[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 54 (Monday, March 22, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13486-13488]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-6249]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[Docket No. 0907081109-010-05]
RIN 0648-ZC10
Availability of Grant Funds for Fiscal Year 2010; Amendment
AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Department of Commerce (DOC).
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ACTION: Notice of funding availability; amendment
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SUMMARY: NOAA publishes this notice to amend the solicitation
``Financial Assistance to Establish five NOAA Cooperative Centers at
Minority Serving Institutions Announcement'' (Federal Funding
Opportunity Number NOAA-SEC-OED-2010-2002243), originally announced in
the Federal Register on Tuesday, January 19, 2010. This notice
announces that the NOAA Educational Partnership Program (EPP) will
accept Letters of Intent. Please consult both the Federal Register
Notice and the Full Funding Opportunity documents that will be
available spring 2010 for the application deadline.
DATES: Applicants interested in submitting a Letter of Intent (LOI),
may submit the LOI to NOAA EPP no later than April 5, 2010.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Please consult both the Federal Register
Notice and the Full Funding Opportunity documents that will be
available spring 2010.
ADDRESSES: Letters of Intent may be e-mailed to
[email protected] or [email protected]. Hard copies may
be sent to Jacqueline Rousseau (Federal Program Officer) or Meka
Laster, NOAA Office of Education (OEd), Educational Partnership Program
(EPP), 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910. The LOI may be
faxed to 301-713-9465 and directed to Jacqueline Rousseau or Meka
Laster. In the Letters of Intent please include the following
information: (1) The name of the Minority Serving Institution per the
Department of Education web pages (see eligibility below); (2) the full
name of the Ph.D.-granting institution; and, (3) the NOAA Line Office
with which the Center will partner.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For administrative and technical
questions, please contact Jacqueline Rousseau (Federal Program
Officer), telephone 301-713-9437 ext. 124, fax 301-713-9465, or e-mail
[email protected]. The alternative technical contact is
Meka Laster, telephone 301-713-9437 ext. 147, fax 301-713-9465 or
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NOAA publishes this notice to inform the
public of an amendment to the solicitation ``Financial Assistance to
Establish five NOAA Cooperative Centers at Minority Serving
Institutions Announcement'' that was included in the January 19, 2010
Federal Register Notice. The January 19, 2010 Federal Register Notice
incorrectly stated the Letter of Intent deadline. NOAA EPP will accept
Letters of Intent no later than April 5, 2010. The January 19, 2010
Federal Register Notice also incorrectly stated the application
deadline as July 19, 2010. Please consult both the Federal Register
Notice and the Full Funding Opportunity documents that will be
available spring 2010 for the application deadline.
This document makes no other amendments to the January 19, 2010
Federal Register Notice. The program description of EPP may be found on
the Web site: www.epp.noaa.gov. Please consult both the Federal
Register Notice (FRN) and the Federal Funding Opportunity announcement
that will be available spring 2010. Letters of Intent (LOI) are not
required. However, interested parties applicants who would like to
submit a Letter of Intent (LOI), may submit the LOI to NOAA EPP no
later than April 5, 2010. The LOIs will assist NOAA in determining the
number and locations for programmatic informational sessions. NOAA
plans to announce dates of the programmatic information sessions in the
spring 2010 FRN.
Classification
Limitation of Liability
In no event will NOAA or the Department of Commerce be responsible
for proposal preparation costs if this program is 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. Applicants are hereby given notice that funding for the Fiscal
Year 2010 program is contingent upon the availability of Fiscal Year
2010 appropriations.
Universal Identifier
Applicants should be aware 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) 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 or via the Internet at 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 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 contained in the Federal Register
notice of October 1, 2001 (66 FR 49917), as amended by the Federal
Register notice published on: October 30, 2002 (67 FR 66109); December
30, 2004 (69 FR 78389); and 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,
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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.
Dated: March 15, 2010.
Tammy L. Journet,
Deputy Director, Acquisition and Grants.
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