SUMMARY:
The NOAA Coastal Ocean Program (COP) announces an opportunity for ecosystem dynamics studies on the southeast Bering Sea shelf as part of the Southeast Bering Sea Carrying Capacity (SEBSCC) project. This announcement solicits two-year proposals for analysis, monitoring and process studies to begin in early fiscal year 1999, contingent on the availability of funds and facilities. This Phase II announcement addresses Years Three and Four of the SEBSCC program, described in detail at http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/sebscc. Phase II will be followed by two years of synthesis. Further information is described below and at SEBSCC's home page site: http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/sebscc. This supplemental notice shall be made available at COP's home page site: http://www.cop.noaa.gov/cop- home.html. Any previous submissions to this announcement on the above web pages need not be resubmitted.

DATES:
The deadline for proposals is November 9, 1998. It is anticipated that final selections for funding will be made during early FY l999.

ADDRESSES:
Submit the original and one copy of your proposal to Allen Macklin, NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115-0070.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
If you have questions or require further technical information, contact either Allen Macklin (allen.macklin@noaa.gov; 206 526-6798); or Beth Turner, SEBSCC Coordinator, Coastal Ocean Program Office, 301-713-3338/ext 135, Internet: elizabeth.turner@noaa.gov. For Business Management Information: Leslie McDonald, COP Grants Office, (301) 713-3338/ext 137.

A full text of the Supplemental Notice is available from the Federal Register Online via GPO Access at http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=1998_register&docid=98-27258-filed.
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