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July 14, 2000, submit the application to

the Grants Management Specialist

identified in the ‘‘Where to Obtain

Additional Information’’ section of this

announcement.

Deadline: Applications shall be

considered as meeting the deadline if

they are either:

(a) Received on or before the deadline

date; or

(b) Sent on or before the deadline

date. (Applicants must request a legibly

dated U.S. Postal Service postmark or

obtain a legibly dated receipt from a

commercial carrier or U.S. Postal

Service. Private metered postmarks shall

not be acceptable as proof of timely

mailing.)

Late Applications: Applications

which do not meet the criteria in (a) or

(b) above are considered late

applications, will not be considered,

and will be returned to the applicant.

G. Evaluation Criteria (100 points)

Each application will be evaluated

individually against the following

criteria by an independent review group

appointed by CDC.

1. The extent to which the applicant

states that they will collect and submit

new core and supplemental PedNSS

and PNSS data items. (10 points)

2. The extent to which the applicant

describes the procedures planned to

develop and test the transaction files,

including methods to establish data

collection for any new core and

supplemental data items not currently

collected by the WIC information

system. (30 points)

3. Confirmation of applicant’s

intention to support future routine file

submission. The extent to which the

applicant details submission

procedures. (20 points)

4. Time schedule: Confirmation that

project activities are sequential and will

be completed in a timely fashion. (20

points)

5. Capability: The extent to which the

applicant demonstrates the

organizational capacity and ability to

develop and conduct proposed program

activities, including the architecture and

software of the WIC information system

and the key project staff having the

responsibility and authority to carry out

the program activities, as evidenced by

job descriptions and resumes.(20 points)

If applicable, whether the plans for

recruitment and outreach for study

participants include the process of

establishing partnerships with

community(ies) and recognition of

mutual benefits.

6. Budget (not scored)

The extent to which the budget is

reasonable and the budget justification

is consistent with the program

objectives and purpose.

7. Human Subjects Research (not

scored)

Does the application adequately

address the requirements of Title 45

CFR Part 46 for the protection of human

subjects?

H. Other Requirements

Technical Reporting Requirements

Provide CDC with original plus two

copies of:

1. Progress reports (annual);

2. Financial status report, no more

than 90 days after the end of the budget

period; and

3. Final financial and performance

reports, no more than 90 days after the

end of the project period.

Send all reports to the Grants

Management Specialist identified in the

‘‘Where to Obtain Additional

Information’’ section of this

announcement.

The following additional

requirements are applicable to this

program. For a complete description of

each, see Attachment II in the

application kit.

AR–1 Human Subjects

Requirements

AR–2 Requirements for Inclusion of

Women and Racial and Ethnic

Minorities in Research

AR–7 Executive Order 12372

Review

AR–9 Paperwork Reduction Act

Requirements

AR–10 Smoke-Free Workplace

Requirements

AR–11 Healthy People 2010

AR–12 Lobbying Restrictions

I. Authority and Catalog of Federal

Domestic Assistance Number

This program is authorized under

sections 301(a) and 317(k)(2) of the

Public Health Service Act, [42 U.S.C.

section 241(a) and 42 U.S.C.

247b(k)(2),as amended.

The Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance number is 93.283.

J. Where To Obtain Additional

Information

This announcement and other CDC

program announcements can be found

on the CDC home page Internet

address—http://www.cdc.gov. Click on

‘‘Funding’’ then ‘‘Grants and

Cooperative Agreements.’’

To obtain additional information,

contact: Cynthia Collins, Grants

Management Specialist, Procurement

and Grants Office, Grants Management

Branch Announcement 00116, Centers

for Disease Control and Prevention

(CDC), 2920 Brandywine Road, Room

3000, Atlanta, GA 30341–4146,

telephone (770) 488–2757, Email

address coc9@cdc.gov.

For program technical assistance,

contact: Diane Clark, Deputy Branch

Chief, Maternal and Child Nutrition

Branch, Division of Nutrition and

Physical Activity, National Center for

Chronic Disease Prevention and Health

Promotion, Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention (CDC), 4770 Buford

Highway, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30341–

3717, Telephone (770) 488–5702, Email

address: ldc2@cdc.gov.

Dated: May 19, 2000.

John L. Williams,

Director, Procurement and Grants Office,

Center for Disease Control and Prevention

(CDC).

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention

[Program Announcement 00135]

Public Health Laboratory Sciences

Training Program for Hispanic and

Native American Students Notice of

Availability of Funds

A. Purpose

The Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC) announces the

availability of fiscal year (FY) 2000

funds for a cooperative agreement

program for establishing a Public Health

Laboratory Sciences Training Program

for Hispanic and Native American

Students. CDC is committed to

achieving the health promotion and

disease prevention objectives of

‘‘Healthy People 2010’’, a national

activity to reduce morbidity and

mortality and improve the quality of

life. This announcement is related to the

focus areas of Environmental Health,

Nutrition and Overweight, Tobacco Use,

Substance Abuse, Diabetes, Heart

Disease and Stroke, Cancer, Maternal,

Infant and Child Health, and Education

and Community-Based Programs. For

the conference copy of ‘‘Healthy People

2010’’, visit the internet site: http://

www.health.gov/healthypeople.

The purpose of the program is to

introduce Hispanic and Native

American students to opportunities in

public health and laboratory science

through education and training, to

include students from undergraduate,

graduate, and post-doctoral levels.

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B. Eligible Applicants

Applications may be submitted by

public and private universities or

colleges from the United States and its

territories, offering undergraduate and

postgraduate academic programs in the

physical and/or biomedical sciences,

and leading to degrees at the bachelors,

masters, and doctorate levels.

Note: Public Law 104–65 states that an

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

the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that

engages in lobbying activities is not eligible

to receive Federal funds constituting an

award, grant, cooperative agreement,

contract, loan, or any other form.

C. Availability of Funds

Approximately $150,000 is available

in FY 2000 to fund one award. It is

expected that the award will begin on or

about September 30, 2000, and will be

made for a 12-month budget period

within a project period of up to 5 years.

Funding estimates may change.

Continuation awards within an

approved project period will be made

on the basis of satisfactory progress as

evidenced by required reports and the

availability of funds.

Use of Funds

Funds may be used for activities

which support the goals and objectives

of the fellowship program including

travel expenses for program faculty and

students for orientation and training,

and to attend certain professional

meetings for recruitment. Funds may be

used for reporting results of fellowship

research and the preparation and

distribution of material to promote and

announce the availability of this

fellowship program. Funds may also be

used to offset a portion of salaries of the

recipient institution’s faculty, staff, and

graduate teaching assistants who spend

time in support of the technical and

administrative aspects of this program.

Funds may be provided for student

stipends, with payment scales

determined by the recipient, based on

the prior training, education and

experience of the Fellow.

Funds may not be used for the direct

support of faculty research projects

except for those aspects of such projects

which directly benefit the specific

training objectives of Fellows.

D. Programmatic Interest

The mission of the funding agency

includes the application of analytical

laboratory procedures to measure

substances in biological samples from

humans. The purpose of these analyses

is to assess human exposure to toxic

substances, health effects from the

exposure, risk factors for diseases, and

effectiveness of public health

interventions. In achieving this mission,

the laboratory techniques and areas of

scientific investigation include:

1. Sample preparation techniques

2. Liquid or gas chromatography

3. Radio-immunoassay (RIA), enzyme

linked immunoassay (EIA), or other

immuno-assay techniques

4. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)

and other molecular biology techniques

5. Atomic absorption and atomic

emission techniques

6. Mass spectroscopic techniques

7. Wet chemistry and UV-Visible and

Infared spectroscopic techniques

8. Analytical method development

and evaluation procedures

9. Routine analytical procedures and

quality control

10. Environmental chemistry,

environmental health, and toxicology

11. Nutritional Biochemistry,

Diabetes, Cancer, Smoking and health

l2. Introduction to epidemiology from a

laboratory perspective

13. Other laboratory techniques and

scientific disciplines as appropriate and

necessary

E. Program Requirements

In conducting activities to achieve the

purpose of this program, the recipient

will be responsible for the activities

under 1. Recipient Activities, and CDC

will be responsible for the activities

under 2. CDC Activities.

1. Recipient Activities

a. Establish and manage a

comprehensive program to recruit,

select, compensate, mentor, and guide

Native American and Hispanic students

in the sciences for participation in a

public health laboratory sciences

training program. (The target number of

students for this project is up to 6 per

year. Typical fellowships at the

undergraduate level will be for a

maximum of 4 months. At the postbaccalaureate level (including the postMasters and the post-Doctorate levels)

typical fellowships will be for one year,

renewable annually for a maximum of

three years. Appointments of less than

one year may be made under special

circumstances).

b. Provide a senior staff or faculty

member to serve as fellowship director,

who will be responsible for establishing

and/or maintaining close working

relationships with students.

c. Identify students with interest and

aptitude in specific scientific

disciplines such as: chemistry and all

sub-specialties of chemistry (clinical,

analytical, and organic, etc.),

biochemistry and all related subspecialties (toxicology, neurotoxicology,

biosensors, etc.), molecular biology,

genetics, biostatistics, and data

acquisition and instrument control

systems design.

d. Develop new, or modify existing,

undergraduate and graduate level

curricula in relevant academic

departments of the recipient institution

to complement this fellowship program.

e. Establish working relationships

with community colleges and secondary

schools that serve significant

populations of Native American and

Hispanic students.

f. Develop curricula that provide

training in Environmental Chemistry

and Environmental Health.

g. Provide guidance to the project

mentors on the unique cultural or

educational needs of potential Fellows

since these needs may have an impact

on the success and retention of the

students in this program.

h. Provide preliminary training to

potential Fellows in chemical and

biological laboratory safety, including

universal precautions for working with

biological samples, use of protective

equipment, work-site performance

expectations, presentation skills, basic

principles of laboratory quality control,

and other training which helps build

student confidence for encountering the

differences between academic settings

and the high-throughput laboratory

setting they will encounter during the

CDC-based portion of their fellowship

and in future employment in the

sciences.

2. CDC Activities

a. Provide assistance, if needed, in the

development of relevant curricula.

b. Provide practical and relevant

laboratory training, and work

experience opportunities at the CDC

Environmental Health Laboratory

facilities in Atlanta, Georgia.

c. Provide training oversight,

coordination, and guidance for the

Fellows and their selected research

projects. (Refer to Programmatic Interest

section of this announcement.)

F. Application Content

Use the information in the Program

Requirements, Other Requirements, and

Evaluation Criteria sections to develop

the application content. The applicant

should include as part of the narrative

or as a two to five page report at the

beginning addressing the following

information:

1. Serve local populations of at least

100,000 Native Americans and/or

Hispanics.

2. Annually enroll a total of at least

10,000 graduate and undergraduate

students, with total enrollment by

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Hispanic, and Native Americans

constituting at least 40% of the total

undergraduate student body.

3. Have a demonstrated record of

success in recruiting and retaining

minority undergraduate science

students through completion of their

bachelors degree and continuation of

post graduate training. (Please provide

recent historical data on matriculation,

retention, graduation, and post-graduate

placement of minority students where

available).

4. Evidence of past successful

activities which illustrate creativity and

originality in establishing relationships

with local community colleges serving

Native American and Hispanic

populations.

5. An academic program and

supporting faculty recognized in

analytical, biomedical, and/or

environmental chemistry.

6. Provide plans for recruitment and

outreach for Fellows to include the

process of establishing partnerships

with community(ies) and recognition of

mutual benefits beyond those already

demonstrated.

7. Present estimates of the level of

participation in the program in the first

year and projections for future years.

Your application will be evaluated on

the criteria listed, so it is important to

follow them in laying out your program

plan. The narrative should be no more

than twenty double-spaced pages

printed on one side, with one inch

margins, and unreduced font plus preprinted attachments. The application

must be submitted unstapled and

unbound.

G. Submission and Deadline

Submit the original and two copies of

PHS–5161–1 (OMB Number 0937–

0189). Forms are in the application kit.

On or before July 21, 2000, submit the

application to the Grants Management

Specialist identified in Where to Obtain

Additional Information section of this

announcement.

Deadline: Applications shall be

considered as meeting the deadline if

they are either:

(a) Received on or before the deadline

date; or

(b) Sent on or before the deadline date

and received in time for submission to

the Objective Review Panel. (Applicants

must request a legibly dated U.S. Postal

Service postmark or obtain a legibly

dated receipt from a commercial carrier

or U.S. Postal Service. Private metered

postmarks shall not be acceptable as

proof of timely mailing.)

Late Applications: Applications

which do not meet the criteria in (a) or

(b) above are considered late

applications, will not be considered,

and will be returned to the applicant.

H. Evaluation Criteria

Each application will be evaluated

individually against the following

criteria by an independent review group

appointed by CDC.

1. Understanding of the Objectives of

the Project (20 percent)

The extent to which the applicant

demonstrates an understanding of the

nature of the problem to be addressed.

This specifically includes description of

the unique training needs of Native

American and Hispanic science

students at the undergraduate and

graduate levels and cultural barriers

which may discourage them from

pursuing academic programs in the

sciences, and cultural or other factors

which may affect the retention of

Fellows in the program. Applicant

should provide estimates (and sources

of estimates) of the demographics of

Native American and Hispanic

enrollment in scientific higher

education in the geographic areas served

by the applicant and factors which may

affect the validity of such estimates.

2. Technical Approach (25 percent)

The extent to which the applicant

describes in detail the academic

institution’s component of the proposed

Fellowship program including, but not

limited to a description of:

a. An overview of the goals and

objectives of the fellowship program.

b. A comprehensive program to

recruit, select, compensate, mentor, and

guide Native American and Hispanic

students in the sciences for

participation in a public health

laboratory sciences training program.

c. Activities to establish close working

relationships with students.

d. The institution’s undergraduate

and graduate level curricula in relevant

academic departments that may be

reasonably expected to integrate with

the purpose of this fellowship program.

3. Ability To Carry Out the Project (25

percent)

The extent to which the applicant

provides evidence of ability to carry out

the proposed project and the extent to

which the applicant demonstrates

capability to achieve the objectives of

the proposed program. This may

include plans, time-lines, approaches,

methods for conducting such a

fellowship program, and may include

collaborating with other universities or

other health research agencies.

4. Personnel (15 percent)

The extent to which professional

personnel involved in this project are

qualified, including evidence of

experience similar to this project.

5. Collaboration (5 percent)

The extent to which the applicant

demonstrates the ability to collaborate

and/or form partnerships with

community colleges and secondary

schools serving significant populations

of Hispanic and Native American

students.

6. Plans for Administration (10 percent)

The extent to which the applicant

describes the plans for administering

the project.

7. Budget (Not Scored)

The extent to which the applicant

provides a detailed budget justification

which is reasonable and consistent with

the objectives of this program.

I. Other Requirements

Technical Reporting Requirements

Provide CDC with original plus two

copies of

1. semi-annual progress reports, no

more than 30 days after the end of the

report period.

2. financial status report, no more

than 90 days after the end of the budget

period; and

3. final financial and performance

reports, no more than 90 days after the

end of the project period. Send all

reports to the Grants Management

Specialist identified in the ‘‘Where to

Obtain Additional Information’’ section

of this announcement.

The following additional

requirements are applicable to this

program. For a complete description of

each, see Attachment I in the

application kit.

AR–10 Smoke-Free Workplace

Requirements

AR–11 Healthy People 2010

AR–12 Lobbying Restrictions

AR–16 Security Clearance Requirement

Additional information can be

attained as follows:

Executive Order 13021—Tribal

Colleges—http://

www.aipc.osmre.gov/EO13021.htm

Executive Order 12900—Excellence in

Education for Hispanic Americans—

http://www.ioc.army.mil/others/

minority/ex12900.HTML

J. Authority and Catalog of Federal

Domestic Assistance Number

This program is authorized under the

Public Health Service Act, Section

301(a) and 317 [42 U.S.C. 241(a) and

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247(b) as amended]. The Catalog of

Federal Domestic Assistance number is

93.283.

K. Where To Obtain Additional

Information

This and other CDC Announcements

can be found on the CDC homepage

Internet address—http://www.cdc.gov.

Click on ‘‘Funding’’ then ‘‘Grants and

Cooperative Agreements’’. To receive

additional written information and to

request an application kit, call 1–888-

Grants4 (1–888–472–6874). You will be

asked to leave your name and address

and will be instructed to identify the

Announcement number of interest.

If you have questions after reviewing

the contents of all the documents,

business management technical

assistance may be obtained from: Mattie

B. Jackson, Grants Management

Specialist, Grants Management Branch,

Procurement and Grants Office, Centers

for Disease Control and Prevention

(CDC),Room 3000, 2920 Brandywine

Road, Atlanta, GA 30341–4146,

Telephone: (770) 488–2718, Email

address: mij3@cdc.gov.

For program technical assistance,

contact: Dayton T. Miller, Ph.D.,

National Center for Environmental

Health, Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway, NE

(F–18), Atlanta, Georgia 30341–3724,

Telephone: (770) 488–4452, Email

address: dtm1@cdc.gov.

Dated: May 19, 2000.

John L. Williams,

Director, Procurement and Grants Office,

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

(CDC).

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Notice of Availability of Addendum #3

to the Assessment Plan: Lower Fox

River/Green Bay Natural Resource

Damage Assessment

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of 30-day comment

period.

SUMMARY: Notice is given that the

document entitled: ‘‘Third Assessment

Plan Addendum: Lower Fox River/

Green Bay NRDA’’ (‘‘The Addendum’’)

will be available for public review and

comment on the date of publication in

the Federal Register.

The U.S. Department of the Interior

(‘‘Department’’), the U.S. National

Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration, the Menominee Indian

Tribe of Wisconsin, the Oneida Tribe of

Indians of Wisconsin, and the

Wisconsin Department of Natural

Resources have asserted trusteeship for

natural resources considered in this

assessment, pursuant to subpart G of the

National Oil and Hazardous Substances

Pollution Contingency Plan, 40 CFR

300.600, 300.605, and 300.610, and

Executive Order 12580, 52 F.R. 2923

(Jan. 23, 1987).

The assessment, including the

activities addressed in this addendum,

will be conducted in accordance with

the Natural Resource Damage

Assessment Regulations found at 43

CFR part 11, to the extent applicable.

The public review of the Addendum

announced by this Notice is provided

for in 43 CFR 11.32(C).

Interested members of the public are

invited to review and comment on the

Addendum. Copies of the Addendum,

and the ‘‘Assessment Plan: Lower Fox

River/Green Bay NRDA’’ (‘‘The Plan’’)

issued on August 23, 1996 (FR Doc. 96–

21520), can be requested from the

address listed below, or downloaded

from the following web site: http://

www.fws.gov/r3pao/nrda. All written

comments will be considered and

included in the Report of Assessment, at

the conclusion of the assessment

process.

DATES: Written comments on the

Addendum must be submitted on or

before June 26,2000.

ADDRESSES: Requests for copies of the

Addendum and/or the Plan may be

made to: David Allen, U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service, 1015 Challenger Court,

Green Bay, Wisconsin 54311.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

purpose of this natural resource damage

assessment is to confirm and quantify

the suspected injuries to natural

resources in the Lower Fox River, Green

Bay, and Lake Michigan environment

resulting from exposure to hazardous

substances released by area paper mills

and other potential sources. It is

suspected that this exposure has caused

injury to trustee resources. The injury

and resultant damages will be assessed

under the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act, as

amended, and the Clean Water Act, as

amended.

The objective of this Addendum is to

initiate a process through which the

governmental partners will attempt to

arrive at a single coordinated

Restoration and Compensation

Determination Plan that integrates the

ongoing state and federal/tribal natural

resource damage assessments and to

notify the public regarding this process.

William F. Hartwig,

Regional Director, Region 3, Fish and Wildlife

Service.

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BILLING CODE 4310–55–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[ID–933–1430–ET; IDI–15630 et al.]

Legal Description of Modification and

Partial Revocation of Executive

Orders; Idaho

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice corrects the total

acreage figures of Public Land Order

7437 published in 65 FR 58, of March

24, 1000, on page 15917. The Summary

of the Public Land Order should read:

‘‘This order modifies 5 Executive orders

to established a 20-year term as to

8,040.07 acres of lands withdrawn for

the Bureau of Land Management for use

as Powersite Reserves. This order also

partially revokes 3 of the Executive

orders insofar as they affect 2,362.82

acres and opens 401.95 acres to surface

entry. The remaining 1,960.87 acres

have been conveyed out of Federal

ownership. All of the lands in Federal

ownership have been and will remain

open to mining and mineral leasing.’’

Paragraph 2 lists 277.30 acres, that

figure is corrected to 401.95 acres.

Paragraph 3 lists 3,165.70 acres , that

figure is corrected to 1,960.87 acres.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 25, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jackie Simmons, BLM Idaho State

Office, 1387 S. Vinnell Way, Boise,

Idaho 83709, 208–373–3867.

Jimmie Buxton,

Branch Chief, Lands and Minerals.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[MT–960–1150–PG]

Dakotas Advisory Council Meeting

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

North Dakota Field Office, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting; Dakotas

Advisory Council Meetings.