Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 154 / Wednesday, August 12, 2009 / Notices 40569 

1State Broadband Data and Development Grant 

Program, Notice of Funds Availability and 

Solicitation of Applications, 74 FR 32545 (July 8, 

2009) (Notice). 

2Notice at Technical Appendix A, 74 FR at 

32557–32564. The Notice also states that applicants 

must demonstrate that they have the ability to 

provide a substantially complete set of all 

broadband mapping data on or before February 1, 

2010 and complete the data collection on or before 

March 1, 2010. See id. at 32552, 32553. 

3Notice, 74 FR at 32552. 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XQ70 

Marine Mammals; File No. 1054–1731 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; issuance of permit 

amendment. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the University of Florida, Aquatic 

Animal Program, College of Veterinary 

Medicine, 2015 SW 16th Avenue, 

Gainesville, FL 32610 [Dr. Ruth FrancisFloyd, Responsible Party] has been 

issued an amendment to scientific 

research Permit No. 1054–1731. 

ADDRESSES: The amendment 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 

Southeast Region, NMFS, 263 13th 

Avenue South, Saint Petersburg, Florida 

33701; phone (727) 824–5312; fax (727) 

824–5309. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amy Sloan or Jennifer Skidmore, (301) 

713–2289. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

requested amendment has been granted 

under the authority of the Marine 

Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as 

amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the 

regulations governing the taking and 

importing of marine mammals (50 CFR 

part 216), the Endangered Species Act of 

1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 

et seq.), the regulations governing the 

taking, importing, and exporting of 

endangered and threatened species (50 

CFR 222–226), and the Fur Seal Act of 

1966, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1151 et 

seq.). 

This minor amendment extends the 

expiration date of the permit from July 

31, 2009 to July 31, 2010. The permit 

authorizes the Permit Holder to receive, 

import, and export marine mammal and 

threatened and endangered species 

under NMFS jurisdiction. No takes of 

live animals are authorized by the 

permit. 

Issuance of this permit, as required by 

the ESA, was based on a finding that 

such permit: (1) was applied for in good 

faith; (2) will not operate to the 

disadvantage of endangered species; and 

(3) is consistent with the purposes and 

policies set forth in section 2 of the 

ESA. 

Dated: July 30, 2009. 

P. Michael Payne, 

Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education 

Division, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–19292 Filed 8–11–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Telecommunications and 

Information Administration 

[Docket No. 0908061222–91222–02] 

RIN 0660–ZA29 

State Broadband Data and 

Development Grant Program 

AGENCY: National Telecommunications 

and Information Administration, U.S. 

Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of Funds Availability; 

clarification. 

SUMMARY: The National 

Telecommunications and Information 

Administration (NTIA), U.S. 

Department of Commerce, publishes 

this Notice to provide clarification of 

the information requirements for State 

Broadband Data and Development Grant 

Program awardees stated in the Notice 

of Funds Availability and Solicitation of 

Applications (Notice) published on July 

8, 2009. 

DATES: NTIA will accept applications 

until August 14, 2009, at 11:59 p.m. 

Eastern Time (ET). 

ADDRESSES: All applications must be 

submitted through the online Grants.gov 

system no later than 11:59 p.m. ET on 

August 14, 2009, as more fully 

described in the Notice published on 

July 8, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anne W. Neville, Program Director, 

State Broadband Data and Development 

Grant Program, National 

Telecommunications and Information 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue, 

NW., Room 4716, Washington, DC 

20230; by telephone at (202) 482–4949 

or via electronic mail at 

broadbandmapping@ntia.doc.gov. 

Information about the State Broadband 

Data and Development Grant Program 

can also be obtained electronically via 

the Internet at http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ 

broadbandgrants. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 8, 

2009, NTIA published a Notice in the 

Federal Register to announce the 

availability of funds for the State 

Broadband Data and Development Grant 

Program pursuant to the authority 

provided in the American Recovery and 

Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery 

Act), Public Law 111–5, 123 Stat. 115 

(2009) and the Broadband Data 

Improvement Act (BDIA), Title 1, Public 

Law 110–385, 122 Stat. 4096 (2008).1

The Technical Appendix of the Notice 

directs awardees to provide a timeline 

for anticipated dates of data delivery, 

including the provision of a 

substantially complete set of the 

following information to NTIA 

regarding each provider’s service area 

no later than February 1, 2010: 

broadband service availability by 

service address and by shapefile for 

wireless services; residential broadband 

service pricing based on average 

revenue per end user and weighted 

average speed; broadband service 

infrastructure based, specifically lastmile and middle-mile connection 

points; and a listing of community 

anchor institutions.2 The Technical 

Appendix also includes a description of 

the specific technical formats to be used 

when submitting the data. In addition to 

the information the Technical Appendix 

requires to be provided, the Notice 

requires applicants to provide a 

comprehensive description of plans to 

obtain all data required under the 

Technical Appendix regarding service 

provided by commercial or public 

providers as part of the application to be 

submitted between July 14, 2009 and 

August 14, 2009.3

Technical Appendix Clarification 

This Notice is intended to clarify the 

exact level of detail required by the 

information collection set forth in the 

following sections of the Technical 

Appendix. 

1. Broadband Service Availability in 

Provider’s Service Area 

(a) Availability by Service Address— 

Service Associated With Specific 

Addresses 

In lieu of reporting address-specific 

data, Awardees may satisfy the 

requirements of this section of the 

Technical Appendix by providing 


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