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rehabilitation and stranding network. 

This information will be used to 

monitor the level of incidental take in 

the state-managed Virginia pound net 

fishery and ensure that the seasonal 

pound net leader restrictions (50 CFR 

223.206(d)(10)) are adequately 

protecting listed sea turtles. Based on 

the number of sea turtle takes 

anticipated in the Virginia pound net 

fishery, the number of responses 

anticipated on an annual basis has 

increased from 441 to 611, and the 

number of burden hours has increased 

from 74 to 102. 

II. Method of Collection 

Reports may be made either by 

telephone or fax. 

III. Data 

OMB Number: 0648–0470. 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

53. 

Estimated Time Per Response: 10 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 102. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $1,833. 

IV. Request for Comments 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden 

(including hours and cost) of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of this information collection; 

they also will become a matter of public 

record. 

Dated: October 17, 2005. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 05–21084 Filed 10–20–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[Docket No. 030602141–5264–27] 

Availability of Grant Funds for Fiscal 

Year 2006 

AGENCY: National Ocean Service (NOS), 

National Oceanic and 

AtmosphericAdministration (NOAA), 

Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; extension of solicitation 

period. 

SUMMARY: The National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration, National 

Ocean Service, publishes this notice to 

amend the competitive solicitation for 

the Ecological Forecasting (ECOFORE) 

program to provide an opportunity for 

commercial entities to submit proposals 

and to extend the solicitation period to 

provide the public more time to submit 

proposals. 

DATES: The new deadline for the receipt 

of proposals is November 18, 2005, for 

both electronic and paper applications. 

ADDRESSES: The address for submitting 

Proposals electronically is: http:// 

www.grants.gov/ (Electronic submission 

is strongly encouraged). Paper 

submissions should be sent to the 

attention of ECOFORE 2006, Center for 

Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research (N/ 

SCI2), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration, 1305 EastWest Highway, SSMC4, 8th Floor 

Station 8243, Silver Spring, MD 20910. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Elizabeth Turner, 603–862–4680, 

elizabeth.turner@noaa.gov 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

program was originally solicited in the 

Federal Register on June 30, 2005, as 

part of the June 2005 NOAA Omnibus 

solicitation (70 FR 37766). The 

ECOFORE component of that Omnibus 

solicitation did not include commercial 

organizations as eligible applicants. 

NOAA has determined that expanding 

the pool of potential applicants to 

include commercial organizations 

would enhance the program’s ability to 

make financial assistance awards to 

recipients with the highest level of 

expertise in atmospheric forecasting. 

The original deadline for receipt of 

proposals was 3 p.m. EST, on October 

25, 2005. In order to allow the expanded 

pool of potential applicants to submit 

proposals, NOAA is extending the 

deadline for the receipt of applications 

to 3 p.m. EST on November 18, 2005, for 

both electronic and paper applications. 

All other requirements for this 

solicitation remain the same. 

Limitation of Liability 

Funding for this program 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 67 FR 66177 

(October 30, 2002) 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 

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an environmental assessment, if NOAA 

determines an assessment is required. 

Applicants will also be required to 

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: October 17, 2005. 

Charles W. Challstrom, 

Acting Assistant Administrator, National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 

National Ocean Service. 

[FR Doc. 05–21089 Filed 10–20–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–JS–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Technology Administration 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; National Medal of 

Technology Nomination Application 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(DOC), as part of its continuing effort to 

reduce paperwork and respondent 

burden, invites the general public and 

other Federal agencies to comment on 

the continuing and proposed 

information collection, as required by 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)). 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before December 20, 

2005. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Diana Hynek, Departmental 

Paperwork Clearance Officer, 

Department of Commerce, Room 6625, 

1401 Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20230 or via the 

Internet (dHynek@doc.gov). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information 

should be directed to the attention of 

Mildred Porter, Director, National 

Medal of Technology Program, 

Technology Administration, 1401 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Room 4817, 

Washington, DC 20230. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

This information collection is critical 

for the Nomination Evaluation 

Committee to determine nomination 

eligibility and merit for selection of the 

Nation’s leading technological 

innovators honored by the President of 

the United States. The National Medal 

of Technology Nomination Application 

solicits nominations that recognize an 

individual’s or company’s extraordinary 

leadership and innovation in 

technological achievement. The 

information is needed in order to 

comply with Pub. L. 96–480 and Pub. L. 

105–309. 

II. Method of Collection 

The nomination forms and 

instructions are electronically posted on 

the National Medal of Technology Web 

site so interested parties can review 

criteria and informational requirements 

at their convenience. The nomination 

forms are available for electronic 

submission to the NMT office via e-mail 

to NMT@technology.gov. 

III. Data 

OMB Number: 0692–0001. 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households; business or other for-profit 

organizations; not-for-profit institutions; 

and Federal Government. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

102. 

Estimated Time Per Response: 25 

hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Burden Hours: 2,550. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Cost Burden: None. 

IV. Requests for Comments 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden 

(including hours and cost) of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, e.g., the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of this information collection; 

they will also become a matter of public 

record. 

Dated: October 17, 2005. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 05–21087 Filed 10–20–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–18–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Transmittal No. 06–08] 

36(b)(1) Arms Sales Notification 

AGENCY: Department of Defense, Defense 

Security Cooperation Agency.