SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Section 1321(t)(2)(E)(ii)(III) of the Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Revived Economies Act of 2012 (33 U.S.C. 1321(t) and note) (RESTORE Act) and the Department of the Treasury's implementing regulation at 31 CFR 34.401(b) set forth certain notice and publication requirements. They require that for purposes of awards made under the Comprehensive Plan Component of the RESTORE Act, a State or Federal award recipient may make a 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 only if at least 30 days before the State or Federal award recipient enters into such an agreement, the Council publishes in the Federal Register and delivers 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 publication requirement.

Description of Proposed Action

As specified in the 2026 FPL, which is available on the Council's website at www.restorethegulf.gov/​our-work/​fpl/​fpl-2026/​, RESTORE Act funds in the amount of $600,000.00 will support the Colonial Waterbird Rookery Island Restoration Project through an Interagency Agreement (IAA) with DOI. DOI will provide a subaward in the ( printed page 58903) amount of $200,000.00 to HRI. HRI will establish a Project Advisory Committee, convene its meetings, document the proceedings, and evaluate and rank potential projects based on their success potential. HRI will develop a site restoration plan incorporating the work from professional engineers. Each plan will include an adaptive monitoring plan to document the effectiveness of the techniques and actions used to restore habitat for colonial nesting waterbirds.

91 FR 58902