[Federal Register: November 24, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 226)]
[Notices]
[Page 67855-67856]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[Docket No. 030602141-5037-15; I.D. 102606A]
RIN 0648-ZB76
Availability of Grants Funds for Fiscal Year 2007, Watershed
Education and Training (B-WET) Program
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; re-opening of solicitation period.
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SUMMARY: NMFS publishes this notice to re-open the solicitation period
for the Chesapeake Bay to provide the public more time to submit
proposals.
DATES: The new deadline for the receipt of proposals is December 4,
2006, for both electronic and paper applications.
ADDRESSES: The address for submitting Proposals electronically is:
http://www.grants.gov/. (Electronic submission is strongly encouraged).
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Paper submissions should be sent to the attention of B-WET Program
Manager, 410 Severn Avenue, Suite 107, Annapolis, MD 21403.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shannon Sprague, 410-267-5664,
shannon.sprague@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This program was originally solicited in the
Federal Register on June 12, 2006, as part of the June 2006 NOAA
Omnibus solicitation. The original deadline for receipt of proposals
was 5 p.m., EST, on October 23, 2006. Due to technical difficulties,
some applicants may not have been able to submit proposals during the
original solicitation period. Therefore, NOAA re-opens the solicitation
period to provide the public more time to submit proposals. The new
deadline for the receipt of proposals is 1 p.m. EST on December 4,
2006, for both electronic and paper applications.
All applications that were received between October 23, 2006 and
December 4, 2006, will be considered timely. All other requirements for
this solicitation remain the same.
Limitation of Liability
Funding for programs listed in this notice is contingent upon the
availability of Fiscal Year 2007 appropriations. Applicants are hereby
given notice that funds have not yet been appropriated for the programs
listed in this notice. 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, Notice (67 FR 66177) 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 at 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 the
applicants 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 OMB 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 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: November 17, 2006.
William T. Hogarth,
Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries
Service.
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