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application will receive an initial
screening to ensure that all required
forms, signatures and documentation
are present.
2. Panel Review. Each application will
receive an independent, objective
review by a panel qualified to evaluate
the applications submitted. MBDA
anticipates that the review panel will be
made up of at least three independent
reviewers (all Federal employees) who
will review all applications based on the
above evaluation criteria. Each reviewer
will evaluate and provide a score for
each proposal. In order for an
application to be considered for
funding, it shall need to achieve 70% of
the available points for each criterion.
Failure to achieve these results will
automatically deem the application as
unsuccessful.
3. Oral Presentation—Optional. When
the merit review by the panel results in
applications scoring 70% or more of the
available points for each criterion,
MBDA may request all those applicants
to develop and provide an oral
presentation. The applicants may
receive up to 10 additional points based
on the presentation and content
presented. If a formal presentation is
requested, the applicants will receive a
formal communication (via standard
mail, e-mail or fax) from MBDA
indicating the time and date for the
presentation. In-person presentations
are not mandatory but are encouraged;
telephonic presentations are acceptable.
Applicants will be asked to submit a
power point presentation (or equivalent)
to MBDA that addresses the oral
presentation criteria (see above,
Evaluation Criteria, item 5. Oral
Presentation—Optional). This
presentation must be submitted at least
24 hours before the scheduled date and
time of the presentation. The
presentation will be made to the
National Director (or his/her designee)
and/or up to three senior MBDA staff
who did not serve on the merit
evaluation panel. The oral panel
members may ask follow-up questions
after the presentation. MBDA will
provide the teleconference dial-in
number and pass code. Each finalist will
present to MBDA staff only; other
applicants are not permitted to listen
(and/or watch). The oral panel members
shall score each presentation in
accordance with the oral presentation
criteria. An average score shall be
compiled and added to the original
score of the panel review.
All costs pertaining to this
presentation shall be borne by the
applicant. MBEC award funds may not
be used as a reimbursement for this
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presentation. MBDA will not accept any
requests or petitions for reimbursement.
4. Final Recommendation. The
National Director of MBDA makes the
final recommendation to the
Department of Commerce Grants Officer
regarding the funding of applications,
taking into account the selection criteria
as outlined in this Announcement and
the following:
(a) The evaluations and rankings of
the independent review panel and the
evaluation(s) of the oral presentations, if
applicable;
(b) Funding priorities. The National
Director (or his/her designee) reserves
the right to conduct a site visit (subject
to the availability of funding) to
applicant organizations receiving at
least 70% of the total points available
for each evaluation criterion, in order to
make a better assessment of the
organization’s capability to achieve the
funding priorities; and
(c)The availability of funding.
Intergovernmental Review:
Applications under this program are not
subject to Executive Order 12372,
‘‘Intergovernmental Review of Federal
Programs.’’
Limitation of Liability: Applicants are
hereby given notice that funds have not
yet been appropriated for this program.
Accordingly, MBDA issues this notice
subject to the appropriations made
available under the current continuing
resolution, H.R. 5631, ‘‘Continuing
Appropriations Resolution, 2007,’’
Public Law 109–289, as amended by H.J.
Res. 100, Public Law 109–369 and H.J.
Res. 102, Public Law 109–383. In no
event will the Department of Commerce
or MBDA be responsible for proposal
preparation costs if this program fails to
receive funding or is cancelled because
of other agency priorities. Publication of
this announcement does not oblige the
Department of Commerce or MBDA to
award any specific project or to obligate
any available funds.
Universal Identifier: Applicants
should be aware that they will be
required to provide a Dun and
Bradstreet Data Universal Numbering
system (DUNS) number during the
application process. See the June 27,
2003 Federal Register notice (68 FR
38402) 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 by
accessing the Grants.gov Web site at
https://www.Grants.gov.
Department of Commerce Pre-Award
Notification Requirements for Grants
and Cooperative Agreements: The
Department of Commerce Pre-Award
Notification Requirements for Grants
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and Cooperative Agreements contained
in the Federal Register notice of
December 30, 2004 (69 FR 78389) 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 have been
approved by OMB under the respective
control numbers 0348–0043, 0348–0044,
0348–0040, 0348–0046, and 0605–0001.
Notwithstanding any other provisions 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
Paperwork Reduction Act unless that
collection displays a currently valid
OMB control Number.
Executive Order 12866: This notice
has been determined to be not
significant for purposes of E.O. 12866.
Administrative Procedure Act/
Regulatory Flexibility Act: Prior notice
for an opportunity for public comment
is not required by the Administrative
Procedure Act for rules concerning
public property, loans, grants, benefits
and contracts (5 U.S.C. 533(a)(2)).
Because notice and opportunity for
comment are not required pursuant to 5
U.S.C. 533 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 is not required and
has not been prepared.
Dated: January 29, 2007.
Ronald N. Langston,
National Director, Minority Business
Development Agency.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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Administration
[030602141–7006–46]
California Bay Watershed Education
and Training (B–WET) Program, Adult
and Community Watershed Education
in the Monterey Bay; Extension of
Application Deadline
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: NOAA publishes this notice
to extend the solicitation period for
applications for the California Bay
Watershed Education and Training (B–
WET) Program, Adult and Community
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Watershed Education in the Monterey
Bay which was originally announced in
the Federal Register on December 27,
2006. The solicitation period for this
program was extended to provide the
public more time to submit proposals.
DATES: Proposals must be received no
later than 5 p.m., Pacific standard time,
March 1, 2007.
ADDRESSES: It is strongly encouraged
that applications submitted in response
to this announcement are submitted
through the Grants.gov Web site.
Electronic access to the Full Funding
Opportunity Announcement for this
program is available via the Grants.gov
Web site: https://www.grants.gov.
Applicants must comply with all
requirements contained in the Full
Funding Opportunity Announcement.
Paper applications (a signed original
and two copies) may also be submitted
to the following address: Monterey Bay
National Marine Sanctuary, 299 Foam
Street, Monterey, CA 93940. No
facsimile or electronic mail applications
will be accepted.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Seaberry Nachbar, National Marine
Sanctuary Program, 299 Foam Street,
Monterey, CA 93940, or by phone at
(831) 647–4204.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NOAA
publishes this notice to extend the
solicitation period on the California Bay
Watershed Education and Training (B–
WET) Program, Adult and Community
Watershed Education in the Monterey
Bay which was originally announced in
the Federal Register on December 27,
2006 (71 FR 77727). NOAA extends the
solicitation period from February 1,
2007 to March 1, 2007 to provide the
public more time to submit proposals,
as the Full Funding Opportunity was
not available for review at the time
Federal Register Notice was published.
All other requirements for this
solicitation remain the same.
Funding Availability
This solicitation announces that
approximately $100,000 may be
available in FY 2007 in award amounts
to be determined by the proposals and
available funds. The National Marine
Sanctuary Program anticipates that
approximately 2–4 grants will be
awarded with these funds and that
typical project awards will range from
$10,000 to $50,000.
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Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1440, 15 U.S.C. 1540.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance:
11.429.
Eligibility
Eligible applicants are institutions of
higher education, nonprofit,
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organizations, state or local government
agencies, and Indian tribal governments.
The Department of Commerce/National
Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (DOC/NOAA) is
strongly committed to broadening the
participation of historically black
colleges and universities, Hispanic
serving institutions, tribal colleges and
universities, and institution that service
undeserved areas.
Cost Sharing Requirements: No cost
sharing is required under this program;
however, the National Marine Sanctuary
Program strongly encourages applicants
to share as much of the costs of the
award as possible. Funds from other
Federal awards are not considered
matching funds. The nature of the
contribution (cash versus in-kind) and
the amount of matching funds will be
taken into consideration in the selection
process with cash having priority over
in-kind as the method of contribution.
Intergovernmental Review
Applications under this program are
not subject to Executive Order 12372,
‘‘Intergovernmental Review of Federal
Programs.’’
Evaluation Criteria and Selection
Procedures
NOAA published its agency-wide
solicitation entitled—Omnibus Notice
Announcing the Availability of Grant
Funds for Fiscal Year 2006—for projects
for Fiscal Year 2006 in the Federal
Register on June 30, 2005 (70 FR 37766).
The evaluation criteria and selection
procedures for projects contained in that
omnibus notice are applicable to this
solicitation. Copies of this notice are
available on the Internet at https://
www.ofa.noaa.gov/%7Eamd/
SOLINDEX.HTML. Further details on
evaluation and selection criteria can be
found in the full funding opportunity
announcement.
Pre-Award Activities
If applicants incur any costs prior to
an award being made, the do so solely
at their own risk of not being
reimbursed by the Government.
Notwithstanding any verbal assurance
that may have been received, there is no
obligation to the applicant on the part
of Department of Commerce to cover
pre-award costs.
Limitation of Liability
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
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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/
NA0216_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,
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 to 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 the denial of an application.
In some cases if additional information
is required after 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.
Pre-Award Notification Requirements
for Grants and Cooperative Agreements
The Department of Commerce PreAward Notification Requirements for
Grants and Cooperative Agreements
contained in the Federal Register Notice
of December 30, 2004 (69 FR 78389) are
applicable to this solicitation.
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)
This notification involves collectionof-information requirements subject to
the Paperwork Reduction Act. the use of
Standard Forms 424, 424A, 424B, and
SF–LLL and CD–346 has been approved
by the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) under control numbers
0348–0043, 0348–0044, 0348–0040 and
0348–0046 and 0604–0001, respectively.
Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, no person is required to respond to,
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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
It has been determined that this notice
is not significant for purposes of
Executive Order 12866.
Executive Order 13132 (Federalism)
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 comments
are not required pursuant to 5 U.S.C.
553(a)(2)). Because notice and
opportunity for comments 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: January 26, 2007.
Daniel J. Basta,
Director, National Marine Sanctuary Program,
National Ocean Service.
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New England Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The New England Fishery
Management Council’s (Council)
Multispecies Committee will meet to
consider actions affecting New England
fisheries in the exclusive economic zone
(EEZ).
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Wednesday, February 21, 2007, at 9 a.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Sheraton Ferncroft Hotel, 50
Ferncroft Road, Danvers, MA 01923;
telephone: (978) 777–2500.
Council address: New England
Fishery Management Council, 50 Water
Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul
J. Howard, Executive Director, New
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England Fishery Management Council;
telephone: (978) 465–0492.
The items
of discussion in the committee’s agenda
are as follows:
1. Continue development of
Amendment 16 to the Northeast
Multispecies Fishery Management Plan
(FMP). Amendment 16 will adjust
measures as necessary to continue the
rebuilding programs adopted by
Amendment 13. Measures proposed in
Amendment 16 are expected to be
implemented on May 1, 2009. The
Committee will develop management
alternatives consistent with guidance
provided by the Council at the February
2007 Council meeting.
2. They may discuss measures for the
commercial fishery, such as changes to
the days-at-sea system, individual
fishing quotas, area management
proposals, sectors, and the points
system. They may also discuss
recreational measures. Any measures
developed by the Committee will be
reviewed by the Council at a future
meeting.
3. Other business at the committee’s
discretion.
Although non-emergency issues not
contained in this agenda may come
before this group for discussion, those
issues may not be the subject of formal
action during this meeting. Action will
be restricted to those issues specifically
identified in this notice and any issues
arising after publication of this notice
that require emergency action under
section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act, provided the public has been
notified of the Council’s intent to take
final action to address the emergency.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Special Accommodations
This meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to Paul
J. Howard (see ADDRESSES) at least 5
days prior to the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: January 30, 2007.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
[I.D. 012907A]
North Pacific Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meetings.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery
Management Council (Council) Scallop
Plan Team will meet at the Anchorage
Hilton Hotel, in Anchorage, AK.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
February 22–23, 2007. On Thursday,
February 22, the meeting will be held
from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., and on
Friday, February 23, from 9 a.m. to 3
p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Anchorage Hilton Hotel, 500 West
3rd Avenue, 15th Floor - King Salmon
Room, Anchorage, AK 99501
Council address: North Pacific
Fishery Management Council, 605 W.
4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK
99501–2252.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Diana Stram, Council staff, telephone:
(907) 271–2809.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
agenda will include review of the Draft
Assessment Review Guidelines;
Discussion of current and future scallop
survey techniques, discussion of Scallop
population modeling feasibility; Review
Status of Statewide Scallop Stocks and
compile Stock Assessment and Fishery
Evaluation (SAFE) Report; a Scallop
observer training film presentation; and
community impact discussion paper.
Although non-emergency issues not
contained in this agenda may come
before this group for discussion, those
issues may not be the subject of formal
action during this meeting. Action will
be restricted to those issues specifically
identified in this notice and any issues
arising after publication of this notice
that require emergency action under
section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act, provided the public has been
notified of the Council’s intent to take
final action to address the emergency.
Special Accommodations
This meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to Gail
Bendixen at (907) 271–2809 at least 7
working days prior to the meeting date.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[030602141-7006-46]
California Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) Program,
Adult and Community Watershed Education in the Monterey Bay; Extension
of Application Deadline
AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: NOAA publishes this notice to extend the solicitation period
for applications for the California Bay Watershed Education and
Training (B-WET) Program, Adult and Community
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Watershed Education in the Monterey Bay which was originally announced
in the Federal Register on December 27, 2006. The solicitation period
for this program was extended to provide the public more time to submit
proposals.
DATES: Proposals must be received no later than 5 p.m., Pacific
standard time, March 1, 2007.
ADDRESSES: It is strongly encouraged that applications submitted in
response to this announcement are submitted through the Grants.gov Web
site. Electronic access to the Full Funding Opportunity Announcement
for this program is available via the Grants.gov Web site: https://www.grants.gov. Applicants must comply with all requirements contained
in the Full Funding Opportunity Announcement. Paper applications (a
signed original and two copies) may also be submitted to the following
address: Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, 299 Foam Street,
Monterey, CA 93940. No facsimile or electronic mail applications will
be accepted.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Seaberry Nachbar, National Marine
Sanctuary Program, 299 Foam Street, Monterey, CA 93940, or by phone at
(831) 647-4204.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NOAA publishes this notice to extend the
solicitation period on the California Bay Watershed Education and
Training (B-WET) Program, Adult and Community Watershed Education in
the Monterey Bay which was originally announced in the Federal Register
on December 27, 2006 (71 FR 77727). NOAA extends the solicitation
period from February 1, 2007 to March 1, 2007 to provide the public
more time to submit proposals, as the Full Funding Opportunity was not
available for review at the time Federal Register Notice was published.
All other requirements for this solicitation remain the same.
Funding Availability
This solicitation announces that approximately $100,000 may be
available in FY 2007 in award amounts to be determined by the proposals
and available funds. The National Marine Sanctuary Program anticipates
that approximately 2-4 grants will be awarded with these funds and that
typical project awards will range from $10,000 to $50,000.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1440, 15 U.S.C. 1540.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance: 11.429.
Eligibility
Eligible applicants are institutions of higher education,
nonprofit, organizations, state or local government agencies, and
Indian tribal governments. The Department of Commerce/National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration (DOC/NOAA) is strongly committed to
broadening the participation of historically black colleges and
universities, Hispanic serving institutions, tribal colleges and
universities, and institution that service undeserved areas.
Cost Sharing Requirements: No cost sharing is required under this
program; however, the National Marine Sanctuary Program strongly
encourages applicants to share as much of the costs of the award as
possible. Funds from other Federal awards are not considered matching
funds. The nature of the contribution (cash versus in-kind) and the
amount of matching funds will be taken into consideration in the
selection process with cash having priority over in-kind as the method
of contribution.
Intergovernmental Review
Applications under this program are not subject to Executive Order
12372, ``Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs.''
Evaluation Criteria and Selection Procedures
NOAA published its agency-wide solicitation entitled--Omnibus
Notice Announcing the Availability of Grant Funds for Fiscal Year
2006--for projects for Fiscal Year 2006 in the Federal Register on June
30, 2005 (70 FR 37766). The evaluation criteria and selection
procedures for projects contained in that omnibus notice are applicable
to this solicitation. Copies of this notice are available on the
Internet at https://www.ofa.noaa.gov/%7Eamd/SOLINDEX.HTML. Further
details on evaluation and selection criteria can be found in the full
funding opportunity announcement.
Pre-Award Activities
If applicants incur any costs prior to an award being made, the do
so solely at their own risk of not being reimbursed by the Government.
Notwithstanding any verbal assurance that may have been received, there
is no obligation to the applicant on the part of Department of Commerce
to cover pre-award costs.
Limitation of Liability
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/NA0216_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, 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 to 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 the denial of an
application. In some cases if additional information is required after
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.
Pre-Award Notification Requirements for Grants and Cooperative
Agreements
The Department of Commerce Pre-Award Notification Requirements for
Grants and Cooperative Agreements contained in the Federal Register
Notice of December 30, 2004 (69 FR 78389) are applicable to this
solicitation.
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)
This notification involves collection-of-information requirements
subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act. the use of Standard Forms 424,
424A, 424B, and SF-LLL and CD-346 has been approved by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) under control numbers 0348-0043, 0348-0044,
0348-0040 and 0348-0046 and 0604-0001, respectively. Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, no person is required to respond to,
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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
It has been determined that this notice is not significant for
purposes of Executive Order 12866.
Executive Order 13132 (Federalism)
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 comments are not
required pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(2)). Because notice and
opportunity for comments 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: January 26, 2007.
Daniel J. Basta,
Director, National Marine Sanctuary Program, National Ocean Service.
[FR Doc. 07-461 Filed 2-1-07; 8:45 am]
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