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determined to be acceptable and

responsive will then be evaluated by the

Director of MBDA. Final award

selections shall be based on the number

of points received, the demonstrated

responsibility of the applicant, and the

determination of those most likely to

further the purpose of the MBDA

program. Negative audit findings and

recommendations and unsatisfactory

performance under prior Federal awards

may result in an application not being

considered for award. The applicant

with the highest point score will not

necessarily receive the award. Periodic

reviews culminating in year-to-date

evaluations will be conducted to

determine if funding for the project

should continue. Continued funding

will be at the total discretion of MBDA

based on such factors as the MBDC’s

performance, the availability of funds

and Agency priorities.

The MBDC shall be required to

contribute at least 40% of the total

project cost through non-federal

contributions. To assist in this effort, the

MBDC may charge client fees for

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. Notwithstanding any other

provision of the 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. 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

26.105) 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

26.605) 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 28.105) 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. SFLLL 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.

11.800 Minority Business Development

Center

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance)

Dated: June 7, 1996.

Donald L. Powers,

Federal Register Liaison Officer, Minority

Business Development Agency.

[FR Doc. 96–14886 Filed 6–11–96; 8:45 am]

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 060696D]

Mid-Atlantic 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 Mid-Atlantic Fishery

Management Council (Council) and its

Law Enforcement Committee, Monkfish

Committee (with Advisors), and

Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish

Committee will hold public meetings.

DATES: The meetings will be held on

June 25–27, 1996. See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION for specific dates and

times.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at

the Doubletree Inn (at airport), 4101

Island Avenue, Philadelphia, PA;

telephone: 1–800–222–TREE.

Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery

Management Council, 300 S. New

Street, Dover, DE 19901; telephone:

302–674–2331.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

David R. Keifer, Executive Director;

telephone: 302–674–2331, extension 18.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June

25, the Law Enforcement Committee

will meet from 10:00 a.m. until noon.

The Monkfish Committee will meet

from 1:00–5:00 p.m. On June 26, the

Council will meet from 8:00 a.m. until

noon, and the Atlantic Mackerel, Squid,

and Butterfish Committee will meet as

a Council Committee of the Whole from

1:00–4:00 p.m. On June 27, the Council

will meet from 8:00 a.m. until

approximately noon.

The purpose of the meetings is to

review NMFS Strategic Plan and

enforcement issues on fishery

management plans (FMP), review

possible management measures for

monkfish, review hearing comments for

Amendment 5 to Atlantic Mackerel,

Squid, and Butterfish FMP and adopt

for Secretarial approval, and adopt

Amendment 6 to Atlantic Mackerel,

Squid, and Butterfish FMP for public

hearings. We will also have a

presentation on the HACCP (Hazard

Analysis Critical Control Point)

Program.

Special Accommodations

These meetings are physically

accessible to people with disabilities.

Requests for sign language

interpretation or other auxiliary aids

should be directed to Joanna Davis (see

ADDRESSES) at least 5 days prior to the

meeting dates.

Dated: June 7, 1996.

Richard H. Schaefer,

Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and

Management, National Marine Fisheries

Service.

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[I.D. 053096D]

Marine Mammals; Scientific Research

Permit (P613)

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Receipt of application.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Dr.

Glenn Cota, Center for Coastal Physical

Oceanography, Old Dominion

University, 768 W. 52nd Street, Norfolk,

VA 23529, has applied in due form for

a permit to import marine mammal

specimen materials for purposes of

scientific research.

DATES: Written comments must be

received on or before July 12, 1996.

ADDRESSES: The application and related

documents are available for review

upon written request or by appointment

in the following office(s):

Permits Division, Office of Protected

Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-West

Highway, Room 13130, Silver Spring,

MD 20910 (301/713–2289); and

Northeast Region, NMFS, One

Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA

01930–2289 (508/281–9250).

Written data or views, or requests for

a public hearing on this request, should

be submitted to the Director, Office of

Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315 EastWest Highway, Room 13130, Silver

Spring, MD 20910. Those individuals

requesting a hearing should set forth the

specific reasons why a hearing on this

particular request would be appropriate.

Concurrent with the publication of

this notice in the Federal Register,

NMFS is forwarding copies of this

application to the Marine Mammal

Commission and its Committee of

Scientific Advisors.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

subject permit is requested under the

authority of the Marine Mammal

Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16

U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) and the Regulations

Governing the Taking and Importing of

Marine Mammals (50 CFR part 216).

The applicant requests authority to

import from Canada muscle and/or

adipose tissue taken from Narwhal

(Monodon monoceros), Beluga whale

(Delphinapterus leucas), Bearded seal

(Erignahtus barbatus), and Ringed seal

(Phoca sibirica). Samples will weigh

approximately 100–300g each. The

objective of the study is to determine

the abundance, distribution, and

identity of select radionuclides in

biogenic particulate matter,

zooplankton, and a variety of

invertebrates, fishes, and mammals from

arctic marine planktonic food weds, and

provide data from key regions not

currently samples which presumably

represent high and low levels of

contamination.

Dated: May 31, 1996.

Ann D. Terbush,

Chief, Permits and Documentation Division,

Office of Protected Resources, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

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[I.D. 052896B]

Marine Mammals; Permit No. 838

(P535)

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Scientific research permit

modification.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a

request for modification of scientific

research permit no. 838 submitted by

Stephen Insley, Smithsonian Institution,

National Zoological Park, Dept.

Zoological Research, Washington, DC

20008, has been granted.

ADDRESSES: The modification and

related documents are available for

review upon written request or by

appointment in the following office(s):

Permits Division, Office of Protected

Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-West

Highway, Suite 13130, Silver Spring,

MD 20910 (301/713–2289); and

Director, Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O.

Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802–1668

(907/568–7221).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 3,

1996, notice was published in the

Federal Register (61 FR 19907) that a

modification of permit no. 838, issued

March 23, 1995 (60 FR 16116), had been

requested by the above-named

individual. The requested modification

has been granted under the authority of

the Marine Mammal Protection Act of

1972, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et

seq.), the provisions of paragraphs (d)

and (e) of § 216.33 of the Regulations

Governing the Taking and Importing of

Marine Mammals (50 CFR part 216), the

Fur Seal Act of 1966, as amended (16