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Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau 

Drive, MS 8611, Gaithersburg, Maryland 

20899–8611, via fax at (301) 975–6122, 

or electronically by e-mail to 

ncstac@nist.gov.

All visitors to the NIST site are 

required to pre-register to be admitted. 

Anyone wishing to attend this meeting 

must register by close of business 

Wednesday, November 17, 2004, in 

order to attend. Please submit your 

name, time of arrival, e-mail address 

and phone number to Stephen Cauffman 

and he will provide you with 

instructions for admittance. Non-U.S. 

citizens must also submit their country 

of citizenship, title, employer/sponsor, 

and address. Mr. Cauffman’s e-mail 

address is stephen.cauffman@nist.gov

and his phone number is (301) 975–

6051.

Dated: November 2, 2004. 

Hratch G. Semerjian, 

Acting Director.

[FR Doc. 04–24754 Filed 11–4–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–13–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[Docket No. 041014282–4282–01] 

Hydrologic Research

AGENCY: National Weather Service 

(NWS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Department of Commerce (DOC).

ACTION: Notice and request for 

proposals. 

SUMMARY: This program represents a 

NOAA/NWS effort to create a costeffective continuum of basic and 

applied research through collaborative 

research between the Hydrology 

Laboratory of the NWS Office of 

Hydrologic Development and academic 

communities or other private or public 

agencies which have expertise in the 

hydrometeorologic, hydrologic, and 

hydraulic routing sciences. These 

activities will engage researchers and 

students in basic and applied research 

to improve the scientific understanding 

of river forecasting. Ultimately these 

efforts will improve the accuracy of 

forecasts and warnings of rivers and 

flash floods by applying scientific 

knowledge and information to NWS 

research methods and techniques, 

resulting in a benefit to the public. 

NOAA’s program is designed to 

complement other agency contributions 

to that national effort. The Office of 

Hydrologic Development requests that 

interested organizations prepare a preproposal, to be followed by a fullproposal. Pre-proposal submission is 

required in order to submit a full 

proposal.

DATES: Pre-proposals must be received 

by the NWS no later than 3 p.m., 

Eastern Standard Time, December 17, 

2004. A notice of the review results will 

be sent, encouraging or discouraging full 

proposal submissions. The due date for 

the full proposal submission will be 

contained in the notice.

ADDRESSES: Pre-proposals may be 

submitted through electronic e-mail to 

Pedro.Restrepo@noaa.gov. Pre-proposals 

submitted in hard copy must be 

submitted by postal mail, commercial 

delivery service, or hand-delivery to 

Pedro Restrepo, NOAA/NWS; 1325 EastWest Highway, Room 8346, phone 

number 301–713–0640, ext. 210; Silver 

Spring, Maryland 20910–3283. Full 

proposals should be submitted through 

Grants.gov APPLY, however, full 

proposals may be submitted in hard 

copy and sent to Pedro Restrepo, 

NOAA/NWS; 1325 East-West Highway, 

Room 8346, phone number 301–713–

0640, ext. 210; Silver Spring, Maryland 

20910–3283. The full text of the funding 

opportunity announcement for this 

NWS program can be accessed via the 

Grants.gov FIND Web site: http://

www.grants.gov. This announcement 

will also be available at the NOAA Web 

site: http://www.ofa.noaa.gov/%7Eamd/

SOLINDEX.HTML or by contacting the 

program official identified in FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Pedro Restrepo by phone at 301–713–

0640 ext. 210, or fax to 301–713–0963, 

or via Internet at 

Pedro.Restrepo@noaa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

program represents a NOAA/NWS effort 

to create a cost-effective partnership 

through collaborative basic and applied 

research between the Hydrology 

Laboratory of the NWS Office of 

Hydrologic Development and academic 

communities or other private or public 

agencies which have expertise in the 

hydrometerologic, hydrologic, and 

hydraulic routing sciences. These 

activities will engage researchers and 

students in basic and applied research 

to improve the scientific understanding 

of river forecasting. Ultimately these 

efforts will improve the accuracy of 

forecasts and warnings of rivers and 

flash floods by applying scientific 

knowledge and information to NWS 

research methods and techniques, 

resulting in a benefit to the public. 

NOAA’s program is designed to 

complement other agency contributions 

to that national effort. A detailed 

description for each program priority is 

in the funding opportunity 

announcement which can be accessed 

via the Grants.gov Web site, the NOAA 

Web site at http://www.ofa.noaa.gov/

%7Eamd/SOLINDEX.HTML, or by 

contacting the program official 

identified in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

Electronic Access 

The full text of the funding 

opportunity announcement for this 

NWS program can be accessed via the 

Grants.gov FIND Web site. This 

announcement will also be available at 

the NOAA Web site: http://

www.ofa.noaa.gov/%7Eamd/

SOLINDEX.HTML or by contacting the 

program official identified under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. This 

Federal Register notice is available 

through the NOAA home page at:

http://www.noaa.gov/. 

Statutory Authority: 15 U.S.C. 313. 

CFDA 

11.462, Hydrologic Research. 

Funding Availability 

Proposals shall be prepared assuming 

an annual budget of no more than 

$125,000. It is expected that 

approximately four awards will be 

made, depending on availability of 

funds. This program announcement is 

for projects to be conducted by research 

investigators for a 1-year, 2-year, or 3-

year period. When a proposal for a 

multi-year award is approved, funding 

will initially be provided for only the 

first year of the program.

Eligibility 

Eligible applicants are Federal 

agencies, institutions of higher 

education, other nonprofits, commercial 

organizations, foreign governments, 

organizations under the jurisdiction of 

foreign governments, and international 

organizations, state, local and Indian 

tribal governments. Applications from 

non-Federal and Federal applicants will 

be competed against each other. 

Proposals selected for funding from 

non-Federal applicants will be funded 

through a project grant or cooperative 

agreement under the terms of this 

notice. Proposals selected for funding 

from NOAA scientists shall be effected 

by an intra-agency fund transfer. 

Proposals selected for funding from a 

non-NOAA Federal agency will be 

funded through an inter-agency transfer. 

PLEASE NOTE: Before non-NOAA 

Federal applicants may be funded, they 

must demonstrate that they have legal 

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authority to receive funds from another 

Federal agency in excess of their 

appropriation. Because this 

announcement is not proposing to 

procure goods or services from 

applicants, the Economy Act (31 U.S.C. 

1535) is not an appropriate legal basis. 

Cost Sharing Requirements 

None. 

Evaluation and Selection Procedures 

NOAA published its agency-wide 

solicitation entitled ‘‘Omnibus Notice 

Announcing the Availability of Grant 

Funds for Fiscal Year 2005’’ for projects 

and fellowships/scholarship/internships 

for Fiscal Year 2005 in the Federal 

Register on June 30, 2004 (69 FR 39417). 

The evaluation criteria and selection 

procedures for projects contained in that 

omnibus notice are applicable to this 

solicitation. Copies of the notice are 

available on the Internet at: http://

www.ofa.noaa.gov%7Eamd/

SOLINDEX.HTML. A pre-proposal 

submission is required in order to 

submit a full proposal. The notice 

discouraging the submission of a full 

proposal does not preclude a full 

proposal submission. 

Intergovernmental Review 

Applications under this program are 

not subject to Executive Order 12372, 

‘‘Intergovernmental Review of federal 

programs.’’

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 2005 program is contingent 

upon the availability of Fiscal Year 2005 

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 

NEPA, for applicant projects or 

proposals which are seeking NOAA 

Federal assistance. Detailed information 

on NOAA compliance with NEPA can 

be found at the following Web site: 

http://www.nepa.noaa.gov including 

NOAA Administrative Order 216–6 for 

NEPA at http://www.nepa.noaa.gov/

NAO216l6lTOC.pdf, and the Council on 

Environmental Quality implementation 

regulations at http://ceq.eh.doe.gov/

nepa/regs/ceq/toclceq.htm.

Consequently, as part of an applicant’s 

package under the 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 

nonindigenous 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 analysis, 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 

and implementing feasible measures to 

reduce or avoid any identified adverse 

environmental impacts of their 

proposal. The failure to do so shall be 

grounds for the denial of an application. 

The Department of Commerce 

Preaward 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), are applicable to this 

solicitation. 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

This document contains collection-ofinformation 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: October 29, 2004. 

David L. Johnson, 

Assistant Administrator for Weather Services.

[FR Doc. 04–24750 Filed 11–4–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration

[I.D. 091604C]

Marine Mammals; File No. 878–1715–00

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce.

ACTION: Issuance of permit.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

Daniel F. Cowan, M.D., The University 

of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, 

Texas 77555–0555, has been issued a 

permit to acquire, import and export 

specimen samples for purposes of 

scientific research.

ADDRESSES: The permit and related 

documents are available for review 

upon written request or by appointment 

in the following office(s):

Permits, Conservation and Education 

Division, Office of Protected Resources, 

NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 

13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone 

(301)713–2289; fax (301)713–0376; and