Notice of Proposed Subaward Under a Council-Selected Restoration Component Award, 34135 [2018-15451]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 139 / Thursday, July 19, 2018 / Notices Affected Public: Individuals; Business or Other For-Profit Institutions; Not-ForProfit Institutions; State or Local Government. Estimated Annual Number of Respondents: 45,000. Projected average burden estimates for the next three years: Average Expected Annual Number of Activities: 40. Average Number of Respondents per Activity: 1,125. Responses per Respondent: 1. Annual Responses: 45,000. Average Minutes per Response: 3 minutes. Annual Burden Hours: 2,250 hours. Frequency: On occasion. Request for Comments: Agency and public comment is again invited specifically on the need for and practical utility of this information collection, the accuracy of OGE’s burden estimate, the enhancement of quality, utility and clarity of the information collected, and the minimization of burden (including the use of information technology). The comments will become a matter of public record. Approved: July 11, 2018. David Apol, General Counsel and Acting Director, U.S. Office of Government Ethics. [FR Doc. 2018–15411 Filed 7–18–18; 8:45 a.m.] BILLING CODE 6345–03–P GULF COAST ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION COUNCIL [Docket No.: 107162018–1111–03] Notice of Proposed Subaward Under a Council-Selected Restoration Component Award Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council (RESTORE Council) publishes notice of proposed subawards from the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) to the Mississippi Wildlife Federation and the Partnership for Gulf Coast Land Conservation, two Mississippi nonprofit organizations, for the purpose of education and outreach in accordance with the Sea Grant Education and Outreach (EOE) Award, as approved in the Initial Funded Priority List. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Please send questions by email to joshua.easton@restorethegulf.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 1321(t)(2)(E)(ii)(III) of the RESTORE Act sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:34 Jul 18, 2018 Jkt 244001 (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/councilselected-restoration-component/fundedpriorities-list, RESTORE Act funds in the amount of $750,000 will support the Sea Grant Education and Outreach (EOE) Award to MDEQ. As part of this project, MDEQ will provide a subaward in the amount of $84,150 to the Mississippi Wildlife Federation for enhancement of the Mississippi Habitat Stewards Program. Through the subaward, the Mississippi Wildlife Federation will expand an existing curriculum that relays the ecosystem benefits of upstream land conservation, habitat restoration and water quality restoration. The expanded curriculum will be offered for three different targeted audiences at different levels: Habitat steward volunteers; youth, ages 9–12; and local high school environmental clubs. MDEQ will also provide a subaward in the amount of $99,050 to the Partnership for Gulf Coast Land Conservation (PGCLC). The PGCLC will conduct an outreach initiative that includes three components: The development of science-based communication products for use with a general audience that summarize and explain the benefits of land conservation in the Gulf coast region in lay terminology; field visits that bring together stakeholders to illustrate, in the field and by boat, the connectivity that land conservation practices along our coastal streams have to water quality in the northern Gulf of Mexico and to our marine and estuarine living resources; PO 00000 Frm 00038 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 34135 and the development of a short digital film that illustrates the connection between riparian and wetland forests and marine and estuarine living resources in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Keala J. Hughes, Director of External Affairs & Tribal Relations, Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council. [FR Doc. 2018–15451 Filed 7–18–18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–58–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry [60Day–18–18AJK Docket No. ATSDR– 2018–0002] Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). ACTION: Notice with comment period. AGENCY: The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), as part of its continuing effort to reduce public burden and maximize the utility of government information, invites the general public and other Federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a proposed and/or continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed information collection project titled ‘‘Per- or Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Exposure Assessments.’’ ATSDR and the CDC National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) will conduct a minimum of eight exposure assessments (EAs) at current or former military installations with known PFAS contamination in drinking water, groundwater, or another water source. DATES: ATSDR must receive written comments on or before September 17, 2018. SUMMARY: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. ATSDR–2018– 0002 by any of the following methods: • Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments. • Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information Collection Review Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, MS–D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329. ADDRESSES: E:\FR\FM\19JYN1.SGM 19JYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 139 (Thursday, July 19, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 34135]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-15451]


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GULF COAST ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION COUNCIL

[Docket No.: 107162018-1111-03]


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 (RESTORE Council) 
publishes notice of proposed subawards from the Mississippi Department 
of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) to the Mississippi Wildlife Federation 
and the Partnership for Gulf Coast Land Conservation, two Mississippi 
nonprofit organizations, for the purpose of education and outreach in 
accordance with the Sea Grant Education and Outreach (EOE) 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 website at https://www.restorethegulf.gov/council-selected-restoration-component/funded-priorities-list, RESTORE 
Act funds in the amount of $750,000 will support the Sea Grant 
Education and Outreach (EOE) Award to MDEQ. As part of this project, 
MDEQ will provide a subaward in the amount of $84,150 to the 
Mississippi Wildlife Federation for enhancement of the Mississippi 
Habitat Stewards Program. Through the subaward, the Mississippi 
Wildlife Federation will expand an existing curriculum that relays the 
ecosystem benefits of upstream land conservation, habitat restoration 
and water quality restoration. The expanded curriculum will be offered 
for three different targeted audiences at different levels: Habitat 
steward volunteers; youth, ages 9-12; and local high school 
environmental clubs.
    MDEQ will also provide a subaward in the amount of $99,050 to the 
Partnership for Gulf Coast Land Conservation (PGCLC). The PGCLC will 
conduct an outreach initiative that includes three components: The 
development of science-based communication products for use with a 
general audience that summarize and explain the benefits of land 
conservation in the Gulf coast region in lay terminology; field visits 
that bring together stakeholders to illustrate, in the field and by 
boat, the connectivity that land conservation practices along our 
coastal streams have to water quality in the northern Gulf of Mexico 
and to our marine and estuarine living resources; and the development 
of a short digital film that illustrates the connection between 
riparian and wetland forests and marine and estuarine living resources 
in the northern Gulf of Mexico.

Keala J. Hughes,
Director of External Affairs & Tribal Relations, Gulf Coast Ecosystem 
Restoration Council.
[FR Doc. 2018-15451 Filed 7-18-18; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560-58-P
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