3838 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 12 / Thursday, January 19, 1995 / Notices

services rendered. Fees may range from

$10 to $60 per hour based on the gross

receipts of the client’s business.

Anticipated processing time of this

award is 120 days. Executive order

12372, ‘‘Intergovernmental Review of

Federal Programs,’’ is not applicable to

this program. Federal funds for this

project include audit funds for non-CPA

recipients. In event that a CPA firm

wins the competition, the funds

allocated for audits are not applicable.

Questions concerning the preceding

information can be answered by the

contact person indicated above, and

copies of application kits and applicable

regulations can be obtained at the above

address. The collection of information

requirements for this project have been

approved by the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) and assigned OMB

control number 0640–0006.

Awards under this program shall be

subject to all Federal laws, and Federal

and Departmental regulations, policies,

and procedures applicable to Federal

financial assistance awards.

Pre-Award Costs—Applicants are

hereby notified that if they 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 assurance

that an applicant may have received,

there is no obligation on the part of the

Department of Commerce to cover preaward costs.

Outstanding Account Receivable—No

award of Federal funds shall be made to

an applicant who has an outstanding

delinquent Federal debt until either the

delinquent account is paid in full,

repayment schedule is established and

at least one payment is received, or

other arrangements satisfactory to the

Department of Commerce are made.

Name Check Policy—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.

Award Termination—The

Departmental Grants Officer may

terminate any grant/cooperative

agreement in whole or in part at any

time before the date of completion

whenever it is determined that the

award recipient has failed to comply

with the conditions of the grant/

cooperative agreement. Examples of

some of the conditions which can cause

termination are failure to meet costsharing requirements; unsatisfactory

performance of the MBDC work

requirements; and reporting inaccurate

or inflated claims of client assistance.

Such inaccurate or inflated claims may

be deemed illegal and punishable by

law.

False Statements—A false statement

on an application for Federal financial

assistance 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.

Primary Applicant Certifications—All

primary applicants must submit a

completed Form CD–511,

‘‘Certifications Regarding Debarment,

Suspension and Other Responsibility

Matters; Drug-Free Workplace

Requirements and Lobbying.’’

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.

Drug Free Workplace—Grantees (as

defined at 15 CFR Part 26, Section 605)

are subject to 15 CFR Part 26, Subpart

F, ‘‘Governmentwide Requirements for

Drug-Free Workplace (Grants)’’ and the

related section of the certification form

prescribed above applies.

Anti-Lobbying—Persons (as defined at

15 CFR Part 28, Section 105) are subject

to the lobbying provisions of 31 U.S.C.

1352, ‘‘Limitation on use of

appropriated funds to influence certain

Federal contracting and financial

transactions,’’ and the lobbying section

of the certification form prescribed

above applies to 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.

Anti-Lobbying Disclosures—Any

applicant that has paid or will pay for

lobbying using any funds must submit

an SF–LLL, ‘‘Disclosure of Lobbying

Activities,’’ as required under 15 CFR

Part 28, Appendix B.

Lower Tier Certifications—Recipients

shall require applications/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

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

subrecipient should be submitted to

DOC in accordance with the

instructions contained in the award

document.

Buy American-made Equipment or

Products—Applicants are hereby

notified that they are encouraged, to the

extent feasible, to purchase Americanmade equipment and products with

funding provided under this program in

accordance with Congressional intent as

set forth in the resolution contained in

Public Law 103–121, Sections 606 (a)

and (b).

11.800 Minority Business Development

Center

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance)

Dated: January 12, 1995.

Donald L. Powers,

Federal Register Liaison Officer, Minority

Business Development Agency.

[FR Doc. 95–1258 Filed 1–18–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–21–P

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

Evaluation of State Coastal

Management Programs and National

Estuarine Research Reserve

AGENCY: Office of Ocean and Coastal

Resource Management, National Ocean

Service, National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

DOC.

ACTION: Notice of intent to evaluate.

SUMMARY: The NOAA Office of Ocean

and Coastal Resource Management

(OCRM) announces its intent to evaluate

the performance of the New York

Coastal Management Program and the

Jobos Bay (Puerto Rico) National

Estuarine Research Reserve Program.

These evaluations will be conducted

pursuant to section 312 of the Coastal

Zone Management Act of 1972 (CZMA),

as amended. The CZMA requires a

continuing review of the performance of

coastal states with respect to coastal

management. Evaluation of Coastal

Management Programs and National

Estuarine Research Reserves requires

findings concerning the extent to which

a state has met the national coastal

management objectives, adhered to its

Coastal Program or Reserve Management

Plan approved by the Secretary of

Commerce, and adhered to the terms of

financial assistance awards funded

under the CZMA. The evaluations will

include a site visit, consideration of

public comments, and consultations

with interested Federal, State, and local

agencies and members of the public.
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Public meetings are held as part of the

site visits.

Notice is hereby given of the dates of

the site visits for the listed evaluations,

and the dates, local times, and locations

of public meetings during the site visits.

The Jobos Bay National Estuarine

Research Reserve in Puerto Rico site

visit will be from February 27 to March

3, 1995. A public meeting will be held

on Tuesday, February 28, 1995, at 1:30

p.m., at the Department of Natural and

Environmental Resources Auditorium,

Tropical Medicine Building, Puerta de

Tierra, Puerto Rico.

The New York Coastal Management

Program evaluation site visit will be

from March 20 to March 24, 1995. A

public meeting will be held on

Wednesday, March 22, 1995 at 7:30 p.m.

in the State Office Building, Happauge,

Long Island, New York.

The States will issue notice of the

public meeting(s) in a local

newspaper(s) at least 45 days prior to

the public meeting(s), and will issue

other timely notices as appropriate.

Copies of the State’s most recent

performance reports, as well as OCRM’s

notifications and supplemental request

letters to the States, are available upon

request from OCRM. Written comments

from interested parties regarding these

Programs are encouraged and will be

accepted until 15 days after the site

visit. Please direct written comments to

Vickie A. Allin, Chief, Policy

Coordination Division, Office of Ocean

and Coastal Resource Management,

NOS/NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway,

Silver Spring, Maryland 20910. When

the evaluation is completed, OCRM will

place a notice in the Federal Register

announcing the availability of the Final

Evaluation Findings.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Vickie A. Allin, Chief, Policy

Coordination Division, Office of Ocean

and Coastal Resource Management,

NOS/NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway,

Silver Spring, Maryland 20910, (301)

713–3090, ext. 126.

(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog 11.419

Coastal Zone Management Program

Administration)

Dated: January 12, 1995.

W. Stanley Wilson,

Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services

and Coastal Zone.

[FR Doc. 95–1257 Filed 1–18–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–08–M

[Docket No. 950113015–5015–01]

RIN 0648–ZA12

Global Learning and Observations To

Benefit the Environment (GLOBE)

AGENCY: National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration,

COMMERCE (DOC).

ACTION: NOTICE, Competitive

Solicitation for a GLOBE Joint Project

Agreement.

SUMMARY: GLOBE is an international

environmental education and science

program involving students in

kindergarten through twelfth grade (or

equivalent) throughout the world. The

goals of the GLOBE Program are to

enhance the environmental awareness

of individuals worldwide, to increase

scientific understanding of the Earth by

collecting data for use by the

international community of

environmental scientists and others, and

to help all students reach higher

standards in science and mathematics

education. The goals will be

accomplished through a number of

activities, including having students

making environmental observations at

or near their schools. The data resulting

from these observations will be

transmitted through the Internet and

satellite communications for processing.

As these data are processed, global

environmental visualizations will be

created based on the students’

observations and other environmental

information and relayed back to the

students. The data acquired by the

students will also be available through

the Internet to environmental scientists

throughout the world to support their

research.

These goals will be accomplished in

the United States through a partnership

between the Federal Government and

the private sector, and internationally

through partnerships between the

United States and other countries.

This notice solicits proposals for the

private sector partner (‘‘GLOBE Private

Sector Partner’’) for the GLOBE

Program, which must be a non-profit

organization, from private sector nonprofit organizations and from other

respondents that are willing to form

non-profit organizations to enter into a

Joint Project Agreement (‘‘JPA’’) to

solicit and manage private resources to

assist many schools in the U.S. and

overseas to participate in the GLOBE

Program, and to encourage and

coordinate private sector participation

in the GLOBE Program in other ways.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration (NOAA), the lead

agency of the public sector GLOBE

Program (‘‘GLOBE Program’’), which is

a U.S. Government interagency activity

that plans and implements the national

and international GLOBE Program, has

determined that a JPA is the most

effective mechanism to engage in a

partnership with the U.S. Globe Private

Sector Partner, since program goals and

program implementation will be of

mutual interest, and the parties to the

JPA will agree to bear equitable portions

of the costs of the overall program

consistent with their responsibilities.

DATES: Proposals for the GLOBE Joint

Project Agreement to be selected as a

result of this solicitation should be

received by February 21, 1995.

Proposals received after that date may

be considered if a qualified respondent

has not yet been selected when a

proposal is received.

ADDRESSES: Proposals must be sent by

mail to Thomas N. Pyke, Jr., Director,

The GLOBE Program, 744 Jackson Place,

N.W., Washington, D.C. 20503 or

delivered to Director, The GLOBE

Program, The White House, New

Executive Office Building, 725 17th

Street, N.W., Room G–1, Washington,

D.C. 20006. FACSIMILE COPIES ARE

NOT ACCEPTABLE.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Interested respondents should contact

Thomas N. Pyke, Jr., Director, The

GLOBE Program, at (202) 395–7600.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Description of The GLOBE Program

and U.S. Government Involvement

GLOBE is an international

environmental education and science

program involving students in

kindergarten through twelfth grade (or

equivalent) throughout the world,

which will enhance the environmental

awareness of individuals worldwide,

increase scientific understanding of the

Earth by collecting data for use by the

international community of

environmental scientists and others, and

help all students reach higher standards

in science and mathematics education.

In the United States, the public sector

GLOBE program is an interagency effort

led by NOAA, which is an agency of the

U.S. Department of Commerce. The

other Federal agencies involved are the

National Aeronautics and Space

Administration (NASA), the National

Science Foundation (NSF), the

Environmental Protection Agency

(EPA), the Departments of Education

and State; and the Council on

Environmental Quality and the Office of

Science and Technology Policy at the

White House. Over 100 other nations

have expressed an interest in the

GLOBE Program. The first bilateral