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

beaches, and coastal wet- 4 lands of the Gulf Coast ecosystem. 5 III) Projects contained in exist- 6 ing Gulf Coast State comprehensive 7 plans for the restoration and protec- 8 tion of natural resources, ecosystems, 9 fisheries, marine and wildlife habitats, 10 beaches, and coastal wetlands of the 11 Gulf Coast ecosystem. 12 IV) Projects that restore long- 13 term resiliency of the natural re- 14 sources, ecosystems, fisheries, marine 15 and wildlife habitats, beaches, and 16 coastal wetlands most impacted by the 17 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. 18 E) IMPLEMENTATION. - 19 i) IN GENERAL. — The Council, act- 20 ing through the member agencies and Gulf 21 Coast States, may carry out projects and 22 programs adopted in the Comprehensive 23 Plan. 24 ii) ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSI- 25 RILITY.— 8 1400 Is  W" I I) IN GENERAL.— Primary au- 2 thority and responsibility for each 3 project and program included in the 4 Comprehensive Plan shall be assigned 5 by the Council to a Gulf Coast State 6 represented on the Council or a Fed- 7 eral agency. 8 11) TRANSFER OF AMOUNTS. - 9 Amounts necessary to carry out each 10 project or program included in the 11 Comprehensive Plan shall be trans- 12 ferred by the Secretary of the Treas- 13 ury from the Trust Fund to that Fed - 14 eral agency or Gulf Coast State as the 15 project or program is implemented, 16 subject to such conditions as the Sec - 17 retary of the Treasury, in consultation 18 with the Secretary of the Interior and 19 the Secretary of Commerce, estab- 20 lished pursuant to section 3 of the Re- 21 sources and Ecosystems Sustain - 22 ability, Tourist Opportunities, and Re- 23 vived Economies of the Gulf Coast 24 States Act of 2011. 25 iii) COST SHARING.— d v N F m S 1400 IS NV Attachment: 9 -27 -11 581400 rev ( 1444 : 2011 -30 - Support for SB 1400)  004L SS lol UoddnS - 0£- L LOZ : " t L) Aal 004LSS LL- LZ- 6 7uawyoelLy a 39 a,Y 1 I) IN GENERAL. —A Gulf Coast aUN 2 State or coastal political subdivision 3 may use, in whole or in part, amounts 4 made available to that Gulf Coast 5 State or coastal political subdivision 6 from the Trust Fund to satisfy the 7 non -Federal share of the cost of car- 8 rying a project or program that - 9 aa) is authorized by other 10 Federal law; and 11 bb) meets the criteria of 12 this paragraph. 13 11) INCLUSION IN OOMPREIIEN- 14 SrvE PLAN. —A project or program de- 15 scribed in subelause ( I) shall be se- 16 lected and adopted by the Council as 17 part of the Comprehensive Plan in the 18 manner described in this paragraph. 19 F) COORDINATION. — The Council and 20 the Federal members of the Council may de- 21 velop Memorandums of Understanding estab- 22 lishing integrated funding and implementation 23 plans among the member agencies and authori- 24 ties. S 140 Is  40 1 3) OIL SPILL RESTORATION IMPACT ALLOCA- 2 TION.- 3 A) IN aENERAL.— Except as provided in 4 paragraph ( 4), of the total amount made avail- 5 able to the Council under paragraph ( 2) in any 6 fiscal year from the Trust Fund, 50 percent 7 shall be disbursed by the Council as follows: 8 i) FORmuLA.— Subject to subpara- 9 graph ( B), for each Gulf Coast State, the 10 amount disbursed under this paragraph 11 shall be based on a formula established by 12 the Council by regulation that is based on 13 a weighted average of the following cri- 14 teria: 15 I) Forty percent based on the 16 proportionate number of miles of 17 shoreline in each Gulf Coast State 18 that experienced oiling as of April 10, 19 2011, compared to the total number 20 of miles of shoreline that experienced 21 oiling as a result of the Deepwater 22 Horizon oil spill. 23 II) Forty percent based on the 24 inverse proportion of the average dis- 25 tance from the Deepwater Horizon oil d A x CC tc 5 1400 I3 N Attachment: 9 -27 -11 SB1400 rev ( 1444 : 2011 -30 - Support for SB 1400)  00n 9S IoI NoddnS - oC- L L0Z : b64 L) ASJ 00419S L L- LZ- 6 : luawyaepy 0 41 1 rig to the nearest and farthest point 2 of the shoreline that experienced oil- 3 ing of each Gulf Coast State. 4 III) Twenty percent based on 5 the average population in the 2010 6 decennial census of coastal counties 7 bordering the Gulf of Mexico within 8 each Gulf Coast State. 9 ii) MINIMUM ALLOCATION. — The 10 amount disbursed to a Gulf Coast State 11 for each fiscal year under clause ( i) shall 12 be at least 5 percent of the total amounts 13 made available under this paragraph. 14 B) APPROVAL OF PROJECTS AND PRO - 15 GRAMS. - 16 i) IN GENERAL. — The Council shall 17 disburse amounts to the respective Gulf 18 Coast States in accordance with the for- 19 mula developed under subparagraph ( A), 20 subject to the condition that each Gulf 21 Coast State submits a plan for the expend- 22 iture of amounts disbursed under this 23 paragraph which meet the following cri- 24 teria: a 1W IS  5W 1 I) All projects, programs, and 2 activities included in that plan are eli- 3 gible activities pursuant to paragraph 4 1)( 13)( i). 5 II) The projects, programs, 6 and activities included in that plan 7 contribute to the overall economic and 8 ecological recovery of the Gulf Coast. 9 III) The plan takes into con - 10 sideration the Comprehensive Plan 11 and is consistent with its goals and 12 objectives, as described in paragraph 13 2)( B)( i). 14 ii) FUNDING.— 15 I) IN GENERAL.— Except as 16 provided in subelause ( II), the plan 17 described in clause ( i) may use not 18 more than 25 percent of the funding 19 made available for infrastructure 20 projects eligible under subelauses ( X) 21 and ( XI) of paragraph ( 1)( 13)( i). 22 II) EXCEPTION. — The plan de- 23 scribed in clause ( i) may propose to 24 use more than 25 percent of the fund - 25 ing made available for infrastructure mvvnx NN  0061 8S jot ywddnS - 0£- t LOZ a Mt) eai OOVLSS t t- LZ- 6 : toaw4oegy M a( e 43 ao, v aUN 1 projects eligible under subelauses ( X) 2 and ( XI) of paragraph ( 1)( 13)( i) if the 3 plan certifies that- 4 aa) ecosystem restoration 5 needs in the State will be ad- 6 dressed by the projects in the 7 proposed plan; and 8 bb) additional investment 9 in infrastructure is required to 10 mitigate the impacts of the Deep - 11 water Horizon Oil Spill to the 12 ecosystem or economy.