Notice of Indirect Cost Rates

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration AGENCY: Office of Response and Restoration (ORR), National Ocean Service (NOS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Department of Commerce. ACTION: Notice of indirect cost rates for the Damage Assessment, Remediation, and Restoration Program for fiscal year 2021. SUMMARY: NOAA's Damage Assessment, Remediation, and Restoration Program (DARRP) is announcing new indirect cost rates on the recovery of indirect costs for its component organizations involved in natural resource damage assessment and restoration activities for fiscal year (FY) 2021. The indirect cost rates for this fiscal year and date of implementation are provided in this notice. More information on these rates and the DARRP policy can be found at the DARRP website at https://darrp.noaa.gov/​ . FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tony Penn, Acting Deputy Director, NOAA Office of Response and Restoration, by phone at 301-873-2537 or by email at Tony.Penn@noaa.gov . SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The mission of the DARRP is to restore natural resource injuries caused by releases of hazardous substances or oil under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) ( 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq. ) and the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA) ( 33 U.S.C. 2701 et seq. ), and to support restoration of physical injuries to National Marine Sanctuary resources under the National Marine Sanctuaries Act (NMSA) ( 16…