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Timestamp: 2019-06-16 15:38:30
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16 USC 941c - Identification, review, and implementation of proposals and regional projects
§ 941b. Definitions
§ 941d. Goals of United States Fish and Wildlife Service programs related to Great Lakes fish and wildlife resources
§ 941c.
shall encourage the development and, subject to the availability of appropriations, the implementation of fish and wildlife restoration proposals and regional projects based on the results of the Report; and
in cooperation with the State Directors and Indian Tribes, shall identify, develop, and, subject to the availability of appropriations, implement regional projects in the Great Lakes Basin to be administered by Director in accordance with this section.
Identification of proposals and regional projects
Request by the Director
submitted in the manner and form prescribed by the Director; and
the goals of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, as amended;
the 1954 Great Lakes Fisheries Convention;
the 1980 Joint Strategic Plan for Management of Great Lakes Fisheries, as revised in 1997, and Fish Community Objectives for each Great Lake and connecting water as established under the Joint Strategic Plan;
the North American Waterfowl Management Plan and joint ventures established under the plan;
the strategies outlined through the Great Lakes Regional Collaboration authorized under Executive Order 13340 (69 Fed. Reg. 29043; relating to the Great Lakes Interagency Task Force);
Sea lamprey authority
1 representative shall be the individual appointed by the State Director or Indian Tribe to the Council of Lake Committees of the Great Lakes Fishery Commission; and
1 representative shall have expertise in wildlife management.
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service shall participate as an observer of the Committee.
meet at least annually;
review proposals and regional projects developed in accordance with subsection (b) to assess the effectiveness and appropriateness of the proposals and regional projects in fulfilling the purposes of this chapter; and
recommend to the Director any of those proposals and regional projects that should be funded and implemented under this section.
Implementation of proposals and regional projects
select proposals and regional projects to be implemented; and
subject to the availability of appropriations and subsection (e), fund implementation of the proposals and regional projects.
Except as provided in paragraphs (3) and (5) and subject to paragraph (2), not less than 25 percent of the cost of implementing a proposal or regional project selected under subsection (d) (excluding the cost of establishing sea lamprey barriers) shall be paid in cash or in-kind contributions by non-Federal sources.
securing a conservation easement; and
restoration or enhancement of the conservation easement.
Appraisal of conservation easement
The value of a conservation easement may be used to satisfy the non-Federal share of the cost of implementing a proposal or regional project required under paragraph (1)(A) if the Director determines that the conservation easement—
is held in perpetuity for the conservation purposes of the programs of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service related to the Great Lakes Basin, as described in section 941d of this title, by an accredited land trust or conservancy or a Federal, State, or tribal agency;
With respect to the appraisal of a conservation easement described in clause (i)—
the appraisal valuation date shall be not later than 1 year after the price of the conservation easement was set under a contract; and
Costs of securing conservation easements
All costs associated with securing a conservation easement and restoration or enhancement of that conservation easement may be used to satisfy the non-Federal share of the cost of implementing a proposal or regional project required under paragraph (1)(A) if the activities and expenses associated with securing the conservation easement and restoration or enhancement of that conservation easement meet the requirements of subparagraph (B)(i).
Exclusion of Federal funds from non-Federal share
Effect on certain Indian tribes
Nothing in this subsection affects an Indian tribe affected by an alternative applicable cost sharing requirement under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.).1
(Pub. L. 101–537, title I, § 1005, Nov. 8, 1990, 104 Stat. 2372; Pub. L. 101–646, title II, § 2005, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4775; Pub. L. 104–332, § 2(h)(1), Oct. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 4091; Pub. L. 105–265, §§ 3(b), 6, Oct. 19, 1998, 112 Stat. 2358, 2359; Pub. L. 109–326, § 4, Oct. 11, 2006, 120 Stat. 1762; Pub. L. 114–322, title III, § 3901(c), Dec. 16, 2016, 130 Stat. 1848.)
cite as: 16 USC 941c