[Federal Register: September 9, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 175)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[Docket No. 080626787-81157-03]
RIN 0648-ZB97
Availability of Grants Funds for Fiscal Year 2009
AGENCY: National Ocean Service (NOS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice
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SUMMARY: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National
Ocean Service, publishes this notice on the Modeling the Causes of
Hypoxia component of the Northern Gulf of Mexico program to provide
clarification regarding funding availability.
DATES: The deadline for the receipt of proposals is 3 p.m. EST,
October 20, 2008, 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 attention of, Center for
Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research (N/SCI2), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, 1305 East-West Highway, SSMC4, 8th Floor
Station 8240, Silver Spring, MD 20910.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information, contact:
Libby Jewett, (libby.jewett@noaa.gov, 301-713-3338 x 121).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This program was originally solicited in the
Federal Register on July 11, 2008, as part of the July 2008 NOAA
Omnibus solicitation. NOAA is publishing this notice to provide
clarification regarding funding availability for the Modeling the
Causes of Hypoxia component of the Northern Gulf of Mexico program.
Please note that funds for Modeling the Causes of Hypoxia component of
the Northern Gulf of Mexico Ecosystems and Hypoxia Assessment program
will not exceed $1,000,000.00 per project per year. It is anticipated
that only one project will be awarded for this program with project
durations of 3 to 5 years. All other requirements for this solicitation
remain the same.
Award Notices
The notice of award is signed by the NOAA Grants Officer and is the
authorizing document. It is provided by postal mail or electronically
through the Grants Online system to the appropriate business office of
the recipient organization.
Administrative and National Policy Requirements
The Department of Commerce 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 February 11, 2008 (73 FR 7696), are applicable to this
solicitation.
Limitation of Liability
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.
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
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and implementing 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 conformance with the Uniform Administrative Requirements for
Grants and Cooperative Agreements (15 CFR 14.36), any data collected in
projects supported by NCCOS/CSCOR should be delivered to a National
Data Center (NDC), such as the National Oceanographic Data Center
(NODC), in a format to bedetermined by the institution, the NDC, and
the Program Officer. Information on NOAA NDCs can be found at http://
www.nesdis.noaa.gov/datainfo.html. It is the responsibility of the
institution for the delivery of these data; the DOC will not provide
additional support for delivery beyond the award. Additionally, all
biological cultures established, molecular probes developed, genetic
sequences identified, mathematical models constructed, or other
resulting information products established through support provided by
NCCOS/CSCOR are encouraged to be made available to the general research
community at no or modest handling charge (to be determined by the
institution, Program Officer, and DOC).
Reporting
All performance (i.e. technical progress) reports shall be
submitted electronically through the Grants Online system unless the
recipient does not have internet access. In that case, performance
reports are to be submitted to the NOAA program manager. All financial
reports shall be submitted in the same manner.
Agency Contacts
Technical Information: Libby Jewett, Program Manager, 301-713-3338/
ext 121, Internet: libby.jewett@noaa.gov.
Business Management Information: Laurie Golden, NCCOS/CSCOR Grants
Administrator, 301-713-3338/ext 151, Internet: laurie.golden@noaa.gov.
Other Information
Administrative Procedure Act
Notice and comment are not required under the Administrative
Procedure Act, (5 U.S.C. 553), or any other law, for notices relating
to public property, loans, grants, benefits or contracts (5 U.S.C.
553(a)). Because notice and comment is not required, a Regulatory
Flexibility Analysis is not required and has not been prepared for this
notice, (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq).
Paperwork Reduction Act
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person is required
to respond to, nor shall any person is subject to a penalty for failure
to comply with a collection of information subject to the requirements
of the Paperwork Reduction Act, unless that collection displays a
currently valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Control Number.
This notification involves collection-of-information requirements
subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act. The use of Standard Forms 424,
424A, 424B, and SF-LLL has been approved by the OMB under control
numbers 0348-0043, 0348-0044, 0348-0040 and 0348-0046, respectively.
Dated: September 2, 2008.
John Potts,
Chief Financial Officer, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, National Ocean Service.
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