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submission or untimely progress
reporting; delayed start in project
implementation; inconsistent Federal
funds draw-downs in relation to
approved work plan; or other grant/
project management concerns.
In the case of a multi-year grant, this
activity will help ANA determine if
continued funding is justified. In
addition, 45 CFR 1336.40 requires that
progress reports and continuation
applications from ANA grantees contain
sufficient information for ANA to
determine the extent to which the
recipient satisfies ANA project
evaluation standards. Sufficient
information means information
adequate to enable ANA to compare the
recipient’s accomplishments with the
goals and activities of the grantee’s
approved work plan and with ANA
project evaluation criteria. Grantees
identified as potentially at-risk for
project implementation will receive an
on-site visit by one of ANA’s T/TA
providers. In collaboration, the T/TA
provider and the grantee will identify
challenges or barriers to the project and
develop a plan to bring the project into
compliance with its approved Objective
Work Plan. On-site visits shall be
conducted by persons not directly
involved in the administration of the
project.
V. Electronic Application Submission
Pursuant to the Federal Financial
Assistance Management Improvement
Act (Pub. L. 106–107), HHS is
improving the efficiency and
coordination of its grant-making
processes by participating in the Federal
Government’s Grant Streamlining
Initiative. For all FY06 competitions,
ANA will participate in the Grants.gov
process, which allows applicants the
opportunity to submit applications
electronically. Applicants are not
required to submit electronically and
can still submit hard copy applications.
The applicant is responsible for
ensuring on-time electronic submission
is fully achieved. The following
activities and application submission
requirements will become effective in
FY06:
• ANA will no longer publish PAs in
the Federal Register. Official ANA PAs
will be posted on the Grants.gov Web
site. PAs will also be posted on the ANA
Web site and on the ANA T/TA
providers’ Web sites.
• Due to limitations on the number of
times the Objective Work Plan form can
be replicated within the Grants.gov
system, applicants will be limited to no
more than six (6) project objectives per
budget period. This limitation applies to
all applicants regardless of type of
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submission format: Hard copy or
electronic submission.
VI. Environmental Mitigation
ANA received pass-through funds
from the Department of Defense for
Tribal and Tribal organizations to offset
the effects of military actions at
Formerly Used Defense Sites (FUDS).
ANA will announce the availability of
these funds in FY06. A request for
financial assistance in this program area
does not require a non-Federal share
match requirement.
VII. SEDS Special Initiatives
ANA has the discretionary authority
to make awards in support of special
initiatives, including but not limited to,
healthy marriage and relationships,
fatherhood, positive youth development
and emergency support to Native
communities affected by man-made or
natural disasters. In FY06, ANA will
announce the availability of funding for
special initiatives when practicable. A
request for financial assistance for any
of the special initiatives will require a
non-Federal share match requirement.
VIII. Post Award Training
ANA, through contracted services,
conducts regional post award training.
Past practice has been to provide
funding to new grantees for attendance
at this training in order to provide
additional assistance and information
on managing a Federal award. In FY06,
ANA will require all applicants to
include in their Federal budget request
the costs associated for the proposed
project’s finance person and the project
manager to attend this regional training.
It is determined that due to many
reasons, largely grantee staff turnover,
every grantee receiving an ANA award
will benefit from the information
provided at post award training, and
therefore the expense is considered
reasonable for all applicants to include
in their budget request and also reflect
in the activity in their Objective Work
Plans.
IX. ANA Administrative Policy
The following policy will be used in
all FY06 PAs. ANA has clarified many
areas that applicants have historically
found difficult to understand and that
have previously prompted numerous
questions and created application and
project development inconsistencies.
The ANA PAs will now include this
clarified policy:
• If the applicant, other than a Tribe
or an Alaska Native Village government,
is proposing a project benefiting Native
Americans, Alaska Natives, or both, it
must provide assurance that its duly
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elected or appointed board of directors
is representative of the community to be
served. An applicant’s governing board
will be considered representative of the
community to be served if the applicant
demonstrates that at least a majority of
the board individuals fall into one or
more of the following categories: (1) A
current or past member of the
community to be served; (2) a
prospective participant or beneficiary of
the project to be funded; (3) have
experience working with the
community to be served by the project;
or (4) have a cultural relationship with
the community be to served.
Dated: September 28, 2005.
Quanah Crossland Stamps,
Commissioner, Administration for Native
Americans.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 2005N–0218]
Vision 2006—A Conversation With the
American Public; Notice of Public
Meetings on Specific Food and Drug
Administration Issues; Notice of
Cancellation of Meetings
AGENCY:
Food and Drug Administration,
HHS.
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY: The Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) is canceling a
series of three public meetings entitled
‘‘Vision 2006—A Conversation With the
American Public.’’ These meetings were
to be a forum where consumers could
interact directly with FDA’s leadership
to discuss issues of public interest.
These meetings were announced in the
Federal Register of August 16, 2005 (70
FR 48160).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Philip L. Chao, Food and Drug
Administration (HF–23), 5600 Fishers
Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, 301–827–
0587, FAX: 301–827–4774, e-mail:
philip.chao@fda.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the
Federal Register of August 16, 2005, we
announced a series of public meetings
entitled ‘‘Vision 2006—A Conversation
with the American Public.’’ These
meetings were to be held in three cities
(Miami, FL; Boston, MA; and Phoenix,
AZ), and they were to be an open forum
where consumers could interact with
FDA’s leadership. The meetings were
also to be an opportunity for us to
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update the public on current agency
programs, engage the public in
discussions, and obtain consumer input
on specific issues.
We initially scheduled the meetings
to occur on the following dates:
September 13, 2005, in Miami, FL;
November 2, 2005, in Boston, MA; and
on November 30, 2005, in Phoenix, AZ.
However, due to our need to focus on
relief efforts associated with Hurricane
Katrina, we postponed the Miami, FL
meeting indefinitely (70 FR 53798,
September 12, 2005).
Through this notice, we regret to
announce that we are canceling all three
meetings at this time. Additionally, we
will contact individuals who had
registered for these meetings to inform
them about the cancellation.
Dated: September 29, 2005.
Jeffrey Shuren,
Assistant Commissioner for Policy.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Coast Guard
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[USCG–2005–22219]
Northeast Gateway Energy Bridge,
L.L.C., Liquefied Natural Gas
Deepwater Port License Application;
Preparation of Environmental Impact
Statement
Coast Guard, DHS; Maritime
Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice of intent; notice of public
meeting; request for comments.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Coast Guard and the
Maritime Administration (MARAD)
announce that the Coast Guard intends
to prepare an environmental impact
statement (EIS) as part of the
environmental review of this license
application. The application describes a
project that would be located in
Massachusetts Bay, in Block 125,
approximately 13 miles south-southeast
of Gloucester, MA. Publication of this
notice begins a scoping process that will
help identify and determine the scope of
environmental issues to be addressed in
the EIS. This notice requests public
participation in the scoping process and
provides information on how to
participate in the process.
DATES: A public meeting will be held in
Boston, MA on October 18, 2005. There
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will also be a public meeting in
Gloucester, MA on October 19, 2005.
Both meetings will be from 6 p.m. to 8
p.m. and will be preceded by an
informational open house from 4:30
p.m. to 6 p.m. The public meetings may
end later than the stated time,
depending on the number of persons
wishing to speak. Material submitted in
response to the request for comments for
the scoping process must reach the
Docket Management Facility by October
31, 2005.
ADDRESSES: The public meeting in
Boston will be held at Faneuil Hall, 1
Faneuil Hall Square, Boston, MA,
telephone: 617–635–4100. The public
meeting in Gloucester will be at The
Elks at Bass Rocks, 101 Atlantic Road,
Gloucester, MA, telephone: 978–282–
3200.
Address docket submissions for
USCG–2005–22219 to: Docket
Management Facility, U.S. Department
of Transportation, 400 Seventh Street,
SW., Washington, DC 20590–0001.
The Docket Management Facility
accepts hand-delivered submissions,
and makes docket contents available for
public inspection and copying at this
address, in room PL–401, between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays. The
Facility’s telephone number is 202–366–
9329, its fax number is 202–493–2251,
and its Web site for electronic
submissions or for electronic access to
docket contents is https://dms.dot.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Roddy Bachman, U.S. Coast Guard,
telephone: 202–267–1752, e-mail:
rbachman@comdt.uscg.mil. If you have
questions on viewing the docket, call
Renee V. Wright, Program Manager,
Docket Operations, telephone: 202–493–
0402.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Public Meeting and Open House
We invite you to learn about the
proposed deepwater port at an
informational open house, and to
comment at a public meeting on
environmental issues related to the
proposed deepwater port. Your
comments will help us identify and
refine the scope of the environmental
issues to be addressed in the EIS.
In order to allow everyone a chance
to speak at the public meeting, we may
limit speaker time, or extend the
meeting hours, or both. You must
identify yourself, and any organization
you represent, by name. Your remarks
will be recorded or transcribed for
inclusion in the public docket.
You may submit written material at
the public meeting, either in place of or
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in addition to speaking. Written
material must include your name and
address, and will be included in the
public docket.
Public docket materials will be made
available to the public on the Docket
Management Facility’s Docket
Management System (DMS). See
‘‘Request for Comments’’ for
information about DMS and your rights
under the Privacy Act.
All our public meeting locations are
wheelchair-accessible. If you plan to
attend the open house or public
meeting, and need special assistance
such as sign language interpretation or
other reasonable accommodation, please
notify the Coast Guard (see FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT) at least 3
business days in advance. Include your
contact information as well as
information about your specific needs.
Request for Comments
We request public comments or other
relevant information on environmental
issues related to the proposed
deepwater port. The public meeting is
not the only opportunity you have to
comment. In addition to or in place of
attending a meeting, you can submit
comments to the Docket Management
Facility during the public comment
period (see DATES). We will consider all
comments and material received during
the comment period.
Submissions should include:
• Docket number USCG–2005–22219.
• Your name and address.
• Your reasons for making each
comment or for bringing information to
our attention.
Submit comments or material using
only one of the following methods:
• Electronic submission to DMS,
https://dms.dot.gov.
• Fax, mail, or hand delivery to the
Docket Management Facility (see
ADDRESSES). Faxed or hand delivered
submissions must be unbound, no larger
than 81⁄2 by 11 inches, and suitable for
copying and electronic scanning. If you
mail your submission and want to know
when it reaches the Facility, include a
stamped, self-addressed postcard or
envelope.
Regardless of the method used for
submitting comments or material, all
submissions will be posted, without
change, to the DMS Web site (https://
dms.dot.gov), and will include any
personal information you provide.
Therefore, submitting this information
makes it public. You may wish to read
the Privacy Act notice that is available
on the DMS Web site, or the Department
of Transportation Privacy Act Statement
that appeared in the Federal Register on
April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477).
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 2005N-0218]
Vision 2006--A Conversation With the American Public; Notice of
Public Meetings on Specific Food and Drug Administration Issues; Notice
of Cancellation of Meetings
AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is canceling a series
of three public meetings entitled ``Vision 2006--A Conversation With
the American Public.'' These meetings were to be a forum where
consumers could interact directly with FDA's leadership to discuss
issues of public interest. These meetings were announced in the Federal
Register of August 16, 2005 (70 FR 48160).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Philip L. Chao, Food and Drug
Administration (HF-23), 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, 301-
827-0587, FAX: 301-827-4774, e-mail: philip.chao@fda.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Federal Register of August 16, 2005,
we announced a series of public meetings entitled ``Vision 2006--A
Conversation with the American Public.'' These meetings were to be held
in three cities (Miami, FL; Boston, MA; and Phoenix, AZ), and they were
to be an open forum where consumers could interact with FDA's
leadership. The meetings were also to be an opportunity for us to
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update the public on current agency programs, engage the public in
discussions, and obtain consumer input on specific issues.
We initially scheduled the meetings to occur on the following
dates: September 13, 2005, in Miami, FL; November 2, 2005, in Boston,
MA; and on November 30, 2005, in Phoenix, AZ. However, due to our need
to focus on relief efforts associated with Hurricane Katrina, we
postponed the Miami, FL meeting indefinitely (70 FR 53798, September
12, 2005).
Through this notice, we regret to announce that we are canceling
all three meetings at this time. Additionally, we will contact
individuals who had registered for these meetings to inform them about
the cancellation.
Dated: September 29, 2005.
Jeffrey Shuren,
Assistant Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. 05-19956 Filed 10-4-05; 8:45 am]
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