25494 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 85 / Tuesday, May 2, 2000 / Notices

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Dated: April 26, 2000.

Nancy-Ann Min DeParle,

Administrator, Health Care Financing

Administration.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health

Services Administration

Clarification—Fiscal Year (FY) 2000

Funding Opportunities Notice

AGENCY: Center for Substance Abuse

Treatment, Substance Abuse and Mental

Health Services Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Clarification of a Notice of

Funding Availability Regarding the

Substance Abuse and Mental Health

Services Administration (SAMHSA)

Center for Substance Abuse Treatment

(CSAT) PRC Implementation Program

Funding Announcement.

SUMMARY: This notice is to inform the

public that a statement in the SAMHSA/

CSAT Guidance for Applicants No. TI

00–004 entitled, Cooperative Agreement

to Bridge the Gap: Phase II

Implementation of Community-Based

Practice/Research Collaboratives (Short

Title: PRC Implementation Program) has

been clarified. The Notice of Funding

Availability for the PRC Implementation

Program was published in the Federal

Register on March 28, 2000 (65 FR

16401–16403).

A sentence in the last paragraph of

Section II—Program Description,

subsection 3, Pilot and Knowledge

Application Evaluation Studies, has

been clarified by adding the words ‘‘per

year.’’ The revised sentence reads: ‘‘No

single Knowledge Application

Evaluation Study should exceed

$75,000 in direct costs per year.’’ The

full Guidance for Applicants is available

via the SAMHSA web site—

www.samhsa.gov, or from the National

Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug

Information (Telephone: 800–729–

6686).

Questions concerning the clarification

or other program issues may be directed

to: Frances Cotter, Project Director,

Office of Managed Care, Center for

Substance Abuse Treatment, SAMHSA,

Rockwall II, Suite 740, 5600 Fishers

Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, Telephone:

(301) 443–8796.

Dated: April 24, 2000.

Richard Kopanda,

Executive Office, Substance Abuse and

Mental Health Services Administration.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of the Secretary

Working Groups of the Invasive

Species Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DOI.

ACTION: Establishment.

SUMMARY: This notice is published in

accordance with the provisions of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub.

L. 92–463). Pursuant to Executive Order

13112, the National Invasive Species

Council (Council) on behalf of the

Invasive Species Advisory Committee

(ISAC) is establishing working groups to

assist preparation of a National Invasive

Species Management Plan (Management

Plan) and ongoing stakeholder input to

assist ISAC and Council activities.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Working Groups—Scope and Objectives

The purpose of the working groups is

to provide the ISAC and the Council

advice on a broad array of issues related

to preventing the introduction of

invasive species and providing for their

control and minimizing the economic,

ecological, and human health impacts

that invasive species cause. Six working

groups have been established as follows:

1. Communication, Outreach, and

Education

2. International Activities and

Cooperation

3. Policy and Regulation

4. Research, Information Sharing,

Documentation and Monitoring

5. Risk Analysis and Prevention

6. Management (Control and

Restoration)

The working groups will help

maintain a regular dialogue with

stakeholders to provide national

leadership regarding invasive species

issues. They will assist the ISAC and the

Council to (1) Prepare and issue a

Management Plan; (2) encourage

planning and action at local, tribal,

State, regional and ecosystem-based

levels to achieve the goals and

objectives of the management plan; (3)

develop recommendations for

international cooperation in addressing

invasive species; (4) develop, in

consultation with the Council on

Environmental Quality, guidance to

Federal agencies pursuant to the

National Environmental Policy Act on

invasive species matters; (5) facilitate

development of a coordinated network

to document, evaluate, and monitor

impacts from invasive species; (6)

facilitate establishment of an

information-sharing system on invasive

species that utilizes, to the greatest

extent practicable, the Internet; and (7)

support long-term continuance and

effective implementation of the

Management Plan.

Working groups have been organized

with federal and non-federal co-leaders.

The groups will utilize electronic

communications (email, listservers, and

web-based postings) to accelerate

development of Management Plan

input. The vision or scoping statements

developed by each working group will

reflect a more specific refinement of the

draft guiding principles now under

development by the ISAC. Priority

issues will be identified and the groups

will develop draft responses or actions

to be taken for consideration by the

ISAC. As part of the management

planning process, model projects will be

identified which improve coordination

and effectiveness and stimulate action.

The working groups will report to the

ISAC at least twice before the

Management Plan is due to be

completed in August, 2000. After

issuance of the plan, the working groups

will help implement the plan and begin

developing input for its biennial

revision.

Members of the working groups serve

without pay.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kelsey Passe ́, National Invasive Species

Council Program Analyst, Department of

the Interior; Email:

kelsey_passe@ios.doi.gov; Phone: (202)

208–6336; Fax: (202) 208–1526.

Dated: April 26, 2000.

William Y. Brown,

Science Advisor to the Secretary.

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