[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 218 (Tuesday, November 12, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68564-68565]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-28663]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[Docket No. 000616180-2245-06]
RIN 0648-ZA91


NOAA Climate and Global Change Program, Program Announcement

AGENCY: Office of Global Programs, Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Research, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This document amends a notice published in the Federal 
Register on April 8, 2002, regarding the NOAA Climate and Global Change 
program. This amendment is intended to show NOAA's interest in 
supporting new 2003 funding for the Regional Integrated Sciences and 
Assessments (RISA) program area and to incorporate further details of 
program emphasis and topic areas. Full program details can also be 
found in the RISA program information sheet at http://www.ogp.noaa.gov/mpe/csi.risa/html. Potential applicants should look at the specific 
wording of the initial Federal Register notice.

DATES: Letters of intent must be received at the Office of Global 
Program (OGP) no later than November 25, 2002. Applicants who have not 
received a response to their letter of intent within four weeks should 
contact the Program Manager. Full proposals must be received at OGP no 
later than January 24, 2003. We anticipate that review of full 
proposals will occur during January and February 2003, and funding 
should begin during late spring of 2003 for most approved projects. 
Applicants should be notified of their status within three months. June 
1, 2003, should be used as the proposed start date on proposals, unless 
otherwise directed by the Program Manager. All proposals must be 
submitted in accordance with the guidelines below. Failure to heed 
these guidelines will result in proposals being returned without 
review.

ADDRESSES: Letter of Intent and Proposals should be submitted to: 
Office of Global Programs; National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration; 1100 Wayne Avenue, Suite 1210; Silver Spring, MD 20910-
5603.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Irma duPree at the above address, or 
at (301) 427-2089 ext. 107, fax: (301) 427-2222, Internet: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY DATA: This notice incorporates the OGP Program 
Announcement published at 67 FR 16733 (April 8, 2002) which sets forth 
OGP program requirements binding upon this solicitation including the 
evaluation and selection process. The program description, background 
and requirements, as well as guidelines for applications are included 
in that notice and are not repeated here.
    The Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments (RISA) Program 
will accept applications towards the goal to support regionally focused 
integrated research and assessments. The program integrates climatic 
predictions and information within the institutional and social 
constraints decision makers work within. A successful research team 
must have as leaders scientists who have proven to be successful in 
their own field of research. They must be sufficiently flexible and 
creative enough to combine their expertise with researchers of other 
disciplines and decision makers to produce genuinely integrated 
research applicable to end users' needs. It is important that the 
proposal illustrates that the research: (1) Will achieve the strategic 
goals of the nationwide program; (2) can be completed successfully; (3) 
will not substantially duplicate other projects currently funded by 
NOAA or other federal agencies, and (4) demonstrates the proposed team 
has the capacity to integrate the physical and social science research 
around two or three tractable issues of importance to decision makers 
in the specified region.
    For further technical information contact: Harvey Hill at the above 
address, phone: (301) 427-2089 ext. 197, e-mail: [email protected].
    Other Requirements: The Department of Commerce pre-award 
notification requirements for grants and cooperative agreement 
contained in the Federal Register notice of October 1, 2001 (66 FR 
49917), are applicable to this solicitation.
    Classification: It has been determined that this notice does not 
contain policies with Federalism implications as that term is defined 
in E.O. 13132.
    This notice contains collection-of-information requirements subject 
to the Paperwork Reduction Act. The use of standard forms 424, 424A, 
and SF-LLL have been approved by OMB under the respective control 
numbers 0348-0043, 0348-0044, and 0348-0046.
    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person is required 
to respond to nor shall a person 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

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OMB control number. This notice has been determined to be not 
significant for purposes of Executive Order 12866.
    Notice and comment are not required under the Administrative 
Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. 553, or any other law, for notices relating to 
public property, loans, grants, benefits or contracts (5 U.S.C. 
553(a)). Because of notice and comment is not required, a regulatory 
flexibility analysis is not required and has not been prepared for this 
notice, 5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 44720(b); 33 U.S.C. 883d; 15 U.S.C. 2904; 
15 U.S.C. 2931 et seq.; (CFDA No. 11.431)--Climate and Atmospheric 
Research.

    Dated: November 5, 2002.
Louisa Koch,
Acting Assistant Administrator, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration.
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