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1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. - The Joint Reef 

Fish/Mackerel/Red Drum Committees 

will meet to discuss the Status Report 

on a Public Hearing Draft for the 

Generic Aquaculture Amendment and 

SSC Recommendations on completing a 

Red Drum SEDAR Stock Assessment. 

2:30 p.m. - 4 p.m. - The 

Administrative Policy Committee will 

meet to discuss the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act) 

Requirements for Annual Catch Limits. 

4 p.m. - 5 p.m. - The Data Collection 

Committee will meet to discuss a paper 

for an Amendment to Require Trip 

Tickets for Recreational-For-Hire Sector. 

5 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. - The Mackerel 

Management Committee will meet to 

reconsider the Joint Mackerel 

Management Committee report from its 

September 18 & 19, 2006 meeting. 

6 p.m. - 8 p.m. - NMFS will provide 

an update on the Red Snapper IFQ 

program and there will be a Question 

and Answer Session. 

The committee reports will be 

presented to the Council for 

consideration on Thursday March 29, 

and on Friday, March 30, 2007. 

Although other non-emergency issues 

not on the agendas may come before the 

Council and Committees for discussion, 

in accordance with the MagnusonStevens Act, those issues may not be the 

subject of formal action during these 

meetings. Actions of the Council and 

Committees will be restricted to those 

issues specifically identified in the 

agendas and any issues arising after 

publication of this notice that require 

emergency action under Section 305(c) 

of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, provided 

the public has been notified of the 

Council’s intent to take action to 

address the emergency. The established 

times for addressing items on the 

agenda may be adjusted as necessary to 

accommodate the timely completion of 

discussion relevant to the agenda items. 

In order to further allow for such 

adjustments and completion of all items 

on the agenda, the meeting may be 

extended from, or completed prior to 

the date established in this notice. 

Special Accommodations 

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to Tina Trezza at the 

Council (see ADDRESSES) at least 5 

working days prior to the meeting. 

Dated: March 2, 2007. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Telecommunications and 

Information Administration 

[Docket No. 0612242656–7046–01] 

Public Telecommunications Facilities 

Program: Closing Date 

AGENCY: National Telecommunications 

and Information Administration (NTIA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of availability of funds. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Revised 

Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 

2007, P. L. 110–5, the National 

Telecommunications and Information 

Administration (NTIA), U.S. 

Department of Commerce, announces 

the solicitation of applications for 

planning and construction grants for 

public telecommunications facilities 

under the Public Telecommunications 

Facilities Program (PTFP). The PTFP 

assists, through matching grants, in the 

planning and construction of public 

telecommunications facilities in order 

to: (1) Extend delivery of services to as 

many citizens as possible by the most 

cost-effective means, including use of 

broadcast and non-broadcast 

technologies; (2) increase public 

telecommunications services and 

facilities available to, operated by, and 

controlled by minorities and women; (3) 

strengthen the capability of existing 

public television and radio stations to 

provide public telecommunications 

services to the public. 

DATES: Applications must be received 

prior to 5 p.m. Eastern Time (Closing 

Time), April 6, 2007, (Closing Date). 

Applications submitted by facsimile are 

not acceptable. If an application is 

received after the Closing Date due to (1) 

carrier error, when the carrier accepted 

the package with a guarantee for 

delivery by the Closing Date and Closing 

Time, (2) significant weather delays or 

natural disasters, or (3) delays due to 

national security issues, NTIA will, 

upon receipt of proper documentation, 

consider the application as having been 

received by the deadline. NTIA will not 

accept applications posted on the 

Closing Date or later and received after 

this deadline. 

ADDRESSES: To obtain a printed 

application package, submit completed 

applications, or send any other 

correspondence, write to PTFP at the 

following address (please note the new 

room number): NTIA/PTFP, Room H–

4812, U.S. Department of Commerce, 

1401 Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20230. Application 

materials may be obtained electronically 

via the Internet at http:// 

www.ntia.doc.gov/ptfp or 

www.Grants.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

William Cooperman, Director, Public 

Broadcasting Division, telephone: (202) 

482–5802; fax: (202) 482–2156. 

Information about the PTFP can also be 

obtained electronically via the Internet 

at http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ptfp. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic Access 

The full funding opportunity 

announcement for the PTFP FY 2007 

grant cycle is available through 

www.Grants.gov or by contacting the 

PTFP office at the address noted above. 

Funding Availability 

The Congress has appropriated $20 

million for FY 2007 PTFP awards. For 

FY 2006, NTIA awarded $19.2 million 

in PTFP funds to 94 projects, including 

49 radio awards, 40 television awards 

and 5 nonbroadcast awards. The radio 

awards ranged from $8,000 to $902,393. 

The television awards ranged from 

$48,712 to $1,000,000. The 

nonbroadcast awards ranged from 

$67,455 to $253,782. 

Statutory and Regulatory Authority 

The Public Telecommunications 

Facilities Program is authorized by the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended, 47 U.S.C. §§ 390–393, 397–

399(b). The PTFP operates pursuant to 

rules (1996 Rules) which were 

published on November 8, 1996 (61 FR 

57966). Copies of the 1996 Rules (15 

CFR part 2301) are posted on the NTIA 

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

Rules/currentrules.htm and NTIA will 

make printed copies available to 

applicants upon request. 

Supplemental Policies 

The following supplemental policies 

will also be in effect: 

(A) Applicants may file emergency 

applications at any time. 

(B) Applicants may file requests for 

Federal Communications Commission 

(FCC) authorizations with the FCC after 

the PTFP Closing Date. Grant applicants 

for Ku-band satellite uplinks may 

submit FCC applications after a PTFP 

award is made. NTIA may accept FCC 

authorizations that are in the name of an 

organization other than the PTFP 

applicant. 


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(C) PTFP applicants are not required 

to submit copies of their PTFP 

applications to the FCC, nor are they 

required to submit copies of the FCC 

transmittal cover letters as part of their 

PTFP applications. PTFP applicants for 

distance learning projects must notify 

the state telecommunications agencies 

in the states in which they are located 

but are not required to notify every state 

telecommunications agency in a 

potential service area. 

(D) For digital television conversion 

projects, NTIA has created two new 

Subpriorities in the Broadcast Other 

category. 

(E) For digital radio conversion 

projects, NTIA has created a new 

Subpriority in the Broadcast Other 

category. 

Catalog of Domestic Federal Assistance: 

11.550, Public Telecommunications Facilities 

Program. 

Eligibility 

To apply for and receive a PTFP 

Construction Grant or Planning Grant, 

an applicant must be: (a) A public or 

noncommercial educational broadcast 

station; (b) a noncommercial 

telecommunications entity; (c) a system 

of public telecommunications entities; 

(d) a non-profit foundation, corporation, 

institution, or association organized 

primarily for educational or cultural 

purposes; or (e) a state, local, or Indian 

tribal government (or agency thereof), or 

a political or special purpose 

subdivision of a state. 

Evaluation and Selection Process 

See 15 CFR 2301.16 for a description 

of the Technical Evaluation and 15 CFR 

2301.18 for the Selection Process. 

Evaluation Criteria 

See 15 CFR 2301.17 for a full 

description of the Evaluation Criteria. 

The six evaluation criteria are (1) 

Applicant Qualifications, (2) Financial 

Qualifications, (3) Project Objectives, (4) 

Urgency, (5) Technical Qualifications 

(construction applicants only) or 

Planning Qualifications (planning 

applicants only), and (6) Special 

Consideration. 

Funding Priorities and Selection 

Factors 

See 15 CFR 2301.4 and the 

supplemental policies above for a 

description of the PTFP Priorities and 

15 CFR 2301.18 for the Selection 

Factors. 

Cost Sharing Requirements 

PTFP requires cost sharing. By statute, 

PTFP cannot fund a construction project 

for more than 75 percent of the eligible 

project costs. NTIA has established a 

policy of funding most new public 

broadcasting station activation projects 

at a 75 percent federal share, and most 

other television, radio and nonbroadcast 

projects at a 50 percent federal share. 

NTIA can fund planning applications 

up to 100% of the eligible project costs, 

but has established a policy of funding 

planning applications at a 75 percent. 

Any applicant can request federal 

funding greater than PTFP’s policy, up 

to the statutory maximum, and provide 

justification for the request. 

Intergovernmental Review 

PTFP applications are subject to 

Executive Order 12372, 

‘‘Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs,’’ if the state in which the 

applicant organization is located 

participates in the process. Usually 

submission to the State Single Point of 

Contact (SPOC) needs to be only the SF 

424 and PTFP–2 pages of the 

application, but applicants should 

contact their own SPOC offices to find 

out about and comply with its 

requirements. The PTFP Internet site 

has a link to the Office of Management 

and Budget’s home page which has the 

names and addresses of the SPOC 

offices. Applicants may directly access 

the OMB Internet site at (http:// 

www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/ 

spoc.html). Printed copies of the SPOC 

list are available from PTFP. 

Universal Identifier 

All applicants (nonprofit, state, local 

government, universities, and tribal 

organizations) will be required to 

provide a Dun and Bradstreet Data 

Universal Numbering System (DUNS) 

number during the application process. 

See the October 30, 2002 (67 FR 66177) 

and April 8, 2003 (68 FR 17000) Federal 

Register notices for additional 

information. Organizations can receive a 

DUNS number at no cost by calling the 

dedicated toll-free DUNS Number 

request line 1–866–705–5711 or via the 

Internet (http:// 

www.dunandbradstreet.com). 

The Department of Commerce PreAward Notification Requirements for 

Grants and Cooperative Agreements 

The Department of Commerce PreAward Notification of Requirements for 

Grants and Cooperative Agreements 

contained in the Federal Register notice 

of December 30, 2004, (69 FR 78389) is 

applicable to this solicitation. 

Limitation of Liability 

In no event will the Department of 

Commerce 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 obligate the 

agency to award any specific project or 

to obligate any available funds. 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

Notwithstanding any other provision 

of the 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 Paperwork 

Reduction Act (PRA), unless that 

collection displays a currently valid 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) control number. The PTFP 

application form has been cleared under 

OMB Control No. 0660–0003. 

Executive Order 13132 

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 opportunity for 

public comment are not required by the 

Administrative Procedure Act or any 

other law for this rule concerning 

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. 

Bernadette McGuire-Rivera, 

Associate Administrator, Office of 

Telecommunications and Information 

Applications. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Transmittal No. 07–10] 

36(b)(1) Arms Sales Notification 

AGENCY: Defense Security Cooperation 

Agency, Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is 

publishing the unclassified text of a 

section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. 

This is published to fulfill the 

requirements of section 155 of Pub. L. 

104–164 dated 21 July 1996. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

J. Hurd, DSCA/DBO/CFM, (703) 604–

6575. 


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