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look for ‘‘Adequacy Review of SIP

Submissions for Conformity’’).

Transportation conformity is required

by section 176(c) of the Clean Air Act.

EPA’s conformity rule requires that

transportation plans, programs, and

projects conform to state air quality

implementation plans and establishes

the criteria and procedures for

determining whether or not they do.

Conformity to a SIP means that

transportation activities will not

produce new air quality violations,

worsen existing violations, or delay

timely attainment of the national

ambient air quality standards.

The criteria by which we determine

whether a SIP’s motor vehicle emission

budgets are adequate for conformity

purposes are outlined in 40 CFR

93.118(e)(4). Please note that an

adequacy review is separate from EPA’s

completeness review, and it also should

not be used to prejudge EPA’s ultimate

approval of the SIP. Even if we find a

budget adequate, the SIP could later be

disapproved.

We’ve described our process for

determining the adequacy of submitted

SIP budgets in guidance (May 14, 1999

memo titled ‘‘Conformity Guidance on

Implementation of March 2, 1999

Conformity Court Decision’’). We

followed this guidance in making our

adequacy determination.

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401–7671q.

Dated: June 16, 2000.

Francis X. Lyons,

Regional Administrator, Region 5.

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–U

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6728–3]

Community Based In-Home Asthma

Environmental Education and

Management

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Request for grant proposals.

SUMMARY: Request for Proposals for

Community Based In-Home Asthma

Environmental Education and

Management. This is an announcement

of the availability of FY 2000 grant

funds for the Environmental Protection

Agency’s (EPA) Indoor Environments

Division/Office of Radiation and Indoor

Air. Section 103(a)(1) of the Clean Air

Act authorizes the Administrator to

conduct and promote the coordination

and acceleration of research,

investigations, experiments,

demonstrations, surveys and studies

relating to the causes, effects (including

health and welfare effects), extent,

prevention, and control of air pollution

by ((b)(3)) making grants to air pollution

control agencies, to other public or

nonprofit private agencies, institutions,

and organizations, and to individuals,

for purposes stated in 103(a)(1). The

intended use of these funds is to

support pilot studies of asthma

education, including asthma

management and indoor asthma trigger

identification/mitigation, in existing

Community-Based In-Home

Environmental Management or

Education programs. EPA is awarding

these grants to support the recipients to

conduct pilot studies of in-home asthma

education and assess the effectiveness of

their in-home approaches to educating

children with asthma, their parents and/

or primary care givers, and other people

with asthma, including how to identify

the indoor triggers to which the

asthmatic(s) in the household may be

sensitive, and how to mitigate them.

EPA plans to award two grants to each

of two organizations for $100,000.00

each, however the final number of

awards and award amounts may vary

depending on proposal quality and

resource availability.

DATES: Letter of Intent due by July 7,

2000. Pre-application Assistance

Conference Call dates are:

1. July 11, 2000, 12 noon until 2pm

Eastern Daylight Time

2. July 14, 2000, 12 noon until 2pm

Eastern Daylight Time

Application Deadline: Postmarked no

later than August 7, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Send Letter of Intent and

Applications to the attention of Sheila

Brown, U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue,

NW. (6609J), Washington, DC 20460

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sheila Brown (202) 564–9370

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The focus

for funding is to: (a) Reduce the impact

of in-home environmental asthma

triggers on children and adults with

asthma; (b) strengthen the capacity of

individual households to control inhome environmental asthma triggers;

and (c) assess the effectiveness and

sustainability of strategies for in-home

environmental asthma trigger

management and education within

communities. Completed applications,

including work plans and detailed

budgets, are due to the Indoor

Environments Division no later than

August 7, 2000. If you intend to apply,

you must send a letter of intent

postmarked no later than July 7, 2000 to

Attention: Sheila Brown,1200

Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. (6609J),

Washington, D.C. 20460, or an e-mail to

<brown.sheila@epa.gov> no later than 3

pm (EDT) on July 7, 2000, indicating the

name of your organization, the name

and phone number of a contact person

in the organization, whether you expect

to participate in one of the pre-award

technical assistance conference calls

(see page 5), and if so, on which day.

Should demand exceed capacity, we

will schedule an additional call and

inform you by telephone of the date and

time.

Eligibility Criteria

To be eligible for funding, an

applicant must:

(1) Demonstrate the ability to

implement an in-home education

program which includes: In-home

identification and assessment of

potential indoor environmental asthma

triggers; direct one-on-one education in

the home on asthma, asthma

management, and mitigation of indoor

environmental triggers to which

household members with asthma may

be sensitive;

(2) Meet the standards for eligibility

as identified in Section 103 (3)(b) of the

Clean Air Act (page 1, paragraph 1);

(3) Request no more than $100,000.00

to accomplish pilot project objectives;

(4) Properly complete and submit

standard form SF–424 and a work plan

no greater than seven pages in length (in

no smaller than 12 point type) by the

established due date;

(5) Commit to complete the proposed

pilot project activities within 18–24

months of grant award.

Ranking Criteria

Applications will be ranked on the

basis of the criteria listed below.

Ranking for each criterion is based on a

scale of 1 (does not meet the

requirement) to 10 (exceeds the

requirement).

(1) Applicant organization currently is

established and operates within a base

community, performing community

level work. (1–10 points).

(2) Applicant organization currently

is, or is affiliated with, an established

in-home environmental management

and/or education program. (1–10 points)

(3) Education materials and

assessment tools developed or selected

for use in conducting in-home

education and assessment pilot project

activities address established indoor

environmental triggers of asthma

including: environmental (secondhand)

tobacco smoke, house dust mites,

cockroaches, molds, and animal dander.

Materials are compatible with the

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guidance contained in EPA’s asthma

brochure, ‘‘Clear Your Home Of Asthma

Triggers: Your Children Will Breathe

Easier’’ (http://www.epa.gov/iaq/pubs/

asthma.html) and the findings and

recommendations contained in the

January, 2000 National Academy of

Sciences report on asthma, ‘‘Clearing

the Air: Asthma and Indoor Air

Exposures’’ (http://books.nap.edu/

catalog/9610.html). (1–10 points)

(4) Mitigation methods for

environmental (secondhand) tobacco

smoke, house dust mites, cockroaches,

molds, and animal dander included

among the pilot project activities are

compatible with the guidance in EPA’s

asthma brochure, ‘‘Clear Your Home Of

Asthma Triggers: Your Children Will

Breathe Easier’’ (http://www.epa.gov/

iaq/pubs/asthma.html) and the findings

and recommendations contained in the

January, 2000 National Academy of

Sciences report on asthma, ‘‘Clearing

the Air: Asthma and Indoor Air

Exposures’’ (http://books.nap.edu/

catalog/9610.html). (1–10 points)

(5) Education materials and

assessment tools selected for the pilot

project reflect current standards for

conducting public health education and

outreach activities, particularly with

respect to motivating behavioral

changes in low-literacy, low-income,

and disproportionately impacted

populations. (1–10 points)

(6) Applicant adequately describes

mechanisms for obtaining feedback

about program effectiveness from

households after the in-home education

assessment visit(s). (1–10 points)

(7) Applicant agrees to provide

quarterly performance reports to EPA

which shall include, at a minimum,

information about: the number of homes

visited, the number of children and

adults with asthma educated, the

number of homes in which indoor

environmental triggers have been

identified, and the number of

households in which mitigation actions

have been taken. (1–10 points)

(8) The project demonstrates the

effectiveness of education strategies that

are appropriate to varied populations

and geographic locations in the United

States, and contributes to an improved

understanding of how to conduct inhome asthma education programs. (1–10

points)

Application Process

Applicants must complete standard

form 424 (http://www.whitehouse.gov/

omb/grants/sf424.pdf) and submit a

work plan no greater than five pages in

length (12 point type). The work plan

must include: (1) A summary of specific

objectives, expected outcomes, and

deliverables; and (2) a discussion of the

budget and how the budget relates to the

objectives, outcomes, and deliverables

in the work plan. Resumes and

supplementary biographical

information, if any, should not exceed

an additional two pages. The project

work plan submitted with the

completed application SF–424 should

conform to the following outline:

(1) Title.

(2) Description of the applicant

organization, experience in community

work (especially with children and

adults with asthma), existing in-home

education efforts, existing indoor air

quality/asthma activities, and the

organization’s infrastructure as it relates

to its ability to do in-home assessments

and/or education programs.

(3) Description of staffing and funding

resources needed to implement

proposed work plans, including number

of staff and qualifications.

(4) Description of experience

implementing evaluation and tracking

procedures and managing grants (e.g.,

submitting reports, budgets, etc.).

(5) Project Period—beginning and

ending dates.

(6) Project purpose.

(7) Description of basic structure of

the in-home asthma education and

assessment pilot project proposed,

curricula and assessment tools to be

used, and resource lists including

references. Describe why the curricula

and protocols were selected or created;

what other materials you may have

considered (including reasons for not

selecting them); and, if possible, a

discussion of how the asthma education

approaches you wish to demonstrate

compare or contrast to other known

approaches.

(8) Description of target audiences,

community, and any special asthmarelated demographics of areas targeted

for this work.

(9) Description of mechanisms for

question resolution and follow-up with

asthmatics and their families and/or

primary care givers following in-home

visit(s). Reasons for selecting or creating

these mechanisms and, if possible, a

discussion of how the selected

mechanisms compare to other available

mechanisms.

(10) Description of any types of

follow-up materials or training that may

be given to the households such as

community resource lists, household

repair and maintenance training, lessons

on how to obtain services in the

community, etc.

(11) Definition of success for the

project and how success will be

measured. Describe mechanisms for

tracking program outputs (e.g., how

many households were educated, how

many homes were assessed, in how

many homes actions were taken),

summarizing and characterizing

program outcomes (i.e., the effectiveness

of the education and mitigation

methods, the level of increased

awareness).

(12) Identification of other localities,

regions, or states that might benefit from

the lessons you expect to learn as a

result of your pilot project.

(13) Schedule—indicate tasks,

quarterly report submission and final

report submission dates.

(14) Budget. Indicate funds used for

salaries, materials, equipment,

contracted activities, travel, overhead,

and other pertinent information.

If you would like to apply for

assistance under the Community Based

In-Home Asthma Environmental

Education and Management program,

application materials are available at the

web addresses listed below or by calling

the Indoor Environments Division at

(202) 564–9370. The application kit

contains the following information:

—Application for Federal Assistance—

http://www.epa.gov/region4/

grantpgs/grants.htm)

—Instructions for completing the

application

—Assurances/certifications

An original application and one copy

must be received at the following

address no later than close of business

on Monday, August 7, 2000:

Mailing Address: Attn: Sheila Brown,

Environmental Protection Agency,

Indoor Environments Division, InHome Program (6609J), 1200

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20460

Courier Address: Attn: Sheila Brown,

Environmental Protection Agency,

Indoor Environments Division, InHome Program (6609J), 501 3rd Street,

NW., Washington, DC 20001

Questions regarding the

administrative aspects and

programmatic aspects, including work

plan, should be referred to Sheila Brown

(202) 564–9370. Two pre-application

assistance conference calls have been

scheduled to help prospective

applicants:

1. Tuesday, July 11, 2000 from 12 noon

until 2pm Eastern Daylight Time. Call

in number (202) 260–1015, then dial

access code 9490#

2. Thursday, July 14, 2000 from 12 noon

until 2pm Eastern Daylight Time. Call

in number (202) 260–7280, then dial

access code 0792#

Twenty lines have been reserved for

each call. To ensure access, please

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follow the instructions for submitting

the letter of intent described on page 1

of this announcement.

In addition, prospective applicants

should obtain a copy of the Code of

Federal Regulations (CFR) Title 40, Part

30 (and for State and local agencies, also

see Part 31). This portion of the CFR

includes regulations applicable to your

assistance agreement. Copies of the CFR

are available at your local U.S.

Government Bookstore, the U.S.

Government Printing Office or on the

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

grants.htm. Once at this site, select

‘‘Administrative Regulations and

Policies/Subchapter B-Grants and Other

Federal Assistance’’ and select Part 30

or Part 31.

Selected projects will be announced

on or around October 15, 2000. If you

have any questions regarding this grant

notice, please contact Sheila Brown

(202) 564–9370.

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401–7626; Pub. L.

159, 69 Stat. 322.

Dated: June 26, 2000.

Robert Perciasepe,

Assistant Administrator of Air and Radiation.

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–U

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6728–5]

Notice of Proposed Prospective

Purchaser Agreements Pursuant to the

Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation and Liability

Act of 1980, as Amended by the

Superfund Amendments and

Reauthorization Act

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice; request for public

comment.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation, and Liability

Act of 1980, as amended by the

Superfund Amendments and

Reauthorization Act of 1986

(‘‘CERCLA’’), 42 U.S.C. 9601–9675,

notice is hereby given that two identical

proposed prospective purchaser

agreements (‘‘Purchaser Agreements’’)

associated with the Sharon Steel Farrell

Works Superfund Site (‘‘Site’’) in

Farrell, Pennsylvania, have been

executed by the Environmental

Protection Agency and the Department

of Justice. The prospective purchasers,

Shenango Valley Manufacturing

Company (‘‘SVMC’’) and Farrell Slag,

Inc. (‘‘Farrell Slag’’) competed at a

bankruptcy auction sale by the United

States Bankruptcy Court for the Western

District of Pennsylvania to purchase

approximately 200 acres of the Sharon

Steel Farrell Works Superfund Site

(‘‘Site’’). Sharon Steel Corporation

presently owns the Site and is

liquidating its assets pursuant to

Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code.

Farrell Slag bid successfully for the

property. SVMC was the second highest

bidder. Pursuant to the bankruptcy sale,

if Farrell Slag is unable to complete the

purchase of the property, it will be

conveyed to the next highest bidder,

SVMC. Since it is acceptable to EPA for

either Farrell Slag or SVMC to acquire

the property, EPA is proposing

Purchaser Agreements for each.

However, only the ultimate purchaser of

the property will be bound by its

respective Purchaser Agreement.

The Purchaser Agreements are now

subject to public comment, after which

the United States may modify or

withdraw its consent if comments

received disclose facts or considerations

which indicate that the Purchaser

Agreements are inappropriate,

improper, or inadequate. The Purchaser

Agreements will resolve certain

potential EPA claims under Sections

106 and 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606

and 9607. The property subject to the

Purchaser Agreements is the portion of

the Site south of Ohio Street and west

of the Shenango River. The property

contains slag Sharon Steel generated

during operation of an integrated steel

making plant at the Site. EPA will

conduct or oversee long term remedial

actions at the Site and has initiated the

Remedial Investigation/Feasibility

Study to identify the hazards posed by

contamination at and arising from the

Site. Under the terms of each Purchaser

Agreement, the purchaser will pay the

United States $40,000 for a limited

covenant not to sue, cooperate with EPA

in the continued implementation of

remedial actions at the Site and

otherwise comply with the requirements

of the Purchaser Agreement.

For thirty (30) days following the date

of publication of this notice, the Agency

will receive written comments relating

to the proposed Purchaser Agreements.

The Agency’s response to any comments

received will be available for public

inspection at the U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Region III, 1650

Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before August 2, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Availability: The proposed

Purchaser Agreements and additional

background information relating to the

proposed Purchaser Agreements are

available for public inspection at the

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,

Region III, 1650 Arch Street,

Philadelphia, PA 19103. A copy of the

proposed Purchaser Agreements may be

obtained from Suzanne Canning, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Regional Docket Clerk (3RC00), 1650

Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103.

Comments should reference the ‘‘Sharon

Steel Farrell Works Superfund Site

Prospective Purchaser Agreements’’ and

‘‘EPA Docket No. CERCLA–PPA–2000–

01 and CERCLA–PPA–2000–02,’’ and

should be forwarded to Suzanne

Canning at the above address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ami

Y. Antoine (3RC43), Sr. Assistant

Regional Counsel, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, 1650 Arch Street,

Philadelphia, PA 19103, Phone: (215)

814–2497.

Dated: June 16, 2000.

Bradley M. Campbell,

Regional Administrator, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Region III.

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–U

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Change in Bank Control Notices;

Acquisitions of Shares of Banks or

Bank Holding Companies

The notificants listed below have

applied under the Change in Bank

Control Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and

§ 225.41 of the Board’s Regulation Y (12

CFR 225.41) to acquire a bank or bank

holding company. The factors that are

considered in acting on the notices are

set forth in paragraph 7 of the Act (12

U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)).

The notices are available for

immediate inspection at the Federal

Reserve Bank indicated. The notices

also will be available for inspection at

the offices of the Board of Governors.

Interested persons may express their

views in writing to the Reserve Bank

indicated for that notice or to the offices

of the Board of Governors. Comments

must be received not later than July 17,

2000.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of San

Francisco (Maria Villanueva, Consumer

Regulation Group) 101 Market Street,

San Francisco, California 94105–1579:

1. Alan E. Knudson and the Knudson

Family Limited Partnership, Ltd.,

Draper, Utah; to retain voting shares of

Silver State Bancorp, Henderson,

Nevada, and thereby indirectly retain

voting shares of Silver State Bank,

Henderson, Nevada.