[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 179 (Thursday, September 16, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 56507]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-23080]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[Docket No. 100910446-0446-01]
RIN 0648-ZC21
Extension of Award Period for FY 2007 Coastal and Estuarine Land
Conservation Program Grants
AGENCY: National Ocean Service (NOS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA), Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National
Ocean Service publishes this notice to announce that for those grants
issued in fiscal year 2007 that are due to expire on September 30,
2010, NOAA may extend the financial assistance award period for up to
six additional months, providing for a potential maximum award duration
of three years and six months.
DATES: The provisions in this notice are implemented as of September
15, 2010. Award recipients who wish to avail themselves of the
extension to the award period should contact their Program Officer by
September 30, 2010 to inform them of their intent to seek an extension.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information, contact:
Elaine Vaudreuil, 301-713-3155 ext. 103, [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation
Program was established pursuant to Public Law 107-77 for the purpose
of protecting important coastal and estuarine areas that have
significant conservation, recreation, ecological, historical, or
aesthetic values, or that are threatened by conversion from their
natural or recreational state to other uses. In accordance with Public
Law 107-77, CELCP published in the Federal Register on June 17, 2003
(68 FR 35860) program guidelines delineating the criteria for grant
awards. The Final Guidelines for the Coastal and Estuarine Land
Conservation Program (CELCP) outline a planning process for states to
identify the conservation needs and priorities within each state;
provide the information necessary for eligible coastal states to
develop land conservation plans and nominate projects to a national
competitive selection process; and delineate the criteria for grant
awards. Consistent with the criteria for grants awards in the Final
Guidelines, the standard financial assistance award period for these
awards is 18 months, which can be extended an additional 18 months if
circumstances warrant, but may not exceed three years.
Several FY 2007 awards, whose award period is set to expire on
September 30, 2010, have experienced circumstances late in the process
that precluded their completion within the three-year timeframe
provided in the CELCP Guidelines. Although the Final Guidelines
indicate that the financial assistance award period may not exceed
three years, NOAA is extending the maximum potential award duration for
those FY 2007 grants in an open status on September 29, 2010, from
three years to three years and six months, ending no later than March
31, 2011, in order to enable projects to be completed and funds
expended for their intended purpose.
Award recipients who wish to avail themselves of the extension to
the award period should contact their Program Officer by September 30,
2010 to inform them of their intent to seek an extension.
This extension applies to only FY 2007 CELCP awards in an open
status on September 29, 2010. This notice does not modify any provision
in the Final Guidelines for the Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation
Program published on June 17, 2003.
Classification
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.
Dated: September 10, 2010.
Christopher C. Cartwright,
Associate Assistant Administrator for Management and CFO/CAO, Ocean
Services and Coastal Zone Management.
[FR Doc. 2010-23080 Filed 9-15-10; 8:45 am]
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