Fort Walton Beach Council agenda — 09-27-11 regular part 2 of 2 — reading text

management of the Trust Fund. 9 SEC. 4. GULF COAST NATURAL RESOURCES RESTORATION 10 AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY. 11 Section 311 of the Federal Water Pollution Control 12 Act ( 33 U. S. C. 1321) is amended - 13 ( 1) in subsection ( a)- 14 ( A) in paragraph ( 25)( B), by striking 15 " and" at the end; 16 ( B) in paragraph ( 26)( D), by striking the 17 period at the end and inserting a semicolon; 18 and 19 ( C) by adding at the end the following: 20 "( 27) the term ` Chairperson' means the Chair - 21 person of the Council; 22 "( 28) the terns ` coastal political subdivision' 23 means any local political jurisdiction that is imme- 24 diately below the State level of government, includ- 25 ing a county, parish, or borough, with a coastline s taoo IS NP Attachment: 9 -27 -17 SB1400 rev ( 1444 : 201 130 - Support for SB 7400)  ootq a JOJ yOddnS - Oe- L LOZ : O tl L) AOJ Oot, IBS L L LZ- 6 7uaw43enV i ro am 9 v am 1 that is contiguous with any portion of the United 2 States Gulf of Mexico; 3 29) the term ' Comprehensive Plan' means the 4 comprehensive plan developed by the Council pursu- 5 ant to subsection ( t); 6 30) the term ' Council' means the Gulf Coast 7 Ecosystem Restoration Council established pursuant 8 to subsection ( t); 9 31) the term ' Deepwater Horizon oil spill' 10 means the blowout and explosion of the mobile off- 11 shore drilling unit Deepwater Horizon that occurred 12 on April 20, 2010, and resulting hydrocarbon re- 13 leases into the environment; 14 32) the term ' Gulf Coast ecosystem' means — 15 A) in the Gulf Coast States, the coastal 16 zones ( as that term is defined in section 304 of 17 the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 ( 16 18 U. S. C. 1453)) that border the Gulf of Mexico; 19 B) any adjacent land, water, and water- 20 sheds, that are within 25 miles of those coastal 21 zones of the Gulf Coast States; and 22 C) all Federal waters in the Gulf of Mex- 23 ico; 8 Moo IS  10 1 33) the term `Gulf Coast State' means any of 2 the States of Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mis- 3 sissippi, and Texas; and 4 34) the tern ` Trust Fund' means the Gulf 5 Coast Restoration Trust Fund established pursuant 6 to section 3 of the Resources and Ecosystems Sus - 7 tainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Revived 8 Economies of the Gulf Coast States Act of 2011."; 9 2) in subsection ( a), by inserting " except as 10 provided in subsection ( t)" before the period at the 11 end; and 12 3) by adding at the end the following: 13 t) GULF COAST RESTORATION AND RECOVERY.— 14 O) STATE ALLOCATION AND EXPENDI- 15 TURES.— 16 A) IN GENERAL. — Of the total amounts 17 made available in any fiscal year from the 18 Trust Fiend, 35 percent shall be available, in 19 accordance with the requirements of this sec- 20 tion, to the Gulf Coast States in equal shares 21 for expenditure for ecological and economic res- 22 toration of the Gulf Coast ecosystem in accord- 23 ance with this subsection. 24 B) USE OF FUNDS.— Nb9nF S 14N IS b9 0 Attachment: 9 -27 -11 SB1400 rev ( 1444: 2011 -30. Support for SB 1400) i  00418S jo1> roddnS- OC- tWZ: b44t) noJ OObt9S t t- LZ- 6 : 1UOW43e11V 0 m a 11 ud am 1 i) ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIEs.— Amounts 2 provided to the Gulf States under this sub- 3 section may only be used to carry out 1 or 4 more of the following activities: 5 I) Coastal restoration projects 6 and activities, including conservation 7 and coastal land acquisition. 8 II) Mitigation of damage to, 9 and restoration of, fish, wildlife, or 10 natural resources. 11 III) Implementation of a feder- 12 ally approved marine, coastal, or com- 13 prehensive conservation management 14 plan, including fisheries monitoring. 15 IV) Programs to promote tour- 16 ism in a Gulf Coast State. 17 V) Programs to promote the 18 consumption of seafood produced from 19 the Gulf Coast ecosystem. 20 VI) Programs to promote edu- 21 cation regarding the natural resources 22 of the Gulf Coast ecosystem. 23 VII) Planning assistance. 24 VIII) Workforce development 25 and job creation. 9 140018  12 I IX) Improvements to or upon 2 State parks located in coastal areas 3 affected by the Deepwater Horizon oil 4 spill. 5 X) Mitigation of the ecological 6 and economic impact of outer Conti- 7 nental Shelf activities and the impacts 8 of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill or 9 promotion of the long -terns ecological 10 or economic recovery of the Gulf 11 Coast ecosystem through the funding 12 of infrastructure projects. 13 XI) Coastal flood protection 14 and infrastructure directly affected by 15 coastal wetland losses, beach erosion, 16 and the impacts of the Deepwater Ho- 17 rizon oil spill. 18 XII) Administrative costs of 19 complying with this subsection. 20 ii) LIMITATION. - 21 I) IN GENERAL. — Of the 22 amounts received by a Gulf State 23 under this subsection not more than 3 24 percent may be used for administra- 9 0` m S ] 900 1S N NQ Attachment: 9- 27- 11561400 rev ( 1444: 201130 - Support for SB 1400)  OObL BSiol uoddnS- OE- LLOZ: tot, ) nay OOY LEIS LL- LZ- 6 quawy0e11V 0 nm a 13 ud am 1 tive costs eligible under clause 2 i)(XII). 3 II) PROHrBITION ON USE FOR 4 IMPORTED SEAFOOD. — None of the 5 funds made available under this sub- 6 section shall be used for any program 7 to support or promote imported sea- 8 food or any seafood product that is 9 not harvested from the Gulf Coast 10 ecosystem. 11 C) COASTAL POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS. - 12 i) IN GENERAL. — In the case of a 13 State where the coastal zone includes the 14 entire State — 15 I) 75 percent of funding shall 16 be provided to the S counties that 17 were disproportionately impacted by 18 the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill; and 19 II) 25 percent shall be provided 20 to nondisproportionately impacted 21 counties within the State. 22 ii) LOUisiANA. —Of the total 23 amounts made available to the State of 24 Louisiana under this paragraph: B 1400 IS  14 1 I) Seventy percent shall be pro - 2 vided directly to the State in accord - 3 ance with this subsection. 4 II) Thirty percent shall be pro- 5 vided directly to parishes in the coast - 6 al zone ( as defined in section 304 of 7 the Coastal Zone Management Act of 8 1972 ( 16 U. S. C. 1453)) of the State 9 of Louisiana according to the fol- 10 lowing weighted formula: 11 aa) Forty percent based 12 on the weighted average of