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(b) Past Performance. Unsatisfactory

performance under prior Federal awards

may result in a proposal not being

considered for funding.

(c) Pre-award Activities. If proposers

incur any costs prior to an award being

made, they do solely at their own risk

of not being reimbursed by the

Government. Only written authorization

from the NIST Grants Officer will

obligate NIST to cover pre-award costs.

(d) No Obligation for Future Funding.

If a proposal is selected for funding,

NIST 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 NIST.

(e) Delinquent Federal Debts. No

award of Federal funds shall be made to

a proposer or recipient who has an

outstanding delinquent Federal debt

until either the delinquent account is

paid in full, a negotiated repayment

schedule is established and at least one

payment is received, or other

arrangements satisfactory to NIST are

made.

(f) Name Check Review. All for-profit

and non-profit proposers are subject to

a name check review process. Name

checks are intended to reveal if any key

individuals associated with the

proposer have been convicted of or are

presently facing criminal charges such

as fraud, theft, perjury, or other matters

which significantly reflect on the

proposer’s management, honesty, or

financial integrity.

(g) Primary Applicant Certification.

All primary proposers (including all

joint venture participants) must submit

a completed form CD–511,

‘‘Certifications Regarding Debarment,

Suspension, and Other Responsibility

Matters; Drug-Free Workplace

Requirements and Lobbying,’’ and the

following explanation is hereby

provided:

(1) Nonprocurement 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;

(2) Drug-Free Workplace. Grantees (as

defined at 15 CFR part 605) are subject

to 15 CFR 26, subpart F,

‘‘Governmentwide Requirements for

Drug-Free Workplace (Grants)’’ and the

related section of the certification form

prescribed above applies;

(3) Anti-Lobbying. Persons (as defined

at 15 CFR part 28, section 105) are

subject to the lobbying provisions of 31

U.S.C. 1352, ‘‘Limitations 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 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; and

(4) Anti-Lobbying Disclosures. Any

proposer 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.

(h) Lower Tier Certification.

Recipients shall require proposers/

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 Transactions and Lobbying’’

and Form SF–LLL, ‘‘Disclosure of

Lobbying Activities.’’ Although the CD–

512 is intended for the use of primary

recipients and should not be transmitted

to NIST, the SF–LLL submitted by any

tier recipient or subrecipient should be

forwarded in accordance with the

instructions contained in the award

document.

(i) False Statements. A false statement

on any application for funding under

ATP may be 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.

(j) Intergovernmental Review. The

ATP does not involve the mandatory

payment of any matching funds from

state or local government and does not

affect directly any state or local

government. Accordingly, the

Department of Commerce has

determined that Executive Order 12372,

‘‘Intergovernmental Review of Federal

Programs’’ is not applicable to this

program.

(k) American-Made Equipment and

Products. Proposers are hereby notified

that they are encouraged, to the greatest

extent practicable, to purchase

American-made equipment and

products with the funding provided

under this program in accordance with

Congressional intent.

(l) Paperwork Reduction Act. This

notice contains collection of

information requirements subject to the

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), which

have been approved by the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB Control

Nos. 0693–0009 and 0348–0046).

Notwithstanding any other provision of

the law, no person is required to

respond to, nor shall any person be

subject to a penalty for failure to comply

with a collection of information, subject

to the requirements of the PRA, unless

that collection of information displays a

currently valid OMB Control No.

(m) If a proposer’s proposal is judged

to be of high enough quality to be

invited in for an oral review, ATP

reserves the right to submit a list of

questions to the proposer that must be

addressed at the oral review.

(n) There are certain types of projects

that ATP will not fund because they are

inconsistent with the ATP mission.

These include:

(1) Straightforward improvements of

existing products of product

development.

(2) Projects that are predominately

basic research.

(3) Pre-commercial scale

demonstration projects where the

emphasis is on demonstration that some

technology works on a large scale rather

than on R&D.

(4) Projects involving military

weapons R&D or R&D that is of interest

only to some mission agency rather than

to the commercial marketplace.

(5) Projects that ATP believes would

likely be completed with or without

ATP funds in the same time frame or

nearly the same time frame.

(o) Certain costs that may be allowed

in Federal financial assistance programs

are not eligible for funding under ATP

awards. Section E of the Proposal

Preparation Kit lists these costs.

Dated: December 9, 1997.

Elaine Bunten-Mines,

Director, Program Office.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

Small-craft Facility Questionnaire

ACTION: Proposed collection; comment

request.

SUMMARY: The Department of

Commerce, as part of its continuing

effort to reduce paperwork and

respondent burden, invites the general

public and other Federal agencies to

take this opportunity to comment on

proposed and/or continuing information

collections, as required by the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Pub.

L. 104–13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)).
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DATES: Written comments must be

submitted on or before February 13,

1998.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to Linda Engelmeier, Departmental

Forms Clearance Officer, Department of

Commerce, Room 5327, 14th and

Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington

DC 20230.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or

copies of the information collection

instrument(s) and instructions should

be directed to Lynn Preston, N/CS26,

Station 7350, 1315 East-West Highway,

Silver Spring, MD 20910–3282 (301–

713–2735, ext. 123).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

NOAA’s National Ocean Service

produces nautical charts to ensure safe

navigation. Small-craft charts are

designed for recreational boaters and

include information on local marina

facilities and the services they provide

(fuel, repairs, etc.). NOAA must collect

information to update the charts.

II. Method of Collection

When a specific chart is to be updated

all currently listed marinas are sent a

form to submit additions or corrections.

Forms are also made available at boat

shows for new marinas, which can also

request a form from NOAA directly.

III. Data

OMB Number: 0648–0021.

Form Number: NOAA Form 77–1.

Type of Review: Regular Submission.

Affected Public: Businesses and other

for-profit organizations (small-craft

facilities).

Estimated Number of Respondents:

1,600.

Estimated Time Per Response: 8

minutes.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 213.

Estimated Total Annual Cost to

Public: $0.

IV. Request for Comments

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether

the proposed collection of information

is necessary for the proper performance

of the functions of the agency, including

whether the information shall have

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden

(including hours and cost) of the

proposed collection of information; (c)

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the

burden of the collection of information

on respondents, including through the

use of automated collection techniques

or other forms of information

technology.

Comments submitted in response to

this notice will be summarized and/or

included in the request for OMB

approval of this information collection;

they also will become a matter of public

record.

Dated: December 9, 1997.

Linda Engelmeier,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office

of Management and Organization.

(FR Doc. 97–32687 Filed 12–12–97; 8:45

a.m.)

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

Northeast Region Federal Fisheries

Permit Family of Forms

ACTION: Proposed collection; comment

request.

SUMMARY: The Department of

Commerce, as part of its continuing

effort to reduce paperwork and

respondent burden, invites the general

public and other Federal agencies to

take this opportunity to comment on

proposed and/or continuing information

collections, as required by the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Pub.

L. 104–13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)).

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted on or before February 13,

1998.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to Linda Engelmeier, Departmental

Forms Clearance Officer, Department of

Commerce, Room 5327, 14th and

Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington,

DC 20230.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or

copies of the information collection

instrument(s) and instructions should

be directed to Paul H. Jones, NMFS, 1

Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930,

(978) 281–9273.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

Under Amendment 5 and

Amendment 7 to the Northeast

Multispecies Fishery Management Plan

(FMP) and by Amendment 4 Sea Scallop

FMP, VMS (Vessel Monitoring System)

monitoring is considered to be one of

the major tools for the monitoring and

enforcement of the days-at-sea (DAS)

management system. Certain categories

of limited access scallop and

multispecies vessels must use a VMS

unit while fishing under the DAS

program when VMS vendors are

certified by the National Marine

Fisheries Service (NMFS) for the

purposes of monitoring DAS under the

multispecies and scallop regulations.

This submission discusses VMS use on

scallop and multispecies vessels to meet

OMB’s requirement for a cost study

prior to actually making the VMS

requirement mandatory.

II. Method of Collection

Full-time and part-time scallop

limited access and multispecies

individual DAS limited access permit

holders will be required to submit to

NMFS proof of installation of VMS unit

by a NMFS certified VMS vendor on the

vessel.

III. Data

OMB Number: 0648–0202.

Form Number: None.

Type of Review: Regular Submission.

Affected Public: Individuals,

businesses or other for-profit

(fishermen).

Estimated Number of Respondents:

442.

Estimated Time Per Response: 0.03.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 14.73.

Estimated Total Annual Cost to

Public: $221.

IV. Request for Comments

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether

the proposed collection of information

is necessary for the proper performance

of the functions of the agency, including

whether the information shall have

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden

(including hours and cost) of the

proposed collection of information; (c)

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the

burden of the collection of information

on respondents, including through the

use of automated collection techniques

or other forms of information

technology.

Comments submitted in response to

this notice will be summarized and/or

included in the request for OMB

approval of this information collection;

they also will become a matter of public

record.

Dated: December 9, 1997.

Linda Engelmeier,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office

of Management and Organization.

[FR Doc. 97–32688 Filed 12–12–97; 8:45 am]

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