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j. Description of Application: Teton, 

DaimlerChrysler, and Topsham 

(collectively, the Applicants) jointly 

submitted an application pursuant to 

Section 8 of the Federal Power Act 

seeking authorization for the partial 

transfer of the license for the Pejepscot 

Project, No. 4784 to reflect the 

reorganization in which UtilCo SaleCo, 

LLC was absorbed by Teton, its owner. 

k. This filing is available for review at 

the Commission in the Public Reference 

Room or may be viewed on the 

Commission’s Web site at http://

www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘FERRIS’’ link. 

Enter the project number excluding the 

last three digits (P–4784) in the docket 

number field to access the document. 

For online assistance, contact 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call 

toll-free (866) 208–3676, for TTY, call 

(202) 502–8659. A copy is also available 

for inspection and reproduction at the 

addresses in item g. above. 

l. Individuals desiring to be included 

on the Commission’s mailing list should 

so indicate by writing to the Secretary 

of the Commission. 

m. Comments, Protests, or Motions to 

Intervene: Anyone may submit 

comments, a protest, or a motion to 

intervene in accordance with the 

requirements of Rules of Practice and 

Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, 385.211, 

385.214. In determining the appropriate 

action to take, the Commission will 

consider all protests or other comments 

filed, but only those who file a motion 

to intervene in accordance with the 

Commission’s Rules may become a 

party to the proceeding. Any comments, 

protests, or motions to intervene must 

be received on or before the specified 

comment date for the particular 

application. 

n. Filing and Service of Responsive 

Documents: Any filings must bear in all 

capital letters the title ‘‘COMMENTS’’, 

‘‘PROTEST’’, OR ‘‘MOTION TO 

INTERVENE’’, as applicable, and the 

Project Number of the particular 

application to which the filing refers. 

Any of the above-named documents 

must be filed by providing the original 

and the number of copies provided by 

the Commission’s regulations to: The 

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 888 First Street, NE, 

Washington, DC 20426. A copy of any 

motion to intervene must also be served 

upon each representative of the 

Applicant specified in the particular 

application. 

o. Agency Comments: Federal, state, 

and local agencies are invited to file 

comments on the described application. 

A copy of the application may be 

obtained by agencies directly from the 

Applicant. If an agency does not file 

comments within the time specified for 

filing comments, it will be presumed to 

have no comments. One copy of an 

agency’s comments must also be sent to 

the Applicant’s representatives.

Magalie R. Salas, 

Secretary.

[FR Doc. E4–3093 Filed 11–9–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. ER02–2001–000] 

Electric Quarterly Reports; Notice of 

Electric Quarterly Reports Regional 

Outreach Meeting 

November 2, 2004. 

The FERC Electric Quarterly Reports 

(EQR) staff has scheduled a regional 

outreach meeting to be held in 

conjunction with a PJM EQR data 

mapping session. On Monday, 

November 15, 2004, FERC EQR staff will 

hold an EQR Outreach Session for PJM 

filers in conjunction with a meeting 

hosted by the PJM ISO the next day. 

Both meetings will be held at the 

Wyndham Wilmington Hotel in 

Wilmington, DE. The FERC EQR 

Outreach Session will run from 1 p.m. 

to 5 p.m. (EST) on Monday. FERC EQR 

staff will discuss general ISO data 

mapping issues and address any other 

EQR questions or problems that filers 

have. Tuesday’s PJM EQR Data Mapping 

meeting will address the details of 

mapping PJM settlement items to EQR 

product names. Interested individuals 

should bring someone from their 

company who is familiar with the PJM 

operations and settlement statements. 

Participants should register for each 

meeting separately. Those who would 

like to participate in the November 15th 

FERC EQR Outreach Session are asked 

to register online at FERC by Thursday, 

November 11, 2004, at http://

www.ferc.gov/whats-new/registration/

eqr-1115-form.asp. Registration 

information for the November 16th PJM 

EQR Data Mapping meeting can be 

found at http://www.pjm.com/

committees/form-eqrom-attend.html.

Persons wishing to file comments may 

do so under the above-captioned Docket 

Number. Those filings will be available 

for review at the Commission or may be 

viewed on the Commission’s Web site at 

http://www.ferc.gov, using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link. For assistance, contact 

FERC Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or via 

phone at (866) 208–3676 (toll-free). For 

TTY, contact (202) 502–8659. 

For additional information, please 

contact Mark Blazejowski of FERC’s 

Office of Market Oversight and 

Investigations at (202) 502–6055 or by email, mark.blazejowski@ferc.gov.

Magalie R. Salas, 

Secretary.

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[OPP–2004–0280; FRL–7675–1] 

Pesticide Safety Program for 

Agricultural Workers, Pesticide 

Handlers and Health Providers; Notice 

of Funds Availability

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: EPA’s Office of Pesticide 

Programs (OPP) is soliciting proposals 

for financial assistance to support a 

continuing national and international 

pesticide safety program to analyze 

occupational safety programs and 

information for agricultural workers, 

pesticide providers, and health 

professionals to reduce exposure to 

pesticides. As part of this program, the 

grantee will analyze the current status of 

private and public programs on 

pesticide safety, conduct outreach 

meetings with experts from the 

agricultural community to assess needs 

and develop education and training 

programs, outreach materials and 

improved hazard communications for 

pesticide applicators, agricultural 

workers, health providers, growers and 

local, state, national and international 

organizations, and government agencies. 

The total funding available for award in 

FY 2005, which represents funding set 

aside in FY 2004, is expected to be 

approximately $600,000. At the 

conclusion of the first 1 year period of 

performance and, based on the 

availability of future funding, 

incremental funding of up to $600,000 

may be made available for each year 

allowing the project to continue for a 

total of five periods of performance 

(approximately 5 years) and with a total 

potential funding of up to $3,000,000 for 

the 5–year period, depending on need 

and the Agency budget in outlying 

years.

DATES: Applications must be received 

by EPA on or before December 27, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Applications may be 

submitted by mail, fax, or electronically. 

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Please follow the detailed instructions 

provided in Unit IV. of the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Carol Parker, Field and External Affairs 

Division (7506C), Office of Pesticide 

Programs, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone 

number: (703) 305–6458; fax number: 

(703) 308–2962; e-mail address: 

parker.carol@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

following listing provides certain key 

information concerning the funding 

opportunity. 

• Federal agency name: 

Environmental Protection Agency 

(EPA). 

• Funding opportunity title: 

Pesticide Safety Program for 

Agricultural Workers, Pesticide 

Handlers and Health Providers. 

• Funding opportunity number: 

OPP–002. 

• Announcement type: The initial 

announcement of a funding 

opportunity. 

• Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFCA) number: This 

program is included in the Catalog of 

Federal Domestic Assistance under 

number 66.716 at http://www.cfda.gov. 

• Dates: Applications must be 

received by EPA on or before December 

27, 2004. 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

A. Authority 

EPA expects to enter into cooperative 

agreements under the authority 

provided in FIFRA section 20 which 

authorizes the Agency to issue grants or 

cooperative agreements for research, 

public education, training, monitoring, 

demonstration and studies. Regulations 

governing these cooperative agreements 

are found at 40 CFR part 30 for 

institutions of higher education, 

colleges and universities, and non-profit 

organizations, and 40 CFR part 31 for 

states and local governments. In 

addition, the provisions in 40 CFR part 

32, governing government wide 

debarment and suspension; and the 

provisions in 40 CFR part 34, regarding 

restrictions on lobbying apply. All costs 

incurred under this program must be 

allowable under the applicable OMB 

Cost Circulars: A-87 (states and local 

governments), A-122 (nonprofit 

organizations), or A-21 (universities). 

Copies of these circulars can be found 

athttp://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/

circulars/. In accordance with EPA 

policy and the OMB circulars, as 

appropriate, any recipient of funding 

must agree not to use assistance funds 

for lobbying, fund-raising, or political 

activities (e.g., lobbying members of 

Congress or lobbying for other Federal 

grants, cooperative agreements, or 

contracts). See 40 CFR part 34. 

B. Program Description 

1. Purpose and scope. The 

cooperative agreement awarded under 

this program is intended to provide 

financial assistance to support a 

continuing project to work with a wide 

spectrum of agricultural stakeholders 

and pesticide safety education and 

training experts to continue research, 

assessment and development of 

improved pesticide safety programs for 

agricultural workers, pesticide handlers 

and health providers to reduce 

exposures to the hazards of pesticides. 

Under this new cooperative 

agreement, experience and expertise in 

bringing together a broad external 

network of key agricultural experts and 

interests is critical to developing more 

effective pesticide safety programs on 

local, state, national and international 

levels. Working with a wide spectrum of 

environmental and agricultural 

representatives will also help address 

the General Accounting Office reports 

urging EPA to improve its outreach and 

involvement with stakeholder 

organizations. Experience and expertise 

in working with state agencies, 

farmworker, grower, commodity and 

health organizations, the Cooperative 

Extension Service, the agricultural 

chemical industry, and other members 

of the agricultural community to assess 

key components in the area of worker 

and handler training, hazardous 

communication, and health is critical to 

the success of this project. The 

cooperative agreement will also work 

with the stakeholders and experts in 

creating effective model pesticide safety 

programs and materials for farmworkers, 

their families, pesticide handlers, and 

health care providers. 

Activities to be funded: In working 

with a wide spectrum of agricultural 

experts and stakeholders, the 

cooperative agreement will fund the 

continued development of improved 

national and international pesticide 

safety training and education programs 

to reduce exposure to the hazards of 

pesticides. Key activities to be funded 

under this cooperative agreement are: 

a. Assessment and development of 

model state and national training 

programs and materials on agricultural 

worker safety, working with growers, 

farmworker organizations, and state 

agencies, that would serve as a national 

model for states across the country. 

b. Work with experts on pesticide 

applicator safety to develop model 

pesticide safety and training programs, 

materials and core examinations for 

mixers, loaders, and applicators of 

agricultural pesticides. 

c. Work with Canadian and Mexican 

environmental and agricultural agencies 

and organizations, pesticide producers, 

and other members of the international 

agricultural pesticide safety community 

to analyze existing safety training and 

educational programs for pesticide 

handlers and agricultural workers and 

develop standard models that would 

provide improved training across 

borders. 

d. Work cooperatively with a broad 

range of agricultural interests at the 

state, national, and international level to 

assess hazard communications programs 

and develop a model program which 

would provide additional information 

on specific pesticide hazards. 

e. Working with key members of the 

health care provider network of medical 

providers, including experts and 

representatives from migrant and rural 

health care clinics, hospitals, medical 

colleges and universities, state and 

national medical educators, and others 

to transform recommendations for 

prevention and improved identification 

and treatment of pesticide illnesses into 

model education and training programs 

and materials. 

f. Based on recommendations from 

new analysis of worker and applicator 

safety training programs, hazardous 

communication efforts, health provider 

needs, grower and commodity interests, 

and state and local programs, develop 

additional pesticide safety materials and 

projects to reduce risks from pesticide 

hazards. 

This program will further Agency 

efforts under the Federal Insecticide, 

Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act 

(FIFRA), (7 U.S.C. 136w) to reduce the 

risk of pesticide poisonings and injuries 

among agricultural workers, handlers of 

agricultural pesticides, and the public 

by providing essential training about the 

potential hazards associated with 

pesticide chemicals and how to reduce 

those risks. 

2. Goal and objectives. Through the 

cooperative agreement sought under this 

solicitation for the Pesticide Safety 

Program for Agricultural Workers, 

Pesticide Handlers and Health 

Providers, EPA intends to work with an 

organization that has experience and 

expertise in bringing together diverse 

members of the agricultural pesticide 

safety community to develop and 

improve pesticide safety programs for 

protecting farmworkers and pesticide 

applicators from the hazards of 

pesticides, and to support the Health 

Care Provider’s Initiative. 

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The objective of this program is to 

bring together experts and 

representatives from a wide spectrum of 

the agricultural community on local, 

state, national, and international levels 

through conferences, meetings, and 

continuing workgroups to develop 

model pesticide safety programs and 

materials for farmworkers, pesticide 

handlers, and health professionals to 

reduce risks from exposure to the 

hazards of pesticides. Meeting and 

coordinating with pesticide safety 

education and training leaders and 

agricultural stakeholders will help to 

develop effective programs and 

materials through identifying technical 

experts, providing review and oversight 

of materials and pilot programs as they 

are developed and pilot tested. 

3. History. In August of 1992, EPA’s 

Worker Protection Standard (WPS) (40 

CFR part 170) was published to require 

actions to reduce the risk of pesticide 

poisonings and injuries among 

agricultural workers and pesticide 

handlers. The WPS offers protections to 

more than3c million agricultural 

workers who work with pesticides at 

more than 560,000 workplaces on farms, 

forests, nurseries, and greenhouses. The 

WPS contains requirements for 

pesticide safety training, notification of 

pesticide applications, use of personal 

protective equipment, restricted entry 

intervals following pesticide 

application, decontamination supplies, 

and emergency medical assistance. 

Also, in August of 1992, EPA proposed 

a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to 

develop requirements for 

communicating hazard information 

about pesticides to workers. EPA has 

never published that final rule. A 

national assessment to evaluate the WPS 

is complete and the results have 

contributed to developing pilot 

programs aimed at reducing some of the 

obstacles to effective pesticide safety 

training, education, and hazard 

communications. 

In addition to the WPS, EPA’s 

Certification of Pesticide Applicators 

(40 CFR part 171) has been in effect 

since 1974. EPA’s Pesticide Applicator 

Certification and Training Program 

provides pesticide applicators with the 

knowledge and ability to use pesticides 

safely and effectively. Pesticide 

applicators are trained by state 

Cooperative Extension Service pesticide 

applicator training programs and are 

certified by pesticide State Lead 

Agencies. 

EPA regulations require that 

applicators be certified as competent to 

applyrestricted use pesticides in 

accordance with national standards. 

Certification programs are conducted by 

states, territories, and tribes in 

accordance with these national 

standards. Training of certified 

applicators covers safe pesticides use as 

well as environmental issues such as 

endangered species and water quality 

protection. More than one million 

applicators are currently certified 

nationwide, including more than 

900,000 private applicators and about 

350,000 commercial applicators. 

Recommendations from meetings and 

ongoing workgroups of national and 

international pesticide safety education 

and training experts have resulted in 

recommendations to improve the 

education and training programs. 

Programs are underway to continue the 

development of improved and model 

programs and materials for pesticide 

handlers and their trainers, including 

certified applicators. 

In addition to assessments of the 

Worker Protection and Certification and 

Training Programs, a new initiative 

created by the EPA and the National 

Environmental Education & Training 

Foundation (NEETF) in collaboration 

with other Federal agencies and 

professional associations of health care 

providers was launched in 1999. The 

Health Care Providers Initiative is aimed 

at incorporating pesticide information 

into the education and practice of health 

care providers. The goal is to improve 

the recognition, diagnosis, management, 

and prevention of adverse health effects 

from pesticide exposures in agricultural 

areas. 

In 2001, OPP funded a cooperative 

agreement with the Agricultural 

Research Institute now the Council for 

Agricultural Science and Technology in 

response to a growing concern among 

members of the agricultural community 

that there was a need to research, assess, 

and develop improved programs and 

materials for farmworkers, pesticide 

handlers, and health care providers, 

both nationally and internationally. A 

key component to the success of the 

program was bringing together a wide 

spectrum of agricultural stakeholders 

and pesticide safety educators and 

training experts to ensure that the 

programs were workable for all aspects 

of the affected agricultural community. 

To continue a comprehensive national 

and international pesticide safety 

project to research, analyze, and 

develop improved pesticides safety 

programs and information for 

agricultural workers, pesticide handlers, 

and health providers, EPA is soliciting 

applications from non-profit 

organizations, institutions, or agencies 

with expertise in bringing together a 

wide spectrum of agricultural technical 

and scientific experts in pesticide safety 

education and training of farmworkers, 

pesticide handlers, and rural health care 

providers. Applicants should be nonprofit organizations, institutions or 

agencies with abilities in agricultural 

pesticide safety education and training 

programs, have experience and 

expertise in bringing together diverse 

agricultural stakeholders, and have 

background in agricultural pesticide 

safety education, science, research, and 

technology. 

This document outlines the 

application requirements and 

procedures for the Pesticide Safety 

Program for Agricultural Workers, 

Pesticide Handlers and Health 

Providers. 

II. Award Information 

The funding for the selected award 

project is in the form of a cooperative 

agreement awarded under FIFRA 

section 20. 

The total funding available for award 

in FY 2005 represents funding set aside 

in FY 2004 and is expected to be 

approximately $600,000. At the 

conclusion of the first 1 year period of 

performance, incremental funding of up 

to $600,000 may be made available for 

each subsequent year, depending on 

need and the Agency budget in outlying 

years, which would allow the project to 

continue for a total of 5 periods of 

performance (approximately 5 years) 

and totaling up to $3,000,000 for the5–

year period. 

Should additional funding become 

available for award based on the Agency 

budget in those outlying years, the 

Agency may make available additional 

funds under the cooperative agreement 

granted based on the solicitation and in 

accordance with the final selection 

process, without further notice of 

competition during the first year after 

the competition award. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Threshold eligibility factors. To be 

eligible for consideration, applicants 

must meet all of the following criteria. 

Failure to meet the following criteria 

will result in the automatic 

disqualification for consideration of the 

proposal for funding: 

• Be an applicant who is eligible to 

receive funding under this 

announcement, including states, U.S. 

territories or possessions, federally 

recognized Tribal governments and 

organizations, public and private 

universities and colleges, hospitals, 

laboratories, other public or private 

nonprofit institutions, and individuals. 

Non-profit organizations described in 

section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue 

Code that engage in lobbying activities 

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as defined in section 3 of the Lobbying 

Disclosure Action of 1995 are not 

eligible to apply. Eligible applicants 

may include: Agricultural, 

environmental, health, and educational 

organizations and agencies, colleges or 

universities, the Cooperative Extension 

Service and other public or non-profit 

agencies, authorities, institutions, 

organizations, individuals, or other 

qualified entities working in agricultural 

science, technology, research, training, 

safety, education, and communications. 

Applicants with broad reaches into the 

diverse interests of the agricultural 

community, including farmworkers, 

farmworker families, pesticide handlers, 

health providers, growers, the 

Cooperative Extension Service, state, 

national and international agriculture, 

environment, labor and occupational 

health, rural and migrant health, 

education agencies are eligible. 

• The proposal must address all of 

the qualifications in the high priority 

areas for consideration under Unit 

III.2.a-f. 

• The proposal must address all of 

the activities to be funded, under Unit 

I.B.1.a-f. 

• The proposal must meet all format 

and content requirements contained 

under Unit IV. 

The proposal must comply with the 

directions for submittal contained in 

Unit IV. 

2. Eligibility criteria. Applicants must 

demonstrate ability, experience and/or 

expertise in the following high priority 

areas for consideration. Applicants will 

be evaluated on the following criteria: 

a. Expertise and experience in 

bringing together a broad spectrum of 

agricultural experts to work together to 

analyze and develop improved pesticide 

safety education and training materials 

for agricultural workers, pesticide 

handlers, and health providers. 

Applicants must demonstrate 

experience and ability in working with 

a broad spectrum of agricultural 

interests to analyze and develop 

improved pesticide safety training, 

education and communications 

programs and materials for farmworkers 

and their families, pesticide handlers 

and health providers. 

b. Ability and experience in working 

with widely diverse agricultural experts 

and representatives. Applicant must 

demonstrate the ability to work with the 

full range of agricultural, 

environmental, labor, health and 

education agencies and organizations, 

including those representing 

farmworkers, growers, commodity 

groups, migrant health clinics, migrant 

education, cooperative extension 

service, pesticide producers, and 

agricultural labor. 

c. Expertise and experience in 

formulating pesticide safety programs 

and materials from the state to 

international levels. Applicant must 

demonstrate ability in working with 

agricultural interests and 

representatives at multiple levels, 

including state, national and 

international, to develop improved 

pesticide safety education and training 

programs. 

d. Ability to identify and employ 

experts to develop improved programs 

and materials. Applicant must 

demonstrate ability to identify and 

employ experts to develop education 

and training pesticide safety programs 

for trainers, farmworkers and their 

families, pesticide applicators, and 

others. This would include 

development of materials, pilot testing 

of programs and materials. 

e. Expertise in organizing conferences 

and work groups. Applicant must 

demonstrate ability to organize working 

conferences with continuing 

workgroups with goals of turning 

assessments and recommendations into 

programs and materials to improve 

pesticide safety education and training 

for agricultural workers, their families, 

pesticide handlers, and other members 

of the agricultural community. 

f. Ability to pilot test new programs 

and materials to finalize model 

programs. Applicant must demonstrate 

experience or expertise in pilot testing 

model programs for effectiveness in 

reaching agricultural workers, pesticide 

handlers, and/or their trainers. 

3. Cost sharing or matching. There are 

no cost share requirements for this 

project. However, matching funds are 

encouraged. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Address to request proposal 

package. Carol Parker, Field and 

External Affairs Division (7506C), Office 

of Pesticide Programs, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460–

0001. 

2. Content and form of application 

submission. Proposals must be 

typewritten, double spaced in 12 point 

or larger print using 8.5 x 11 inch paper 

with minimum 1 inch horizontal and 

vertical margins. Pages must be 

numbered in order starting with the 

cover page and continuing through the 

appendices. One original and one 

electronic copy (e-mail or disk) is 

required. 

All proposals must include: 

• Completed Standard Form SF 

424*, Application for Federal 

Assistance. Please include organization 

fax number and e-mail address. The 

application forms are available on line 

at http://www.epa.gov/ogd/grants/

how_to_apply.htm. 

• Completed Section B--Budget 

Categories, on page 1 of Standard Form 

SF 424A* (see allowable costs 

discussion below). Blank forms may be 

located athttp://www.epa.gov/ogd/

grants/how_to_apply.htm. 

• Detailed itemization of the 

amounts budgeted by individual Object 

Class Categories (see allowable costs 

discussion below). 

• Statement regarding whether this 

proposal is a continuation of a 

previously funded project. If so, please 

provide the assistance number and 

status of the current grant/cooperative 

agreement. 

• Executive Summary. The 

Executive Summary shall be a stand 

alone document, not to exceed one page, 

containing the specifics of what is 

proposed and what you expect to 

accomplish regarding measuring or 

movement toward achieving project 

goals. This summary should identify the 

measurable environmental results you 

expect including potential human 

health benefits. 

• Table of contents. A one page table 

listing the different parts of your 

proposal and the page number on which 

each part begins. 

• Proposal narrative. Includes Parts 

I-V as identified below (not to exceed 10 

pages). 

• Part I--Project title. Self 

explanatory. 

• Part II--Objectives. A numbered list 

(1, 2, etc.) of concisely written project 

objectives, in most cases, each objective 

can be stated in a single sentence. 

• Part III--Justification. For each 

objective listed in Part II, discuss the 

potential outcome in terms of human 

health, environmental and/or pesticide 

risk reduction. 

• Part IV--Approach and methods. 

Describe in detail how the program will 

be carried out. Describe how the system 

or approach will support the program 

goals. 

• Part V--Impact assessment. Please 

state how you will evaluate the success 

of the program in terms of measurable 

results. How and with what measures 

will humans be better protected as a 

result of the program. Quantifiable risk 

reduction measures should be 

described. 

• Appendices. These appendices 

must be included in the cooperative 

agreement proposal. Additional 

appendices are not permitted. 

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• Timetable. A timetable that 

includes what will be accomplished 

under each of the objectives during the 

project and when completion of each 

objective is anticipated. 

• Major participants. List all 

affiliates or other organizations, 

educators, trainers and others having a 

major role in the proposal. Provide 

name, organizational affiliation, or 

occupation and a description of the role 

each will play in the project. A brief 

resume (not to exceed two pages) should 

be submitted for each major project 

manager, educator, support staff, or 

other major participant. 

3. Submission dates and times. You 

may submit an application through the 

mail, by fax or electronically. Regardless 

of submission method, all applications 

must be received by EPA on or before 

December 27, 2004. 

4. Intergovernmental Review. All 

applicants should be aware that formal 

requests for assistance (i.e., SF 424 and 

associated documentation) may be 

subject to intergovernmental review 

under Executive Order 12372, 

‘‘Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs.’’ Applicants should contact 

their state’s single point of contact 

(SPOC) for further information. There is 

a list of these contacts at the following 

web site:http:/whitehouse.gov/omb/

grants/spoc.html. 

5. Funding restrictions. EPA grant 

funds may only be used for the purposes 

set forth in the cooperative agreement, 

and must be consistent with the 

statutory authority for the award. 

Cooperative agreement funds may not 

be used for matching funds for other 

Federal grants, lobbying, or intervention 

in Federal regulatory or adjudicatory 

proceedings. In addition, Federal funds 

may not be used to sue the Federal 

government or any other governmental 

entity. All costs identified in the budget 

must conform to applicable Federal Cost 

Principles contained in OMB Circular 

A-87; A-122; and A-21, as appropriate. 

6. Other submission requirements. As 

indicated above, each application must 

include the original paper copy of the 

submission, along with one electronic 

copy. The electronic copy of your 

application package, whether submitted 

separately by e-mail or on a disk, please 

ensure that the electronic copy is 

consolidated into a single file, and that 

you use Word Perfect WP8/9 for 

Windows, or Adobe PDF 4/5. If mailing 

a disk, please use a 3.5 disk that is 

labeled as a proposal for the Pesticide 

Safety Program for Agricultural 

Workers, Pesticide Handlers and Health 

Care Providers, and include your 

pertinent information. Please check 

your electronic submissions to ensure 

that it does not contain any computer 

viruses. 

Submit your application using one of 

the following methods: 

By mail to: Carol Parker, Office of 

Pesticide Programs, Mail code: 7506C, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001. 

By fax to: Carol Parker at fax number: 

(703) 308–2962. 

By e-mail to: parker.carol@epa.gov. 

Confidential business information. 

Applicants should clearly mark 

information contained in their proposal 

which they consider confidential 

business information. EPA reserves the 

right to make final confidential 

decisions in accordance with Agency 

regulations at 40 CFR part 2, subpart B. 

If no such claim accompanies the 

proposal when it is received by EPA, it 

may be made available to the public by 

EPA without further notice to the 

applicant. 

V. Application Review Information 

Review and Selection Process

Applicants will be screened to ensure 

that they meet all eligibility criteria and 

will be disqualified if they do not meet 

all eligibility criteria. All proposals will 

be reviewed, evaluated, and ranked by 

a selected panel of EPA reviewers based 

on the following evaluation criteria and 

weights (Total: 100 points): 

1. Project proposal must provide 

information on the education, skills, 

training of the project leader and/or 

other key managers. As appropriate, cite 

technical qualifications and specific 

examples of prior, relevant experience. 

Demonstrate ability of organization to 

identify and employ state, national or 

international experts in developing 

education and training pesticide safety 

programs for both trainers and 

farmworkers, pesticide applicators and 

others, as outlined in Unit III.2.a-f. This 

would include assessment of worker 

protection needs for farmworkers and 

pesticide applicators, development of 

recommendations from expert 

workgroups, and development and pilot 

testing of pesticide safety programs and 

materials. (Weight: 30 points) 

2. Demonstrate experience and/or 

ability in carrying out activities to be 

funded for the assessment and 

development of state, national, and 

international pesticide safety education, 

training, and hazard communications 

programs for agricultural workers, 

pesticide handlers, and health 

providers, as outlined in Unit I.B.1.a-f. 

Outline how work in this area will help 

reduce exposures to pesticide hazards 

and demonstrate how you will evaluate 

the success of the project in terms of 

measurable environmental results. 

(Weight: 30 points) 

3. Project proposal must demonstrate 

experience and ability in bringing 

together broad spectrum of diverse 

agricultural interests and pesticide 

safety experts to work together to 

analyze and develop improved pesticide 

safety education and training materials 

for agricultural workers, pesticide 

handlers, and health providers at multilevels, including local, state, national, 

and international, as outlined in Unit 

III.2.a-f. (Weight: 20 points) 

4. Expertise in organizing conferences 

and work groups. Applicant must 

demonstrate ability to organize working 

conferences with continuing work 

groups with goals of turning 

assessments and recommendations into 

programs and materials to improve 

pesticide safety education and training 

for agricultural workers, their families, 

pesticide handlers, and other members 

of the agricultural community, as 

outlined in Unit III.2.a-f. (Weight: 10 

points) 

5. Provide a detailed budget narrative 

demonstrating a clear link between 

resources and project objectives. If EPA 

funding for this project will be 

supplemented by other sources, please 

identify them. (Weight: 10 points) 

The proposals will be reviewed and 

evaluated by a team of internal EPA 

Worker Protection and Pesticide 

Handler Certification and Training 

experts. The final funding decision will 

be made from a group of top rated 

proposals by the Chief of the 

Certification and Worker Protection 

Branch, Field and External Affairs 

Division, Office of Pesticide Programs. 

The Agency reserves the right to reject 

all proposals and make no awards. The 

procedures for dispute resolution at 40 

CFR 30.63 and 40 CFR 31.70 apply. 

VI. Award Administration Information 

1. Award Notices. The Certification 

and Worker Protection Branch in OPP 

will mail an acknowledgment to 

applicants upon receipt of the 

application. Once all of the applications 

have been reviewed, evaluated, and 

ranked, applicants will be notified of 

the outcome of the competition. A 

listing of the successful proposal will be 

posted on the Certification and Worker 

Protection website address at the 

conclusion of the competition (go to: 

http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/health/

worker.htm). The website may also 

contain additional information about 

this announcement including 

information concerning deadline 

extensions or other modifications. 

2. Administrative and national policy 

requirements. An applicant whose 

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proposal is selected for Federal funding 

must complete additional forms prior to 

award (see 40 CFR 30.12 and 31.10), and 

will be required to certify that they have 

not been debarred or suspended from 

participation in Federal assistance 

awards in accordance with 40 CFR part 

32. In addition, Applicants must comply 

with the Intergovernmental Review 

Process. Further information regarding 

this requirement will be provided if 

your proposal is selected for funding. 

3. Reporting. The successful recipient 

will be required to submit quarterly and 

annual reports, and to submit annual 

financial reports. The specific 

information contained within the report 

will include at a minimum, a 

comparison of actual accomplishments 

to the objectives established for the 

period. The Certification and Worker 

Protection Branch may request 

additional information relative to the 

scope of work in the cooperative 

agreement and which may be useful for 

Agency reporting under the Government 

Performance and Results Act. 

VII. Agency Contact 

Carol Parker, Field and External 

Affairs Division (7506C), Office of 

Pesticide Programs, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460–

0001; telephone number: (703) 305–

6458; fax number: (703) 308–2962;email address: parker.carol@epa.gov. 

VIII. Other Information 

A. Does this Action Apply to Me? 

This action is directed to the public 

in general. Assistance is generally 

available to states, U.S. territories or 

possessions, federally recognized Tribal 

governments and organizations, public 

and private universities and colleges, 

hospitals, laboratories, other public or 

private nonprofit institutions and 

individuals. Non-profit organizations 

described in section 501(c)(4) of the 

Internal Revenue Code that engage in 

lobbying activities as defined in section 

3 of the Lobbying Disclosure Action of 

1995 are not eligible to apply. This 

program may, however, be of particular 

interest to agricultural, environmental, 

health, and educational organizations 

and agencies, colleges or universities, 

the Cooperative Extension Service and 

other public or non-profit agencies, 

authorities, institutions, organizations, 

individuals or other qualified entities 

working in agricultural science, 

technology, research, training, safety, 

education and communications. Those 

entities with broad reaches into the 

diverse interests of the agricultural 

community, including farmworkers, 

farmworker families, pesticide handlers, 

health providers, growers, the 

Cooperative Extension Service, state, 

national and international agriculture, 

environment, labor and occupational 

health, rural and migrant health, 

education agencies may be interested in 

applying. Because others may also be 

interested, the Agency has not 

attempted to describe all the specific 

entities that may be interested by this 

action. If you have any questions 

regarding the applicability of this action 

to a particular entity, consult the person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

B. How Can I Access Copies of this 

Document and Other Related 

Information? 

1. Docket. EPA has established an 

official public docket for this action 

under docket ID number OPP–2004–

0280. The official public docket is the 

collection of materials that is available 

for public viewing at the Public 

Information and Records Integrity 

Branch (PIRIB), Rm. 119, Crystal Mall 

#2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Hwy., 

Arlington, VA. This docket facility is 

open from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The docket telephone number 

is (703) 305–5805. 

2. Electronic access. You may access 

this Federal Register document 

electronically through the EPA Internet 

under the ‘‘Federal Register’’ listings 

athttp://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/. An 

electronic version of the public docket 

is available through EPA’s electronic 

public docket and comment system, 

EPA Dockets. You may use EPA Dockets 

athttp://www.epa.gov/edocket/ to access 

the index listing of the contents of the 

official public docket, and to access 

those documents in the public docket 

that are available electronically. 

Although not all docket materials may 

be available electronically, you may still 

access any of the publicly available 

docket materials through the docket 

facility identified in the Unit VIII.B.1. 

Once in the system, select ‘‘search,’’

then key in the appropriate docket ID 

number. 

IX. Submission to Congress and the 

Comptroller General 

Grant solicitations such as this are 

considered rules for the purpose of the 

Congressional Review Act (CRA) (5 

U.S.C. 801 et seq.). The CRA generally 

provides that before a rule may take 

effect, the agency promulgating the rule 

must submit a rule report, which 

includes a copy of the rule, to each 

House of the Congress and to the 

Comptroller General of the United 

States. EPA will submit a report 

containing this grant solicitation and 

other required information to the U.S. 

Senate, the U.S. House of 

Representatives, and the Comptroller 

General of the United States prior to its 

publication in the Federal Register. 

This rule is not a ‘‘major rule’’ as 

defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2).

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Grants, 

Pesticides, Training.

Dated: October 28, 2004. 

Margaret Schneider, 

Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of 

Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances.

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–S

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–7836–8] 

Integrated Risk Information System 

(IRIS); Addition of New Tracking 

Feature to the Public Web Site

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice; Addition of Chemical 

Assessment Tracking System to the 

Integrated Risk Information System 

(IRIS) Public Web site. 

SUMMARY: EPA’s Office of Research and 

Development (ORD) National Center for 

Environmental Assessment (NCEA) is 

releasing a new on-line resource, ‘‘IRIS 

Track’’, which will provide information 

on the progress of chemical assessments 

underway in the IRIS program. The IRIS 

Track system is designed to provide 

greater transparency to the public 

regarding the status of IRIS assessments 

in progress. The IRIS Track is set to go 

live on November 10, 2004. IRIS Track 

will display major milestone dates for 

IRIS assessment development and 

review. It will enable IRIS users to 

monitor current milestone status and 

view projected dates for future 

milestones for each chemical 

assessment in progress. The system will 

be kept continually up to date. IRIS 

Track will be accessible by anyone with 

access to the Internet from the IRIS 

home page at http://www.epa.gov/iris.

ADDRESSES: The address for the IRIS 

Hotline is 1301 Constitution Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20005 (Mail Code 

28221T) EPA–West Building.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information on IRIS Track, contact Rick 

Johnson, IRIS Staff, National Center for 

Environmental Assessment (mail code