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application will receive an initial 

screening to ensure that all required 

forms, signatures and documentation 

are present. 

2. Panel Review. Each application will 

receive an independent, objective 

review by a panel qualified to evaluate 

the applications submitted. MBDA 

anticipates that the review panel will be 

made up of at least three independent 

reviewers (all Federal employees) who 

will review all applications based on the 

above evaluation criteria. Each reviewer 

will evaluate and provide a score for 

each proposal. In order for an 

application to be considered for 

funding, it shall need to achieve 70% of 

the available points for each criterion. 

Failure to achieve these results will 

automatically deem the application as 

unsuccessful. 

3. Oral Presentation—Optional. When 

the merit review by the panel results in 

applications scoring 70% or more of the 

available points for each criterion, 

MBDA may request all those applicants 

to develop and provide an oral 

presentation. The applicants may 

receive up to 10 additional points based 

on the presentation and content 

presented. If a formal presentation is 

requested, the applicants will receive a 

formal communication (via standard 

mail, e-mail or fax) from MBDA 

indicating the time and date for the 

presentation. In-person presentations 

are not mandatory but are encouraged; 

telephonic presentations are acceptable. 

Applicants will be asked to submit a 

power point presentation (or equivalent) 

to MBDA that addresses the oral 

presentation criteria (see above, 

Evaluation Criteria, item 5. Oral 

Presentation—Optional). This 

presentation must be submitted at least 

24 hours before the scheduled date and 

time of the presentation. The 

presentation will be made to the 

National Director (or his/her designee) 

and/or up to three senior MBDA staff 

who did not serve on the merit 

evaluation panel. The oral panel 

members may ask follow-up questions 

after the presentation. MBDA will 

provide the teleconference dial-in 

number and pass code. Each finalist will 

present to MBDA staff only; other 

applicants are not permitted to listen 

(and/or watch). The oral panel members 

shall score each presentation in 

accordance with the oral presentation 

criteria. An average score shall be 

compiled and added to the original 

score of the panel review. 

All costs pertaining to this 

presentation shall be borne by the 

applicant. MBEC award funds may not 

be used as a reimbursement for this 

presentation. MBDA will not accept any 

requests or petitions for reimbursement. 

4. Final Recommendation. The 

National Director of MBDA makes the 

final recommendation to the 

Department of Commerce Grants Officer 

regarding the funding of applications, 

taking into account the selection criteria 

as outlined in this Announcement and 

the following: 

(a) The evaluations and rankings of 

the independent review panel and the 

evaluation(s) of the oral presentations, if 

applicable; 

(b) Funding priorities. The National 

Director (or his/her designee) reserves 

the right to conduct a site visit (subject 

to the availability of funding) to 

applicant organizations receiving at 

least 70% of the total points available 

for each evaluation criterion, in order to 

make a better assessment of the 

organization’s capability to achieve the 

funding priorities; and 

(c)The availability of funding. 

Intergovernmental Review: 

Applications under this program are not 

subject to Executive Order 12372, 

‘‘Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs.’’

Limitation of Liability: Applicants are 

hereby given notice that funds have not 

yet been appropriated for this program. 

Accordingly, MBDA issues this notice 

subject to the appropriations made 

available under the current continuing 

resolution, H.R. 5631, ‘‘Continuing 

Appropriations Resolution, 2007,’’

Public Law 109–289, as amended by H.J. 

Res. 100, Public Law 109–369 and H.J. 

Res. 102, Public Law 109–383. In no 

event will the Department of Commerce 

or MBDA be responsible for proposal 

preparation costs if this program fails to 

receive funding or is cancelled because 

of other agency priorities. Publication of 

this announcement does not oblige the 

Department of Commerce or MBDA to 

award any specific project or to obligate 

any available funds. 

Universal Identifier: Applicants 

should be aware that they will be 

required to provide a Dun and 

Bradstreet Data Universal Numbering 

system (DUNS) number during the 

application process. See the June 27, 

2003 Federal Register notice (68 FR 

38402) for additional 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 by 

accessing the Grants.gov Web site at 

http://www.Grants.gov. 

Department of Commerce Pre-Award 

Notification Requirements for Grants 

and Cooperative Agreements: The 

Department of Commerce Pre-Award 

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, and CD–346 have been 

approved by OMB under the respective 

control numbers 0348–0043, 0348–0044, 

0348–0040, 0348–0046, and 0605–0001. 

Notwithstanding any other provisions of 

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 

Paperwork Reduction Act unless that 

collection displays a currently valid 

OMB control Number. 

Executive Order 12866: This notice 

has been determined to be not 

significant for purposes of E.O. 12866. 

Administrative Procedure Act/ 

Regulatory Flexibility Act: Prior notice 

for an opportunity for public comment 

is not required by the Administrative 

Procedure Act for rules concerning 

public property, loans, grants, benefits 

and contracts (5 U.S.C. 533(a)(2)). 

Because notice and opportunity for 

comment are not required pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. 533 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 is not required and 

has not been prepared. 

Dated: January 29, 2007. 

Ronald N. Langston, 

National Director, Minority Business 

Development Agency. 

[FR Doc. E7–1808 Filed 2–1–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–21–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[030602141–7006–46] 

California Bay Watershed Education 

and Training (B–WET) Program, Adult 

and Community Watershed Education 

in the Monterey Bay; Extension of 

Application Deadline 

AGENCY: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: NOAA publishes this notice 

to extend the solicitation period for 

applications for the California Bay 

Watershed Education and Training (B–

WET) Program, Adult and Community 


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Watershed Education in the Monterey 

Bay which was originally announced in 

the Federal Register on December 27, 

2006. The solicitation period for this 

program was extended to provide the 

public more time to submit proposals. 

DATES: Proposals must be received no 

later than 5 p.m., Pacific standard time, 

March 1, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: It is strongly encouraged 

that applications submitted in response 

to this announcement are submitted 

through the Grants.gov Web site. 

Electronic access to the Full Funding 

Opportunity Announcement for this 

program is available via the Grants.gov 

Web site: http://www.grants.gov. 

Applicants must comply with all 

requirements contained in the Full 

Funding Opportunity Announcement. 

Paper applications (a signed original 

and two copies) may also be submitted 

to the following address: Monterey Bay 

National Marine Sanctuary, 299 Foam 

Street, Monterey, CA 93940. No 

facsimile or electronic mail applications 

will be accepted. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Seaberry Nachbar, National Marine 

Sanctuary Program, 299 Foam Street, 

Monterey, CA 93940, or by phone at 

(831) 647–4204. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NOAA 

publishes this notice to extend the 

solicitation period on the California Bay 

Watershed Education and Training (B–

WET) Program, Adult and Community 

Watershed Education in the Monterey 

Bay which was originally announced in 

the Federal Register on December 27, 

2006 (71 FR 77727). NOAA extends the 

solicitation period from February 1, 

2007 to March 1, 2007 to provide the 

public more time to submit proposals, 

as the Full Funding Opportunity was 

not available for review at the time 

Federal Register Notice was published. 

All other requirements for this 

solicitation remain the same. 

Funding Availability 

This solicitation announces that 

approximately $100,000 may be 

available in FY 2007 in award amounts 

to be determined by the proposals and 

available funds. The National Marine 

Sanctuary Program anticipates that 

approximately 2–4 grants will be 

awarded with these funds and that 

typical project awards will range from 

$10,000 to $50,000. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1440, 15 U.S.C. 1540. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance: 

11.429. 

Eligibility 

Eligible applicants are institutions of 

higher education, nonprofit, 

organizations, state or local government 

agencies, and Indian tribal governments. 

The Department of Commerce/National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (DOC/NOAA) is 

strongly committed to broadening the 

participation of historically black 

colleges and universities, Hispanic 

serving institutions, tribal colleges and 

universities, and institution that service 

undeserved areas. 

Cost Sharing Requirements: No cost 

sharing is required under this program; 

however, the National Marine Sanctuary 

Program strongly encourages applicants 

to share as much of the costs of the 

award as possible. Funds from other 

Federal awards are not considered 

matching funds. The nature of the 

contribution (cash versus in-kind) and 

the amount of matching funds will be 

taken into consideration in the selection 

process with cash having priority over 

in-kind as the method of contribution. 

Intergovernmental Review 

Applications under this program are 

not subject to Executive Order 12372, 

‘‘Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs.’’

Evaluation Criteria and Selection 

Procedures 

NOAA published its agency-wide 

solicitation entitled—Omnibus Notice 

Announcing the Availability of Grant 

Funds for Fiscal Year 2006—for projects 

for Fiscal Year 2006 in the Federal 

Register on June 30, 2005 (70 FR 37766). 

The evaluation criteria and selection 

procedures for projects contained in that 

omnibus notice are applicable to this 

solicitation. Copies of this notice are 

available on the Internet at http:// 

www.ofa.noaa.gov/%7Eamd/ 

SOLINDEX.HTML. Further details on 

evaluation and selection criteria can be 

found in the full funding opportunity 

announcement. 

Pre-Award Activities 

If applicants incur any costs prior to 

an award being made, the do so solely 

at their own risk of not being 

reimbursed by the Government. 

Notwithstanding any verbal assurance 

that may have been received, there is no 

obligation to the applicant on the part 

of Department of Commerce to cover 

pre-award costs. 

Limitation of Liability 

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/ 

NA0216_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 to 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 the denial of an application. 

In some cases if additional information 

is required after 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. 

Pre-Award 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 (PRA) 

This notification involves collectionof-information requirements subject to 

the Paperwork Reduction Act. 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 control numbers 

0348–0043, 0348–0044, 0348–0040 and 

0348–0046 and 0604–0001, respectively. 

Notwithstanding any other provision of 

law, no person is required to respond to, 


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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 

currently valid OMB control number. 

Executive Order 12866 

It has been determined that this notice 

is not significant for purposes of 

Executive Order 12866. 

Executive Order 13132 (Federalism) 

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 comments 

are not required pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 

553(a)(2)). Because notice and 

opportunity for comments 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: January 26, 2007. 

Daniel J. Basta, 

Director, National Marine Sanctuary Program, 

National Ocean Service. 

[FR Doc. 07–461 Filed 2–1–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–NK–M 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[I.D. 012907C] 

New England Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The New England Fishery 

Management Council’s (Council) 

Multispecies Committee will meet to 

consider actions affecting New England 

fisheries in the exclusive economic zone 

(EEZ). 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Wednesday, February 21, 2007, at 9 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Sheraton Ferncroft Hotel, 50 

Ferncroft Road, Danvers, MA 01923; 

telephone: (978) 777–2500. 

Council address: New England 

Fishery Management Council, 50 Water 

Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul 

J. Howard, Executive Director, New 

England Fishery Management Council; 

telephone: (978) 465–0492. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The items 

of discussion in the committee’s agenda 

are as follows: 

1. Continue development of 

Amendment 16 to the Northeast 

Multispecies Fishery Management Plan 

(FMP). Amendment 16 will adjust 

measures as necessary to continue the 

rebuilding programs adopted by 

Amendment 13. Measures proposed in 

Amendment 16 are expected to be 

implemented on May 1, 2009. The 

Committee will develop management 

alternatives consistent with guidance 

provided by the Council at the February 

2007 Council meeting. 

2. They may discuss measures for the 

commercial fishery, such as changes to 

the days-at-sea system, individual 

fishing quotas, area management 

proposals, sectors, and the points 

system. They may also discuss 

recreational measures. Any measures 

developed by the Committee will be 

reviewed by the Council at a future 

meeting. 

3. Other business at the committee’s 

discretion. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before this group for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during this meeting. Action will 

be restricted to those issues specifically 

identified in this notice and any issues 

arising after publication of this notice 

that require emergency action under 

section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act, provided the public has been 

notified of the Council’s intent to take 

final action to address the emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

This meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to Paul 

J. Howard (see ADDRESSES) at least 5 

days prior to the meeting date. 

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

Dated: January 30, 2007. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E7–1701 Filed 2–1–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[I.D. 012907A] 

North Pacific Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meetings. 

SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery 

Management Council (Council) Scallop 

Plan Team will meet at the Anchorage 

Hilton Hotel, in Anchorage, AK. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

February 22–23, 2007. On Thursday, 

February 22, the meeting will be held 

from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., and on 

Friday, February 23, from 9 a.m. to 3 

p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Anchorage Hilton Hotel, 500 West 

3rd Avenue, 15th Floor - King Salmon 

Room, Anchorage, AK 99501 

Council address: North Pacific 

Fishery Management Council, 605 W. 

4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK 

99501–2252. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Diana Stram, Council staff, telephone: 

(907) 271–2809. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

agenda will include review of the Draft 

Assessment Review Guidelines; 

Discussion of current and future scallop 

survey techniques, discussion of Scallop 

population modeling feasibility; Review 

Status of Statewide Scallop Stocks and 

compile Stock Assessment and Fishery 

Evaluation (SAFE) Report; a Scallop 

observer training film presentation; and 

community impact discussion paper. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before this group for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during this meeting. Action will 

be restricted to those issues specifically 

identified in this notice and any issues 

arising after publication of this notice 

that require emergency action under 

section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act, provided the public has been 

notified of the Council’s intent to take 

final action to address the emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

This meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to Gail 

Bendixen at (907) 271–2809 at least 7 

working days prior to the meeting date. 


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