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Availability of Grants Funds for Fiscal
Year 2007; Reopening of Application
Deadline
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Department of Commerce (DOC).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: NOAA publishes this notice
to reopen the solicitation period on the
‘‘Joint Hurricane Testbed (JHT)
Opportunities for Transfer of Research
and Technology Into Tropical Cyclone
Analysis and Forecast Operations,’’
which was originally announced in the
Federal Register on June 12, 2006. This
notice is being reopened to permit a
wider range of applications and revised
proposals and to more fully explain the
application process for federal
applicants. The solicitation period is
reopened from November 21, 2006 to
December 6, 2006.
DATES: Proposals must be received by
the NOAA no later than 5 p.m., Eastern
Standard Time, December 6, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Full proposal packages
should be submitted through the https://
grants.gov/Apply Web site. For those
without internet access and for
applications from U.S. Federal agencies,
hard copy proposals should be
addressed to Dorothy Fryar, DOC/
NOAA, Office of Weather & Air Quality
Research, Routing Code R/WA, 1315
East-West Highway, Room 11445, Silver
Spring, MD 20910.
FOR FUTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John
Gaynor, DOC/NOAA, Office of Weather
& Air Quality Research, Routing Code R/
WA, 1315 East-West Highway, Room
11229, Silver Spring, MD 20910, phone
(301) 713–0460 ext. 117, e-mail
John.Gaynor@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NOAA
publishes this notice to reopen the
solicitation period on the ‘‘Joint
Hurricane Testbed (JHT) Opportunities
for Transfer of Research and Technology
Into Tropical Cyclone Analysis and
Forecast Operations,’’ which was
originally announced in the Federal
Register on June 12, 2006 (71 FR 33897).
That solicitation called for researchers
to submit proposals to test and evaluate,
and modify if necessary, in a quasi
operational environment, their own
scientific and technological research
applications. The program priorities for
this opportunity support NOAA’s
mission support goal of: Weather and
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Water—Serve Society’s Needs for
Weather and Water Information.
This notice is being published to
reopen the solicitation period to obtain
a wider range of full proposal
applications and to more fully explain
the application process for Federal
agencies. Revised full proposals are
permitted. The solicitation period is
reopened from October 31, 2006 to 5
p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT),
December 6, 2006. Full proposals
received between October 31, 2006 and
November 21, 2006 will be considered
timely and be given full consideration.
Please note that the June 12, 2006
solicitation provided applicants the
opportunity to submit a Letter of Intent
to obtain feedback from NOAA on their
full proposals. This opportunity is no
longer available. NOAA is soliciting
only full applications through this
reopening notice.
NOAA also desires to clarify that
applicants from Federal agencies cannot
submit their applications on Grants.gov,
but must send in their applications to
the address and according to the
instructions below. In addition, all
applicants must list other current and
pending Federal funding sources. If
there are none, then that must be
indicated. For Federal applicants, this
should be interpreted as other Federal
agency sources such as through MOUs,
other contractual arrangements, or
competitive awards.
For all applicants (excluding Federal
applicants) who submit applications
through Grants.gov, a date and time
receipt indication is included and will
be the basis of determining timeliness.
Also, applications submitted through
Grants.gov must include a title page
with appropriate signatures (see
instructions below) scanned and
electronically submitted. For Federal
applicants and those applicants without
internet access, hard copy proposals
will be date and time stamped when
they are received in the program office.
Applications received after that time
will not be reviewed.
All other requirements in the June 12,
2006 solicitation for this program
remain the same.
For the convenience of applicants,
NOAA republishes the application and
submission process for the Joint
Hurricane Testbed Program. This
information, and other relevant
information about the program, is
currently available in the Federal
Funding Opportunity document at
Grants.gov
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Application and Submission
Information
(a) The proposal must include a title
page signed by the PI(s) and the
appropriate representatives(s) of their
home institution(s). Each PI and
institutional representative should be
identified by full name, title,
organization, telephone number,
mailing address, and e-mail address.
(b) A one-page abstract must be
included and must contain a brief
summary of the proposed work to be
completed. The abstract must appear on
a separate page, headed with the
proposal title and the name(s) of the
PI(s) and their home institution(s).
(c) All proposals must provide a
Statement of Work that includes:
(1) The proposed duration of the
project, from one to two years;
(2) A brief description of the project,
with prior research results (including
references) to demonstrate sufficient
maturity and potential for a successful
transition to operations at TPC/NHC and
other operational forecast centers (e.g.,
CPHC, JTWC) and/or, if applicable, at a
numerical weather prediction center;
(3) A proposed work plan for the
project, including hardware and
software needs, the testing and
evaluation approach, metric(s) for
success, project deliverables, a timeline
with key milestones, real-time
operational data needed as input, and a
plan to port necessary codes to the
operational environment of TPC/NHC
and/or NCEP Central Operations (NCO).
An overview of the JHT and TPC/NHC
operational IT environments can be
obtained from the JHT Web site: https://
www.nhc.noaa.gov/jht/
tpc_JHT_IT_structure_june06.pdf. For
applicants without Internet access, this
information can be obtained by
contacting: Dr. Jiann-Gwo Jiing,
Director, Joint Hurricane Testbed,
Tropical Prediction Center, 11691 SW.
17th Street, Miami, FL 33165, phone
(305) 229–4443, or via e-mail at JiannGwo.Jiing@noaa.gov. Final work plans
for approved projects will be reached by
agreement between the PI and the JHT
Director;
(4) A time line for delivering scientific
and technical documentation and
training materials over the course of the
project that are sufficient to enable
testing and evaluation of the proposed
techniques. If the proposal is funded,
researchers are expected to coordinate
with the JHT Director to formalize this
timeline;
(5) Schedule and needs for expected
travel. PIs are strongly encouraged to
plan and budget during each year of the
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annual Interdepartmental Hurricane
Conference (IHC), sponsored by the
Office of the Federal Coordinator for
Meteorological Services and Supporting
Research. Additionally, visits by PIs
and/or their support staff to the TPC/
NHC, and any other operational
center(s) as necessary, may be beneficial
for training JHT staff and the forecaster
and technical point(s) of contact in
preparation for project testing and
evaluation; and
(6) Estimates of JHT staff requirements
in terms of on-site (or off-site) JHT
facilitator efforts, and estimated
computational, communication, and/or
display requirements at the researcher’s
home institution and/or at JHT via
remote access and data transfer.
(d) All applicants must submit a
budget that includes PI and scientific
and technical support staff salaries, JHT
facility requirements, computing and
communications funding, equipment
funding (provide justification), indirect
charges, and travel. Note that funding
for secretarial support and IT
improvements at the PI’s home
institution is not generally available.
Non-federal applicants must use
Standard Form 424A, Budget
Information—Non-Construction
Programs that is contained in the
standard NOAA Grants and Cooperative
Agreement Application Package.
(e) Non-federal applicants must
submit additional forms included in the
standard NOAA Grants and Cooperative
Agreement Application Package (see
section IV.A above).
(f) An abbreviated Curriculum Vita for
the PI must be included. Reference lists
should be limited to all publications in
the last three years with up to five other
relevant papers.
(g) Current and pending Federal
support: Each investigator must submit
a list that includes project title;
supporting agency with grant number,
investigator months, dollar value and
duration. Requested amounts should be
listed for pending Federal support.
(h) Additional proposal requirements
include:
(1) For applications submitted in hard
copy, one signed original and two
additional hard copies of the complete
proposal must be submitted.
Submission of an electronic copy in
PDF format of the proposal document
via the https://grants.gov/Apply Web site
(abstract, Statement of Work, and
budget) is strongly encouraged to
facilitate the review process.
(2) Each proposal must be dated and
contain page numbers;
(3) Items b and c above must be
contained within no more than ten
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pages, using a 12-point font and oneinch margins.
Limitation of Liability
In no event will NOAA or the
Department of Commerce be responsible
for proposal preparation costs if this
program is cancelled because of other
agency priorities. Publication of this
announcement does not oblige NOAA to
award any specific project or to obligate
any available funds. Applicants are
hereby given notice that funding for the
Fiscal Year 2007 program is contingent
upon the availability of Fiscal Year 2007
appropriations.
Universal Identifier
Applicants should be aware they are
required to provide a Dun and
Bradstreet Data Universal Numbering
System (DUNS) number during the
application process. See the October 30,
2002, Federal Register, (67, FR 66177)
for additional information.
Organizations can receive a DUNS
number at no cost by calling the
dedicated toll-free DUNS Number
request line at 1–866–705–5711 or via
the Internet at https://
www.dunandbradstreet.com.
Intergovernmental Review:
Applications under this program are not
subject to Executive Order 12372,
‘‘Intergovernmental Review of Federal
Programs.’’
Funding Restrictions: None.
National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA)
NOAA must analyze the potential
environmental impacts, as required by
the National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA), for applicant projects or
proposals which are seeking NOAA
federal funding opportunities. Detailed
information on NOAA compliance with
NEPA can be found at the following
NOAA NEPA Web site: https://
www.nepa.noaa.gov/, including our
NOAA Administrative Order 216–6 for
NEPA, https://www.nepa.noaa.gov/
NAO216_6_TOC.pdf, and the Council
on Environmental Quality
implementation regulations, https://
ceq.eh.doe.gov/nepa/regs/ceq/
toc_ceq.htm Consequently, as part of an
applicant’s package, and under their
description of their program activities,
applicants are required to provide
detailed information on the activities to
be conducted, locations, sites, species
and habitat to be affected, possible
construction activities, and any
environmental concerns that may exist
(e.g., the use and disposal of hazardous
or toxic chemicals, introduction of nonindigenous species, impacts to
endangered and threatened species,
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aquaculture projects, and impacts to
coral reef systems). In addition to
providing specific information that will
serve as the basis for any required
impact analyses, applicants may also be
requested to assist NOAA in drafting of
an environmental assessment, if NOAA
determines an assessment is required.
Applicants will also be required to
cooperate with NOAA in identifying
feasible measures to reduce or avoid any
identified adverse environmental
impacts of their proposal. The failure to
do so shall be grounds for not selecting
an application. In some cases if
additional information is required after
an application is selected, funds can be
withheld by the Grants Officer under a
special award condition requiring the
recipient to submit additional
environmental compliance information
sufficient to enable NOAA to make an
assessment on any impacts that a project
may have on the environment. The
Department of Commerce Preaward
Notification Requirements for Grants
and Cooperative Agreements contained
in the Federal Register notice of
October 1, 2001 (66 FR 49917), as
amended by the Federal Register notice
published on October 30, 2002 (67 FR
66109), are applicable to this
solicitation.
Paperwork Reduction Act
This document contains collection-ofinformation requirements subject to the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). The
use of Standard Forms 424, 424A, 424B,
SF–LLL, and CD–346 has been approved
by the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) under the respective
control numbers 0348–0043, 0348–0044,
0348–0040, 0348–0046, and 0605–0001.
Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, no person is required to respond to,
nor shall any person be subject to a
penalty for failure to comply with, a
collection of information subject to the
requirements of the PRA unless that
collection of information displays a
currently valid OMB control number.
Executive Order 12866
This notice has been determined to be
not significant for purposes of Executive
Order 12866.
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Executive Order 13132 (Federalism)
It has been determined that this notice
does not contain policies with
Federalism implications as that term is
defined in Executive Order 13132.
Administrative Procedure Act/
Regulatory Flexibility Act
Prior notice and an opportunity for
public comment are not required by the
Administrative Procedure Act or any
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other law for rules concerning public
property, loans, grants, benefits, and
contracts (5 U.S.C. 553(a)(2)). Because
notice and opportunity for comment are
not required pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553 or
any other law, the analytical
requirements of the Regulatory
Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) are
inapplicable. Therefore, a regulatory
flexibility analysis has not been
prepared.
Dated: November 16, 2006.
Mark E. Brown,
Chief Financial Officer and Chief
Administrative Officer, Office of Oceanic and
Atmospheric Research, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration.
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the authority of the Marine Mammal
Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16
U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the Regulations
Governing the Taking and Importing of
Marine Mammals (50 CFR part 216).
In compliance with the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), an environmental
assessment was prepared analyzing the
effects of the permitted activities. After
a Finding of No Significant Impact, the
determination was made that it was not
necessary to prepare an environmental
impact statement.
Dated: November 14, 2006.
P. Michael Payne,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education
Division, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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Administration
Marine Mammals; File No. 116–1843
[I.D. 110606C]
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; issuance of permit.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that
Sea World, Inc., 7007 Sea World Drive,
Orlando, Florida 32821 [Brad Andrews,
Responsible Party] has been issued a
permit to import three beluga whales
(Delphinapterus leucas) for public
display.
The permit and related
documents are available for review
upon written request or by appointment
in the following office(s):
Permits, Conservation and Education
Division, Office of Protected Resources,
NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room
13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone
(301)713–2289; fax (301)427–2521; and
Southeast Region, NMFS, 263 13th
Avenue South, Saint Petersburg, Florida
33701; phone (727)824–5312; fax
(727)824–5309.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jennifer Skidmore or Kate Swails,
(301)713–2289.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 8,
2006, notice was published in the
Federal Register (71 FR 33281) that a
request for a public display permit to
import three male beluga whales from
Marineland of Canada in Ontario,
Canada to Sea World of Florida in
Orlando, Florida had been submitted by
the above-named organization. The
requested permit has been issued under
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National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; issuance of permit.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Maine Department of Marine
Resources (MDMR) (Gail S.
Wippelhauser, Principal Investigator),
21 State House Station, Augusta, ME,
04333 has been issued a permit to take
shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser
brevirostrum) for purposes of scientific
research.
ADDRESSES: The permit and related
documents are available for review
upon written request or by appointment
in the following offices:
Permits, Conservation and Education
Division, Office of Protected Resources,
NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room
13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone
(301)713–2289; fax (301)427–2521; and
Northeast Region, NMFS, One
Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA
01930–2298; phone (978)281–9300; fax
(978)281–9394.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kate
Swails or Malcolm Mohead, (301)713–
2289.
On June
16, 2006, notice was published in the
Federal Register (71 FR 34896) that a
request for a scientific research permit
to take shortnose sturgeon had been
submitted by the above-named
organization. The requested permit has
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[Docket No. 030602141-6297-44]
Availability of Grants Funds for Fiscal Year 2007; Reopening of
Application Deadline
AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Department of Commerce (DOC).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: NOAA publishes this notice to reopen the solicitation period
on the ``Joint Hurricane Testbed (JHT) Opportunities for Transfer of
Research and Technology Into Tropical Cyclone Analysis and Forecast
Operations,'' which was originally announced in the Federal Register on
June 12, 2006. This notice is being reopened to permit a wider range of
applications and revised proposals and to more fully explain the
application process for federal applicants. The solicitation period is
reopened from November 21, 2006 to December 6, 2006.
DATES: Proposals must be received by the NOAA no later than 5 p.m.,
Eastern Standard Time, December 6, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Full proposal packages should be submitted through the
https://grants.gov/Apply Web site. For those without internet access and
for applications from U.S. Federal agencies, hard copy proposals should
be addressed to Dorothy Fryar, DOC/NOAA, Office of Weather & Air
Quality Research, Routing Code R/WA, 1315 East-West Highway, Room
11445, Silver Spring, MD 20910.
FOR FUTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Gaynor, DOC/NOAA, Office of
Weather & Air Quality Research, Routing Code R/WA, 1315 East-West
Highway, Room 11229, Silver Spring, MD 20910, phone (301) 713-0460 ext.
117, e-mail John.Gaynor@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NOAA publishes this notice to reopen the
solicitation period on the ``Joint Hurricane Testbed (JHT)
Opportunities for Transfer of Research and Technology Into Tropical
Cyclone Analysis and Forecast Operations,'' which was originally
announced in the Federal Register on June 12, 2006 (71 FR 33897). That
solicitation called for researchers to submit proposals to test and
evaluate, and modify if necessary, in a quasi operational environment,
their own scientific and technological research applications. The
program priorities for this opportunity support NOAA's mission support
goal of: Weather and Water--Serve Society's Needs for Weather and Water
Information.
This notice is being published to reopen the solicitation period to
obtain a wider range of full proposal applications and to more fully
explain the application process for Federal agencies. Revised full
proposals are permitted. The solicitation period is reopened from
October 31, 2006 to 5 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), December 6,
2006. Full proposals received between October 31, 2006 and November 21,
2006 will be considered timely and be given full consideration.
Please note that the June 12, 2006 solicitation provided applicants
the opportunity to submit a Letter of Intent to obtain feedback from
NOAA on their full proposals. This opportunity is no longer available.
NOAA is soliciting only full applications through this reopening
notice.
NOAA also desires to clarify that applicants from Federal agencies
cannot submit their applications on Grants.gov, but must send in their
applications to the address and according to the instructions below. In
addition, all applicants must list other current and pending Federal
funding sources. If there are none, then that must be indicated. For
Federal applicants, this should be interpreted as other Federal agency
sources such as through MOUs, other contractual arrangements, or
competitive awards.
For all applicants (excluding Federal applicants) who submit
applications through Grants.gov, a date and time receipt indication is
included and will be the basis of determining timeliness. Also,
applications submitted through Grants.gov must include a title page
with appropriate signatures (see instructions below) scanned and
electronically submitted. For Federal applicants and those applicants
without internet access, hard copy proposals will be date and time
stamped when they are received in the program office. Applications
received after that time will not be reviewed.
All other requirements in the June 12, 2006 solicitation for this
program remain the same.
For the convenience of applicants, NOAA republishes the application
and submission process for the Joint Hurricane Testbed Program. This
information, and other relevant information about the program, is
currently available in the Federal Funding Opportunity document at
Grants.gov
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Application and Submission Information
(a) The proposal must include a title page signed by the PI(s) and
the appropriate representatives(s) of their home institution(s). Each
PI and institutional representative should be identified by full name,
title, organization, telephone number, mailing address, and e-mail
address.
(b) A one-page abstract must be included and must contain a brief
summary of the proposed work to be completed. The abstract must appear
on a separate page, headed with the proposal title and the name(s) of
the PI(s) and their home institution(s).
(c) All proposals must provide a Statement of Work that includes:
(1) The proposed duration of the project, from one to two years;
(2) A brief description of the project, with prior research results
(including references) to demonstrate sufficient maturity and potential
for a successful transition to operations at TPC/NHC and other
operational forecast centers (e.g., CPHC, JTWC) and/or, if applicable,
at a numerical weather prediction center;
(3) A proposed work plan for the project, including hardware and
software needs, the testing and evaluation approach, metric(s) for
success, project deliverables, a timeline with key milestones, real-
time operational data needed as input, and a plan to port necessary
codes to the operational environment of TPC/NHC and/or NCEP Central
Operations (NCO). An overview of the JHT and TPC/NHC operational IT
environments can be obtained from the JHT Web site: https://
www.nhc.noaa.gov/jht/tpc_JHT_IT_structure_june06.pdf. For
applicants without Internet access, this information can be obtained by
contacting: Dr. Jiann-Gwo Jiing, Director, Joint Hurricane Testbed,
Tropical Prediction Center, 11691 SW. 17th Street, Miami, FL 33165,
phone (305) 229-4443, or via e-mail at Jiann-Gwo.Jiing@noaa.gov. Final
work plans for approved projects will be reached by agreement between
the PI and the JHT Director;
(4) A time line for delivering scientific and technical
documentation and training materials over the course of the project
that are sufficient to enable testing and evaluation of the proposed
techniques. If the proposal is funded, researchers are expected to
coordinate with the JHT Director to formalize this timeline;
(5) Schedule and needs for expected travel. PIs are strongly
encouraged to plan and budget during each year of the project to
describe their work at the annual Interdepartmental Hurricane
Conference (IHC), sponsored by the Office of the Federal Coordinator
for Meteorological Services and Supporting Research. Additionally,
visits by PIs and/or their support staff to the TPC/NHC, and any other
operational center(s) as necessary, may be beneficial for training JHT
staff and the forecaster and technical point(s) of contact in
preparation for project testing and evaluation; and
(6) Estimates of JHT staff requirements in terms of on-site (or
off-site) JHT facilitator efforts, and estimated computational,
communication, and/or display requirements at the researcher's home
institution and/or at JHT via remote access and data transfer.
(d) All applicants must submit a budget that includes PI and
scientific and technical support staff salaries, JHT facility
requirements, computing and communications funding, equipment funding
(provide justification), indirect charges, and travel. Note that
funding for secretarial support and IT improvements at the PI's home
institution is not generally available. Non-federal applicants must use
Standard Form 424A, Budget Information--Non-Construction Programs that
is contained in the standard NOAA Grants and Cooperative Agreement
Application Package.
(e) Non-federal applicants must submit additional forms included in
the standard NOAA Grants and Cooperative Agreement Application Package
(see section IV.A above).
(f) An abbreviated Curriculum Vita for the PI must be included.
Reference lists should be limited to all publications in the last three
years with up to five other relevant papers.
(g) Current and pending Federal support: Each investigator must
submit a list that includes project title; supporting agency with grant
number, investigator months, dollar value and duration. Requested
amounts should be listed for pending Federal support.
(h) Additional proposal requirements include:
(1) For applications submitted in hard copy, one signed original
and two additional hard copies of the complete proposal must be
submitted. Submission of an electronic copy in PDF format of the
proposal document via the https://grants.gov/Apply Web site (abstract,
Statement of Work, and budget) is strongly encouraged to facilitate the
review process.
(2) Each proposal must be dated and contain page numbers;
(3) Items b and c above must be contained within no more than ten
pages, using a 12-point font and one-inch margins.
Limitation of Liability
In no event will NOAA or the Department of Commerce be responsible
for proposal preparation costs if this program is cancelled because of
other agency priorities. Publication of this announcement does not
oblige NOAA to award any specific project or to obligate any available
funds. Applicants are hereby given notice that funding for the Fiscal
Year 2007 program is contingent upon the availability of Fiscal Year
2007 appropriations.
Universal Identifier
Applicants should be aware they are required to provide a Dun and
Bradstreet Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number during the
application process. See the October 30, 2002, Federal Register, (67,
FR 66177) for additional information. Organizations can receive a DUNS
number at no cost by calling the dedicated toll-free DUNS Number
request line at 1-866-705-5711 or via the Internet at https://
www.dunandbradstreet.com.
Intergovernmental Review: Applications under this program are not
subject to Executive Order 12372, ``Intergovernmental Review of Federal
Programs.''
Funding Restrictions: None.
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
NOAA must analyze the potential environmental impacts, as required
by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), for applicant projects
or proposals which are seeking NOAA federal funding opportunities.
Detailed information on NOAA compliance with NEPA can be found at the
following NOAA NEPA Web site: https://www.nepa.noaa.gov/, including our
NOAA Administrative Order 216-6 for NEPA, https://www.nepa.noaa.gov/
NAO216_6_TOC.pdf, and the Council on Environmental Quality
implementation regulations, https://ceq.eh.doe.gov/nepa/regs/ceq/toc_
ceq.htm Consequently, as part of an applicant's package, and under
their description of their program activities, applicants are required
to provide detailed information on the activities to be conducted,
locations, sites, species and habitat to be affected, possible
construction activities, and any environmental concerns that may exist
(e.g., the use and disposal of hazardous or toxic chemicals,
introduction of non-indigenous species, impacts to endangered and
threatened species,
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aquaculture projects, and impacts to coral reef systems). In addition
to providing specific information that will serve as the basis for any
required impact analyses, applicants may also be requested to assist
NOAA in drafting of an environmental assessment, if NOAA determines an
assessment is required. Applicants will also be required to cooperate
with NOAA in identifying feasible measures to reduce or avoid any
identified adverse environmental impacts of their proposal. The failure
to do so shall be grounds for not selecting an application. In some
cases if additional information is required after an application is
selected, funds can be withheld by the Grants Officer under a special
award condition requiring the recipient to submit additional
environmental compliance information sufficient to enable NOAA to make
an assessment on any impacts that a project may have on the
environment. The Department of Commerce Preaward Notification
Requirements for Grants and Cooperative Agreements contained in the
Federal Register notice of October 1, 2001 (66 FR 49917), as amended by
the Federal Register notice published on October 30, 2002 (67 FR
66109), are applicable to this solicitation.
Paperwork Reduction Act
This document contains collection-of-information requirements
subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). The use of Standard Forms
424, 424A, 424B, SF-LLL, and CD-346 has been approved by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) under the respective control numbers 0348-
0043, 0348-0044, 0348-0040, 0348-0046, and 0605-0001. Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, no person is required to respond to, nor
shall any person be subject to a penalty for failure to comply with, a
collection of information subject to the requirements of the PRA unless
that collection of information displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
Executive Order 12866
This notice has been determined to be not significant for purposes
of Executive Order 12866.
Executive Order 13132 (Federalism)
It has been determined that this notice does not contain policies
with Federalism implications as that term is defined in Executive Order
13132.
Administrative Procedure Act/ Regulatory Flexibility Act
Prior notice and an opportunity for public comment are not required
by the Administrative Procedure Act or any other law for rules
concerning public property, loans, grants, benefits, and contracts (5
U.S.C. 553(a)(2)). Because notice and opportunity for comment are not
required pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553 or any other law, the analytical
requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.)
are inapplicable. Therefore, a regulatory flexibility analysis has not
been prepared.
Dated: November 16, 2006.
Mark E. Brown,
Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer, Office of
Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration.
[FR Doc. E6-19650 Filed 11-20-06; 8:45 am]
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