Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 100 / Tuesday, May 23, 2000 / Notices 33345

4:15–4:45 pm—Public Comments

4:45–5:00 pm—Closing Remarks

5:00 pm—Adjourn

Abbreviations:

BBP—butyl benzyl phthalate (85–68–7)

DEHP—di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (117–

81–7)

DIDP-di-isodecyl phthalate (26761–40–

0, 68515–49–1)

DINP—di-isononyl phthalate (28553–

12–0, 68515–48–0)

DBP—di-n-butyl phthalate (84–74–2)

DnHP—di-n-hexyl phthalate (84–75–3)

DnOP—di-n-octyl phthalate (117–84–0)

Reports Available for Public Review

Based on deliberations at the previous

meetings. Expert Panel Reports are

currently being finalized. Each Report is

composed of the following sections:

1.0 Exposure

2.0 General Toxicological and

Biological Parameters

3.0 Developmental Toxicity Data

4.0 Reproductive Toxicity Data

5.0 Data Summary & Integration

5.1 Summary (Sections 1–4)

5.2 Integrated Evaluation

5.3 Critical Data Needs

All sections of the reports for DIDP,

DINP, DnHP and DnOP will be available

to the public after May 15 and for DBP,

BBP and DEHP after June 1. They can

be obtained electronically on the

CERHR website (http://

cerhr.niehs.nih.gov) or in hardcopy by

contacting Ms. Sheren at the address

given below.

Solicitation of Public Comments

As shown on the above preliminary

agenda, time is allotted at this meeting

for public comments (seven minutes per

speaker). It is expected that comments

will be directed to the specific portions

of the reports being discussed by the

Expert Panel. In order to facilitate

planning of this meeting, those wishing

to make public comments are asked to

submit their comments in writing,

provide an electronic copy, and notify

Ms. Sheren, (see below) no later than

June 30, 2000. Please reference the

specific draft phthalate report the

comments address. Provide your name,

affiliation, mailing address, phone, fax,

e-mail and sponsoring organization (if

any) and send a copy of the statement

or talking points to Ms. Sheren. This

information will be provided to the

Panel and will assist the Chair and

Panel Members in identifying issues for

discussion. Registration for public

comments will also be available on-site

(7:30—8:30 a.m.). Those registering on

site are asked to bring 40 copies of their

statement or talking points.

A written statement may be submitted

in lieu of making an oral presentation.

These written comments should be

received by Ms. Sheren no later than

June 30 in order for them to be

considered at the July 12–13 meeting.

Persons sending written comments are

asked to provide their name, affiliation,

mailing address, phone, fax, e-mail and

sponsoring organization (if any) and

provide an electronic copy. Please

reference the specific draft phthalate

report the comments address.

Following this meeting, there will be

another opportunity for written

comment on each Expert Panel Report.

These public comments will be

considered in the final NTP Center

Report prepared by the NTP staff and

subsequently distributed to Federal and

State Agencies, interested stakeholders

and the public.

An index of written public comments

will be posted on the CERHR website

(http://cerhr.niehs.nih.gov). This index

and copies of specific public comments

may be obtained by contacting Ms.

Sheren.

For other questions or additional

information about the meeting, please

contact Ms. Peggy Sheren at CERHR,

1800 Diagonal Road, Suite 500,

Alexandria, VA 22314–2808, Phone:

(703) 838–9440, psheren@sciences.com.

Dated: May 12, 2000.

Samuel H. Wilson,

Deputy Director, National Institute of

Environmental Health Sciences.

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BILLING CODE 4140–01–U

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health

Services Administration

Fiscal Year (FY) 2000 Funding

Opportunities

AGENCY: Substance Abuse and Mental

Health Services Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of Funding Availability.

SUMMARY: The Substance Abuse and

Mental Health Services Administration

(SAMHSA) Center for Substance Abuse

Treatment (CSAT) announces the

availability of FY 2000 funds for grants

for the following activity. This activity

is discussed in more detail under

section 3 of this notice. This notice is

not a complete description of the

activity; potential applicants must

obtain a copy of the Program

Announcement, including Part I,

Programmatic Guidance for Grants to

Expand Substance Abuse Treatment

Capacity in Targeted Areas of Need, and

Part II, General Policies and Procedures

Applicable to all SAMHSA Applications

for Discretionary Grants and

Cooperative Agreements, before

preparing an application.

Activity Application deadline Est. funds FY 2000 Est. No. of awards Project period

HIV Services Integration Planning Grants.July 28, 2000 ......................... up to $3.5 million ........... 25–30 ............................. 1 year

The actual amount available for

awards and their allocation may vary,

depending on unanticipated program

requirements and the number and

quality of applications received. FY

2000 funds for the activity discussed in

this announcement were appropriated

by the Congress under Public Law 106–

113. SAMHSA’s policies and

procedures for peer review and

Advisory Council review of grant and

cooperative agreement applications

were published in the Federal Register

(Vol. 58, No. 126) on July 2, 1993.

The Public Health Service (PHS) is

committed to achieving the health

promotion and disease prevention

objectives of Healthy People 2000, a

PHS-led national activity for setting

priority areas. The SAMHSA Centers’

substance abuse and mental health

services activities address issues related

to Healthy People 2000 objectives of

Mental Health and Mental Disorders;

Alcohol and Other Drugs; Clinical

Preventive Services; HIV Infection; and

Surveillance and Data Systems.

Potential applicants may obtain a copy

of Healthy People 2000 (Full Report:

Stock No. 017–001–00474–0) or

Summary Report: Stock No. 017–001–

00473–1) through the Superintendent of

Documents, Government Printing

Office, Washington, DC 20402–9325

(Telephone: 202–512–1800).

SAMHSA will publish additional

notices of available funding

opportunities for FY 2000 in subsequent

issues of the Federal Register.

General Instructions: Applicants must

use application form PHS 5161–1 (Rev.

6/99; OMB No. 0920–0428). The

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application kit contains the two-part

application materials (complete

programmatic guidance and instructions

for preparing and submitting

applications), the PHS 5161–1 which

includes Standard Form 424 (Face

Page), and other documentation and

forms. Application kits may be obtained

from the organization specified for the

activity covered by this notice (see

Section 3).

When requesting an application kit,

the applicant must specify the particular

activity for which detailed information

is desired. This is to ensure receipt of

all necessary forms and information,

including any specific program review

and award criteria.

The PHS 5161–1 application form and

the full text of the activity described in

section 4 are also available

electronically via SAMHSA’s World

Wide Web Home Page (address: http://

www.samhsa.gov).

Application Submission: Applications

must be submitted to: SAMHSA

Programs, Center for Scientific Review,

5600 Fishers Lane, Room 17–89,

Rockville, MD 20857.

Applications sent to an address other

than the address specified above will be

returned to the applicant without

review.

Application Deadlines: The deadlines

for receipt of applications are listed in

the table above. Competing applications

must be received by the indicated

receipt date to be accepted for review.

An application received after the

deadline may only be accepted if it

carries a legible proof-of-mailing date

assigned by the carrier and that date is

not later than one week prior to the

deadline date. Private metered

postmarks are not acceptable as proof of

timely mailing. Applications received

after the deadline date will be returned

to the applicant without review.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for activity-specific technical

information should be directed to the

program contact person identified for

the activity covered by this notice (see

section 3).

Requests for information concerning

business management issues should be

directed to the grants management

contact person identified for the activity

covered by this notice (see Section 3).

Programmatic Information

1. Program Background and Objectives

SAMHSA’s mission within the

Nation’s health system is to improve the

quality and availability of prevention,

early intervention, treatment, and

rehabilitation services for substance

abuse and mental illnesses, including

co-occurring disorders, in order to

improve health and reduce illness,

death, disability, and cost to society.

Reinventing government, with its

emphases on redefining the role of

Federal agencies and on improving

customer service, has provided

SAMHSA with a welcome opportunity

to examine carefully its programs and

activities. As a result of that process,

SAMHSA moved assertively to create a

renewed and strategic emphasis on

using its resources to generate

knowledge about ways to improve the

prevention and treatment of substance

abuse and mental illness and to work

with State and local governments as

well as providers, families, and

consumers to effectively use that

knowledge in everyday practice.

2. Criteria for Review and Funding

2.1 General Review Criteria

Competing applications requesting

funding under the specific project

activity in section 3 will be reviewed for

technical merit in accordance with

established PHS/SAMHSA peer review

procedures. Review criteria that will be

used by the peer review groups are

specified in the application guidance

material.

2.2 Award Criteria for Scored

Applications

Applications will be considered for

funding on the basis of their overall

technical merit as determined through

the peer review group and the

appropriate National Advisory Council

review process. Availability of funds

will also be an award criteria.

Additional award criteria specific to the

programmatic activity may be included

in the application guidance materials.

3. Special FY 2000 SAMHSA Activities

Minority Community Planning Grants

for Integration of HIV/AIDS and

Substance Abuse Treatment, Mental

Health, Primary Care and Public Health

(Short Title: HIV Services Integration

Planning, GFA No. TI 00–008)

• Application Deadline: July 28,

2000.

• Purpose: The Center for Substance

Abuse Treatment (CSAT), Substance

Abuse and Mental Health Services

Administration (SAMHSA), announces

the availability of funds for grants for

community planning and consensus

building. Grantees will develop plans

that describe how organizations and

agencies should work together to deliver

integrated substance abuse treatment,

HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment,

mental health, primary care and public

health services. The targeted

populations are racial and ethnic groups

who are the highest risk for substance

abuse and HIV including: African

Americans, Latinos/Hispanics, or other

racial or ethnic groups at high risk. The

grants are part of a Phase I Planning

Program.

Grants can be used for community

planning and consensus development.

The following are some examples of

activities that may be supported:

Providing community education; for

example, training on community

planning and community change

strategies; developing an executive

advisory committee (include members

from community, public, private, and

corporate sectors); educating and

training groups on organizational and

community change dynamics; bringing

together various community groups to

seek advice and consensus; providing

expert consultation and technical

assistance; funding needed for travel

and other logistical costs to consumers,

family members, and others to be able

to participate on committees or in

programs; evaluating the community

planning process; and, other activities

that focus on community planning and

consensus building.

• Eligible Applicants: Only

government units may apply because of

their responsibility for the needs of their

citizens. The success of the program

will depend on their authority and their

ability to coordinate a variety of

resources and to help their citizens

apply for future funding.

State government applicants must:

• Have a working relationship with a

city, town, and/or county agency in

order to develop plans for their targeted

population.

• Show, in a formal MOU

(memorandum of understanding), an

ongoing public health agreement that

describes the working relationship (for

example, joint activities).

• Have an annual AIDS case rate of,

or greater than, 10 out of 100,000

people.

Local Government applicants (cities,

towns, and counties) and Native

American Tribal Communities must be

located in one of the following:

• A State with an annual AIDS case

rate of, or greater than, 10 out of 100,000

people.

• An MSA (metropolitan statistical

area) with an annual AIDS case rate of,

or greater than, 15 out of 100,000

people.

In the absence of consistent reporting

of HIV data by all jurisdictions, the best

indicator of the magnitude of the

epidemic is AIDS case rates derived

from the Center for Disease Control and

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Prevention (CDC) HIV/AIDS

surveillance reports.

• Amount: It is estimated that up to

$3.5 million will be available to support

25 to 30 grants under this

announcement in fiscal year 2000. The

average award is expected to range from

$100,000 to $150,000 in total costs

(direct and indirect).

• Period of Support: Grants will be

awarded for a period for 12 months.

• Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance Number: 93.230.

• Program Contact: For questions

concerning program issues, contact:

David C. Thompson, Clinical

Interventions and Organizational

Models Branch, Division of Practice and

Systems Development, Center for

Substance Abuse Treatment, SAMHSA,

Rockwall II, Suite 740, 5600 Fishers

Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, (301) 443–

6523, E-Mail: dthompso@samhsa.gov.

For questions regarding grants

management issues, contact: Kathleen

Sample, Division of Grants

Management, OPS, Substance Abuse

and Mental Health Services

Administration, Rockwall II, 6th floor,

5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD

20857, (301) 443–9667, E-Mail:

ksample@samhsa.gov.

• Application kits are available from:

National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and

Drug Information (NCADI), P.O. Box

2345, Rockville, MD 20847–2345,

Telephone: 1–800–729–6686.

4. Public Health System Reporting

Requirements

The Public Health System Impact

Statement (PHSIS) is intended to keep

State and local health officials apprised

of proposed health services grant and

cooperative agreement applications

submitted by community-based

nongovernmental organizations within

their jurisdictions.

Community-based nongovernmental

service providers who are not

transmitting their applications through

the State must submit a PHSIS to the

head(s) of the appropriate State and

local health agencies in the area(s) to be

affected not later than the pertinent

receipt date for applications. This

PHSIS consists of the following

information:

a. A copy of the face page of the

application (Standard form 424).

b. A summary of the project (PHSIS),

not to exceed one page, which provides:

(1) A description of the population to

be served.

(2) A summary of the services to be

provided.

(3) A description of the coordination

planned with the appropriate State or

local health agencies.

State and local governments and

Indian Tribal Authority applicants are

not subject to the Public Health System

Reporting Requirements.

Application guidance materials will

specify if a particular FY 2000 activity

is subject to the Public Health System

Reporting Requirements.

5. PHS Non-use of Tobacco Policy

Statement

The PHS strongly encourages all grant

and contract recipients to provide a

smoke-free workplace and promote the

non-use of all tobacco products. In

addition, Public Law 103–227, the ProChildren Act of 1994, prohibits smoking

in certain facilities (or in some cases,

any portion of a facility) in which

regular or routine education, library,

day care, health care, or early childhood

development services are provided to

children. This is consistent with the

PHS mission to protect and advance the

physical and mental health of the

American people.

6. Executive Order 12372

Applications submitted in response to

the FY 2000 activity listed above are

subject to the intergovernmental review

requirements of Executive Order 12372,

as implemented through DHHS

regulations at 45 CFR Part 100. E.O.

12372 sets up a system for State and

local government review of applications

for Federal financial assistance.

Applicants (other than Federally

recognized Indian tribal governments)

should contact the State’s Single Point

of Contact (SPOC) as early as possible to

alert them to the prospective

application(s) and to receive any

necessary instructions on the State’s

review process. For proposed projects

serving more than one State, the

applicant is advised to contact the SPOC

of each affected State. A current listing

of SPOCs is included in the application

guidance materials. The SPOC should

send any State review process

recommendations directly to: Division

of Extramural Activities, Policy, and

Review, Substance Abuse and Mental

Health Services Administration,

Parklawn Building, Room 17–89, 5600

Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland

20857.

The due date for State review process

recommendations is no later than 60

days after the specified deadline date for

the receipt of applications. SAMHSA

does not guarantee to accommodate or

explain SPOC comments that are

received after the 60-day cut-off.

Dated: May 17, 2000.

Richard Kopanda,

Executive Officer, SAMHSA.

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BILLING CODE 4162–20–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Salinas River National Wildlife Refuge

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service.

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Prepare a

Comprehensive Conservation Plan and

Associated National Environmental

Policy Act Document for Salinas River

National Wildlife Refuge, Monterey

County, California.

SUMMARY: The Fish and Wildlife Service

(Service) is preparing a Comprehensive

Conservation Plan (CCP) and National

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

document for Salinas River National

Wildlife Refuge. This notice advises the

public that the Service intends to gather

information necessary to prepare a CCP

and environmental documents pursuant

to the National Wildlife Refuge System

Administration Act of 1966, as

amended, and NEPA. The public is

invited to participate in the planning

process. The Service is furnishing this

notice in compliance with the Service

CCP policy to advise other agencies and

the public of our intentions, and obtain

suggestions and information on the

scope of issues to include in the

environmental document.

DATES: To ensure that the Service has

adequate time to evaluate and

incorporate suggestions and other input

into the planning process, comments

should be received by June 22, 2000. A

public meeting to solicit comments on

the contents of the CCP and the vision

of the refuge for the next 15 years will

be held on June 1, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Send written comments or

requests to be added to the mailing list

to the following address: Christopher

Barr, Refuge Manager—Salinas River

NWR, San Francisco Bay National

Wildlife Refuge Complex, P.O. Box 524,

Newark, California 94560. The scoping

meeting will be held at California State

University-Monterey, 100 Campus

Center, Building 29, Rooms 114–116,

Seaside, California from 6 to 8 p.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Christopher Barr, Refuge Manager, (510)

792–4074 or 0222.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

National Wildlife Refuge System

Administration Act of 1966, as amended

in 1997, mandates that all lands within

the National Wildlife Refuge System are

to be managed in accordance with an