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to develop recommendations for the
September 2007 Council meeting.
DATES: The telephone conference will be
held Thursday, September 6, 2007, from
9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
ADDRESSES: A listening station will be
available at the Pacific Fishery
Management Council, Small Conference
Room, 7700 NE Ambassador Place,
Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220–1384;
telephone: (503) 820–2280.
Council address: Pacific Fishery
Management Council, 7700 NE
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland,
OR 97220–1384.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Chuck Tracy, Salmon Management Staff
Officer, Pacific Fishery Management
Council; telephone: (503) 820–2280.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
purpose of the work session is to review
information in the Council’s September
meeting briefing book related to salmon
management, and to develop comments
and recommendations for consideration
at the September Council meeting.
Although non-emergency issues not
contained in the meeting agenda may
come before the SAS for discussion,
those issues may not be the subject of
formal SAS action during this meeting.
SAS action will be restricted to those
issues specifically listed 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 SAS’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 Ms.
Carolyn Porter at (503) 820–2280 at least
5 days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: August 15, 2007.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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ACTION:
Notice of a public meeting.
SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery
Management Council’s (Council)Model
Evaluation Workgroup (MEW) will hold
a work session by telephone conference,
which is open to the public, to develop
recommendations for the September
2007 Council meeting.
The telephone conference will be
held Tuesday, September 4, from 1 p.m.
to 4 p.m.
DATES:
A listening station will be
available at the Pacific Fishery
Management Council, Small Conference
Room, 7700 NE Ambassador Place,
Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220–1384;
telephone: (503) 820–2280.
Council address: Pacific Fishery
Management Council, 7700 NE
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland,
OR 97220–1384.
ADDRESSES:
Mr.
Chuck Tracy, Salmon Management Staff
Officer, Pacific Fishery Management
Council; telephone: (503) 820–2280.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
The
purpose of the work session is to review
information in the Council’s September
meeting briefing book related to salmon
management, and to develop comments
and recommendations for consideration
at the September Council meeting.
Although non-emergency issues not
contained in the meeting agenda may
come before the MEW for discussion,
those issues may not be the subject of
formal MEW action during this meeting.
MEW action will be restricted to those
issues specifically listed 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 MEW’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 Ms.
Carolyn Porter at (503) 820–2280 at least
5 days prior to the meeting date.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
AGENCY:
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
Dated: August 15, 2007.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Telecommunications and
Information Administration
Public Safety Interoperable
Communications (PSIC) Grant
Program
National Telecommunications
and Information Administration,
Commerce
ACTION: Amendment to Notice of
Availability of Funds
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: On July 23, 2007, the National
Telecommunications and Information
Administration (NTIA) published a
Notice of Availability of Funds in the
Federal Register, 72 Fed. Reg. 40120, for
the Public Safety Interoperable
Communications (PSIC) Grant Program.
On August 3, 2007, the President signed
into law the Improving Emergency
Communications Act of 2007, Pub. L.
No. 110-53, which amended Section
3006 of the Deficit Reduction Act of
2005 that authorized the PSIC Grant
Program. This Notice provides
amendments to PSIC Grant Program
Notice of Availability of Funds.
DATES: This amendment to the Final
Rule takes effect immediately. Each
State and Territory continues to be
required to submit its application and
narrative no later than 11:59 p.m. on
August 22, 2007. Each State and
Territory, however, will now be
required to submit its Statewide
Communications Interoperability Plans
and Investment Justification under the
PSIC Grant Program no later than
December 3, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Please see 72 Fed. Reg.
40120.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Laura Pettus, Program Specialist, Public
Safety Interoperable Communications,
telephone: (202) 482–5802; fax: (202)
482–2156. Information about the PSIC
can also be obtained electronically via
the Internet at www.ntia.doc.gov/psic.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July
23, 2007, the National
Telecommunications and Information
Administration (NTIA) published a
Notice of Availability of Funds in the
Federal Register, 72 Fed. Reg. 40120, for
the Public Safety Interoperable
Communications (PSIC) Grant Program.
On August 3, 2007, the President signed
into law the Implementing
Recommendations of the 9/11
Commission Act of 2007, Pub. L. No.
110-53. Title XXII of that Act, known as
the Improving Emergency
Communications Act of 2007, amended
Section 3006 of the Deficit Reduction
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Act of 2005 which originally authorized
the PSIC Grant Program.
Specifically, Section 2201 of Pub. L.
No. 110-53 expanded the PSIC Grant
Program’s purpose by: (1) including
planning and coordination as eligible
costs; (2) explicitly permitting funds to
be used for equipment and software; (3)
allowing investments in other public
safety communications spectrum bands;
and (4) requiring the establishment and
implementation of strategic technology
reserve by public safety agencies.
Accordingly, NTIA now amends the
Notice of Availability of Funds as
follows to include pre-positioning
activities as a program and selection
priority; to remove the restriction
involving 700 MHz frequency band; to
amend the Funding Availability section
to set aside $75 million to fund prepositioning activities; and to exclude
planning and coordination activities
from the 20% cost share requirement.
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Program Information
The PSIC Grant Program will assist
public safety agencies in the planning
and coordination with, the acquisition
of, deployment of, or training for the use
of interoperable communications
equipment, software, and systems that:
(1) utilize reallocated public safety
spectrum for radio communication1;
(2) enable interoperability with
communications systems that can
utilize reallocated public safety
spectrum for radio communications; or
(3) otherwise improve or advance the
interoperability of public safety
communications systems that utilize
other public safety spectrum bands.
NTIA is seeking solutions from public
safety agencies that (1) achieve
meaningful and measurable
improvements in the state of
interoperability for public safety
communications and (2) fill
interoperability gaps identified in the
Statewide Plans.
NTIA recognizes that many solutions
exist to achieve interoperability, and the
PSIC Grant Program will not dictate a
specific technology solution for public
safety agencies. However, NTIA has
identified the following technology and
all hazards related priorities that States
and Territories must consider when
selecting projects for PSIC funding:
1. Technology
a. Adopt advanced technological
solutions
b. Improve spectrum efficiency
c. Use cost-effective measures
1 For purposes of this program, the term
‘‘reallocated public safety spectrum’’ will mean the
band of spectrum located at 764–776 megahertz and
794–806 megahertz, inclusive.
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2. All Hazards Mitigation
a. Improve communications in areas
at high risk for natural disasters
b. Continue to improve
interoperability efforts in urban and
metropolitan areas at high risk for
threats of terrorism
c. Pre-position or secure interoperable
communications in advance for
immediate deployment in an emergency
or major disaster
Funding Availability
Table 1 - PSIC State/Territory
Allocation
State/Territory
PSIC Funding
STR Funding
Alabama ....
Alaska .......
American
Samoa ...
Arizona ......
Arkansas ...
California ...
Colorado ...
Connecticut
Delaware ...
District of
Columbia
Florida .......
Georgia .....
Guam ........
Hawaii .......
Idaho .........
Illinois ........
Indiana ......
Iowa ..........
Kansas ......
Kentucky ...
Louisiana ..
Maine ........
Maryland ...
Massachusetts .......
Michigan ...
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri ....
Montana ....
Nebraska ..
Nevada .....
New Hampshire ......
New Jersey
New Mexico ..........
New York ..
North Carolina .........
North Dakota .......
Northern
Mariana
Islands ...
Ohio ..........
Oklahoma
Oregon ......
Pennsylvania ......
Puerto Rico
Rhode Island .......
$13,585,399
$7,250,345
$1,052,169
$561,529
$691,948
$17,713,050
$11,169,402
$94,034,510
$14,336,638
$12,999,879
$8,196,842
$53,590
$1,371,850
$865,054
$7,282,835
$1,110,352
$1,006,822
$634,833
$11,857,972
$42,888,266
$25,311,354
$2,600,678
$8,069,879
$7,289,795
$36,414,263
$18,291,735
$10,935,974
$10,667,169
$15,405,625
$19,672,287
$7,567,579
$22,934,593
$918,383
$3,321,633
$1,960,327
$201,419
$625,000
$564,584
$2,820,231
$1,416,668
$846,975
$826,157
$1,193,143
$1,523,590
$586,098
$1,776,251
$21,191,988
$25,039,781
$14,262,071
$10,989,345
$17,465,576
$6,549,685
$8,582,108
$12,042,417
$1,641,288
$1,939,294
$1,104,577
$851,109
$1,352,683
$507,263
$664,672
$932,668
$5,966,760
$30,806,646
$462,117
$2,385,930
$8,288,725
$60,734,783
$641,950
$4,703,820
$22,130,199
$1,713,952
$7,052,490
$546,205
$719,236
$29,377,337
$11,684,183
$12,182,532
$55,704
$2,275,232
$904,923
$943,519
$34,190,555
$9,590,025
$2,648,008
$742,733
$7,365,694
$570,462
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Table 1 - PSIC State/Territory
Allocation—Continued
State/Territory
South
Carolina
South Dakota .......
Tennessee
Texas ........
U.S. Virgin
Islands ...
Utah ..........
Vermont ....
Virginia ......
Washington
West Virginia .......
Wisconsin
Wyoming ...
Total .........
PSIC Funding
STR Funding
$13,499,308
$1,045,502
$6,549,691
$17,540,752
$65,069,247
$507,264
$1,358,506
$5,039,518
$856,907
$10,353,261
$4,476,761
$25,012,521
$19,180,347
$66,366
$801,845
$346,719
$1,937,183
$1,485,490
$8,429,484
$15,367,216
$5,952,187
$968,385,000
$652,851
$1,190,168
$460,988
$75,000,002
Pursuant to Section 2201 of Pub. L.
No. 110-53, States and Territories will
be required to establish and implement
a strategic technology reserve (STR) to
pre-position or secure interoperable
communications in advance for
immediate deployment in an emergency
situation or major disaster. The PSIC
Grant Program has apportioned a total of
$75 million for STR Funding. Each State
or Territory has been allocated a
presumptive funding amount
proportionate to its total allocation
under the program.
To be considered for PSIC funding,
the STR must be capable of reestablishing communications when
existing critical infrastructure is
damaged or destroyed in an emergency
or a major disaster. STR projects should
include the following:
(1) appropriate current, widely-used
equipment, such as Land Mobile Radio
Systems, cellular telephones and
satellite-enabled equipment (and related
communications service), Cells-OnWheels, Cells-On-Light Trucks, or other
self-contained mobile cell sites that can
be towed, backup batteries, generators,
fuel, and computers;
(2) equipment on hand for the
Governor of each State, key emergency
response officials, and appropriate State
or local personnel;
(3) contracts (including pre-negotiated
contracts) for rapid delivery of the most
current technology available from
commercial sources; and
(4) arrangements for training to ensure
the personnel are familiar with the
operation of the equipment and devices
to be delivered pursuant to such
contracts.
States and Territories should ensure
that they submit Investment
Justifications reflecting projects that
include at least the presumptive funding
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amount to establish and implement a
strategic technology reserve (STR) to
pre-position or secure interoperable
communications in advance for
immediate deployment in an emergency
situation or major disaster. If a State or
Territory is not submitting a PSIC
Investment for the STR, it must submit
a detailed written explanation along
with its Investment Justification that
demonstrates that it has already
implemented such a strategic
technology reserve or that other funded
project proposals represent a higher
priority for public safety
communications. Upon a finding by the
Assistant Secretary that the State or
Territory has met the demonstration
requirement, it may use the presumptive
funding amount for other approved
PSIC projects.
Funding Priorities and Selection
Factors
NTIA recognizes that many solutions
exist to achieve interoperability, and the
PSIC Grant Program will not dictate the
technology or approach for public safety
agencies. However, NTIA has identified
that when selecting projects for PSIC
funding States and Territories must
consider: (1) technology, including
adoption of advanced technological
solutions, improved spectrum
efficiency, and cost-effective measures;
and (2) solutions that support
capabilities in response to all hazards
approach regardless of their source or
cause, including improving
communications in areas at high risk for
natural disasters and in urban and
metropolitan areas at high risk for
threats of terrorism, as well as prepositioning or securing interoperable
communications in advance for
immediate deployment in an emergency
or major disaster.
In addition, NTIA will review each
Statewide Plan to ensure that States and
Territories address the following PSIC
requirements: how public safety
agencies will plan and coordinate,
acquire, deploy, and train on
communications equipment, software,
and systems that use - or enable
interoperability with communications
systems that use - in the reallocated
public safety spectrum or otherwise
improve or advance the interoperability
with public safety communications
systems that utilize other public safety
spectrum bands; how a strategic
technology reserve will be established
and implemented to pre-position or
secure interoperable communications in
advance for immediate deployment in
an emergency or major disaster; how
local and tribal government entities’
interoperable communications needs
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have been included in the planning
process and how their needs are being
addressed, if applicable; and how
authorized nongovernmental
organizations’ interoperable
communications needs have been
included in the planning process and
how their needs are being addressed, if
applicable.
Cost Sharing Requirements
The PSIC Grant Program requires cost
sharing. By statute, each public safety
agency receiving PSIC funds is required
to meet and document the 20 percent
statutory match requirement for each
project. The SAA is required to track
and report the 20 percent match
requirement for each individual project
that receives PSIC funds for efforts other
than planning and coordination and
training which do not require any
match. The match requirements can be
met through cash or in-kind sources
consistent with 15 C.F.R. § § 24.3, 24.24.
This documentation must demonstrate
that match funds are from non-federal
sources.
As provided in 48 U.S.C. § 1469a, the
requirement for local matching funds
under $200,000 (including in-kind
contributions) is waived for the
Territorial governments in Guam,
American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin
Islands, and the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands.
Applicants are exempt from the 20
percent match for all pre-award costs
related to the Statewide Plans.
Training activities can make up no
more than 20 percent of a State’s or
Territory’s total federal allocationfor the
PSIC Program.
Each STR project will be considered
as an individual Investment and subject
to the above cost sharing requirements.
All other substantive provisions of the
PSIC Grant Program Notice of
Availability of Funds remain
unchanged. Additional information on
these changes is available in
Modification 1 of the Federal Funding
Opportunity Notice under CFDA
Number 11.555 available at https://
www.grants.gov/search/
search.do?oppId=14878&mode=VIEW
and in the Revised Grant Guidance
available at www.ntia.doc.gov/.
Executive Order 12866
The amendment to this rule has been
determined not to be Economically
Significant under Executive Order
12866.
Executive Order 13132, Federalism
It has been determined that this notice
does not contain policies with
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Federalism implications as that term is
defined in Executive Order 13132.
Administrative Procedure Act/
Regulatory Flexibility Act
Prior notice and opportunity for
public comment are not required by the
Administrative Procedure Act or any
other law for this rule concerning
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.
Congressional Review of Agency
Rulemaking
NTIA has not submitted this final rule
to the Congress and the Government
Accountability Office under the
Congressional Review of Agency
Rulemaking Act, 5 U.S.C. § 801 et seq.
This amendment is not a ‘‘major rule’’
within the meaning of the Act.
Dated: August 16, 2007.
Kathy Smith,
Chief Counsel, National Telecommunications
and Information Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Telecommunications and Information Administration
Public Safety Interoperable Communications (PSIC) Grant Program
AGENCY: National Telecommunications and Information Administration,
Commerce
ACTION: Amendment to Notice of Availability of Funds
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SUMMARY: On July 23, 2007, the National Telecommunications and
Information Administration (NTIA) published a Notice of Availability of
Funds in the Federal Register, 72 Fed. Reg. 40120, for the Public
Safety Interoperable Communications (PSIC) Grant Program. On August 3,
2007, the President signed into law the Improving Emergency
Communications Act of 2007, Pub. L. No. 110-53, which amended Section
3006 of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 that authorized the PSIC
Grant Program. This Notice provides amendments to PSIC Grant Program
Notice of Availability of Funds.
DATES: This amendment to the Final Rule takes effect immediately. Each
State and Territory continues to be required to submit its application
and narrative no later than 11:59 p.m. on August 22, 2007. Each State
and Territory, however, will now be required to submit its Statewide
Communications Interoperability Plans and Investment Justification
under the PSIC Grant Program no later than December 3, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Please see 72 Fed. Reg. 40120.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laura Pettus, Program Specialist,
Public Safety Interoperable Communications, telephone: (202) 482-5802;
fax: (202) 482-2156. Information about the PSIC can also be obtained
electronically via the Internet at www.ntia.doc.gov/psic.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 23, 2007, the National
Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) published a
Notice of Availability of Funds in the Federal Register, 72 Fed. Reg.
40120, for the Public Safety Interoperable Communications (PSIC) Grant
Program. On August 3, 2007, the President signed into law the
Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007, Pub.
L. No. 110-53. Title XXII of that Act, known as the Improving Emergency
Communications Act of 2007, amended Section 3006 of the Deficit
Reduction
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Act of 2005 which originally authorized the PSIC Grant Program.
Specifically, Section 2201 of Pub. L. No. 110-53 expanded the PSIC
Grant Program's purpose by: (1) including planning and coordination as
eligible costs; (2) explicitly permitting funds to be used for
equipment and software; (3) allowing investments in other public safety
communications spectrum bands; and (4) requiring the establishment and
implementation of strategic technology reserve by public safety
agencies. Accordingly, NTIA now amends the Notice of Availability of
Funds as follows to include pre-positioning activities as a program and
selection priority; to remove the restriction involving 700 MHz
frequency band; to amend the Funding Availability section to set aside
$75 million to fund pre-positioning activities; and to exclude planning
and coordination activities from the 20% cost share requirement.
Program Information
The PSIC Grant Program will assist public safety agencies in the
planning and coordination with, the acquisition of, deployment of, or
training for the use of interoperable communications equipment,
software, and systems that:
(1) utilize reallocated public safety spectrum for radio
communication\1\;
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\1\ For purposes of this program, the term ``reallocated public
safety spectrum'' will mean the band of spectrum located at 764-776
megahertz and 794-806 megahertz, inclusive.
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(2) enable interoperability with communications systems that can
utilize reallocated public safety spectrum for radio communications; or
(3) otherwise improve or advance the interoperability of public
safety communications systems that utilize other public safety spectrum
bands.
NTIA is seeking solutions from public safety agencies that (1)
achieve meaningful and measurable improvements in the state of
interoperability for public safety communications and (2) fill
interoperability gaps identified in the Statewide Plans.
NTIA recognizes that many solutions exist to achieve
interoperability, and the PSIC Grant Program will not dictate a
specific technology solution for public safety agencies. However, NTIA
has identified the following technology and all hazards related
priorities that States and Territories must consider when selecting
projects for PSIC funding:
1. Technology
a. Adopt advanced technological solutions
b. Improve spectrum efficiency
c. Use cost-effective measures
2. All Hazards Mitigation
a. Improve communications in areas at high risk for natural
disasters
b. Continue to improve interoperability efforts in urban and
metropolitan areas at high risk for threats of terrorism
c. Pre-position or secure interoperable communications in advance
for immediate deployment in an emergency or major disaster
Funding Availability
Table 1 - PSIC State/Territory Allocation
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State/Territory PSIC Funding STR Funding
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Alabama................................. $13,585,399 $1,052,169
Alaska.................................. $7,250,345 $561,529
American Samoa.......................... $691,948 $53,590
Arizona................................. $17,713,050 $1,371,850
Arkansas................................ $11,169,402 $865,054
California.............................. $94,034,510 $7,282,835
Colorado................................ $14,336,638 $1,110,352
Connecticut............................. $12,999,879 $1,006,822
Delaware................................ $8,196,842 $634,833
District of Columbia.................... $11,857,972 $918,383
Florida................................. $42,888,266 $3,321,633
Georgia................................. $25,311,354 $1,960,327
Guam.................................... $2,600,678 $201,419
Hawaii.................................. $8,069,879 $625,000
Idaho................................... $7,289,795 $564,584
Illinois................................ $36,414,263 $2,820,231
Indiana................................. $18,291,735 $1,416,668
Iowa.................................... $10,935,974 $846,975
Kansas.................................. $10,667,169 $826,157
Kentucky................................ $15,405,625 $1,193,143
Louisiana............................... $19,672,287 $1,523,590
Maine................................... $7,567,579 $586,098
Maryland................................ $22,934,593 $1,776,251
Massachusetts........................... $21,191,988 $1,641,288
Michigan................................ $25,039,781 $1,939,294
Minnesota............................... $14,262,071 $1,104,577
Mississippi............................. $10,989,345 $851,109
Missouri................................ $17,465,576 $1,352,683
Montana................................. $6,549,685 $507,263
Nebraska................................ $8,582,108 $664,672
Nevada.................................. $12,042,417 $932,668
New Hampshire........................... $5,966,760 $462,117
New Jersey.............................. $30,806,646 $2,385,930
New Mexico.............................. $8,288,725 $641,950
New York................................ $60,734,783 $4,703,820
North Carolina.......................... $22,130,199 $1,713,952
North Dakota............................ $7,052,490 $546,205
Northern Mariana Islands................ $719,236 $55,704
Ohio.................................... $29,377,337 $2,275,232
Oklahoma................................ $11,684,183 $904,923
Oregon.................................. $12,182,532 $943,519
Pennsylvania............................ $34,190,555 $2,648,008
Puerto Rico............................. $9,590,025 $742,733
Rhode Island............................ $7,365,694 $570,462
South Carolina.......................... $13,499,308 $1,045,502
South Dakota............................ $6,549,691 $507,264
Tennessee............................... $17,540,752 $1,358,506
Texas................................... $65,069,247 $5,039,518
U.S. Virgin Islands..................... $856,907 $66,366
Utah.................................... $10,353,261 $801,845
Vermont................................. $4,476,761 $346,719
Virginia................................ $25,012,521 $1,937,183
Washington.............................. $19,180,347 $1,485,490
West Virginia........................... $8,429,484 $652,851
Wisconsin............................... $15,367,216 $1,190,168
Wyoming................................. $5,952,187 $460,988
Total................................... $968,385,000 $75,000,002
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Pursuant to Section 2201 of Pub. L. No. 110-53, States and
Territories will be required to establish and implement a strategic
technology reserve (STR) to pre-position or secure interoperable
communications in advance for immediate deployment in an emergency
situation or major disaster. The PSIC Grant Program has apportioned a
total of $75 million for STR Funding. Each State or Territory has been
allocated a presumptive funding amount proportionate to its total
allocation under the program.
To be considered for PSIC funding, the STR must be capable of re-
establishing communications when existing critical infrastructure is
damaged or destroyed in an emergency or a major disaster. STR projects
should include the following:
(1) appropriate current, widely-used equipment, such as Land Mobile
Radio Systems, cellular telephones and satellite-enabled equipment (and
related communications service), Cells-On-Wheels, Cells-On-Light
Trucks, or other self-contained mobile cell sites that can be towed,
backup batteries, generators, fuel, and computers;
(2) equipment on hand for the Governor of each State, key emergency
response officials, and appropriate State or local personnel;
(3) contracts (including pre-negotiated contracts) for rapid
delivery of the most current technology available from commercial
sources; and
(4) arrangements for training to ensure the personnel are familiar
with the operation of the equipment and devices to be delivered
pursuant to such contracts.
States and Territories should ensure that they submit Investment
Justifications reflecting projects that include at least the
presumptive funding
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amount to establish and implement a strategic technology reserve (STR)
to pre-position or secure interoperable communications in advance for
immediate deployment in an emergency situation or major disaster. If a
State or Territory is not submitting a PSIC Investment for the STR, it
must submit a detailed written explanation along with its Investment
Justification that demonstrates that it has already implemented such a
strategic technology reserve or that other funded project proposals
represent a higher priority for public safety communications. Upon a
finding by the Assistant Secretary that the State or Territory has met
the demonstration requirement, it may use the presumptive funding
amount for other approved PSIC projects.
Funding Priorities and Selection Factors
NTIA recognizes that many solutions exist to achieve
interoperability, and the PSIC Grant Program will not dictate the
technology or approach for public safety agencies. However, NTIA has
identified that when selecting projects for PSIC funding States and
Territories must consider: (1) technology, including adoption of
advanced technological solutions, improved spectrum efficiency, and
cost-effective measures; and (2) solutions that support capabilities in
response to all hazards approach regardless of their source or cause,
including improving communications in areas at high risk for natural
disasters and in urban and metropolitan areas at high risk for threats
of terrorism, as well as pre-positioning or securing interoperable
communications in advance for immediate deployment in an emergency or
major disaster.
In addition, NTIA will review each Statewide Plan to ensure that
States and Territories address the following PSIC requirements: how
public safety agencies will plan and coordinate, acquire, deploy, and
train on communications equipment, software, and systems that use - or
enable interoperability with communications systems that use - in the
reallocated public safety spectrum or otherwise improve or advance the
interoperability with public safety communications systems that utilize
other public safety spectrum bands; how a strategic technology reserve
will be established and implemented to pre-position or secure
interoperable communications in advance for immediate deployment in an
emergency or major disaster; how local and tribal government entities'
interoperable communications needs have been included in the planning
process and how their needs are being addressed, if applicable; and how
authorized nongovernmental organizations' interoperable communications
needs have been included in the planning process and how their needs
are being addressed, if applicable.
Cost Sharing Requirements
The PSIC Grant Program requires cost sharing. By statute, each
public safety agency receiving PSIC funds is required to meet and
document the 20 percent statutory match requirement for each project.
The SAA is required to track and report the 20 percent match
requirement for each individual project that receives PSIC funds for
efforts other than planning and coordination and training which do not
require any match. The match requirements can be met through cash or
in-kind sources consistent with 15 C.F.R. Sec. Sec. 24.3, 24.24. This
documentation must demonstrate that match funds are from non-federal
sources.
As provided in 48 U.S.C. Sec. 1469a, the requirement for local
matching funds under $200,000 (including in-kind contributions) is
waived for the Territorial governments in Guam, American Samoa, the
U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands.
Applicants are exempt from the 20 percent match for all pre-award
costs related to the Statewide Plans.
Training activities can make up no more than 20 percent of a
State's or Territory's total federal allocationfor the PSIC Program.
Each STR project will be considered as an individual Investment and
subject to the above cost sharing requirements.
All other substantive provisions of the PSIC Grant Program Notice
of Availability of Funds remain unchanged. Additional information on
these changes is available in Modification 1 of the Federal Funding
Opportunity Notice under CFDA Number 11.555 available at https://
www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=14878&mode=VIEW and in the
Revised Grant Guidance available at www.ntia.doc.gov/.
Executive Order 12866
The amendment to this rule has been determined not to be
Economically Significant under 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 opportunity for public comment are not required by
the Administrative Procedure Act or any other law for this rule
concerning grants, benefits, and contracts (5 U.S.C. Sec. 553(a) (2)).
Because notice and opportunity for comment are not required pursuant to
5 U.S.C. Sec. 553 or any other law, the analytical requirements of the
Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. Sec. 601 et seq.) are
inapplicable. Therefore, a regulatory flexibility analysis has not been
prepared.
Congressional Review of Agency Rulemaking
NTIA has not submitted this final rule to the Congress and the
Government Accountability Office under the Congressional Review of
Agency Rulemaking Act, 5 U.S.C. Sec. 801 et seq. This amendment is not
a ``major rule'' within the meaning of the Act.
Dated: August 16, 2007.
Kathy Smith,
Chief Counsel, National Telecommunications and Information
Administration.
[FR Doc. 07-4083 Filed 8-16-07; 11:18 am]
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