[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 26 (Tuesday, February 9, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6354-6355]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-2805]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[Docket No. 0907081109-0060-04]
RIN 0648-ZC10
NOAA Great Lakes Habitat Restoration Program Project Grants under
the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative; Correction
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of funding availability; Date correction.
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SUMMARY: This notice corrects an error contained in the notice
published in the Federal Register on January 19, 2010. That notice
announced the NOAA Great Lakes Habitat Restoration Program Project
Grants competition and contained an incorrect date for postmark of hard
copy applications.
DATES: Hard copy applications must be postmarked, or provided to a
delivery service and documented with a receipt, by 11:59 p.m. EST on
February 16, 2010. Hard copy applications postmarked or
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provided to a delivery service after 11:59 p.m. EST February 16, 2010
will not be considered for funding. Electronic applications must be
submitted through www.grants.gov by 11:59 p.m. EST on February 16,
2010.
ADDRESSES: NOAA Restoration Center (F/HC3) NOAA Fisheries, Office of
Habitat Conservation, 1315 East West Highway, Rm. 14730, Silver Spring,
MD 20910 Attn: Great Lakes HabitatRestoration Project Applications.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information contact Jenni
Wallace at (301) 713--0174 ext. 183, or by e-mail at
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 19, 2010, the NOAA Great Lakes
Habitat Restoration Program Project Grants announced its solicitation
for applications under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative in the
NOAA Notice of Availability of Grant Funds for Fiscal Year 2010,
published in the Federal Register (75 FR 3101). That announcement
listed an incorrect deadline for postmarking or receipt by delivery
service of hard copy mailings. The correct deadline for postmarking or
receipt by delivery service of a hard copy application is 11:59 p.m.
EST on February 16, 2010. The deadline for electronic submissions
remains unchanged and continues to be 11:59 p.m. EST on February 16,
2010.
All other information and requirements as published in the January
19, 2010 notice remain unchanged.
Intergovernmental review: Applications submitted by state and local
governments are subject to the provisions of Executive Order 12372,
``Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs.'' Any applicant
submitting an application for funding is required to complete item 16
on SF-424 regarding clearance by the State Single Point of Contact
(SPOC) established as a result of EO 12372. To find out and comply with
a State's process under EO 12372, the names, addresses and phone
numbers of participating SPOCs are listed in the Office of Management
and Budget's home page at: http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/spoc.html
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 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: February 4, 2010.
Tammy L. Journet,
Deputy Director, Acquisition and Grants Office, Contracting Officer,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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