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3. Whether this project duplicates 

other projects funded or considered for 

funding by NOAA or other agencies. 

4. Program priorities and policy 

factors. 

5. Applicant’s prior award 

performance. 

6. Partnerships and/or participation of 

targeted groups. 

7. Adequacy of information necessary 

for NOAA staff to makea National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) 

determination and draft necessary 

documentation before recommendations 

for funding are made to the Grants 

Officer. 

Intergovernmental Review: 

Applications under this program are not 

subject to Executive Order 12372, 

‘‘Intergovernmental Review of 

Programs.’’ 

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 Web site: 

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

our NOAA Administrative Order 216–6 

for NEPA, http://www.nepa.noaa.gov/ 

NAO216_6.pdf, and the Council on 

Environmental Quality implementation 

regulations, http://ceq.hss.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 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 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 PreAward Notification Requirements for 

Grants and Cooperative Agreements: 

The Department of Commerce PreAward 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-ofinformation 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 4040–0004, 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 

implications as that term is defined in 

Executive Order 13132. 

Administrative Procedure Act/ 

Regulatory Flexibility Act: Prior notices 

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: November 9, 2010. 

Leon M. Cammen, 

Acting, Chief Financial Officer, Office of 

Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

(NOAA) Science Advisory Board (SAB) 

AGENCY: Office of Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Research (OAR), National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (NOAA), Department of 

Commerce (DOC). 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Science Advisory Board 

(SAB) was established by a Decision 

Memorandum dated September 25, 

1997, and is the only Federal Advisory 

Committee with responsibility to advise 

the Under Secretary of Commerce for 

Oceans and Atmosphere on strategies 

for research, education, and application 

of science to operations and information 

services. SAB activities and advice 

provide necessary input to ensure that 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (NOAA) science 

programs are of the highest quality and 

provide optimal support to resource 

management. 

Time and Date: The meeting will be 

held Tuesday, November 30, 2010, from 

8:30 a.m. to 5:45 p.m. and Wednesday, 

December 1, 2010, from 8 a.m. to 3:30 

p.m. These times and the agenda topics 

described below are subject to change. 

Please refer to the Web page http:// 

www.sab.noaa.gov/Meetings/ 

meetings.html for the most up-to-date 

meeting agenda. 

Place: The meeting will be held both 

days at Dupont Hotel, 1500 New 

Hampshire Ave., NW., Washington, DC 

20036, Phone: (202) 483 6000. 

Please check the SAB Web site 

http://www.sab.noaa.gov for 

confirmation of the venue and for 

directions. 

Status: The meeting will be open to 

public participation with a 30-minute 

public comment period on November 30 

at 5:15 p.m. (check Web site to confirm 

time). The SAB expects that public 

statements presented at its meetings will 

not be repetitive of previously 

submitted verbal or written statements. 

In general, each individual or group 

making a verbal presentation will be 

limited to a total time of five (5) 

minutes. Written comments should be 

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Office by November 19, 2010 to provide 

sufficient time for SAB review. Written 

comments received by the SAB 

Executive Director after November 19, 

2010, will be distributed to the SAB, but 

may not be reviewed prior to the 

meeting date. Seats will be available on 

a first-come, first-served basis. 

Matters to be Considered: The 

meeting will include the following 

topics: (1) NOAA Overview, 

Background and Introduction to the 

Climate Service, including Responses to 

the Reviews and Reports from the SAB 

Climate Working Group; (2) Strategic 

Framework for the Climate Service; 

(3) Report on the Climate Service Study 

by the National Academy of Public 

Administration; (4) The Plan for NOAA 

Reorganization to Form the Climate 

Service and Strengthen Science; (5) The 

Future of NOAA Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Research; (6) NOAA 

Response to the Ecosystem Science and 

Management Working Group 

Recommendations on the Ocean Color 

Satellite Continuity Mitigation Study; 

(8) NOAA Response to the Ecosystem 

Sciences and Management Working 

Group Recommendations on the NOAA 

Coastal Strategy Initiative; (9) Report on 

the Review of the Cooperative Institute 

for Limnology and Ecosystems Research 

(CILER); (10) NOAA Cooperative 

Institutes: New CIs and New Models for 

CIs; (11) NOAA Education Programs: 

Results of the National Academy of 

Sciences Report; (12) NOAA 

Educational Partnership Program 

Cooperative Science Centers; (13) 

Update of the SAB Working Group 

Subcommittee and (14) Updates from 

SAB Working Groups. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Cynthia Decker, Executive Director, 

Science Advisory Board, NOAA, Rm. 

11230, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver 

Spring, Maryland 20910. Phone: 301– 

734–1156, Fax: 301–713–1459, E-mail: 

Cynthia.Decker@noaa.gov; or visit the 

NOAA SAB Web site at http:// 

www.sab.noaa.gov. 

Dated: November 9, 2010. 

Leon M. Cammen, 

Acting Chief Financial Officer, Office of 

Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 

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Administration 

RIN 0648–XA027 

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meetings 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meetings. 

SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery 

Management Council will convene a 

public meeting of the Texas Habitat 

Protection Advisory Panel (AP). 

DATES: The meeting will convene at 9 

a.m. on Wednesday, December 8, 2010 

and conclude no later than 4 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held at 

the Hampton Inn & Suites HoustonClear Lake-NASA, 506 West Bay Area 

Blvd., Webster, TX 77598; telephone: 

(281) 332–7952. 

Council Address: Gulf of Mexico 

Fishery Management Council, 2203 

North Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa, 

FL 33607. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff 

Rester, Habitat Support Specialist, Gulf 

States Marine Fisheries Commission; 

telephone: (228) 875–5912. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: At this 

meeting, the Advisory Panel will 

tentatively discuss the Long Term 

Recovery Plan After the Deepwater 

Horizon Oil Spill, the National Ocean 

Policy Task Force, West Galveston Bay 

wetland restoration projects, the 

Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the 

National Resource Damage Assessment 

process, the Gulf of Mexico Alliance 

Regional Sediment Management Plan, 

and the Essential Fish Habitat 5-Year 

Review Report. 

The Texas group is part of a three unit 

Habitat Protection Advisory Panel (AP) 

of the Gulf of Mexico Fishery 

Management Council. The principal role 

of the advisory panels is to assist the 

Council in attempting to maintain 

optimum conditions within the habitat 

and ecosystems supporting the marine 

resources of the Gulf of Mexico. 

Advisory panels serve as a first alert 

system to call to the Council’s attention 

proposed projects being developed and 

other activities that may adversely 

impact the Gulf marine fisheries and 

their supporting ecosystems. The panels 

may also provide advice to the Council 

on its policies and procedures for 

addressing environmental affairs. 

Although other issues not on the 

agenda may come before the panel for 

discussion, in accordance with the 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act, 

those issues may not be the subject of 

formal panel action during this meeting. 

Panel action will be restricted to those 

issues specifically identified in the 

agenda listed as available by this notice. 

A copy of the agenda can be obtained 

by calling (813) 348–1630. 

Special Accommodations 

This meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to Tina 

O’Hern at the Council (see ADDRESSES) 

at least 5 working days prior to the 

meeting. 

Dated: November 9, 2010. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Patent and Trademark Office 

[Docket No. PTO–T–2010–0085] 

Trademark Manual of Examining 

Procedure, Seventh Edition 

AGENCY: United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (‘‘USPTO’’) issued the 

seventh edition of the Trademark 

Manual of Examining Procedure 

(‘‘TMEP’’), and made available archived 

copies of the fourth, fifth, and sixth 

editions, on October 15, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: The USPTO prefers that any 

suggestions for improving the form and 

content of the TMEP be submitted via 

electronic mail message to 

tmtmep@uspto.gov. Written comments 

may also be submitted by mail 

addressed to: Commissioner for 

Trademarks, P.O. Box 1451, Alexandria, 

VA 22313–1451, marked to the attention 

of Editor, Trademark Manual of 

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delivery to the Trademark Assistance 

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Building-East Wing, 600 Dulany Street, 

Alexandria, Virginia, marked to the 

attention of Editor, Trademark Manual 

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Examination Policy, by electronic mail 

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