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• Representatives of a business 

owned or co-owned vessel must bring 

proof that the individual is an agent of 

the business (such as articles of 

incorporation), a copy of the applicable 

swordfish and/or shark permit(s), and 

proof of identification. 

• Vessel operators must bring proof of 

identification. 

Workshop Objectives 

The Protected Species Safe Handling, 

Release, and Identification Workshops 

are designed to teach longline and 

gillnet fishermen the required 

techniques for the safe handling and 

release of entangled and/or hooked 

protected species, such as sea turtles, 

marine mammals, and smalltooth 

sawfish. In an effort to improve 

reporting, the proper identification of 

protected species will also be taught at 

these workshops. Additionally, 

individuals attending these workshops 

will gain a better understanding of the 

requirements for participating in these 

fisheries. The overall goal of these 

workshops is to provide participants 

with the skills needed to reduce the 

mortality of protected species, which 

may prevent additional regulations on 

these fisheries in the future. 

Grandfathered Permit Holders 

Participants in the industry-sponsored 

workshops on safe handling and release 

of sea turtles that were held in Orlando, 

FL (April 8, 2005), and in New Orleans, 

LA (June 27, 2005), were issued a 

NOAA workshop certificate in 

December 2006 that was valid for 3 

years. These workshop certificates have 

expired. Vessel owners and operators 

whose certificates expire prior to the 

next permit renewal or fishing trip must 

attend a workshop, successfully 

complete the course, and obtain a new 

certificate in order to fish with or renew 

their limited-access shark and limitedaccess swordfish permits. Failure to 

provide a valid NOAA workshop 

certificate could result in a permit 

denial. 

Dated: August 27, 2010. 

Carrie Selberg, 

Acting Director, Office Sustainable Fisheries, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–21832 Filed 8–31–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Economic Development Administration 

[Docket No.: 1008270400–0400–01] 

Space Coast Regional Innovation 

Cluster Competition 

AGENCY: Economic Development 

Administration (EDA), Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

applications. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

upcoming availability of funding for the 

Space Coast Regional Innovation Cluster 

(RIC) Competition under EDA’s 

Economic Adjustment Assistance (EAA) 

Program. EDA solicits competitive 

applications to catalyze the 

advancement of Central Florida’s key 

regional industry clusters. Additional 

information can be found at the Space 

Coast RIC Web site at http:// 

www.eda.gov/SpaceCoastRIC. 

Applicants are advised to read carefully 

the Federal funding opportunity (FFO) 

announcement for the Space Coast RIC 

Competition. For a copy of the FFO, 

please see the Web sites listed below 

under ‘‘Electronic Access.’’ 

DATES: To be considered timely, a 

completed application must be 

transmitted to and time-stamped at 

http://www.grants.gov no later than 5 

p.m. Eastern Time on October 15, 2010. 

Any application time-stamped after 5 

p.m. Eastern Time on October 15, 2010, 

will be considered non-responsive and 

will not be considered for funding. EDA 

will conduct an informational 

teleconference for prospective Space 

Coast RIC Competition applicants at 2 

p.m. Eastern Time on September 8, 

2010. For more information on the 

teleconference, please see the section 

titled ‘‘Informational Teleconference’’ 

below and section IV.F. of the FFO. 

Winning applicants should expect to 

receive awards in January 2011, subject 

to the availability of appropriations. 

Application Submission 

Requirements: Applications must be 

submitted electronically in accordance 

with the instructions provided at 

http://www.grants.gov. EDA will not 

accept facsimile transmissions of 

applications and will accept e-mail 

transmission only in case of http:// 

www.grants.gov systems issues as 

provided in section IV.E. of the FFO. 

Applicants may access the application 

package by following the instructions 

provided at http://www.grants.gov. The 

preferred electronic file format for 

attachments is portable document 

format (PDF); however, EDA will accept 

electronic files in Microsoft Word, 

WordPerfect, or Microsoft Excel. 

Applicants are strongly encouraged to 

start early and not to wait until the 

approaching deadline before logging on 

and reviewing the application 

instructions at http://www.grants.gov. 

Applicants must register (which can 

take between three to five business days 

or as long as four weeks if all steps are 

not completed correctly), designate one 

or more Authorized Organizational 

Representatives (AOR) and ensure that 

an AOR submits the application, and 

verify that the submission was 

successful. Applicants should save and 

print written proof of an electronic 

submission made at http:// 

www.grants.gov. If problems occur, the 

applicant is advised to (a) print any 

error message received, and (b) call the 

http://www.grants.gov. Contact Center at 

1–800–518–4726 for assistance. The 

following link lists useful resources: 

http://www.grants.gov/help/help.jsp. 

Also, the following link lists frequently 

asked questions (FAQs): http:// 

www.grants.gov/applicants/ 

resources.jsp#faqs. If you do not find an 

answer to your question under the 

‘‘Applicant FAQs,’’ try consulting the 

‘‘Applicant User Guide’’ or contacting 

http://www.grants.gov via e-mail at 

support@grants.gov or telephone at 

1–800–518–4726. In addition, please 

read carefully section IV.E. of the FFO 

to ensure your application is received 

by EDA and for the alternative 

submission method in case of systems 

issues at http://www.grants.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information or for a paper 

copy of the FFO, contact Philip Trader 

by telephone at 404–730–3017 or via 

e-mail at ptrader@eda.doc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Program Information: The Space 

Coast RIC Competition is a fast-track 

competitive grant process led by EDA, 

an agency within the U.S. Department of 

Commerce (DOC). The goal of this 

competition is to identify and fund 

promising job creation and economic 

development initiatives aligned with 

regional cluster and competitiveness 

analyses to sustain the coordinated 

economic development and 

diversification of Florida’s Space Coast 

region. Only applications that EDA 

determines have successfully 

demonstrated this nexus will be 

considered responsive under the Space 

Coast RIC Competition. 

EDA will coordinate this competition 

with members of the Presidential 

Taskforce on Space Industry Workforce 

and Economic Development, including 

the National Aeronautics and Space 


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Administration (NASA), the Small 

Business Administration (SBA), the 

Department of Labor (DOL), and other 

agencies, to leverage federal resources 

and expertise for the benefit of Space 

Coast RIC Competition winners. 

The culmination of the Space Shuttle 

Program poses significant economic 

challenges for Florida’s Space Coast 

region. However, the region is 

connected to a tremendous range of 

economic assets that can serve as the 

foundation for future business activity. 

The region’s local economic 

development organizations, in 

coordination with Federal, State, and 

local officials; Space Shuttle Program 

contractors; and other key stakeholders, 

have worked collaboratively to develop 

strategies for retaining aerospace 

workers in the region. Investing in RICs 

is anticipated to promote a cohesive and 

reinforcing network of economic 

activity. A strategic plan developed by 

Enterprise Florida, a public-private 

partnership charged with promoting 

State-wide economic development, 

identified eight significant economic 

clusters, five of which this competition 

focuses on as having the potential to 

sustain and spur economic growth in 

the Space Coast region: 

(1) Aviation and Aerospace, 

(2) Cleantech, 

(3) Homeland Security/Defense, 

(4) Information Technology, and 

(5) Life Sciences. 

Please see Enterprise Florida’s full 

strategy entitled ‘‘Roadmap to Florida’s 

Future,’’ which is available at http:// 

www.eflorida.com. 

These promising RICs offer 

tremendous opportunities to not only 

retain the Space Coast region’s current 

workforce, but to accelerate the 

diversification of the regional economy. 

These industry clusters capitalize on the 

region’s powerful and unique economic 

assets. By encouraging applicants to 

think of creative and workable ways to 

improve the region’s economy, the 

Space Coast RIC Competition is 

designed to catalyze the advancement of 

Central Florida’s key RICs to drive 

economic growth and job creation. This 

initiative will build on and complement 

existing efforts and ensure collaboration 

with public, private, and nonprofit 

partners in the region. Applicants are 

expected to leverage regional strengths, 

capabilities, and competitive 

advantages. 

EDA’s EAA Program, under which 

EDA expects to fund the Space Coast 

RIC Competition, can provide a wide 

range of technical, planning, and 

innovation infrastructure assistance, 

including technology transfer and 

commercialization. The EAA Program is 

designed to respond adaptively to 

pressing economic recovery issues and 

is well suited to help address the 

challenges faced by Florida’s Space 

Coast region. Assistance can support the 

development of a strategy to alleviate 

economic dislocation or support 

strategy implementation projects, such 

as innovation infrastructure, 

entrepreneurial development support 

investments, and revolving loan funds 

(RLFs). EDA encourages the submission 

of applications focused on the 

development and implementation of 

long-term, regionally based, 

collaborative economic development 

strategies. In addition, EDA will regard 

applications for innovation 

infrastructure that are substantively 

supported by such a strategy as more 

competitive and worthy of funding than 

applications for infrastructure that are 

not so supported. 

EDA strongly encourages applicants 

to review the full report of the 

Presidential Task Force on Space 

Industry Workforce and Economic 

Development, which may be accessed, 

along with other materials, at http:// 

www.nasa.gov/offices/ 

spacecoasttaskforce/home/index.html. 

More information on EDA and its 

programs may be found at http:// 

www.eda.dov and EDA’s Space Coast 

RIC webpage at http://www.eda.gov/ 

SpaceCoastRIC. 

Electronic Access: The FFO for the 

Space Coast RIC Competition is 

available at http://www.grants.gov and 

at http://www.eda.gov. EDA has created 

a Web page with additional information 

on the competition at http:// 

www.eda.gov/SpaceCoastRIC. 

Funding Availability: For FY 2011, 

EDA anticipates allocating $35,000,000 

for the Space Coast RIC Competition. 

Funding for this competition has been 

included in the Administration’s FY 

2011 budget request and is contingent 

upon Congressional approval. Awards 

under this competition will be made 

pursuant to grant or cooperative 

agreements, and award funds are 

anticipated to be available until 

expended. EDA expects to award 

applications that include significant 

public-private capital investment, and 

individual awards may be as large as 

$10,000,000. Please note that if Congress 

fails to provide the appropriation, EDA 

will cancel this competition and make 

no awards. 

Project periods are dependent on the 

nature of the proposed project and the 

scope of work. For example, the project 

period for a construction project may 

last for three or more years until 

construction is completed satisfactorily, 

while a strategic planning or technology 

transfer and commercialization project 

may allow for one to three years for 

completion of the scope of work. EDA 

expects that all projects will proceed 

expeditiously. 

The project period and funding 

amounts for this competition are subject 

to the availability of funds at the time 

of award, as well as to DOC and EDA 

priorities at the time of award. The DOC 

and EDA will not be held responsible 

for application preparation costs. 

Publication of this notice does not 

obligate DOC or EDA to award any 

specific grant or cooperative agreement 

or to obligate all or any part of available 

funds. Although EDA expects to make 

grant awards, EDA may choose to make 

awards via cooperative agreements 

based on the anticipated amount of 

interaction between EDA and the 

recipient during the project period. 

Statutory Authority: The authority for 

the EAA Program is section 209 of 

PWEDA (42 U.S.C. 3149). EDA’s 

regulations, which will govern an award 

made under the Space Coast RIC 

Competition, are codified at 13 CFR 

chapter III. The regulations and PWEDA 

are accessible at http://www.eda.gov/ 

InvestmentsGrants/Lawsreg.xml. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 11.307, 

Economic Adjustment Assistance. 

Applicant Eligibility: Pursuant to 

PWEDA, eligible applicants for and 

recipients of EDA investment assistance 

include a District Organization; an 

Indian Tribe or a consortium of Indian 

Tribes; a State; a city or other political 

subdivision of a State, including a 

special purpose unit of a State or local 

government engaged in economic or 

infrastructure development activities, or 

a consortium of political subdivisions; 

an institution of higher education or a 

consortium of institutions of higher 

education; and a public or private nonprofit organization or association. 

Cost Sharing Requirement: In general, 

projects may be eligible for up to an 80 

percent Federal share, but as noted 

below, the amount of local match 

committed will be a competitive factor. 

See section 204(a) of PWEDA (42 U.S.C. 

3144) and 13 CFR 301.4(b)(1). In the 

case of a(n) (i) Indian Tribe, (ii) State (or 

political subdivision of a State) that the 

Assistant Secretary determines has 

exhausted its effective taxing and 

borrowing capacity, or (iii) non-profit 

organization that the Assistant Secretary 

determines has exhausted its effective 

borrowing capacity, the Assistant 

Secretary has the discretion to establish 

a maximum EDA investment rate of up 

to 100 percent of the total project cost. 

See sections 204(c)(1) and (2) of PWEDA 

(42 U.S.C. 3144) and 13 CFR 301.4(b)(5). 


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In the application review process, 

EDA will consider the nature of the 

contribution (cash or in-kind) and the 

amount of the matching share funds. 

EDA will give preference to applications 

that include cash contributions (over inkind contributions) as the matching 

share. While cash contributions are 

preferred, in-kind contributions, 

consisting of contributions of space, 

equipment, or services, or forgiveness or 

assumptions of debt, may provide the 

required non-federal share of the total 

project cost. See section 204(b) of 

PWEDA (42 U.S.C. 3144). EDA will 

fairly evaluate all in-kind contributions, 

which must be eligible project costs and 

meet applicable federal cost principles 

and uniform administrative 

requirements. Funds from other federal 

financial assistance awards are 

considered matching share funds only if 

authorized by statute, which may be 

determined by EDA’s reasonable 

interpretation of the statute. See 13 CFR 

300.3. In addition, the applicant must 

show that the matching share is 

committed to the project for the entire 

project period, will be available as 

needed, and is not conditioned or 

encumbered in any way that precludes 

its use consistent with the requirements 

of EDA investment assistance. See 13 

CFR 301.5. 

Nonrelocation: Applicants are 

advised that should an application be 

selected for award, the recipient will be 

required to adhere to a special award 

condition relating to EDA’s 

nonrelocation policy as follows: 

In signing this award of financial 

assistance, Recipient(s) attests that EDA 

funding is not intended by the Recipient to 

assist its efforts to induce the relocation of 

existing jobs that are located outside of its 

jurisdiction to within its jurisdiction in 

competition with other jurisdictions for those 

same jobs. In the event that EDA determines 

that its assistance was used for those 

purposes, EDA retains the right to pursue 

appropriate enforcement action in accord 

with the Standard Terms and Conditions of 

the Award, including suspension of 

disbursements and termination of the award 

for convenience or cause. 

For purposes of ensuring that EDA 

assistance will not be used to merely 

transfer jobs from one location in the 

United States to another, each applicant 

must inform EDA of all employers that 

constitute primary beneficiaries of the 

project assisted by EDA. EDA will 

consider an employer to be a ‘‘primary 

beneficiary’’ if the applicant estimates 

that such employer will create or save 

100 or more permanent jobs as a result 

of the investment assistance, provided 

that such employer also is specifically 

named in the application as benefiting 

from the project, or is or will be located 

in an EDA-assisted building, port, 

facility, or industrial, commercial, or 

business park constructed or improved 

in whole or in part with Investment 

Assistance prior to EDA’s final 

disbursement of funds. In smaller 

communities, EDA may extend this 

policy to the relocation of 50 or more 

jobs. 

Application Requirements: Please 

read carefully section IV. of the FFO to 

help ensure your application is 

complete and timely received by EDA. 

It is the sole responsibility of the 

applicant to ensure that the appropriate 

application package is complete and 

transmitted to and time-stamped at 

http://www.grants.gov no later than 5 

p.m. Eastern Time on October 15, 2010. 

Construction Assistance: An applicant 

seeking assistance for a project with 

construction components is required to 

complete and submit the following: 

• Form ED–900 (Application for 

Investment Assistance). One form per 

project is required. Please read the 

paragraphs below under ‘‘Special 

Instructions for Completing Form ED– 

900’’ carefully for important information 

on submitting a complete Form ED–900. 

• One Form SF–424 (Application for 

Federal Assistance) from each coapplicant, as applicable. 

• Form SF–424C (Budget 

Information—Construction Programs). 

One form per project is required. 

• One Form SF–424D (Assurances— 

Construction Programs) from each coapplicant, as applicable. 

• One EDA Construction Investments 

Additional Assurances form (Exhibit D 

of Form ED–900) from each coapplicant, as applicable. 

• One Form CD–511 (Certification 

Regarding Lobbying) from each coapplicant, as applicable. 

Non-Construction Assistance: An 

applicant seeking assistance for a 

project without construction 

components is required to complete and 

submit the following: 

• Form ED–900 (Application for 

Investment Assistance). One form per 

project is required. Please read the 

paragraphs below under ‘‘Special 

Instructions for Completing Form ED– 

900’’ carefully for important information 

on submitting a complete Form ED–900. 

• One Form SF–424 (Application for 

Federal Assistance) from each coapplicant, as applicable. 

• Form SF–424A (Budget 

Information—Non-Construction 

Programs). One form per project is 

required. 

• One Form SF–424B (Assurances— 

Non-Construction Programs) from each 

co-applicant, as applicable. 

• One EDA Capacity Building 

Investments Additional Assurances 

form (Exhibit D of ED 900) from each coapplicant; as applicable. 

• One Form CD–511 (Certification 

Regarding Lobbying) from each coapplicant, as applicable. 

In addition, applicants may be 

required to provide certain lobbying 

information using Form SF–LLL 

(Disclosure of Lobbying Activities). Form 

ED–900 provides detailed guidance to 

help the applicant assess whether Form 

SF–LLL is required and how to access 

it. Please note that, if applicable, one 

Form SF–LLL must be submitted for 

each co-applicant that has used or plans 

to use non-Federal funds for lobbying in 

connection with this competition. In 

addition, all non-profit applicants and 

applicants that are first-time recipients 

of EDA and/or DOC funding are 

required to provide required individual 

background screening forms (Form CD– 

346) for a complete application, but 

please note that EDA may require other 

applicants to submit Form CD–346 as 

well to comply with DOC requirements. 

EDA will inform applicants if this is 

required. 

Special Instructions for Completing 

Form ED–900: Because of the unique 

nature of this competition, applicants 

are advised that modifications to the 

general application instructions for 

Form ED–900 are required for a 

complete application. 

• The ‘‘Instructions for Electronic and 

Hardcopy Formats’’ in Form ED–900 

inform applicants to complete the form 

in Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.1.1. or 

higher. Please note that the technical 

requirements of http://www.grants.gov 

have changed, and applicants should be 

careful to ensure they have downloaded 

and installed Adobe Acrobat Reader 

8.1.3. (instead of 8.1.1.) to complete the 

application package. Adobe Acrobat 

Reader 8.1.3. may be downloaded at 

http://www.grants.gov/help/ 

download_software.jsp. 

In addition, there are a number of 

overall instructions and admonitions 

given in Form ED–900 that Space Coast 

RIC Competition applicants should 

disregard. Please read the instructions 

listed below: 

• Applicants should disregard the 

reference to hardcopy submission in 

Form ED–900. As noted in this notice, 

the only method for application 

submission is through http:// 

www.grants.gov. 

• Space Coast RIC Competition 

applicants also should disregard the 

statement in the ‘‘Note on EDA’s 

Application Process’’ that advises 

applicants that EDA will request the 

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been determined to merit ‘‘further 

consideration.’’ 

For the Space Coast RIC Competition, 

all documentation that Form ED–900 

advises may be submitted at a later date 

must be submitted by the competition 

deadline stated above under DATES. 

These items may be uploaded as 

attachments to the application package. 

The following list further details the 

required submissions for each type of 

EDA project. 

For all types of projects, the following 

are required: 

• Projects must be consistent with the 

region’s Comprehensive Economic 

Development Strategy (CEDS) or 

alternate EDA-approved strategic 

planning document. See section A.3. of 

Form ED–900, which requires 

applicants to identify the relevant plan. 

If EDA does not already have the 

applicable plan, the applicant may be 

required to provide it. If you have any 

questions about this requirement, please 

contact the agency contact listed above 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT and in section VIII. of the FFO. 

• Letters of commitment to document 

non-EDA funding (see section A.9. of 

Form ED–900). 

• Form CD–346 (Applicant for 

Funding Assistance) for each key 

individual of the applicant and coapplicant organization(s), if the 

organization is a non-profit or is a firsttime recipient of EDA or DOC funding. 

For construction projects only, the 

following are required: 

• Maps of the project site (U.S. 

Geological Survey (USGS) map(s) and 

Federal Emergency Management Agency 

(FEMA) floodplain map (if applicable)) 

with project components and 

beneficiaries noted (see section A.2. of 

Form ED–900). 

• Letters of commitment and 

assurances of compliance (Exhibit A to 

Form ED–900) from private beneficiaries 

of the proposed project (see section B.5. 

of Form ED–900). 

• Comments from the metropolitan 

area review/clearinghouse agency (see 

section M.1. of Form ED–900). 

• A legal opinion and other 

documentation, as necessary, verifying 

the applicant’s answers to questions 

regarding project ownership, operation, 

maintenance, and management (see 

section M.6. of Form ED–900). 

• A legal opinion regarding any use of 

eminent domain. Applicants should 

contact the agency contact listed above 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT and in section VIII. of the FFO 

for guidance on this requirement. 

• Any lease(s) encumbering the 

project property, if applicable. The 

applicant may provide lease copies. 

• A preliminary engineering report 

(all required elements are listed in 

section M.3. of Form ED–900; special 

formatting is not required). 

• An environmental narrative that 

will enable EDA to comply with its 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) responsibilities. An 

environmental narrative outline that 

details requires components may be 

accessed at http://www.eda.gov/PDF/ 

single_app_narrrative_111008.pdf. 

Applicants should include Appendix A 

to the environmental narrative signed by 

each co-applicant, as applicable. 

• Project sign-off/approval from U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service, if applicable. 

Note the environmental narrative 

instructions (provided in the link above) 

state that approval comments from 

regulatory agencies should be obtained 

and submitted as an attachment to the 

environmental narrative. If an applicant 

has initiated environmental review 

processes, but is unable to receive final 

approval by the competition deadline, 

EDA will accept a letter from the 

applicable regulatory agency stating that 

the project has conditional approval. In 

such circumstances, EDA will include 

any conditions as part of the award. If 

the application does not include these 

sign-off/approvals and EDA 

subsequently determines that these are 

required, the applicant will be required 

to obtain and submit them after the 

competition deadline. 

• Copies of any other environmental 

studies, if available. 

• Comments from the State 

Clearinghouse in compliance with 

Executive Order 12372, 

‘‘Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs.’’ Detailed information on the 

State Clearinghouse process can be 

accessed at http://www.dep.state.fl.us/

secretary/oip/state_clearinghouse/

manual2.htm. 

• Documented approval from the 

State Historic Preservation Officer 

(SHPO), as applicable. Note that if the 

applicant has initiated the consultation 

process, but the SHPO is unable to give 

final approval by the competition 

deadline, EDA will accept a letter from 

the SHPO stating that the project has 

conditional approval or that the 

applicant has satisfactorily initiated the 

consultation process required under 

section 106 of the National Historic 

Preservation Act. EDA, after compliance 

with requirements for consultation with 

federally recognized Indian Tribes, may 

require applicants to participate in 

Tribal consultation, as necessary. EDA 

will include any conditions from the 

conditional approval or consultation 

process as part of the award. 

For Revolving Loan Fund projects 

only, the following is required: 

• RLF Plan for the RLF’s financial 

management. See EDA’s regulation at 

13 CFR 307.9 for more information on 

requirements for RLF Plans. 

For non-profit applicants only, the 

following are required: 

• Certificate of good standing from 

the State in which the organization is 

incorporated. 

• A copy of the organization’s current 

Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws. 

• Resolution (or letter) from a general 

purpose subdivision of State 

government acknowledging that the 

organization is acting in cooperation 

with officials of that political 

subdivision. 

• Form CD–346 (Applicant for 

Funding Assistance) for each key 

individual of the non-profit, which 

includes the executive director, project 

manager, chief financial manager, and 

any other person or entity who has 

authority to speak for and/or commit the 

organization in the management of an 

award and/or expend funds. 

Informational Teleconference: EDA 

will hold an informational 

teleconference for the Space Coast RIC 

Competition on September 8, 2010, at 

2 p.m. Eastern Time. This 

teleconference will be used to provide 

general competition and application 

submission information and answer 

participant questions. 

To ensure that enough incoming lines 

are available for each caller, interested 

parties planning to participate on the 

teleconference must register no later 

than 5 p.m. Eastern Time on September 

7, 2010. To register, please send an 

e-mail to SpaceCoast@eda.doc.gov with 

‘‘Space Coast RIC Competition 

Teleconference Registration’’ in the 

subject line, along with the names and 

addresses of the potential applicant(s). 

In addition, provide the name and title 

of the telephone participant along with 

the participant’s telephone number and 

e-mail address. The telephone number 

and pass code for the teleconference 

will be provided upon receipt of 

registration. 

Please be advised that the 

informational teleconference will be 

audio-taped and the actual recording (or 

a transcript) is to be made available for 

the benefit of prospective applicants 

unable to participate. Prospective 

applicants who choose to participate in 

the teleconference are deemed to 

consent to the taping. A recording of the 

teleconference may be accessed by 

calling 1–866–462–8979 and entering 

the pass code 0908. This recording will 

be available between 6 p.m. Eastern 

Time on September 8, 2010, and 5 p.m. 


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Eastern Time on October 16, 2010, the 

day after the competition deadline. 

Intergovernmental Review: 

Applications for assistance under EDA’s 

programs are subject to the State review 

requirements imposed by Executive 

Order 12372, ‘‘Intergovernmental Review 

of Federal Programs.’’ 

Evaluation and Selection Procedures: 

1. Responsiveness Review. 

Staff in EDA’s Atlanta regional office, 

which serves the State of Florida, will 

review all applications for 

responsiveness. Applications that are 

ineligible for EDA funding or that do not 

contain all forms and required 

documentation listed in section IV. of 

the FFO may be deemed non-responsive 

and excluded from further 

consideration. EDA expects all 

applicants to complete and include all 

required forms and documentation. 

However, EDA reserves the right to 

forward timely and otherwise complete 

applications that may contain a nonsubstantive technical deficiency to the 

Interagency Review Panel for further 

consideration. In addition, staff in the 

Atlanta Regional Office will conduct a 

statutory and regulatory compliance 

review for each responsive application 

and an initial merit review under the 

evaluation criteria set out below and in 

section V.A. of the FFO, both of which 

will be provided to the Interagency 

Review Panel. 

2. Interagency Federal Investment 

Review Panel. 

Upon completion of the 

responsiveness review, a Federal 

interagency investment review panel 

(Interagency Review Panel) that will be 

composed of senior officials from EDA 

and other federal agencies, which shall 

include NASA, SBA, and DOL, will 

review and evaluate all responsive 

applications according to the criteria set 

out below. The Interagency Review 

Panel will either forward its ranked list 

and any comments to the Selecting 

Official (defined below), or identify any 

deficiencies in the review process and 

convene a new EDA responsiveness 

review panel in the Atlanta Regional 

Office to restart the selection process. 

3. Selecting Official and Selecting 

Factors. 

Under this notice, the Regional 

Director in the Atlanta Regional Office 

is the Selecting Official. The Selecting 

Official may follow the 

recommendations of the Interagency 

Review Panel; however, the Selecting 

Official retains the discretion not to 

make a selection, or to select an 

application out of order for any of the 

following reasons: 

a. Availability of program funding, 

b. A determination that the 

application better meets the overall 

objectives of sections 2 and 209 of 

PWEDA (42 U.S.C. 3121 and 3149), 

c. A determination that the 

application is more responsive to 

programmatic and/or policy 

considerations, 

d. The applicant’s non-compliance 

with statutory and regulatory 

requirements, including PWEDA, EDA’s 

regulations set out at 13 CFR chapter III, 

and DOC regulations set out at 15 CFR 

parts 14 or 24, as applicable, or 

e. The applicant’s performance under 

previous federal financial assistance 

awards. 

If the Selecting Official makes a 

selection out of order, he will document 

the rationale for the decision in writing. 

The Selecting Official will submit his 

decision to EDA headquarters for review 

before making the final selection. 

Evaluation Criteria: The Interagency 

Review Panel will evaluate applications 

competitively based on the following 

criteria, which will be weighted equally: 

1. Collaborative Regional Innovation. 

Initiatives that support the development 

and growth of Central Florida’s Aviation 

and Aerospace, Cleantech, Homeland 

Security/Defense, Information 

Technology, and Life Sciences industry 

clusters. Initiatives must engage 

stakeholders; facilitate collaboration 

among urban, suburban and rural 

(including Tribal) areas; provide 

stability for economic development 

through long-term intergovernmental 

and public/private collaboration; and 

support the growth of existing and 

emerging industries. 

2. Public/Private Partnerships. 

Investments that use both public and 

private sector resources and leverage 

complementary investments by other 

government/public entities and/or nonprofits. 

3. Global Competitiveness. 

Investments that support high-growth 

businesses and innovation-based 

entrepreneurs to expand and compete in 

global markets. 

4. Environmentally Sustainable 

Development. Investments that 

encompass best practices in 

‘‘environmentally sustainable 

development,’’ broadly defined, to 

include projects that enhance 

environmental quality and develop and 

implement green products, processes, 

and buildings as part of the green 

economy. 

5. Economically Distressed and 

Underserved Communities. Investments 

that strengthen diverse communities 

that have suffered disproportionate 

economic and job losses and/or are 

rebuilding to become more competitive 

in the global economy. 

6. Total Job Creation. Investments that 

demonstrate a clear, comprehensive, 

and effective strategy for the 

recruitment, training, placement, and 

retention of a skilled workforce. 

7. Implementation Schedule. 

Investments with demonstrated capacity 

to be implemented quickly and 

effectively, accelerating positive 

economic impacts. 

8. Feasibility of Budget and Value to 

the Federal Government. Investments 

that demonstrate a high degree of local 

commitment through the amount and 

type of match committed. EDA also will 

evaluate the expected benefits of the 

proposed scope of work in light of the 

goals of this competition and the cost to 

the Federal Government. 

The Department of Commerce PreAward Notification Requirements for 

Grants and Cooperative Agreements: 

The administrative and national policy 

requirements for all Department of 

Commerce awards, contained in the 

Department of Commerce Pre-Award 

Notification Requirements for Grants 

and Cooperative Agreements, published 

in the Federal Register on February 11, 

2008 (73 FR 7696), are applicable to this 

competition. 

Paperwork Reduction Act: This 

document contains collection-ofinformation requirements subject to the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). The 

use of Form ED–900 (Application for 

Investment Assistance) has been 

approved by the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) under the Control 

Number 0610–0094. The use of Forms 

SF–424 (Application for Financial 

Assistance), SF–424A (Budget 

Information—Non-Construction 

Programs), SF–424B (Assurances—NonConstruction Programs), SF–424C 

(Budget Information—Construction 

Programs), SF–424D (Assurances— 

Construction Programs), and Form SF– 

LLL (Disclosure of Lobbying Activities) 

has been approved under OMB Control 

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0007, 4040–0008, 4040–0009, and 0348– 

0046 respectively. The Form CD–346 

(Applicant for Funding Assistance) is 

approved under OMB Control Number 

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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 (Regulatory 

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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 comments 

are not required by the Administrative 

Procedure Act or any other law for rules 

concerning 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: August 27, 2010. 

Sean Cartwright, 

Chief of Staff. 

[FR Doc. 2010–21905 Filed 8–31–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–24–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XX27 

Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to 

Specified Activities; Taking Marine 

Mammals Incidental to Operations of a 

Liquified Natural Gas Port Facility in 

Massachusetts Bay 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of issuance of an 

incidental harassment authorization. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

regulations implementing the Marine 

Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) as 

amended, notification is hereby given 

that NMFS has issued an Incidental 

Harassment Authorization (IHA) to the 

Northeast Gateway Energy BridgeTM LP 

(Northeast Gateway or NEG) and its 

partner, Algonquin Gas Transmission, 

LLC (Algonquin), to incidentally harass, 

by Level B harassment only, small 

numbers of marine mammals during 

operation of an offshore liquefied 

natural gas (LNG) facility in the 

Massachusetts Bay for a period of 1 

year. 

DATES: This authorization is effective 

from August 31, 2010, until August 30, 

2011. 

ADDRESSES: A copy of the application, 

IHA, and a list of references used in this 

document may be obtained by writing to 

P. Michael Payne, Chief, Permits, 

Conservation and Education Division, 

Office of Protected Resources, National 

Marine Fisheries Service, 1315 EastWest Highway, Silver Spring, MD 

20910. A copy of the application may be 

obtained by writing to this address or by 

telephoning the contact listed here and 

is also available at: http:// 

www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/permits/ 

incidental.htm#applications. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Shane Guan, Office of Protected 

Resources, NMFS, (301) 713–2289, ext 

137. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Section 101(a)(5)(D) of the MMPA (16 

U.S.C. 1371 (a)(5)(D)) directs the 

Secretary of Commerce to authorize, 

upon request, the incidental, but not 

intentional, taking by harassment of 

small numbers of marine mammals of a 

species or population stock, for periods 

of not more than one year, by United 

States citizens who engage in a specified 

activity (other than commercial fishing) 

within a specific geographic region if 

certain findings are made and a notice 

of a proposed authorization is provided 

to the public for review. 

Authorization for incidental takings 

shall be granted if NMFS finds that the 

taking will have a negligible impact on 

the species or stock(s), will not have an 

unmitigable adverse impact on the 

availability of the species or stock(s) for 

subsistence uses (where relevant), and if 

the permissible methods of taking and 

requirements pertaining to the 

mitigation, monitoring and reporting of 

such takings are set forth. NMFS has 

defined ‘‘negligible impact’’ in 50 CFR 

216.103 as ‘‘ * * * an impact resulting 

from the specified activity that cannot 

be reasonably expected to, and is not 

reasonably likely to, adversely affect the 

species or stock through effects on 

annual rates of recruitment or survival.’’ 

Section 101(a)(5)(D) of the MMPA 

established an expedited process by 

which citizens of the United States can 

apply for an authorization to 

incidentally take small numbers of 

marine mammals by harassment. 

Section 101(a)(5)(D) establishes a 45-day 

time limit for NMFS review of an 

application followed by a 30-day public 

notice and comment period on any 

proposed authorizations for the 

incidental harassment of marine 

mammals. Within 45 days of the close 

of the comment period, NMFS must 

either issue or deny the authorization. 

Except with respect to certain 

activities not pertinent here, the MMPA 

defines ‘‘harassment’’ as: 

any act of pursuit, torment, or annoyance 

which (i) has the potential to injure a marine 

mammal or marine mammal stock in the wild 

[Level A harassment]; or (ii) has the potential 

to disturb a marine mammal or marine 

mammal stock in the wild by causing 

disruption of behavioral patterns, including, 

but not limited to, migration, breathing, 

nursing, breeding, feeding, or sheltering 

[Level B harassment]. 

Summary of Request 

On June 14, 2010, NMFS received an 

application from Excelerate Energy, LP 

(Excelerate) and Tetra Tech EC, Inc., on 

behalf of Northeast Gateway and 

Algonquin for an authorization to take 

12 species of marine mammals by Level 

B harassment incidental to operations of 

an LNG port facility in Massachusetts 

Bay. Since LNG Port operation and 

maintenance activities have the 

potential to take marine mammals, a 

marine mammal take authorization 

under the MMPA is warranted. NMFS 

has already issued a one-year incidental 

harassment authorization for this 

activity pursuant to section 101(a)(5)(D) 

of the MMPA (74 FR 45613; September 

3, 2009), which expires on August 31, 

2010. In order for Northeast Gateway 

and Algonquin to continue their 

operations of the LNG port facility in 

Massachusetts Bay, both companies are 

seeking a renewal of their IHA. 

Description of the Activity 

The Northeast Gateway Port is located 

in Massachusetts Bay and consists of a 

submerged buoy system to dock 

specially designed LNG carriers 

approximately 13 mi (21 km) offshore of 

Massachusetts in Federal waters 

approximately 270 to 290 ft (82 to 88 m) 

in depth. This facility delivers regasified 

LNG to onshore markets via a 16.06-mi 

(25.8-km) long, 24-in (61-cm) outside 

diameter natural gas pipeline lateral 

(Pipeline Lateral) owned and operated 

by Algonquin and interconnected to 

Algonquin’s existing offshore natural 

gas pipeline system in Massachusetts 

Bay (HubLine). 

The Northeast Gateway Port consists 

of two subsea Submerged Turret 

Loading TM (STLJ TM) buoys, each with a 

flexible riser assembly and a manifold 

connecting the riser assembly, via a 

steel flowline, to the subsea Pipeline 

Lateral. Northeast Gateway utilizes 

vessels from its current fleet of specially 

designed Energy Bridge Regasification 

Vessels TM (EBRVs TM), each capable of 

transporting approximately 2.9 billion 

ft3 (82 million m 3) of natural gas 

condensed to 4.9 million feet3 (138,000 

m3) of LNG. Northeast Gateway would 

also be adding vessels to its fleet that 

will have a cargo capacity of 

approximately 151,000 cubic m 3. The 


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