[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 55 (Monday, March 22, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13285-13286]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-6284]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[Docket No. 000522149-4089-06]


Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship Program

AGENCY: National Sea Grant College Program, National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Department of Commerce (DOC).

ACTION: Notice and request for proposals.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces that applications may be submitted for a 
Fellowship program which was initiated by the National Sea Grant Office 
(NSGO), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), in 
fulfilling its broad educational responsibilities and legislative 
mandate of the Sea Grant Act, to provide educational experience in the 
policies and processes of the Legislative and Executive Branches of the 
Federal Government to graduate students in marine and aquatic-related 
fields.

DATES: Deadlines vary from program to program, but applications from 
prospective fellows to Sea Grant Colleges are generally due early to 
mid-April. Contact your state's Sea Grant program for specific 
deadlines (see addresses below). Selected applications from the 
sponsoring Sea Grant program (one original and two copies) are to be 
received in the NSGO no later than 5 p.m. e.d.t. on May 5, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Application information may be obtained from Sea Grant 
College Program Directors. The addresses of the Sea Grant College 
Program directors may be found on Sea Grant's World Wide Web home page 
(http://www.nsgo.seagrant.org/SGDirectors.html) or may also be obtained 
by contacting Ms. Nikola Garber at the NSGO (mail address: National Sea 
Grant College Program, 1315 East-West Highway, SSMC3, Rm 11718, R/SG, 
Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone: 301-713-2431 x124; or e-mail: 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Nikola Garber, phone: 301-713-2431 
x124; or e-mail: [email protected]). Applications information may 
also be obtained directly from the Sea Grant's World Wide Web (http://www.nsgo.seagrant.org/Knauss/Knauss2005.html)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Electronic Access: The full funding 
opportunity announcement for the Knauss Fellowship is available via Web 
site: http://www.nsgo.seagrant.org/Knauss/Knauss2005.html or by 
contacting the program official identified above. This announcement 
will also be available through Grants.gov at http://www.Grants.gov.
    Funding Availability: The local Sea Grant program receives and 
administers the overall grant of $40,000 per student on behalf of each 
Fellow selected from their program. Not less than 30 applicants will be 
selected, of which the selected applicants assigned to the Congress 
will be limited to 10.
    Statutory Authority: The recipients are designated Dean John A. 
Knauss Marine Policy Fellows pursuant to 33 U.S.C. 1127(b).
    CFDA: 11.417, Sea Grant Support.
    Eligibility: Any student who, on April 1, 2004, is in a graduate or 
professional program in a marine or aquatic-related field at a United 
States accredited institution of higher education in the United States 
may apply.
    Cost Sharing Requirements: There will be the one-third required 
cost share for those applicants selected as legislative fellows.
    Intergovernmental Review: Applications under this program are not 
subject to Executive Order 12372, ``Intergovernmental Review of federal 
programs.''
    Evaluation and Selection Procedures: NOAA published its first 
omnibus notice announcing the availability of grant funds for both 
projects and fellowships/scholarship/internships for Fiscal Year 2004 
in the Federal Register on June 30, 2003 (68 FR 38678). The evaluation 
criteria and selection procedures contained in the June 30, 2003 
omnibus notice are applicable to this solicitation. For a copy of the 
June 30, 2003 omnibus notice please go to http://www/ofa.noaa.gov/amd/
SOLINDEX.HTML.

The Department of Commerce Pre-Award Notification Requirements for 
Grants and Cooperative Agreements

    The Department of Commerce Pre-Award Notification Requirements for 
Grants and Cooperative Agreements contained in the Federal Register 
notice of October 1, 2001 (66 FR 49917), as amended by the Federal 
Register notice published on October 30, 2002 (67 FR 66109), are 
applicable to this solicitation.

The National Environmental Policy Act

    As defined in sections 5.05 and Administrative or Programmatic 
Functions of NAO 216-6, 6.03.c.3, this is a fellowship project for 
which there are no cumulative effects. Thus, it has been categorically 
excluded from the need to prepare an Environmental Assessment.

Paperwork Reduction Act

    This document contains collection-of-information requirements 
subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). The use of Standard Forms 
424 and 424A, 424B, SF-LLL, and CD-346 has been approved by OMB under 
the respective control numbers 0348-0043, 0348-0044, 0348-0040, 0348-
0046, and 0605-0001. 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

    This notice has been determined to be 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 comments are not 
required by the

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Administrative Procedure Act or any other law for this notice 
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: March 16, 2004.
Louisa Koch,
Deputy Assistant Administrator, OAR, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration.
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