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ACTION: Notice of public teleconference 

meeting. 

SUMMARY: The President’s Advisory 

Commission on Asian Americans and 

Pacific Islanders (Commission) will 

convene a teleconference meeting on 

April 23, 2007 to deliberate the draft 

Commission report to the President. 

This meeting is open to the public and 

interested persons may listen to the 

teleconference by using the call-in 

number and pass code provided below 

(see ADDRESSES). 

DATES: Monday, April 23, 2007, 

beginning at 3:15 p.m. (EDT). 

ADDRESSES: By telephone: Beginning at 

3 p.m. (EDT) on Monday, April 23, 

2007, members of the public may call 1–

888–791–2132 and dial pass code 

6105564 to access the teleconference. 

Advance registration is not required. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information regarding the Commission, 

please contact Ms. Cianna Ferrer, 

Executive Assistant, Office of the White 

House Initiative on Asian Americans 

and Pacific Islanders, Minority Business 

Development Agency, U.S. Department 

of Commerce, 1401 Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Room 5612, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone (202) 482–3949; 

facsimile (202) 501–6239; e-mail: 

info@aapi.gov. Note that any 

correspondence sent by regular mail 

may be substantially delayed or 

suspended in delivery, since all regular 

mail sent to the Department of 

Commerce is subject to extensive 

security screening. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with Section 10(a)(2) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended (5 U.S.C. App. 2), public 

announcement is made of the 

Commission’s intent to convene a 

teleconference meeting on April 23, 

2007. This meeting is open to the public 

and interested persons may listen to the 

teleconference by using the call-in 

number and pass code set forth above 

(see ADDRESSES). Advance registration is 

not required to access the 

teleconference. 

Prospective agenda items for the 

meeting include a deliberation of the 

draft Commission report to the 

President, administrative tasks and such 

other Commission business as may arise 

during the course of the meeting. In 

addition, the Commission welcomes 

interested persons to submit written 

comments to the Office of the White 

House Initiative on Asian Americans 

and Pacific Islanders (see FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT) at any time before 

or after the meeting. To facilitate 

distribution of written comments to 

Commission members prior to the 

meeting, the Commission suggests that 

comments be submitted by facsimile or 

by e-mail no later than April 19, 2007. 

The Commission will not be receiving 

public comment during the meeting. 

Dated: April 2, 2007. 

Ronald N. Langston, 

National Director, Minority Business 

Development Agency. 

[FR Doc. E7–6420 Filed 4–5–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–21–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology 

[Docket Number: 070309054–7055–01] 

NIST Center for Neutron Research 

(NCNR) Neutron Research and Neutron 

Scattering, and Sample Environment 

Equipment Financial Assistance 

Programs; Availability of Funds 

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards 

and Technology, Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The National Institute of 

Standards and Technology (NIST) 

announces that the following programs 

are soliciting applications for financial 

assistance for FY 2007: (1) NCNR 

Neutron Research and Neutron 

Scattering Financial Assistance 

Program, and (2) the NCNR Sample 

Environment Equipment Financial 

Assistance Program. Each program will 

only consider applications that are 

within the scientific scope of the 

program as described in this notice and 

in the detailed program descriptions 

found in the Federal Funding 

Opportunity (FFO) announcement for 

these programs. 

DATES: Complete paper and electronic 

applications for each program must be 

received by 5 p.m. Daylight Savings 

Time on May 7, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: For both programs, a 

complete application package may be 

obtained by contacting Tanya Burke, 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology, NIST Center for Neutron 

Research, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 

6100, Gaithersburg, MD 20899–6100. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

complete information about both 

programs and instructions for applying 

by paper or electronically, read the 

Federal Funding Opportunity Notices 

(FFO) at http://www.grants.gov. A paper 

copy of the FFO may be obtained by 

calling (301) 975–6328. The NCNR 

Neutron Research and Neutron 

Scattering Financial Assistance Program 

and the NCNR Sample Environment 

Equipment Financial Assistance 

Program will publish separate FFOs on 

www.grants.gov. For both programs, 

technical questions may be directed to 

Dr. Dan Neumann, NIST Center for 

Neutron Research, NIST, 100 Bureau 

Drive, Mail Stop 6102, Gaithersburg, 

MD 20899–6102; telephone: (301) 975–

5252; e-mail: Dan.Neumann@nist.gov. 

For both programs, grants 

administration questions should be 

addressed to Judy Murphy, NIST Grants 

and Agreements Management Division, 

NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 

1650, Gaithersburg, MD 20899–1650; 

telephone: (301) 975–5603; e-mail: 

judy.murphy@nist.gov. The NCNR Web 

site is: http://www.ncnr.nist.gov. 

For assistance with using Grants.gov, 

contact support@grants.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance Name and Number: 

Measurement and Engineering Research 

and Standards—11.609. 

Statutory Authority: 15 U.S.C. 

272(b)(7) and (c)(8, 10, 16, 17, 19). 

Application Submission: Paper 

Applications—Each applicant must 

submit one signed original and two 

paper copies of the complete 

application as described in the Federal 

Funding Opportunity to Tanya Burke, 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology, Center for Neutron 

Research, STOP 6100, Gaithersburg, 

Maryland 20899–6100, telephone (301) 

975–4711. Facsimile, electronic mail, 

and other forms of electronic 

application submissions, other than 

electronic applications submitted 

through Grants.gov, will not be 

accepted. 

For electronic submission: Applicants 

should follow the Application 

Instructions provided at Grants.gov 

when submitting a response to this 

funding opportunity. Applicants are 

encouraged to start early and not wait to 

the approaching due date before logging 

on and reviewing the instructions for 

submitting an application through 

Grants.gov. 

Eligibility: The NCNR Neutron 

Research and Neutron Scattering 

Financial Assistance Program and the 

NCNR Sample Environment Equipment 

Financial Assistance Program are open 

to institutions of higher education; 

hospitals; nonprofit organizations; 

commercial organizations; State, local, 

and Indian tribal governments; foreign 

governments; organizations under the 

jurisdiction of foreign governments; and 

international organizations. 

Cost Sharing or Matching: There is no 

cost sharing or matching requirements 

for these programs. 


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NCNR Neutron Research and Neutron 

Scattering Financial Assistance 

Program 

Program Description: The primary 

program objectives of the financial 

assistance program in Neutron Research 

and Neutron Scattering are to develop 

new areas of neutron instrumentation 

with emphasis on cold neutrons; to 

explore and develop new areas of 

neutron scattering science, with 

emphasis on macromolecular science, 

condensed matter physics, and 

chemistry; to explore and develop new 

areas of neutron imaging or neutron 

physics; to assist and train NCNR 

facility users in their research; and to 

conduct other outreach and educational 

activities that advance the use of 

neutrons by U.S. university and 

industrial scientists. This will entail 

stationing scientific staff at the NCNR 

who, in collaboration with NIST and 

visiting scientists, advance these 

objectives. 

NIST does not require or anticipate 

full scope proposals, i.e. proposals need 

not address the fields of Neutron 

Research (which includes neutron 

imaging and neutron physics) and 

Neutron Spectroscopy (which includes 

neutron diffraction and neutron 

spectroscopy) at the same time. 

Proposals should instead be focused on 

one (or more) of the primary objectives 

listed above, i.e. the development of 

neutron instrumentation, new areas of 

neutron scattering science, new areas of 

neutron imaging, and/or new areas of 

neutron physics. Applicants and team 

members must possess the education, 

experience, and training, to pursue and 

advance the fields of Neutron Research 

or Neutron Scattering efficiently. In 

addition, the applicant and team 

members must possess a demonstrated 

record of excellence in the development 

of neutron instrumentation or in 

research involving neutron imaging, 

neutron physics, or neutron scattering 

methods. 

Additional information on the NCNR 

can be found at: http:// 

www.ncnr.nist.gov. 

Funding Availability: The funding 

instrument used in this program will be 

a cooperative agreement. The nature of 

NIST’s ‘‘substantial involvement’’ will 

generally be collaboration with the 

recipient(s) by working jointly with 

recipient scientists in carrying out the 

scope of work, or specifying direction or 

redirection of the scope of work due to 

inter-relationships with other programs 

requiring such cooperation. 

Proposals will be considered for 

cooperative agreements with durations 

of up to five years, subject to the 

availability of funds, satisfactory 

progress, and the continuing relevance 

to the objectives of the NIST Center for 

Neutron Research. The anticipated level 

of funding is up to $5,000,000 ($5 

million) per year. One to five awards are 

likely. 

NIST will determine whether to fund 

one award for the full amount; to divide 

available funds into multiple awards of 

any size, and negotiate scopes of work 

and budgets as appropriate; or not to 

select any proposal for funding, upon 

completing the selection process 

described below. 

Awards are anticipated to contain a 

start date of September 3, 2007. 

Review and Selection Process: All 

applications received in response to this 

announcement will be reviewed to 

determine whether they are complete 

and responsive to the scope of the stated 

program objectives. Incomplete or nonresponsive applications will not be 

reviewed for technical merit. The 

Program will retain one copy of each 

non-responsive application for three 

years for record keeping purposes and 

destroy all other copies. 

Responsive proposals will be 

evaluated using the Evaluation Criteria 

for the NCNR Neutron Research and 

Neutron Scattering Financial Assistance 

Program described in this notice by an 

independent, objective panel composed 

of at least four individuals who are 

knowledgeable about neutron research, 

neutron spectroscopy, and neutron 

instrumentation. The reviewers will 

reach a consensus score resulting in a 

rank order of applicants. However, if 

non-Federal reviewers are used, each 

reviewer will evaluate and provide a 

score for each proposal without 

reaching a consensus. 

The NCNR Director, serving as the 

Selecting Official, will make the award 

selection. In making the award 

selection, the NCNR Director will take 

into consideration the panels’ technical 

evaluation. The NCNR Director, as the 

Selecting Official, may choose a 

proposal out of rank order based upon 

one or more of the following factors: (1) 

Availability of funds, (2) Redundancy, 

(3) Balance/distribution of funds by 

research areas described in the Funding 

Opportunity Description section of this 

Notice, (4) Program objectives described 

above in the Funding Opportunity 

Description section of this Notice, and 

(5) Logistical concerns that would be 

detrimental to the success or timely 

completion of the proposal objectives. 

Therefore, the highest scoring proposals 

may not necessarily be selected for an 

award. If an award is made to an 

applicant that deviates from the scores 

of the reviewers, the NCNR Director 

shall justify the selection in writing 

based on selection factors described 

above. The NCNR Director may select 

all, none, or some of the applications for 

funding. 

The final approval of selected 

applications and award of financial 

assistance will be made by the NIST 

Grants Officer based on compliance 

with application requirements as 

published in this notice, compliance 

with applicable legal and regulatory 

requirements, whether the application 

furthers the objectives of the 

Department of Commerce, and whether 

the recommended applicants appear to 

be responsible. Applicants may be asked 

to modify objectives, work plans, or 

budgets and provide supplemental 

information required by the agency 

prior to award. The award decision of 

the Grants Officer is final. Applicants 

should allow up to 90 days processing 

time. 

Unsuccessful applicants will be 

notified in writing. The Program will 

retain one copy of each unsuccessful 

application for three years for record 

keeping purposes. The remaining copies 

will be destroyed. 

Evaluation Criteria: For the NCNR 

Neutron Research and Neutron 

Scattering Financial Assistance 

Program, the technical reviewers will 

use the following criteria to evaluate the 

proposals: 

1. Qualifications and experience of 

the Principal Investigator in neutron 

research or neutron scattering as 

demonstrated by extensive publications 

and invited lectures in condensed 

matter physics, chemistry, material 

science, macromolecular science, 

neutron imaging, neutron physics, or 

related fields. (20%) 

2. Qualifications and experience of 

the proposed university staff in neutron 

research or neutron scattering or in 

related scientific or engineering areas 

that are key to the activities contained 

in the proposal, as demonstrated by 

resumes of staff proposed for this 

program. (10%) 

3. Quality of the proposed research 

and development plan and its potential 

impact on neutron research or neutron 

scattering, particularly in the areas of 

condensed matter physics, chemistry, 

material science, macromolecular 

science, neutron imaging, or neutron 

physics. (20%) 

4. Quality of the plan in terms of 

providing research assistance to U.S. 

neutron researchers using the NCNR 

facilities, including related training, 

education, and outreach. (30%) 

5. Quality of the plan to integrate 

university staff effectively into the 

activities of the NCNR facility, 


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including establishing robust 

communications between the university 

and the NCNR. (15%) 

6. Cost effectiveness of the plan, 

including the completeness of the 

estimate to achieve the objectives stated 

in the proposal. (5%) 

NCNR Sample Environment Equipment 

Financial Assistance Program 

Program Description: The primary 

objectives of this financial assistance 

program are to develop, design, and 

construct new, state-of-the-art 

equipment for dedicated use by the 

general scientific community on NCNR 

neutron beam stations that provide 

specific and well-controlled 

environments of scientific interest for 

in-situ studies of the microscopic 

properties of a broad range of sample 

materials such as molecular solids, thin 

films, biomolecules and biological 

membranes, solid state materials, 

polymers, and complex fluids, using 

neutron scattering and imaging 

techniques. Examples of sample 

environments include high (and/or 

pulsed) magnetic fields, high pressures, 

high (and/or pulsed) electric fields, 

variable humidity, high or low 

temperatures, variable shear, and 

various combinations thereof. A list of 

all the sample environment equipment 

at the NCNR that is currently available 

to the general user community is located 

at http://www.ncnr.nist.gov/equipment/ 

ancequip.html. 

Applicants and team members must 

possess the education, experience, and 

training, to pursue and advance the field 

of Neutron Scattering efficiently. In 

addition, the applicant and team 

members must possess a demonstrated 

record of excellence in research 

involving neutron scattering methods. 

In some cases one or more scientific 

staff members may be stationed at the 

NCNR to work in collaboration with 

NIST and other visiting scientists to 

help advance these program objectives. 

Additional information on the NCNR 

can be found at: http:// 

www.ncnr.nist.gov. 

Funding Availability: The funding 

instrument used in this program will be 

a cooperative agreement. The nature of 

NIST’s ‘‘substantial involvement’’ will 

generally be collaboration with the 

recipient(s) by working jointly with 

recipient scientists in carrying out the 

scope of work, or specifying direction or 

redirection of the scope of work due to 

inter-relationships with other programs 

requiring such cooperation. 

Proposals will be considered for 

cooperative agreements with durations 

of up to three years, subject to the 

availability of funds, satisfactory 

progress, and the continuing relevance 

to the objectives of the NIST Center for 

Neutron Research. The anticipated level 

of funding is up to $150,000 per year. 

One to two awards are likely. 

NIST will determine whether to fund 

one award for the full amount; to divide 

available funds into multiple awards of 

any size, and negotiate scopes of work 

and budgets as appropriate; or not to 

select any proposal for funding, upon 

completing the selection process 

described below. 

Awards are anticipated to contain a 

start date of September 3, 2007. 

Review and Selection Process: All 

applications received in response to this 

announcement will be reviewed to 

determine whether or not they are 

complete and responsive to the scope of 

the stated program objectives. 

Incomplete or non-responsive 

applications will not be reviewed for 

technical merit. The Program will retain 

one copy of each non-responsive 

application for three years for record 

keeping purposes and destroy all other 

copies. 

Responsive proposals will be 

evaluated using the above criteria by an 

independent, objective panel composed 

of at least four individuals who are 

knowledgeable about neutron research, 

neutron spectroscopy, and neutron 

instrumentation. The reviewers will 

reach a consensus score resulting in a 

rank order of applicants. However, if 

non-Federal reviewers are used, each 

reviewer will evaluate and provide a 

score for each proposal without 

reaching a consensus. 

The NCNR Director, serving as the 

Selecting Official, will make the award 

selection. In making the award 

selection, the NCNR Director will take 

into consideration the panels’ technical 

evaluation. The NCNR Director, as the 

Selecting Official, may choose a 

proposal out of rank order based upon 

one or more of the following factors: (1) 

Availability of funds, (2) Redundancy, 

(3) Balance/distribution of funds by 

research areas described in the Funding 

Opportunity Description section of this 

Notice, (4) Program objectives described 

above in the Funding Opportunity 

Description section of this Notice, and 

(5) Logistical concerns that would be 

detrimental to the success or timely 

completion of the proposal objectives. 

Therefore, the highest scoring proposals 

may not necessarily be selected for an 

award. If an award is made to an 

applicant that deviates from the scores 

of the reviewers, the NCNR Director 

shall justify the selection in writing 

based on selection factors described 

above. The NCNR Director may select 

all, none, or some of the applications for 

funding. 

The final approval of selected 

applications and award of financial 

assistance will be made by the NIST 

Grants Officer based on compliance 

with application requirements as 

published in this notice, compliance 

with applicable legal and regulatory 

requirements, whether the application 

furthers the objectives of the 

Department of Commerce, and whether 

the recommended applicants appear to 

be responsible. Applicants may be asked 

to modify objectives, work plans, or 

budgets and provide supplemental 

information required by the agency 

prior to award. The award decision of 

the Grants Officer is final. Applicants 

should allow up to 90 days processing 

time. 

Unsuccessful applicants will be 

notified in writing. The Program will 

retain one copy of each unsuccessful 

application for three years for record 

keeping purposes. The remaining copies 

will be destroyed. 

Evaluation Criteria: For the NCNR 

Sample Environment Equipment 

Financial Assistance Program, the 

technical reviewers will use the 

following criteria to evaluate the 

proposals: 

1. Qualifications and experience of 

the Principal Investigator in neutron 

scattering research, as demonstrated by 

extensive publications and invited 

lectures in condensed matter physics, 

chemistry, material science, polymer 

science, biology, macromolecular 

science, and/or related fields. (10%) 

2. Qualifications and experience of 

the proposed university staff in neutron 

scattering research or in related 

scientific or engineering areas that are 

key to the activities contained in the 

proposal, as demonstrated by resumes of 

staff proposed for this program. (5%) 

3. Feasibility and rationality of the 

design and construction plan of the 

proposed sample environment 

equipment and its potential impact on 

neutron-based research, particularly in 

the areas of biology, macromolecular 

science, polymer science, condensed 

matter physics, and chemistry. (30%) 

4. Quality of the plan in terms of 

providing assistance to U.S. researchers 

using the NCNR neutron facilities 

through sustained and dedicated access 

to unique and novel sample 

environment equipment. (20%) 

5. Quality of the plan to integrate the 

sample environment equipment for 

dedicated use on one or more of the 

NCNR research facility neutron beam 

stations. (25%) 

6. Cost effectiveness of the plan, 

including the completeness of the 


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estimate to achieve the objectives stated 

in the proposal. (10%) 

The following information applies to 

both programs announced in this notice: 

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). On 

the form SF–424, the applicant’s 9-digit 

Dun and Bradstreet Data Universal 

Numbering System (DUNS) number 

must be entered in the Applicant 

Identifier block (68 FR 38402). 

Collaborations with NIST Employees: 

All applications should include a 

description of any work proposed to be 

performed by an entity other than the 

applicant, and the cost of such work 

should ordinarily be included in the 

budget. 

If an applicant proposes collaboration 

with NIST, the statement of work 

should include a statement of this 

intention, a description of the 

collaboration, and prominently identify 

the NIST employee(s) involved, if 

known. Any collaboration by a NIST 

employee must be approved by 

appropriate NIST management and is at 

the sole discretion of NIST. Prior to 

beginning the merit review process, 

NIST will verify the approval of the 

proposed collaboration. Any 

unapproved collaboration will be 

stricken from the proposal prior to the 

merit review. 

Use of NIST Intellectual Property: If 

the applicant anticipates using any 

NIST-owned intellectual property to 

carry out the work proposed, the 

applicant should identify such 

intellectual property. This information 

will be used to ensure that no NIST 

employee involved in the development 

of the intellectual property will 

participate in the review process for that 

competition. In addition, if the 

applicant intends to use NIST-owned 

intellectual property, the applicant must 

comply with all statutes and regulations 

governing the licensing of Federal 

government patents and inventions, 

described at 35 U.S.C. sec. 200–212, 37 

CFR part 401, 15 CFR 14.36, and in 

section B.20 of the Department of 

Commerce Pre-Award Notification 

Requirements, published on December 

30, 2004 (69 FR 78389). Questions about 

these requirements may be directed to 

the Counsel for NIST, 301–975–2803. 

Any use of NIST-owned intellectual 

property by a proposer is at the sole 

discretion of NIST and will be 

negotiated on a case-by-case basis if a 

project is deemed meritorious. The 

applicant should indicate within the 

statement of work whether it already 

has a license to use such intellectual 

property or whether it intends to seek 

one. 

If any inventions made in whole or in 

part by a NIST employee arise in the 

course of an award made pursuant to 

this notice, the United States 

government may retain its ownership 

rights in any such invention. Licensing 

or other disposition of NIST’s rights in 

such inventions will be determined 

solely by NIST, and include the 

possibility of NIST putting the 

intellectual property into the public 

domain. 

Collaborations Making Use of Federal 

Facilities and Equipment: All applicants 

are encouraged to make full use of any 

NCNR facilities and equipment deemed 

necessary, subject to approval by 

appropriate NIST management. Such 

use is at the sole discretion of NIST. All 

applications should include a 

description of any work proposed to be 

performed using Federal facilities and 

equipment. If an applicant proposes use 

of NIST facilities and equipment, the 

statement of work should include a 

statement of this intention and a 

description of the facilities and 

equipment. Prior to beginning the merit 

review process, NIST will verify the 

availability of the facilities and 

equipment and approval of the 

proposed usage. Any unapproved 

facility and equipment use will be 

stricken from the proposal prior to the 

merit review. Examples of some 

facilities and equipment that may be 

available for collaborations are listed on 

the NIST Technology Services Web site, 

http://patapsco.nist.gov/ts/220/ 

external/facilities.htm. 

Initial Screening of all Applications: 

All applications received in response to 

this announcement will be reviewed to 

determine whether or not they are 

complete and responsive to the scope of 

the stated objectives for each program. 

Incomplete or non-responsive 

applications will not be reviewed for 

technical merit. The Program will retain 

one copy of each non-responsive 

application for three years for record 

keeping purposes. The remaining copies 

will be destroyed. 

Paperwork Reduction Act: The 

standard forms in the application kit 

involve a collection of information 

subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act. 

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 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 subject to the 

requirements of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act, unless that collection of 

information displays a currently valid 

OMB Control Number. 

Research Projects Involving Human 

Subjects, Human Tissue, Data or 

Recordings Involving Human Subjects: 

Any proposal that includes research 

involving human subjects, human 

tissue, data or recordings involving 

human subjects must meet the 

requirements of the Common Rule for 

the Protection of Human Subjects, 

codified for the Department of 

Commerce at 15 CFR part 27. In 

addition, any proposal that includes 

research on these topics must be in 

compliance with any statutory 

requirements imposed upon the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (DHHS) and other federal 

agencies regarding these topics, all 

regulatory policies and guidance 

adopted by DHHS, FDA, and other 

Federal agencies on these topics, and all 

Presidential statements of policy on 

these topics. 

NIST will accept the submission of 

human subjects protocols that have been 

approved by Institutional Review 

Boards (IRBs) registered with DHHS and 

performed by entities possessing a 

current, valid Federal-wide Assurance 

(FWA) from DHHS. NIST will not issue 

a single project assurance (SPA) for any 

IRB reviewing any human subjects 

protocol proposed to NIST. 

On August 9, 2001, the President 

announced his decision to allow Federal 

funds to be used for research on existing 

human embryonic stem cell lines as 

long as prior to his announcement (1) 

the derivation process (which 

commences with the removal of the 

inner cell mass from the blastocyst) had 

already been initiated and (2) the 

embryo from which the stem cell line 

was derived no longer had the 

possibility of development as a human 

being. NIST will follow guidance issued 

by the National Institutes of Health at 

http://ohrp.osophs.dhhs.gov/ 

humansubjects/guidance/stemcell.pdf 

for funding such research. 

Research Projects Involving Vertebrate 

Animals: Any proposal that includes 

research involving vertebrate animals 

must be in compliance with the 

National Research Council’s ‘‘Guide for 

the Care and Use of Laboratory 

Animals,’’ which can be obtained from 

National Academy Press, 2101 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20055. In addition, such proposals 


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must meet the requirements of the 

Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2131 et 

seq.), 9 CFR parts 1, 2, and 3, and if 

appropriate, 21 CFR part 58. These 

regulations do not apply to proposed 

research using pre-existing images of 

animals or to research plans that do not 

include live animals that are being cared 

for, euthanized, or used by the project 

participants to accomplish research 

goals, teaching, or testing. These 

regulations also do not apply to 

obtaining animal materials from 

commercial processors of animal 

products or to animal cell lines or 

tissues from tissue banks. 

Limitation of Liability: Funding for 

the programs listed in this notice is 

contingent upon the availability of 

funds. In no event will the Department 

of Commerce be responsible for 

proposal preparation costs if these 

programs fail to receive funding or are 

cancelled because of other agency 

priorities. Publication of this 

announcement does not oblige the 

agency to award any specific project or 

to obligate any available funds. 

Executive Order 12866: This funding 

notice was 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. 

Executive Order 12372: Applications 

under this program are not subject to 

Executive Order 12372, 

‘‘Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs.’’

Administrative Procedure Act/ 

Regulatory Flexibility Act: Notice and 

comment are not required under the 

Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 

553) or any other law, for rules relating 

to public property, loans, grants, 

benefits or contracts (5 U.S.C. 553 (a)). 

Because notice and comment are not 

required under 5 U.S.C. 553, or any 

other law, for rules relating to public 

property, loans, grants, benefits or 

contracts (5 U.S.C. 553(a)), a Regulatory 

Flexibility Analysis is not required and 

has not been prepared for this notice, 5 

U.S.C. 601 et seq. 

Dated: March 30, 2007. 

James E. Hill, 

Acting Deputy Director, NIST. 

[FR Doc. E7–6505 Filed 4–5–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[I.D. /807B] 

Endangered Species; File No. 1607 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; receipt of application. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

Grants Pass Irrigation District (GPID), 

200 Fruitvale Drive, Grants Pass, 

Oregon, has applied in due form for an 

incidental take permit for Southern 

Oregon/Northern California coho 

salmon for purposes of the continued 

operation and maintenance of Savage 

Rapids Dam. Unlisted covered species 

include Klamath Mountains Province 

(KMP) steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) 

and Southern Oregon/Northern 

California Coastal (SONCC) Chinook 

salmon (O. tshawytscha). 

DATES: Written, telefaxed, or e-mail 

comments must be received on or before 

May 7, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: The application and related 

documents are available for review 

upon written request or by appointment 

in the following office(s): 

Northwest Region, Oregon State 

Habitat Office, Habitat Conservation 

Division, NMFS, 1201 NE Lloyd 

Boulevard, Suite 1100, Portland, OR 

97232–1274; phone (503) 231–2202; fax 

(503) 231–6893; and Roseburg Field 

Office, NMFS, 2900 NW Stewart 

Parkway, Roseburg, OR 97470, phone 

(541) 957–3385; fax (541) 957–3386 

Written comments or requests for a 

public hearing on this application 

should be mailed to the above address. 

Those individuals requesting a hearing 

should set forth the specific reasons 

why a hearing on this particular request 

would be appropriate. 

Comments may also be submitted by 

facsimile at (503) 231–6893, provided 

the facsimile is confirmed by hard copy 

submitted by mail and postmarked no 

later than the closing date of the 

comment period. 

Comments may also be submitted by 

e-mail. The mailbox address for 

providing e-mail comments is 

Kenneth.Phippen@noaa.gov. Include in 

the subject line of the e-mail comment 

the following document identifier: File 

No. 1607. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ken 

Phippen, (541)957–3385. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

subject permit is requested under the 

authority of the Endangered Species Act 

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

1531 et seq.) and the regulations 

governing the taking, importing, and 

exporting of endangered and threatened 

species (50 CFR parts 222–226). 

The Permit application is related to 

the continued operation and 

maintenance of Savage Rapids Dam in 

Josephine and Jackson Counties, in the 

State of Oregon. The dam is owned and 

operated by the GPID for the sole 

purpose of providing irrigation water to 

its customers. The GPID Habitat 

Conservation Plan (HCP) utilizes a 

combination of conservation measures 

that are expected to minimize and 

mitigate, to the maximum extent 

practicable, the impacts of take of ESAlisted coho salmon, and unlisted 

Chinook salmon and steelhead during 

irrigation operations in the period 2007–

2009. A 1-year extension is considered 

in the assessments of this HCP. The HCP 

also requires GPID to take certain steps 

during the time the permit is effective 

to work to secure authorization and 

funding for dam removal and to install 

off-site electrical pumping stations 

along the Rogue River near Grants Pass, 

Oregon, by November 1, 2009, to 

provide for the long-term conservation 

of listed and unlisted covered species. 

The Bureau of Reclamation has awarded 

a contract for constructing the irrigation 

pumps and dismantling the dam. Pump 

construction was initiated in October 

2006 and is expected to be completed 

along with dam dismantling prior to this 

ITP’s expiration. To ensure that the 

mitigation and minimization strategies 

are effective, the HCP incorporates a 

variety of monitoring components, and 

if needed, adaptive management 

changes in the conservation measures 

set forth. It is expected that incidental 

take of the listed and unlisted species 

will occur from the normal operations 

and maintenance of the dam. 

Adult and juvenile SONC coho 

salmon from the Upper Rogue River 

population will be exposed to the SRD 

facilities that pose a physical threat to 

these individuals. Some adults from the 

Middle Rogue and Applegate rivers 

population may also venture above SRD 

or within the area downstream that is 

affected by the flow modifications of the 

dam. Adults must navigate the river and 

the altered flows from SRD in order to 

locate the fish ladders. The adults’

upstream migration is likely to be 

delayed while flow conditions reach 

levels that allow the fish to navigate the 

fish ladders. Total mortality of juveniles 

caused by SRD is estimated to be 10 to 

15 percent by Oregon Department of 

Fish and Wildlife. This may be 

decreased by ongoing conservation 


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