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CATALOG OF FEDERAL DOMESTIC
ASSISTANCE
11.473: Coastal Services Center
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| PROGRAM AND AWARD | FINANCIAL AND INFORMATION CONTACTS |
| ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS | FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFO. |
| APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS | INFORMATION CONTACTS |
| RELATED PROGRAMS | ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS |
| PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS | POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS |
Applicant Eligibility: State and Local Governments, Public Nonprofit Institution/Organization, Other Public Institution/Organization.
Beneficiary Eligibility: State and Local Governments, Public Nonprofit Institution/ Organization, Other Public Institution/Organization.
Credentials/Documentation: Proposals with statements of work and estimated budgets. Costs will be determined in accordance with OMB Circulars Nos. A-21 for agreements with education institutions, A-87 for State and local governments and A-122 for nonprofit institutions.
Preapplication Coordination: The standard application forms as furnished by the agency and required by 15 CFR Part 24 and OMB Circular No. A-110 must be used for this program. This program is eligible for coverage under E.O. 12372, "Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs." An applicant should consult the office or official designated as the single point of contact in his or her State for more information on the process the State requires to be followed in applying for assistance, if the State has selected the program for review.
Application Procedure: Proposal are sent to the Coastal Services Center Program Manger and are subject to the requirements of 15 CFR Part 24 and OMB Circular No. A-110, as applicable.
Award Procedure: Awards are made on the basis of proposals evaluations, technical reviews, administrative reviews, if applicable.
Deadlines: Contact the regional office for application.
Range of Approval/Disapproval Time: From 90 to 180 days from time of proposal submission.
Appeals: None.
Renewals: Extension requests will be considered by CSC only if the recipient has submitted all required performance reports. At least 60 days prior to the end of the award, recipients must discuss with CSC expected reprogramming and extensions requests. After preliminary negotiation on proposed projects and extensions, formal written reprogramming and extension requests should be received by CSC 45 days prior to the end date of the award. CSC will not recommend approval for any retroactive extension request (received after the end date of the award). Recipients should make every effort to submit one extension request for all projects needing an extension (when possible, multiple extension requests should be avoided). With sufficient justification, CSC will recommend approval of a six-month extension for the first extension request. First time or cumulative extension requests for more than six months but less than 12 months, will need more compelling justification as to why the project was not completed on time or could not be completed within the first six-month extension. Although CSC discourages extensions of more than 12 months, CSC will recommend approval in cases where the funds are already obligated. Renewal of an award to increase funding or extend the period of performance is at the total discretion of the Department.
Criteria for Selecting Proposals: Proposals are subject to office evaluations, technical reviews, administrative reviews, and externals reviews, if applicable, taking into consideration primarily scientific merit and application to the goals of NOAA and the Coastal Services Center.
Examples of Funded Projects: In FY 99, grants were awarded to: 1) University of Southern Mississippi to administer the Coastal Services Center (CSC) Coastal Management Fellowship Program. CSC and the University of Mississippi will work collaboratively on the development of additional project partners and solicitation of potential host site projects in addition to the follow candidates themselves; 2) Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection. This was a cooperative agreement for Massachusetts and CSC to develop eelgrass change detection data and enhance it with available water quality information and periodic point sampling data to make a digital resource map which can be used by local and state agencies; 3) Florida Department of Environmental Protection. This was a cooperative agreement for Florida and CSC to conduct an ecological and socioeconomic characterization of a watershed that drains into the Gulf of Mexico.
Range and Average of Financial Assistance: Proposals tend to range from $10,000 to $450,000.
Federal Agency: NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION (NOAA), NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE (NOS), DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Type of Assistance: Project Grants (Cooperative Agreements).
Obligations: (Grants/Cooperative Agreements) FY 99 $2,000,000; FY 00 est $1,600,000; and FY 01 est $1,600,000.
Budget Account Number: 13-1450-0-1-306.
Authorization: 16 U.S.C. 1456C; 15 U.S.C. 1540; 33 U.S.C. 1442, 883a-e.
Regulations, Guidelines, and Literature: Department Administrative Order 203-36, dated may 15, 1985 (Department of Commerce Grants Administration) and also the NOAA Grants and Cooperative Agreement Policy Manual.
Regional or Local Office: Jeffrey Payne, Program Manager, NOAA Coastal Services Center, 2234 South Hobson Ave., Charleston, SC, 29405-2413. Phone: (843) 740-1200.
Headquarters Office: Dr. Nancy Foster, Ph. D., Assistant Administrator, NOS, 1305 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Phone: (301) 713-3074.
(See Appendix IV for more contact info.)
Formula and Matching Requirements: This program has no statutory formula.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: 1-3 years with funding approved annually on individual and group proposals.
Uses and Use Restrictions: Uses will be in the following Center areas: Coastal Management Service (CMS): Coastal Fellowships and Apprenticeships; Training and Communications: Facilitation and mediation activities, training materials development and dissemination of information; Coastal Information Service (CIS): Coastal Change Analysis Program: To develop coastal land cover and benthic habitat change analysis products; Integration and Development: Geographic information systems, tabular, spatial database development; Landscape Characterization and Restoration: Develop adaptive databases to support ecological characterizations and syntheses and restoration planning; Information Resources: To develop center metadata storage, retrieval, processing and display methodologies or activities; Coastal and Environmental Technology Commercialization: To help commercialize related advanced environmental technologies; and Remote Sensing: To generate, archive, interpret and validate aircraft, satellite and other remotely sensed environmental data and derived products.
Reports: Financial status reports are required quarterly. Performance reports are required semiannually. Program status reports are required annually.
Audits: In accordance with the provisions of OMB Circular No. A-133 (Revised, June 24, 1997), recipients that are States, Local Governments, Non-profit Organizations (to include Hospitals), and Institutions of Higher Learning shall be subject to the audit requirements contained in the Single Audit Act Amendments of 1996 (31 U.S.C. 7501-7507). Commercial organizations shall be subject to the audit requirements as stipulated in the award document.
Records: Records will be retained in accordance with provisions of OMB Circular No. A-110 for institutions of higher education and other non-profit organizations, and with 15 CFR Part 24 for state and local government.
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