[Federal Register: February 2, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 22)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[030602141-7006-46]
California Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) Program,
Adult and Community Watershed Education in the Monterey Bay; Extension
of Application Deadline
AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: NOAA publishes this notice to extend the solicitation period
for applications for the California Bay Watershed Education and
Training (B-WET) Program, Adult and Community
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Watershed Education in the Monterey Bay which was originally announced
in the Federal Register on December 27, 2006. The solicitation period
for this program was extended to provide the public more time to submit
proposals.
DATES: Proposals must be received no later than 5 p.m., Pacific
standard time, March 1, 2007.
ADDRESSES: It is strongly encouraged that applications submitted in
response to this announcement are submitted through the Grants.gov Web
site. Electronic access to the Full Funding Opportunity Announcement
for this program is available via the Grants.gov Web site: http://www.grants.gov.
Applicants must comply with all requirements contained
in the Full Funding Opportunity Announcement. Paper applications (a
signed original and two copies) may also be submitted to the following
address: Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, 299 Foam Street,
Monterey, CA 93940. No facsimile or electronic mail applications will
be accepted.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Seaberry Nachbar, National Marine
Sanctuary Program, 299 Foam Street, Monterey, CA 93940, or by phone at
(831) 647-4204.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NOAA publishes this notice to extend the
solicitation period on the California Bay Watershed Education and
Training (B-WET) Program, Adult and Community Watershed Education in
the Monterey Bay which was originally announced in the Federal Register
on December 27, 2006 (71 FR 77727). NOAA extends the solicitation
period from February 1, 2007 to March 1, 2007 to provide the public
more time to submit proposals, as the Full Funding Opportunity was not
available for review at the time Federal Register Notice was published.
All other requirements for this solicitation remain the same.
Funding Availability
This solicitation announces that approximately $100,000 may be
available in FY 2007 in award amounts to be determined by the proposals
and available funds. The National Marine Sanctuary Program anticipates
that approximately 2-4 grants will be awarded with these funds and that
typical project awards will range from $10,000 to $50,000.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1440, 15 U.S.C. 1540.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance: 11.429.
Eligibility
Eligible applicants are institutions of higher education,
nonprofit, organizations, state or local government agencies, and
Indian tribal governments. The Department of Commerce/National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration (DOC/NOAA) is strongly committed to
broadening the participation of historically black colleges and
universities, Hispanic serving institutions, tribal colleges and
universities, and institution that service undeserved areas.
Cost Sharing Requirements: No cost sharing is required under this
program; however, the National Marine Sanctuary Program strongly
encourages applicants to share as much of the costs of the award as
possible. Funds from other Federal awards are not considered matching
funds. The nature of the contribution (cash versus in-kind) and the
amount of matching funds will be taken into consideration in the
selection process with cash having priority over in-kind as the method
of contribution.
Intergovernmental Review
Applications under this program are not subject to Executive Order
12372, ``Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs.''
Evaluation Criteria and Selection Procedures
NOAA published its agency-wide solicitation entitled--Omnibus
Notice Announcing the Availability of Grant Funds for Fiscal Year
2006--for projects for Fiscal Year 2006 in the Federal Register on June
30, 2005 (70 FR 37766). The evaluation criteria and selection
procedures for projects contained in that omnibus notice are applicable
to this solicitation. Copies of this notice are available on the
Internet at http://www.ofa.noaa.gov/%7Eamd/SOLINDEX.HTML. Further
details on evaluation and selection criteria can be found in the full
funding opportunity announcement.
Pre-Award Activities
If applicants incur any costs prior to an award being made, the do
so solely at their own risk of not being reimbursed by the Government.
Notwithstanding any verbal assurance that may have been received, there
is no obligation to the applicant on the part of Department of Commerce
to cover pre-award costs.
Limitation of Liability
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 Web site: (http://www.nepa.noaa.gov/), including our NOAA Administrative Order 216-6 for NEPA, (http://
http://www.nepa.noaa.gov/NA0216_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 to 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 the denial of an
application. In some cases if additional information is required after
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.
Pre-Award Notification Requirements for Grants and Cooperative
Agreements
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 (PRA)
This notification involves collection-of-information requirements
subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act. the use of Standard Forms 424,
424A, 424B, and SF-LLL and CD-346 has been approved by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) under control numbers 0348-0043, 0348-0044,
0348-0040 and 0348-0046 and 0604-0001, respectively. Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, no person is required to respond to,
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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
It has been determined that this notice is not significant for
purposes of Executive Order 12866.
Executive Order 13132 (Federalism)
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 comments are not
required pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(2)). Because notice and
opportunity for comments 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: January 26, 2007.
Daniel J. Basta,
Director, National Marine Sanctuary Program, National Ocean Service.
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