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Dated: April 30, 2007. 

Samuel H. Wilson, 

Deputy Director, National Institute of 

Environmental Health Sciences and National 

Toxicology Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Toxicology Program (NTP), 

NTP Interagency Center for the 

Evaluation of Alternative Toxicological 

Methods (NICEATM); Request for Data 

on the Use of Topical Anesthetics and 

Systemic Analgesics for In Vivo Eye 

Irritation Testing 

AGENCY: National Institute of 

Environmental Health Sciences 

(NIEHS), National Institutes of Health 

(NIH). 

ACTION: Request for data on the use of 

topical anesthetics and systemic 

analgesics for in vivo ocular irritation 

testing. 

SUMMARY: The Interagency Coordinating 

Committee on the Validation of 

Alternative Methods (ICCVAM) and 

NICEATM request the submission of 

data and information on the use of 

topical anesthetics and systemic 

analgesics for alleviating pain and 

distress in rabbits during eye irritation 

testing. They also request the 

submission of information about other 

procedures and strategies that may 

reduce or eliminate pain and distress 

associated with in vivo eye irritation 

methods. 

DATES: Data should be received by June 

25, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Data should be sent by mail, 

fax, or e-mail to Dr. William S. Stokes, 

Director, NICEATM, NIEHS, P.O. Box 

12233, MD EC–17, Research Triangle 

Park, NC, 27709, (fax) 919–541–0947, (email) niceatm@niehs.nih.gov. Courier 

address: NICEATM, 79 T.W. Alexander 

Drive, Building 4401, Room 3128, 

Research Triangle Park, NC 27709. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

William S. Stokes, NICEATM Director, 

(phone) 919–541–2384 or 

niceatm@niehs.nih.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION 

Background 

The U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) nominated to ICCVAM 

several activities relevant to reducing, 

replacing, or refining the use of rabbits 

in the current in vivo eye irritation test 

method (Federal Register Vol. 69, No. 

57, pages 13859–13861, March 24, 

2004). One activity is to review ways to 

alleviate pain and suffering that might 

arise from current in vivo eye irritation 

testing. ICCVAM endorsed this activity 

with a high priority and recommended 

that NICEATM review the data currently 

available on the use of topical 

anesthetics and/or systemic analgesics 

to reduce animal pain and distress. 

As part of this review, NICEATM 

requests the submission of data from 

completed studies on the use of topical 

anesthetics and/or systemic analgesics 

for in vivo ocular irritancy testing. These 

data will be used to evaluate the 

validation status of the use of topical 

anesthetics and/or analgesics to reduce 

pain and distress for in vivo testing 

situations. ICCVAM and NICEATM also 

request the submission of information 

and data from in vivo methods, 

procedures, and/or strategies that may 

reduce or eliminate the pain and 

suffering associated with current in vivo 

eye irritation methods. 

Background Information on ICCVAM 

and NICEATM 

ICCVAM is an interagency committee 

composed of representatives from 15 

federal regulatory and research agencies 

that use or generate toxicological 

information. ICCVAM conducts 

technical evaluations of new, revised, 

and alternative methods with regulatory 

applicability and promotes the scientific 

validation and regulatory acceptance of 

toxicological test methods that more 

accurately assess the safety and hazards 

of chemicals and products and that 

refine, reduce, or replace animal use. 

The ICCVAM Authorization Act of 2000 

(42 U.S.C. 285l–3) established ICCVAM 

as a permanent interagency committee 

of the NIEHS under NICEATM. 

NICEATM administers the ICCVAM and 

provides scientific and operational 

support for ICCVAM-related activities. 

Additional information about NICEATM 

and ICCVAM can be found at the 

following Web site: http:// 

iccvam.niehs.nih.gov. 

Dated: April 30, 2007. 

Samuel H. Wilson, 

Deputy Director, National Institute of 

Environmental Health Sciences and National 

Toxicology Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration on Aging 

Purpose of Notice: Availability of 

Funding Opportunity Announcement 

Funding Opportunity Title/Program 

Name: Aging and Disability Resource 

Center Initiative: Integrating Access to 

Long-Term Care. 

Announcement Type: Initial. 

Funding Opportunity Number: HHS–

2007–AoA–DR–0707. 

Statutory Authority: The Older 

Americans Act of 2006, Public Law 

109–365. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 93.048, 

Title IV and Title II, Discretionary 

Projects. 

Dates: The deadline date for the 

submission of applications is June 29, 

2007. 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

In FY 2003, the Administration on 

Aging (AoA) and the Centers for 

Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) 

formed a historic partnership to launch 

the Aging and Disability Resource 

Center (ADRC) demonstration grant 

initiative. The goal of the ADRC 

program is to empower individuals to 

make informed choices and to 

streamline access to long term support 

services. AoA and CMS share a vision 

to have Resource Centers in every 

community serving as highly visible and 

trusted places where people of all ages 

can turn for information on the full 

range of long term support options and 

a single point of entry to public long 

term support programs and benefits. 

ADRCs are a resource for both public 

and private-pay individuals. They serve 

older adults, younger individuals with 

disabilities, family caregivers, as well as 

persons planning for future long term 

support needs. ADRCs are also a 

resource for health and long term 

support professionals and others who 

provide services to older adults and to 

people with disabilities. Since FY 2003, 

43 states have received three year grants 

from AoA and CMS to design and 

implement ADRC demonstrations 

serving the elderly and at least one other 

target population of adults with 

disabilities in at least one community. 

An ADRC Program Announcement 

published in FY 2003 resulted in the 

funding of twelve states that year with 

an additional twelve states funded to 

develop ADRC programs in FY 2004. 

Nineteen additional states were funded 

to develop ADRC programs based on a 

Program Announcement published in 


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FY 2005. To view the Program 

Announcements published in FY 2003 

and FY 2005 please visit www.aoa.gov/ 

prof/aging_dis/background.asp. For 

more information on the 43 funded 

ADRC projects please visit www.adrctae.org. 

This announcement seeks proposals 

for competitive grants to assist states 

funded to develop ADRCs in FY 2004 to 

significantly expand their existing 

Resource Center programs. Building on 

current efforts, state Resource Center 

programs funded under this Program 

Announcement will be: 

(1) Expanded to provide services to 

additional communities, and/or 

(2) Positioned to assume the role as 

the only entry point to publicly funded 

long-term support systems, and/or; 

(3) Enhanced to support states longterm care rebalancing efforts either 

through nursing facility diversion 

activities, nursing facility transition or 

participation in the re-direction of 

services dollars to consumer directed 

models including cash & counseling. 

A detailed description of the funding 

opportunity may be found at http:// 

www.aoa.gov/doingbus/fundopp/ 

fundopp.asp. 

II. Award Information 

1. Funding Instrument Type 

These new grants will be issued as 

cooperative agreements because AoA, in 

cooperation with CMS, anticipates 

having substantial involvement with the 

recipients during performance of funded 

activities. This involvement may 

include collaboration, participation, or 

intervention in the funded activities. 

AoA, in cooperation with CMS, will 

also be involved in the development 

and implementation of the funded 

projects by way of conducting a review 

of the applications and providing 

technical assistance, training, guidance, 

and oversight throughout the one-year 

project period. Grantees will be 

expected to keep in contact with their 

Federal project officer on a regular basis. 

Grantees will also be expected to share 

all significant products that result from 

their projects with AoA. 

2. Anticipated Total Priority Area 

Funding Per Budget Period 

The total amount of Federal funds 

available for this funding opportunity is 

$2.4 million. AoA anticipates funding 

up to 12 projects nationwide for a 

period of 1 year. The maximum Federal 

award for the entire project period is 

approximately $200,000. 

III. Eligibility Criteria And Other 

Requirements 

1. Eligible Applicants 

Only states that received an AoA and 

CMS Aging and Disability Resource 

Center Grant in FY 2004 are eligible to 

apply. These states are Alaska, 

Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, 

Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, New Mexico, 

North Carolina, Northern Mariana 

Islands, and Wisconsin. Only the state 

agency that was the ADRC applicant in 

FY 2004, or a state agency with a 

Memorandum of Agreement with the 

existing ADRC grantee (e.g. the Single 

State Agency on Aging, Single State 

Medicaid Agency or State Agency 

serving the target populations of people 

with disabilities) may apply for this 

Resource Center grant. The applicant 

agency must have the documented 

support, in the form of a Memorandum 

of Understanding and active 

participation by the Single State Agency 

on Aging, the Single State Medicaid 

Agency and the State Agency(s) serving 

the target population(s) of people with 

disabilities specified in the applicant’s 

proposal. A letter of support from the 

Governor indicating high-level state 

executive support and designating the 

lead agency is also required. Only one 

application per state will be accepted. 

‘‘State’’ refers to the definition provided 

under 45 CFR 74.2. Executive Order 

12372 is not applicable to these grant 

applications. 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching 

Grantees are required to make a nonfinancial or cash recipient contribution 

(match) of a minimum of five percent 

(5%) of the total project cost. 

3. DUNS Number 

All grant applicants must obtain a DU-N-S number from Dun and Bradstreet. 

It is a nine-digit identification number, 

which provides unique identifiers of 

single business entities. The D-U-N-S 

number is free and easy to obtain from 

http://www.dnb.com/US/duns_update/. 

4. Intergovernmental Review 

Executive Order 12372, 

Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs, is not applicable to these 

grant applications. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Address To Request Application 

Application kits are available by 

writing to the U.S. Department of Health 

and Human Services, Administration on 

Aging, Center for Planning and Policy, 

Washington, DC 20201, by calling 

Joseph Lugo at 202/357–3417, or online 

at http://www.grants.gov. 

2. Address for Application Submission 

Applications must be submitted 

electronically to www.grants.gov. In 

order to be able to submit the 

application, you must register in the 

Central Contractor Registry (CCR) 

database. Information about CCR is 

available at www.grants.gov/ 

CCRRegister. Instructions for electronic 

submission of grant applications are 

available at www.grants.gov. 

3. Submission Dates and Times 

To receive consideration, applications 

must be submitted electronically by 

midnight Eastern time by the deadline 

listed in the DATES section at the 

beginning of this Notice. 

V. Responsiveness Criteria 

Each application submitted will be 

screened to determine whether it was 

received by the closing date and time. 

Applications received by the closing 

date and time will be screened for 

completeness and conformity with the 

requirements outlined in Sections III 

and IV of this Notice and the 

ProgramAnnouncement. Only complete 

applications that meet these 

requirements will be reviewed and 

evaluated competitively. 

VI. Application Review Information 

Eligible applications in response to 

this announcement will be reviewed 

according to the following evaluation 

criteria: 

• Accomplishments and Problem 

Statement—Weight: 30 points. 

• Approach, Work Plan and 

Activities—Weight: 40 points. 

• Project Outcomes and Evaluation—

Weight: 15 points. 

• Level of Effort (Organization and 

Management; Budget and Resources)—

Weight: 15 points. 

VII. Agency Contacts 

Direct inquiries regarding 

programmatic issues can be directed to 

the U.S. Department of Health and 

Human Services, Administration on 

Aging, Center for Planning and Policy 

Development, Washington, DC 20201, 

Joseph Lugo at telephone (202) 357–

3417. 

Dated: May 4, 2007. 

Josefina G. Carbonell, 

Assistant Secretary for Aging. 

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