[Federal Register: March 25, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 58)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[Docket No.: 000616180-4095-08]
RIN 0648-ZA91
NOAA Climate and Global Change Program, FY 2005 Program
Announcement
AGENCY: Office of Global Programs, Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric
Research, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department
of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Climate and Global Change Program represents a National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) contribution to
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evolving national and international programs designed to improve our
ability to observe, understand, predict, and respond to changes in the
global environment. This program builds on NOAA's mission requirements
and long-standing capabilities in global change research and
prediction. The NOAA Program is a key contributing element of the U.S.
Climate Change Science Program (CCSP), which is coordinated by the
interagency Committee on Environmental and Natural Resources. NOAA's
program is designed to complement other agencies' contributions to that
national effort.
DATES: Letters of Intent should be received by 5 p.m. Eastern Time
April 14, 2004. Full proposals must be received at the Office of Global
Programs no later than 5 p.m. Eastern Time May 24, 2004.
ADDRESSES: Full Proposals must be submitted to: Grants Manager, Office
of Global Programs, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
1100 Wayne Avenue, Suite 1210, Silver Spring, MD 20910-5603. Letters of
Intent should be submitted by e-mail to ogpgrants@noaa.gov or may be
mailed to the address above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Diane S. Brown, Grants Manager (see
ADDRESSES), phone at 301-427-2089, ext. 107, fax to 301-427-2082, or e-
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Electronic Access: Applicants should read
the full text of the full funding opportunity announcement which can be
accessed at the OGP Web site: http://www.ogp.noaa.gov or the central
NOAA site: http://www.ofa.noaa.gov/amd/SOLINDEX.HTML. This announcement will
also be available through Grants.gov at http://www.Grants.gov. The
standard NOAA application kit is available on the OGP Web site at:
http://www.opg.noaa.gov/grants/appkit.htm.
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
.
Funding Availability: Please be advised that actual funding levels
will depend upon the final FY 2005 budget appropriations. In FY 2003,
$8.2M in first year funding was available for 63 new awards; similar
funds and number of awards are anticipated in FY 2004 and FY 2005. We
anticipate that the annual cost of most funded projects will fall
between $50,000 and $200,000 per year. Current plans assume that 100%
of the total resources provided through this announcement will support
extramural efforts, particularly those involving the broad academic
community. Past or current grantees funded under this announcement are
eligible to apply for a new award which builds on previous activities
or areas of research not covered in the previous award. Current
grantees should not request supplementary funding for ongoing research
through this announcement. This program will not cover tuition
remission for graduate students above $2,500/year or computing and
networking services above $1,000/year per grant.
Statutory Authority: 49 U.S.C. 44720 (b); 33 U.S.C. 883d; 15
U.S.C. 2904; 15 U.S.C. 2931-2934.
CFDA: No. 11.431, Climate and Atmospheric Research.
Eligibility: Eligible applicants are institutions of higher
education, other nonprofits, commercial organizations, international
organizations, state, local and Indian tribal governments. Federal
agencies or institutions are not eligible to receive Federal assistance
under this notice.
Cost Sharing Requirements: Cost Sharing is not required.
Letters of Intent: The purpose of the LOI process is to provide
information to potential applicants on the relevance of their proposed
project to the Climate and Global Change Program and the likelihood of
it being funded in advance of preparing a full proposal. While it is in
the best interest of the applicants and their institutions to submit an
LOI explaining the work they propose to carry out and how much it will
cost, it is not a requirement; applicants who do not submit an LOI are
allowed to submit a full proposal. A panel of program managers will
review each LOI to determine its responsiveness to the program goals as
advertised in this notice and will provide an e-mail or letter
response.
Limitation of Liability: Funding for the programs listed in this
notice are contingent upon the availability of Fiscal Year 2005
appropriations. 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 (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 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 and implementing
feasible measures to reduce or avoid any identified adverse
environmental impacts of their proposal. The failure to do so shall be
grounds for the denial of an application.
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 (67 FR
49917), as amended by the Federal Register notice published on October
30, 2002 (67 FR 66109), 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 and 424A, 424B, SF-LLL, and CD-346 have been approved by OMB under
the respective
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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.
Intergovernmental Review
Applications under this program are not subject to Executive Order
12372, ``Intergovernmental Review of federal programs.''
Administrative Procedure Act/ Regulatory Flexibility Act
Prior notice and an opportunity for public comments are not
required by the Administrative Procedure Act or any other law for this
notice concerning grants, benefits, and contracts (5 U.S.C. section
553(a). 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 22, 2004.
Louisa Koch,
Deputy Assistant Administrator, OAR, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration.
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