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reasonable costs of damage assessment

and restoration activities under

CERCLA, OPA, and the NMSA. Within

the constraints of these legal provisions

and their regulatory applications, the

DARP has the discretion to develop

indirect cost rates for its component

organizations and formulate policies on

the recovery of indirect cost rates

subject to its requirements.

The DARP’s Indirect Cost Effort

In December 1998, the DARP hired

the public account firm Rubino &

McGeehin, Chartered (R&M), to: (1)

Evaluate the cost accounting system and

allocation practices; (2) recommend the

appropriate indirect cost allocation

methodology; and, (3) determine the

indirect cost rates for the three

organizations that comprise the DARP.

The DARP requested an anlysis of its

indirect costs for fiscal years (FY) where

cost information was considered

adequate to conduct such an analysis.

Consequently, indirect cost rates were

developed for the DAC and GCNR for

FYs 1993 through 1999, and for the RC

for FYs 1997 through 1999 (see Table

below). The goal was to develop the

most appropriate indirct cost rate

allocation methodology and rates for

each of the DARP component

organizations.

R&M concluded that the cost

accounting system and allocation

practices of the DARP component

organizations are consistent with

Federal accounting requirements. R&M

also determined that the most

appropriate indirect allocation method

was the Direct Labor Cost Base for all

three DARP component organizations.

The Direct Labor Cost Base is computed

by allocating total indirect cost over the

sum of direct labor dollars plus the

application of NOAA’s leave surcharge

and benefits rates to direct labor. The

indirect costs rates that R&M computed

for each of the three DARP component

organizations were further assessed as

being fair and equitable. A report on

R&M’s effort, their assessment of the

DARP’s cost accounting system and

practice, and their determination

respecting the most appropriate indirect

cost methodology and rates can be

found on the DARP web site at:

www.darp.noaa.gov. The report is

entitled ‘‘Indirect Cost Rates Incurred by

the National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration Damage Assessment and

Restoration Program.’’

The DARP’s Indirect Cost Policy

The DARP will include the costs of

program policy work and techniques

and methods development in indirect

cost pools of its component

organizations, but will monitor these

activities annually to control costs. The

indirect cost pools also include the cost

of general management and

administrative support and

preparedness for spill response work.

The DARP will apply the revised rates

recommended by R&M for the

respective fiscal years for each of the

DARP component organizations as

provided in the following table:

DARP unit

Fiscal years (FY) (in percent)

FY93 FY94 FY95 FY96 FY97 FY98 FY99

DAC ...................................................................................... 226.63 247.83 285.33 306.58 250.08 249.81 161.33

RC ........................................................................................ N/A N/A N/A N/A 139.70 142.82 203.24

GCNR ................................................................................... 107.10 107.24 147.05 286.82 173.30 191.12 239.08

N/A—Not applicable. Rates were not calculated for these years.

The revised rates identified in this

policy will be applied to all damage

assessment and restoration case costs as

of October 1, 2000, using the Direct

Labor Cost Base allocation methodology.

For cases that have settled and for cost

claims paid prior to October 1, 2000, the

DARP will not re-open any resolved

matters for the purpose of applying the

revised rates in this policy. For cases

not settled and not cost claims not paid

prior to October 1, 2000, costs will be

recalculated using the revised rates in

this policy. The DARP will use the FY

1999 rates for future fiscal years until

year-specific rates can be developed.

Dated: December 1, 2000.

Margaret Davidson,

Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services

and Coastal Zone Managmenet.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

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Endangered Species; Permits

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Receipt of application for an

enhancement permit (1273); issuance of

permits (1254).

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the

following actions regarding permits for

takes of endangered and threatened

species for the purposes of scientific

research and/or enhancement: NMFS

has received a permit application from

the North Carolina Aquarium Division

(NCAD)(1273); NMFS has issued permit

1254 to Central Hudson Gas& Electric

Corporation/Dynergy Danskammer,

L.L.C.& Dynergy Roseton, L.L.C. (CHGE/

DD & DR) (1254).

DATES: Comments or requests for a

public hearing on any of the new

applications or modification requests

must be received at the appropriate

address or fax number no later than 5

p.m. eastern standard time on January 8,

2001.

ADDRESSES: Written comments on any of

the new applications or modification

requests should be sent to the

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Comments may also be sent via fax to

the number indicated for the application

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not be accepted if submitted via e-mail

or the Internet. The applications and

related documents are available for

review in the indicated office, by

appointment:

For permits (1273, 1254), Endangered

Species Division, Office of Protected

Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-West

Highway, Silver Spring, MD, 20910 301-

713-1401.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

permits 1273: Terri Jordan, Silver

Spring, MD (ph: 301-713-1401, fax: 301-

713-0376, e-mail:

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Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16

U.S.C. 1531-1543) (ESA), is based on a

finding that such permits/modifications:

(1) are applied for in good faith; (2)

would not operate to the disadvantage

of the listed species which are the

subject of the permits; and (3) are

consistent with the purposes and

policies set forth in section 2 of the

ESA. Authority to take listed species is

subject to conditions set forth in the

permits. Permits and modifications are

issued in accordance with and are

subject to the ESA and NMFS

regulations governing listed fish and

wildlife permits (50 CFR parts 222-226).

Those individuals requesting a

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notice should set out the specific

reasons why a hearing on that

application would be appropriate (see

ADDRESSES). The holding of such

hearing is at the discretion of the

Assistant Administrator for Fisheries,

NOAA. All statements and opinions

contained in the permit action

summaries are those of the applicant

and do not necessarily reflect the views

of NMFS.

Species Covered in This Notice

The following species and

evolutionarily significant units (ESU’s)

are covered in this notice:

Sea Turtles

Fish

Shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser

brevirostrum).

New Applications Received

Application 1273: The North Carolina

Aquarium Division proposes to

continue to maintain 17 endangered

shortnose sturgeon for the purposes of

public education through species

enhancement as identified in the Final

Recovery Plan for Shortnose Sturgeon.

Permits and Modifications Issued

Permit 1254: Notice was published on

June 28, 2000 (65 FR 39869) that Central

Hudson Gas& Electric Corporation/

Dynergy Danskammer, L.L.C.& Dynergy

Roseton, L.L.C. applied for a scientific

research permit (1254). The applicant

has requested a scientific research

permit to conduct a monitoring study as

part of an incidental take permit for the

operation of the Roseton and

Danskammer Point power plants. The

applicant will be collecting larvae,

juvenile and adult shortnose sturgeon in

various location in the Hudson River

between the estuary and River mile 65.

Permit 1254 was issued on November

29, 2000, authorizing take of listed

species. Permit 1254 expires August 31,

2005.

Dated: December 1, 2000.

Wanda L. Cain,

Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office

of Protected Resources, National Marine

Fisheries Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army

Corps of Engineers; Grant of Partially

Exclusive License

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,

DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In accordance with 37 CFR

404.7(b)(1)(i), announcement is made of

a prospective partially exclusive license

of U.S. Patent No. 5,202,034 entitled

‘‘Apparatus and Method for Removing

Water from Aqueous Sludges,’’ issued

April 13, 1993.

DATES: Written objections must be filed

not later than February 5, 2001.

ADDRESSES: United States Army Corps

of Engineers Research and Development

Center, Cold Regions Research and

Engineering Laboratory, ATTN: CEERD–

RV–1 (Ms. Sharon Borland), 72 Lyme

Road, Hanover, NH 03755–1290.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Sharon Borland, ATTN: CEERD–RV–1;

(603) 646–4735, FAX (603) 646–4448;

Internet

Sharon.L.Borland@erdc.usace.army.mil;

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Research

and Development Center, Cold Regions

Research and Engineering Laboratory,

72 Lyme Road, Hanover, NH 03755–

1290

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Patent No.

5,202,034 entitled ‘‘Apparatus and

Method for Removing Water from

Aqueous Sludges,’’ issued April 13,

1993. The concrete armor unit was

invented by Dr. C. James Martel. The

United States of America owns the

rights to this technology. The United

States of America as represented by the

Secretary of the Army intends to grant

a partially exclusive license for all fields

of use, in the manufacture, use, and sale

of the patented technology in the

territories and possessions of the U.S.A.

and Canada, and in the field of use in

the pulp and paper industry globally, to

3131807 Canada, Inc., a consortium

comprising two companies: Le Groupe

STEICA, Inc. of Sherbrooke, Quebec,

and BESTH20, Inc. of La Prairie,

Quebec, with principal offices at 170,

rue des Pivoines, Le Prairie, Quebec,

Canada J5R 5J6. Pursuant to 37 CFR

404.7(b)(1)(i), any interested party may

file a written objection to this

prospective exclusive license

agreement.

Richard L. Frenette,

Counsel.

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