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provide a valid NOAA workshop 

certificate could result in a permit 

denial. 

Dated: March 1, 2010. 

Emily Menashes, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–4682 Filed 3–4–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Economic Development Administration 

[Docket No.: 100210082–0082–01] 

Solicitation of Applications for the FY 

2010 University Center Economic 

Development Program Competition in 

EDA’s Austin and Denver Regional 

Offices 

AGENCY: Economic Development 

Administration (EDA), Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

applications. 

SUMMARY: EDA is soliciting competitive 

applications from accredited 

institutions of higher education, 

including community colleges, and from 

consortia of accredited institutions of 

higher education for FY 2010 University 

Center Economic Development Program 

funding in the geographic areas served 

by its Austin and Denver regional 

offices. EDA’s mission is to lead the 

federal economic development agenda 

by promoting innovation and 

competitiveness, preparing American 

regions for growth and success in the 

worldwide economy. Institutions of 

higher education have many assets and 

are able to establish and operate 

University Centers in partnership with 

EDA. These EDA-sponsored University 

Centers conduct research; provide 

technical assistance to tribal entities, 

local governments, and public and 

private sector organizations; and 

undertake other activities with the goal 

of enhancing regional economic 

development by promoting a favorable 

business environment to attract private 

capital investment and higher-skill, 

higher-wage jobs. 

DATES: The closing date and time for 

receipt of applications for funding 

under the FY 2010 University Center 

Economic Development Program 

competition is June 1, 2010 at 5 p.m. 

CST for applicants in the Austin 

regional office’s service area and 5 p.m. 

MST for applicants in the Denver 

regional office’s service area. The Austin 

regional office will hold an 

informational teleconference for 

prospective applicants on April 1, 2010 

at 1 p.m. CST. The Denver regional 

office will hold its informational 

teleconference call on March 19, 2010 at 

1 p.m. MST. For instruction regarding 

these teleconferences, please see the 

information provided below under 

‘‘Informational Teleconferences.’’ 

Subject to the availability of funding, 

successful applicants should expect to 

receive grant awards within 

approximately sixty days from the 

application closing date and time(s) set 

out in this notice and request for 

applications. The anticipated initial 

award will have a twelve-month 

duration with an estimated start date on 

or about August 1, 2010. 

Application Submission 

Requirements: Applicants are advised to 

read carefully the instructions contained 

in section IV of the Federal Funding 

Opportunity (FFO) announcement for 

this request for applications. To access 

the FFO announcement, please see the 

Web sites listed below under ‘‘Electronic 

Access.’’ 

Applications may be submitted in two 

formats: (i) Electronically in accordance 

with the procedures provided on 

www.grants.gov; or (ii) in paper format 

to the addresses provided below. EDA 

will not accept facsimile transmissions 

of applications. The content of the 

application is the same for paper 

submissions as it is for electronic 

submissions. A complete application 

must contain all the items listed in the 

Checklist of Application Materials, 

which is attached as an Exhibit to the 

FFO announcement. 

You may obtain a paper application 

package by contacting the designated 

point of contact listed below under ‘‘For 

Further Information Contact’’ for the 

EDA regional office servicing your 

geographic area. Applicants applying 

electronically through www.grants.gov 

may access the application package by 

following the instructions provided on 

www.grants.gov. 

Paper Submissions: Applicants in 

Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, 

Oklahoma or Texas should submit paper 

submissions (via postal mail, overnight 

delivery, or hand-delivery) to: FY 2010 

University Center Program Competition, 

Economic Development Administration, 

Austin Regional Office, 504 Lavaca, 

Suite 1100, Austin, Texas 78701–2858. 

Applicants in Colorado, Iowa 

(excluding Muscatine and Scott 

counties), Kansas, Missouri, Montana, 

Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, 

Utah or Wyoming should submit paper 

submissions (via postal mail, overnight 

delivery, or hand-delivery) to: FY 2010 

University Center Program Competition, 

Economic Development Administration, 

Denver Regional Office, 410 17th Street, 

Suite 250, Denver, Colorado 80202. 

Department of Commerce mail 

security measures may delay receipt of 

United States Postal Service mail for up 

to two weeks. Therefore, applicants who 

submit paper submissions are advised to 

use a guaranteed overnight delivery 

service. 

Electronic Submissions: Applicants 

may submit applications electronically 

in accordance with the instructions 

provided at www.grants.gov. EDA 

strongly encourages that applicants not 

wait until the application closing date to 

begin the application process through 

www.grants.gov. The preferred file 

format for electronic attachments (e.g., 

the Project Narrative and attachments to 

Form ED–900) is portable document 

format (PDF); however, EDA will accept 

electronic files in Microsoft Word, 

WordPerfect, or Excel formats. 

Applicants should access the 

following link for assistance in 

navigating www.grants.gov and for a list 

of useful resources: http:// 

www.grants.gov/help/help.jsp. If you do 

not find an answer to your question 

under ‘‘Applicant FAQs,’’ try consulting 

the ‘‘Applicant User Guide.’’ If you still 

cannot find an answer to your question, 

contact www.grants.gov via email at 

support@grants.gov or telephone at 1– 

800–518–4726. The hours of operation 

for www.grants.gov are Monday-Friday, 

7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Eastern Time (except for 

federal holidays). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information or for a paper 

copy of the application package, the 

designated contact person in the Austin 

regional office is Camille Osborne. Ms. 

Osborne may be reached at 

cosborne@eda.doc.gov or at 

512.381.8145. The designated contact 

person in the Denver regional office is 

Forlesia S. Willis. Ms. Willis may be 

reached at fwillis@eda.doc.gov or at 

303.844.5452. EDA’s website at http:// 

www.eda.gov also has information on 

EDA and its programs, including the 

University Center Economic 

Development Program. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Program Information: EDA’s mission 

is to lead the federal economic 

development agenda by promoting 

innovation and competitiveness, 

preparing American regions for growth 

and success in the worldwide economy. 

EDA fulfills its mission by helping our 

partners across the nation create wealth 

and minimize poverty by promoting a 

favorable business environment to 

attract private capital investment and 

higher-skill, higher-wage jobs through 

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infrastructure, research grants and 

strategic initiatives. Institutions of 

higher education have many assets that 

can help address regional economic 

problems and opportunities, such as 

faculty, staff, students, libraries, 

laboratories, facilities, and computer 

systems. With funding from EDA, 

institutions of higher education and 

consortia of institutions of higher 

education establish and operate 

University Centers. These EDAsponsored University Centers conduct 

applied research, provide technical 

assistance to public and private sector 

organizations, and conduct other 

activities with the goal of enhancing 

regional economic development. 

EDA began administering the 

University Center Economic 

Development Program as a competitive 

multi-year program in FY 2004. Under 

this multi-year program designation, 

EDA holds University Center Economic 

Development Program competitions 

each fiscal year in two of its six regional 

offices. For example, in FY 2004 and 

2007, EDA solicited applications under 

a competition held in the Austin and 

Denver regional offices, and in FY 2005 

and 2008, EDA solicited applications in 

the Philadelphia and Chicago regional 

offices. In FY 2006 and 2009, EDA 

solicited applications in the Atlanta and 

Seattle regional offices. Pursuant to its 

fiscal year schedule, for FY 2010, EDA 

announces that it will hold the 

competition in the Austin and Denver 

regional offices. 

EDA encourages the submission of 

applications that will significantly 

benefit regions with distressed 

economies. Distress may exist in a 

variety of forms, including high levels of 

unemployment, low income levels, large 

concentrations of low-income families, 

and significant declines in per capita 

income because of large numbers (or 

high rates) of business failures, sudden 

major layoffs or plant closures, military 

base closures, natural or other major 

disasters, depletion of natural resources 

or reduced tax bases, and substantial 

loss of population because of the lack of 

employment opportunities. Under the 

University Center Economic 

Development Program, EDA seeks to 

support university-based programs that 

provide for regional, Statewide or multiState programs to help foster the 

creation and retention of higher-skill, 

higher-wage jobs; attract private capital 

investment to the region served by the 

proposed University Center; address 

regional economic development 

challenges and opportunities; and 

enhance long-term regional and national 

competitiveness in the worldwide 

marketplace. EDA encourages projects 

that will collaborate with, interact with, 

and benefit other EDA investment 

partners, recipients, and stakeholders, 

and create synergies with EDA’s Public 

Works, Economic Adjustment, and 

Planning programs. 

To obtain the maximum effect of 

available program funds, EDA will 

strive to fund a portfolio of University 

Centers that, as a group, offer the widest 

possible coverage in the Austin and 

Denver regional offices’ geographic 

areas and offer a full range of services 

tailored appropriately to the region’s 

needs and each sponsoring institution’s 

(or consortium’s) strengths. EDA will 

strive to avoid funding duplicative 

services wherever practicable. 

EDA will not fund University Centers 

that operate in isolation from other 

resources at the institution of higher 

education (or consortium) receiving the 

award. University Center programs not 

focused on economic development 

activities that foster higher-skill, higherwage job creation and private sector 

investments are encouraged to seek 

financial support from other sources. 

Electronic Access: The FFO 

announcement for the FY 2010 

University Center Economic 

Development Program competition is 

available at www.grants.gov and at 

http://www.eda.gov/InvestmentsGrants/ 

FFON.xml. 

Statutory Authority: EDA’s 

authorizing statute is the Public Works 

and Economic Development Act of 

1965, as amended (42 U.S.C. 3121 et 

seq.) (PWEDA). The specific authority 

for the University Center Economic 

Development Program is section 207 of 

PWEDA (42 U.S.C. 3147), which 

authorizes EDA to make grants for the 

establishment of University Centers. 

EDA’s regulations at 13 CFR parts 300– 

302 and subpart B of 13 CFR part 306 

set out the general and specific 

regulatory requirements applicable to 

the University Center Economic 

Development Program. 

EDA’s regulations are codified at 13 

CFR chapter III. The regulations and 

PWEDA are accessible on EDA’s website 

at http://www.eda.gov/ 

InvestmentsGrants/Lawsreg.xml. 

Funding Availability: Funding 

appropriated under the Consolidated 

Appropriations Act, 2010 (Pub. L. 111– 

117, 123 Stat. 3034 at 3114 (2009)) is 

available for the economic development 

assistance programs authorized by 

PWEDA and for the Trade Adjustment 

Assistance for Firms Program under the 

Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19 

U.S.C. 2341 et seq.). Funds in the 

amount of $255,000,000 have been 

appropriated for FY 2010 and shall 

remain available until expended. 

The funding periods and funding 

amounts referenced in this competitive 

solicitation are subject to the availability 

of funds at the time of award, as well 

as to Department of Commerce and EDA 

priorities at the time of award. The 

Department of Commerce and EDA will 

not be held responsible for application 

preparation costs if the University 

Center Economic Development Program 

fails to receive funding or is cancelled 

because of agency priorities. Publication 

of this competitive solicitation does not 

obligate the Department of Commerce or 

EDA to award any specific grant or 

cooperative agreement or to obligate all 

or any part of available funds. 

In accordance with Congressional 

guidance, EDA hopes to be able to fund 

at least one University Center grant in 

each State. For FY 2010, EDA expects to 

allocate $7,437,408 to the University 

Center Economic Development Program. 

The amount of University Center 

funding available for competition in FY 

2010 is expected to be $1,128,502 for 

the Austin regional office and 

$1,380,000 for the Denver regional 

office. The remaining FY 2010 

University Center Economic 

Development Program funds will be 

used to continue to support current 

University Centers selected during the 

FY 2008 and 2009 competitions in 

EDA’s other four regional offices. 

Annual awards for the University 

Centers selected in past years generally 

have been in the range of $80,000 to 

$200,000, although regional offices may 

choose to fund awards under this 

competition outside of these ranges. 

Subject to the availability of funding at 

the time of award, the funds allocated 

to the University Center Economic 

Development Program are anticipated to 

be available until expended. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 11.303, 

Economic Development—Technical 

Assistance. 

Applicant Eligibility: An accredited 

institution of higher education, 

including a community college, or a 

consortium of accredited institutions of 

higher education is eligible to apply for 

and to receive funding under the 

University Center Economic 

Development Program. See section 3(12) 

of PWEDA (42 U.S.C. 3122(12)) and 13 

CFR 300.3. A university-affiliated 

research foundation also is eligible to 

apply for and to receive funding under 

this competitive solicitation, provided it 

demonstrates that it maintains the full 

and integral support of the university 

with respect to its economic 

development activities, through a letter 

or other documentation from a 

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applicants applying as a consortium, 

one accredited institution must be 

identified as the lead agent that would 

have lead responsibility to EDA and to 

the other members of the consortium for 

implementing an award. A non-profit 

organization, in good standing and 

participating in the institution’s 

proposed project in connection with an 

application under this competitive 

solicitation, may partner with a 

consortium provided that the 

organization itself is affiliated with and 

directed by an accredited institution of 

higher education. 

For FY 2010, the University Center 

Economic Development Program 

competition is open to eligible 

applicants in the geographic areas 

served by EDA’s Austin and Denver 

regional offices. The Austin regional 

office serves Arkansas, Louisiana, New 

Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. The 

Denver regional office serves Colorado, 

Iowa (excluding Muscatine and Scott 

counties), Kansas, Missouri, Montana, 

Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, 

Utah and Wyoming. 

Project Period: The Austin and 

Denver regional offices will provide a 

three-year project period for each 

University Center selected for funding 

under the FY 2010 University Center 

Economic Development Program 

competition, with the initial award 

being made for the first year of the 

project period. The selected University 

Centers will not have to compete for the 

second and third years of funding. 

Funding beyond the initial year is 

dependent upon the availability of 

funds, satisfactory performance, and 

satisfactory progress in achieving 

milestones and program goals set forth 

in the three-year scope of work, as 

determined by EDA and expressed in 

written notice. 

Current University Center operators in 

the service areas of EDA’s Atlanta, 

Chicago, Philadelphia, and Seattle 

regional offices will not have to compete 

for continuation funding in FY 2010, 

subject to the availability of funds, 

satisfactory continuing performance, 

and satisfactory progress in achieving 

milestones and program goals set forth 

in the three-year scope of work, as 

determined by EDA and expressed in a 

written notice. EDA regional offices will 

contact current University Center 

operators in those service areas 

regarding the procedures for securing 

FY 2010 continuation funding. 

Cost Sharing Requirement: Generally, 

the amount of the EDA grant may not 

exceed fifty percent of the total cost of 

the project. Projects may receive an 

additional amount that shall not exceed 

thirty percent, as determined by EDA, 

based on the relative needs of the region 

in which the project will be located. See 

section 204(a) of PWEDA (42 U.S.C. 

3144) and 13 CFR 301.4(b)(1). The 

Assistant Secretary of Commerce for 

Economic Development has the 

discretion to establish a maximum EDA 

investment rate of up to one-hundred 

percent where the project (i) merits and 

is not otherwise feasible without an 

increase to the EDA investment rate; or 

(ii) will be of no or only incidental 

benefit to the recipient. See section 

204(c)(3) of PWEDA (42 U.S.C. 3144) 

and 13 CFR 301.4(b)(4). 

In the application review process, 

EDA will consider the nature of the 

contribution (cash or in-kind) and the 

amount of the matching share funds. Inkind contributions, fairly evaluated by 

EDA, may provide the non-federal share 

of the total project cost. See section 

204(b) of PWEDA (42 U.S.C. 3144) and 

section III.B of the FFO announcement 

for this request for applications. In-kind 

contributions, which may include 

assumptions of debt and contributions 

of space, equipment, and services, are 

eligible to be included as part of the 

non-federal share of eligible project 

costs if they meet applicable federal cost 

principles and uniform administrative 

requirements. Funds from other federal 

financial assistance awards are 

considered matching share funds only if 

authorized by statute, which may be 

determined by EDA’s reasonable 

interpretation of the statute. See 13 CFR 

300.3. The applicant must show that the 

matching share is committed to the 

project for the entire project period, will 

be available as needed, and is not 

conditioned or encumbered in any way 

that precludes its use consistent with 

the requirements of EDA investment 

assistance. See 13 CFR 301.5. 

Intergovernmental Review: 

Applications for funding under the 

University Center Economic 

Development Program are subject to the 

State review requirements imposed by 

Executive Order 12372, 

‘‘Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs,’’ where applicable. 

Evaluation and Selection Procedures: 

Staff in EDA’s Austin or Denver regional 

office, as applicable, first will undertake 

a technical review of each application to 

ensure that all required forms, 

signatures, and documentation are 

present and that the application is in 

compliance with the requirements of 

this competitive solicitation. 

Applications failing to meet the 

technical requirements of this 

competitive solicitation will not be 

referred to the review panel for merit 

review. 

Following the technical review, each 

regional office will convene a panel to 

review the merits of each application 

based on the criteria provided under 

‘‘Evaluation Criteria’’ below. The review 

panel will consist of federal employees 

and may include others recommended 

by the Regional Director of the 

applicable regional office. At least three 

members of the review panel will be 

EDA staff members. The review panel 

will evaluate and rate and rank 

competitively all technically sufficient 

applications based on the evaluation 

criteria provided under ‘‘Evaluation 

Criteria’’ below. 

The review panel’s rating and ranking 

of the applications then will be 

presented to the regional office’s 

Investment Review Committee (IRC). 

Applications deemed eligible and 

consistent with EDA’s mission and 

funding priorities are referred to the 

IRC, which is comprised of EDA staff, to 

determine which applications for 

funding are recommended to the 

Regional Director. Under this notice and 

request for applications, after reviewing 

the panel’s process and 

recommendations, the IRC may either (i) 

forward the panel’s ranked list, 

unaltered and in its entirety, to the 

Selecting Official, who is the Regional 

Director of the applicable regional 

office; or (ii) identify any deficiencies in 

the review process and direct the review 

panel (or convene a new panel) to begin 

the process anew. If the IRC directs the 

panel to re-evaluate the applications, 

the review panel will undertake the 

process again and submit a revised 

rating and ranking of the applications to 

the IRC. 

Evaluation Criteria: EDA will evaluate 

applications based on the following 

criteria. Each criterion is detailed below 

with an assigned weight. 

1. Responsiveness to Objectives of 

Federal Funding Opportunity (35%). 

This section shall assess the extent to 

which the applicant is able to: 

• Provide a wide geographic level of 

service. Priority will be given to 

applicants whose programs will offer 

the widest possible coverage in the 

Austin and Denver regional offices’ 

geographic service areas. 

• Leverage other university assets. 

Priority will be given to University 

Center applicants whose proposed 

activities outline specific information 

on how they will leverage other 

University assets (such as economic 

analysis divisions, GIS capabilities, 

planning specialists, etc.). 

• Specifically articulate how the 

proposed activities of the University 

Center will address regional needs. 

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that clearly articulate the regional needs 

and propose activities which 

specifically address those needs. 

2. Alignment with Key Funding 

Priorities (35%). In addition to meeting 

the requirements set out in this FFO, all 

EDA investments must satisfy at least 

one of the following key funding 

priorities. Applications that support 

more than one of the following funding 

priorities will receive higher priority. 

• Support science and technology. 

Priority will be given to applications 

that propose to provide specific 

technical assistance to information 

technology industries (for example, high 

technology industries or investments in 

broadband and smart grid); scientific 

industries; healthcare industries; or 

environmental technologies, including 

technology commercialization. 

• Address sudden economic 

dislocation. Priority will be given to 

proposed activities in which the 

University Center will engage to support 

investments in communities that 

experienced sudden or severe economic 

dislocation and job loss due to either 

auto-industry restructuring or natural 

disasters. 

• Support small and medium-size 

businesses. Priority will be given to 

applications that propose specific 

activities that will support small and 

medium-size businesses (e.g., ≤ 500 

employees or ≤ $7 million in average 

annual sales). 

• Encourage collaborative regional 

innovation. Priority will be given to 

proposed activities that will cultivate 

multi-jurisdictional solutions to regional 

needs; encourage regional collaboration 

among economic development 

organizations; and identify and 

implement programs that encourage 

regional stakeholders to link to and 

build upon unique assets of the region, 

such as the development and support of 

innovation clusters. 

• Foster global competitiveness. 

Priority will be given to proposed 

activities that will help strengthen 

industry competitiveness through 

innovation, entrepreneurship, global 

trade, and rapid growth. 

• Environmentally sustainable 

development. Priority will be given to 

proposed activities that will promote 

renewable energy; energy efficiency; or 

reuse, recycling, or natural resource 

restoration efforts across the region. 

3. Provides High Return on 

Investment (20%). All applications will 

be evaluated to determine whether they 

represent a high return on investment, 

as measured by the: 

• Extent to which the proposed 

University Center will leverage publicprivate partnerships. Priority will be 

given to proposed activities that will 

generate strong public-private support 

across the region and leverage private 

funds. 

• Degree to which the proposed 

University Center and its activities build 

upon other local, State, regional, 

federal, and private sector development 

initiatives. Priority will be given to 

applications that clearly specify how the 

proposed activities will build upon the 

array of local, State, regional, federal, 

and private sector development efforts 

occurring in the region to more 

effectively meet regional needs. 

4. Significantly Benefits Regions with 

Distressed Economies (10%). While all 

applicants must show how the proposed 

activities will benefit distressed regions 

within the service area, EDA will give 

additional consideration to those 

applicants that provide concrete 

evidence outlining how their proposed 

programs are especially well designed to 

significantly benefit distressed regions. 

As outlined in section I.B of the FFO 

announcement, distress may be defined 

by areas experiencing high levels of 

unemployment, low income levels, large 

concentrations of low-income families, 

or significant declines in per capita 

income because of large numbers (or 

high rates) of business failures, sudden 

major layoffs or plant closures, military 

base closures, natural or other major 

disasters, depletion of natural resources, 

reduced tax bases, or substantial loss of 

population because of the lack of 

employment opportunities. 

Selection Factors: EDA expects to 

fund the highest ranking applications. 

The Selecting Official normally will 

follow the recommendations of the 

review panel. However, the Selecting 

Official may decide not to make a 

selection, or he may select an 

application out of rank order for several 

reasons, including: (i) A determination 

that the application better meets the 

overall objectives of sections 2 and 207 

of PWEDA (42 U.S.C. 3121 and 3147); 

(ii) availability of program funding; (iii) 

geographic balance in distribution of 

program funds; (iv) balanced funding for 

a diverse group of institutions, to 

include smaller and rural institutions, 

which may form part of a broader 

consortium to serve diverse populations 

and areas within the regional office’s 

territory; (v) the program objectives as 

provided in section I of the FFO 

announcement; (vi) the applicant’s 

performance under previous federal 

financial assistance awards; or (vii) the 

overall mix of services, service areas, 

and target audiences in the regional 

office’s University Center portfolio. If 

the Selecting Official makes a selection 

out of rank order, he will document the 

rationale for the decision in writing. 

Informational Teleconferences: For 

prospective applicants, the Austin 

regional office will hold an 

informational teleconference on April 1, 

2010, at 1 p.m. CST. The Denver 

regional office will hold its 

informational teleconference call on 

March 19, 2010, at 1 p.m. MST. These 

teleconferences will provide general 

program information and information 

regarding the preparation of 

applications for funding under this 

competitive solicitation. To ensure the 

integrity of this competition, EDA will 

not provide substantive information 

regarding the competition to prospective 

applicants outside of these scheduled 

teleconferences. 

To ensure that enough incoming lines 

are available for each caller, the Austin 

regional office requires interested 

parties planning to participate on the 

teleconference to register no later than 

5 p.m. CST on March 25, 2010; the 

Denver regional office requires 

interested parties planning to 

participate on the teleconference to 

register no later than 5 p.m. MST on 

March 16, 2010. To register, please send 

an email with ‘‘FY 2010 University 

Center Teleconference Registration’’ in 

the subject line to the designated 

contact person in the Austin or Denver 

regional office as provided above under 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. The 

telephone number and pass code for 

each teleconference will be provided 

upon registration. 

Please be advised that the 

informational teleconferences may be 

audio-taped and the actual recordings or 

a transcript of the actual recording may 

be made available online or otherwise 

for the benefit of prospective applicants 

unable to participate. Prospective 

applicants who participate on the 

teleconferences are deemed to consent 

to the taping. 

The Department of Commerce PreAward Notification Requirements for 

Grants and Cooperative Agreements: 

Administrative and national policy 

requirements for all Department of 

Commerce awards are applicable to this 

competitive solicitation. These 

requirements may be found in the 

Department of Commerce Pre-Award 

Notification Requirements for Grants 

and Cooperative Agreements, which 

was published in the Federal Register 

on February 11, 2008 (73 FR 7696). This 

notice may be accessed by entering the 

Federal Register volume and page 

number provided in the previous 

sentence at the following Web site: 

http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/ 

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document contains the following 

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Dated: February 26, 2010. 

Brian P. McGowan, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for 

Economic Development Economic 

Development Administration. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XN25 

Whaling Provisions; Aboriginal 

Subsistence Whaling Quotas 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; notification of quota for 

bowhead whales. 

SUMMARY: NMFS provides notification 

of the aboriginal subsistence whaling 

quota for bowhead whales that it has 

assigned to the Alaska Eskimo Whaling 

Commission (AEWC), and other 

limitations deriving from regulations 

adopted at the 59th Annual Meeting of 

the International Whaling Commission 

(IWC). For 2010, the quota is 75 

bowhead whales struck. This quota and 

other limitations govern the harvest of 

bowhead whales by members of the 

AEWC. 

DATES: Effective March 5, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Office of International 

Affairs, National Marine Fisheries 

Service, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver 

Spring, MD 20910. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ryan Wulff, (202) 482–3689. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Aboriginal 

subsistence whaling in the United States 

is governed by the Whaling Convention 

Act (16 U.S.C. 916 et seq.). Regulations 

that implement the Act, found at 50 CFR 

230.6, require the Secretary of 

Commerce (Secretary) to publish, at 

least annually, aboriginal subsistence 

whaling quotas and any other 

limitations on aboriginal subsistence 

whaling deriving from regulations of the 

IWC. 

At the 59th Annual Meeting of the 

IWC, the Commission set catch limits 

for aboriginal subsistence use of 

bowhead whales from the BeringChukchi-Beaufort Seas stock. The 

bowhead catch limits were based on a 

joint request by the United States and 

the Russian Federation, accompanied by 

documentation concerning the needs of 

two Native groups: Alaska Eskimos and 

Chukotka Natives in the Russian Far 

East. 

This action by the IWC thus 

authorized aboriginal subsistence 

whaling by the AEWC for bowhead 

whales. This aboriginal subsistence 

harvest is conducted in accordance with 

a cooperative agreement between NOAA 

and the AEWC. 

The IWC set a 5–year block quota of 

280 bowhead whales landed. For each 

of the years 2008 through 2012, the 

number of bowhead whales struck may 

not exceed 67, except that any unused 

portion of a strike quota from any year, 

including 15 unused strikes from the 

2003 through 2007 quota, may be 

carried forward. No more than 15 strikes 

may be added to the strike quota for any 

one year. At the end of the 2009 harvest, 

there were 15 unused strikes available 

for carry-forward, so the combined 

strike quota for 2010 is 82 (67 + 15). 

This arrangement ensures that the 

total quota of bowhead whales landed 

and struck in 2010 will not exceed the 

catch limits set by the IWC. Under an 

arrangement between the United States 

and the Russian Federation, the Russian 

natives may use no more than seven 

strikes, and the Alaska Eskimos may use 

no more than 75 strikes. 

Through its cooperative agreement 

with the AEWC, NOAA has assigned 75 

strikes to the Alaska Eskimos. The 

AEWC will allocate these strikes among 

the 11 villages whose cultural and 

subsistence needs have been 

documented, and will ensure that its 

hunters use no more than 75 strikes. 

Other Limitations 

The IWC regulations, as well as the 

NOAA regulation at 50 CFR 230.4(c), 

forbid the taking of calves or any whale 

accompanied by a calf. 

NOAA regulations (at 50 CFR 230.4) 

contain a number of other prohibitions 

relating to aboriginal subsistence 

whaling, some of which are summarized 

here. For example: 

• Only licensed whaling captains or 

crew under the control of those captains 

may engage in whaling. They must 

follow the provisions of the relevant 

cooperative agreement between NOAA 

and a Native American whaling 

organization. 

• The aboriginal hunters must have 

adequate crew, supplies, and 

equipment. They may not receive 

money for participating in the hunt. 

• No person may sell or offer for sale 

whale products from whales taken in 

the hunt, except for authentic articles of 

Native handicrafts. 

• Captains may not continue to 

whale after the relevant quota is taken, 

after the season has been closed, or if 

their licenses have been suspended. 

They may not engage in whaling in a 

wasteful manner. 

Dated: March 1, 2010. 

Rebecca Lent, 

Director, Office of International Affairs, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM 

PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR 

SEVERELY DISABLED 

Procurement List Proposed Additions 

and Deletions 

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From 

People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled. 

ACTION: Proposed additions to and 

deletions from the Procurement List. 

SUMMARY: The Committee is proposing 

to add to the Procurement List products 


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