[Federal Register: March 19, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 54)]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[Docket No. 960223046-4076-09; I.D. 020404D]
RIN 0648-ZA09

 
Financial Assistance for Research and Development Projects to 
Strengthen and Develop the U.S. Fishing Industry (Saltonstall-Kennedy 
Program)

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), NationalOceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: NMFS cancels the competitive Saltonstall-Kennedy (S-K) Grant 
Program for fiscal year 2004 due to insufficient funding.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alicia Jarboe, 301-713-2358.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The S-K Grant Program solicitation was 
originally included in the NOAA Omnibus Notice, Availability of Grant 
Funds for Fiscal Year 2004, published in the Federal Register on June 
30, 2003 (68 FR 38678). Due to insufficient funding, NMFS cancels the 
competitive grant program announced in that solicitation.
    NMFS will return to the applicants all applications NMFS received 
in response to the solicitation.
    The S-K Grant Program is listed in the Catalog of Federal Domestic 
Assistance (CFDA) under Grant Program 11.427, Fisheries Development and 
Utilization Research and Development Grants and Cooperative Agreements 
Program.

    Dated: March 15, 2004.
William T. Hogarth,
Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. 04-6228 Filed 3-18-04; 8:45 am]

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