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Regulations, 15 CFR 325.14(c)). Any 

person aggrieved by this decision may 

appeal to an appropriate U.S. District 

Court within 30 days from the date of 

publication of this notice in the Federal 

Register ‘‘( 15 CFR 325.11 of the 

Regulations).’’

Dated: August 20, 2007. 

Jeffrey Anspacher, 

Director Export Trading Company Affairs. 

[FR Doc. E7–16921 Filed 8–27–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[Docket No. 070817470–7471–01; I.D. 

051906D] 

RIN 0648–ZB83 

Availability of Grant Funds for Fiscal 

Year 2008 

AGENCY: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Department of Commerce (DOC). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: NOAA publishes this notice 

to amend the agency’s solicitation for 

applications published on July 2, 2007 

in an action entitled ‘‘Omnibus Notice 

Announcing the Availability of Grant 

Funds for Fiscal Year 2008’’. 

DATES: Proposals must be received by 

the date and time specified under each 

program listed in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section of this document. 

ADDRESSES: Proposals must be 

submitted to the program address listed 

in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

section of this document. NOAA’s 

discretionary grant fund notices may be 

found on the internet at Grants.gov. The 

URL for Grants.gov is http:// 

www.grants.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

those without Internet access request a 

copy of the full funding opportunity 

announcement and/or application kit, 

from the person listed as the 

information contact under each 

program. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Applicants must comply with all 

requirements contained in the Federal 

Funding Opportunity announcement for 

each of the programs listed in this 

omnibus notice. These Federal Funding 

Opportunities are available at http:// 

www.grants.gov. 

The list of grant opportunities under 

NOAA Project Competitions (below) 

describe the basic information and 

requirements for the competitive grant/ 

cooperative agreement programs offered 

by NOAA. These programs are open to 

anyone who meets the eligibility criteria 

specified under each grant. To be 

considered for an award in a 

competitive grant/cooperative 

agreement program, eligible applicants 

must submit a complete and responsive 

application to the appropriate address 

by the deadline specified in this notice. 

An award is made upon conclusion of 

the evaluation and selection process for 

the respective program. 

Table of Contents 

I. Background 

II. NOAA Project Competitions 

Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) 

1. NMFS–Sea Grant Fellowships in Marine 

Resource Economics 

2. NOAA Marine Aquaculture Program 

3. National Sea Grant College Program 

Aquatic Invasive Species Research and 

Outreach 

4. FY08 Ocean Exploration Omnibus 

5. 2009 Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy 

Fellowship (Knauss Fellowship Program) 

6. NMFS—Sea Grant Fellowships in 

Population Dynamics 

7. Pennsylvania Sea Grant Institutional 

Program 

Office of the Under Secretary (USEC) 

1. Administrative Services for the Ernest F. 

Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship 

Program 

III. NOAA Non-competitive Opportunity 

Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) 

1. NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Grant 

Program—Coral Reef Ecosystem 

Research Grants 

IV. Classification 

I. Background 

In this amendment, NOAA adds eight 

programs that are making funds 

available for financial assistance 

awards. Interested applicants should 

consult the July 2, 2007, notice for all 

of the other requirements for submitting 

an application. Each of the following 

grant opportunities provide: A 

description of the program, funding 

availability, statutory authority, catalog 

of Federal domestic assistance (CFDA) 

number, application deadline, address 

for submitting proposals, information 

contacts, eligibility requirements, cost 

sharing requirements, and 

intergovernmental review under 

Executive Order 12372. 

In addition, this notice announces 

information related to a non-competitive 

financial assistance project to be 

administered by NOAA. This project is 

titled ‘‘NOAA Coral Reef Conservation 

Grant Program—Coral Reef Ecosystem 

Research Grants’’. This project will 

award Federal financial assistance to the 

National Undersea Research Center at 

the University of Hawaii to administer 

competitive coral reef research grant 

programs for the Caribbean, 

Southeastern United States, Florida, the 

Gulf of Mexico, Hawaii and the Western 

Pacific. To receive an award for this 

project, an eligible applicant must 

submit a complete and responsive 

application to the appropriate program 

office. An award is made upon 

conclusion of the evaluation process for 

the prospective project. 

II. NOAA Project Competitions 

Oceanic and Atmospheric Research 

(OAR) 

1. NMFS—Sea Grant Fellowships in 

Marine Resource Economics 

Summary Description: The Graduate 

Fellowship Program generally awards 

two new Ph.D. fellowships each year to 

students who are interested in careers 

related to the development and 

implementation of quantitative methods 

for assessing their status or the 

economics of the conservation and 

management of living marine resources. 

Fellows will work on thesis problems of 

public interest and relevance to NMFS 

under the guidance of NMFS mentors at 

participating NMFS Science Centers or 

Laboratories. This solicitation is 

responsive to NOAA Mission Goal 1: 

Protect, restore and manage the use of 

coastal and ocean resources through 

ecosystem-based management. 

Funding Availability: The NMFS Sea 

Grant Joint Graduate Fellowship 

Program in Marine Resource Economics 

expects to support two new Fellows for 

2 years beginning in FY 2008. The 

award for each fellowship will be a 

cooperative agreement of $38,500 per 

year, with an anticipated start date of 

June 1, 2008. 

Statutory Authority: Authority for the 

Resource Economics Graduate Fellowship 

Program is provided by the following: 33 

U.S.C. 1127(a). 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 11.417, Sea 

Grant Support. 

Application Deadline: Applications 

must be received by 4 p.m., Eastern time 

February 22, 2008 by the National Sea 

Grant Office (NSGO). 

Address for Submitting Proposals: 

Applications from Sea Grant programs 

should be submitted through 

www.Grants.gov. Facsimile transmission 

and electronic mail submission of 

applications will not be accepted. 

Information Contacts: Contact Dr. 

Terry Smith, National Sea Grant College 

Program, 1315 East-West Highway, 

Silver Spring, MD 20910; tel: (301) 734–

1084; e-mail: Terry.Smith@noaa.gov. 

Eligibility: Prospective Fellows must 

be United States citizens. At the time of 


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application, prospective Marine 

Resource Economics Fellows must be 

admitted to a Ph.D. degree program in 

natural resource economics or a related 

field at an institution of higher 

education in the United States or its 

territories or submit a signed letter from 

the institution indicating provisional 

acceptance to a Ph.D. degree program 

conditional on obtaining financial 

support such as this fellowship. 

Applications must be submitted by the 

institution of higher education, which 

may be any such institution in the 

United States or its territories. 

Cost Sharing Requirements: Of the 

$38,500 award, 50 percent ($19,250) 

will be contributed by NMFS, 331⁄3

percent ($12,833) by the National Sea 

Grant Office (NSGO), and 162⁄3 percent 

($6,417) by the institution of higher 

education as the required 50 percent 

match of NSGO funds. 

Intergovernmental Review: 

Applications under this program are not 

subject to Executive Order 12372, 

Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs. 

2. NOAA Marine Aquaculture 

Program 

Summary Description: The National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (NOAA) is seeking 

preliminary proposals and full 

proposals for demonstration projects 

and innovative research for the 

development of environmentally and 

economically sustainable marine 

aquaculture in nearshore, open water, 

and terrestrial environments. The Great 

Lakes are considered marine for this 

competition. Priorities include: (1) Sitespecific commercial/pilot scale 

demonstration projects to establish 

technical and economic feasibility with 

special emphasis on hatchery 

development, land based, near shore 

and offshore production systems; (2) 

studies to assess environmental impacts 

of current marine aquaculture 

production systems and species 

including fish and shellfish; (3) 

nutrition research involving alternative 

protein based diets and influence of diet 

on product quality; (4) development of 

environmental models and GIS tools to 

aid site selection for new facilities; (5) 

disease diagnostics and control; (6) 

development of technical, hands-on 

training programs in marine hatchery 

operations and management; and (7) 

development of synthesis research 

papers (i.e., executive summary and 

journal publication) for the following 

topics: (a) Environmental impacts of 

marine production systems; (b) 

alternative protein feeds and potential 

impacts; (c) disease transmission from 

aquaculture to wild stocks and vice 

versa, and status of ecologically 

acceptable treatments and preventives; 

and 9d) genetic technologies and 

environmental risk analysis. This 

program supports NOAA’s mission to 

protect, restore and manage the use of 

coastal and ocean resources through 

ecosystem based management. Projects 

funded under this competition should 

support NOAA’s overall goals for its 

marine aquaculture program, which are 

to: (1) Establish a comprehensive 

regulatory program for the conduct of 

marine aquaculture operations; (2) 

Develop appropriate technologies to 

support commercial marine aquaculture 

and enhancement of wild stocks; (3) 

Establish and implement procedures for 

the environmental assessment and 

monitoring of marine aquaculture 

activities; (4) Conduct education and 

outreach activities to establish a well 

informed public on marine aquaculture; 

and (5) Meet international obligations to 

promote environmentally sustainable 

practices for the conduct of marine 

aquaculture. 

Funding Availability: NOAA will hold 

an open competition for up to $8 

million for FY 2008 and FY 2009, with 

individual projects ranging from 

approximately $200,000 to $1,000,000 

for a two year period. It is anticipated 

that we will make approximately 20 

awards, three or four pilot scale 

demonstration projects at or near the 

$1,000,000 level for the two year period 

and the remainder at or about the 

$200,000 level. In addition, funding for 

the synthesis research papers (priority # 

7 described in Summary Description 

section) is anticipated to be up to 

$50,000 with four awards being made. 

Some funds in FY 2008 may be used to 

finish out projects started in FY 2007. 

We intend to fund projects for the full 

two year project period (08 and 09) 

using FY 2008 funds. In addition we 

will use some FY 2009 funds to start 

other two year projects identified 

through this FY 2008 competition. It is 

not anticipated that a competition will 

be held in 2009. We reserve the option 

to use some FY 2010 funds to finish 

projects started in FY 2009. Only 

exceptional projects with multiple 

partners providing significant impact 

towards the previously mentioned goals 

will be considered for the higher level 

of funding. Projects involving industry 

collaboration and specific resource 

leveraging are encouraged and will be 

given higher rank and consideration. 

Statutory Authority: 33 D.S.C. 1121 et seq. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 11.417, Sea 

Grant Support. 

Application Deadline: Preproposals 

must be received at NOAA by 4 p.m. 

EDT, on October 18,2007 and full 

proposals by 4 p.m. EST on January 24, 

2008. Anticipated grant start dates will 

be June 1, 2008. Anticipated grant start 

dates will be June 1, 2008. 

Address for Submitting Proposals: 

Full proposals should be submitted 

through grants.gov. Preliminary 

proposals from all applicants, and full 

proposals from those that do not have 

access to internet should be sent in 

hardcopy to: Dr. Andy Lazur, NOAA R/ 

SG; 1315 East-West Highway, Bldg 

SSMC 3, Room 11805, Silver Spring, 

MD 20910–3283, tel. 301–734–1082. 

Information Contacts: Dr. Andy 

Lazur, 301–734–1082; via internet at 

Andy.Lazur@noaa.gov, facsimile 301– 

713–0799. For information on past 

projects contact: NOAA Aquaculture 

Information Center, Eileen McVey at: 

Eileen.mcvev@,noaa.gov. 

Eligibility: Institutions of higher 

education, nonprofit organizations, 

commercial organizations, Federal, 

State, local and Indian tribal 

governments and individuals are 

eligible. 

Please Note: Before non NOAA Federal 

applicants may be funded, they must 

demonstrate that they have legal 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 D.S.C. 1535) is not an 

appropriate legal basis. Only those who 

submit preliminary proposals by the 

preliminary proposal deadline are eligible to 

submit full proposals. 

Cost Sharing Requirements: Matching 

funds are not required, however 

proposals that combine resources from 

institutions such as private industry, 

universities, Federal and State agencies, 

and foundations to address national or 

regional issues will be considered in 

relation to Criteria One (Impacts) in this 

solicitation and factor 6 (partnerships) 

of the selection factors listed in the 

Omnibus Federal Register notice for 

this competition. 

Intergovernmental Review: 

Applications under this Program are not 

subject to Executive Order 12372, 

‘‘Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs.’’ 

3. National Sea Grant College Program 

Aquatic Invasive Species Research and 

Outreach 

Summary Description: The National 

Sea Grant College Program seeks to fund 

research and outreach projects 

addressing the introduction and spread 

of aquatic invasive species. The goal of 

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information and tools that can lead to 

the prevention, detection, monitoring 

and control of aquatic invasive species 

threatening United States coastal, 

oceanic and Great Lakes communities, 

resources and ecosystems. The program 

seeks especially to support NOAArelevant regional research and outreach 

priorities identified by the Regional 

Panels of the Aquatic Nuisance Species 

Task Force. Consult the full Federal 

Funding Opportunity for these 

priorities. Appropriate areas of research 

may include: Biology and life history 

research, population dynamics, 

genetics, physiology, behavior, and 

parasites and diseases of invasive 

species, ecological and environmental 

tolerances of invasive species, impacts 

of invasive species at each stage of their 

life history on the environment, 

resources, and human health, research 

into invasive species control measures 

(engineering, physical, chemical, 

biological, physicochemical, 

administrative, and educational), and 

economic impact analysis of invasive 

species on marine and coastal resources, 

sport, commercial and tribal fisheries, 

the recreation and tourism industry, the 

shipping and navigation industry, and 

municipal and industrial water users. 

Other appropriate areas of endeavor 

may include: Use of research results to 

provide a scientific basis for developing 

sound policy and environmental law, 

public education and technology 

transfer, research and outreach into 

identifying vectors of aquatic invasive 

species introduction, and education and 

outreach activities that will transfer this 

information to the appropriate users. 

The program priorities for this 

opportunity support NOAA’s mission 

support goal of: Ecosystems—Protect, 

Restore, and Manage Use of Coastal and 

Ocean Resources through EcosystemBased Management. 

Funding Availability: Depending on 

the overall funding appropriation for the 

National Sea Grant College Program, a 

total of up to $2,000,000 for FY 2008 

and FY 2009 is anticipated to be 

available to support invasive species 

research and outreach projects of up to 

two years duration. Federal funding will 

range approximately between $30,000 

and $300,000 per project. This 

announcement solicits for FY 2008 and 

FY 2009; we do not anticipate issuing a 

separate solicitation for this program in 

FY 2009. 

Statutory Authority: Program Authority for 

the Aquatic Invasive Species Research and 

Outreach Program is provided by 33 U.S.C. 

1121–1131. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 11.417, Sea 

Grant Support. 

Application Deadline: Applications 

must be received by the National Sea 

Grant Office (NSGO) or the state Sea 

Grant Program by 4 p.m. EDT on 

October 11, 2007, for preliminary 

proposals and by 4 p.m. EST on 

February 14, 2008, for full proposals. 

Address for Submitting Proposals: 

APPLICANTS FROM SEA GRANT 

STATES must submit applications (both 

preliminary and full proposals) to their 

state Sea Grant Program, to the 

addresses provided by that Program. 

Consult your state Sea Grant Program 

for information on addresses. Sea Grant 

states are: Alabama; Alaska; California; 

Connecticut; Delaware; Florida; Georgia; 

Hawaii; Illinois; Indiana; Louisiana; 

Maine; Maryland; Massachusetts; 

Michigan; Minnesota; Mississippi; New 

York; New Hampshire; New Jersey; 

North Carolina; Ohio; Oregon; 

Pennsylvania; Puerto Rico; Rhode 

Island; South Carolina; Texas; Vermont; 

Virginia; Washington; Wisconsin. The 

contact information for Sea Grant 

College Programs may be found at: 

http://www.seagrant.noaa.gov/ 

SGDirectors.html or may also be 

obtained by contacting Dorn Carlson 

listed in the Agency Contacts section. 

Internet links to state Sea Grant 

Programs can be found at: http:// 

www.seagrant.noaa.gov/colleges/ 

textlinks.html. Applicants *NOT* From 

Sea Grants States may submit their 

applications to a nearby state Sea Grant 

program, or directly to the NSGO. If 

applications are sent directly to the 

NSGO, preliminary proposals must be 

submitted in paper hardcopy, to: 

National Sea Grant Office, Attn: Mrs. 

Geraldine Taylor, Invasive Species, 

1315 East-West Highway, R/SG, Rm 

11732, Silver Spring, MD 20910, 

telephone 301–734–1072. Full proposals 

must be submitted electronically, via 

http://grants.gov, addressing 

opportunity number OAR–SG–2008–

2001200. If an applicant does not have 

access to Grants.gov, full applications 

may be sent in hardcopy (one signed 

original and two copies) to the address 

given above for preliminary proposals. 

Include a cover letter stating that you 

are submitting in hardcopy because you 

do not have access to Grants.gov. Sea 

Grant College Programs must submit 

applications through Grants.gov. 

Information Contacts: Dorn Carlson, 

NOAA R/SG, National Sea Grant Office, 

1315 East-West Highway, Rm 11839, 

Silver Spring, MD 20910, telephone 

301–734–1080; via electronic mail at 

invasive.species@noaa.gov. 

Eligibility: Individuals, institutions of 

higher education, nonprofit 

organizations, commercial 

organizations, State, local and Indian 

tribal governments, foreign 

governments, and international 

organizations are eligible. Only those 

who submit preliminary proposals by 

the deadline are eligible to submit full 

proposals. 

Cost Sharing Requirements: Each 

proposal must include additional nonFederal matching funds equivalent to at 

least 50 percent of the Federal funds 

requested; for example, a proposal 

requesting $100,000 in Federal support 

must include at least an additional 

$50,000 in matching funds. 

Intergovernmental Review: 

Applications under this Program are not 

subject to Executive Order 12372, 

‘‘Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs.’’

4. FY08 Ocean Exploration (OE) 

Omnibus 

Summary Description: OE is seeking 

pre-proposals and full proposals to 

support its mission, consistent with 

NOAA’s Strategic Plan (http:// 

www.nrc.noaa.gov), to search, 

investigate, and document marine 

archaeological resources and to further 

ocean education and ocean literacy. OE 

is seeking proposals for exploration and 

discovery of significant maritime 

heritage sites, including submerged, 

previously subaerial, landscapes, 

shipwrecks, aircraft, and other maritime 

cultural sites. Competitive OE proposals 

will be bold, innovative and 

interdisciplinary in their approach and 

objectives. Proposals will emphasize the 

early phases of field archaeology: 

searching, locating, evaluating or 

inventorying sites. Marine Archaeology 

projects may be conducted in any of the 

oceans, coasts or Great Lakes regions, on 

any suitable platform, vessel or other 

charter. In prior years, OE has funded 

the development of educational 

products to enable teachers to bring 

NOAA science into classrooms 

throughout the country. To facilitate the 

use of NOAA science in formal and 

informal education environments, OE is 

seeking proposals to extend the use of 

these existing OE education products, 

located on its Web site, in school 

districts and other learning centers 

throughout the country. It is anticipated 

that a total of approximately $700,000 

will be available through this 

announcement, partitioned, 

approximately, as follows: Marine 

Archaeology, $400,000 and Ocean 

Exploration Education, $300,000. 

Applicants are encouraged to visit the 

Ocean Explorer Web site (http:// 


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www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov) to 

familiarize themselves with past and 

present OE-funded activities. 

Background on how to apply and the 

required proposal cover sheets are 

accessible through the OE Office Web 

site at http://www.explore.noaa.gov/ 

opportunitv/welcome.html. In 

furtherance of this objective, NOAA 

issues this Federal Funding Opportunity 

for extramural research, innovative 

projects, and sponsorships that address 

one the following mission goal 

descriptions contained in the NOAA 

Strategic Plan: To Protect, Restore, and 

Manage the Use of Coastal and Ocean 

Resources through an Ecosystem 

Approach to Management. 

Funding Availability: In anticipation 

of the FY08 President’s Budget, OE 

anticipates supporting approximately 9 

awards through this solicitation; 4 in 

Marine Archaeology and 5 in Education. 

The OE Director may hold-over select 

proposals submitted for 2008 funding 

for consideration in 2009. The amount 

of funding available through this 

announcement is subject to the final 

FY08 appropriation for Ocean 

Exploration. Publication of this 

announcement does not obligate NOAA 

to fund any specific project or to 

obligate all or any part of available 

funds. There is no guarantee that 

sufficient funds will be available to 

initiate or continue research activities 

where funding has been recommended 

by OE. The exact amount of funds that 

OE may recommend be granted will be 

determined in pre-award negotiations 

between the applicant and NOAA 

representatives. Future opportunities for 

submitting proposals may be available 

and will depend on OE funding levels. 

Statutory Authority: 33 U.S.C. 883d. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 11.460, 

Special Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Projects. 

Application Deadline: Pre-proposals 

are required for all categories and must 

be received by 5 p.m. Eastern Time, 

September 27, 2007. Applicants will 

receive an e-mail encouraging or 

discouraging a full proposal submission 

40 days after submission. If you have 

not received a reply 40 days after 

submission contact OE 

(OEoffice@noaa.gov) as soon as possible. 

Full proposal submissions must be 

received no later than 5 p.m. Eastern 

Time, October 29, 2007. Applications 

received after the above deadlines will 

not be considered. 

Address for Submitting Proposals: 

Pre-proposal submissions can be either 

by e-mail (send to OEOffice@noaa.gov) 

or by hard-copy (send three copies to 

the mailing address below). If by e-mail, 

please put your last name in the subject 

heading along with the words OE Preproposal, e.g., ‘Smith OE Pre-proposa1.’

Adobe PDF format is preferred. No 

facsimile pre-proposals will be 

accepted. Full proposal submissions for 

non-Federal applicants must be 

submitted through www.grants.gov. 

Federal applicants must submit hardcopies to the address below. The Catalog 

of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) 

number is 11.460—Special Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Projects. An exception will 

be made for those non-Federal 

applicants with limited internet access, 

who may submit hard-copy to the 

address below. No e-mail proposal 

submissions will be accepted. 

Instructions and Mailing Address for 

Hard-Copy Submissions: Pre-proposals 

or Full Proposals. Hard copy 

applications should be binder-clipped 

together (not bound or stapled) and 

printed on one-side only. Three signed, 

hard copy originals are required (use 

blue/black ink). Since reviewers will 

require access to an electronic copy, 

applicants submitting hard copies are 

highly-encouraged to also submit a 

digital version in one Adobe PDF file on 

CD–ROM. 

Mailing Address: ATTN: Dr. Nicolas 

Alvarado, NOAA Office of Ocean 

Exploration, SSMC III, 10th Floor, 1315 

East West Highway, Silver Spring, 

Maryland 20910. 

Information Contacts: For further 

information contact the NOAA Office of 

Ocean Exploration at (301) 734–1015 or 

submit inquiries via email to the 

Frequently Asked Questions address: 

oar.oe.FAQ@noaa.gov. Email inquiries 

should include the Principal 

Investigator’s name in the subject 

heading. Inquiries can be mailed to 

ATTN: Dr. Nicolas Alvarado, NOAA 

Office of Ocean Exploration, 1315 East 

West Highway, SSMC3, 10th Floor, 

Silver Spring, MD 20910. 

Eligibility: Eligible applicants are from 

institutions of higher education, other 

nonprofits, commercial organizations, 

organizations under the jurisdiction of 

foreign governments, international 

organizations, State, Local and Indian 

tribal governments. 

Applications from Federal agencies 

are also eligible. Please Note: Before 

non-NOAA Federal applicants may be 

funded, they must demonstrate they 

have legal 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: Costsharing is not required. 

Intergovernmental Review: 

Applications under this program are 

subject to Executive Order 12372, 

‘‘Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs.’’ Applicants must contact 

their State’s Single Point of Contact 

(SPOC) to find out about and comply 

with the State’s process under EO 

12372. The names and addresses of the 

SPOCs are listed in the Office of 

Management and Budget’s Web site: 

http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/ 

spoc.html. 

5. 2009 Dean John A. Knauss Marine 

Policy Fellowship (Knauss Fellowship 

Program) 

Summary Description: The Dean John 

A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship 

Program is committed not only to 

advancing marine-related educational 

and career goals of participating 

students, but also to increasing 

partnerships between universities and 

government. The Program matches 

graduate students who have an interest 

in ocean, coastal and Great Lakes 

resources, and in the national policy 

and management decisions affecting 

these resources, with hosts in the 

Legislative and Executive branches of 

the Federal government for a one year 

paid fellowship. The program priorities 

for this opportunity support NOAA’s 

Ecosystem mission support goal: 

Protect, restore and manage use of 

coastal and ocean resources through 

ecosystem-based management. 

Funding Availability: No less than 30 

applicants will be selected. Up to 11 

selected applicants will be assigned to 

the Congress. The overall cooperative 

agreement is $43,500 per student. 

Statutory Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1127(b). 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 11.417, Sea 

Grant Support. 

Application Deadline: Eligible 

graduate students must submit 

applications to state Sea Grant college 

programs. Applications from 

prospective fellows to the State Sea 

Grant College Programs (SGCP) are due 

February 29,2008. Applicants from 

states not served by a Sea Grant program 

should contact the NSGO; subsequently, 

the applicant will be referred to the 

appropriate Sea Grant program to 

submit applications by the February 29 

deadline. Applicants should consult the 

Sea Grant program before submitting an 

application to it. 

Address for Submitting Proposals: 

Applications from Sea Grant programs 

should be submitted through 

www.Grants.gov. Hard copy justification 


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and applications should be submitted 

to: Miguel Lugo, Program Manager, 

Knauss Fellowship Program, National 

Sea Grant College Program, 1315 EastWest Highway, Silver Spring, MD 

20910. 

Information Contacts: Miguel Lugo, 

Program Manager, Knauss Fellowship 

Program, National Sea Grant College 

Program, 1315 East-West Highway, 

Silver Spring, MD 20910; tel: (301) 734–

1077 x1075. Inquiries can also be made 

to any state Sea Grant Program. Contact 

information for state Sea Grant College 

Programs can be found at: 

http://www.seagrant.noaa.gov/other/pro 

gramsdirectors.html. 

Eligibility: Any student, regardless of 

citizenship, who, on February 29, 2008, 

is in a graduate or professional program 

in a marine or aquatic-related field at a 

United States-accredited institution of 

higher education in the United States or 

U.S. Territories may apply. 

Cost Sharing Requirements: There 

will be one-third required cost share for 

those applicants selected as legislative 

fellows. 

Intergovernmental Review: 

Applications under this program are not 

subject to Executive Order 12372, 

Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs. 

6. NMFS-Sea Grant Fellowships in 

Population Dynamics 

Summary Description: The Graduate 

Fellowship Program awards at least two 

new Ph.D. fellowships each year to 

students who are interested in careers 

related to the population dynamics of 

living marine resources and the 

development and implementation of 

quantitative methods for assessing their 

status. Fellows will work on thesis 

problems of public interest and 

relevance to NMFS under the guidance 

of NMFS mentors at participating NMFS 

Science Centers or Laboratories. This 

solicitation is responsive to NOAA 

Mission Goal 1: protect, restore and 

manage the use of coastal and ocean 

resources through ecosystem-based 

management. 

Funding Availability: The award for 

each Fellowship, contingent upon the 

availability of Federal funds, will be a 

multi-year cooperative agreement in the 

amount of $38,500 per year for up to 

three years. 

Statutory Authority: Authority for the 

Population Dynamics Graduate Fellowship 

Program is provided by the following: 33 

U.S.C. 1127(a). 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 11.417, Sea 

Grant Support. 

Application Deadline: Applications 

must be received by 4 p.m., Eastern time 

February 22, 2008 by the National Sea 

Grant Office (NSGO). State Sea Grant 

programs should set an internal 

deadline of January 25, 2008 to facilitate 

the entry of non-electronic applications 

into Grants.gov. 

Address for Submitting Proposals: 

Applications from Sea Grant programs 

should be submitted through 

www.Grants.gov. Facsimile transmission 

and electronic mail submission of 

applications will not be accepted. 

Information Contacts: Contact Dr. 

Terry Smith, National Sea Grant College 

Program, 1315 East-West Highway, 

Silver Spring, MD 20910; tel: (301) 734–

1084; e-mail: Terry.Smith@noaa.gov. 

Eligibility: Prospective Fellows must 

be United States citizens. At the time of 

application, prospective Population 

Dynamics Fellows must be admitted to 

a Ph.D. degree program in population 

dynamics or a related field such as 

applied mathematics, statistics, or 

quantitative ecology at an institution of 

higher education in the United States or 

its territories, or submit a signed letter 

from the institution indicating 

provisional acceptance to a Ph.D. degree 

program conditional on obtaining 

financial support such as this 

fellowship. Applications must be 

submitted by the institution of higher 

education, which may be any such 

institution in the United States or its 

territories. 

Cost Sharing Requirements: Of the 

$38,500 award, 50 percent ($19,250) 

will be contributed by NMFS, 331⁄3

percent ($12,833) by the National Sea 

Grant Office (NSGO), and 162⁄3 percent 

($6,417) by the institution of higher 

education as the required 50 percent 

match of NSGO funds. 

Intergovernmental Review: 

Applications under this program are not 

subject to Executive Order 12372, 

Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs. 

7. Pennsylvania Sea Grant Institutional 

Program 

Summary Description: NOAA’s 

National Sea Grant College Program 

(NSGCP) invites applications to 

establish an Institutional Sea Grant 

Program for the Commonwealth of 

Pennsylvania beginning in FY 2008. 

Applicants should provide a 4-year plan 

for an institutional program that will be 

part of the larger National Sea Grant 

network, a partnership between the 

Federal Government and universities to 

conduct integrated research, education 

and outreach in fields related to ocean, 

coastal and Great Lakes resources. 

Applicants must comply with all 

requirements contained in the full 

funding opportunity announcement. 

The program priorities for this 

opportunity support NOAA’s Ecosystem 

mission support goal: protect, restore 

and manage use of coastal and ocean 

resources through ecosystem-based 

management. 

Funding Availability: NOAA expects 

that about $500K will be available from 

the NSGCP to establish a new Sea Grant 

institutional program for the 

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 

beginning in FY 2008. NOAA 

anticipates continuing support at that 

level from FY 2009–FY 2011 if funds are 

available. 

Statutory Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1121 et seq., 

as amended. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 11.417, Sea 

Grant Support. 

Application Deadline: Proposals must 

be received no later than 5 p.m. Eastern 

Standard Time, October 15,2007. 

Address for Submitting Proposals: 

Program Officer: Sami Grimes, 1315 East 

West Hwy, Silver Spring, MD 20910–

3282 301–734–1077 Ext. 1073 

sami.grimes@noaa.gov Organization: 

NOAA/National Sea Grant Program R/ 

SG 1315 East-West Hwy, Silver Spring, 

MD 20910. 

Information Contacts: For a copy of 

the full funding opportunity 

announcement and/or application kit, 

access it at Grants.gov, via NOAA Sea 

Grants Web site, or by contacting Ms. 

Sami Grimes, NOAA R/SG, 1315 East 

West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 

20910–3283, telephone: 301–734–1073, 

e-mail: sami.grimes@noaa.gov. 

Eligibility: Proposals may be 

submitted by institutions of higher 

education, or confederations of such 

institutions in the state of Pennsylvania 

that have achieved coherent area 

program status. 

Cost Sharing Requirements: To be 

eligible for the NSGCP funds, a match 

of 50% of the requested Federal funds 

(direct and indirect costs) is needed. Sea 

Grant requires that funds be matched 

with at least one non-Federal dollar for 

every two Federal dollars. 

Intergovernmental Review: 

Applications under this program are not 

subject to Executive Order 12372, 

Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs. 

Office of the Under Secretary (USEC) 

1. Administrative Services for the Ernest 

F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship 

Program 

Summary Description: The purpose of 

this document is to advise the public 

that NOAA’s Office of Education is 

announcing the availability of Federal 

assistance for a not-for-profit 


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organization for administrative services 

for the Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate 

Scholarship Program. The purposes of 

the program include: (1) To increase 

undergraduate training in oceanic and 

atmospheric science, research, 

technology, and education and foster 

multidisciplinary training 

opportunities; (2) to increase public 

understanding and support for 

stewardship of the ocean and 

atmosphere and improve environmental 

literacy; (3) to recruit and prepare 

students for public service careers with 

the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration and other natural 

resource and science agencies at the 

Federal, state and local levels of 

government; and (4) to recruit and 

prepare students for careers as teachers 

and educators in oceanic and 

atmospheric science and to improve 

scientific and environmental education 

in the United States. The Ernest F. 

Hollings Scholarship Program provides 

approximately 100 selected 

undergraduate applicants per year with 

awards that include academic assistance 

(up to a maximum of $8,000) for fulltime study during the 9-month 

academic year; a 10-week, full-time 

internship position ($650/week) during 

the summer at a NOAA or partner 

facility; and, if reappointed, academic 

assistance (up to a maximum of $8,000) 

for full-time study during a second 9- 

month academic year. The internship 

between first and second years of award 

provides hands-on multi-disciplinary 

educational training experience 

involving Scholars in NOAA-related 

scientific, research, technological, 

policy, management, and education 

activities. Awards also include a 

housing subsidy for scholars who do not 

reside at home during the summer 

internship and travel expenses for 

attendance and participation at a Ernest 

F. Hollings scholarship orientation 

program, conference travel, and an end 

of summer internship presentation 

program. The program priorities for this 

opportunity support NOAA’s mission 

support goal of Critical Support 

Facilities, ships, aircraft, environmental 

satellites, data-processing systems, 

computing and communications 

systems. 

Funding Availability: Subject to 

appropriations, this solicitation 

announces that funding at a maximum 

of $6,800,000 will be available for 

program administration of the Ernest F. 

Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship 

Program over a four-year period. Only 

one application will be funded. Up to 18 

percent is allowed for administrative 

overhead and at least 82 percent of the 

Federal funding is for student support. 

It is anticipated that the funding 

instrument will be a cooperative 

agreement since NOAA will be 

substantially involved in the selection 

of scholarship recipients, identifying 

NOAA facilities to place students 

during the one summer internship, and 

with collaboration, participation, or 

intervention in project performance. 

Statutory Authority: 15 U.S.C. 1540, Public 

Law 108–447. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 11.481, 

Educational Partnership Program. 

Application Deadline: Dates: 

Applications must be received by 

NOAA Office of Education by October 1, 

2007, no later than 11:59 p.m. (Eastern 

Daily Time). Hard copy applications 

will be date and time stamped when 

they are received. Facsimile 

transmission and electronic mail 

submission of applications will not be 

accepted. 

Address for Submitting Proposals: 

Applications submitted in response to 

this announcement should be submitted 

through the Grants.gov Web site. 

Electronic access to the full funding 

announcement for this program is 

available via the Grants.gov Web site: 

http://www.grants.gov. The 

announcement will also be available by 

contacting the program official 

identified below. Only if an applicant 

does not have Internet access, hard 

copies may be sent to the Office of 

Education, Educational Partnership 

Program, 1315 East-West Highway, 

Room 10703, Silver Spring, MD 20910. 

No facsimile applications will be 

accepted. Organizations are encouraged 

to submit Letters of Intent to NOAA 

within 30 days of this announcement to 

aid in planning the review processes. 

Letters of Intent may be submitted to 

Chantell Haskins via e-mail to 

StudentScholarshipPrograms@noaa.gov. 

Information should include a general 

description of the program 

administration proposal. 

Information Contacts: Program 

Management. Chantell Haskins, NOAA 

Office of Education, 301–713–9437 ext. 

150, Internet: 

StudentScholarshipPrograms@noaa.gov. 

Business Management Information. 

Arlene S. Porter, NOAA/GMD Grants 

Administrator, 301–713–0942 ext 152, 

Internet: Arlene.S.Porter@noaa.gov. 

Eligibility: Eligible applicants are not 

for profit organizations with 

demonstrated administrative experience 

operating fellowships, scholarship and 

internship programs in science and 

technology areas. Federal agencies and 

the academic community are not 

eligible to apply to this notice. 

Cost Sharing Requirements: None. 

Intergovernmental Review: 

Applications under this program are not 

subject to Executive Order 12372, 

‘‘Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs.’’

III. NOAA Non-Competitive Project 

The following entry provides the 

description and requirements of 

NOAA’s noncompetitive project. 

Oceanic and Atmospheric Research 

(OAR) 

1. NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Grant 

Program—Coral Reef Ecosystem 

Research Grants 

Summary Description: The NOAA 

Coral Reef Conservation Grant Program 

announces that it is providing funding 

to the NOAA Undersea Research 

Program (NURP) Centers for: the 

Southeastern U.S., Florida, and Gulf of 

Mexico Region, the Southeast U.S. and 

Gulf of Mexico Center; and the Hawaii 

and Western Pacific Region, the Hawaii 

Undersea Research Laboratory to 

administer two external, competitive 

coral reef ecosystem research grants 

programs. Research supported through 

these programs will address priority 

information needs identified by coral 

reef ecosystem managers and scientists. 

Broad coral reef research priorities 

supported through these programs may 

include research on coral disease and 

bleaching, fisheries population 

dynamics and ecology, coral reef 

restoration and mitigation approaches, 

effects of anthropogenic stressors on 

benthic invertebrates, impacts and 

spread of invasive species, and 

evaluation of management actions and 

strategies. Specific priorities within 

these broad areas, and geographic 

preferences, will be indicated in each 

NURP Center’s request for proposals. 

The NURP Center external coral reef 

research grants programs are part of the 

NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Grants 

Program under the Coral Reef 

Conservation Act of 2000. The program 

priorities for this opportunity support 

NOAA’s mission support goal of: 

Ecosystems—Protect, Restore, and 

Manage Use of Coastal and Ocean 

Resources through Ecosystem-Based 

Management. 

Funding Availability: Approximately 

$600,000 may be available in FY 2008 

to support awards under this program. 

Statutory Authority: Statutory authority for 

this program is provided under 16 U.S.C. 

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Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 11.430, 

National Undersea Research Program. 

Information Contact: Kimberly 

Puglise, 301–713–2427, extension 199 

or e-mail at kimberly.puglise@noaa.gov. 

Announcements requesting proposals 

will be announced on: http:// 

www.uncw.edu/nurc, for the NURP 

Center for the Southeastern U.S. and the 

Gulf of Mexico; for the NURP Center for 

Hawaii and the Western Pacific, the 

Hawaii Undersea Research Laboratory. 

Cost Sharing Requirements: The 

awards require a 1:1 Federal to nonFederal match. 

Intergovernmental Review: 

Applications under this program are not 

subject to Executive Order 12372, 

‘‘Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs.’’

IV. Classification 

Limitation of Liability 

Funding for potential projects in this 

notice is contingent upon the 

availability of Fiscal year 2008 

appropriations. Applicants are hereby 

given notice that funds have not yet 

been appropriated for any proposed 

activities in this notice. In no event will 

NOAA or the Department of Commerce 

be responsible for proposal preparation 

costs. Publication of this announcement 

does not oblige NOAA to award any 

specific project or to obligate any 

available funds. 

Universal Identifier 

Applicants should be aware that, for 

programs which have deadline dates on 

or after October 1, 2003, they may be 

required to provide a Dun and 

Bradstreet Data Universal Numbering 

System (DUNS) number during the 

application process. See the 67 FR 66 

177; October 30, 2002 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 (http:// 

www.dunandbradstreet.com). 

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, NEPA 

Questionnaire, http:// 

www.nepa.noaa.gov/questionnaire.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. 

Compliance With Department of 

Commerce Bureau of Industry and 

Security Export Administration 

Regulations 

(a) This section applies to the extent 

that this BAA results in financial 

assistance awards involving access to 

export-controlled information or 

technology. 

(b) In performing a financial 

assistance award, the recipient may gain 

access to export-controlled information 

or technology. The recipient will then 

be responsible for compliance with all 

applicable laws and regulations 

regarding export-controlled information 

and technology, including deemed 

exports. The recipient shall establish 

and maintain throughout performance 

of the financial assistance award 

effective export compliance procedures 

at non-NOAA facilities. At a minimum, 

these export compliance procedures 

must include adequate controls of 

physical, verbal, visual, and electronic 

access to export-controlled information 

and technology. 

(c) Definitions. 

(1) Deemed export. The Export 

Administration Regulations (EAR) 

define a deemed export as any release 

of technology or source code subject to 

the EAR to a foreign national, both in 

the United States and abroad. Such 

release is ‘‘deemed’’ to be an export to 

the home country of the foreign 

national. 15 CFR 734.2(b)(2)(ii). 

(2) Export-controlled information and 

technology. Export-controlled 

information and technology is 

information and technology subject to 

the EAR (15 CFR parts 730 et seq.), 

implemented by the DOC Bureau of 

Industry and Security, or the 

International Traffic Arms Regulations 

(ITAR) (22 CFR parts 120–130), 

implemented by the Department of 

State, respectively. This includes, but is 

not limited to, dual-use items, defense 

articles and any related assistance, 

services, software or technical data as 

defined in the EAR and ITAR. 

(d) The recipient shall control access 

to all export-controlled information and 

technology that it possesses or that 

comes into its possession in 

performance of a financial assistance 

award, to ensure that access is 

restricted, or licensed, as required by 

applicable Federal laws, Executive 

Orders, and/or regulations. 

(e) Nothing in the terms of this section 

is intended to change, supersede, or 

waive any of the requirements of 

applicable Federal laws, Executive 

Orders or regulations. 

(f) The recipient shall include this 

clause, including this paragraph (f), in 

all lower tier transactions (subawards, 

contracts, and subcontracts) under the 

financial assistance award that may 

involve access to export-controlled 

information technology. 

NOAA Implementation of Homeland 

Security Presidential Directive—12 

If the performance of a financial 

assistance award, if approved by NOAA, 

requires recipients to have physical 

access to Federal premises for more than 

180 days or access to a Federal 

information system, any items or 

services delivered under a financial 

assistance award shall comply with the 

Department of Commerce personal 

identity verification procedures that 

implement Homeland Security 

Presidential Directive—12, FIPS PUB 

201, and the Office of Management and 

Budget Memorandum M–05–24. The 

recipient shall insert this clause in all 

subawards or contracts when the 

subaward recipient or contractor is 

required to have physical access to a 


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federally controlled facility or access to 

a Federal information system. 

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, 

SF LLL, CD–346, SF 424 Research and 

Related Family, SF 424 Short 

Organizational Family, SF 424 

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and Budget (OMB) under the respective 

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0348–0040, 0348–0046, 0605–0001, 

4040–0001, 4040–0003, and 4040–0005. 

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law, no person is required to respond to, 

nor shall any 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 

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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 of the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) are 

inapplicable. Therefore, a regulatory 

flexibility analysis has not been 

prepared. 

Dated: August 22, 2007. 

Helen Hurcombe, 

Director, Acquisition and Grants Office, 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 07–4225 Filed 8–27–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–12–M 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XC20 

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; 

Meeting of the Atlantic Highly 

Migratory Species Advisory Panel 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting and a 

scoping meeting. 

SUMMARY: NMFS will hold a 3–day 

Highly Migratory Species (HMS) 

Advisory Panel (AP) meeting in October 

2007. The intent of the meeting is to 

consider options for the conservation 

and management of Atlantic HMS. This 

meeting will also double as a scoping 

meeting to consider options for 

updating HMS essential fish habitat 

(EFH). The meeting is open to the 

public. 

DATES: The AP meeting will be held 

from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, 

October 2, 2007, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

on Wednesday, October 3, 2007, and 

from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, 

October 4, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the NOAA Science Center, 1305 East 

West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 

20910. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Carol Douglas or Chris Rilling at 301–

713–2347. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act 

(Magnuson-Stevens Act), 16 U.S.C. 1801 

et seq., as amended by the Sustainable 

Fisheries Act, Public Law 104–297, 

provided for the establishment of an AP 

to assist in the collection and evaluation 

of information relevant to the 

development of any Fishery 

Management Plan (FMP) for HMS. 

NMFS consults with and considers the 

comments and views of AP members 

when preparing and implementing 

FMPs or FMP amendments for Atlantic 

tunas, swordfish, billfish, and sharks. 

The AP has previously consulted with 

NMFS on: the HMS FMP (April 1999), 

Amendment 1 to the HMS FMP 

(December 2003), Amendment 1 to the 

Billfish FMP (April 1999), and the 

Consolidated Atlantic HMS FMP 

(October 2006). The October 2007 AP 

meeting will focus on conservation and 

management options for Atlantic tunas, 

swordfish, billfish, and sharks. Topics 

for discussion will include, among 

others, Amendment 1 to update EFH, 

Amendment 2 to revise shark 

management measures, a proposed rule 

for the 2008 first trimester shark season, 

greenstick gear, and bluefin tuna 

specifications. NMFS will also be 

soliciting ideas for other topics covered 

in Amendment 1 including Habitat 

Areas of Particular Concern (HAPCs) 

and fishing and non-fishing impacts on 

EFH. 

Special Accommodations 

This meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to 

Carol Douglas at (301) 713–2347, at least 

7 days prior to the meeting. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 971 et seq. and 1801 

et seq. 

Dated: August 22, 2007. 

Emily H. Menashes, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

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2007. 

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Type of Request: Extension. 

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