[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 64 (Thursday, April 3, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15879-15880]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-8461]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[Docket No. 950407092-7049-03]
RIN 0648-XX12


NOAA Climate and Global Change Program, Program Announcement

AGENCY: Office of Global Programs (OGP), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Revisions to the Notice from the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration, Climate and Global Change Program, FY 1997. 
Amendment to the Deadline Date for the GCIP (GEWEX) Continental Scale 
International Project Program Area.

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SUMMARY: This notice serves the following purposes: To announce a 
potential joint initiative between NOAA and NASA to address priority 
problems in the GEWEX Continental Scale International Project (GCIP). 
This call is aimed at fostering work that supports the objectives of 
(GCIP) in the Mississippi River Basin, and interdisciplinary studies of 
other GEWEX Continental Scale Experiments. Together, NOAA and NASA are 
planning to fund 25 proposals from this announcement. To revise the 
deadline Date to Letters of Intent and full Proposals for the GCIP 
Program element, specified in the Program Announcement.

DATES: Letters of Intent must be received by April 30, 1997. Full 
Proposals must be postmarked on or before May 30, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Applications should be sent to Rick Lawford, Program 
Manager, GCIP (GEWEX), NOAA/OGP Programs, Silver Spring, MD, 301/427-
2089 ext. 40, Internet: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dr. James Arnold, Science Division, Mission to Planet Earth, NASA 
Headquarters, Code YS, 300 E. Street SW, Washington, DC, USA 20546, 
202/358-0540, Fax 2770, Internet: [email protected]., or Rick 
Lawford, Project Manager, GCIP (GEWEX), NOAA/OGP Programs, Silver 
Spring, MD, 301/427-2089 ext. 40, Internet: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OGP published the notice describing the 
Program and funding area descriptions on June 17, 1996. (61 FR 117). 
The program description, background and requirements, as well as 
guidelines for applications are included in that notice and are not 
repeated here.
    Proposals are sought which make use of remotely sensed data 
(satellite, aircraft, surface based) through data infusion, model 
development or understanding of processes which address issues of the 
GCIP Project. An information sheet can be obtained by calling either of 
the Projects Managers listed above, and for details on special 
requirements for NASA, log into Internet at ``http/www.hq.nasa.gov/
office/mtpe/''.
    Classification: This notice has been determined to be not 
significant for purposes of Executive Order 12866. Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, no person is required to respond to nor be 
subject to a penalty for failure to comply with a collection of 
information subject to the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act 
unless that collection of information displays a current valid OMB 
Control Number. This notice involves information collection 
requirements subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act which are cleared 
under OMB Control Numbers 0348-0043, 0348-0044, and 0348-0046.

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 44720; 33 U.S.C. 883d, 883e, 15 U.S.C. 
2904; 15 U.S.C. 2931 et seq.


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    Dated: March 28, 1997.
J. Michael Hall,
Director, Office of Global Programs.
[FR Doc. 97-8461 Filed 4-3-97; 8:45 am]
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