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OCRM, NMFS, and DOI will make the

final funding allocations for each

jurisdiction. The Federal agency team

will review the draft applications and

will provide comments to each

applicant. These comments will include

input from individuals with coral reef

and fisheries management experience.

The Federal agency team will then

review the final complete applications

and make final decisions on the funding

to be awarded to each jurisdiction based

on the score that each application

receives as a result of the application of

the criteria listed in subsection (11)

above.

If one or more jurisdictions are

ineligible to receive an award, NOAA

and DOI will consult with the

individual members of the All Islands

Group on the use of those residual

funds. NOAA and DOI will work with

each jurisdiction to ensure the greatest

degree of success in meeting that

island’s objectives.

Other Requirements

(1) 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

financial assistance awards. Applicants

must use the standard NOAA grants

application package, available from

OCRM or the NOAA Grants

Management Division, with the

exception of draft applications, which

should, at a minimum, include basic

information on task descriptions and

costs. Final complete applications must

meet all requirements contained in this

notice.

(2) Past Performance—Unsatisfactory

performance under prior Federal awards

may result in an application not being

considered for funding.

(3) Pre-award Activities—If applicants

incur any costs prior to an award being

made, they do so 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.

(4) No Obligation for Future

Funding—If an 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.

(5) Delinquent Federal Debts—No

award of Federal funds shall be made to

an applicant who has an outstanding

delinquent Federal debt until either:

(a) The delinquent account is paid in

full,

(b) A negotiated repayment schedule

is established and at least one payment

is received, or

(c) Other arrangements satisfactory to

DOC are made.

(6) 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,’’ and the following

explanations hereby provided:

(a) 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;

(b) Drug Free Workplace—Grantees

(as defined at 15 CFR part 26, section

605) are subject to 15 CFR part 26,

subpart F, ‘‘Government Requirements

for Drug-Free Workplace (Cooperative

agreements),’’ and the related section of

certification form prescribed above

applies;

(c) Anti-Lobbying—Persons (as

defined at 15 CFR part 26, 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

cooperative agreements, 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

(d) 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.

(7) Lower Tier Certifications—

Recipients shall require applicants/

bidders for sub awards, 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 award

document.

(8) 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.

(9) This notice has been determined to

be not significant for purposes of

Executive Order 12866.

(10) This notice does not involve

collection-of-information requirements

subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act.

(11) This rule does not contain

policies with Federalism impacts as that

term is defined in Executive Order

13132.

Dated: June 21, 2001.

Ted Lillestolen,

Deputy Assistant Administrator for Ocean

Services and Coastal Zone Management,

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 061901C]

International Whaling Commission;

Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

SUMMARY: NOAA makes use of a public

Interagency Committee to assist in

preparing for meetings of the

International Whaling Commission

(IWC). This notice defines guidelines for

participating on the Committee and

provides a tentative schedule of

meetings and of important dates.

DATES: The July 6, 2001, Interagency

Meeting will be held at 2 p.m. See

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for the

schedule for the 2001 IWC annual

meeting.

ADDRESSES: The July 6, 2001, meeting

will be held in Room B841–A, Herbert

C. Hoover Building, Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Cathy Campbell, (301) 713–2322

Extension 141.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

purpose of the July 6, 2001, Interagency

Committee meeting is to review recent

events relating to the IWC and to

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discuss U.S. positions for the 2001 IWC

annual meeting.

The Secretary of Commerce is charged

with the responsibility of discharging

the obligations of the United States

under the International Convention for

the Regulation of Whaling, 1946. The

U.S. Commissioner to the IWC has

primary responsibility for the

preparation and negotiation of U.S.

positions on international issues

concerning whaling and for all matters

involving the IWC. He is staffed by the

Department of Commerce and assisted

by the Department of State, the

Department of the Interior, the Marine

Mammal Commission, and by other

interested agencies.

Each year, NOAA conducts meetings

and other activities to prepare for the

annual meeting of the IWC. The major

purpose of the preparatory meetings is

to provide input in the development of

policy by individuals and nongovernmental organizations interested

in whale conservation. NOAA believes

that this participation is important for

the effective development and

implementation of U.S. policy

concerning whaling. Any person with

an identifiable interest in whale

conservation policies may participate in

the meetings, but NOAA reserves the

authority to inquire about the interest of

any person who appears at a meeting

and to determine the appropriateness of

that person’s participation. Foreign

nationals and persons who represent

foreign governments may not attend.

These stringent measures are necessary

to promote the candid exchange of

information and to establish the

necessary basis for the relatively open

process of preparing for IWC meetings

that characterizes current practices.

Tentative Meeting Schedule

The schedule for the 2001 IWC annual

meeting is as follows:

July 3–4, 2001 (London, UK): IWC

Scientific Committee Working Groups

and Sub-committees.

July 4–16, 2001 (London, UK): IWC

Scientific Committee.

July 18–21, 2001 (London, UK): IWC

Commission Committees, Subcommittees and Working Groups.

July 23–27, 2001 (London, UK): IWC

53rd Annual Meeting.

Special Accommodations

Department of Commerce meetings

are physically accessible to people with

disabilities. Requests for sign language

interpretation or other auxiliary aids

should be directed to Cathy Campbell

(see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT)

at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.

Dated: June 22, 2001.

Don Knowles,

Director, Office of Protected Resources,

National Marine Fisheries Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Air Force

Federal Advisory Committee for the

End-to-End Review of the U.S. Nuclear

Command and Control System

AGENCY: Department of the Air Force,

DoD.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Public Law 92–

463, notice is hereby given of

forthcoming meetings of the Federal

Advisory Committee for the End-to-End

Review of the U.S. Nuclear Command

and Control System (NCSS). The

purpose of these meetings is to conduct

a comprehensive and independent

review of the NCCS positive measures to

assure authorized use of nuclear

weapons when directed by the President

while assuring against unauthorized or

inadvertent use. This meeting will be

closed to the public.

DATES: July 25–26, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Defense Threat Reduction

Agency Headquarters, 8725 John

Kingman Rd., Fort Belvoir, VA 22060–

6201.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

William L. Jones, U.S. Nuclear

Command and Control System Support

Staff (NSS), Skyline 3, 5201 Leesburg

Pike, Suite 500, Falls Church, Virginia

22041, (703) 681–8681.

Janet A. Long,

Air Force Federal Register Liaison Officer.

[FR Doc. 01–16271 Filed 6–27–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 5001–05–P

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Air Force

Notice of Intent To Grant an Exclusive

Patent License

Pursuant to the provisions of part 404

of Title 37, Code of Federal Regulations,

which implements Public Law 96–517,

as amended, the Department of the Air

Force announces its intention to grant

Hybrid Plastics, Inc., a California

corporation, an exclusive license in U.S.

Patent No. 5,939,576 entitled, ‘‘Method

of Functionalizing Polycyclic Silicones

and the Compounds So Formed,’’ issued

August 17, 1999; U.S. Patent No.

5,942,638 entitled, ‘‘Method of

Functionalizing Polycyclic Silicones

and the Resulting Compounds,’’ issued

August 24, 1999; and U.S. Patent No.

6,100,417 entitled, ‘‘Functionalizing

Olefin Bearing Silsesquioxanes,’’ issued

August 8, 2000.

A license for these patents will be

granted unless a written objection is

received within 60 days from the date

of publication of this Notice.

Information concerning this Notice may

be obtained from Mr. William H.

Anderson, Associate General Counsel

(Acquisition), SAF/GCQ, 1500 Wilson

Blvd., Suite 304, Arlington, VA 22209–

2310. Mr. Anderson can be reached at

703–588–5090 or by fax at 703–588–

8037.

Janet A. Long,

Air Force Federal Register Liaison Officer.

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BILLING CODE 5001–05–U

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection Requests.

AGENCY: Department of Education.

SUMMARY: The Leader, Regulatory

Information Management Group, Office

of the Chief Information Officer, invites

comments on the proposed information

collection requests as required by the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to

submit comments on or before August

27, 2001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of

1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires

that the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) provide interested

Federal agencies and the public an early

opportunity to comment on information

collection requests. OMB may amend or

waive the requirement for public

consultation to the extent that public

participation in the approval process

would defeat the purpose of the

information collection, violate State or

Federal law, or substantially interfere

with any agency’s ability to perform its

statutory obligations. The Leader,

Regulatory Information Management

Group, Office of the Chief Information

Officer, publishes that notice containing

proposed information collection

requests prior to submission of these

requests to OMB. Each proposed

information collection, grouped by

office, contains the following: (1) Type

of review requested, e.g. new, revision,

extension, existing or reinstatement; (2)

Title; (3) Summary of the collection; (4)

Description of the need for, and