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government representatives, each 

having relevant expertise. The 

individual reviewers’ ratings will be 

averaged for each application to 

establish rank order. No consensus 

advice will be given by the review 

panel. The Program Officer will neither 

vote nor score applications as part of the 

review panel nor participate in 

discussion of the merits of any proposal. 

The Program Officer will make his/ 

her recommendations for funding based 

on rank order and the selection factors 

listed below to the Selecting Official for 

the final funding decision. 

Selection Factors for Projects 

The panel review ratings shall 

establish the rank order that the 

Selecting Official will use for final 

recommendation to the NOAA Grants 

Officer. The Selecting Official shall 

award in the rank order unless the 

proposal is justified to be selected out 

of rank order based upon one or more 

of the following factors: 

1. Availability of funding. 

2. Balance/distribution of funds: 

a. Geographically; 

b. By type of institutions; 

c. By type of partners; 

d. By research areas; 

e. By project types. 

3. Whether this project duplicates 

other projects funded or considered for 

funding by NOAA or other Federal 

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 make a 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 Federal 

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_TOC.pdf, and the Council 

on Environmental Quality 

implementation regulations, http:// 

ceq.eh.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 December 30, 2004 (69 FR 78389), 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. 

Helen Hurcombe, 

Director, NOAA Acquisitions and Grants, U.S. 

Department of Commerce. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

TRICARE; Civilian Health and Medical 

Program of the Uniformed Services 

(CHAMPUS); Fiscal Year 2007 

Diagnosis Related Group (DRF) 

Updates 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of DRG revised rates. 

SUMMARY: On October 12, 2006 the 

Department of Defense published a 

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Related Group (DRF) Updates. This 

notice corrects an error for TRICARE 

DRG base payment rate. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ann 

N. Fazzini, Medical Benefits and 

Reimbursement Systems (TMA), 

telephone 303–676–3803. 

Correction 

In Federal Register at 71 FR 60112, 

the heading of the notice, DRF is 

corrected to read DRG. 

At 71 FR 60113, paragraph E, $22.639 

is corrected to read $22,649. All other 

information remains unchanged. 

Dated: October 13, 2006. 

L.M. Bynum, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, DoD. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Membership of the Performance 

Review Board 

AGENCY: Missile Defense Agency (MDA), 

DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

This notice announces the 

appointment of the members of the 

Performance Review Board (PRB) of the 

Missile Defense Agency. The 

publication of PRB membership is 

required by 5 U.S.C. 4314(c)(4). 

The Performance Review Board (PRB) 

provides fair and impartial review of 

Senior Executive Service performance 

appraisals and makes recommendations 

regarding performance ratings and 

performance scores to the Director, 

MDA. 

DATES: Effective Date: October 31, 2006. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gail 

Gallant, MDA SES Program Manager, 

Missile Defense Agency, Arlington, 

Virginia, (703) 693–1744. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with 5 U.S.C. 4314(c)(4), the 

following executives are appointed to 

the Missile Defense Agency PRB: 

Brigadier General Marvin K. McNamara, 

Dr. Patricia Sanders, Mr. Keith 

Englander, Mr. Michael Cifrino, 

Brigadier General Patrick O’Reilly. 

Executives listed will serve a one-year 

term, effective October 31, 2006. 

Dated: October 13, 2006. 

C.R. Choate, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

SUMMARY: The IC Clearance Official, 

Regulatory Information Management 

Services, Office of Management invites 

comments on the submission for OMB 

review as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before 

November 20, 2006. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be addressed to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attention: Rachel Potter, Desk Officer, 

Department of Education, Office of 

Management and Budget, 725 17th 

Street, NW., Room 10222, New 

Executive Office Building, Washington, 

DC 20503 or faxed to (202) 395–6974. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires 

that the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) provide interested 

Federal agencies and the public an early 

opportunity to comment on information 

collection requests. OMB may amend or 

waive the requirement for public 

consultation to the extent that public 

participation in the approval process 

would defeat the purpose of the 

information collection, violate State or 

Federal law, or substantially interfere 

with any agency’s ability to perform its 

statutory obligations. The IC Clearance 

Official, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of 

Management, publishes that notice 

containing proposed information 

collection requests prior to submission 

of these requests to OMB. Each 

proposed information collection, 

grouped by office, contains the 

following: (1) Type of review requested, 

e.g. new, revision, extension, existing or 

reinstatement; (2) Title; (3) Summary of 

the collection; (4) Description of the 

need for, and proposed use of, the 

information; (5) Respondents and 

frequency of collection; and (6) 

Reporting and/or Recordkeeping 

burden. OMB invites public comment. 

Dated: October 16, 2006. 

Angela C. Arrington, 

IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Office of Elementary and Secondary 

Education 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Title: State Educational Agency Local 

Educational Agency, and School Data 

Collection and Reporting under ESEA, 

Title I, Part A. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal 

Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs. 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour 

Burden: 

Responses: 43,285. 

Burden Hours: 6,688,814. 

Abstract: Title I, Part A of the 

Elementary and Secondary Education 

Act, as amended by the No Child Left 

Behind Act, requires State educational 

agencies (SEAs), local educational 

agencies (LEAs), and schools to collect 

and disseminate information to 

document progress, inform parents and 

the public about school, district, and 

State educational performance, and 

provide services to students and 

teachers to help at-risk students meet 

challenging State achievement 

standards. The change in burden hours 

is primarily due to updated estimates of 

the time needed for SEA, LEA, and 

school implementation of statutory 

district and school improvement 

planning requirements and the statutory 

requirement that local educational 

agencies notify parents of eligible 

students in schools in improvement of 

their public school choice and 

supplemental educational services 

option. The estimate also reflects hours 

for new final regulations 200.6(b)(4)(i)(c) 

and hours for the preparation of SEA 

and LEA report cards. 

Requests for copies of the information 

collection submission for OMB review 

may be accessed from http:// 

edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the 

‘‘Browse Pending Collections’’ link and 

by clicking on link number 3147. When 

you access the information collection, 

click on ‘‘Download Attachments’’ to 

view. Written requests for information 

should be addressed to U.S. Department 

of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, 

SW., Potomac Center, 9th Floor, 

Washington, DC 20202–4700. Requests 

may also be electronically mailed to 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed to 202–

245–6623. Please specify the complete 

title of the information collection when 

making your request. 

Comments regarding burden and/or 

the collection activity requirements 

should be electronically mailed to 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Individuals who 

use a telecommunications device for the 

deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–

800–877–8339. 

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