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days after the close of this solicitation 

on January 13, 2006. The earliest date 

for receipt of most awards will be 

approximately 60 days after the 2007 

fiscal year appropriation is enacted, 

when all NOAA/applicant final 

negotiations and NEPA analysis and 

documentation supporting cooperative 

agreement activities have been 

completed. Applicants should consider 

this selection and processing time in 

developing requested start dates for 

proposed barrier removal activities; 

NOAA suggests reasonable start dates of 

winter/spring 2007. 

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 

cooperate with NOAA in identifying 

and implementing feasible measures to 

reduce or avoid any identified adverse 

environmental impacts of their 

proposal. The failure to do so shall be 

grounds for the denial of an application. 

Pre-Award Notification Requirements 

for Grants and Cooperative Agreements 

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. 

Limitation of Liability 

In no event will NOAA or the 

Department of Commerce be responsible 

for proposal preparation costs if this 

initiative fails to receive funding or is 

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. Recipients and subrecipients are subject to all Federal 

laws, agency policies, regulations and 

procedures applicable to Federal 

financial assistance awards. 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

This notification involves collectionof-information requirements subject to 

the Paperwork Reduction Act. The use 

of Standard Forms 424, 424A, 424B, and 

SF-LLL and CD–346 has been approved 

by the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) under OMB control 

numbers 0348–0043, 0348–0044, 0348–

0040, 0348–0046 and 0605–0001 

respectively. 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 

It has been determined that this notice 

is 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 26, 2005. 

William T. Hogarth, 

Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 05–21617 Filed 10–26–05; 1:26 pm] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[I.D. 102505A] 

Endangered Species; File No. 1450 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; issuance of permit. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

Jane Provancha, Dynamac Corporation, 

100 Spaceport Way, Cape Canaveral, FL 

32920, has been issued a permit to take 

green (Chelonia mydas) and loggerhead 

(Caretta caretta) sea turtles for purposes 

of scientific research. 

ADDRESSES: The permit and related 

documents are available for review 

upon written request or by appointment 

in the following office(s): 

Permits, Conservation and Education 

Division, Office of Protected Resources, 

NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 

13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone 

(301)713–2289; fax (301)427–2521; 

Southeast Region, NMFS, 263 13th 

Ave South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701; 

phone (727)824–5312; fax (727)824–

5309. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amy Hapeman or Carrie Hubard, 

(301)713–2289. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

January 26, 2004, notice was published 

in the Federal Register (69 FR 3568) 

that a request for a scientific research 

permit to take green and loggerhead sea 

turtles had been submitted by the abovenamed individual. The requested permit 

has been issued under the authority of 

the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) 

and the regulations governing the 

taking, importing, and exporting of 

endangered and threatened species (50 

CFR parts 222–226). 

The permit holder has been 

authorized to conduct research on green 

and loggerhead sea turtles in the waters 

of Mosquito Lagoon, Florida. Turtles 

will be captured in a large mesh (9 in/ 

22 cm) tangle net and retained on a 

vessel for the collection of 

morphometric data, flipper and PIT 

tagging, photographs, blood sampling, 

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lavage, and release. Forty sub-adult 

green and 15 loggerhead sea turtles of 

all sexes will be captured annually. 

Twelve of the 40 captured green sea 

turtles will have sonic transmitters 

glued to the carapace. The purpose of 

the research will be to provide a basic 

understanding of the abundance, 

location, and movement of sea turtles 

within the research area. The duration 

of this permit is five years. 

Issuance of this permit, as required by 

the ESA, was based on a finding that 

such permit (1) was applied for in good 

faith, (2) will not operate to the 

disadvantage of any endangered or 

threatened species, and (3) is consistent 

with the purposes and policies set forth 

in section 2 of the ESA. 

Dated: October 25, 2005. 

Patrick Opay, 

Acting Chief, Permits, Conservation and 

Education Division, Office of Protected 

Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 05–21619 Filed 10–28–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS 

2006 National Capital Arts and Cultural 

Affairs Program 

Notice is hereby given that Public 

Law 99–190, as amended, authorizing 

the National Capital Arts and Cultural 

Affairs Program, has been funded for 

2006 in the amount of $7,215,490.00. 

All requests for information and 

applications for grants should be 

received by 31 December 2005 and 

addressed to: Frederick J. Lindstrom, 

Assistant Secretary/NCACA Program 

Administrator, Commission of Fine 

Arts, National Building Museum, Suite 

312, 401 F Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20001–2728. Phone: 202–504–2200. 

Deadline for receipt of grant 

applications is 1 March 2006. 

This program provides grants for 

general operating support of 

organizations whose primary purpose is 

performing, exhibiting, and/or 

presenting the arts. To be eligible for a 

grant, organizations must be located in 

the District of Columbia, must be nonprofit, non-academic institutions of 

demonstrated national repute, and must 

have annual incomes, exclusive of 

federal funds, in excess of one million 

dollars for each of the past three years. 

Organizations seeking grants must 

provide a Dun and Bradstreet (D&S) 

Data Universal Numbering System 

(DUNNS) number when applying. 

Frederick J. Lindstrom, 

Assistant Secretary and NCACA Program 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 05–21603 Filed 10–28–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6330–01–M 

COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS 

Notice of Meeting 

The next meeting of the Commission 

of Fine Arts is scheduled for 17 

November 2005 at 10 a.m. in the 

Commission’s offices at the National 

Building Museum, Suite 312, Judiciary 

Square, 401 F Street, NW., Washington, 

DC 2001–2728. Items of discussion 

affecting the appearance of Washington, 

DC may include buildings, parks and 

memorials. 

Draft agendas and additional 

information regarding the Commission 

are available on our Web site: 

http:www.cfa.gov. Inquiries regarding 

the agenda and requests to submit 

written or oral statements should be 

addressed to Thomas Luebke, Secretary, 

Commission of Fine Arts, at the above 

address or call 202–504–2200. 

Individuals requiring sign language 

interpretation for the hearing impaired 

should contact the Secretary at least 10 

days before the meeting date. 

Dated in Washington, DC, 25 October, 

2005. 

Thomas Luebke, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 05–21604 Filed 10–28–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6330–01–M 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Membership of the Office of the 

Secretary of Defense; Performance 

Review Board 

AGENCY: Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Notice. 

This notice announces the 

appointment of the members of the 

Performance Review Board (PRB) of the 

Office of the Secretary of Defense, the 

Joint staff, the U.S. Mission to the North 

Atlantic Treaty Organization, the 

Defense Advance Research Projects 

Agency, the Defense Commissary 

Agency, the Defense Security Service, 

the Defense Security Assistance Agency, 

the Missile Defense Agency, the Defense 

Field Activities and the U.S. Court of 

Appeals of the Armed Forces. The 

publication of PRB membership is 

required by 5 U.S.C. 4314(c)(4). 

The Performance Review Board (PRB) 

provides fair and impartial review of 

Senior Executive Service performance 

appraisals and makes recommendations 

regarding performance ratings and 

performance awards to the Secretary of 

Defense. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 31, 2005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sandra Burrell, Executive and Political 

Personnel Division, Directorate for 

Personnel and Security, Washington 

Headquarters Services, Office of the 

Secretary of Defense, Department of 

Defense, The Pentagon, (703) 693–8347. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with 5 U.S.C. 4314(c)(4), the 

following executives are appointed to 

the Office of the Secretary of Defense 

PRB: Specific PRB panel assignments 

will be made from this group. 

Executives listed will serve a one-year 

renewable term, effective October 31, 

2005. 

Office of the Secretary of Defense 

Chairperson 

Nancy Spruill 

Robert Nemetz 

Gail McGinn 

Mary George 

Cheryl Roby 

Joyce France 

David Pauling 

William Lowry 

Paul Hanley 

April Stephenson 

Paul Koffsky 

Claretta Merkey 

John Landon 

Frank Anderson 

Janet Felts 

Jeanne Farmer 

Eric Coulter 

Jeanne Fites 

LeAntha Sumpter 

Ellen Embrey 

Bill Lehr 

Timothy Morgan 

Jennifer Buck 

Ann Reese 

Keith Webster 

Jim Russell 

Bob Skalamara 

Ken Handelman 

Caryn Hollis 

Alan Liotta 

Robert Newberry 

Tom Lavery 

Marilee Fitzgerald 

Joseph Angello 

Mike Kern 

Scott Comes 

Jim Bexfield 

Anne O’Connor 

Kenneth Catlow