Honu'apo Park Resource Management Plan

Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program
Final Program Guidelines – June 6, 2003
6.9 Environmental Justice. Consistent with the President’s Executive Order on
Environmental Justice (Feb. 11, 1994) and the Department of Commerce’s
Environmental Justice Strategy, applicants shall ensure that their CELCP projects will not
have disproportionately high and adverse human health or environmental effects on
minority or low income populations.
6.10 Commerce Pre-Award Notification Requirements for Grants and Cooperative
Agreements. The Department of Commerce has published in the Federal Register,
October 1, 2001 (66 FR 49917), as amended October 30, 2002 (67 FR66109), a set of
requirements that are applicable to all federal financial assistance awards issued by the
Department. These will be addressed as Special Award Conditions on financial assistance
awards.
7. Classification
Opinion
7.1 Administrative Procedure Act/Regulatory Flexibility Act.
Prior notice and an opportunity for public comment are not required by the
Administrative Procedure Act for rules concerning public property, loans, grants,
benefits, and contracts (5 USC 553 (a) (2)). Because notice and opportunity for comment
are not required pursuant to 5 USC 553 or any other law, the analytical requirements of
the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 USC 601 et seq.) are inapplicable. Therefore, a
regulatory flexibility analysis is not required and has not been prepared.
7.2 Executive Order 12866.
These draft guidelines do not constitute a “significant regulatory action” as
defined by Executive Order 12866 because: (1) they will not have an annual effect on
the economy of $100 million or more , or adversely affect in a material way the
economy, a sector of the economy, productivity, competition, jobs, the environment,
public health or safety, or State, local or tribal governments or communities; (2) they
will not create a serious inconsistency or otherwise interfere with an action taken or
planned by another agency; (3) they will not materially alter the budgetary impact of
entitlements, grants, user fees, or loan programs or the rights and obligations of
recipients thereof; and (4) they will not raise novel legal or policy issues arising out of
legal mandates, the President’s priorities, or the principles set forth in the Executive
Order.
7.3 Paperwork Reduction Act.
This document contains collection-of-information requirements subject to the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), and which have been approved by OMB. The use of
Standard Forms 424, 424A, 424B, and SF-LLL have been approved by OMB under the
respective control numbers 0348-0043, 0348-0044, 0348-0040, and 0348-0046. The
information to be collected under these guidelines through conservation plans, the
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