Federal Register
Vol. 75, No. 176
Monday, September 13, 2010
Vol. 75, No. 176
Monday, September 13, 2010
There are 6 announcements in this issue
1. AIR - FR. EPA. Restructuring of the Stationary Source Audit Program
2. WATER - ND/CBI. EPA. Clean Water Act; Contractor Access to Confidential Business Information
3. AGRICULTURE, LAND - NM. EPA. Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Committee
4. TRANSPORT, HAZ, TOXICS - ICR. DOT/Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. Agency Information Collection Activities; Extension of Currently Approved Collection: Transportation of Hazardous Materials, Highway Routing
5. ALL - ICR. DOI/USGS. Proposed Information Collection; The State of Ecosystem Services Implementation Survey
6. WATER, GLAKES - NF. DOC/NOAA. NOAA Regional Ocean Partnership Funding Program--FY2011 Funding Competition
CODES USED: THE FOLLOWING CODES ARE USED TO IDENTIFY THE TYPE OF ANNOUNCEMENT & ISSUE AREA.
REPORTING FORMAT: ISSUE CODE - TYPE CODE. AGENCY. ANNOUNCEMENT.
ISSUE CODES: AIR - Air; ALL - Cross-Media, ecosystems, Env. Justice; CLIMATE - Climate Change, Global Warming; DRINK - Drinking Water, SDWA, Underground Injection; ENERGY - Energy; GLAKES - Great Lakes; HAZ - Hazardous Waste, RCRA, HSWA, DOT/RSPA, Some Nuclear (NRC); LAND - Land Use, Forests; P2 - Pollution Prevention, Sustainability, Recycling, Pjt. XL; REMED - Remediation, Brownfields, Superfund; TANKS - AST, UST; TOXICS = Toxics, TRI, TSCA, Pesticides, Risks, RTK; TRANSPORT - Transportation; SOLID - Solid Waste, RCRA Subtitle D; WATER - Surface Water, NPS, NPDES, Wetlands; WILDLIFE = Wildlife, Biodiversity, Endangered Species.
TYPE CODES: ANPR - Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking; FR - Final Rule; FRD - Direct final rule; FRI - Interim final rule; ICR - Information Collection Request; ND - Notice of data, information, reports, etc. availability; NF - Notice of Fuding Opportunity; NM - Notice of Meeting; NS - Notice of administrative/court settlement; PR - Proposed Rule; ROD - Record of decision.
ANNOUNCEMENT 1
Subject: AIR - FR. EPA. Restructuring of the Stationary Source Audit Program
[Federal Register: September 13, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 176)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 55635-55657]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Parts 51, 60, 61 and 63
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0531; FRL-9195-7]
RIN 2060-AP23
Restructuring of the Stationary Source Audit Program
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: EPA is taking final action to promulgate amendments to the
General Provisions to allow accredited providers to supply stationary
source audit samples and to require sources to obtain and use these
samples from the accredited providers instead of from EPA, as is the
current practice. All requirements pertaining to the audit samples have
been moved to the General Provisions and have been removed from the
test methods because the current language in the test methods regarding
audit samples is inconsistent from method to method. Therefore,
deleting all references to audit samples in the test methods eliminates
any possible confusion and inconsistencies. Under this final rule, the
requirement to use an audit sample during a compliance test will apply
to all test methods for which a commercially available audit exists.
DATES: This final rule is effective 30 days after September 13, 2010.
ADDRESSES: EPA has established a docket for this action under Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0531. All documents in the docket are listed on the
http://www.regulations.gov Web site. Although listed in the index, some
information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such
as copyrighted material, is not placed on the Internet and will be
publicly available only in hard copy form. Publicly available docket
materials are available either electronically through http://
www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the Restructuring of the
Stationary Source Audit Program Docket, Docket ID No. EPA-OAR-2008-
0531, EPA Docket Center, EPA/DC, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution
Ave., NW., Washington, DC. This Docket Facility is open from 8:30 a.m.
to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday excluding legal holidays. The docket
telephone number is (202) 566-1742. The Public Reading Room is open
from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The telephone number for the Public Reading Room is (202)
566-1744.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Candace Sorrell, U.S. EPA, Office
of Air Quality Planning and Standards, Air Quality Assessment Division,
Measurement Technology Group (E143-02), Research Triangle Park, NC
27711; telephone number: (919) 541-1064; fax number: (919) 541-0516; e-
mail address: sorrell.candace@epa.gov.
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 55635-55657]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Parts 51, 60, 61 and 63
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0531; FRL-9195-7]
RIN 2060-AP23
Restructuring of the Stationary Source Audit Program
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: EPA is taking final action to promulgate amendments to the
General Provisions to allow accredited providers to supply stationary
source audit samples and to require sources to obtain and use these
samples from the accredited providers instead of from EPA, as is the
current practice. All requirements pertaining to the audit samples have
been moved to the General Provisions and have been removed from the
test methods because the current language in the test methods regarding
audit samples is inconsistent from method to method. Therefore,
deleting all references to audit samples in the test methods eliminates
any possible confusion and inconsistencies. Under this final rule, the
requirement to use an audit sample during a compliance test will apply
to all test methods for which a commercially available audit exists.
DATES: This final rule is effective 30 days after September 13, 2010.
ADDRESSES: EPA has established a docket for this action under Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0531. All documents in the docket are listed on the
http://www.regulations.gov Web site. Although listed in the index, some
information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such
as copyrighted material, is not placed on the Internet and will be
publicly available only in hard copy form. Publicly available docket
materials are available either electronically through http://
www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the Restructuring of the
Stationary Source Audit Program Docket, Docket ID No. EPA-OAR-2008-
0531, EPA Docket Center, EPA/DC, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution
Ave., NW., Washington, DC. This Docket Facility is open from 8:30 a.m.
to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday excluding legal holidays. The docket
telephone number is (202) 566-1742. The Public Reading Room is open
from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The telephone number for the Public Reading Room is (202)
566-1744.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Candace Sorrell, U.S. EPA, Office
of Air Quality Planning and Standards, Air Quality Assessment Division,
Measurement Technology Group (E143-02), Research Triangle Park, NC
27711; telephone number: (919) 541-1064; fax number: (919) 541-0516; e-
mail address: sorrell.candace@epa.gov.
ACCESS THE COMPLETE PUBLISHED ANNOUNCEMENT IN HTML OR PDF FORMATS AT:
ANNOUNCEMENT 2
Subject: WATER - ND/CBI. EPA. Clean Water Act; Contractor Access to Confidential Business Information
[Federal Register: September 13, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 176)]
[Notices]
[Page 55577-55578]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-9200-8]
Clean Water Act; Contractor Access to Confidential Business
Information
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of Water
intends to transfer confidential business information (CBI) collected
from numerous industries to Westat, and its subcontractors. The
information being transferred was or will be collected under the
authority of section 308 of the Clean Water Act (CWA). Some information
being transferred from the pulp, paper, and paperboard industry was
collected under the additional authorities of section 114 of the Clean
Air Act (CAA) and section 3007 of the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act (RCRA). Transfer of the information will allow the
contractor and subcontractors to access information necessary to
support EPA in the planning, development, and review of effluent
limitations guidelines and standards under the CWA. Interested persons
may submit comments on this intended transfer of information to the
address noted below.
DATES: Comments on the transfer of data are due September 20, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be sent to Mr. M. Ahmar Siddiqui, Document
Control Officer, Engineering and Analysis Division (4303T), Room 6231S
EPA West, U.S. EPA, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. M. Ahmar Siddiqui, Document
Control Officer, at (202) 566-1044, or via e-mail at
siddiqui.ahmar@epa.gov.
[Notices]
[Page 55577-55578]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-9200-8]
Clean Water Act; Contractor Access to Confidential Business
Information
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of Water
intends to transfer confidential business information (CBI) collected
from numerous industries to Westat, and its subcontractors. The
information being transferred was or will be collected under the
authority of section 308 of the Clean Water Act (CWA). Some information
being transferred from the pulp, paper, and paperboard industry was
collected under the additional authorities of section 114 of the Clean
Air Act (CAA) and section 3007 of the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act (RCRA). Transfer of the information will allow the
contractor and subcontractors to access information necessary to
support EPA in the planning, development, and review of effluent
limitations guidelines and standards under the CWA. Interested persons
may submit comments on this intended transfer of information to the
address noted below.
DATES: Comments on the transfer of data are due September 20, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be sent to Mr. M. Ahmar Siddiqui, Document
Control Officer, Engineering and Analysis Division (4303T), Room 6231S
EPA West, U.S. EPA, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. M. Ahmar Siddiqui, Document
Control Officer, at (202) 566-1044, or via e-mail at
siddiqui.ahmar@epa.gov.
ANNOUNCEMENT 3
Subject: AGRICULTURE, LAND - NM. EPA. Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Committee
[Federal Register: September 13, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 176)]
[Notices]
[Page 55578]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-9200-4]
Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Committee
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: Under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463,
EPA gives notice of a meeting of the Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities
Committee (FRRCC). The FRRCC is a policy-oriented committee that
provides policy advice, information, and recommendations to the EPA
Administrator on a range of environmental issues and policies that are
of importance to agriculture and rural communities.
The purpose of this meeting is to advance discussion of specific
topics of unique relevance to agriculture, such as approaches to
addressing agricultural non-point source pollution, complex
agricultural air issues, and environmental markets, in such a way as to
provide thoughtful advice and useful insights to the Agency as it
crafts environmental policies and programs that affect and engage
agriculture and rural communities. A copy of the meeting agenda will be
posted at http://www.epa.gov/ocem/frrcc.
DATES: The Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Committee will hold an
open meeting on Thursday, September 30, 2010, from 8:30 a.m.
(registration at 8 a.m.) until 6 p.m. and on Friday, October 1, 2010,
from 8:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Mayflower Renaissance
Washington, DC Hotel, 1127 Connecticut Avenue, NW., Washington, DC
20036, Telephone: 202-347-3000. The meeting is open to the public, with
limited seating on a first-come, first-served basis.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alicia Kaiser, Designated Federal
Officer, kaiser.alicia@epa.gov, 202-564-7273, U.S. EPA, Office of the
Administrator (1101A), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC
20460.
[Notices]
[Page 55578]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-9200-4]
Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Committee
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: Under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463,
EPA gives notice of a meeting of the Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities
Committee (FRRCC). The FRRCC is a policy-oriented committee that
provides policy advice, information, and recommendations to the EPA
Administrator on a range of environmental issues and policies that are
of importance to agriculture and rural communities.
The purpose of this meeting is to advance discussion of specific
topics of unique relevance to agriculture, such as approaches to
addressing agricultural non-point source pollution, complex
agricultural air issues, and environmental markets, in such a way as to
provide thoughtful advice and useful insights to the Agency as it
crafts environmental policies and programs that affect and engage
agriculture and rural communities. A copy of the meeting agenda will be
posted at http://www.epa.gov/ocem/frrcc.
DATES: The Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Committee will hold an
open meeting on Thursday, September 30, 2010, from 8:30 a.m.
(registration at 8 a.m.) until 6 p.m. and on Friday, October 1, 2010,
from 8:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Mayflower Renaissance
Washington, DC Hotel, 1127 Connecticut Avenue, NW., Washington, DC
20036, Telephone: 202-347-3000. The meeting is open to the public, with
limited seating on a first-come, first-served basis.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alicia Kaiser, Designated Federal
Officer, kaiser.alicia@epa.gov, 202-564-7273, U.S. EPA, Office of the
Administrator (1101A), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC
20460.
ANNOUNCEMENT 4
Subject: TRANSPORT, HAZ, TOXICS - ICR. DOT/Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. Agency Information Collection Activities; Extension of Currently Approved Collection: Transportation of Hazardous Materials, Highway Routing
[Federal Register: September 13, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 176)]
[Notices]
[Page 55630-55631]
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA-2010-0208]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Extension of Currently
Approved Collection: Transportation of Hazardous Materials, Highway
Routing
AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FMCSA
announces its plan to submit the Information Collection Request (ICR)
described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for its
review and approval and invites public comment. The FMCSA requests
approval to extend an existing ICR titled, ``Transportation of
Hazardous Materials, Highway Routing.'' The information reported by
States and Indian tribes is necessary to identify designated/restricted
routes and restrictions or limitations affecting how motor carriers may
transport certain hazardous materials on their highways, including
dates that such routes were established and information on subsequent
changes or new hazardous materials routing designations.
DATES: We must receive your comments on or before November 12, 2010.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments bearing the Department of
Transportation (DOT) Docket Management System (DMS) Docket Number
FMCSA-2010-0208 using any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Docket Management Facility; U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building Ground
Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590-0001.
Hand Delivery: West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140,
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington DC 20590-0001 between 9 a.m.
and 5 p.m., e.t., Monday through Friday, except Federal Holidays.
Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
Each submission must include the Agency name and the docket number for
this Notice. Note that DOT posts all comments received without change
to http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information
included in a comment. Please see the Privacy Act heading below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Paul Bomgardner, Hazardous
Materials Division, Department of Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration, West Building 6th Floor, 1200 New Jersey Avenue,
SE., Washington, DC 20590. Telephone: 202-493-0027; e-mail
paul.bomgardner@dot.gov.
[Notices]
[Page 55630-55631]
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA-2010-0208]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Extension of Currently
Approved Collection: Transportation of Hazardous Materials, Highway
Routing
AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FMCSA
announces its plan to submit the Information Collection Request (ICR)
described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for its
review and approval and invites public comment. The FMCSA requests
approval to extend an existing ICR titled, ``Transportation of
Hazardous Materials, Highway Routing.'' The information reported by
States and Indian tribes is necessary to identify designated/restricted
routes and restrictions or limitations affecting how motor carriers may
transport certain hazardous materials on their highways, including
dates that such routes were established and information on subsequent
changes or new hazardous materials routing designations.
DATES: We must receive your comments on or before November 12, 2010.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments bearing the Department of
Transportation (DOT) Docket Management System (DMS) Docket Number
FMCSA-2010-0208 using any of the following methods:
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building Ground
Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590-0001.
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington DC 20590-0001 between 9 a.m.
and 5 p.m., e.t., Monday through Friday, except Federal Holidays.
Each submission must include the Agency name and the docket number for
this Notice. Note that DOT posts all comments received without change
to http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information
included in a comment. Please see the Privacy Act heading below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Paul Bomgardner, Hazardous
Materials Division, Department of Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration, West Building 6th Floor, 1200 New Jersey Avenue,
SE., Washington, DC 20590. Telephone: 202-493-0027; e-mail
paul.bomgardner@dot.gov.
ANNOUNCEMENT 5
Subject: ALL - ICR. DOI/USGS. Proposed Information Collection; The State of Ecosystem Services Implementation Survey
[Federal Register: September 13, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 176)]
[Notices]
[Page 55598-55599]
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
U.S. Geological Survey
[USGS-8327-CMG61]
Proposed Information Collection; The State of Ecosystem Services
Implementation Survey
AGENCY: United States Geological Survey (USGS), Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: We (the U.S. Geological Survey) will ask the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to approve the information collection (IC)
described below. As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and
as part of our continuing efforts to reduce paperwork and respondent
burden, we invite the general public and other Federal agencies to take
this opportunity to comment on this IC. Please note that we may not
conduct or sponsor and a person is not required to respond to a
collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number.
DATES: To ensure that we are able to consider your comments to this IC,
we must receive them on or before November 12, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments and suggestions on this IC to Phadrea
Ponds, Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. Geological
Survey, 2150-C Centre Avenue, Fort Collins, CO 80526 (mail);
pondsp@usgs.gov (e-mail).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information
about this IC, please contact USGS, Rudy Schuster by mail at 2150-C
Centre Avenue, Fort Collins, CO 80526 or schusterr@usgs.gov (e-mail).
[Notices]
[Page 55598-55599]
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
U.S. Geological Survey
[USGS-8327-CMG61]
Proposed Information Collection; The State of Ecosystem Services
Implementation Survey
AGENCY: United States Geological Survey (USGS), Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: We (the U.S. Geological Survey) will ask the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to approve the information collection (IC)
described below. As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and
as part of our continuing efforts to reduce paperwork and respondent
burden, we invite the general public and other Federal agencies to take
this opportunity to comment on this IC. Please note that we may not
conduct or sponsor and a person is not required to respond to a
collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number.
DATES: To ensure that we are able to consider your comments to this IC,
we must receive them on or before November 12, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments and suggestions on this IC to Phadrea
Ponds, Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. Geological
Survey, 2150-C Centre Avenue, Fort Collins, CO 80526 (mail);
pondsp@usgs.gov (e-mail).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information
about this IC, please contact USGS, Rudy Schuster by mail at 2150-C
Centre Avenue, Fort Collins, CO 80526 or schusterr@usgs.gov (e-mail).
ANNOUNCEMENT 6
Subject: WATER, GLAKES - NF. DOC/NOAA. NOAA Regional Ocean Partnership Funding Program--FY2011 Funding Competition
[Federal Register: September 13, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 176)]
[Notices]
[Page 55541-55552]
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[Docket No. 100820388-0388-01]
RIN 0648-ZC20
NOAA Regional Ocean Partnership Funding Program--FY2011 Funding
Competition
AGENCY: National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA), Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The purpose of this document is to advise eligible state,
local, territory and tribal governments, regional ocean partnerships,
institutions of higher learning, and non-profit and for-profit
organizations (requirements described in full announcement) that NOAA
is soliciting proposals for competitive funding for Regional Ocean
Partnerships that include or emphasize regional Coastal and Marine
Spatial Planning (CMSP) efforts. This competition is focused on
advancing effective coastal and ocean management through regional ocean
governance and the goals for national ocean policy set out in the July
2010 Final Recommendations of the Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force,
which includes a national CMSP Framework. The Regional Ocean
Partnership Funding Program (ROPFP) will support two categories of
activities:
(1) Implementation of activities that contribute to achieving the
priorities identified by Regional Ocean Partnerships (ROPs) while also
advancing CMSP as envisioned in the national CMSP Framework; and
(2) ROP Development and Governance Support for administration and
operations of existing ROPs, and for start-up costs of those regions
beginning ROPs.
Eligible entities must submit to NOAA full proposals on or before
December 10, 2010, in order to participate in this Fiscal Year (FY)
2011 funding opportunity. Total anticipated funding is approximately
$20,000,000 and is subject to the availability of FY 2011
appropriations. Additional funds of approximately $10,000,000 from NOAA
or other Federal agencies may be used for FY 2011 or multi-year awards
from this competition. The start date on proposals should be the first
day of July, August or September, but no later than October 1, of 2011.
Statutory authority for this program is provided under Coastal Zone
Management Act, 16 U.S.C. 1456c (Technical Assistance).
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. Anticipated
Announcement of Award: June 1, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Full proposal application packages, including any letters of
support, should be submitted through the apply function on 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.
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 James.L.Free@noaa.gov. For technical questions regarding
this announcement, contact Rebecca Smyth, phone 510-251-8324, e-mail
Rebecca.Smyth@noaa.gov. To obtain a copy of the Final Recommendations
of the Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force, please refer to http://
www.whitehouse.gov/files/documents/OPTF_FinalRecs.pdf.
[Notices]
[Page 55541-55552]
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[Docket No. 100820388-0388-01]
RIN 0648-ZC20
NOAA Regional Ocean Partnership Funding Program--FY2011 Funding
Competition
AGENCY: National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA), Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The purpose of this document is to advise eligible state,
local, territory and tribal governments, regional ocean partnerships,
institutions of higher learning, and non-profit and for-profit
organizations (requirements described in full announcement) that NOAA
is soliciting proposals for competitive funding for Regional Ocean
Partnerships that include or emphasize regional Coastal and Marine
Spatial Planning (CMSP) efforts. This competition is focused on
advancing effective coastal and ocean management through regional ocean
governance and the goals for national ocean policy set out in the July
2010 Final Recommendations of the Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force,
which includes a national CMSP Framework. The Regional Ocean
Partnership Funding Program (ROPFP) will support two categories of
activities:
(1) Implementation of activities that contribute to achieving the
priorities identified by Regional Ocean Partnerships (ROPs) while also
advancing CMSP as envisioned in the national CMSP Framework; and
(2) ROP Development and Governance Support for administration and
operations of existing ROPs, and for start-up costs of those regions
beginning ROPs.
Eligible entities must submit to NOAA full proposals on or before
December 10, 2010, in order to participate in this Fiscal Year (FY)
2011 funding opportunity. Total anticipated funding is approximately
$20,000,000 and is subject to the availability of FY 2011
appropriations. Additional funds of approximately $10,000,000 from NOAA
or other Federal agencies may be used for FY 2011 or multi-year awards
from this competition. The start date on proposals should be the first
day of July, August or September, but no later than October 1, of 2011.
Statutory authority for this program is provided under Coastal Zone
Management Act, 16 U.S.C. 1456c (Technical Assistance).
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. Anticipated
Announcement of Award: June 1, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Full proposal application packages, including any letters of
support, should be submitted through the apply function on 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.
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 James.L.Free@noaa.gov. For technical questions regarding
this announcement, contact Rebecca Smyth, phone 510-251-8324, e-mail
Rebecca.Smyth@noaa.gov. To obtain a copy of the Final Recommendations
of the Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force, please refer to http://
www.whitehouse.gov/files/documents/OPTF_FinalRecs.pdf.
