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December 29, 2006). Thus, NMFS
believes that the Council has taken the
necessary steps under MagnusonStevens Act section 304(e)(3)(A) to end
overfishing on petrale sole.
Dated: March 12, 2007.
Alan D. Risenhoover,
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E7–4954 Filed 3–16–07; 8:45 am]
Limitation of Liability
Funding for programs listed in this
notice is contingent upon the
availability of Fiscal Year 2007 funds. In
no event will NOAA or the Department
of Commerce be responsible for
proposal preparation costs if these
programs fail to receive funding or are
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.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
[Docket No. 030602141–7056–49; I.D.
030607G]
Availability of Grant Funds for Fiscal
Year 2007
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; reopening of
competition solicitation.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, National
Marine Fisheries Service publishes this
notice to reopen the competitive
solicitation for the Chesapeake Bay
Cooperative Science Program which was
originally published in the Federal
Register on December 27, 2006. The
solicitation period was reopened to
provide the public more time to submit
proposals.
DATES: The new deadline for the receipt
of proposals is 5 p.m. Eastern Time on
March 26, 2007 for both electronic and
paper applications.
ADDRESSES: The address for submitting
Proposals electronically is: https://
www.grants.gov/. (Electronic
submission is strongly encouraged).
Paper submissions should be sent to the
NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office, 410
Severn Avenue, Suite 107, Annapolis,
MD 21403.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Derek Orner, 410–267–5676,
derek.orner@noaa.gov; or Peter
Bergstrom, 410–267–5665,
peter.bergstrom@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
program was originally solicited in the
Federal Register on December 27, 2006
(71 FR 77726), as part of the December,
2006 NOAA Omnibus
solicitation. The original deadline for
receipt of proposals was 5 p.m., EST, on
March 12, 2007. NOAA reopens the
solicitation period to provide the public
more time to submit proposals as severe
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weather conditions adversely affected
the ability of potential applicants to
submit applications. All applications
that are submitted between March 12,
2007, and March 19, 2007 will be
considered timely. All other
requirements published in the
December 27, 2006 solicitation notice
are applicable and remain the same.
Universal Identifier
Applicants should be aware that 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, Vol. 67, No. 210,
pp. 66177–66178, 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 (https://
www.dunandbradstreet.com).
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 website: https://
www.nepa.noaa.gov/, including our
NOAA Administrative Order 216–6 for
NEPA, https://www.nepa.noaa.gov/
NAO216l6lTOC.pdf, and the Council
on Environmental Quality
implementation regulations, https://
ceq.eh.doe.gov/nepa/regs/ceq/
toclceq.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
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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 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 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 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
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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: March 13, 2007.
Samuel D. Rauch III,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for
Regulatory Programs, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E7–4883 Filed 3–16–07; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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Administration
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Taking and Importing Marine
Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals
Incidental to Rocket Launches from
Kodiak, AK
National Marine Fisheries
Service, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration,
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; issuance of a Letter of
Authorization.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Marine Mammal Protection Act
(MMPA) and implementing regulations,
notification is hereby given that a 1-year
letter of authorization (LOA) has been
issued to the Alaska Aerospace
Development Corporation (AADC), to
take Steller sea lions (Eumetopias
jubatus) and Pacific harbor seals (Phoca
vitulina richardii) incidental to rocket
launches from the Kodiac Launch
Complex (KLC).
DATES: Effective March 12, 2007,
through March 11, 2008.
ADDRESSES: The LOA and supporting
documentation are available by writing
to Michael Payne, Chief, Permits,
Conservation, and Education Division,
Office of Protected Resources, National
Marine Fisheries Service, 1315 EastWest Highway, Silver Spring, MD
20910-3225, by telephoning one of the
contacts listed here (see FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT), or online at:
https://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/permits/
incidental.htm. Documents cited in this
notice may be viewed, by appointment,
during regular business hours, at the
aforementioned address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jolie
Harrison, Office of Protected Resources,
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NMFS, (907) 271–3023.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Section 101(a)(5)(A) of the MMPA (16
U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) directs the National
Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to
allow, on request, the incidental, but not
intentional, taking of small numbers of
marine mammals by U.S. citizens who
engage in a specified activity (other than
commercial fishing) within a specified
geographical region if certain findings
are made and regulations are issued.
Under the MMPA, the term ‘‘taking’’
means to harass, hunt, capture, or kill or
to attempt to harass, hunt, capture or
kill marine mammals.
Authorization may be granted for
periods up to 5 years if NMFS finds,
after notification and opportunity for
public comment, that the taking will
have a negligible impact on the species
or stock(s) of marine mammals and will
not have an unmitigable adverse impact
on the availability of the species or
stock(s) for subsistence uses. In
addition, NMFS must prescribe
regulations that include permissible
methods of taking and other means
effecting the least practicable adverse
impact on the species and its habitat
and on the availability of the species for
subsistence uses, paying particular
attention to rookeries, mating grounds,
and areas of similar significance. The
regulations must include requirements
for monitoring and reporting of such
taking.
Regulations governing the taking of
Steller sea lions (SSLs) and harbor seals
incidental to rocket launches at KLC,
became effective on February 27, 2006
(71 FR 4297), and remain in effect until
February 28, 2011. For detailed
information on this action, please refer
to that document. These regulations
include mitigation, monitoring, and
reporting requirements for the
incidental taking of marine mammals
during rocket launches at KLC.
Summary of Request
NMFS received a request for an LOA
pursuant to the aforementioned
regulations that would authorize, for a
period not to exceed 1 year, take of
marine mammals incidental to rocket
launches at KLC.
Summary of Activity and Monitoring
Under the Current LOA
In compliance with the 2006 LOA,
AADC submitted an annual report on
the rocket launches at KLC. A summary
of that report (R&M Consultants, 2006)
follows.
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One launch was conducted at KLC
between February 27, 2006, and
February 28, 2007. This was a
monitored launch of an Interceptor
FTG-02 on September 1, 2006, at 9:22
am. Aerial surveys to document
abundance of SSLs and harbor seals
were flown 3 days prior to, immediately
after, and 2 days post launch. Video
monitoring equipment and a sound
level meter were deployed on the
northeast end of Ugak Island, 4.5 miles
(7.2 km) from the launch site,
overlooking East Ugak Rock, and
another sound level meter was deployed
at Narrow Cape, 0.9 miles from the
launch site. No SSLs were observed at
the traditional haul-out site on the
northern tip of Ugak Island during prelaunch surveys; therefore, no
monitoring at that site was conducted.
As an alternative, the northeast end of
Ugak Island was chosen as a monitoring
location as two to five SSLs we observed
there during pre-launch aerial survey
flights.
Sound level monitoring equipment at
the SSL haulout site registered noise
above general ambient levels for one
minute eight seconds. Noise levels
peaked at 105.6 dBC. During pre-launch
aerial surveys, 2 to 4 sea lions were
observed hauled out at this site and one
was seen swimming in the area on 2 of
the 3 days. Video monitoring showed
two SSLs resting on East Ugak Rock
during the launch. No change in SSL
activity was observed during the
ignition, during the peak noise levels
that followed the launch, or for the
remaining duration of the video
monitoring (4 hrs 7 min). Post launch
surveys documented 1-2 SSLs using this
haul-out site.
Video monitoring for harbor seal
reaction during the launch was not
required in conjunction with SSL
response monitoring. Abundance
monitoring via aerial surveys conducted
pre and post launch around Ugak Island
revealed that harbor seals concentrated
at two haul-out sites. Average haul-out
attendance increased on days following
the launch at these two locations,
Northeast and Southeast Ugak Island.
Pre launch surveys showed 876 and
1154, respectively, seals hauled-out
while post launch surveys revealed
1207 and 1497 seals at these locations.
Therefore, NMFS believes that harbor
seal attendance at these haul-out sites
was not affected negatively by this
launch.
In summary, no impacts to any
marine mammals were detected during
the launches. There was no evidence of
injury or mortality as a result of the
launches and numbers of hauled out
animals were similar to or higher than
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[Docket No. 030602141-7056-49; I.D. 030607G]
Availability of Grant Funds for Fiscal Year 2007
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; reopening of competition solicitation.
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SUMMARY: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National
Marine Fisheries Service publishes this notice to reopen the
competitive solicitation for the Chesapeake Bay Cooperative Science
Program which was originally published in the Federal Register on
December 27, 2006. The solicitation period was reopened to provide the
public more time to submit proposals.
DATES: The new deadline for the receipt of proposals is 5 p.m. Eastern
Time on March 26, 2007 for both electronic and paper applications.
ADDRESSES: The address for submitting Proposals electronically is:
https://www.grants.gov/. (Electronic submission is strongly encouraged).
Paper submissions should be sent to the NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office, 410
Severn Avenue, Suite 107, Annapolis, MD 21403.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Derek Orner, 410-267-5676,
derek.orner@noaa.gov; or Peter Bergstrom, 410-267-5665,
peter.bergstrom@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This program was originally solicited in the
Federal Register on December 27, 2006 (71 FR 77726), as part of the
December, 2006 NOAA Omnibus
solicitation. The original deadline for receipt of proposals was 5
p.m., EST, on March 12, 2007. NOAA reopens the solicitation period to
provide the public more time to submit proposals as severe weather
conditions adversely affected the ability of potential applicants to
submit applications. All applications that are submitted between March
12, 2007, and March 19, 2007 will be considered timely. All other
requirements published in the December 27, 2006 solicitation notice are
applicable and remain the same.
Limitation of Liability
Funding for programs listed in this notice is contingent upon the
availability of Fiscal Year 2007 funds. In no event will NOAA or the
Department of Commerce be responsible for proposal preparation costs if
these programs fail to receive funding or are 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.
Universal Identifier
Applicants should be aware that 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, Vol.
67, No. 210, pp. 66177-66178, 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 (https://
www.dunandbradstreet.com).
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 website: 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, 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 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
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
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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: March 13, 2007.
Samuel D. Rauch III,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E7-4883 Filed 3-16-07; 8:45 am]
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