Eligible Multiyear Implementation Plan (MYIP) Activities
The RESTORE Act/Treasury provides the scope of activities eligible for funding under the Direct Component. As described in the Act, these activities can include:
- Restoration and protection of the natural resources, ecosystems, fisheries, marine, and wildlife habitats, beaches, and coastal wetlands of the Gulf Region
- Mitigating damage and restoration of the fish, wildlife, and natural resources
- Implementing a federally approved marine or coastal conservation management plan
- Promotion of tourism in the Gulf Region, including recreational fishing
- Promotion of consumption of seafood harvested from the Gulf Coast Region
- Infrastructure projects benefiting the economy or the ecological resources, including port infrastructure
- Workforce development and job creation
- Improving state parks in the coastal areas affected by the spill
- Planning assistance
- Coastal flood protection and related infrastructure
- Administrative costs of complying with the Act (limited to 3%)
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