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[FR Doc. 00–27822 Filed 10–27–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[Docket No. 000927276-0276-01; I.D. No.

101000CH]

RIN 0648-ZA94

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 NOAA Coastal Services

Center announces the availability of

Federal assistance for Fiscal Year (FY)

2001 in the following areas: Landscape

Characterization and Restoration,

Integration and Development, and

Special Projects. This announcement

provides guidelines for these program

areas and includes details for the

technical program, evaluation criteria,

and selection procedures of each

program. Selected recipients will enter

into either a cooperative agreement with

the Center or receive a grant depending

upon the amount of the Center’s

involvement in the project-- substantial

involvement means a cooperative

agreement, while independent work

requires a grant.

DATES: Each program area has specific

dates for application and proposal

deadlines. Refer directly to that program

area description under SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. Applicants are required to

prepare separate packages for each

proposal submitted.

ADDRESSES: Send all proposals to:

NOAA Coastal Services Center, 2234

South Hobson Avenue, Charleston, SC

29405-2413. Landscape Characterization

and Restoration proposals should be

sent to the attention of Pace Wilber.

Integration and Development proposals

should be sent to the attention of Cindy

Fowler. Special Project proposals

should be sent to the attention of Jan

Kucklick. Upon receipt of proposals, the

Center’s Program Managers must ensure

proposals are time stamped.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Administrative questions should be

directed to Violet Legette, (843)-740-

1222 or Violet. Legette@noaa.gov.

Technical point of contact for

Landscape Characterization and

Restoration is Pace Wilber, (843)-740-

1235 or Pace.Wilber@noaa.gov.

Technical point of contact for

Integration and Development is Cindy

Fowler,(843)-740-1249 or

Cindy.Fowler@noaa.gov. Technical

point of contact for Special Projects,

Special Projectsf or the Pacific Islands,

and Technical Assistantship for the

Pacific Islands is Jan Kucklick, (843)-

740-1279 or Janet.Kucklick@noaa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority

Statutory authority for these programs

is provided under 16 U.S.C. 1456c

(Technical Assistance); 15 U.S.C. 1540

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

1442 (research program respecting

possible long-range effects of pollution,

over fishing, and man-induced changes

of ocean ecosystems); 33 U.S.C. 883a

(surveys and other activities); 33 U.S.C.

883b (dissemination of data); 33 U.S.C.

883c (geomagnetic data collection,

correlation, and dissemination); and 33

U.S.C. 883d (improvement of methods,

instruments, and equipments;

investigations and research).

Compliance

The recipients must comply with

Executive Order 12906 regarding any

and all geospatial data collected or

produced under grants or cooperative

agreements. This includes documenting

all geospatial data in accordance with

the Federal Geographic Data Committee

Content Standard for digital geospatial

data.

Electronic Access

All applicants are required to submit

a NOAA grants application package and

project proposal. The standard NOAA

grants application package (which

includes forms SF-424, SF-424A, SF424B, SF-424C, SF-424D, CD-511, CD512, and SF-LLL) can be obtained from

the NOAA grants Website at http://

www.rdc.noaa.gov/grants/pdf/. Funding

will be subject to the availability of

Federal appropriations.

Minority Serving Institutions

Pursuant to Executive Orders 12876,

12900, and 13021, the Department of

Commerce, National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (DOC/

NOAA) is strongly committed to

broadening the participation of

Historically Black Colleges and

Universities, Hispanic Serving

Institutions, and Tribal Colleges and

Universities in its educational and

research programs. The DOC/NOAA

vision, mission, and goals are to achieve

full participation by Minority Serving

Institutions in order to advance the

development of human potential, to

strengthen the nation’s capacity to

provide high-quality education, and to

increase opportunities for MSIs to

participate in and benefit from Federal

Financial Assistance programs. DOC/

NOAA encourages all applicants to

include meaningful participation of

MSIs.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

The NOAA Coastal Services Center

Program is listed in the Catalog of

Federal Domestic Assistance under

Number 11.473.

General Background

Guiding the conservation and

management of coastal resources is a

primary function of NOAA. NOAA

accomplishes this goal through a variety

of mechanisms, including collaboration

with the coastal resource management

programs of the nation’s states and

territories. The mission of the NOAA

Coastal Services Center (Center) is to

foster and sustain the environmental

and economic well-being of the coast by

linking people, information, and

technology. The goal of the Center is to

build capabilities throughout the nation

to address pressing issues of coastal

health and change by promoting coastal

resource conservation and efficient and

sustainable commercial and residential

development. Landscape

Characterization And Restoration -

Information Resource For A West Coast

United States Watershed

Project Description

NOAA’s Coastal Services Center seeks

proposals from tribal, regional, state, or

local government agencies; academic

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institutions; or nonprofit organizations

for a 2-year cooperative agreement

under which a cooperator and the

Center will jointly develop a digital

information resource for an estuarine

watershed, group of watersheds, or

management area within the states of

California, Oregon, Washington, or

Alaska. Cooperators can choose any

estuarine watershed or coastal

management area within these states.

The information resource must focus on

one or more resource management

needs of the chosen watershed or

management area and emphasize

examinations of ecosystem function

through the integration of physical,

ecological, and socioeconomic analyses.

The cooperator will choose the

management needs that will be focused

on, for example a regional habitat

restoration plan, non-point source

pollution management plan, long-term

dredged material management plan,

species recovery plan, or detailed

environmental description. The

information resource must clearly help

coastal managers make resource

management, regulatory, or land-use

planning decisions. Total anticipated

funding is $270,000 over two years and

is subject to the availability of FY 2001

and FY 2002 appropriations. Only one

award is anticipated from this

announcement.

Background

This announcement is a call for

proposals for work under the Center’s

Landscape Characterization and

Restoration (LCR) Program. The goal of

the program is to help Federal, state,

and local coastal managers include

ecosystem processes in their resource

management, regulatory, and land-use

planning decisions. The program and

program partners will work towards this

goal by examining interrelationships

among ecological, land use, human

demographic, and socioeconomic trends

in coastal watersheds and by developing

tools needed to integrate those

relationships into management

practices.

The program’s principal products are

environmental characterizations of

watersheds that integrate the ecological

and socioeconomic information needed

to address management issues identified

by cooperators. Final products are in a

digital format and distributed via CDROM and the Internet and include a

spatial database, a customized

Geographic Information System

interface, and a narrative that provides

a detailed overview of the focal

management issues, how the

accompanying information was used to

examine potential solutions, and how

the overall product can be used in

future examinations. The program and

its cooperators are currently working on,

or have completed, characterizations of

Otter Island (South Carolina), the ACE

Basin (South Carolina), Kachemak Bay

(Alaska), and Rookery Bay/Belle Meade

(Florida), and coastal Rhode Island.

Overviews of the program and these

projects are available through the

Internet at http://www.csc.noaa.gov/lcr/

.

Roles and Responsibilities

By working in a cooperative

partnership, the unique skills,

capabilities, and experiences of the

Center and the cooperator will be

combined and offer an opportunity for

each organization to further its goals. In

their proposals, potential cooperators

shall explicitly propose the respective

roles and responsibilities of the Center

and the cooperator. General areas of

responsibilities that the Center has had

in past projects include: development of

spatial models, analyses, and data to

address the identified management

issues; design of GIS and HTML

architectures; and compilation of final

products onto a CD-ROM and Internet

site. Any questions about appropriate

roles for the Center can be directed to

Pace.Wilber@noaa.gov.

General areas of responsibility that

cooperators have included the

following: identifying the management

issues that guide development of the

information resource; identifying the

information needed to address the

issues; developing partnerships with

other members of the coastal

management community; developing

and collecting the information (text,

tables, graphics, charts, and maps) and

tools (organizational structure and

models) needed to address the

management issues; developing

metadata; and determining how the

products should be organized to

maximize usefulness within the coastal

management community.

Project Proposals

The Center must receive one original

and two copies of the proposals by 5 pm

(Eastern time) on January 12, 2001.

Proposals postmarked January 12, 2001,

but not received until after January 12,

2001, will not be accepted. In addition

to providing the following information,

the cooperator must submit a complete

NOAA grants package (with signed

originals). No e-mail or fax copies will

be accepted. All project proposals must

total no more than 10 pages (double

spaced, 12-point font, and exclusive of

appendices). Appendices should be

limited to materials that directly

support the main body of the proposal;

e.g., support letters, resumes, lists of

data sources, maps. All appendix

material must be unbound.

All proposals must include the

sections listed here:

Goal, Objective(s), and Geographic

Area. Identify the specific geographic

area that will be examined. Identify the

specific management objective(s) of the

project, including description of current

management goals that are not being

achieved, how products from this

cooperative agreement will significantly

address that deficiency, and the benefits

that will result to the cooperators,

partners, public, and coastal

management community.

Background/Introduction. Provide

sufficient background information for

reviewers to independently assess the

local significance and regional

importance of the management

objectives that will be addressed by the

project. Summarize the status of any

existing efforts by the cooperator and

partners to address these objectives.

Audience. Identify potential users of

the product, how those users will

incorporate the product in their

management of coastal resources, and

identify any training that will be needed

for users to make full use of the

information resource.

Project Description/Methodology.

Provide a general work plan that divides

the project into discrete steps, identifies

critical decision points, and discusses

any obstacles to completing the project

that may require special planning, and

explicitly outlines the respective roles

of the cooperator, partners, and Center.

One of the initial tasks of the

cooperative agreement will be for the

Center and the cooperator to prepare a

detailed task plan that explains how the

resources of all parties will be leveraged

to produce the products. The work plan

requested for this part of the proposal

should demonstrate that the cooperator

and partners have sufficient local

knowledge of the management problems

to lead a innovative effort directed

towards developing appropriate

solutions.

Project Partners and Support. Identify

project partners and describe their

respective roles. Include a letter from

partners acknowledging their

participation in the project. Describe the

resources the cooperators and partners

have for conducting the project,

including personnel qualifications

(education, experience, and time

available to work on the project),

facilities, equipment, and, to the extent

practicable, the information and tools

already available. Describe how widely

the project is supported within the

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coastal management community and

offer evidence of that support.

Milestone Schedule. List target

milestones, time lines, and describe

how each milestone addresses project

objectives.

Project Budget. Provide a detailed

budget description that follows the

categories and formats in the NOAA

grants package and a brief narrative

justification of the budget.

Evaluation Criteria (with Weights) and

Selection Process

Review panels will be established

using two NOAA and at least two nonNOAA reviewers to assist in the

evaluation of the proposals. All

proposals received will be ranked

according to score and the selecting

official (Center Director) will use those

scores to aid in making the final

decision. The selecting official may also

consider program policy factors in the

final decision to ensure that Center

projects are balanced geographically and

institutionally. Evaluation criteria are:

Significance (20 points). How well the

proposal demonstrates the local

significance and regional importance of

the issues(s) or management objective(s)

that will guide development of the

information resource. At a minimum,

the proposal must identify management

goals that currently are not being

achieved, describe how products from

this cooperative agreement will

significantly address that deficiency,

and state the benefits that will result to

the public and coastal management

community.

Technical Approach (25 points). How

well the proposal divides the project

into discrete tasks that make effective

use of the technical capabilities of the

cooperator, partner(s), and Center. This

factor also includes the technical merit

of the process that the cooperator has

outlined for developing the information

resource.

Innovation (25 points). How well the

proposed work will integrate

technology; socioeconomic, physical,

and ecological information; and public

participation to accomplish project

goals and objectives.

Outcomes (10 points). How well the

applicant demonstrates that the project

outcomes will significantly address the

management issue(s) targeted by the

project and that the collective resources

of the applicant and partners will

ensure projected outcomes are met.

Partnerships (10 points). How well

the proposal demonstrates that the

project is broadly supported by the

coastal management community, that a

broad group of coastal managers and

constituent will benefit from

contributing to design and assembly of

product(s); that a broad group of coastal

managers will use the product(s).

Cost Efficiency (10 points). How well

the applicant demonstrates that the

budget is commensurate with project

needs and that the partnerships

employed will improve the overall cost

effectiveness of the project and value of

the products.

Selection Schedule

Proposals will be reviewed once

during the year. The following schedule

lists the dates for the project selection

and award process for grants and/or

cooperative agreements:

Proposal Deadline (with completed

grant package) - January 12, 2001.

Earliest Approximate Grant start date

- August 1, 2001. Note: All deadlines are

for receipt by close of business (5 p.m.

Eastern time) on the dates identified.

Receipt of proposal and grant package

(with original signatures) will be time

stamped. E-mail or fax copies will not

be accepted. One original and two

copies of the proposal and grant

paperwork are required.

Funding Availability

Specific funding available for awards

will be finalized after NOAA funds for

FY 2001 are appropriated. Total funding

available for this cooperative agreement

with the LCR program is anticipated to

be $270,000 over 2 years. One award is

anticipated from this announcement.

Publication of this document does not

obligate NOAA toward any specific

grant or cooperative agreement or to

obligate all or any parts of the available

funds.

Cost Sharing

There is no requirement for cost

sharing in response to these guidelines,

however, proposals that include cost

sharing will likely score highly under

evaluation criteria that examines cost

efficiency.

Eligibility Criteria

Eligible applicants are institutions of

higher educations, hospitals, other nonprofits, commercial organizations,

foreign governments, organizations

under the jurisdiction of foreign

governments, international

organizations, and state, local and

Indian tribal governments. Federal

agencies or institutions are not eligible

to receive Federal assistance under this

announcement, but may be project

partners. Note: Federal agencies or

institutions who are project partners

must demonstrate that they have legal

authority to receive funds from another

Federal agency in excess of their

appropriation. Because this

announcement is not proposing to

procure goods or services from

applicants, the Economy Act (31 U.S.C.

1535) is not an appropriate legal basis.

Authority

Statutory authority for these programs

is provided under 16 U.S.C. 1456c

(Technical Assistance); 15 U.S.C. 1540

(Cooperative Agreements); and 33

U.S.C. 1442 (research program

respecting possible long-range effects of

pollution, overfishing, and man-induced

changes of ocean ecosystems).

Integration And Development -

Bathymetric Data Collection Project

Description

The NOAA Coastal Services Center

seeks proposals from state, local or

regional resource management agencies,

port authorities, and academic

institutions for projects that conduct

new acquisition and supporting

documentation of bathymetric data.

Private companies and agencies in

partnership with the previously

mentioned collaborators are also invited

to submit proposals. The intent of this

program is to support high quality

hydrographic digital data collection

efforts for public resource management

needs and can be used to supplement

current NOAA NOS nautical chart data

collection programs. It is expected that

this funding will supplement agencies

who are already considering

hydrographic surveys for beach

renourishment projects, sand and

sediment transport studies, fisheries

management, benthic habitat

evaluations, dredging, dredge disposal

siting projects, and other related

projects.

A major objective of this program is

to rescue, document, and make available

bathymetric data for marine

applications. The geographic extent of

desired data is from the area (on-shore)

of tidal influence out to the Exclusive

Economic Zone. Maximum anticipated

funding for FY 2001 is $200,000 and it

is intended that this funding will be

distributed amongst multiple projects.

The award level is contingent on

methodology, the level of detail, and the

geographic scope of the project. See

evaluation criteria for cost sharing

requirements.

Background

Under the NOAA, NOS strategic

efforts to support safe navigation,

hydrographic surveys are conducted to

produce nautical charts. For safety

reasons, these surveys are conducted

using strict hydrographic survey

procedures (refer to the following

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Uniform Resource Locator (ULR) for

more information about these

procedures): http://

chartmaker.ncd.noaa.gov/ocs/text/

prodserv.htm .

In addition to its intended charting

purpose, hydrographic survey data is

very useful to the coastal and ocean

resource management community in the

production of bathymetry. Moreover,

hydrographic survey requirements for

resource management need not be as

rigorous as navigation surveys that

protect life and limb. Supporting this

community is an additional mandate of

NOS under its coastal stewardship

strategic goal. Due to financial

constraints, NOS has only been able to

commit to new surveys in major

commercial shipping areas. Near shore

and estuarine areas not generally

deemed a navigational hazard are

currently not routinely surveyed. Many

of these areas are of interest to the

coastal resource managers for projects

related to dredging, dredge disposal,

habitat studies, sediment transport, and

beach renourishment projects.

NOAA is interested in supplementing

its current hydrographic survey data

collection with data from non-NOAA

sources to meet strategic goals. In

addition, NOAA is interested in helping

non-NOAA sources acquire data using

standards and documentation that will

increase the usability and longevity of

the data. NOAA is committed to helping

third-party data creators document and

make these data available to the marine

community using standards and

protocols outlined by the Federal

Geographic Data Committee (FGDC).

Specifically, NOAA is interested in

helping foster the development of high

quality accurate digital bathymetric data

for use in desktop GIS for coastal and

ocean resource management and

updating nautical charts.

Project Proposals

The Center must receive one original

and two copies of the proposals by 5

p.m. (Eastern time) on January 12, 2001.

Proposals postmarked January 12, 2001,

but not received until after January 12,

2001, will not be accepted. In addition

to providing the following information,

the cooperator must submit a complete

NOAA grants package (with signed

originals). No e-mail or fax copies will

be accepted. All project proposals must

total no more than 10 pages (double

spaced, 12-point font, and exclusive of

appendices). Appendices should be

limited to materials that directly

support the main body of the proposal;

e.g., support letters, resumes, lists of

data sources, maps. All appendix

material must be unbound. All projects

proposals must include the sections

listed here:

Project Description/Methodology.

This section should address the general

work plan and deliverables.

Methodology should address specific

methods of data collection and

documentation that as a minimum

include the methods of sounding,

methods of correcting for motion of the

survey platform, methods of horizontal

positioning, and methods of corrections

for tide. In addition, proposal should

include limits of survey area and

density of line spacing and sounding

interval. Proposal should include a

section of chart that outlines the survey

area and orientation to the depth

contour. Database format must be

adequately described and include a

supplemental descriptor file or metadata

that contains the information necessary

for completing an FGDC-compliant

metadata record for the survey.

Project Partners and Subcontractors.

Proposal should identify project

partners and describe their respective

roles. Include a letter from partners and

subcontractors acknowledging their

participation and area of responsibility.

All projects must have a state, local, or

regional coastal resource management

agency as a primary participant.

Milestone Schedule. Proposal should

list target milestones and their

respective time lines.

Project Budget. Proposal should

provide a detailed budget breakdown

that follows the categories and formats

in the NOAA grants package and a brief

narrative that justifies each item.

Evaluation Criteria (With Weights) and

Selection Process

Review panels will be established

using two NOAA and two non-NOAA

experts in the field of hydrographic

survey methodology, tidal correction,

and spatial data acquisition. All

proposals received will be ranked

according to score and the selecting

official (Center Director) will use those

scores to aid in making the final

decision. The selecting official may also

consider program policy factors in the

final decision to ensure Center projects

are balanced geographically and

institutionally. Evaluation criteria are:

Technical Merit (65 points). The

proposal will be judged on the

methodology used to collect the data.

This includes the corrections for vessel

motion (heave, roll and pitch),

equipment used, and method of

sounding, and corrections for tide. It is

expected that differential Global

Positioning System (GPS) will be used

as the method of horizontal positioning,

but this should be specifically

addressed. Though not required, any

corrections for sound velocity (in

shallow water) or settlement and squat

could positively influence this

weighting.

Data Density, Geographic Scope, and

Orientation (10 points). This weighting

will be based on the level of detail of the

survey. Project description should

include a map or graphic that outlines

the intended spatial extent of the

survey, the density of the line spacing

or number of soundings, and the

orientation of the survey platform to the

depth contour.

Data Delivery Mechanism and

Documentation (10 points). Project will

be judged on the database schema and

documentation of the delivered data.

Points will be awarded or deleted for

the inclusion or absence of a coherent

metadata strategy.

Theme (10 points). The purpose or

theme of the survey will be part of the

weighting criteria. As stated earlier, one

of the objectives of the Center is to foster

improved bathymetric data access for

the coastal and ocean resource

community. Projects deemed to fall

within this scope will be given

additional weight. Additional weight

will be given for the project’s

demonstrated applicability to coastal or

ocean resource management.

Cost-Sharing (5 points). There is no

requirement for cost sharing; however,

additional points will be awarded in

proportion to the amount of cost sharing

proposed. Applicant will have to cost

share at least 10 percent to receive 1

point, 20 percent to receive 2 points, 30

percent to receive 3 points, 40 percent

to receive 4 points, and 50 percent to

receive 5 points.

Selection Schedule

Proposals will be reviewed once

during the year. The following schedule

lists the dates for the project selection

and award process for grants and/or

cooperative agreements:

Proposal Deadline (with completed

grant package) - January 12, 2001.

Earliest Approximate Grant Start Date

- August 1, 2001.

Note: All deadlines are for receipt by

close of business (5 p.m. Eastern time)

on the dates identified. Receipt of

proposal and grant package (with

original signatures) will be time

stamped. E-mail or fax copies will not

be accepted. One original and two

copies of the proposal and grant

paperwork are required.

Funding Available

Specific funding available for awards

will be finalized after NOAA funds for

FY 2001 are appropriated. Total funding

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available for this grant or cooperative

agreement with the Integration and

Development program is anticipated to

be no more than $200,000 and funding

will be distributed over multiple

projects. Publication of this notice does

not obligate NOAA toward any specific

grant or cooperative agreement or to

obligate all or any parts of the available

funds.

Cost Sharing

There is no requirement for cost

sharing in response to these guidelines;

however, proposals that include cost

sharing will likely score highly under

the cost sharing criteria noted here.

Eligibility Criteria

Eligible applicants are institutions of

higher educations, hospitals, other nonprofits, foreign governments,

organizations under the jurisdiction of

foreign governments, international

organizations, and state, local and

Indian tribal governments. Commercial

organizations that have a formal

collaborative partnership with a state or

local resource coastal management

office are encouraged to apply. Federal

agencies or institutions are not eligible

to receive Federal assistance under this

notice, but may be project partners.

Note: Federal agencies or institutions

who are project partners must

demonstrate that they have legal

authority to receive funds from another

federal agency in excess of their

appropriation. Because this

announcement is not proposing to

procure goods or services from

applicants, the Economy Act (31 U.S.C.

1535) is not an appropriate legal basis.

Authority

Statutory authority for these programs

is 33 U.S.C. 883a (surveys and other

activities) and 33 U.S.C. 883c

(geomagnetic data; collection,

correlation, and dissemination).

Special Projects

The NOAA Coastal Services Center is

seeking proposals for special technical,

management, or planning projects that

relate to growth management in coastal

areas or human use of coastal resources.

Project proposals are due January 12,

2001, (with earliest start date of August

1, 2001). See Selection Schedule

following. Anticipated funding in FY

2001 will be between $50,000 and

$150,000. Two to six projects will be

funded in the $20,000 to $25,000 range

for 1 year with the potential for option

years (depending on the availability of

funds through the federal appropriation

process). Projects above $25,000 will not

be considered.

Background

The Center conducts a variety of

projects that directly apply to the state

and local coastal management

community. The goal of Special Projects

is to provide assistance to the local

coastal management community for

technical or management issues on

specific topics relating directly to

growth management in coastal areas or

human use of coastal resources.

In FY 2001, the Center expects to

award grants and cooperative

agreements (for those projects with

substantial Center involvement) to

organizations across the United States

with proven abilities to implement

practical solutions at a state and local

level. Proposed study topics must relate

to growth management in coastal areas

or to human use of coastal resources. All

project proposals received that meet the

topic criteria will be reviewed for

technical merit and management

relevance.

Project Proposals

The Center must receive one original

and two copies of the proposals by 5

p.m. (Eastern time) on January 12, 2001.

Proposals postmarked January 12, 2001,

but not received until after January 12,

2001, will not be accepted. In addition

to providing the following information,

the cooperator must submit a complete

NOAA grants package (with signed

originals). No e-mail or fax copies will

be accepted. All project proposals must

total no more than 10 pages (double

spaced, 12-point font, and exclusive of

appendices). Appendices should be

limited to materials that directly

support the main body of the proposal;

e.g., support letters, resumes, lists of

data sources, maps. All appendix

material must be unbound. All projects

proposals must include the sections

listed here:

Goals and Objectives. Identify broad

project goals and quantifiable objectives.

Background/Introduction. State the

problem and summarize existing efforts

at all levels.

Audience. Describe specifics of how

the project will contribute to improving

or resolving an issue with the primary

target audience. The target audience

must be explicitly stated.

Project Description/Methodology.

Describe the specifics of the projects (3

page maximum).

Project Partners. Identify project

partners and their respective roles.

Milestones and Outcomes. List target

milestones, Time lines, and desired

outcomes in terms of products and

services.

Project Budget. Proposal should

provide a detailed budget breakdown

that follows the categories and formats

in the NOAA grant package and a brief

narrative that justifies each item.

Evaluation Criteria (With Weights) and

Selection Process

Review panels will be established

using two NOAA and at least two nonNOAA reviewers to assist in the

evaluation of the proposals. All

proposals received will be ranked

according to score and the selecting

official (Center Director) will use those

scores to aid in making the final

decision. The selecting official also may

consider program policy factors in the

final decision to ensure Center projects

are balanced geographically and

institutionally. Evaluation criteria are:

Management Relevance (30 points)

Does the proposed project (directly or

indirectly) address a critical national,

regional, state, or local management

need relating directly to growth

management of coastal areas or human

use of coastal resources?

Does the project involve partnerships

with the state coastal management

agency, National Estuarine Research

Reserve, and/or National Marine

Sanctuary?

Does the proposed project have a

clearly defined management audience

and do the products have clearly

defined users?

Technical Merit (35 points)

Is the approach technically sound?

Does the proposed project build on

existing knowledge?

Are the project goals and objectives

clear and concise?

Does the proposed project provide for

long-term maintenance or sustainability

of products and services?

Is the approach innovative?

Applicability and Effectiveness of

Products and their Delivery (25 points)

Will the proposed project produce

useful (and easily used) products,

services, or an understanding for the

target audience and users?

Is project time line and project design

likely to be flexible and responsive to

public and user input?

Is an evaluation process built into the

project? Is it appropriate?

Efficiency and Overall Qualifications

(10 points)

Is the budget commensurate with the

project needs?

Are the proposers capable of

conducting a project of the scope and

scale proposed? (i.e., Are there adequate

professional, facility, and administrative

capabilities?)

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Selection Schedule

Proposals will be reviewed once

during the year. The following schedule

lists the dates for the project selection

and award process for grants and/or

cooperative agreements:

Proposal Deadline (with completed

grant package) January 12, 2001.

Earliest Appropriate Grant Start Date

- August 1, 2001

Note: All deadlines are for receipt by

close of business (5 p.m. Eastern time)

on the dates identified. Receipt of

proposal and grant package (with

original signatures) will be time

stamped. E-mail or fax copies will not

be accepted. One original and two

copies of the proposal and grant

paperwork are required.

Funding Availability

Specific funding available for the

award will be finalized after NOAA

funds for FY 2001 are appropriated.

Publication of this document does not

obligate NOAA toward any specific

grant or cooperative agreement or to

obligate all or any parts of the available

funds.

Cost Sharing

There is no requirement for cost

sharing in response to this program

announcement and no additional weight

will be given to proposals with cost

sharing.

Eligibility Criteria

Eligible applicants are institutions of

higher educations, hospitals, other nonprofits, commercial organizations,

foreign governments, organizations

under the jurisdiction of foreign

governments, international

organizations, and state, local and

Indian tribal governments. Federal

agencies or institutions are not eligible

to receive Federal assistance under this

announcement, but may be project

partners.

Note: Federal agencies or institutions

who are project partners must

demonstrate that they have legal

authority to receive funds from another

Federal agency in excess of their

appropriation. Because this

announcement is not proposing to

procure goods or services from

applicants, the Economy Act (31 U.S.C.

1535) is not an appropriate legal basis.

Authority

Statutory Authority for these

programs is provided under 16 U.S.C.

1456C (Technical Assistance).

Special Projects for the Pacific Islands

Project Description

NOAA’s Coastal Services Center is

seeking proposals for special technical,

management, or planning projects that

directly apply to the goals of the Pacific

Island coastal management community.

Projects topics should relate to one or

more of the four themes of the Coastal

Services Center: Habitat, Hazards,

Coastal Communities, or National

Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI).

Project proposals are due January 12,

2001, (with earliest start date August 1,

2001). See ‘‘Selection Schedule’’

following. Anticipated funding in FY

2001 will be between $50,000 and

$500,000. Projects will be funded in the

$25,000 to $75,000 range for 1 year with

the potential for options years

(depending on the availability of funds

through the Federal appropriation

process).

Background

The Coastal Services Center conducts

a variety of projects that directly apply

to the state and local coastal

management community. The goal of

this program is to provide assistance to

the Pacific Island coastal management

community for technical or management

issues on a very broad range of topics

related to coastal resources and their

wise management.

In FY 2001, the Center expects to

award grants and cooperative

agreements (for those projects with

substantial Center involvement) to

organizations with proven abilities to

implement practical solutions in the

Pacific Islands at a state and local level.

Proposed study topics must relate to one

or more of the Center’s themes: Habitat,

Hazards, Coastal Communities, or NSDI.

Project Proposal

The Center must receive one original

and two copies of the proposals by 5

p.m. (Eastern time) on January 12, 2001.

Proposals postmarked January 12, 2001,

but not received until after January 12,

2001, will not be accepted. In addition

to providing the following information,

the cooperator must submit a complete

NOAA grants package (with signed

originals). No e-mail or fax copies will

be accepted. All project proposals must

total no more than 10 pages (double

spaced, 12-point font, and exclusive of

appendices). Appendices should be

limited to materials that directly

support the main body of the proposal;

e.g., support letters, resumes, lists of

data sources, and maps. All appendix

materials must be unbound. All projects

proposals must include the sections

listed here:

Goals and Objectives. Identify broad

project goals and quantifiable objectives.

Background/Introduction. State the

problem and summarize existing efforts

at all levels.

Audience. Describe specifics of how

the project will contribute to improving

or resolving an issue with the primary

target audience. The target audience

must be explicitly stated.

Project Description/Methodology.

Describe the specifics of the projects (3

page maximum).

Project Partners. Identify project

partners and their respective roles.

Milestones and Outcomes. List target

milestones, time lines, and desired

outcomes in terms of products and

services.

Project Budget. Proposal should

provide a detailed budget breakd own

that follows the categories and formats

in the NOAA grant package and a brief

narrative that justifies each item.

Evaluation Criteria (With Weights) and

Selection Process

Review panels will be established

using two NOAA and at least two nonNOAA reviewers to assist in the

evaluation of the proposals. All

proposals received will be ranked

according to score and the selecting

official (Center Director will use those

scores to aid in making the final

decision. The selection official also may

consider program policy factors in the

final decision to ensure Center projects

are balanced geographically and

institutionally.

Evaluation criteria are: Management

Relevance (30 points)

Does the proposed project (directly or

indirectly) address a critical national,

regional, state, or local management

need relating directly to growth

management of coastal areas or human

use of coastal resources?

Does the project involve partnerships

with the state coastal management

agency, National Estuarine Research

Reserve, and/or National Marine

Sanctuary?

Does the proposed project have a

clearly defined management audience

and do the products have clearly

defined users?

Technical Merit (35 points)

Is the approach technically sound?

Does the proposed project build on

existing knowledge?

Are the project goals and objectives

clear and concise?

Does the proposed project provide for

long-term maintenance or sustainability

of products and services?

Is the approach innovative?

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Applicability and Effectiveness of

Products and their Delivery (25 points)

Will the proposed project produce

useful (and easily used) products,

services, or an understanding for the

target audience and users?

Is project time line and project design

likely to be flexible and responsive to

public and user input?

Is an evaluation process built into the

project? Is it appropriate?

Efficiency and Overall Qualifications

(10 points)

Is the budget commensurate with the

project needs?

Are the proposers capable of

conducting a project of the scope and

scale proposed (i.e., Are there adequate

professional, facility, and administrative

capabilities?)

Selection Schedule

Proposals will be reviewed once

during the year. The following schedule

lists the dates for the project selection

and award process for grants and/or

cooperative agreements:

Proposal Deadline (with completed

grant package) - January 12, 2001

Earliest Approximate Grant Start Date

- August 1, 2001

Note: All deadlines are for receipt by

close of business (5 p.m. Eastern time)

on the dates identified. Receipt of

proposal and grant package (with

original signatures) will be time

stamped. E-mail or fax copies will not

be accepted. One original and two

copies of the proposal and grant

paperwork are required.

Funding Available

Specific funding available for awards

will be finalized after NOAA funds for

FY 2001 are appropriated. Publication

of this notice does not obligate NOAA

toward any specific grant or cooperative

agreement or to obligate all or any parts

of the available funds.

Cost Sharing

There are no requirements for cost

sharing in response to this program

announcement and no additional weight

will be given to proposals with cost

sharing.

Eligibility Criteria

Eligible applicants are institutions of

higher educations, hospitals, other nonprofits, commercial organizations,

foreign governments, organizations

under the jurisdiction of foreign

governments, international

organizations, and state, local and

Indian tribal governments. Federal

agencies or institutions are not eligible

to receive Federal assistance under this

notice, but may be project partners.

Note: Federal agencies or institutions

who are project partners must

demonstrate that they have legal

authority to receive funds from another

Federal agency in excess of their

appropriation. Because this

announcement is not proposing to

procure goods or services from

applicants, the Economy Act (31 U.S.C

1535) is not an appropriate legal basis.

Authority

Statutory Authority for these

programs is provided under 16 U.S.C.

1456C (Technical Assistance).

Technical Assistantship For The Pacific

Islands

Project Description

The NOAA Coastal Services Center is

seeking proposals for the development

and administration of 2-year grants to

support post-graduate students working

for the Pacific Island coastal zone

management programs. This includes

those programs in Hawaii, Guam,

American Samoa, and the

Commonwealth of the Northern

Marianas. Project proposals are due

January 12, 2001 (with earliest start date

August 1, 2001). See Selection Schedule

following. Total anticipated funding in

FY 2001 will be between $75,000 and

$300,000. Each assistantship will be

funded in the $75,000 to $100,000 range

to cover both years of one student. It is

anticipated that one to four students

will be placed in FY 2001. There must

be a balance in location of student

placement so that over any given several

year period, all four Pacific coastal zone

management programs will receive a

student.

All project proposals must define how

students will be selected and placed,

must provide a mechanism for

determining where students are placed,

and must include a mechanism to

ensure that the skills and expertise of

the selected students match the needs

and requirements of the selected Pacific

Island coastal zone management

program.

This would be a cooperative

agreement between the Center and the

cooperator for 2 years with the option to

extend for 4 years (depending on the

availability of funds through the Federal

appropriations process).

Background

The goal of this program is to provide

assistance to the Pacific Island coastal

zone management agencies on technical

and management issues that directly

relate to the agencies’ needs and

requirements. This program is

administratively and programmatically

distinct from the NOAA Coastal

Management Fellowship program. In FY

2001, the Center expects to award one

to two cooperative agreements to design,

implement, and administer this

program.

Roles and Responsibilities

These projects are intended to be

cooperative in nature. The following

items identify the minimum project

participation expected by the Center

and the project applicant. Additional

roles and responsibilities should be

identified by the applicant.

Coastal Services Center shall have

primary responsibility for ensuring that

the needs and requirements of the

selected Pacific Island coastal zone

management agency are being met

through this assistantship program. To

this end, the Center will:

Provide information to the applicant

on the needs of the Pacific Island coastal

zone management agency prior to the

recruiting of the assistants, and

Serve as a reviewer on all student

applications to help ensure that the

selected students’ expertise match with

the needs of the Pacific Island coastal

zone management programs. The

applicant shall have primary

responsibility for the following

activities associated with this program:

Design process for recruitment and

selection.

Select Pacific Island coastal zone

management programs(s) for student

placement.

Announce and select assistants.

Support and administer assistants -

This shall include all activities related

to the financial support and

administration of the assistants. These

activities include arranging for and

supporting medical insurance, worker’s

compensation insurance, state and

federal income tax withholdings, and

FICA withholdings; coordinating and

providing reimbursement for moving

expenses, salary disbursement to the

assistants; and coordinating and

supporting and travel for the assistants.

The Coastal Services Center and the

Applicant shall share joint

responsibility for the following

activities associated with this program:

Publicize the program. This shall

include general announcement and

publicity measures to provide general

information about the program, specific

announcements of the selection

processes, and specific announcements

of the results of the selection processes.

Newsletters, facts sheets, Web sites, and

conference poster sessions should all be

considered potential publicity

mechanisms.

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Solicit other partners. To ensure the

continued success and further

development of the program, both

organizations should consider recruiting

other partners to provide financial

support and opportunities for future

assistants.

Project Proposals

The Center must receive one original

and two copies of the proposals by 5

p.m. (Eastern time) on January 12, 2001.

Proposals postmarked January 12, 2001,

but not received until after January 12,

2001, will not be accepted. In addition

to providing the following information,

the cooperator must submit a complete

NOAA grants package (with signed

originals). No e-mail or fax copies will

be accepted. All project proposals must

total no more than 10 pages (doublespaced, 12-point font, and exclusive of

appendices). Appendices should be

limited to materials that directly

support the main body of the proposal;

e.g., support letters, resumes, lists of

data sources, maps. All appendix

material must be unbound. All projects

proposals must include the sections

listed here:

Goals and Objectives. Identify broad

project goals and quantifiable objectives.

Background/Introduction. State the

problem and summarize existing efforts

at all levels.

Audience. Describe specifics of how

the project will contribute to improving

or resolving an issue with the primary

target audience. The target audience

must be explicitly stated.

Project Description/Methodology.

Describe the specifics of the process for

development and administration (4

pages maximum).

Project Partners. Identify project

partners and their respective roles.

Milestones and Outcomes. List target

milestones, time lines, and desired

outcomes in terms of products and

services.

Project Budget. Proposal should

provide a detailed budget breakdown

that follows the categories and formats

in the NOAA grant package and a brief

narrative that justifies each item. Salary,

per diem, travel, and benefits of selected

students must be included in the

budget.

Evaluation Criteria (With Weights) and

Selection Process

Review panels will be established

using two NOAA and at least two nonNOAA reviewers to assist in the

evaluation of the proposals. All

proposals received will be ranked

according to score and the selecting

official (Center Director) will use those

scores to aid in making the final

decision. The selecting official also may

consider program policy factors in the

final decision to ensure Center projects

are balanced geographically and

institutionally. Evaluation criteria are:

Technical Relevance (70 points)

Does the approach identify an

effective mechanism for defining how

students will be selected and placed?

Does the approach identify an

effective mechanism for determining

where students are placed?

Does the approach identify an

effective mechanism for ensuring that

the skills and expertise of the selected

students match the needs and

requirements of the selected Pacific

Island coastal zone management

program?

Is an evaluation process built into the

project? Is it appropriate?

Does the project involve partnerships

with the state coastal management

agency, National Estuarine Research

Reserve, and/or National Marine

Sanctuary?

Efficiency and Overall (30 points)

Is the budget commensurate with the

project needs? on existing knowledge?

Are the proposers capable of

conducting a project of the scope and

scale proposed? (i.e., Are there adequate

professional, facility, and administrative

capabilities?)

Selection Schedule

Special projects will be reviewed once

during the year. The following schedule

lists the dates for the project selection

and award process for grants and/or

cooperative agreements:

Proposal Deadline (with complete

grant package) January 12, 2001. Earliest

Approximate Grant start date August 1,

2001.

Note: All deadlines are for receipt by

close of business (5 p.m. Eastern time)

on the dates identified. Receipt of

proposal and grant package (with

original signatures) will be time

stamped. E-mail or fax copies will not

be accepted. One original and two

copies of the proposal and grant

paperwork are required.

Funding Available

Specific funding available for awards

will be finalized after NOAA funds for

FY 2001 are appropriated. Publication

of this announcement does not obligate

NOAA toward any specific grant or

cooperative agreement or to obligate all

or any parts of the available funds.

Cost Sharing

There is no requirement for cost

sharing in response to this program

announcement and no additional weight

will be given to proposals with cost

sharing.

Eligibility Criteria

Eligible applicants are institutions of

higher educations, hospitals, other nonprofits, commercial organizations,

foreign governments, organizations

under the jurisdiction of foreign

governments, international

organizations, and state, local and

Indian tribal governments. Federal

agencies or institutions are not eligible

to receive federal assistance under this

notice, but may be project partners.

Note: Federal agencies or institutions

who are project partners must

demonstrate that they have legal

authority to receive funds from another

Federal agency in excess of their

appropriation. Because this

announcement is not proposing to

procure goods or services from

applicants, the Economy Act (31 U.S.C.

1535) is not an appropriate legal basis.

Authority

Statutory Authority for these

programs is provided under 16 U.S.C.

1456c (Technical Assistance).

General Information For All Programs

Indirect Costs

The total dollar amount of the indirect

costs proposed in an application under

any of these programs 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

costs dollar amount in the application,

whichever is less. If a rate has not been

established, one will be negotiated by

the Department of Commerce (DOC)

Office of Inspector General.

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.

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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 should an

award not be made or funded at a level

less than requested.

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 of 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 26.105) 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

26.605) are subject to 15 CFR part 26,

subpart F, ‘‘Government-wide

Requirements for Drug-Free Workplace

(Grants)’’ and the related section of the

certification form prescribed here

applies.

Anti-Lobbying

Persons (as defined at 15 CFR 28.105)

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.

Anti-Lobbying Disclosures

Any applicant that has paid or will

pay for lobbying using any funds must

submit an SF-LLL form, ‘‘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 requirements subject to the

PRA. The collection-of-information has

been approved by OMB, OMB Control

Numbers 0348-0041, 0348-0042, 0348-

0043, 0348-0044, 0348-0040, 0348-0046,

and 0605-0001.

Dated: October 23, 2000.

Margaret A. Davidson,

Acting Assistant Administrator for Ocean

Services and Coastal Zone Management.

[FR Doc. 00–27816 Filed 10–27–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE: 3510–22–S

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 102400A]

Development of a Code of Conduct for

Responsible Aquaculture in the United

States Exclusive Economic Zone;

Additional Public Workshops

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public workshops.

SUMMARY: NMFS publishes information

regarding stakeholder input to the

development of a Code of Conduct for

Responsible Aquaculture in the U.S.

Exclusive Economic Zone (Code of

Conduct). It is the purpose of such a

Code of Conduct to provide general

guidance for siting and operating

aquaculture facilities in the Exclusive

Economic Zone (EEZ) seaward of coastal

state boundaries and authorities. NMFS

held stakeholder workshops in Seattle,

WA, Danvers, MA and Galveston, TX in

September, 2000 to gather information

for use in developing a draft Code of

Conduct. Based on stakeholder interest

in other geographic regions, NMFS is

conducting three additional workshops.

The workshops are open to the public.