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L. 89–651, 80 Stat. 897; 15 CFR part

301). Related records can be viewed

between 8:30 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. in

Room 4211, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th and Constitution

Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.

Comments: None received. Decision:

Approved. No instrument of equivalent

scientific value to the foreign

instruments described below, for such

purposes as each is intended to be used,

is being manufactured in the United

States.

Docket Number: 97–051. Applicant:

University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame,

IN 46556. Instrument: Mass

Spectrometer, Model DELTAplus.

Manufacturer: Finnigan, Germany.

Intended Use: See notice at 62 FR

40334, July 28, 1997. Reasons: The

foreign instrument provides a doublefocussing magnet sector mass analyzer

with an internal precision of 0.006 per

mil for 10 bar μl samples of CO2.

Docket Number: 97–057. Applicant:

University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY

82071. Instrument: Mass Spectrometer,

Model Sector 54. Manufacturer:

Micromass, Inc., United Kingdom.

Intended Use: See notice at 62 FR

41361, August 1, 1997. Reasons: The

foreign instrument provides: (1)

Motorized multiple collectors for

computer-controlled alignment of

collectors, (2) mass/energy filtering for

10 ppb abundance sensitivity, and (3) an

ion-counting multicollector system for

detection of very small ion beams.

Docket Number: 97–058. Applicant:

University of Miami, Miami, FL 33149.

Instrument: Mass Spectrometer, Model

GEO 20–20. Manufacturer: Europa

Scientific, United Kingdom. Intended

Use: See notice at 62 FR 41361, August

1, 1997. Reasons: The foreign

instrument provides: (1) Sensitivity of

1000 molecules per m/z 44 ion at the

collector, (2) an interface to an

elemental analyzer, and (3) an

abundance sensitivity of 10 ppm for CO2

using dual inlet mode.

The capabilities of each of the foreign

instruments described above are

pertinent to each applicant’s intended

purposes. We know of no instrument or

apparatus being manufactured in the

United States which is of equivalent

scientific value to any of the foreign

instruments.

Frank W. Creel,

Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and

Technology

Judges Panel of the Malcolm Baldrige

National Quality Award

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards

and Technology Department of

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of closed meeting.

SUMMARY: Pusurant to the Federal

Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app.

2, notice is hereby given that the Judges

Panel of the Malcolm Baldridge

National Quality Award will meet on:

Monday, October 6, 1997, from 9:00

a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Tuesday, October 7,

1997, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.;

Wednesday, October 8, 1997, from 8:00

p.m. to 5:30 p.m.; and Thursday,

October 9, 1997, from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00

p.m. The Judges Panel is composed of

nine members prominent in the field of

quality management and appointed by

the Secretary of Commerce. The Panel’s

agenda includes reviewing the 1997

award process and final judging of 1997

applicants, including a review of each of

the 1997 site visits. The review process

involves examination of records and

discussions of applicant data, and will

be closed to the public in accordance

with Section 552b(c) (4) of Title 5,

United States Code. .

DATES: The meeting will convene

October 6, 1997, at 9:00 a.m. and

adjourn at 3:00 p.m. on October 9, 1997.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the National Institute of Standards and

Technology, Administration Building

Conference Room, Gaithersburg,

Maryland 20899.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dr. Harry Hertz, Director, National

Quality Program, National Institute of

Standards and Technology,

Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899,

telephone number (301) 975–2361.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Assistant Secretary for Administration,

with the concurrence of the General

Counsel, formally determined on

February 10, 1997, that the meeting of

the Judges Panel will be closed pursuant

to Section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory

Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app. 2, section

10(d) for those portions of the meeting

which involve examination of records

and discussion with section 552b(c) (4)

of Title 5, United States Code, since

those portions of the meeting are likely

to disclose trade secrets and commercial

or financial information obtained from a

person which is privileged or

confidential.

Dated: September 22, 1997.

Elaine Bunten-Mines,

Director, Program Office.

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BILLING CODE 3510–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[Docket No. 9707–14173–7173–01]

RIN 0648–ZA31

Coastal Services Center Broad Area

Announcement

AGENCY: National Ocean Service (NOS),

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of availability of Federal

assistance.

SUMMARY: The Coastal Services Center

announces the availability of Federal

assistance for fiscal year 1998 in the

following program areas: Landscape

Characterization and Restoration; the

Coastal Change Analysis Program;

Coastal Remote Sensing; Integration and

Development; the administration of the

Coastal Management Fellowship

program; training and meeting

facilitation; and Special Projects. This

announcement provides general

descriptions of the categories of projects

for which federal assistance may be

available. Detailed guidelines for each of

the program areas are available from the

technical points of contact. These

guidelines will include details for the

technical program, evaluation criteria,

selection procedures, and the standard

NOAA Grants Application forms.

Funding will be contingent upon

availability of funds.

DATES: Specific guidelines, and NOAA

application forms,for each of these

program areas will be available and

distributed to respondents to these

announcements throughout fiscal

quarters 1 and 2 for awards throughout

FY98.

ADDRESSES: Send requests for general

information about the CSC or the

assistance programs to Coastal Services

Center, Attn: Ms. Violet Legette, NOAA

Coastal Service Center, 2234 South

Hobson Avenue, Charleston, South

Carolina, 29405–2413.

For specific guidelines and

information regarding the Landscape

Characterization and Restoration

Program, please contact: Pace Wilber at

(803) 974–6235 or

pwilber@csc.noaa.gov.

For specific guidelines and

information regarding the Coastal
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Change Analysis Program, please

contact: Dorsey Worthy at (803) 974–

6234 or dworthy@csc.noaa.gov.

For specific guidelines and

information regarding the Coastal

Remote Sensing program, please

contact: John Brock at (803) 974–6239 or

jbrock@csc.noaa.gov.

For specific guidelines and

information regarding the Integration

and Development program, please

contact: Miki Schmidt at (803) 974–6237

or mschmidt@csc.noaa.gov.

For specific guidelines and

information regarding the Coastal

Management Fellowship program,

please contact: Paul M. Scholz at (803)

974–6208 or pscholz@csc.noaa.gov.

For specific guidelines and

information regarding the Coastal

Training Institute program, please

contact: Jennet Robinson Alterman at

(803) 974–6210 or

jralterman@csc.noaa.gov.

For specific guidelines and

information regarding the Special

Projects program, please contact: Paul

M. Scholz at (803) 974–6208 or

pscholz@csc.noaa.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Violet Legette, Resource Management

Services, at (803) 974–6222 or

vlegette@csc.noaa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority: Statutory authority for these

awards is provided under 16 U.S.C. Sec.

1456.c (Technical Assistance); 15 U.S.C. Sec.

1540 (Cooperative Agreements); 33 U.S.C.

Sec. 1442 [Research program respecting

possible long-range effects of pollution,

overfishing, and man-induced changes of

ocean ecosystems]; 33 U.S.C. Sec. 883a et seq

[Surveys and other activities]; and, 33 U.S.C.

Sec. 1441 (Monitoring and research

programs).

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

(CFDA). The CSC Program is listed in the

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance under

Number 11.473.

Program Description

The goal of the Coastal Services

Center is to build capabilities

throughout the nation which

simultaneously address pressing issues

of coastal health and change by

conserving coastal environments

including coastal wetlands, riparian

forested wetlands, maritime forests,

fisheries/shell fisheries, and other living

marine resources and by promoting

efficient and sustainable industry,

farming, commercial and residential

development, urban redevelopment, and

tourism. Each of the following programs

is available to provide federal assistance

for projects in the areas described

below. For specific information about

any of the programs, or for instructions

on completing an application, please

contact the technical points of contact

listed for each program.

Landscape Characterization and

Restoration Program

The goal of the Landscape

Characterization and Restoration

Program is to help coastal managers

include ecosystem processes in their

resource management, regulatory, and

land use planning decisions. The

Program works towards this goal by

examining interrelationships between

ecology, land use, human demographic,

and socioeconomic trends on

ecosystem/watershed scales and by

developing tools needed to integrate

those relationships into management

processes. The Program’s projects

generally include development of

habitat, wetland function, demographic,

and land use maps; information

syntheses; natural resource databases;

and environmental models; and a

customized geographic information

system (GIS) or similar software to

forecast results of management

alternatives. While the Program

routinely uses Unix-based systems,

premiums are placed on tools used in a

PC environment. Total program budget

for FY98 will in the range of $250,000

to $400,000. On a per project basis, the

range for funding available for FY98 is

$30,000 to $200,000.

During FY98, the Program anticipates

pursuing projects along the following

lines:

(1) Ecological and socioeconomic

characterizations of special management

areas (e.g., National Marine Sanctuaries

of Estuarine Research Reserves), smallto medium-size watersheds that

represent special management issues

(e.g., Kachemak Bay, AK, Great Bay, NH,

Casco Bay, ME, Savannah River Estuary,

GA).

(2) Ecological and socioeconomic

characterizations of specific coastal

management issues over broad

geographic ranges (e.g., shellfish in the

Gulf of Mexico, water delivery to

estuaries in the southeastern U.S.,

invasions by non-native species to

Pacific ports).

(3) Reviews and development of GISbased tools for siting habitat restoration

projects and forecasting success (e.g.,

identification of filled marshes from

aerial photography, using wind and

wave models to forecast the erosion

potential of marsh and seagrass

restoration sites).

For more information, please contact

Pace Wilber at (803) 974–6235 or

pwilber@csc.noaa.gov.

Coastal Change Analysis Program

The Coastal Change Analysis Program

(C–CAP) is a nationwide effort by the

NOAA Coastal Services Center, U.S.

Department of Commerce (DOC), to

produce standardized land cover and

benthic habitat maps and change data

for all coastal areas of the United States.

This work is accomplished in close

cooperation with state and local

resource management agencies. The

objectives of the program are to produce

nationally consistent baseline and

change data, and to determine the

impacts these changes have on living

marine resources for informed coastal

decision making as well as for

identifying and protecting essential fish

habitat. For these C–CAP projects,

consideration for funding will be

limited to public resource management

agencies in the following states: Alaska,

California, Florida, Maine,

Massachusetts, New York, Oregon, and

Washington.

C–CAP anticipates initiating projects

in three general areas in FY98:

(1) New Terrestrail land Cover Change

Analysis Projects will be initiated to

derive Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM)-

based terrestrial wetland sand uplands

land cover characterizations and change

for state or regional scale studies. These

projects are part of the continuing C–

CAP effort to establish a baseline change

assessment for all coastal areas of the

United States. Anticipated funding for

FY98 will range from $10,000 to

$300,000.

(2) New Seagrass and Other

Submerged-Benthic Mapping Projects

will be initiated to derive location and

change maps of seagrass and other

nearshore benthic resources as part of

the continuing C–CAP effort to establish

a baseline change assessment for all

coastal areas of the United States.

Anticipated funding for FY98 will range

form $10,000 to 100,000.

(3) State and Local Land Cover and

Benthic Change Applications Projects

will be initiated to foster local (county

or township level) use of C–CAP land

cover and benthic resource maps for

coastal land use planning and

management. Anticipated funding for

FY98 will range from $10,000 to

$30,000.

For more information, please contact

Dorsey Worthy at 803–974–6234 or

dwothy@csc.noaa.gov.

Coastal Remote Sensing Program

The Coastal Remote Sensing (CRS)

Program seeks to provide coastal

resource managers with practical hightechnology data products based on new

developments in remote sensing CRS
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identifies promising new remote sensing

technologies, and works to bridge

science and management by prototyping

remote sensing data products that aid

coastal decision makers. Current CRS

projects involve the creation of

advanced coastal resource mangement

tools through both satellite and aircraftbased remote sensing. In support of this

goal, CRS is currently conducing several

closely related field-sampling and

satellite ocean color remote sensing

projects, in addition to several aircraft

remote sensing projects. Any possible

funding for assistance in FY98 may

range in amount between $1,000 and

$200,000.

During FY98, the Coastal Remote

Sensing Program anticipates pursuing

the following project activities:

(1) CRS is pursuing the multi-regional

collection of in situ bio-optical data in

diverse US Case 2 and Case 1 coastal

waters. CRS is analyzing this high

quality bio-optical data to yield a full

suite of geographically widespread

measurements appropriate for the

evaluation, intercomparison and

regional enhancement of the NASDA

and NASA in-water bio-optical

algorithms for ADEOS/OCTS and

SeaWiFS data products.

(2) The CRS coastal US data archive

of advanced multiple-season, in-situ

bio-optical measurements from

disparate US coastal, plus all collected

historical B/O/WQ data, is being made

publicly available via a World Wide

Web-accessible Coastal Bio-optical data

Analysis and Storage System (CoBASS).

Documentation in the form of cruise

reports will be provided for these

advanced bio-optical data sets collected

by the CRS Program.

(3) CRS will undertake the evaluation,

intercomparison, and further refinement

of standard algorithms for the

generation of ocean color products for

diverse coastal US bio-optical

provinces. We will seek to explain the

performance of standard OCTS and

SeasWiFS in-water algorithms in the

context of inter-regional and interseasonal variation in inherent optical

properties arising through planktonic

ecosystem functioning and structure,

and variability in the biochemistry and

sedimentology of major terrestial inputs,

such as river plumes.

(4) CRS will undertake the adaption of

NASA software to create a software

package tailored to support the high

scientific quality processing of coastal

US satellite ocean color observations

acquired by either ADEOS/OCTS and

SeaWiFS, to support the creation of data

products for coastal resource

management and applied research.

(5) CRS will pursue the development

of high scientific-quality, full resolution

retrospective time series of satellite data

products. CRS will create and make

available via the WWW near-real time

data products based on the fusion of

satellite and in situ data with model

forecasts; these products will provide

timely information on issues of

relevance to coastal resource managers.

(6) CRS will undertake the

development of aircraft remote sensing

techniques for high spatial resolution

sensing of biological water quality

within inshore coastal areas at costs that

are low enough to allow repetitive

surveys. These project activities are

intended to: (1) Develop a capability for

regional, low-cost monitoring of the

chlorophyll, salinity, and turbidity

fields in coastal areas, and (2) provide

ground truth information for ocean color

satellites in Case 2 water and (3) aid in

the development of algorithms specific

to regional water types.

(7) In response to the need for

accurate, timely information on beach

and dune field topography, and also

pertaining to gradual or catastrophic

coastal change, and erosion over broad

expanses of coastline, CRS will

undertake the mapping of coastal

topography using aircraft LIDAR

techniques. To establish the capability

for highly accurate retrieval of coastal

topography and erosion, CRS will map

beach elevation over the middle and

south Atlantic coast. CRS anticipates

that these data will be useful in

monitoring and assessing coastal

erosion, including severe erosion due to

hurricanes and other meteorological

disturbances.

For more information, please contact

John Brock at 803–974–6239 or

jbrock@csc.noaa.gov.

Integration and Development

The Integration and Development

(I&D) program focuses on product

development, I&D’s primary customers

are the nation’s coastal resource

managers and other Coastal Services

Center components. I&D specializes in

linking the technical benefits of

geographic information systems (GIS)

with the political needs of coastal

managers to enhance decisions. For

coastal managers, I&D strives to provide

readily accessible, spatial (geographic)

information for decision-making

support and visualization. To support

this goal, I&D has a program for local

government planning, management, and

liaison services in developing

community based hazard mitigation

GIS-based decision support systems.

In FY98, the Coastal Services Center

will participate in three local

demonstration projects to develop

integrated hazard mitigation decision

support systems in Florida, North

Carolina and Ohio. These projects will

involve partnerships with various

federal, state, and local agencies but will

be targeted primarily for

implementation at the local government

level. Liaison services will be required

from an organization with strong local

government connections and expertise.

Specific expertise will also be required

in the areas of community planning,

emergency management, and hazard

mitigation. Total grant amount is

estimated between $100,000 and

$300,000.

For more information, please contact

Miki Schmidt at 803–974–6237 or

mschmidt@csc.noaa.gov.

Coastal Management Fellowship

The Coastal Services Center Coastal

Management Fellowship was

established to provide professional onthe-job education and training

opportunities for post-graduate students

in coastal resource management and

policy and to provide specific technical

assistance for state coastal resource

management programs. The program

matches highly qualified recently

graduated masters, professional degree,

and doctoral students with hosts around

the U.S. in state coastal zone

management programs. For two years

the recipients will work on substantive

state-level coastal resource management

issues that pertain to federal

management policies and regulations.

The recipients are designated Coastal

Services Center Coastal Management

Fellows.

Funding to support the CSC Coastal

Management Fellows is provided by

several sources: the federal government,

state governmental agencies, private

industry, and non-profit organizations

(501.c3’s). The two year Fellowship

award of $64,000 with an additional

$12,000 State match made for each

Fellow includes $30,000 per year salary

for the Fellow, divided into a $20,000

stipend and $10,000 for per diem living

expenses. The remaining $8,000 per

year shall be divided as follows: $5,000

for fringe benefits, including health

insurance, worker’s compensation

insurance, and the employer’s share of

FICA; $1,000 for reimbursable moving

expenses; and $2,000 for travel

associated with the fellowship

experience. NOAA and the other

funding sources will provide funding

directly to the organization that will

administer the Fellowship awards. The

organization selected to administer the

Fellowship awards shall be capable of

receiving and processing funding from
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all existing and potential funding

sources. The organization selected to

administer the grants shall be capable of

providing all administrative and

financial support required for between

six and twenty Fellows per year,

according to the guidelines set forth by

the Coastal Services Center. Total

program budget for FY98 will be in the

range of $128,000 to $700,000. This

program will be administered as a

Cooperative Agreement, with

substantial involvement by the Coastal

Services Center in the implementation

and coordination of the Fellowship

Program.

For more information, please contact

Paul M. Scholz at 803–974–6208 or

pscholz@csc.noaa.gov.

Coastal Training Institute

The goal of the Coastal Training

Institute is to provide technical training

to support the development and use of

Coastal Services Center products and

services by the coastal management

community. The Training Institute

serves as an ongoing resource for

training design, delivery and

professional meeting/conference

planning and logistics. Through

specialized training workshops,

professional conferences and meeting

support services, the Coastal Training

Institute provides ongoing opportunities

for professional development and

technical training. Services provided by

the Training Institute include:

• Training development and design

• Needs assessment and evaluation

• Training delivery and training of

trainers

• Facilitation and meeting management

• Meeting planning and logistical

support

In FY98 the Coastal Training Institute

will conduct up to 10 technical

workshops and conferences in

partnership with NOAA line offices,

other federal agencies and state natural

resource management agencies. Specific

expertise in on site meeting

management/logistical support,

facilitation services, training design and

delivery as well as technical trainers

will be required. Anticipated funding

for FY98 will be between $25,000 and

$200,000. On a per project basis, the

range for funding available is between

$25,000 and $100,000. For more

information, please contact Jennet

Robinson Alterman at (803) 974–6210 or

jralterman@csc.noaa.gov.

Special Projects

The Coastal Services Center has

conducted a variety of projects that have

resulted in technical, management or

planning for outcomes that apply

directly to the state and local coastal

management community. The goal of

this program is to provide assistance to

the coastal management community for

technical management related issued on

a very broad range of topics related to

coastal resources and their wise

management. This has ranged from

boating, shipping and navigation, to

beach management and conservation,

coastal hazards mitigation, protected

areas, all forms of pollution and control,

as well as training, education and

outreach activities. In some cases,

projects have included use of high-end

spatial data and in other level meetings,

workshops, and reports. The Coastal

Services Center expects to work an

equally broad range of topics and will

be granting awards to organizations

across the United States with proven

abilities to implement practical

solutions at a state and local level. All

project proposal received in this

category will be reviewed for technical

merit and management relevance. The

specific guidelines will include special

projects evaluation criteria with point

values to be assigned. In addition,

program policy factors may be

considered in final award decisions to

ensure a variety of topic areas,

geographical distribution, and/or

organization type are represented in the

final mix by quarter. Project proposals

received for this program will be

reviewed on the following timelines:

Proposals received October 1–December

31—January review; January 1–March

31—April review; April 1–September

30—October review.

Anticipated funding for this in FY98

will be between $50,000 and $750,000.

On a per project basis, the range for

funding available is between $25,000

and $300,000.

For more information, please contact

Paul M. Scholz at 803–974–6208 or

pschol@csc.noaa.gov.

Evaluation

Specific evaluation criteria and

selection procedures will be identified

in the program guidelines distributed to

requesters. These guidelines will

include point value for each ranking

criteria and a detailed description of the

selection process and timeline.

Funding Availability

Specific funding available for awards

in each of these categories will be

finalized after the NOAA budget for

FY98 is authorized, however, total

funding availability for this

announcement will be between

$500,000 and $3,000,000. There is no

guarantee that sufficient funds will be

available to make awards for all

approved projects. Publication of this

notice does not obligate NOAA to award

any specific grant or cooperative

agreement or to obligate all or any parts

of the available funds.

Cost Sharing

Applications must reflect the total

budget to accomplish the project,

including contributions and/or

donations. Cost sharing is not required

by general office policy, however,

individual program guidelines may

indicate cost share requirements and

assign point values.

Type of Funding Instrument

The projects will be awarded either as

a Grant or a Cooperative Agreement,

distributed by the Coastal Service

Center.

Eligibility Criteria

Applications for grants and

cooperative agreements under this

program announcement may be

submitted, in accordance with the

procedures set forth in the specific

guidelines to be published by each

program area, by any state resource

management agency, college or

university, private industry, or any

nonprofit organization relating to

cooperative research units. Other

Federal agencies or institutions are not

eligible to receive Federal assistance

under this notice. Specific eligibility

criteria for each program will be

provided in the guidelines for proposal

submission.

Before submitting an application

under this program, applicants should

contact the appropriate technical point

of contact for a copy of the specific

proposal guidelines for the program

area. Applications for the project

funding under this program must be

complete and in accordance with the

instructions in the proposal guidelines.

Award Period

The normal award period under this

announcement will be one year, but for

some programs the period will be

longer. Interested applicants should

consult with specific technical points of

contact for additional information.

Indirect Costs

The total dollar amount of the indirect

costs proposed in an application under

this program must not exceed the

current indirect cost rate negotiated and

approved by the applicant’s cognizant

Federal agency, prior to the proposed

effective date of the award or 100

percent of the total proposed direct
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costs dollar amount in the application,

whichever is less.

Project Funding Priorities

Funding priorities will be set by

individual programs award categories

depending on the FY98 appropriations.

Federal Policies and Procedures

Recipients and sub-recipients are

subject to all Federal laws and Federal

and DOC policies, regulations, and

procedures applicable to Federal

assistance awards.

Name Check Review

All non-profit and for-profit

applicants are subject to a name check

review process. Name checks are

intended to reveal if any key individuals

associated with the recipient have been

convicted of, or are presently facing,

criminal charges such as fraud, theft,

perjury, or other matters that

significantly reflect on the recipient’s

management, honesty, or financial

integrity.

Past Performance

Unsatisfactory performance under

prior Federal awards may result in an

application not being considered for

funding.

Pre-Award Activities

If applicants incur any costs prior to

an award being made, they do so solely

at their own risk of not being

reimbursed by the Government.

Notwithstanding any verbal or written

assurance that may have been received,

there is no obligation on the part of DOC

to cover pre-award costs.

No Obligation for Future Funding

If the application is selected for

funding, DOC has no obligation to

provide any additional future funding in

connection with that award. Renewal of

an award to increase funding or extend

the period of performance is at the total

discretion of DOC.

Delinquent Federal Debts

No award or Federal Funds shall be

made to an applicant who has an

outstanding delinquent Federal debt

until either:

(i) The delinquent account is paid in

full,

(ii) A negotiated repayment schedule is

established and at least one payment

is received, or

(iii) Other arrangements satisfactory to

DOC are made.

Primary Applicant Certifications

All organizations or individuals

preparing grant applications must

submit a completed Form CD–511

‘‘Certifications Regarding Debarment,

Suspension, and Other Responsibility

Matters; Drug-Free Workplace

Requirements and Lobbying,’’ and

explanations are hereby provided:

Non-Procurement Debarment and

Suspension

Prospective participants (as defined at

15 CFR part 26, Section 105) are subject

to 15 CFR part 26, ‘‘Nonprocurement

Debarment and Suspension’’ and the

related section of the certification form

prescribed above applies;

Drug-Free Workplace

Grantees (as defined at 15 CFR part

26, Section 605) are subject to 15 CFR

part 26, subpart f, ‘‘Government side

Requirements for Drug-Free Workplace

(Grants)’’ and the related section of the

certification form prescribed above

applies;

Anti-Lobbying

Persons (as defined at 15 CFR part 28,

Section 105) are subject to the lobbying

provisions of 31 U.S.C. 1352,

‘‘Limitation on use of appropriated

funds to influence certain Federal

contracting and financial transactions,’’

and the lobbying section of the

certification form prescribed above

applies to application/bids for grants,

cooperative agreements, and contracts

for more than $100,000, and loans and

loan guarantees for more than $150,000,

or the single family maximum mortgage

limit for affected programs, whichever is

greater; and

Anti-Lobbying Disclosures

Any applicant that has paid or will

pay for lobbying using any funds must

submit an SF–LLL, ‘‘Disclosure of

Lobbying Activities,’’ as required under

15 CFR part 28, Appendix B.

Lower-Tier Certifications

Recipients shall require applicants/

bidders for sub-grants, contracts,

subcontracts, or other lower-tier-covered

transactions at any tier under the award

to submit, if applicable, a completed

Form CD–512, ‘‘Certifications Regarding

Debarment, Suspension, Ineligibility

and Voluntary Exclusion-Lower Tier

Covered Transactions and Lobbying’’

and disclosure form, SF–LLL,

‘‘Disclosure of Lobbying Activities.’’

Form CD–512 is intended for the use of

recipients and should not be transmitted

to DOC. SF–LLL submitted by any tier

recipient or sub-recipient should be

submitted to DOC in accordance with

the instructions contained in the aware

document.

False Statements

A false statement on an application is

grounds for denial or termination of

funds and grounds for possible

punishment by a fine or imprisonment

as provided in 18 U.S.C. 1001.

Intergovernmental Review

Applications under this program are

subject to Executive Order 12372,

‘‘Intergovernmental Review of Federal

Programs.’’

Buy American-Made Equipment or

Products

Applicants are hereby notified that

they will be encouraged, to the greatest

extent practicable, to purchase

American-made equipment and

products with funding provided under

this program in accordance with

Congressional intent.

Classification

This action has been determined to be

not significant for purposes of Executive

Order 12866.

Prior notice and an opportunity for

public comment are not required by the

Administrative Procedure Act or any

other law for this notice concerning

grants, cooperative agreements, benefits,

and contracts. Therefore, a regulatory

flexibility analysis is not required for

purposes of the Regulatory Flexibility

Act.

Notwithstanding any other provision

of law, no person is required to respond

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 Paperwork

Reduction Act (PRA) unless that

collection of information displays a

currently valid OMB control number.

This notice contains a collection-ofinformation requirement subject to the

Paperwork Reduction Act. The

collection-of-information has been

approved by OMB, OMB Control

Numbers 0348–0043, 0348–0044, 0348–

0040, 0348–0046, and 0605–0001.

Dated: September 17, 1997.

Nancy Foster,

Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services

and Coastal Zone Management.

[FR Doc. 97–25437 Filed 9–24–97; 8:45 am]

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