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Dated: May 2, 2007. 

Daniel Clever, 

Deputy Director, NOAA Acquisitions and 

Grants, U.S. Department of Commerce. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[Docket No. 070419090–7090–01; I.D. 

050107B ] 

Program for Technology-based 

Experiential Learning in Science for 

Grades 4–9 Students and Teachers 

AGENCY: Office of Education (OED), 

Office of the Undersecretary of 

Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere 

(USEC), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of funding availability. 

SUMMARY: NOAA’s Office of Education 

(OED) is requesting applications for a 

technology-based science experiential 

learning program to impact 4th through 

9th grade students and teachers. One 

award will be made for a project five 

years in duration. The successful project 

will draw heavily on NOAA marine 

scientific resources as well as an 

existing set of vetted educational 

products. The project should feature 

print materials for students and 

teachers, multimedia products, out-ofthe classroom activities and incorporate 

on-line elements such as live chat, 

podcasts or computer simulations to 

provide students with access to 

scientists and promote inquiry-based 

learning. A successful applicant will 

have extensive partnerships with 

NOAA, as well as other Federal, local, 

and private organizations. It is 

anticipated that final recommendations 

for funding under this announcement 

will be made by June 30, 2007, and that 

projects funded under this 

announcement will have a start date no 

earlier than September 15, 2007. 

DATES: The deadline for applications is 

5 p.m., EDT June 7, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Full applications must be 

submitted either through Grants.gov or 

as a paper application to: ATTN: Grants 

Competition Manager, NOAA Office of 

Education, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Ave, NW., 

HCHB Room 6863, Washington, DC 

20230. Please note: Hard copies 

submitted via the U.S. Postal Service 

can take up to 4 weeks to reach this 

office; applicants are recommended to 

send hard copies via expedited shipping 

methods (e.g., Airborne Express, DHL, 

Fed Ex, UPS). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sarah Schoedinger at 

sarah.schoedinger@noaa.gov, telephone 

704–370–3528 or Alyssa Gundersen at 

alyssa.gundersen@noaa.gov, telephone 

202–482–3739. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NOAA’s 

Office of Education (OED) is requesting 

applications for a technology-based 

science experiential learning program, 

with interdisciplinary connections to 

math and other disciplines, for 4th 

through 9th grade students and teachers. 

The successful project will draw heavily 

on NOAA scientific research, personnel, 

facilities and educational resources to 

reach classroom students and their 

teachers in the United States. The 

project should feature print materials for 

students and teachers, multimedia 

products, out-of-the classroom activities 

and incorporate on-line elements such 

as live chat, podcasts or computer 

simulations to provide students with 

access to scientists and promote 

inquiry-based learning. The project 

should provide an online platform that 

allows teachers to create customized 

lesson plans based on the proposed 

curriculum, to develop assessments 

aligned to their local standards, to create 

reports on the use and impact of each 

program element. Additionally, the 

project will allow teachers both onsite 

and online to earn graduate-level credithours from an accredited university in 

the United States. All projects shall 

employ the strategies articulated in the 

NOAA Education Plan (http:// 

www.oesd.noaa.gov/ 

NOAA_Ed_Plan.pdf). 

A successful applicant will have 

extensive partnerships with NOAA, as 

well as other Federal, local, and private 

organizations. The applicant or project 

partners should be highly experienced 

in developing and employing 

telepresence technology and delivering 

programming to the scientific and 

educational communities as well as the 

general public. 

It is anticipated that final 

recommendations for funding under this 

announcement will be made by June 30, 

2007, and that projects funded under 

this announcement will have a start date 

no earlier than September 15, 2007. 

Electronic Access 

The full text of the full funding 

opportunity announcement for this OED 

program can be accessed via the 

Grants.gov web site. That 

announcement will also be available at 

the NOAA Web site: http:// 

www.oesd.noaa.gov/funding_opps.html 

or by contacting the program officials 

identified under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. Applicants must 

comply with all requirements contained 

in the full funding opportunity 

announcement. This Federal Register 

notice is available through the NOAA 

home page at: http://www.noaa.gov/. 

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

CFDA: 11.469, Congressionally 

Identified Awards and Projects. 

Funding Availability 

NOAA anticipates the availability, 

contingent upon appropriations, of 

approximately $2,000,000 of Federal 

financial assistance in FY 2007 for a 

technology-based experiential learning 

program for 4th through 9th grade 

students and teachers. One award in the 

form of a grant will be made. NOAA 

will only consider projects that have a 

duration of 5 years. The total Federal 

amount for all years that may be 

requested from NOAA for the direct and 

indirect costs of the proposed project 

shall not exceed $12,500,000 for 5 years. 

Applications requesting Federal support 

from NOAA of less than $1,000,000 total 

or more than $12,500,000 total will not 

be considered for funding through this 

announcement. 

The amount of funding available 

through this announcement will be 

dependent upon the final 

appropriations for FY 2007 through FY 

2011. Publication of this notice does not 

oblige the Department of Commerce/ 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (DOC/NOAA) to award 

any specific project or to obligate any 

available funds. If an applicant incurs 

any costs prior to receiving an award 

agreement signed by an authorized 

NOAA Grants Officer, the applicant 

would do so solely at their own risk of 

such costs not being included under the 

award. The exact amount of funds that 

may be awarded will be determined in 

pre-award negotiations between the 

applicant and NOAA representatives. 

Eligibility 

Eligible applicants are institutions of 

higher education, other nonprofits, and 

state, local and Indian tribal 

governments in the United States. Forprofit organizations, individuals not 

affiliated with an eligible organization, 

foreign institutions, foreign 

organizations and foreign government 

agencies are not eligible to apply. 

Federal agencies are not eligible to 

receive Federal assistance under this 

announcement, but may be project 

partners. 

The Department of Commerce/ 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (DOC/NOAA) is 


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strongly committed to increasing the 

participation of Minority Serving 

Institutions (MSIs), i.e., Historically 

Black Colleges and Universities, 

Hispanic-serving institutions, Tribal 

colleges and universities, Alaskan 

Native and Native Hawaiian 

institutions, and institutions that work 

in underserved communities. 

Institutions may submit only one 

application to this funding opportunity. 

Cost Sharing Requirements 

There are no cost-sharing 

requirements. 

Evaluation and Selection Procedures 

The general evaluation criteria and 

selection factors that apply to full 

applications to this funding opportunity 

are summarized below. The evaluation 

criteria for full applications will have 

different weights and details. Further 

information about the evaluation criteria 

and selection factors can be found in the 

full funding opportunity announcement. 

Evaluation Criteria for Projects 

1. Importance and/or relevance and 

applicability of proposed project to the 

program goals: This ascertains whether 

there is intrinsic value in the proposed 

work and/or relevance to NOAA, 

Federal, regional, State, or local 

activities. 

2. Technical/scientific merit: This 

assesses whether the approach is 

technically sound and/or innovative, if 

the methods are appropriate, and 

whether there are clear project goals and 

objectives. 

3. Overall qualifications of applicants: 

This ascertains whether the applicant 

possesses the necessary education, 

experience, training, facilities, and 

administrative resources to accomplish 

the project. 

4. Project costs: The Budget is 

evaluated to determine if it is realistic 

and commensurate with the project 

needs and time-frame. 

5. Outreach and education: NOAA 

assesses whether this project provides a 

focused and effective education and 

outreach strategy regarding NOAA’s 

mission to protect the Nation’s natural 

resources. 

Review and Selection Process 

Upon receipt of an application by 

NOAA, an initial administrative review 

will be conducted to determine 

compliance with requirements and 

completeness of the application. All 

applications that meet the minimum 

eligibility requirements and that are 

ascertained to be complete will be 

evaluated and scored by independent 

reviewers. The reviews will be 

conducted by a panel of individuals, 

who may be government or nongovernment representatives, each 

having relevant expertise. The reviewers 

will score each proposal using the 

evaluation criteria and relative weights 

provided above. The individual 

reviewers’ ratings will be averaged for 

each application to establish rank order. 

No consensus advice will be given by 

the review panel. The Program Officer 

will neither vote nor score applications 

as part of the review panel nor 

participate in discussion of the merits of 

any proposal. 

The Program Officer will make his/ 

her recommendations for funding based 

on rank order and the selection factors 

listed below to the Selecting Official for 

the final funding decision. 

Selection Factors for Projects 

The panel review ratings shall 

establish the rank order that the 

Selecting Official will use for final 

recommendation to the NOAA Grants 

Officer. The Selecting Official shall 

award in the rank order unless the 

proposal is justified to be selected out 

of rank order based upon one or more 

of the following factors: 

1. Availability of funding. 

2. Balance/distribution of funds: 

a. Geographically 

b. By type of institutions 

c. By type of partners 

d. By research areas 

e. By project types 

3. Whether this project duplicates 

other projects funded or considered for 

funding by NOAA or other Federal 

agencies. 

4. Program priorities and policy 

factors. 

5. Applicant’s prior award 

performance. 

6. Partnerships and/or participation of 

targeted groups. 

7. Adequacy of information necessary 

for NOAA staff to make a NEPA 

determination and draft necessary 

documentation before recommendations 

for funding are made to the Grants 

Officer. 

Intergovernmental Review 

Applications under this program are 

not subject to Executive Order 12372, 

‘‘Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs.’’

Limitation of Liability 

In no event will NOAA or the 

Department of Commerce be responsible 

for proposal preparation costs if these 

programs fail to receive funding or are 

cancelled because of other agency 

priorities. Publication of this 

announcement does not obligate NOAA 

to award any specific project or to 

obligate any available funds. 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) 

NOAA must analyze the potential 

environmental impacts, as required by 

the National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA), for applicant projects or 

proposals which are seeking NOAA 

federal funding opportunities. Detailed 

information on NOAA compliance with 

NEPA can be found at the following 

NOAA NEPA Web site: http:// 

www.nepa.noaa.gov/, including our 

NOAA Administrative Order 216–6 for 

NEPA, http://www.nepa.noaa.gov/ 

NAO216_6_TOC.pdf, and the Council 

on Environmental Quality 

implementation regulations, http:// 

ceq.eh.doe.gov/nepa/regs/ceq/ 

toc_ceq.htm. Consequently, as part of an 

applicant’s package, and under their 

description of their program activities, 

applicants are required to provide 

detailed information on the activities to 

be conducted, locations, sites, species 

and habitat to be affected, possible 

construction activities, and any 

environmental concerns that may exist 

(e.g., the use and disposal of hazardous 

or toxic chemicals, introduction of nonindigenous species, impacts to 

endangered and threatened species, 

aquaculture projects, and impacts to 

coral reef systems). In addition to 

providing specific information that will 

serve as the basis for any required 

impact analyses, applicants may also be 

requested to assist NOAA in drafting of 

an environmental assessment, if NOAA 

determines an assessment is required. 

Applicants will also be required to 

cooperate with NOAA in identifying 

feasible measures to reduce or avoid any 

identified adverse environmental 

impacts of their proposal. The failure to 

do so shall be grounds for not selecting 

an application. In some cases if 

additional information is required after 

an application is selected, funds can be 

withheld by the Grants Officer under a 

special award condition requiring the 

recipient to submit additional 

environmental compliance information 

sufficient to enable NOAA to make an 

assessment on any impacts that a project 

may have on the environment. 

The Department of Commerce Preaward Notification Requirements for 

Grants and Cooperative Agreements 

The Department of Commerce PreAward Notification Requirements for 

Grants and Cooperative Agreements 

contained in the Federal Register notice 

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

applicable to this solicitation. 


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Paperwork Reduction Act 

This document contains collection-ofinformation requirements subject to the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). The 

use of Standard Forms 424, 424A, 424B, 

and SF–LLL and CD–346 has been 

approved by the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) under the respective 

control numbers 0348–0043, 0348–0044, 

0348–0040, 0348–0046, and 0605–0001. 

Notwithstanding any other provision 

of law, no person is required to, nor 

shall a person be subject to a penalty for 

failure to comply with, a collection of 

information subject to the requirements 

of the PRA unless that collection of 

information displays a currently valid 

OMB control number. 

Executive Order 12866 

This notice has been determined to be 

not significant for purposes of Executive 

Order 12866. 

Executive Order 13132 (Federalism) 

It has been determined that this notice 

does not contain policies with 

Federalism implications as that term is 

defined in Executive Order 13132. 

Administrative Procedure Act/ 

Regulatory Flexibility Act 

Prior notice and an opportunity for 

public comment are not required by the 

Administrative Procedure Act or any 

other law for rules concerning public 

property, loans, grants, benefits, and 

contracts (5 U.S.C. 553(a)(2)). Because 

notice and opportunity for comment are 

not required pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553 or 

any other law, the analytical 

requirements for the Regulatory 

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

inapplicable. Therefore, a regulatory 

flexibility analysis has not been 

prepared. 

Dated: May 2, 2007. 

Daniel L. Clever, 

Deputy Director, NOAA Acquisitions and 

Grants, U.S. Department of Commerce. 

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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND 

COMMUNITY SERVICE 

Information Collection; Submission for 

OMB Review; Comment Request 

AGENCY: Corporation for National and 

Community Service. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Corporation for National 

and Community Service (hereinafter the 

‘‘Corporation’’), has submitted a public 

information collection request (ICR) 

entitled the Peer Reviewer Application 

Instructions to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Pub. L. 104–13, (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). 

Copies of this ICR, with applicable 

supporting documentation, may be 

obtained by calling the Corporation for 

National and Community Service, Ms. 

Vielka Garibaldi, at (202) 606–6886, 

(vgaribaldi@cns.gov). Individuals who 

use a telecommunications device for the 

deaf (TTY/TDD) may call at (202) 565–

2799 between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. 

Eastern Standard Time, Monday 

through Friday. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted, identified by the title of the 

information collection activity, to the 

Office of information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Attn: Ms. Katherine Astrich, 

OMB Desk Office for the Corporation for 

National and Community Service, by 

any of the following two methods 

within 30 days from the date of 

publication in this Federal Register. 

(1) By fax to: (202) 395–6974, 

Attention: Ms. Katherine Astrich, OMB 

Desk Officer for the Corporation for 

National and Community Service; and 

(2) Electronically by e-mail to: 

Katherine_T._Astrich@omb.eop.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The OMB 

is particularly interested in comments 

which: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the Corporation, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

• Evaluate the accuracy of the 

Corporation’s estimate of the burden of 

the proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

• Propose ways to enhance the 

quality, utility and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and 

• Propose ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on those who are to respond, including 

the use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submissions 

of responses. 

Comments 

A 60-day public comment Notice was 

published in the Federal Register on 

February 1, 2007. This comment period 

ended on April 2, 2007; no comments 

were received from this notice. 

Description: The Corporation is 

seeking approval of the Peer Reviewer 

Application Instructions form which 

will be used by Grant Review 

Specialists in the Office of Grant Policy 

and Operations to select peer reviewers 

and facilitators for each grant 

competition. All individuals interested 

in applying as peer reviewers or 

facilitators of the peer review panels 

will be required to complete an 

electronic application. The current 

application is due to expire on October 

31, 2007. Modifications include 

instructions related to log-in into 

eGrants and enhancements to the 

personal profile, contact information 

section, and areas of expertise. 

Type of Review: Renewal. 

Agency: Corporation for National and 

Community Service. 

Title: Peer Reviewer Application. 

OMB Number: 3045–0090. 

Agency Number: None. 

Affected Public: Individuals who are 

interested in serving as peer reviewers 

or peer review panel facilitators. 

Total Respondents: 2,500. 

Frequency: One (1) time and updates 

as needed. 

Average Time per Response: 40 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1,666 

hours. 

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 

None. 

Total Burden Cost (operating/ 

maintenance): None. 

Dated: April 17, 2007. 

Marlene Zakai, 

Director, Office of Grants Policy and 

Operation. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

Surplus Properties; Notice 

AGENCY: Department of the Army; DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice provides 

information regarding the properties 

that have been determined surplus to 

the United States needs in accordance 

with the Defense Base Closure and 

Realignment Act of 1990, Public Law 

101–510, as amended, and the 2005 

Base Closure and Realignment 

Commission Report, as approved, and 

following screening with Federal 

agencies and Department of Defense 

components. This Notice amends the 

Notice published in the Federal 

Register (71 FR 26930) on May 9, 2006. 

DATES: Effective May 8, 2007. 


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