66624 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 244 / Friday, December 19, 1997 / Notices

EIS No. 970481, DRAFT EIS, STB,

Conrail Acquisition (Finance Docket

No. 33388) by CSX Corporation and

CSX Transportation Inc., and Norfolk

Southern Corporation and Norfolk

Southern Railway Company (NS),

Control and Operating Leases and

Agreements, To serve portion of

eastern United States, Due: February

02, 1998, Contact: Michael Dalton

(202) 565–1530.

EIS No. 970482, DRAFT EIS, FTA, FL,

Central Florida Light Rail Transit

System Transportation Improvement

to the North/South Corridor Project,

Locally Preferred Alternative (LPA)

and Minimum Operable Segment

(MOS), Orange and Seminole

Counties, FL, Due: February 09, 1998,

Contact: J. Anthony Dittmeier (404)

562–3512.

Amended Notices

EIS No. 970433, FINAL EIS, FHW, PA,

US 202 Section 700 Corridor,

Improvements, from PA 63 in

Montgomeryville to the PA–611

Bypass in Doylestown Township,

COE Section 404 Permit and Right-ofWay, Montgomery and Bucks

Counties, PA, Due: January 30, 1998,

Contact: Ronald W. Carmichael (717)

221–3461. Published FR 11–14–97—

Review Period extended.

Dated: December 16, 1997.

B. Katherine Biggs,

Associate Director, NEPA Compliance

Division, Office of Federal Activities.

[FR Doc. 97–33242 Filed 12–18–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–U

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–5937–9]

Investigator-Initiated Grants: Request

for Applications

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of request for

applications.

SUMMARY: This document provides

information on the availability of the

fiscal year 1998 investigator-initiated

grants program announcements, in

which the areas of research interest,

eligibility and submission requirements,

evaluation criteria, and implementation

schedule are set forth. Grants will be

competitively awarded following peer

review.

DATES: Receipt dates vary depending on

the specific research area within the

solicitation and are listed in

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

National Center for Environmental

Research and Quality Assurance

(8703R), 401 M Street SW, Washington

DC 20460, telephone (800) 490–9194.

The complete announcement can be

accessed on the Internet from the EPA

home page: http://www.epa.gov/ncerqa.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In its

Requests for Applications (RFA) the

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

(EPA) invites research grant

applications in the following areas of

special interest to its mission: (1)

Regional Scale Analysis and

Assessment, (2) Water and Watersheds

(joint with the National Science

Foundation and the U.S. Department of

Agriculture, (3) Technology for a

Sustainable Environment (joint with the

National Science Foundation), (4)

Bioremediation (joint with the

Department of Energy, National Science

Foundation, and Office of Naval

Research), and (5) Ecology and

Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms

(ECOHAB) (joint with the National

Oceanographic and Atmospheric

Administration, National Science

Foundation, Office of Naval Research,

U.S. Department of Agriculture, and

National Aeronautics and Space

Administration). Applications must be

received as follows: February 12, 1998,

for topic (1); February 17, 1998, for topic

(3); February 23, 1998, for topic (5);

February 27, 1998, for topic (4); and

April 1, 1998 for topic (2).

The RFAs provide relevant

background information, summarize

EPA’s interest in the topic areas, and

describe the application and review

process.

Contact person for the Regional Scale

Analysis and Assessment RFA and

Water and Watersheds RFA is Barbara

Levinson

(levinson.barbara@epamail.epa.gov),

telephone 202–564–6911; for

Technology for a Sustainable

Environment is Barbara Karn

(karn.barbara@epamail.epa.gov),

telephone 202–564–6824; for

Bioremediation is Robert Menzer

(menzer.robert@epamail.epa.gov),

telephone 202–564–6849, and for

Ecology and Oceanography of Harmful

Algal Blooms is Sheila Rosenthal

(rosenthal.sheila@epamail.epa.gov),

telephone 202–564–6916.

Dated: December 10, 1997.

Stephen A. Lingle,

Acting Assistant Administrator for Research

and Development.

[FR Doc. 97–33226 Filed 12–18–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[OPP–50837; FRL–5761–4]

Receipt of a Notification to Conduct

Small-Scale Field Testing of a

Genetically Engineered Microbial

Pesticide

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces receipt

from U.S. Department of Agriculture,

Agricultural Research Service (ARS), in

cooperation with Washington State

University (WSU), of a notification

(71233-NMP-R) of intent to conduct

small-scale field testings involving

species of fluorescent Pseudomonas

bacteria, which have been genetically

engineered to express antimicrobial

genes from similar Pseudomonas

species inhabitating the rhizosphere of

wheat. The Agency has determined that

the application may be of regional and

national significance. Therefore, in

accordance with 40 CFR 172.11(a), the

Agency is soliciting comments on this

application.

DATES: Written comments must be

received on or before January 20, 1998.

ADDRESSES: By mail, submit written

comments to: Public Information and

Records Integrity Branch, Information

Resources and Services Division

(7502C), Office of Pesticide Programs,

Environmental Protection Agency, 401

M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460. In

person, deliver comments to: Rm. 1132,

CM #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Highway,

Arlington, VA.

Comments and data may also be

submitted electronically to: oppdocket@epamail.epa.gov. Follow the

instructions under Unit II. of this

document. No Confidential Business

Information (CBI) should be submitted

through e-mail.

Information submitted as a comment

concerning this document may be

claimed confidential by marking any

part or all of that information as CBI.

Information so marked will not be

disclosed except in accordance with

procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2.

A copy of the comment that does not

contain CBI must be submitted for

inclusion in the public record.

Information not marked confidential

will be included in the public docket by

EPA without prior notice. The public

docket is available for public inspection

in Rm. 1132 at the Virginia address

given above, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.,

Monday through Friday, excluding legal

holidays.