59346 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 212 / Monday, November 3, 1997 / Notices

Selection Procedure

Each application will be evaluated by

a panel of at least three independent

reviewers qualified to evaluate

applications submitted under the

program. Applications will be evaluated

on a competitive basis in accordance

with the evaluation criteria set forth

above. This announcement is for

applicants in Novosibirsk only. Awards

will be based on highest total

accumulated score and geographic

location.

Notifications

All applicants are advised of the

following:

(1) Unsatisfactory performance under

prior Federal awards may result in an

application not being considered for

funding.

(2) If applicants incur any cost prior

to an award being made, they do so

solely at their own risk of not being

reimbursed by the Federal Government.

Not withstanding any verbal assurance

that they may receive, there is no

obligation on the part of the Department

of Commerce to cover pre-award costs.

(3) If an application is selected for

funding, the Department of Commerce

has no obligation to provide any

additional future funding in connection

with the award. Renewal of an award to

increase funding or extend the period of

performance is at the total discretion of

the Department of Commerce.

(4) No award of Federal funds shall be

made to an applicant who has an

outstanding debt until either:

a. The delinquent account is paid in

full;

b. A negotiated repayment schedule is

established and at least one payment is

received; or

c. Other arrangements satisfactory to

the Department of Commerce are made.

(5) All primary applicants must

submit a completed Form CD–511,

‘‘Certification Regarding Debarment,

Suspension and other Responsibility

Matters; Drug-Free Workplace

Requirements and Lobbying’’.

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. Grantees (as

defined at 15 CFR part 26, section 605)

are subject to 15 CFR part 26, subpart

F ‘‘Government wide Requirement for

Drug-Free Workplace (Grants)’’ and the

related section of the certification form

prescribed above applies. Persons (as

defined at 15 CFR part 28, section 105)

are subject to the lobbying provisions of

31 U.S.C. 1352, ‘‘Limitation on the use

of appropriated funds to influence

certain Federal contracting and financial

transactions;’’ and the lobbying section

of the certification form prescribed

above applies to applications/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’’. 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.

(6) Recipients shall require

applicants/bidders for subgrants,

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

Transaction 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 submitted by any tier

recipient or sub-recipient should be

submitted to the Department of

Commerce in accordance with

instructions contained in the award

document.

(7) 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 and denial or termination of

Federal funding.

(8) All recipients and sub-recipients

are subject to all applicable Federal laws

and Federal Department of Commerce

policies, regulations, and procedures

applicable to Federal assistance awards.

For-profit organizations shall be subject

to OMB Circular A–110 and 15 CFR 29a.

(9) 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 applicant have been

convicted of or are presently facing

criminal charges such as fraud, theft,

perjury, or other matters which

significantly reflect on the applicant’s

management honesty or financial

integrity.

(10) Recipients are subject to the Fly

America Act (49 U.S.C. sec. 1517 as

implemented by 41 CFR sec. 301–3.6).

(11) Executive Order 12372

‘‘Intergovernmental Review of Federal

Programs’’ does not apply to this

program.

(12) Paperwork Reduction Act does

apply to this program. This document

involves collections of information

subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act,

which have been approved by the Office

of Management and Budget under OMB

Control Numbers 0348–0043, 0348–

0044, 0348–0040, 0348–0046, and 0651–

0001. 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 unless that collection of

information displays a current valid

OMB control number.

(13) The total dollar amount of the

indirect costs proposed in an

application under this program must not

exceed the indirect cost rate negotiated

and approved by a cognizant Federal

agency prior to the proposed effective

date of the award or 100 percent of the

total proposed direct costs dollar

amount in the application, whichever is

less.

Dated: October 29, 1997.

E. Vivian Spathopoulos,

Deputy Director, US&FCS/Russia-NIS

Program Office

[FR Doc. 97–29118 Filed 10–31–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–FP–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 102897A]

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic

Zone Off Alaska; Recordkeeping and

Reporting Requirements; Public

Workshop

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of workshop

SUMMARY: NMFS announces a workshop

to explain provisions of the 1998

recordkeeping and reporting

requirements for the Alaska groundfish

fisheries, to introduce the proposed

electronic reporting system, to provide

detailed instructions on completion and

submittal of the required forms and

logsheets, and to answer questions on

recordkeeping and reporting from

members of the fishing industry and

other interested parties.

DATES: Tuesday, December 16, 1997,

8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Alaska local time.

ADDRESSES: The workshop will be held

in the Windsor Room at the Westmark

Hotel located at 720 West Fifth Avenue,

Anchorage, Alaska.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Patsy A. Bearden, 907-586-7228.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

workshop is scheduled by NMFS in

response to requests by the affected

fishing industry for a training workshop

on the groundfish recordkeeping and

reporting system.

Dated: October 28, 1997.

Bruce C. Morehead,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 97–29023 Filed 10–31–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 102797B]

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management

Council; Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery

Management Council (Council) will

convene a public meeting of the Texas

Habitat Protection Advisory Panel (AP).

DATES: The meeting will be held on

Tuesday, November 18, 1997, and is

scheduled to begin at 9:00 a.m. and

adjourn at 3:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Hobby Airport Hilton Hotel, 8181

Airport Boulevard, Houston, TX;

telephone: 713–645–3000.

Council address: Gulf of Mexico

Fishery Management Council, 3018 U.S.

Highway 301 North, Suite 1000, Tampa,

FL 33619.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff

Rester, Habitat Specialist, Gulf States

Marine Fisheries Commission;

telephone: 601–875–5912.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Texas

Habitat Protection AP will be convened

to discuss the recent red tide events in

Texas, a seagrass conservation plan, the

introduction of exotic viruses from

shrimp mariculture and the monitoring

for exotic viruses in coastal waters, and

representatives will discuss Galveston

Bay Estuary Program and the Corpus

Christi National Estuary Program. The

AP will also hear reports on the status

of completion of the Essential Fish

Habitat (EFH) guidelines being

developed by NMFS; and of completion

of a generic amendment by the Council

which describes EFH as required by the

Sustainable Fisheries Act.

A copy of the agenda can be obtained

by calling 813–228–2815. Although

other issues not on the agenda may

come before the AP for discussion, in

accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens

Fishery Conservation and Management

Act, those issues may not be the subject

of formal AP action during this meeting.

AP action will be restricted to those

issues specifically identified in the

agenda listed as available by this notice.

Special Accommodations

This meeting is physically accessible

to people with disabilities. Requests for

sign language interpretation or other

auxiliary aids should be directed to

Anne Alford at the Council (see

ADDRESSES) by November 11, 1997.

Dated: October 28, 1997.

Bruce C. Morehead,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 97–29024 Filed 10–31–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 102797D]

North Pacific Fishery Management

Council; Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Committee Meeting

SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery

Management Council’s Observer

Advisory Committee (OAC) will meet in

Seattle, WA.

DATES: The meeting will be held on

Monday, November 24, 1997, beginning

at 8:30 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Alaska Fisheries Science Center

(Building 4, Observer Training Room)

7600 Sand Point Way, NE., Seattle, WA.

Council address: North Pacific

Fishery Management Council, 605 W.

4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK

99501–2252.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Chris Oliver; telephone: 907–271–280 9.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Committee will review a proposed joint

partnership agreement structure and

alternatives for the proposed third-party

observer program.

Although other issues not contained

in this agenda may come before this

Committee for discussion, in accordance

with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery

Conservation and Management Act,

those issues may not be the subject of

formal Committee action during this

meeting. Committee action will be

restricted to those issues specifically

identified in the agenda listed in this

notice.

Special Accommodations

This meeting is physically accessible

to people with disabilities. Requests for

sign language interpretation or other

auxiliary aids should be directed to

Helen Allen, 907–271–2809, at least 5

working days prior to the meeting date.

Dated: October 28, 1997.

Bruce C. Morehead,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 97–29026 Filed 10-31-97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of an Import Limit for

Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber

Textile Products Produced or

Manufactured in Guatemala

October 29, 1997.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs increasing a

limit.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 5, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roy

Unger, International Trade Specialist,

Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S.

Department of Commerce, (202) 482–

4212. For information on the quota

status of this limit, refer to the Quota

Status Reports posted on the bulletin

boards of each Customs port or call

(202) 927–5850. For information on

embargoes and quota re-openings, call

(202) 482–3715.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority: Executive Order 11651 of March

3, 1972, as amended; section 204 of the

Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended (7

U.S.C. 1854); Uruguay Round Agreements

Act.

The current limit for Categories 342/

642 is being increased for carryforward.

A description of the textile and

apparel categories in terms of HTS

numbers is available in the

CORRELATION: Textile and Apparel

Categories with the Harmonized Tariff

Schedule of the United States (see

Federal Register notice 61 FR 66263,

published on December 17, 1996). Also