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also be used to begin to evaluate the

impact of networks on access to care.

To minimize the burden on grantees,

the reports will be submitted

electronically. The estimated burden is

as follows:

Type of respondent Number of

respondents

Responses

per respondent

Burden per

response

Total burden (hours)

Grantees ........................................................................................................................... 40 .2 20 1,600

Send comments to Patricia Royston,

HRSA Reports Clearance Officer, Room

14–36, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers

Lane, Rockville, MD 20857. Written

comments should be received within 60

days of this notice.

Dated: February 26, 1997.

J. Henry Montes,

Director, Office of Policy and Information

Coordination.

[FR Doc. 97–5209 Filed 3–3–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4160–15–P

Substance Abuse and Mental Health

Services Administration

Fiscal Year (FY) 1997 Funding

Opportunities for Knowledge

Development and Application

Cooperative Agreements

AGENCY: Substance Abuse and Mental

Health Services Administration, HHS

ACTION: Notice of funding availability.

SUMMARY: The Substance Abuse and

Mental Health Services Administration

(SAMHSA) Center for Substance Abuse

Prevention (CSAP) announces the

availability of FY 1997 funds for

Knowledge Development and

Application cooperative agreements for

the following activities. These activities

are discussed in more detail under

Section 4 of this notice. This notice is

not a complete description of the

activities; potential applicants must

obtain a copy of the Guidance for

Applicants (GFA) before preparing an

application.

Activity Application

deadline

Estimated

funds

available

(million)

Estimated

number of

awards

Project period (years)

State Incentive Program ................................................................................................... 05/12/97 $15.0 5 3

Centers for the Application of Prevention Technologies (CAPT) .................................... 05/12/97 5.0 5 3

Workplace Managed Care ................................................................................................ 05/12/97 4.0 10–15 3

Note: SAMHSA published notices of

available funding opportunities in FY 1997

in the Federal Register (Vol. 62, No. 16) on

Friday, January 24, 1997; (Vol. 62, No. 27) on

Monday, February 10, 1997; and (Vol. 62, No.

31) on Friday, February 14, 1997.

The actual amount available for

awards and their allocation may vary,

depending on unanticipated program

requirements and the volume and

quality of applications. Awards are

usually made for grant periods from one

to three years in duration. FY 1997

funds for activities discussed in this

announcement were appropriated by the

Congress under Public Law No. 104–

208. SAMHSA’s policies and

procedures for peer review and

Advisory Council review of grant and

cooperative agreement applications

were published in the Federal Register

(Vol. 58, No. 126) on July 2, 1993.

The Public Health Service (PHS) is

committed to achieving the health

promotion and disease prevention

objectives of Healthy People 2000, a

PHS-led national activity for setting

priority areas. The SAMHSA Centers’

substance abuse and mental health

services activities address issues related

to Healthy People 2000 objectives of

Mental Health and Mental Disorders;

Alcohol and Other Drugs; Clinical

Preventive Services; HIV Infection; and

Surveillance and Data Systems.

Potential applicants may obtain a copy

of Healthy People 2000 (Full Report:

Stock No. 017–001–00474–0) or

Summary Report: Stock No. 017–001–

00473–1) through the Superintendent of

Documents, Government Printing

Office, Washington, DC 20402–9325

(Telephone: 202–512–1800).

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS: Applicants must

use application form PHS 5161–1 (Rev.

5/96; OMB No. 0937–0189). The

application kit contains the GFA

(complete programmatic guidance and

instructions for preparing and

submitting applications), the PHS 5161–

1 which includes Standard Form 424

(Face Page), and other documentation

and forms. Application kits may be

obtained from the organization specified

for each activity covered by this notice

(see Section 4).

When requesting an application kit,

the applicant must specify the particular

activity for which detailed information

is desired. This is to ensure receipt of

all necessary forms and information,

including any specific program review

and award criteria.

The PHS 5161–1 application form is

also available electronically via

SAMHSA’s World Wide Web Home

Page (address: http://www.samhsa.gov).

Click on SAMHSA Funding

Opportunities for instructions. You can

also click on the address of the forms

distribution Web Page for direct access.

The full text of each of the activities

(i.e., the GFA) described in Section 4 is

available electronically via the

following:

SAMHSA’s World Wide Web Home

Page (address: http://www.samhsa.gov)

and SAMHSA’s Bulletin Board (800–

424–2294 or 301–443–0040).

APPLICATION SUBMISSION: Applications

must be submitted to: SAMHSA

Programs, Division of Research Grants,

National Institutes of Health, Suite

1040, 6701 Rockledge Drive MSC–7710,

Bethesda, Maryland 20892–7710.*

(* Applicants who wish to use express mail

or courier service should change the zip code

to 20817)

APPLICATION DEADLINES: The deadlines

for receipt of applications are listed in

the table above. Please note that the

deadlines may differ for the individual

activities.

Competing applications must be

received by the indicated receipt dates

to be accepted for review. An

application received after the deadline

may be acceptable if it carries a legible

proof-of-mailing date assigned by the

carrier and that date is not later than

one week prior to the deadline date.

Private metered postmarks are not

acceptable as proof of timely mailing.
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Applications received after the

deadline date and those sent to an

address other than the address specified

above will be returned to the applicant

without review.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for activity-specific technical

information should be directed to the

program contact person identified for

each activity covered by this notice (see

Section 4).

Requests for information concerning

business management issues should be

directed to the grants management

contact person identified for each

activity covered by this notice (see

Section 4).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: To

facilitate the use of this Notice of

Funding Availability, information has

been organized as outlined in the Table

of Contents below. For each activity, the

following information is provided:

• Application Deadline.

• Purpose.

• Priorities.

• Eligible Applicants.

• Grants/Cooperative Agreements/

Amounts.

• Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance Number.

• Contacts.

• Application Kits.

Table of Contents

1. Program Background and Objectives

2. Special Concerns

3. Criteria for Review and Funding

3.1 General Review Criteria

3.2 Funding Criteria for Scored

Applications

4. Special FY 1997 Substance Abuse and

Mental Health Services Activities

4.1 Cooperative Agreements

4.1.1 National Youth Substance Abuse

Prevention Initiative—State Incentive

Cooperative Agreements for CommunityBased Action (State Incentive Program)

4.1.2 CSAP Cooperative Agreements for

Centers for the Application of Prevention

Technologies (CAPT)

4.1.3. Cooperative Agreements for Public/

Private Sector Workplace Models and

Strategies for the Incorporation of

Substance Abuse Prevention and Early

Intervention Initiatives into Managed

Care (Workplace Managed Care)

5. Public Health System Reporting

Requirements

6. PHS Non-use of Tobacco Policy Statement

7. Executive Order 12372

1. Program Background and Objectives

SAMHSA’s mission within the

Nation’s health system is to improve the

quality and availability of prevention,

early intervention, treatment, and

rehabilitation services for substance

abuse and mental illnesses, including

co-occurring disorders, in order to

improve health and reduce illness,

death, disability, and cost to society.

Reinventing government, with its

emphases on redefining the role of

Federal agencies and on improving

customer service, has provided

SAMHSA with a welcome opportunity

to examine carefully its programs and

activities. As a result of that process,

SAMHSA is moving assertively to create

a renewed and strategic emphasis on

using its resources to generate

knowledge about ways to improve the

prevention and treatment of substance

abuse and mental illness and to work

with State and local governments as

well as providers, families, and

consumers to effectively use that

knowledge in everyday practice.

The agency has transformed its

demonstration grant programs from

service-delivery projects to knowledge

acquisition and application. For FY

1997, SAMHSA has developed an

agenda of new programs designed to

answer specific important policyrelevant questions. These questions,

specified in this and subsequent Notices

of Funding Availability, are designed to

provide critical information to improve

the Nation’s mental health and

substance abuse treatment and

prevention services.

The agenda is the outcome of a

process whereby providers, services

researchers, consumers, National

Advisory Council members and other

interested persons participated in

special meetings or responded to calls

for suggestions and reactions. From this

input, each SAMHSA Center developed

a ‘‘menu’’ of suggested topics. The

topics were discussed jointly and an

agency agenda of critical topics was

agreed to. The selection of topics

depended heavily on policy importance

and on the existence of adequate

research and practitioner experience on

which to base studies. While

SAMHSA’s FY 1997 programs will

sometimes involve the evaluation of

some delivery of services, they are

services studies and application

activities, not merely evaluation, since

they are aimed at answering policyrelevant questions and putting that

knowledge to use.

SAMHSA differs from other agencies

in focusing on needed information at

the services delivery level, and in its

question-focus. Dissemination and

application are integral, major features

of the programs. SAMHSA believes that

it is important to get the information

into the hands of the public, providers,

and systems administrators as

effectively as possible. Technical

assistance, training, preparation of

special materials will be used, in

addition to normal communications

means.

2. Special Concerns

SAMHSA’s FY 1997 Knowledge

Development and Application activities

discussed below do not provide funds

for mental health and substance abuse

treatment and prevention services

except for costs required by the

particular activity’s study design.

Applicants are required to propose true

knowledge application or knowledge

development and application projects.

Applications seeking funding for

services projects will be considered

nonresponsive. Applications that are

incomplete or nonresponsive to the GFA

will be returned to the applicant

without further consideration.

3. Criteria for Review and Funding

Consistent with the statutory mandate

for SAMHSA to support activities that

will improve the provision of treatment,

prevention and related services,

including the development of national

mental health and substance abuse goals

and model programs, competing

applications requesting funding under

the specific project activities in Section

4 will be reviewed for technical merit in

accordance with established PHS/

SAMHSA peer review procedures.

3.1 General Review Criteria

As published in the Federal Register

on July 2, 1993 (Vol. 58, No. 126),

SAMHSA’s ‘‘Peer Review and Advisory

Council Review of Grant and

Cooperative Agreement Applications

and Contract Proposals,’’ peer review

groups will take into account, among

other factors as may be specified in the

application guidance materials, the

following general criteria:

• Potential significance of the

proposed project;

• Appropriateness of the applicant’s

proposed objectives to the goals of the

specific program;

• Adequacy and appropriateness of

the proposed approach and activities;

• Adequacy of available resources,

such as facilities and equipment;

• Qualifications and experience of the

applicant organization, the project

director, and other key personnel; and

• Reasonableness of the proposed

budget.

3.2 Funding Criteria for Scored

Applications

Applications will be considered for

funding on the basis of their overall

technical merit as determined through

the peer review group and the

appropriate National Advisory Council

(if applicable) review process.

Other funding criteria will include:

• Availability of funds.
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Additional funding criteria specific to

the programmatic activity may be

included in the application guidance

materials.

4. Special FY 1997 Substance Abuse

Activities

4.1 Cooperative Agreements

Three major activities for SAMHSA

cooperative agreement programs are

discussed below. Substantive Federal

programmatic involvement is required

in cooperative agreement programs.

Federal involvement will include

planning, guidance, coordination, and

participating in programmatic activities

(e.g., participation in publication of

findings and on steering committees).

Periodic meetings, conferences and/or

communications with the award

recipients may be held to review

mutually agreed-upon goals and

objectives and to assess progress.

Additional details on the degree of

Federal programmatic involvement will

be included in the application guidance

materials.

4.1.1 National Youth Substance Abuse

Prevention Initiative—State Incentive

Cooperative Agreements for

Community-Based Action (State

Incentive Program)

• Application Deadline: May 12, 1997

• Purpose: To reverse the trend in

drug use by youth, the State Incentive

Cooperative Agreements for

Community-Based Action will call upon

Governors to set a new course of action

that will assess needs, identify gaps and

channel or redirect resources (consistent

with the requirements of the funding

source) to implement comprehensive

strategies for effective youth substance

abuse prevention. This program gives

States the opportunity to develop an

innovative process for using these

special incentive funds in a different

way so as to complement and enhance

existing prevention efforts. Through this

State-led process, individual citizens

can be encouraged to play a more

forceful role in their community’s antidrug efforts; and additional resources

can be mobilized to support promising

prevention approaches across systems

and settings.

The State Incentive Program will

support the States in coordinating and

redirecting all prevention resources

available within the State and in

developing a revitalized, comprehensive

prevention strategy that will make

optimal use of those resources. With

these redirected resources and a viable

prevention strategy in place, Governors

can more effectively mobilize local

citizens—youth, families, communities,

schools and workplaces—to work

proactively with State and local

prevention organizations.

Therefore, the State Incentive Program

has a two-fold purpose:

(1) Governors should coordinate,

leverage and/or redirect, as appropriate,

and legally permissible, all substance

abuse prevention resources (funding

streams and programs) within the State

that are directed at communities,

families, schools and workplaces in

order to fill gaps with effective and

promising prevention approaches

targeted to marijuana and other drug use

by youth. Any redirection of Federal

funds, however, must be consistent with

the terms and conditions of such

funding and all other Federal laws.1

(2) States should develop a

revitalized, comprehensive State-wide

strategy aimed at reducing drug use by

youth through the implementation of

promising community-based prevention

efforts derived from sound scientific

research findings.

• Priorities: None.

• Eligible Applicants: Eligibility is

limited to the Office of the Governor so

that a consistent State-wide strategy on

substance abuse prevention will be

implemented by the Governor and

evaluated as to effectiveness in the

strategies used. Eligibility is limited to

the Office of the Governor in those

States (including the District of

Columbia) and territories and the Indian

Tribal organization (i.e., the Red Lake

Band of Chippewa) that receive the

Substance Abuse Prevention and

Treatment Block Grant, Title XIX, Part

B, Subpart II of the Public Health

Service Act, 42 U.S.C. 300x–21, et seq.

(hereinafter referred to as ‘‘States’’).

That grant sets aside 20 percent of the

funds for primary prevention activities.

This set-aside is a large resource

available to the State for prevention

activities and, along with the resources

available under this announcement and

other resources available to the State for

substance abuse prevention activities,

could assist the Governor in

implementing a State-wide strategy.

By awarding cooperative agreement

funds directly to the Governor’s Office,

SAMHSA/CSAP will best facilitate the

optimal conditions and incentives

needed to establish the State Incentive

Program. The Governor’s leadership and

commitment to youth substance abuse

prevention, along with the

infrastructure developed through the

substance abuse Block Grant funds can

spur the support of organizations

throughout the State and ensure that

substance abuse prevention aimed at

youth remains a high-priority,

comprehensive, and systemically

integrated effort.

For this State Incentive Program,

SAMHSA/CSAP strongly supports using

the prevention expertise and resources

that have historically resided in the

Alcohol and Drug Single State Agency

(SSA), which continues to fund

prevention strategies through the

Substance Abuse Prevention and

Treatment Block Grant. Therefore,

SAMHSA/CSAP encourages Governors

to include a significant role for the SSA

in the development, planning and

implementation of State efforts under

this cooperative agreement. For

example, the SSA director or his/her

designee could serve as the project

director for the cooperative agreement

and would thus serve in a key

leadership and oversight capacity.

• Cooperative Agreements/Amounts:

It is estimated that approximately $15

million will be available to support

approximately five (5) awards under

this cooperative agreement

announcement in FY 1997. Actual

funding levels will depend upon the

availability of funds.

• Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance Number: 93.230.

• Program Contact: For programmatic

or technical assistance, contact: Dave

Robbins or Dan Fletcher, DSCSD,

Systems Applications Branch, Center for

Substance Abuse Prevention, Substance

Abuse and Mental Health Services

Administration, Rockwall II Building,

9th Floor, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville,

MD 20857, (301) 443–9438.

• Grants Management Contact: For

business management assistance,

contact: Mary Lou Dent, Division of

Grants Management, OPS, Substance

Abuse and Mental Health Services

Administration, Rockwall II Building,

Room 640, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville,

Maryland 20857, (301) 443–5702.

• Application Kits: Application kits

are available from: National

Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug

Information (NCADI), P.O. Box 2345,

Rockville, MD 20847–2345, 1–800–729–

6686; 1–800–487–4889 TDD, Via

Internet: www.health.org (Go into the

Forum Section of the Web site, click on

‘‘CSAP FY 97 Grant Opportunities.’’)

Visually impaired: Disk versions of

the application may be requested.

4.1.2 CSAP Cooperative Agreements

for Centers for the Application of

Prevention Technologies (CAPT)

• Application Deadline: May 12,

1997.

• Purpose: Cooperative agreements

will be awarded to develop and operate

five regional Centers for the Application

of Prevention Technologies (CAPT). The
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purpose of this program is to assist

States to apply on a consistent basis, the

latest research knowledge to their

substance abuse prevention programs,

practices, and policies. The regions

served by the CAPT program will be the

same as those of the National Prevention

Network (a membership organization of

State prevention coordinators).

The CAPT program goal is to use

conventional and electronic delivery

methods to assist recipients of State

Incentive Cooperative Agreements for

Community-Based Action, their

subrecipients, and other States in

applying and utilizing scientifically

defensible substance abuse prevention

knowledge and technology. The CAPT

program will bridge the gap between

dissemination of prevention knowledge

and effective application of that

knowledge in the field.

The CAPT program will focus its

efforts on four key prevention topic

areas. These topic areas include: youth

illicit drug use (with an emphasis on

marijuana); underage drinking; alcohol,

drugs, and violence; and HIV/AIDS and

drug use. Applicants may be required to

provide services on other topic areas as

well. Applicants must also demonstrate

a thorough knowledge and ability to

provide technical assistance and skills

development in the following six CSAP

prevention strategies: information

dissemination, education, community

mobilization, alternatives,

environmental change, and early

identification and referral.

• Priorities: None.

• Eligible Applicants: Applications

may be submitted by organizations such

as units of State or local government

and by domestic private nonprofit or

for-profit organizations such as

community-based organizations,

universities, colleges, and hospitals.

• Cooperative Agreements/Amounts:

It is estimated that approximately $5

million will be available to support

approximately 5 awards under this

program in FY 1997. Actual funding

levels will depend upon the availability

of funds.

• Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance Number: 93.230.

• Program Contact: For programmatic

or technical assistance contact: Ms.

Luisa del Carmen Pollard, M.A.,

Division of Community Education

Center for Substance Abuse Prevention,

Substance Abuse and Mental Health

Services Administration, Rockwall II,

Suite 800, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville,

MD 20857, Telephone: 301/443–0377.

Note: The Division of Community

Education (DCE) , CSAP, will accept concept

papers (not to exceed 4 pages) from

prospective applicants via FAX or the

Internet. DCE staff will review them and

provide technical assistance by Internet,

FAX, or phone. Concept papers may be

submitted anytime up to 20 days prior to the

application receipt date. Concept paper

should be faxed or e-mailed to: CAPT at (301)

443–5592 or via the Internet: www.health.org

(Go into the Forum section of the web site,

click on ‘‘CSAP Grant Opportunities for

FY97.’’) Whether or not a concept paper is

submitted will have no bearing on the

subsequent acceptance and review of an

application.

• Grants Management Contact: For

business management assistance,

contact: Mary Lou Dent, Division of

Grants Management, OPS, Substance

Abuse and Mental Health Services

Administration, Rockwall II, Suite

6405600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD

20857.

• Application Kits: Application kits

are available from: National

Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug

Information (NCADI), P.O. Box 2345,

Rockville, MD 20847–2345, 1–800/729–

6686, 1–800/487–4889 TDD, Via

Internet: www.health.org (Go into the

Forum Section of the Web site, click on

‘‘CSAP FY97 Grant Opportunities’)

The full text of the GFA is also

available electronically via the CSAP

site at the NCADI (www.health.org).

4.1.3 Cooperative Agreements for

Public/Private Sector Workplace Models

and Strategies for the Incorporation of

Substance Abuse Prevention and Early

Intervention Into Managed Care (Short

Title: Workplace Managed Care)

• Application Deadline: May 12, 1997

′ Purpose: SAMHSA/CSAP is seeking

to build a strategic cooperative effort

with those who are engaged in, have a

binding agreement with or documented

access to, an operational, fully funded,

public/private sector workplace

managed care (WMC) substance abuse

prevention and early intervention

program. Those with access to these

WMC programs must also have

documented, authorized access to the

data related to the program. If data are

available, grantees will analyze

retrospective data to assess longitudinal

effectiveness. All grantees will collect,

analyze and compare prospective data

for a study group and at least one

selected comparison group. Programs

will evaluate their operational processes

and outcomes, be part of a cross-site

evaluation study and will develop a

replication manual.

The fully funded, public/private

sector workplace managed care

substance abuse prevention and early

intervention program must already be in

place for a minimum of 1 year and fully

implemented for employees, if not all

covered lives. The workplace must have

a documented minimum of 250

employees at selected workplace study

sites. This cooperative agreement

program will assist SAMHSA/CSAP to

identify effective components and

strategies of these programs which serve

to prevent and reduce substance abuse

and enhance overall wellness of

individual employees and their families.

This information will promote the

development of models and materials

and the dissemination first to businesses

and eventually to communities and

States as they initiate new programs

where none exist and assist those that

do exist to improve their effectiveness.

The overall goal of this cooperative

agreement program is to determine

which public/private sector workplace

managed care substance abuse

prevention and early intervention

programs are the most effective in

reducing the incidence and prevalence

of substance abuse and to disseminate

these findings.

The two objectives in support of this

goal are to:

1. Determine the nature (e.g.,

structure, organization, function, etc.) of

WMC programs utilizing substance

abuse prevention and early intervention

efforts.

2. Provide a detailed description of

the WMC programs; assess their

strengths and weaknesses and their

impact on the substance abuse of

employees and their families (e.g.,

covered lives); and assess the quality

and delivery of substance abuse

prevention and early intervention.

Through funding this program,

SAMHSA/CSAP anticipates gaining

knowledge about the following global

questions.

• Do substance abuse prevention and

early intervention strategies and

programs, applied within various

managed care models prevent and

reduce substance abuse for covered lives

(employees and their families) over

time?

• Does the prevalence and incidence

of substance abuse differ among

substance abuse prevention and early

intervention models of managed care?

• Does the prevalence/incidence of

substance abuse differ among substance

abuse prevention and early intervention

models within specific managed care

and non-managed care models?

• What issues or policies related to

gender, cultural, ethnic, age, race,

educational, legal and/or linguistic

variations need to be addressed to

increase positive impacts of the

program?

• Priorities: None

• Eligible Applicants: Applications

may be submitted by domestic private
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nonprofit and for-profit organizations

such as businesses, Employee

Assistance Programs (EAPs), health care

service organizations, research

institutes, universities, colleges, and

hospitals, and by organizations, such as

units of State or local government.

Substance abuse prevention and early

intervention programs may be colocated with other managed care

services or may be organizationally or

geographically separate. If separate,

linkages must be clearly described.

• Cooperative Agreements/Amounts:

It is estimated that approximately $4

million will be available to support

approximately 10–15 awards under this

GFA in FY 97. It is anticipated that the

average award will be in the $275,000

to $500,000 range. Actual funding levels

will depend upon the availability of

funds.

• Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance Number: 93.230

• Program Contact: For programmatic

or technical assistance, contact: Deborah

M. Galvin, Ph.D., Center for Substance

Abuse Prevention, Substance Abuse and

Mental Health Services Administration,

Parklawn, Room 13A–54,5600 Fishers

Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, (301) 443–

6780.

• Grants Management Contact: For

business management assistance,

contact: Mary Lou Dent, Division of

Grants Management, OPS, Substance

Abuse and Mental Health Services

Administration, Rockwall II, Room 640,

5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD

20857, (301) 443–5702.

• Application Kits: Application kits

are available from: National

Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug

Information, PO Box 2345, Rockville,

MD 20847–2345, 1–800–729–6686; 1–

800–487–4889 TDD, Via Internet:

www.health.org (go into Forum Section

of the web site, click on ‘‘CSAP FY 97

Grant Opportunities’)

Visually impaired: Disk versions of

the application may be requested.

5. Public Health System Reporting

Requirements

The Public Health System Impact

Statement (PHSIS) is intended to keep

State and local health officials apprised

of proposed health services grant and

cooperative agreement applications

submitted by community-based

nongovernmental organizations within

their jurisdictions.

Community-based nongovernmental

service providers who are not

transmitting their applications through

the State must submit a PHSIS to the

head(s) of the appropriate State and

local health agencies in the area(s) to be

affected not later than the pertinent

receipt date for applications. This

PHSIS consists of the following

information:

a. A copy of the face page of the

application (Standard form 424).

b. A summary of the project (PHSIS),

not to exceed one page, which provides:

(1) A description of the population to

be served.

(2) A summary of the services to be

provided.

(3) A description of the coordination

planned with the appropriate State or

local health agencies.

State and local governments and

Indian Tribal Authority applicants are

not subject to the Public Health System

Reporting Requirements.

Application guidance materials will

specify if a particular FY 1997 activity

described above is/is not subject to the

Public Health System Reporting

Requirements.

6. PHS Non-Use of Tobacco Policy

Statement

The PHS strongly encourages all grant

and contract recipients to provide a

smoke-free workplace and promote the

non-use of all tobacco products. In

addition, Public Law 103–227, the ProChildren Act of 1994, prohibits smoking

in certain facilities (or in some cases,

any portion of a facility) in which

regular or routine education, library,

day care, health care, or early childhood

development services are provided to

children. This is consistent with the

PHS mission to protect and advance the

physical and mental health of the

American people.

Specific application guidance

materials may include more detailed

guidance as to how a Center will

implement SAMHSA’s policy on

promoting the non-use of tobacco.

7. Executive Order 12372

Applications submitted in response to

all FY 1997 activities listed above are

subject to the intergovernmental review

requirements of Executive Order 12372,

as implemented through DHHS

regulations at 45 CFR Part 100. E.O.

12372 sets up a system for State and

local government review of applications

for Federal financial assistance.

Applicants (other than Federally

recognized Indian tribal governments)

should contact the State’s Single Point

of Contact (SPOC) as early as possible to

alert them to the prospective

application(s) and to receive any

necessary instructions on the State’s

review process. For proposed projects

serving more than one State, the

applicant is advised to contact the SPOC

of each affected State. A current listing

of SPOCs is included in the application

guidance materials. The SPOC should

send any State review process

recommendations directly to: Office of

Extramural Activities Review,

Substance Abuse and Mental Health

Services Administration, Parklawn

Building, Room 17–89, 5600 Fishers

Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857.

The due date for State review process

recommendations is no later than 60

days after the specified deadline date for

the receipt of applications. SAMHSA

does not guarantee to accommodate or

explain SPOC comments that are

received after the 60-day cut-off.

Dated: February 24, 1997.

Richard Kopanda,

Executive Officer, SAMHSA

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Geological Survey

Technology Transfer Act of 1986

AGENCY: United States Geological

Survey, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of proposed cooperative

research and development agreement

(CRADA) negotiations.

SUMMARY: The United States Geological

Survey (USGS) is contemplating

entering into a Cooperative Research

and Development Agreement (CRADA)

with the Electric Power Research

Institute (EPRI) to generate reliable,

accurate, and accessible quality

information on major U.S. coal beds that

will be mined during the next 20–30

years.

INQUIRIES: If any other parties are

interested in similar activities with the

USGS, please contact Dr. Robert B.

Finkelman of the U.S. Geological

Survey, Energy Resource Surveys

Program, Mail Stop 956, Reston,

Virginia 20192; telephone (703) 648–

6412; fax (703) 648–6419; e-mail

<rbf@usgs.gov>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

notice is to meet the USGS requirement

stipulated in the Survey Manual.

Dated: February 21, 1997.

P. Patrick Leahy,

Chief, Geologic Division.

[FR Doc. 97–5224 Filed 3–3–97; 8:45 am]

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