[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 17 (Wednesday, January 27, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4349-4350]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-1500]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Estuarine Reserve System
AGENCY: Estuarine Reserves Division, Office of Ocean and Coastal
Resource Management, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Announcement to re-open solicitation period for the National
Estuarine research Reserve Land Acquisition and Construction Program
FY10.
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SUMMARY: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National
Ocean Service, publishes this notice to re-open the solicitation period
for the National Estuarine Research Reserve Land Acquisition and
Construction Program FY10 to provide National Estuarine Research
Reserve lead State agencies or designated universities in coastal
States the opportunity to submit proposals for funds.
DATES: The deadline for the receipt of proposals is 11:59 p.m. Eastern
Standard Time on February 19, 2010 for both electronic and paper
applications.
Addresses for Submitting Proposals: Applications must be submitted
through http://www.grants.gov, unless an applicant does not have
Internet access. In that case, hard copies with original signatures may
be sent to Nina Garfield, 1305 East West Highway, N/ORM5, SSMC4, Silver
Spring, MD 20910.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nina Garfield, 1305 East West Highway,
N/ORM5, SSMC4, 10500, Silver Spring, MD 20910; or by phone at (301)
713-3155 ext. 171, or via e-mail at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Funding Opportunity Number: NOAA-NOS-OCRM-2010-2001856.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 11.420,
Coastal Zone Management Estuarine Research Reserves.
The National Estuarine Research Reserve Land Acquisition and
Construction Program publishes this notice to re-open the application
solicitation period to provide National Estuarine Research Reserve lead
state agencies or designated universities in coastal states the
opportunity to submit proposals for FY 2010 grant funds. The mission of
the National Estuarine Research Reserve Land Acquisition and
Construction Program is to provide funding to the designated reserves
for acquiring additional property interests and for construction
projects within these reserves to strengthen protection of key land and
water areas; to enhance long-term protection of the areas for research
and education; and provide for facility and exhibit construction and
enhancement.
This program originally solicited proposals in the Federal Register
on July 16, 2009 (74 FR 34674) as part of the June 2009 NOAA Omnibus
solicitation. The original deadline for receipt of proposals was 11:59
p.m., EST, on November 30, 2009. Due to State fiscal constraints and
uncertainties at the time of the original solicitation, some applicants
may not have been able to submit proposals, and therefore the
applications received totaled less than the funds available. Therefore,
NOAA re-opens the solicitation period to provide applicants the
opportunity to submit proposals. The deadline for the receipt of
proposals is 11:59 p.m. EST on February 19, 2010 for both electronic
and paper applications.
Applicants are directed to the July 16, 2009 Federal Register
notice and Federal Funding Opportunity announcement for information on
the program's priorities, application requirements, evaluation
criteria, and selection process for this solicitation. The program will
evaluate applications received during both the original solicitation
period and the re-opened period, at the same time using the evaluation
and selection processes outlined in the July 16, 2009 notice and FFO
announcement.
Classification:
Limitation of Liability: Funding for programs listed in this notice
is contingent upon the availability of Fiscal Year 2010 appropriations.
Applicants are hereby given notice that funds have not yet been
appropriated for the competition 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 Federal Register (67 FR 66177-66178), 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
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or via the Internet (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 Web site: 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 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 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, 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 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nina Garfield at (301) 713-3155
Extension 171 of NOAA's National Ocean Service, Estuarine Reserves
Division, 1305 East-West Highway, N/ORM5, 10th floor, Silver Spring, MD
20910.
Dated: January 14, 2010.
Donna Wieting,
Director, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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