[SEMCO] RFP: NOAA Coastal Services Center

[Sheri DeRosa]

[Federal Register: June 10, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 111)]
[Page 39683-39695]
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[Docket No. 000927276-2103-03]
RIN 0648-ZA94
Coastal Services Center Broad Area Announcement

SUMMARY: The NOAA Coastal Services Center (Center) is soliciting applications for federal assistance for the following program areas: Landscape  Characterization and Restoration (LCR), Integration and Development (I&D),  Outreach, Coastal Remote Sensing (CRS) and Information Resources (IR). This announcement provides guidelines for these program areas and includes details for the evaluation criteria, and selection procedures of each program.  Selected recipients will enter into either a cooperative agreement with the Center or receive a grant depending upon the amount of the Center's  involvement in the project. Funding for these programs will be contingent upon availability of FY 2003 funding availability.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Center is soliciting applications forfederal assistance and funding will be contingent upon availability of FY 2003funding availability. The following program areas are: Landscape Characterization and Restoration (LCR), Integration and Development (I&D), Outreach, Coastal
Remote Sensing (CRS) and Information Resources (IR). This announcement provides guidelines for these program areas and includes details for the evaluation criteria, and selection procedures of each program. Selected recipientswill enter into either a cooperative agreement with the Center or receive a grant depending upon the amount of the Center's involvement in the project. Substantial
involvement means a cooperative agreement, while independent work requires a grant. All applicants are required to submit a NOAA grants application packageand project proposal. The standard NOAA grants application package (which includes  forms SF-424, SF-424A, SF-424B, CD-511, CD-512, and SF-LLL) can be
obtained  from the NOAA grants Website at <http://
www.rdc.noaa.gov/grants/pdf/. Funding will be subject to the availability of  federal appropriations. Applicants are required to prepare separate packages  for each proposal submitted.

Guiding the conservation and management of coastal resources is a primary function of NOAA. NOAA accomplishes this goal through a variety of mechanisms,  including collaboration with the coastal resource management programs of the  Nation's states and territories. The mission of the NOAA Coastal Services  Center is to support the environmental, social, and economic well being of the 
coast by linking people, information, and technology. The goal of the Center  is to build capabilities throughout the nation to address pressing issues of  coastal health and change by promoting coastal resource conservation and efficient and sustainable commercial and residential development.

Landscape Characterization and Restoration (LCR)--Environmental Characterization for a United States Estuary, Watershed, or Special Management  Area in the Southern United States or the Caribbean

Project Description

The Center seeks proposals for a 2-year cooperative agreement under which a cooperator and the Center will jointly develop a digital information resource  for a U.S. estuary, watershed, or special management area in the Southeastern  U.S. or the Caribbean, located entirely or in part within North
Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, the U.S. Virgin Islands, or Puerto Rico. The information resource must focus on  one or more resource management needs of the chosen estuary, watershed, or special management area and must emphasize examinations of ecosystem function  through the integration of physical, ecological, and socioeconomic
information and analyses. The cooperator will choose the management needs that will be focused on: for example, a regional habitat restoration plan, non-point source  pollution management plan, long-term dredged material management plan,species recovery plan, or detailed environmental description. The information resource must clearly help managers make resource management, regulatory, or
land-use planning decisions. In fact, it is suggested, but not required, that the 
project result in the creation of an interactive decision support tool. Total  anticipated funding for a project is $300,000 over two years and is subject to  the availability of FY 2003 and FY 2004 appropriations. No more than two awards are anticipated from this announcement.

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