[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 85 (Tuesday, May 5, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20682-20683]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-10341]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[Docket No. 0612242720-9794-03]
RIN 0648-ZB55


Availability of Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Funds for Fiscal 
Year 2009; Amendment

AGENCY:  Fisheries Northwest Region Program Office (NWRO), National 
Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION:  Notice of funding availability; amended solicitation.

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SUMMARY:  NOAA publishes this notice to amend the Federal Funding 
Opportunity (NMFS-NWRO-2009-2001656) entitled ``Pacific Coastal Salmon 
Recovery Fund 2009'' which was originally announced in the Federal 
Register on Friday, January 2, 2009. This notice announces changes to 
the eligibility criteria, program priorities, funding amount, and 
application deadline for proposals to implement the requirements of the 
Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009.

DATES:  Final applications should be submitted via www.grants.gov and 
must be received no later than 11:59 p.m. PST on May 20, 2009. No 
facsimile or electronic mail applications will be accepted. Paper 
applications must be postmarked by May 20, 2009. Any application 
transmitted or postmarked, as the case may be, after the deadline will 
be considered non-responsive and will not be considered for funding in 
this competition.
    Applications submitted through www.grants.gov will have a date and 
time indication on them. Hard copy applications will be date and time 
stamped when they are received. PLEASE NOTE: It may take www.grants.gov 
up to two (2) business days to validate or reject the application. 
Please keep this in mind in developing your submission timeline.

ADDRESSES:  All application materials can be found at the Grants.gov 
portal at http://www.grants.gov. If an applicant does not have internet 
access, applications can be received from the following address: 
Nicolle Hill, NMFS Northwest Region Building 1, 7600 Sand 
Point Way, Seattle, WA 98115. NMFS' internet website at http://www.nwr.noaa.gov contains additional information on the Pacific Coastal 
Salmon Recovery Fund (PCSRF).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  For further information on PCSRF, 
please contact Barry Thom, NMFS Northwest Region Acting Regional 
Administrator, at (503) 231-6266. Questions regarding this announcement 
should be directed to Nicolle Hill, NMFS Northwest Region, PCSRF 
Federal Program Officer, at (206) 526-4358 or [email protected]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration (NOAA), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), 
announces that it is amending the solicitation for PCSRF published on 
January 2, 2009 (74 FR 72), to indicate that the program supports the 
restoration of Pacific salmon populations, as authorized in 16 U.S.C. 
3645 (d)(2) and the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009 (the Act), Public 
Law No. 111-8 (March 11, 2009). In light of the new program objectives 
and increased appropriations implemented though the Act, the program 
announces that the total amount available for awards is up to 
$80,000,000 through fiscal year (FY) 2009. In addition, pursuant to the 
Act, the State of Nevada is added as an eligible entity for projects 
under the program. Due to the amendments to the program, the deadline 
for applications has been extended until May 20, 2009.
    Under this amended solicitation, NMFS allows for modifications to 
applications originally received under the initial announcement, and 
allows new applications for projects from individual eligible Indian 
Tribes, eligible states, and representative Tribal commissions. Any 
proposal that was submitted to the initial solicitation within the 
initial deadline is not required to be resubmitted to be considered 
under this amendment. However, this amendment may impact the content of 
proposals submitted by applicants in response to the initial 
announcement. Any revisions to such proposals must be submitted by the 
new deadline in order for the revised changes to be considered under 
this amended solicitation. An applicant may only submit one application 
to the Federal government for program funding. Application submissions, 
requesting any funding from both the representative Commission and a 
Tribe represented by that Commission will not be accepted.
    The following sections of the Federal Funding Opportunity have been 
amended to reflect the changes announced in this notice: ``Dates,'' 
``Funding Opportunity Description,'' ``Award Information,'' 
``Eligibility Information,'' ``Application Review Information,'' and 
``Application and Submission Information.'' All other requirements and 
information remain unchanged.

Electronic Access

    The full text of the full funding opportunity announcement for this 
program can be accessed via the Grants.gov web site at http://www.grants.gov. The announcement will also be available by contacting 
the program officials identified under FOR FUTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 
Applicants must comply with all requirements contained in the full 
funding opportunity announcement.

Statutory Authority

    This program is administered under the authority of 16 U.S.C. 3645 
(d)(2) and Public Law No. 111-8 (March 11, 2009).

Funding Availability

    Up to $80,000,000 is available for FY 2009 projects. There are no 
restrictions on minimum funding request, but there is a limit of 
$30,000,000, on a maximum amount requested by any recipient. Award 
periods may be up to a maximum of 5 years.

Eligibility

    Eligible state applicants are the States of Alaska, Washington, 
Oregon, Idaho, Nevada and California. Eligible tribal applicants are 
any federally recognized Pacific Coastal or Columbia River tribes.

Limitation of Liability

    Funding for this program is limited to that provided within the FY 
2009 appropriation. In no event will NOAA or the Department of Commerce 
be responsible for proposal preparation costs if this program fails to 
receive funding or is cancelled because of other agency priorities. 
Publication of this announcement does not oblige NOAA to

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award any specific project or to obligate any available funds. 
Recipients and subrecipients are subject to all Federal laws and agency 
policies, regulations and procedures applicable to Federal financial 
assistance awards.

Universal Identifier

    Applicants should be aware that, they are required to provide a Dun 
and Bradstreet Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number during the 
application process. See 67 FR 66177, October 30, 2002, for additional 
information. Organizations can receive a DUNS number at no cost by 
calling the dedicated toll-free DUNS number request line at 1-866-705-
5711 or via the internet at http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=leavingFR.html&log=linklogamp;to=http://www.dunandbradstreet.com.

National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

    NEPA and the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) implementing 
regulations (40 CFR parts 1500 through 1508) require that an 
environmental analysis be completed for all major Federal actions 
significantly affecting the environment. NEPA applies to the actions of 
Federal agencies and may include a Federal agency's decision to fund 
non-Federal projects under grants and cooperative agreements. Detailed 
information on NOAA compliance with NEPA can be found at the following 
NOAA NEPA website: http://nepa.noaa.gov/, including our NOAA 
Administrative Order 216-6 for NEPA, http://www.nepa.noaa.gov/NAO216_6_TOC.ped and CEQ implementation regulations, http://ceq.eh.doe.gov/nepa/regs/ceq/toc_ceq.htm. Consequently, as part of all project 
application packages, applicants are required to provide detailed 
information on the activities to be conducted, locations, sites, 
species and habitat to be affected, possible construction activities, 
and any environmental concerns that may exist (e.g., the use and 
disposal of hazardous or toxic chemicals, introduction of non-
indigenous species, impacts to endangered and threatened species, 
aquaculture projects, and impacts to coral reef systems). Program 
applications should, to the best extent, provide what they know about 
their projects at the time of submitting their grant applications. In 
addition to providing specific information that will serve as the basis 
for any required impact analyses, applicants may also be requested to 
assist NOAA in drafting of an environmental assessment, if NOAA 
determines an assessment is required. Applicants will also be required 
to cooperate with NOAA in identifying feasible measures to reduce or 
avoid any identified adverse environmental impacts of their proposal. 
The failure to do so shall be grounds for not selecting an application. 
In some cases if additional information is required after an 
application is selected, funds can be withheld by the Grants Officer 
under a special award condition requiring the recipient to submit 
additional environmental compliance information sufficient to enable 
NOAA to make an assessment on any impacts that a project may have on 
the environment.
    The Department of Commerce Pre-Award Notification Requirements for 
Grants and Cooperative Agreements contained in the Federal Register 
notice of February 11, 2008 (73 FR 7686), are applicable to this 
solicitation.

Paperwork Reduction Act

    This collection of information contains requirements subject to the 
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). The use of Standard Forms, 424, 424A, 
424B and SF-LLL and CD-346 has been approved by the Office of 
Management and Budget (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

    It has been determined that this notice is 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 comment are not required under 5 U.S.C. 553, or 
any other law, for rules relating to public property, loans, grants, 
benefits or contracts (5 U.S.C. 553(a)). Because prior notice and an 
opportunity for public 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. et seq.) are inapplicable. Therefore, a 
regulatory flexibility analysis is not required and has not been 
prepared.

    Dated: April 29, 2009.
Barry Thom,
Acting Regional Administrator, NMFS Northwest Region.
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