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Federal Register/Vol. 74, No. 84/Monday, May 4, 2009 / Notices
of rank order based upon one or more
of the following factors:
1. Availability of funding;
2. Balance/distribution of funds:
a. Geographically
b. By type of institutions
c. By type of partners
d. By research areas
e. By project types
3. Whether this project duplicates
other projects funded or considered for
funding by NOAA or other Federal
agencies;
4. Program priorities and policy
factors;
5. Applicant's prior award
performance;
6. Partnerships and/or participation of
targeted groups;
7. Adequacy of information necessary
for NOAA staff to make a NEPA
determination and draft necessary
documentation before recommendations
for funding are made to the Grants
Officer. Selected applicants may be
asked to modify objectives, project
plans, time lines, or budgets, and
provide supplemental information
required by the agency prior to the
award. When a decision has been made
(whether an award or declination),
anonymous copies of reviews and
summaries of review panel
deliberations, if any, will be made
available to the applicant.
Intergovernmental Review
Applications submitted to this
funding opportunity are not subject to
Executive Order 12372,
Intergovernmental Review of Federal
Programs.
Limitation of Liability
In no event will NOAA or the
Department of Commerce be responsible
for proposal preparation costs if these
programs fail to receive funding or are
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.
National Environmental Policy Act
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
NOAA NEPA Web site: http://
www.nepa.noaa.gov/, including our
NOAA Administrative Order 216-6 for
NEPA, http://www.nepa.noaa.gov/
NA0216_6_TOC.pdf, and the Councilimplementation 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
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 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 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, nor shall
a 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 validon Environmental Quality
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 for the Regulatory
Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) are
inapplicable. Therefore, a regulatory
flexibility analysis has not been
prepared.
Dated: April 28, 2009.
Mitchell J. Ross,
Director, Acquisition and Grants Office.
[FR Doc. E9-10166 Filed 5-1-09; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-22-P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648-X002
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management
Council; Atlantic Mackerel, Butterfish,
Atlantic Bluefish, Spiny Dogfish,
Summer Flounder, Scup, Black Sea
Bass, Tilefish, Surfclam, and Ocean
Quahog Annual Catch Limits and
Accountability Measures Omnibus
Amendment; Scoping Process
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; extension of comment
period on intent to prepare an
environmental impact statement (EIS).
SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council (Council) extends
the comment period on its intention to
prepare, in cooperation with NMFS, an
EIS in accordance with the National
Environmental Policy Act to assess
potential effects on the human
environment of alternative measures to
address the new Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and ManagementAct requirements for annual catch limits
20464
OMB control number.
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