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will not advance through the review 

process. Applicants will be notified that 

their application did not meet 

submission requirements.

A Special Emphasis Panel will 

evaluate complete and responsive 

applications according to the criteria 

listed in the ‘‘V.1. Criteria’’ section 

above. 

V.3. Anticipated Announcement and 

Award Dates 

Awards anticipated to be effective 

March 30, 2005. 

VI. Award Administration Information 

VI.1. Award Notices 

Successful applicants will receive a 

Notice of Grant Award (NGA) from the 

CDC Procurement and Grants Office. 

The NGA shall be the only binding, 

authorizing document between the 

recipient and CDC. The NGA will be 

signed by an authorized Grants 

Management Officer, and mailed to the 

recipient fiscal officer identified in the 

application. 

Unsuccessful applicants will receive 

notification of the results of the 

application review by mail. 

VI.2. Administrative and National 

Policy Requirements 

45 CFR Part 74 and Part 92 

For more information about the Code 

of Federal Regulations, see the National 

Archives and Records Administration at 

the following Internet address: http://

www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/cfr-tablesearch.html.

The following additional 

requirements apply to this project: 

• AR–1 Human Subjects 

Requirements 

• AR–9 Paperwork Reduction Act 

Requirements 

• AR–10 Smoke-Free Workplace 

Requirements 

• AR–11 Healthy People 2010 

• AR–12 Lobbying Restrictions 

• AR–14 Accounting System 

Requirements 

Additional information on these 

requirements can be found on the CDC 

Web site at the following Internet 

address: http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/

funding/ARs.htm.

VI.3. Reporting Requirements 

You must provide CDC with an 

original, plus two hard copies, of the 

following reports: 

1. Interim progress report no less than 

90 days before the end of the budget 

period. The progress report will serve as 

your non-competing continuation 

application, and must contain the 

following elements: 

a. Current Budget Period Activities 

Objectives. 

b. Current Budget Period Financial 

Progress. 

c. New Budget Period Program 

Proposed Activity Objectives. 

d. Budget. 

e. Additional Requested Information. 

f. Measures of Effectiveness. 

2. Financial status report no more 

than 90 days after the end of the budget 

period. 

3. Final financial and performance 

reports, no more than 90 days after the 

end of the project period. 

These reports must be mailed to the 

Grants Management Specialist listed in 

the ‘‘Agency Contacts’’ section of this 

announcement. 

VII. Agency Contacts 

For general questions about this 

announcement, contact: Technical 

Information Management Section, CDC 

Procurement and Grants Office, 2920 

Brandywine Rd., Atlanta, GA 30341, 

Telephone: 770–488–2700. 

For scientific/research issues, contact: 

Extramural Project Officer, Carol A. 

Selman, 4770 Buford Hwy, NE, (F28), 

Chamblee, GA 30341, Telephone: 770–

488–4352, E-mail: cselman@cdc.gov.

For financial, grants management or 

budget assistance, contact: Vivian F. 

Walker, Contract Specialist, CDC 

Procurement and Grants Office, 2920 

Brandywine Rd., Atlanta, GA 30341, 

Telephone: 770–488–2724, E-mail: 

vwalker@cdc.gov.

VIII. Other Information 

Background information concerning 

EHS-Net can be found on the CDC web 

site at the following Internet address: 

http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/ehs/EHSNet/

default.htm.

Dated: October 15, 2004. 

William P. Nichols, 

Acting Director, Procurement and Grants 

Office, Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention.

[FR Doc. 04–23618 Filed 10–20–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4163–18–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health/National 

Institute of Environmental Health 

Sciences 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request; Dust Mite Allergen Reduction 

Study

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

for opportunity for public comment on 

proposed data collection projects, the 

National Institute of Environmental 

Health Sciences (NIEHS), the National 

Institutes of Health (NIH) will publish 

periodic summaries of proposed 

projects to be submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval. 

Proposed Collection: Tile: Dust Mite 

Allergen Reduction Study. Type of 

Information Collection Request: New. 

Need and Use of Information Collection:

Asthmatics and others with dust mite 

allergies often implement strategies to 

avoid dust mite exposure, but have little 

objective evidence that their 

interventions are successful in reducing 

dust mite populations. Recently 

developed in-home test kits have 

introduced the capability to monitor the 

effectiveness of allergen reduction 

strategies by providing an affordable, 

simple way to measure dust mite 

allergens on a regular basis. The primary 

objective of this study is to determine if 

use of in-home test kits results in 

decreased dust mite allergen levels in 

home of children sensitive or allergic to 

dust mites. A secondary objective is to 

determine if use of in-home test kits 

result in attitudinal and behavioral 

changes related to implementing and 

maintaining dust mite reduction 

strategies. This study is a randomized 

intervention trial designed to test the 

efficacy of an in-home test kit in 

influencing behaviors to reduce dust 

mite allergen levels. Households will be 

recruited through flyers and will be 

screened for eligibility through a 

recruitment call line and a home visit to 

determine baseline dust mite levels in 

the household. Study participants will 

be randomly assigned to a treatment or 

control group. The treatment group will 

receive educational materials and an inhome test kit at set intervals, while the 

control group will receive educational 

materials alone. Vacuumed dust 

samples will be collected and delivered 

to the NIEHS laboratory for ELISA-based 

measurements of the dust mite allergens 

Der f 2 and Der p 2. A questionnaire will 

be used to collect information on home 

characteristics and on dust mite 

reduction attitudes and behaviors. Data 

will be collected at baseline, 6 months 

and 12 months. The results from this 

study will be used by NIEHS to plan 

future primary and secondary asthma 

prevention trials. 

Frequency of Response: After two 

stages of eligibility screening, data will 

be collected at baseline, 6-months, and 

12-months. Affected Public: Individuals 

or households. Type of Respondents:

Parents of children with dust-mite 

allergies. The annual reporting burden 

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is as follows: Estimated Number of 

Respondents: See table below. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondents: See table below. Average 

Burden Hours Per Response: 0.25 hour 

for initial screening, 0.5 hour for dust 

mite eligibility screening, 1.5 hours for 

each baseline visit and 1 hour for each 

follow-up home visit (6- and 12-month); 

and Estimated Total Burden Hours 

Requested: 690.5. The average annual 

burden hours requested is 112.5 for the 

initial screening, 140 for the dust mite 

eligibility screening, 216 for the baseline 

visit, 122 for the 6-month follow-up and 

100 for the 12-month follow-up visits. 

The annualized cost to respondents is 

estimated at $13,810 (assuming $20 

hourly wage × 690.5 hours). There are 

no Capital Costs to report. There are no 

Operating or Maintenance Costs to 

report.

Type of respondents 

Estimated 

number of respondents 

Estimated 

number of responses per 

respondent 

Average burden hours per 

response 

Estimated total 

burden hours 

requested 

Eligibility screening .......................................................................................... 450 1 0.25 112.5 

Dust mite level eligibility screening .................................................................. 1 280 1 0.5 140 

Baseline visit .................................................................................................... 2 144 1 1.5 216 

6-month follow-up ............................................................................................ 122 1 1 122 

12-month follow-up .......................................................................................... 3 100 1 1 100 

Total .......................................................................................................... 4 1,096 ........................ ........................ 690.5 

1Expect approximately 60% of the participants to satisfy the initial eligibility criteria. 

2Expect approximately 50% of the participants who met initial eligibility to satisfy the dust mite level screening eligibility criteria. 3Expect approximately 30% attrition rate over the 12 month period. 

4 Individuals who participate in each step of data collection are counted more than once, for each phase of data collection. Total number of 

unduplicated respondents is 450. 

Request for Comments: Written 

comments and/or suggestions from the 

public and affected agencies are invited 

on one or more of the following points: 

(1) Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the function of the 

agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden of the proposed collection 

of information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (4) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on those who are to respond, including 

the use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request more information on the 

proposed project or to obtain a copy of 

the data collection plans and 

instruments, contact: Leslie Elliott, 

Laboratory of Respiratory Biology, 

NIEHS, Building 101, A2–05, P.O. Box 

12233, Research Triangle Park, NC 

27709 or call non-toll-free number (919) 

541–1161 or e-mail your request, 

including your address to: 

elliott1@niehs.nih.gov.

Comments Due Date: Comments 

regarding this information collection are 

best assured of having their full effect if 

received within 60 days of the date of 

this publication.

Dated: October 8, 2004. 

Rich Freed, 

NIEHS, Associate Director for Management.

[FR Doc. 04–23560 Filed 10–20–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4140–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Public Health Service 

National Institutes of Health 

National Institute of Environmental 

Health Sciences; Amended Notice of a 

Meeting of the Scientific Advisory 

Committee on Alternative 

Toxicological Methods: Availability of 

Video Casting and a Public Telephone 

Call-In Line 

This notice announces the availability 

of video casting and a public telephone 

call-in line for the October 20, 2004 

meeting of the Scientific Advisory 

Committee on Alternative Toxicological 

Methods (SACATM). The meeting will 

be held at the U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA), 109 T.W. 

Alexander Drive, Research Triangle 

Park, NC (Building C, Room C111, 

Auditorium sections A. and B). 

Additional information about this 

SACATM meeting was published in a 

previous Federal Register notice 

(September 8 (Volume 69, Number 173) 

pages 54298—54299). 

The National Toxicology Program 

(NTP) is making plans to video cast the 

SACATM meeting through the Internet 

at http://www.niehs.nih.gov/external/

video.htm. The following information is 

required for telephone access: 

• USA Toll Free Number: 800–857–

1738 (required). 

• Passcode: 50250 (required). 

• Leader Name: Kristina Thayer 

(required). 

• Press *6 to mute and unmute. 

The NTP has reserved 50 telephone 

lines for this call and access availability 

will be on a first come first served basis. 

Comments from the phone will be 

solicited during public comment 

periods identified on the agenda (see 

below for revised draft agenda). 

Telephone comments should not exceed 

two minutes in length and each 

organization is allowed only one oral 

slot (in person or by the telephone) per 

agenda topic. Calls will be taken as time 

permits and at the discretion of the 

SACATM chairperson. Every effort will 

be made to accommodate callers, but the 

total time allotted for comments 

received via the telephone will be 30 

minutes for the entire meeting. Priority 

will be given to callers who register to 

make public comments in advance of 

the meeting. Registration to present oral 

public comments or to submit written 

comments can be completed online at 

the SACATM meeting site (http://ntpserver.niehs.nih.gov/

index.cfm?objectid=26F6530D-BA27–

9B29–FAE1657CB6DB907D). Details 

about the meeting, Internet access and 

telephone call-in are also available at 

this site. The video casting and public 

telephone call-in are new remote access 

options for SACATM, thus their 

technical quality can not be guaranteed.