North American Wetlands Conservation Act and Neotropical Migratory Brid Conservation Act January 2006

• Description: related to PRRIP
• Date: 1/1/2006
• Author: US Grant Administration
• Title: North American Wetlands Conservation Act and Neotropical Migratory Brid Conservation Act January 2006
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Legislation

U.S. GRANT ADMINISTRATION STANDARDS - JANUARY 2006
North American Wetlands Conservation Act and Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act
the deed, easement, lease or other recorded conveyance document for a specific interest
in real property, such language may substitute for a Notice of Grant Requirements.
Items (c), (e), and (g) do not apply to matching real property acquired prior to the receipt
of the proposal by the FWS (ineligible for NMBCA).
F -13 What recorded notices are required for real property included in a Project?
The Recipient or subrecipient must ensure that Notices of Grant Requirements are
recorded for all interests in real property acquired in perpetuity or for terms longer than
10 years unless equivalent provisions were entered in the deed, easement, or assignment
of lease.
F -14 Can the Recipient or subrecipient be reimbursed with grant funds if title is transferred
before the FWS receives the proposal?
The FWS will not reimburse the Recipient or subrecipient for the purchase of real
property if title is transferred before the FWS receives the proposal. At its own risk,
however, the Recipient or subrecipient may contractually commit to purchasing property
before the FWS receives the proposal, and be reimbursed by grant funds after the Grant
Agreement is signed.
F -15 Must the Recipient or subrecipient record deeds, leases, easements or other conveyance
documents?
Regardless of whether it is required by the applicable State, the Recipient or subrecipient
must ensure that all deeds, easements with a term 10 years or longer, and assignments of
leases with a term 10 years or longer are recorded with reference to a deed or other real -
property- conveyance instrument in the county, parish, borough, or other local office that
maintains the records affecting title to real property in that jurisdiction (referred to as
recorder's office, registrar of deeds office, commissioner of deeds office, bureau of
conveyances, or similar title).
F -16 Can the Recipient or subrecipient obtain a waiver of these land acquisition requirements?
Subject to the specific conditions defined in 49 CFR Part 24, in extreme circumstances
certain real property acquisitions may be waived. These waivers will be granted on a
case -by -case basis at the discretion of the Grant Officer, and will apply only to the
Project for which the waiver is requested.
G. PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
G -1 Does the Recipient or subrecipient have continuing obligations to manage property
acquired through a Grant Agreement?
A Recipient or other authorized titleholder of real property acquired through a Grant
Agreement must manage any interests in real property acquired under that Agreement
consistent with the Project's purpose as long as the interests in real property are needed
for that purpose. This is required regardless of whether the interests in real property were
acquired with grant or matching funds or contributed as a matching in -kind contribution
(ineligible for NMBCA).
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