[Federal Register: September 15, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 177)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
[Docket No. 0906261096-91224-02]
RIN 0648-ZC08
Comparative Analysis of Marine Ecosystem Organization; Amendment
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce; National Science
Foundation (NSF).
ACTION: Notice of funding availability; amended solicitation.
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SUMMARY: NOAA and NSF publish this notice to amend the Federal Funding
Opportunity (NOAA-NMFS-FHQ-2009-2001734) entitled ``Comparative
Analysis of Marine Ecosystem Organization (CAMEO)'' which was
originally announced in the Federal Register on July 7, 2009. This
notice announces changes to the program priorities.
DATES: Full proposals must be received and validated by Grants.gov,
postmarked, or provided to a delivery service on or before 11:59 p.m.
ET, October 5, 2009. Please note: Validation or rejection of your
application by Grants.gov may take up to 2 business days after
submission. Please consider this process in developing your submission
timeline. Applications received after the deadline will be rejected/
returned to the sender without further consideration. Use of U.S. mail
or another delivery service must be documented with a receipt. No
facsimile or electronic mail applications will be accepted.
ADDRESSES: Electronic application packages are strongly encouraged and
are available at: http://www.grants.gov/. If the applicant's only mode
of submitting a proposal is via paper application, or if the applicant
has difficulty accessing Grants.gov or downloading the required forms,
they should contact: Lora Clarke, CAMEO, NOAA Fisheries, 1315 East-West
Highway, Room 14505, Silver Spring, MD, 20910 or by phone at (301) 713
2239, or via internet at Lora.Clarke@noaa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Ford, CAMEO Program Manager,
NOAA/NMFS, (301) 713 2239, Michael.Ford@noaa.gov; Lora Clarke,
Associate Program Manager, NOAA/NMFS, (301) 713 2239,
Lora.Clarke@noaa.gov; Cynthia Suchman, Associate Program Director,
Biological Oceanography, OCE/GEO/NSF, (703) 292 8582, csuchman@nsf.gov;
David Garrison, Program Director, Biological Oceanography, OCE/GEO/NSF,
(703) 292 8582, dgarriso@nsf.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NOAA and NSF publish this notice to inform
the public of an amendment to the solicitation ``Comparative Analysis
of Marine Ecosystem Organization (CAMEO)'' announced in the Federal
Register on July 7, 2009 (74 FR 32112). Due to an error, only four of
the five program priorities were announced in the original
solicitation. The Full Funding Opportunity is amended to read:
Program Priorities
This funding opportunity will implement CAMEO research by
supporting the development of research tools and strategic approaches.
The following types of proposals are encouraged:
1. Development of strategies and methodologies for comparative
analyses that can be applied consistently across spatial and temporal
scales and ecosystems, and that facilitate the design of decision
support tools for marine populations, ecosystems and habitats.
2. Development of models that address key scientific questions by
comparing ecosystems and ecosystem processes. Models that are
geographically and temporally portable, and that incorporate assessment
of modeling skill, are particularly encouraged.
3. Retrospective studies that analyze, re-analyze or synthesize
existing information (historic, time-series, ongoing program, etc.)
using a comparative approach.
4. Studies that integrate the human dimension within ecosystem
dynamics. The CAMEO program seeks to promote interdisciplinary research
using comparative approaches to link marine ecosystem research with the
social and behavioral sciences in new and vital ways.
5. Empirical or retrospective projects that evaluate and compare
the effectiveness and design of Marine Protected Areas or other
spatially-explicit management strategies.
All information and requirements published in the Federal Register
on July 7, 2009 apply to applications submitted pursuant to this
notice. Under this amended solicitation, NOAA and NSF allow for
modifications to applications already received under the initial
announcement. Any proposal that has been submitted to the initial
solicitation prior to September 15, 2009 may be resubmitted to reflect
this change in program priorities. Applicants may revise proposals to
address this change; however, any revisions to such proposals must be
submitted by the original deadline.
The following sections of that Federal Funding Opportunity have
been amended to reflect the changes announced in this notice: ``Program
Priorities''.
Electronic Access
The full text of the full funding opportunity announcement for this
program can be accessed via the Grants.gov web site at http://
www.grants.gov. The announcement will also be available by contacting
the program officials identified under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Applicants must comply with all requirements contained in the full
funding opportunity announcement.
Statutory Authority
Authority for CAMEO is provided by the following: 33 U.S.C. 1442
for the National Marine Fisheries Service and 42 U.S.C. 1861 75 for the
National Science Foundation.
CFDA: 11.472, Unallied Science Program
Limitation of Liability
In no event will NOAA, the Department of Commerce or the National
Science Foundation be responsible for proposal preparation
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costs if these programs fail to receive funding or are cancelled
because of other agency priorities. Publication of this announcement
does not oblige NOAA or NSF 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 the 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
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.
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, and 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,
nor shall a 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 for the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.)
are inapplicable. Therefore, a regulatory flexibility analysis has not
been prepared.
Dated: September 9, 2009.
Steven A. Murawski,
NOAA Fisheries, Chief Scientific Advisor, Director of Scientific
Programs.
Dated: September 8, 2009.
Phillip R. Taylor,
Section Head, Ocean Section, Division of Ocean Sciences, National
Science Foundation.
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