[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 78 (Friday, April 23, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21232-21233]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-9525]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology

[Docket Number 100311135-0182-02]


FY 2010 NIST Center for Neutron Research (NCNR) Comprehensive 
Grants Program Extension of Due Date for Proposals

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), United 
States Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: NIST publishes this notice to extend the deadline for proposal 
submission for its Fiscal Year 2010 NCNR Comprehensive Grants Program 
competition to 5 p.m. EDT, Thursday, May 13, 2010.

DATES: Applications must be received no later than 5 p.m. EDT, 
Thursday, May 13, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Paper copies of full proposals must be submitted to the 
address below. Paper submissions require an original and two copies: 
Tanya Burke, NIST Center for Neutron Research; National Institute of 
Standards and Technology; 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 6100; Gaithersburg, 
Maryland 20899-6100. Electronic submissions of full proposals must be 
submitted to: http://www.grants.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tanya Burke, NIST Center for Neutron 
Research, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau 
Drive, Stop 6100, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-6100. Tel (301) 975-
4711, E-Mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 13, 2010, the NIST Center for 
Neutron Research (NCNR) announced that it was soliciting proposals for 
financial assistance for significant research involving Neutron 
Research and Spectroscopy specifically aimed at assisting visiting 
researchers at the NIST Center for Neutron Research, developing new 
instrumentation for Neutron

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Research, conducting collaborative research with NIST scientists, and 
to conduct other outreach and educational activities that advance the 
use of neutrons by U.S. university and industrial scientists (75 FR 
18784). The due date for submission of all proposals was 5 p.m. EDT on 
Friday, May 7, 2010. NIST is extending the deadline to give applicants 
more time to prepare and submit proposals. The new deadline is 5 p.m. 
EDT, May 13, 2010.
    All NCNR Comprehensive Grants Program competition requirements and 
information announced in the April 13, 2010, Federal Register apply to 
proposals submitted during the extended time period.
    Executive Order 12372 (Intergovernmental Review of Federal 
Programs). Proposals under this program are not subject to Executive 
Order 12372.
    Executive Order 13132 (Federalism). This notice does not contain 
policies with Federalism implications as defined in Executive Order 
13132.
    Executive Order 12866 (Regulatory Planning and Review). This notice 
is not a significant regulatory action under sections 3(f)(3) and 
3(f)(4) of Executive Order 12866, as it does not materially alter the 
budgetary impact of a grant program and does not raise novel policy 
issues. This notice is not an ``economically significant'' regulatory 
action under Section 3(f)(1) of the Executive Order, as it does not 
have an effect on the economy of $100 million or more in any one year, 
and it does not have a material adverse effect on the economy, a sector 
of the economy, productivity, competition, jobs, the environment, 
public health or safety, or State, local, or tribal governments or 
communities.
    Administrative Procedure Act and Regulatory Flexibility Act. Prior 
notice and comment are not required under 5 U.S.C. 553, or any other 
law, for rules relating to public property, loans, grants, benefits or 
contracts (5 U.S.C. 553(a)). Because prior notice and an opportunity 
for public 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 is not required and has not been prepared.

    Dated: April 20, 2010.
Marc G. Stanley,
Acting Deputy Director.
[FR Doc. 2010-9525 Filed 4-22-10; 8:45 am]
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