[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 212 (Wednesday, November 3, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67683-67684]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-27700]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[Docket No.: 100630282-0522-04]
RIN 0648-ZC18


Availability of Grants Funds for Fiscal Year 2011

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: NOAA publishes this notice to provide the correct funding 
opportunity number for the NOAA Regional Ocean Partnership Funding 
Program--FY2011 Funding Competition. The original solicitation, which 
was announced in the Federal Register on September 13, 2010, gave an 
incorrect funding opportunity number--NOAA-NOS-CSC-2011-2002718. This 
notice corrects that error by providing the correct funding opportunity 
number--NOAA-NOS-CSC-2011-2002721.

DATES: Full proposals must be received no later than 11:59 p.m. ET, 
December 10, 2010. For proposals submitted through Grants.gov, a date 
and time receipt indication by Grants.gov will be the basis of 
determining timeliness. Hard copy applications will be date and time 
stamped when they are received. Full proposals received after the 
submission deadline will not be reviewed or considered.

ADDRESSES: Full proposal application packages, including any letters of 
support, should be submitted through the apply function on Grants.gov. 
The standard NOAA funding application package is available at http://www.grants.gov. If an applicant does not have Internet access, one set 
of originals (signed) and two copies of the proposals and related forms 
should be mailed to the attention of James Lewis Free, NOAA Coastal 
Services Center, 2234 South Hobson Avenue, Charleston, South Carolina 
29405-2413. No e-mail or fax copies will be accepted. Full proposal 
application packages, including any letters of support, should be 
submitted together in one package.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For administrative questions, contact 
James Lewis Free, NOAA CSC; 2234 South Hobson Avenue, Room B-119; 
Charleston, South Carolina 29405-2413, phone 843-740-1185, fax 843-740-
1224, e-mail [email protected]. For technical questions regarding 
this announcement, contact Rebecca Smyth, phone 510-251-8324, e-mail 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NOAA publishes this notice to correct the 
funding opportunity number referenced in the NOAA Regional Ocean 
Partnership Funding Program--FY2011 Funding Competition announced in 
the Federal Register on September 13, 2010 (75 FR 55541). The correct 
funding opportunity number is NOAA-NOS-CSC-2011-2002721. All other 
requirements published in the September 13, 2010 Federal Register 
notice for this program remain the same.

Limitation of Liability

    In no event will NOAA or the Department of Commerce be responsible 
for proposal preparation costs if this program is cancelled because of 
other agency priorities. Publication of this announcement does not 
oblige NOAA to award any specific project or to obligate any available 
funds. Applicants are hereby given notice that funding for the Fiscal 
Year 2011 program is contingent upon the availability of Fiscal Year 
2011 appropriations.

Universal Identifier

    Applicants should be aware they are required to provide a Dun and 
Bradstreet Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number during the 
application process. See the October 30, 2002, Federal Register, (67 FR 
66177) 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://www.dunandbradstreet.com.

National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

    NOAA must analyze the potential environmental impacts, as required 
by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), for applicant projects 
or proposals which are seeking NOAA federal funding opportunities. 
Detailed information on NOAA compliance with NEPA can be found at the 
following

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NOAA NEPA Web site: http://www.nepa.noaa.gov/ including our NOAA 
Administrative Order 216-6 for NEPA http://www.nepa.noaa.gov/NAO216_6_TOC.pdf and the Council on Environmental Quality implementation 
regulations http://ceq.eh.doe.gov/nepa/regs/ceq/toc_ceq.htm. 
Consequently, as part of an applicant's package, and under their 
description of their program activities, 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). 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 October 1, 2001 (66 FR 49917), as amended by the Federal 
Register notice published on: October 30, 2002 (67 FR 66109); December 
30, 2004 (69 FR 78389); and February 11, 2008 (73 FR 7696) are 
applicable to this solicitation.

Paperwork Reduction Act

    This document contains collection-of-information requirements 
subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). The use of Standard Forms 
424, 424A, 424B, and SF-LLL have been approved by OMB under the 
respective control numbers 0348-0043, 0348-0044, 0348-0040, and 0348-
0046. The application requirements specific to the NOAA Regional Ocean 
Partnership Funding Program have been approved by the Office of 
Management and Budget under Control Number 0648-0538. Public reporting 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 3 
hours per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, 
searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data 
needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. 
Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other suggestions 
for reducing this burden to Ms. Cristi Reid, NOAA Office of Program 
Planning and Integration, SSMC 3, Room 15700, 1315 East West Highway, 
Silver Spring, MD 20910. The information collection does not request 
any proprietary or confidential information. No confidentiality is 
provided.
    Notwithstanding any other provisions of the law, no person is 
required to respond to, nor shall any person be subjected 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 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 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: October 27, 2010.
Christopher C. Cartwright,
Associate Assistant Administrator for Management and CFO/CAO, Ocean 
Services and Coastal Zone Management.
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