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Notices Federal Register

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Vol. 70, No. 183 

Thursday, September 22, 2005 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[Docket No: 030602141–5241–24; I.D. 

061505A] 

RIN 0648–ZB55 

Availability of Grants Funds for Fiscal 

Year 2006; Extension of Application 

Deadline 

AGENCY: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: NOAA publishes this notice 

to extend the solicitation period on the 

Community-based Marine Debris 

Prevention and Removal Project Grants 

and the Research in Satellite 

Oceanography grant both of which were 

originally announced in the Federal 

Register on June 30, 2005. The 

solicitation periods for these programs 

were extended to provide the public 

more time to submit proposals. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NOAA 

publishes this notice to extend the 

solicitation period on the following 

initiatives originally announced in the 

Federal Register on June 30, 2005(70 FR 

37766): 

National Marine Fisheries Service 

1. Community-based Marine Debris 

Prevention and Removal Project Grants 

(NMFS-HCPO–2006–2000351). NOAA 

extends the solicitation period from 

October 12, 2005 to December 12, 2005 

to provide the public more time to 

submit proposals. All other 

requirements for this solicitation remain 

the same. 

DATES: Applications should be 

submitted via www.grants.gov, and 

must be received by grants.gov no later 

than 11:59 PM EST on December 12, 

2005. No facsimile or electronic mail 

applications will be accepted. 

ADDRESSES: The address for submitting 

proposals electronically is: http:// 

www.grants.gov/. Electronic submission 

is strongly encouraged. Applications 

should be submitted via 

www.grants.gov. If grants.gov cannot 

reasonably be used, applications must 

be postmarked, or provided to a delivery 

service and documented with a receipt, 

by December 12, 2005. NOAA 

Restoration Center, NOAA Fisheries, 

Office of Habitat Conservation (F/HC3), 

1315 East West Highway, Silver Spring, 

MD 20910. ATTN: MDP Project 

Applications. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Elizabeth Fairey Liz.Fairey@noaa.gov or 

301- 713–3459) or Robin Bruckner 

Robin.Bruckner@noaa.gov or 301–713– 

0174). 

National Environmental Satellite, Data, 

and Information Service (NESDIS) 

1. Research in Satellite Oceanography 

(NESDIS-NESDISPO–2006–2000342) 

NOAA extends the solicitation period 

from September 23, 2005 to October 21, 

2005 to provide the public more time to 

submit proposals. All other 

requirements for this solicitation remain 

the same. 

DATES: Proposals must be received no 

later than 4:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight 

Time, October 21, 2005. 

ADDRESSES: The standard NOAA 

application package is available at: 

http://www.grants.gov. For applicants 

without Internet access, an application 

package may be received by contacting 

Kathy LeFevre, NOAA/NESDIS 5200 

Auth Road, Room 701, Camp Springs, 

Maryland 20746, or by phone at 301– 

763–8127 X103, or via email at 

Kathy.Lefevre@noaa.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kathy LeFevre, NOAA/NESDIS 5200 

Auth Road, Room 701, Camp Springs, 

Maryland 20746, or by phone at 301– 

763–8127 X103, or via email at 

Kathy.Lefevre@noaa.gov. 

Limitation of Liability 

Funding for programs listed in this 

notice is contingent upon the 

availability of Fiscal Year 2006 

appropriations. Applicants are hereby 

given notice that funds have not yet 

been appropriated for the programs 

listed in this notice. In no event will 

NOAA or the Department of Commerce 

be responsible for proposal preparation 

costs if these programs fail to receive 

funding or are cancelled because of 

other agency priorities. Publication of 

this announcement does not oblige 

NOAA to award any specific project or 

to obligate any available funds. 

Universal Identifier 

Applicants should be aware that they 

are required to provide a Dun and 

Bradstreet Data Universal Numbering 

System (DUNS) number during the 

application process. See the October 30, 

2002 Federal Register, Vol. 67, No. 210, 

pp. 66177B66178, for additional 

information. Organizations can receive a 

DUNS number at no cost by calling the 

dedicated toll-free DUNS Number 

request line at 1–866–705–5711 or via 

the internet (http:// 

www.dunandbradstreet.com ). 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) 

NOAA must analyze the potential 

environmental impacts, as required by 

the National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA), for applicant projects or 

proposals which are seeking NOAA 

federal funding opportunities. Detailed 

information on NOAA compliance with 

NEPA can be found at the following 

NOAA NEPA website: http:// 

www.nepa.noaa.gov/, including our 

NOAA Administrative Order 216–6 for 

NEPA, http://www.nepa.noaa.gov/ 

NAO216l6lTOC.pdf, and the Council 

on Environmental Quality 

implementation regulations, http:// 

ceq.eh.doe.gov/nepa/regs/ceq/ 

toclceq.htm Consequently, as part of 

an applicant’s package, and under their 

description of their program activities, 

applicants are required to provide 

detailed information on the activities to 

be conducted, locations, sites, species 

and habitat to be affected, possible 

construction activities, and any 

environmental concerns that may exist 

(e.g., the use and disposal of hazardous 

or toxic chemicals, introduction of nonindigenous species, impacts to 

endangered and threatened species, 

aquaculture projects, and impacts to 

coral reef systems). In addition to 

providing specific information that will 

serve as the basis for any required 

impact analyses, applicants may also be 

requested to assist NOAA in drafting of 

an environmental assessment, if NOAA 

determines an assessment is required. 

Applicants will also be required to 

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cooperate with NOAA in identifying 

feasible measures to reduce or avoid any 

identified adverse environmental 

impacts of their proposal. The failure to 

do so shall be grounds for not selecting 

an application. In some cases if 

additional information is required after 

an application is selected, funds can be 

withheld by the Grants Officer under a 

special award condition requiring the 

recipient to submit additional 

environmental compliance information 

sufficient to enable NOAA to make an 

assessment on any impacts that a project 

may have on the environment. 

The Department of Commerce PreAward Notification Requirements for 

Grants and Cooperative 

Agreements contained in the Federal 

Register notice of December 30, 2004 

(69 FR 78389), are applicable to this 

solicitation. 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

This document contains collection-ofinformation requirements subject to the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). The 

use of Standard Forms 424, 424A, 424B, 

SF-LLL, and CD–346 has been approved 

by the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) under the respective 

control numbers 0348–0043, 0348–0044, 

0348–0040, 0348–0046, and 0605–0001. 

Notwithstanding any other provision of 

law, no person is required to respond to, 

nor shall any person be subject to a 

penalty for failure to comply with, a 

collection of information subject to the 

requirements of the PRA unless that 

collection of information displays a 

currently valid OMB control number. 

Executive Order 12866 

This notice has been determined to be 

not significant for purposes of Executive 

Order 12866. 

Executive Order 13132 (Federalism) 

It has been determined that this notice 

does not contain policies with 

Federalism implications as that term is 

defined in Executive Order 13132. 

Administrative Procedure Act/ 

Regulatory Flexibility Act 

Prior notice and an opportunity for 

public comment are not required by the 

Administrative Procedure Act or any 

other law for rules concerning public 

property, loans, grants, benefits, and 

contracts (5 U.S.C. 553(a)(2)). Because 

notice and opportunity for comment are 

not required pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553 or 

any other law, the analytical 

requirements of the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) are 

inapplicable. Therefore, a regulatory 

flexibility analysis has not been 

prepared. 

Dated: September 19, 2005. 

Helen Hurcombe, 

Director Acquisition and Grants Office, 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 05–18963 Filed 9–21–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[I.D. 091605D] 

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meetings 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meetings. 

SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery 

Management Council to convene a 

meeting of its Ad Hoc Red Snapper 

Advisory Panel (AHRSAP). 

DATES: The meeting will be on October 

13, 2005, from 8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Quorum Hotel Tampa, 700 North 

Westshore Boulevard, Tampa, FL 33609, 

telephone 813.289.8200. 

Council address: Gulf of Mexico 

Fishery Management Council, 2203 

North Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa, 

FL 33607. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Wayne E. Swingle, Executive Director, 

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management 

Council; telephone: 813.348.1630. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Gulf 

of Mexico Fishery Management Council 

(Council) will convene a meeting of its 

Ad Hoc Red Snapper Advisory Panel 

(AHRSAP) to review draft Amendment 

26 to the Reef Fish Fishery Management 

Plan (FMP) that contains alternatives to 

establish an individual fishing quota 

(IFQ) program for the commercial red 

snapper fishery in the Gulf of Mexico 

that has been declared to be overfished 

and undergoing overfishing. The IFQ 

program is being considered to address 

existing and emerging problems 

resulting from overcapitalization in this 

fishery while it recovers. Actions being 

considered as part of the IFQ program 

include: its duration; eligibility for 

shares; initial allocation of shares; 

potential caps and/or restrictions on 

shares; and transferability of shares. 

Other actions being considered include: 

whether or not shares must be used; 

how adjustments to the commercial 

quota will affect allocations and shares; 

the possible requirement of vessel 

monitoring systems (VMS) on 

participating vessels; and a cost 

recovery plan. The AP will review this 

amendment and provide 

recommendations for the Council’s Reef 

Fish Management Committee to review 

at their November 14 17, 2005 meeting. 

Although other non-emergency issues 

not on the agendas may come before the 

AP for discussion, in accordance with 

the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act (MSFCMA), those issues may not be the 

subject of formal action during these 

meetings. Actions of the AP will be 

restricted to those issues specifically 

identified in the agendas and any issues 

arising after publication of this notice 

that require emergency action under 

Section 305(c) of the M-SFCMA, 

provided the public has been notified of 

the Council’s intent to take action to 

address the emergency. The established 

times for addressing items on the 

agenda may be adjusted as necessary to 

accommodate the timely completion of 

discussion relevant to the agenda items. 

In order to further allow for such 

adjustments and completion of all items 

on the agenda, the meeting may be 

extended from, or completed prior to 

the date established in this notice. 

Special Accommodations 

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to Dawn Aring at the 

Council (see ADDRESSES) at least 5 

working days prior to the meeting. 

Dated: September 16, 2005. 

Emily Menashes, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries service. 

[FR Doc. E5–5150 Filed 9–21–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[I.D. 091605E] 

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meetings 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meetings. 

SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery 

Management Council to convene a joint 

meeting of the Standing and Special