[Federal Register: March 19, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 52)]
[Notices]
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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:
http://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 (http://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: http://www.nepa.noaa.gov/, including our NOAA Administrative Order 216-6 for NEPA, http://www.nepa.noaa.gov/
NAO216--6--TOC.pdf, and the Council on Environmental Quality
implementation regulations, http://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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