comprehensive 
Plan Component, not more than three percent may be used for 
administrative expenses. The three percent limit is applied to the 
amounts it receives under the Comprehensive Plan Component before 
termination of the Trust Fund. Amounts used for administrative expenses 
may not at any time exceed three percent of the total of the amounts 
received by the Council and the amounts in the Trust Fund that are 
allocated to, but not yet received by, the Council under Sec.  34.103.

David A. Lebryk,
Fiscal Assistant Secretary.
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                                              II. Electronic Access                                   without change, including any business                ecosystems, fisheries, marine and
                                                 Persons with access to the Internet                  or personal information provided, such                wildlife habitats, beaches, and coastal
                                              may obtain the guidance at either http://               as names, addresses, email addresses, or              wetlands of the Gulf Coast region. To
                                              www.fda.gov/FoodGuidances or http://                    telephone numbers. Treasury also will                 carry out the Comprehensive Plan, the
                                              www.regulations.gov. Use the FDA Web                    make such comments available for                      Act makes available to the Council, 30
                                              sites listed in the previous sentence to                public inspection and copying in                      percent of penalties deposited into the
                                              find the most current version of the                    Treasury’s Library, Department of the                 trust fund plus one half of interest
                                              guidance.                                               Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue                    earned on trust fund investments.
                                                                                                      NW., Washington, DC 20220, on official                   The Act provides that ‘‘[o]f the
                                                Dated: September 23, 2016.                                                                                  amounts received by the Council . . . ,
                                                                                                      business days between the hours of
                                              Leslie Kux,                                             10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time.                not more than 3 percent may be used for
                                              Associate Commissioner for Policy.                      All comments received, including                      administrative expenses, including
                                              [FR Doc. 2016–23367 Filed 9–27–16; 8:45 am]             attachments and other supporting                      staff,’’ to carry out the Comprehensive
                                              BILLING CODE 4164–01–P                                  materials, will be part of the public                 Plan. 33 U.S.C. 1321(t)(2)(B)(iii).
                                                                                                      record and subject to public disclosure.                 The Act does not specify when the
                                                                                                      You should submit only information                    statutory three percent cap on
                                              DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY                              that you wish to make publicly                        administrative expenses is applied to
                                                                                                      available.                                            the Council.1 In its final regulations,
                                              31 CFR Part 34                                                                                                Treasury specified that ‘‘the three
                                                                                                      FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                      percent limit is applied to the total
                                              RIN 1505–AC52                                           Janet Vail, Office of Gulf Coast                      amount of funds received by the
                                                                                                      Restoration, restoreact@treasury.gov or               Council, beginning with the first fiscal
                                              Gulf Coast Restoration Trust Fund                       202–622–6873.                                         year the Council receives funds through
                                              AGENCY:  Office of the Fiscal Assistant                 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                            the end of the fourth, or most recent
                                              Secretary, Treasury.                                                                                          fiscal year, whichever is later.’’ 31 CFR
                                                                                                      I. Background
                                              ACTION: Interim Final Rule.                                                                                   34.204(b). The final regulations
                                                                                                         The Act makes funds available for the              recognized that as a new independent
                                              SUMMARY:   The Department of the                        restoration and protection of the Gulf                Federal entity, the Council’s startup
                                              Treasury is issuing this Interim Final                  Coast region, and certain programs with               administrative expenses would be
                                              Rule to change when the statutory three                 respect to the Gulf of Mexico, through                greater in its initial years, and as a result
                                              percent cap on administrative expenses                  a trust fund in the Treasury of the                   the final regulations apply the three
                                              is applied to the Gulf Coast Ecosystem                  United States known as the Gulf Coast                 percent cap for administrative expenses
                                              Restoration Council (Council) under the                 Restoration Trust Fund (trust fund). The              at the end of the fourth fiscal year, and
                                              Resources and Ecosystem Sustainability,                 trust fund holds 80 percent of the                    at the end of each fiscal year thereafter.
                                              Tourist Opportunities, and Revived                      administrative and civil penalties paid                  However, in the Supplementary
                                              Economies of the Gulf Coast States Act                  after July 6, 2012, under the Federal                 Information section of the final
                                              of 2012 (RESTORE Act or Act).                           Water Pollution Control Act in                        regulations, Treasury stated that it ‘‘will
                                              DATES: Effective date for the Interim                   connection with the Deepwater Horizon                 propose to cap the Council’s
                                              Final Rule: September 28, 2016. Written                 Oil Spill. The Act gives Treasury several             administrative expenses at three percent
                                              comments on the Interim Final Rule                      roles in administering the trust fund.                of amounts the Council receives under
                                              must be received on or before:                          One role is to establish procedures, in               the Comprehensive Plan Component
                                              November 14, 2016.                                      consultation with the Departments of                  before the termination of the Trust
                                              ADDRESSES: Treasury invites comments                    the Interior and Commerce, concerning                 Fund,’’ and open this proposal for a 45
                                              on the topic addressed in this Interim                  the expenditure of amounts from the                   day comment period.2 Under this
                                              Final Rule. Comments may be submitted                   trust fund and compliance measures for                formulation, the application of the three
                                              by any of the following methods:                        the programs and activities carried out               percent limit to the Council’s
                                                 Electronic Submission of Comments:                   under the Act. On December 14, 2015,                  administrative expenses would be
                                              Interested persons may submit                           Treasury promulgated final regulations                extended from the end of the fourth
                                              comments electronically through the                     on the RESTORE Act, 80 FR 77239,                      fiscal year to the date that the trust fund
                                              Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://                   which became effective on February 12,                terminates. Treasury expects that the
                                              www.regulations.gov. Electronic                         2016.                                                 trust fund will terminate after 2032.
                                              submission of comments allows the                          The Act established an independent                 Treasury included this language because
                                              commenter maximum time to prepare                       Federal entity, the Gulf Coast Ecosystem              the Council expressed a need for more
                                              and submit a comment, ensures timely                    Restoration Council (Council), to                     flexibility on when the statutory three
                                              receipt, and enables the Department to                  administer certain components of the
                                              make them available to the public.                      Act, including the Comprehensive Plan                   1 Treasury considered whether the three percent

                                              Comments submitted electronically                       Component. The Council is comprised                   limitation applies at any time, but determined that
                                                                                                                                                            Congress did not provide for such a requirement.
                                              through the http://www.regulations.gov                  of members from six Federal agencies or               Specifically, the Act was enacted as part of Moving
                                              Web site can be viewed by other                         departments and the five Gulf Coast                   Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP–
                                              commenters and interested members of                    States. One of the Federal members,                   21). MAP–21 contains non-RESTORE Act sections
                                              the public.                                             currently the Secretary of Agriculture,               that include limitations that apply ‘‘at any time.’’
                                                                                                                                                            See MAP–21 § 100121. Treasury believes that if
                                                 Mail: Send to Department of the                      serves as Chairperson of the Council.
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                                                                                                                                                            Congress had intended the three percent limitation
                                              Treasury, Attention Janet Vail, Office of               The authority for the Council terminates              on administrative expenses to apply ‘‘at any time,’’
                                              Gulf Coast Restoration, Office of the                   on the date all funds in the trust fund               Congress would have included those words in the
                                              Fiscal Assistant Secretary, Room 2112;                  have been expended.                                   RESTORE Act just as it did elsewhere in MAP–21.
                                                                                                         The Council is responsible for                     Moreover, such a requirement would undermine
                                              1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NW.,                                                                                 the RESTORE Act’s purpose of ensuring effective
                                              Washington, DC 20220.                                   developing and implementing a                         and long-term planning in the restoration of the
                                                 In general, Treasury will post all                   Comprehensive Plan to restore and                     Gulf Coast.
                                              comments to http://www.regulations.gov                  protect the natural resources,                          2 80 FR 77239, 77241.




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                                              percent cap on administrative expenses                   III. Procedural Requirements                           For the reasons set forth herein, the
                                              will be applied. Specifically, Treasury                                                                       Department of the Treasury amends 31
                                              understands that the Council                             A. Regulatory Flexibility Act                        CFR part 34 to read as follows:
                                              anticipated its annual administrative                      Because no notice of proposed
                                              expenses would remain relatively                                                                              PART 34—RESOURCES AND
                                                                                                       rulemaking is required, the provisions
                                              constant, while the amount of funds                                                                           ECOSYSTEMS SUSTAINABILITY,
                                                                                                       of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5
                                              received and transferred by the Council                                                                       TOURIST OPPORTUNITIES, AND
                                                                                                       U.S.C. 601 et seq.) do not apply.
                                              for projects undertaken by its members                                                                        REVIVED ECONOMIES OF THE GULF
                                              may vary considerably from one year to                   B. Regulatory Planning and Review                    COAST STATES
                                              the next, depending on the Council’s                     (Executive Orders 12866 and 13563)
                                                                                                                                                            ■ 1. The authority citation for part 34
                                              funded priorities list. The Council also
                                                                                                         The amendment to the regulation is a               continues to read as follows:
                                              anticipated that its members would seek
                                              to fund large-scale projects under the                   significant regulatory action as defined               Authority: 31 U.S.C. 301; 31 U.S.C. 321; 33
                                              Comprehensive Plan Component, but                        in Executive Order 12866, as                         U.S.C. 1251 et seq.
                                              anticipated that such large-scale projects               supplemented by Executive Order                      ■ 2. Revise paragraph (b) of § 34.204 to
                                              would occur in later years after                         13563. Accordingly, it has been                      read as follows:
                                              sufficient civil penalties had been                      reviewed by the Office of Management
                                              deposited into the trust fund. Treasury                  and Budget.                                          § 34.204 Limitations on administrative
                                                                                                                                                            costs and administrative expenses.
                                              supports the Council’s goal of restoring                 C. Administrative Procedure Act
                                              and protecting the Gulf Coast region                                                                          *      *    *     *    *
                                              under the Comprehensive Plan                                The Administrative Procedure Act (5                  (b) Of the amounts received by the
                                              Component, and is amending section                       U.S.C. 551 et seq.) (APA) provides that              Council under the Comprehensive Plan
                                              34.204(b), with a 45 day comment                         agencies issue regulations with prior                Component, not more than three percent
                                              period.                                                  notice and an opportunity for public                 may be used for administrative
                                                                                                       comment and that rules should become                 expenses. The three percent limit is
                                              II. This Interim Rule                                    effective 30 days after publication in the           applied to the amounts it receives under
                                                 For the reasons described above,                      Federal Register. See 5 U.S.C. 553. The              the Comprehensive Plan Component
                                              Treasury is amending when the                            APA, however, allows agencies to                     before termination of the Trust Fund.
                                              statutory three percent cap on                           dispense with these procedures when                  Amounts used for administrative
                                              administrative expenses is applied to                    the agency finds that good cause exists.             expenses may not at any time exceed
                                              the Council under 31 CFR 34.204(b).                      In this case, Treasury finds that good               three percent of the total of the amounts
                                              This Interim Final Rule provides that                    cause exists to dispense with prior                  received by the Council and the
                                              the Council’s three percent limit applies                notice and comment procedures and                    amounts in the Trust Fund that are
                                              to the total amount the Council will                     make this rule immediately effective. As             allocated to, but not yet received by, the
                                              receive under the Comprehensive Plan                     discussed earlier in the preamble, the               Council under § 34.103.
                                              Component and ensures that the                           revision in this Interim Final Rule                  David A. Lebryk,
                                              Council will not exceed the statutory                    amends when the Council calculates the               Fiscal Assistant Secretary.
                                              three percent cap before the termination                 statutorily required three percent                   [FR Doc. 2016–23348 Filed 9–27–16; 8:45 am]
                                              of the trust fund. Specifically, the                     administrative expense limitation, and
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                                              Interim Final Rule provides that                         does not impose any new obligations on
                                              amounts used by the Council for                          the Act’s eligible recipients. While
                                              administrative expenses may not at any                   Treasury had previously indicated it
                                              time exceed three percent of the total of                would issue a proposed rule, Treasury                DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
                                              the amounts received by the Council                      has determined that the revision will                SECURITY
                                              from the trust fund and the amounts in                   have minimal, and more than likely no,               Coast Guard
                                              the trust fund that are allocated to, but                effect on the Act’s eligible recipients.
                                              not yet received by, the Council.                        Nor does the Interim Final Rule impact               33 CFR Part 165
                                              Treasury believes that this Interim Final                the receipt and deposit into the trust
                                              Rule balances the Council’s need for                     fund of the civil penalties which are                [Docket Number USCG–2016–0883]
                                              greater flexibility with compliance with                 generally fixed by consent decree.                   RIN 1625–AA00
                                              the statutory limitation. The Interim                    Finally, the revision will help ensure
                                              Final Rule amends only section                           that the Council can continue to                     Safety Zone; Main Branch of the
                                              34.204(b) pertaining to when the three                   function effectively by supporting                   Chicago River, Chicago, IL
                                              percent cap on administrative expenses                   predictable, long term financial
                                                                                                                                                            AGENCY:    Coast Guard, DHS.
                                              is measured. It does not amend the                       planning and operations. As a result,
                                              definition of ‘‘administrative expenses’’                Treasury has determined that prior                   ACTION:   Temporary final rule.
                                              found at section 34.2. Nor does it amend                 notice and comment and a delayed                     SUMMARY:   The Coast Guard is
                                              section 34.204(a) regarding limitations                  effective date are unnecessary and that              establishing a temporary safety zone on
                                              on administrative costs associated with                  good cause exists to make this Interim               the Main Branch of the Chicago River,
                                              grants from the Council under the                        Final Rule effective immediately.                    Chicago, IL. This action is necessary and
                                              Comprehensive Plan Component.3                                                                                intended to ensure safety of life on the
                                                                                                       List of Subjects in 31 CFR Part 34
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                                                 Treasury requests public comment on                                                                        navigable waters of the United States
                                              the amendment to section 34.204(b).                        Coastal zone, Fisheries, Grant                     immediately prior to, during, and after
                                                                                                       programs, Grants administration,                     the filming of a motion picture from a
                                                 3 The final regulations define the term
                                                                                                       Intergovernmental relations, Marine                  low flying helicopter. Entry of vessels or
                                              ‘‘administrative expenses.’’ 31 CFR 34.2. Note that
                                              the final regulations distinguish ‘‘administrative
                                                                                                       resources, Natural resources, Oil                    persons into this zone is prohibited
                                              expenses’’ from ‘‘administrative costs,’’ also defined   pollution, Research, Science and                     unless specifically authorized by the
                                              in 31 CFR 34.2.                                          technology, Trusts, Wildlife.                        Captain of the Port Lake Michigan.


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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionRules and Regulations
ActionInterim Final Rule.
DatesEffective date for the Interim Final Rule: September 28, 2016. Written comments on the Interim Final Rule must be received on or before: November 14, 2016.
ContactJanet Vail, Office of Gulf Coast Restoration, [email protected] or 202-622-6873.
FR Citation81 FR 66529 
RIN Number1505-AC52
CFR AssociatedCoastal Zone; Fisheries; Grant Programs; Grants Administration; Intergovernmental Relations; Marine Resources; Natural Resources; Oil Pollution; Research; Science and Technology; Trusts and Wildlife

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