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Protection, Implementation, Riverside

County, CA , Due: December 18, 2000,

Contact: Timothy Smith (213) 452–

3854.

EIS No. 000387, Final EIS, AFS, MT,

Rocky Mountain Front Mineral

Withdrawal, Implementation, Helena

and Lewis and Clark National Forests,

Great Falls, MT, Due: December 18,

2000, Contact: Rick Prausa (406) 791–

7720.

EIS No. 000388, Draft EIS, FHW, PA,

NY, US Route 15 Improvement

Project, from PA–6015, section G–20

and G–22 Tioga County, Pennsylvania

and PIN 6008.22.123 Steuben County,

New York (US Route 15 between PA

Route 287 and Presho, New York,

Funding and COE section 404 Permit,

Tioga County, PA and Steuben

County, NY, Due: January 31, 2001,

Contact: James A. Cheatham (717)

221–3461.

EIS No. 000389, Final EIS, BLM, CA,

Imperial Project, Open-Pit Precious

Metal Mining Operation Utilizing

Heap Leach Processes, Updated

Information concerning ‘‘Endangered,

Rare or Threatened’’ Biological

Resources, Plan of Operations and

Reclamation Plan Approvals, Right-ofWay Grants, Conditional Use/U.S.

COE Permits, El Centro Resource

Area, Desert District, Due: December

18, 2000, Contact: Glen R. Miller (760)

337–4400.

EIS No. 000390, Final EIS, AFS, Forest

Service Roadless Area Conservation,

Implementation, Proposal to Protect

Roadless Areas, Due: December 18,

2000, Contact: Scott Conroy (703)

605–5299.

Amended Notices

EIS No. 000376, Final EIS, AFS, ID,

Goose Creek Watershed Project,

Harvesting Timber and Improve

Watershed, Payette National Forest,

New Meadows Ranger District,

Adams County, ID, Due: December

8, 2000, Contact: Kimberly Brandel

(208) 347–0300.

Revision of FR Notice published on

11/09/2000: CEQ Due Date

Corrected from 12/11/2000 to 12/

08/2000.

EIS No. 000377, Final EIS, COE, MO,

Chesterfield Valley Flood Control

Study, Improvement Flood

Protection, City of Chesterfield, St.

Louis County, MO, Due: December

8, 2000, Contact: Deborah Foley

(314) 331–8485.

Revision of FR notice published on

11/09/2000: CEQ Due Date

Corrected from 12/11/2000 to 12/

08/2000.

EIS No. 000379, Final EIS, COE, WA,

Programmatic EIS—Green/

Duwamish River Basin Restoration

Program, Capitol Improvement

Type Program and Ecological

Health, King County, WA, Due:

December 8, 2000, Contact: Patrick

Cagney (206) 764–6577.

Revision of FR notice published on

11/09/2000: CEQ Due Date

Corrected from 12/11/2000 to 12/

08/2000.

Dated: November 14, 2000.

Joseph C. Montgomery,

Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office

of Federal Activities.

[FR Doc. 00–29529 Filed 11–16–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6903–5]

Request for Applications, Ecology and

Oceanography of Harmful Algal

Blooms Program

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notification of financial

assistance for project assistance.

SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is

to advise the public that the

participating agencies are soliciting

research proposals of up to 3 years

duration, and depending on

appropriations up to 5 years for

multidisciplinary regional studies, for

the Ecology and Oceanography of

Harmful Algal Blooms (ECOHAB)

program. This program provides support

for research on algal species whose

populations may cause or result in

deleterious effects on ecosystems and

human health. Studies of the causes of

such blooms, their detection, effects,

mitigation, and control in U.S. coastal

waters, are solicited. This document

details the requirements for applications

for research support that will be

considered by the Federal research

partnership.

DATES: The deadline for proposals is

January 31, 2001, by 3:00 PM, EST.

ADDRESSES: Submit the original and

twenty copies of your proposal to

Coastal Ocean Program Office, N/SCI2,

SSMC#3, 9th Floor, Room 9752, 1315

East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD

20910. The required forms for

applications with instructions are

accessible on the Internet at http://

es.epa.gov/ncerqa/rfa/forms/

downlf.html. Forms may be printed

from this site.

The complete announcement program

can be accessed on the Internet at http:/

/www.epa.gov/ncerqa, under

‘‘announcements.’’

AWARDS: Final selection of awardees by

the participating agencies will be

determined on the basis of peer and

panel recommendations, applicability of

the proposed effort to the interests and

objectives of an agency, and the

availability of funds. It is anticipated

that each award will be made through

and be administered by a single agency;

however, several agencies may

participate in providing assistance to

individual components of multiinstitutional projects. Applicants

recommended for funding may be

requested to resubmit their proposals

and modify their budgets and/or work

plans to comply with special

requirements of the particular agency

supporting their awards. Awards will be

subject to the terms and conditions of

the sponsoring agency.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Technical Information: Dr. Kevin

Sellner, ECOHAB Coordinator, COP

Office, 301–713–3338/ext 127, EMail:

ksellner@cop.noaa.gov. Administrative

Information: Dr. Robert E. Menzer, EPA/

NCER, (202) 564–6849, EMail:

menzer.robert@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Program Goals and Topic Areas

The National Center for

Environmental Research/Environmental

Protection Agency (EPA); the Coastal

Ocean Program, and the Office of

Protected Resources, National Oceanic

and Atmospheric Administration

(NOAA)/Department of Commerce; the

Directorate for Geosciences, Division of

Ocean Sciences/National Science

Foundation (NSF); the Office of Naval

Research (ONR)/Department of Defense;

and the Office of Earth Science/National

Aeronautics and Space Administration

(NASA) are cooperating in an

opportunity for investigators to propose

activities to address three primary areas

in the national problem of HABs. For

the first area, proposals are sought for

individual studies or small

interdisciplinary efforts that address

gaps in general knowledge related to the

nature of HAB phenomena. These

studies should address fundamental

ecological and oceanographic questions

related to HABs. The second area of

interest is the prevention, control, and

mitigation of HABs and their impacts.

The purpose of this area is to encourage

research into key questions on the

underlying mechanisms involved with

HABs and their control and

accompanying ecosystem impact,

without necessarily being limited to

particular study regions. The third

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research area is to characterize the

impact of acute and chronic exposure to

HAB species or toxins on marine

mammals, birds, and other protected

species.

Eligibility

Academic and not-for-profit

institutions located in the U.S., and

state or local governments, are eligible

under all existing authorizations. Some

participating agencies are authorized to

make awards to profit-making firms and

international institutions. NOAA and

other permitted Federal partnering

agencies may fund investigators from

Federal laboratories that successfully

compete through the ECOHAB Program

announcement, but salaries of full time

Federal employees will be in accord

with individual agency policies. Federal

investigators will be required to submit

certifications or documentation which

clearly show that they have specific

legal authority to receive funds from

another Federal agency in excess of

their appropriations. Applications from

non-Federal and Federal applicants will

be competed against each other.

Proposals from Federal researchers

deemed acceptable and selected for

funding will be funded through a

medium other than a grant or

cooperative agreement, where legal

authority exists for such funding. In

order for projects to be eligible for

support by NOAA Sea Grant, the

projects must include non-Federal

matching funds equivalent to 50% of

the total Federal funds requested.

How To Apply

The original and twenty (20) copies of

the fully developed application (21 in

all) and one (1) additional copy of the

abstract, prepared in accordance with

the instructions in the full

announcement, must be received by

NOAA no later than 3:00 P.M. Eastern

Time on the closing date, January 31,

2001.

Program Authorities. For COP: 33 U.S.C.

883d and P.L. 105–383; for the Office of

Protected Resources/NOAA: 16 U.S.C. 1382

and 16 U.S.C. 1421a; EPA: 33 U.S.C 1251 et.

seq. and 40 CFR parts 30 and 40; for NSF:

42 U.S.C. 1861 et. seq.; for ONR: 10 U.S.C

2358 as amended and 31 U.S.C 6304; and for

NASA: 14 CFR part 1260.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Numbers. 11.478 for the Coastal Ocean

Program; 11.472 for NOAA/Office of

Protected Resources; 66.500 for the

Environmental Protection Agency; 47.050 for

the National Science Foundation, and 12.300

for the Office of Naval Research.

Dated: October 31, 2000.

Approved for publication.

Norine E. Noonan,

Assistant Administrator for Research and

Development, USEPA.

[FR Doc. 00–29503 Filed 11–16–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[OPP–200003; FRL–6751–8]

Technical Resource Center for

Integrated Pest Management in

Schools and Day Care Centers;

Solicitation of Grant Proposals

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: EPA is soliciting preapplication grant proposals and is

prepared to provide up to $100,000 for

the establishment of a Technical

Resource Center for promoting the

adoption of integrated pest management

(IPM) in schools and day care centers.

This Center will be regionally based

(region of the country and target states

to be identified by the applicant). The

Center will provide information,

guidance, education, training and other

tools necessary for schools and day care

centers to successfully launch and

sustain IPM programs geared at

reducing children’s exposure to pests

and pesticides. EPA will award a

cooperative agreement with up to

$100,000 in initial funding, with the

possibility of additional future funding

depending on the availability of funds

budgeted for this purpose. Selection of

the successful grantee will be made

based on the evaluation of the preapplication proposal and the results of

oral interviews with prospective

grantees. This notice describes

eligibility, activities, application

procedures and requirements, and

evaluation criteria.

DATES: All pre-applications must be

received on or before December 15,

2000.

ADDRESSES: Submit pre-application

proposals to: Katherine J. Seikel,

Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention

Division (7511C), Office of Pesticide

Programs (OPP), Environmental

Protection Agency, Ariel Rios Bldg.,

1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,

Washington, DC 20460.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

general information contact: Katherine J.

Seikel, Biopesticides and Pollution

Prevention Division (7511C), Office of

Pesticide Programs, Environmental

Protection Agency, Ariel Rios Bldg.,

1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,

Washington, DC 20460; telephone

numbers: (703) 308–8272; e-mail

address: seikel.kathy@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Does this Notice Apply to Me?

This action is directed to all entities

eligible to receive funding pursuant to

the assistance award authority of FIFRA

section 20. If you have any questions

regarding the applicability of this action

to a particular entity, consult the person

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT.

II. Scope and Purpose

The cooperative agreement to be

funded pursuant to this announcement

will provide funding for activities

designed to foster the adoption and

maintenance of IPM programs in

schools and day care centers in a

particular region of the country, and in

states to be selected by the grantee.

Thus, we anticipate this center being

regional—not national—in scope.

Applicants are expected to provide

information on how and why they have

targeted a particular region of the

country for IPM in schools, and on the

number of schools and day care centers

in the region they intend to serve (so

EPA can gauge the scope and feasibility

of the project plan).

Applicants should provide

information on the status of IPM

implementation in this region as it

exists today. Applicants should also

outline specific goals and include a

strategic plan for changing the status

quo as a result of activities funded

under this assistance agreement.

Applicants are encouraged to provide

clear-cut, measurable goals for their

work under this cooperative agreement.

An example would be the number of

schools and day care centers in the

target region, the number of those

schools and day care centers currently

practicing IPM, and the number of

schools/day care centers which the

grantee will have engaged in the

establishment of IPM programs by the

end of the first year of this cooperative

agreement.

The expected duration of this project

is 1–2 years. The applicant has the

flexibility to propose the start and end

dates.

III. Eligibility

Eligible recipients are all entities

eligible to receive grants under the

authority of FIFRA section 20, as

amended by Public Law 106–074.

Eligible entities include, but are not

limited to States, tribes, institutions of

higher learning, non-profit