[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 195 (Tuesday, October 11, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59033-59034]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-20327]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[Docket No.: I.D. 030530140-5253-02]


Amendment to Final Guidelines for the Coastal and Estuarine Land 
Conservation Program

AGENCY: National Ocean Service (NOS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration (NOAA), Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice; amendment to final guidelines.

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SUMMARY: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National 
Ocean Service publishes this notice to amend the Final Guidelines for 
the Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program (CELCP). For those 
grants issued in fiscal year 2002 only, CELCP may extend the financial 
assistance award period of grants issued in fiscal year 2002 for two 
additional years, totaling a maximum award duration of five years.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information, contact: 
Elisabeth Morgan, 301-713-3155 X166, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation 
Program was established pursuant to Public Law 107-77 ``for the purpose 
of protecting important coastal and estuarine areas that have 
significant conservation, recreation, ecological, historical, or 
aesthetic values, or that are threatened by conversion from their 
natural or recreational state to other uses.'' The Final Guidelines for 
CELCP was published in the Federal Register on June 17, 2003 (68 FR 
35860). The Final Guidelines stated that the standard financial 
assistance award period is 18 months, and could be

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extended an additional 18 months if circumstances warrant, but may not 
exceed 3 years. CELCP has noted that several land acquisition projects 
funded in 2002 will not be completed by the end of fiscal year 2005. 
These awards were issued during the first year of the Program, prior to 
the issuance of the Final Guidelines in which the three-year limit was 
stipulated. For this reason, CELCP is amending the Final Guidelines for 
the Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program to allow the 
financial assistance award period for awards issued in fiscal year 2002 
to be extended for an additional two years. The maximum award duration 
for these grants is five years and will end on September 30, 2007.

Classification

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 comment are not required 
by the Administrative Procedure Act or any other law for rules 
concerning public property, loans, 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: September 30, 2005.
Richard W. Spinrad,
Assistant Administrator, National Ocean Service.
[FR Doc. 05-20327 Filed 10-7-05; 8:45 am]
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