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Type of respondent No. of respondents

Responses

per respondent

Total number

of responses

Burden per response

(minutes)

Total burden

hours

Applicants ............................................................................. 2,800 1 2,800 12 560

Lenders ................................................................................. 9 311 2,800 30 1,400

Total ............................................................................... 2,809 ........................ 5,600 ........................ 1,960

Send comments to Lyman Van

Nostrand, HRSA Reports Clearance

Officer, Room 14–33, Parklawn

Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville,

MD 20857. Written comments should be

received within 60 days of this notice.

Dated: April 16, 1998.

Jane Harrison,

Acting Director, Division of Policy Review

and Coordination.

[FR Doc. 98–10657 Filed 4–21–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services

Administration

National Advisory Council on Migrant

Health; Notice of Meeting

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services

Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act

(Pub. L. 92–463), announcement is

made of the following National

Advisory body scheduled to meet

during the month of May 1998:

Name: National Advisory Council on

Migrant Health.

Date and Time: Wednesday, May 13, 1998

at 9:00 am to Thursday, May 14, 1998 at 5:00

pm.

Place: Renaissance Houston Hotel, 6

Greenway Plaza East, Houston, TX 66046,

713/629–1200.

The meeting is open to the public.

Agenda: This will be a meeting of the

Council. The agenda includes an overview of

general Council business activities and

priorities. Topics of discussion will include

the State Children’s Health Insurance

Program, Worker Protection Standards, and

the collaboration possibilities with other

migrant health advocates organizations. In

addition, the Council will review and discuss

the 1997 NACMH Recommendations.

The Council meeting is being held in

conjunction with the National Association of

Community Health Centers (NACHC), 1998

National Farmworker Health Conference,

May 15–18, 1998. Anyone requiring

information regarding the subject Council

should contact Susan Hagler, Migrant Health

Program, staff support to the National

Advisory Council on Migrant Health, Bureau

of Primary Health Care, Health Resources and

Services Administration, 4350 East-West

Highway, Bethesda, Maryland 20814,

Telephone 301/594–4302.

Agenda Items are subject to change as

priorities indicate.

Dated: April 16, 1998.

Jane M. Harrison,

Acting Director, Division of Policy Review

and Coordination.

[FR Doc. 98–10656 Filed 4–21–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health

National Institute of Child Health and

Human Development; Notice of Closed

Meetings

Pursuant to Section 10(d) of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as

amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice

is hereby given of the following

National Institute of Child Health and

Human Development Special Emphasis

Panel (SEP) meetings:

Name of SEP: R03 Applications Review,

Teleconference

Date: April 21, 1998

Time: 10:30 a.m.–adjournment

Place: 6100 Executive Boulevard, Room

5E01, Rockville, Maryland 20852

Contact Person: Gopal M. Bhatnagar, Ph.D.,

Scientific Review Administrator, NICHD,

6100 Executive Boulevard, Room 5E01,

Rockville, MD 20852, Telephone: 301–

496–1485

Name of SEP: Declining Sperm Counts:

Autopsy Study, Teleconference

Date: April 22, 1998

Time: 11:00 a.m.–adjournment

Place: 6100 Executive Boulevard, Room

5E01, Rockville, Maryland 20852

Contact Person: Norman Chang, Ph.D.,

Scientific Review Administrator, NICHD,

6100 Executive Boulevard, Room 5E01,

Rockville, MD 20852, Telephone: 301–

496–1485

Purpose/Agenda: To evaluate and review

research grant applications

These meetings will be closed in

accordance with the provisions set forth

in sections 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6),

Title 5 U.S.C. The discussion of these

applications could reveal confidential

trade secrets or commercial property

such as patentable material and

personal information concerning

individuals associated with these

applications, the disclosure of which

would constitute a clearly unwarranted

invasion of personal privacy.

This notice is being published less

than 15 days prior to the meetings due

to the urgent need to meet timing

limitations imposed by the review and

funding cycle.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program Nos. [93.864, Population Research

and No. 93.865, Research for Mothers and

Children], National Institutes of Health, HHS)

Dated: April 20, 1998.

LaVeen Ponds,

Acting Committee Management Officer, NIH.

[FR Doc. 98–10836 Filed 4–20–98; 3:10 pm]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health

Services Administration

Fiscal Year (FY) 1998 Funding

Opportunities

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 Mental Health

Services (CMHS), Center for Substance

Abuse Treatment (CSAT) and Center for

Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP)

announce the availability of FY 1998

funds for 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.
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Activity Application

deadline

Estimated funds

available

Estimated

No. of

awards

Project

period

Aging, MH/SA and Primary Care .............................................................................. 06/19/98 $3.5–4M 11 1–4 yrs.

Project: Youth Connect ............................................................................................. 06/19/98 $6.75M 11–13 3 yrs.

Note: SAMHSA also published notices of

available funding opportunities for FY 1998

in the Federal Register on January 6, 1998,

January 20, 1998, February 26, 1998, March

20, 1998, April 8, 1998, April 16, 1998, and

on April 20, 1998.

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 1998

funds for activities discussed in this

announcement were appropriated by the

Congress under Public Law 105–78.

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 and

the full text of each of the activities (i.e.,

the GFA) described in Section 4 are

available electronically via SAMHSA’s

World Wide Web Home Page (address:

http://www.samhsa.gov).

Application Submission: Unless

otherwise stated in the GFA,

applications must be submitted to:

SAMHSA Programs, Center for

Scientific Review, 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.

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 1998 Substance Abuse and

Mental Health Services Activities

4.1 Cooperative Agreements

4.1.1 Cooperative Agreements to

Document and Evaluate Mental Health/

Substance Abuse Services for Older

Adults through Primary Health Care

4.1.2 Cooperative Agreements for

Establishing a Mentoring/Advocacy

Program for High Risk Youth and their

Families

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 moved 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.

SAMHSA’s FY 1998 Knowledge

Development and Application (KD&A)

agenda is the outcome of a process

whereby providers, services researchers,

consumers, National Advisory Council
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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 1998 KD&A

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.

SAMHSA also continues to fund

legislatively-mandated services

programs for which funds are

appropriated.

2. Special Concerns

SAMHSA’s legislatively-mandated

services programs do provide funds for

mental health and/or substance abuse

treatment and prevention services.

However, SAMHSA’s KD&A activities

do not provide funds for mental health

and/or substance abuse treatment and

prevention services except sometimes

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

under a KD&A activity 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.

Additional funding criteria specific to

the programmatic activity may be

included in the application guidance

materials.

4. Special FY 1998 SAMHSA Activities

4.1 Cooperative Agreements

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 Cooperative Agreements to

Document and Evaluate Mental Health/

Substance Abuse Services for Older

Adults Through Primary Health Care

(Short Title: Aging, MH/SA and Primary

Care, SM 98–009)

• Application Deadline: June 19,

1998.

• Purpose: The Substance Abuse and

Mental Health Services Administration

(SAMHSA), with the participation of the

Health Resources and Services

Administration (HRSA), announces the

availability of cooperative agreements to

support a multi-site evaluation of

alternative models of delivering and

financing mental health and/or

substance abuse (MH/SA) services for

older adults through primary health

care. This Program seeks to identify

differences in outcomes between models

using a referral approach to providing

specialty MH/SA services and an

integrated approach to providing such

services within the primary care setting

itself. SAMHSA will provide limited

supplemental funds for the purpose of

enhancing services to support

comparison groups for the study.

HRSA’s Bureau of Primary Health Care

(BPHC) also supports this Program by

making available funds for service

enhancements for their Consolidated

Health Centers (CHCs) which are

selected to become Study Sites.

This announcement solicits

applications for two types of

cooperative agreements: Study Sites and

a Coordinating Center. Study Site

applicants must document their

relationship to a primary health care

entity which has provided older adults’

MH/SA services (by either the referral

approach or the integrated approach, or

by both) for a minimum of one (1) year

prior to the date of application.

The Program will have two phases:

Phase I awards (Year 01) to Study Sites

will involve the identification and

documentation, through the

development of manual, of service

models using a referral or an integrated

approach to providing MH/SA services

through primary health care. This

documentation will include the results

of a process evaluation. Phase II will be

an outcome evaluation comparing

service utilization and service system

outcomes, clinical outcomes, and costs

among the most promising models

under the referral and integrated

approaches. Phase II awards (Years 02–

04) will be selected from among the

Phase I Study Sites by peer review.

Because older adults seek and receive

MH/SA services more often from their

primary care providers than from

specialty MH/SA providers, SAMHSA
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seeks answers to the following

questions: (1) What are the most

effective models for delivering MH/SA

services for older adults within the

framework of primary health care? (2)

How do the location, type of provider,

and type of health care financing, affect

the level of older adults’ actual

utilization of MH/SA services and the

outcomes of their treatment?

The immediate objectives of this

Program are: (1) To identify, document

and compare service models and

financing mechanisms for providing

older adults with MH/SA services

through primary health care. (2) To

identify the best screening/assessment

and outcome instruments and methods

which can be used in primary care

settings with older adults with MH/SA

problems. (2) To identify the

prevention, early identification, early

intervention, and treatment components

in these models and to recognize the

impact of these components on

outcomes for the referral and integrated

approaches. (3) To determine if the

identification of staff training needs and

training actually provided has an impact

on system and provider proficiencies

and on client outcomes. (4) To measure

the relative effectiveness of these service

models and financing models on (a)

older adults’ utilization of MH/SA

services, (b) client (functional and

psychiatric) outcomes, and (c) system

outcomes. (5) To disseminate useful

lessons learned quickly and

continuously to the field.

• Priorities: None.

• Eligible Applicants: Applications

may be submitted by public

organizations, such as units of State or

local government, and by domestic

private nonprofit and for-profit

organizations, such as group practice

settings, Federally Qualified Health

Centers (FQHCs), community health

centers, other community-based

organizations, universities, colleges,

hospitals, family and/or consumer

operated organizations, and various

types of managed health care

organizations.

• Cooperative Agreements/Amounts:

For FY 1998, it is estimated that

approximately $3.5 to 4 million will be

available to support up to ten (10) Study

Site awards and one (1) Coordinating

Center under this GFA. For Phase I in

FY 1998, the average award to support

each Study Site is expected to range

from $250,000 to $350,000 in total costs

(direct+indirect) per year, including

service enhancements. The award to

support the Coordinating Center is

expected to be in the range of $800,000

to $900,000 in total costs

(direct+indirect) per year. For Phase II

in FY 1999–2001, it is estimated that

approximately the same total amount,

$3.5 to 4 million per year, will be

available. Actual funding levels will

depend upon the availability of

appropriated funds.

• Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance Number: 93.230.

• For programmatic or technical

information regarding this program (not

for application kits), contact: Paul

Wohlford, Ph.D., Division of State and

Community System Development,

Center for Mental Health Services,

SAMHSA, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room

15C–18, Rockville, MD 20857, Tel. 301–

443–5850; Fax 301–594–0091, E-mail:

pwohlfor@samhsa.gov.

HRSA-supported Consolidated Health

Centers should contact: M. Carolyn

Aoyama, C.N.M., M.P.H., Deputy Chief,

Clinical Branch, Division of Community

and Migrant Health, Bureau of Primary

Health Care, HRSA, 4350 East West

Highway, 7th Floor, Bethesda, MD

20814, Tel. 301–594–4294; Fax 301–

594–4997, E-mail:

caoyama@hrsa.dhhs.gov.

• For grants management assistance,

contact: Stephen J. Hudak, Division of

Grants Management, OPS, SAMHSA,

5600 Fishers Lane, Room 15C–05,

Rockville, Maryland 20857, (301) 443–

4456, E-mail: shudak@samhsa.gov.

• For application kits, contact:

Knowledge Exchange Network (KEN),

P.O. Box 42490, Washington, DC 20015,

Voice: 800–789–2647; TTY 301–443–

9006; Fax 301–984–8796.

4.1.2 Cooperative Agreements for

Establishing a Mentoring/Advocacy

Program for High Risk Youth and Their

Families (Short Title: Project: Youth

Connect, SP 98–005)

• Application Deadline: June 19,

1998.

• Purpose: The Substance Abuse and

Mental Health Services Administration

(SAMHSA) Center for Substance Abuse

Prevention (CSAP) announces the

availability of funds to support studies

to determine the effectiveness of

mentoring/advocacy models that focus

on youth 9–15 years of age and their

families. The primary purpose of the

program is to prevent or reduce

substance abuse or delay its onset by

improving school bonding and

academic performance; improving life

management skills and improving

family bonding and family functioning.

The announcement solicits grant

applications for 10–12 Project: Youth

Connect Study Sites and a Coordinating

Center. This study includes

requirements for a rigorous evaluation.

Community based organizations and

schools wishing to apply under this

announcement, are encouraged to

consult with organizations or

universities in their communities, who

can provide evaluation expertise. The

Coordinating Center’s primary

responsibility will be for supporting

effective evaluations and conducting

secondary analyses of data across the

study sites.

Through this program, SAMHSA/

CSAP anticipates gaining additional

knowledge about the relative

effectiveness of providing this mentor/

advocate service to the youth (Model I)

or the youth and his/her family (Model

II). The study should address the

following questions: (1) Is the

mentoring/advocacy model effective in

preventing, delaying and/or reducing

youth substance abuse? (2) If the

mentoring/advocacy model is effective,

are better outcomes achieved working

with youth only, or with youth and

families? (3) Which intervention, or

combination of interventions, produce

outcomes that meet the program

objectives?

• Priorities: None.

• Eligible Applicants: Applications

for the Study Sites and the Coordinating

Center may be submitted by units of

State or local government and by

domestic private nonprofit and forprofit organizations such as communitybased organizations, universities,

colleges, and hospitals. Applicants

cannot apply for both a Study Site and

a Coordinating Center cooperative

agreement. Applicants must choose to

apply for one or the other to avoid any

conflict of interest issues.

• Cooperative Agreements/Amounts:

It is estimated that approximately $6

million will be available to support

approximately 10–12 Study Sites and

$750,000 (including direct and indirect

costs) will be available to support the

Coordinating Center in FY 1998. Up to

20% of funds available for Study Sites

are being set aside for applications from

grantees previously funded under the

Community Schools Program

administered by the Administration for

Children and Families that are in the

top half of scored applications, as

Congress has directed SAMHSA to give

priority consideration to these

applicants. No Study Site award can

exceed $450,000, including indirect

cost. Funding for the subsequent years

may be at approximately the same

levels.

• Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance Number: 93.230.

• For programmatic or technical

information regarding this grant, contact

(not for application kits): Rose C.

Kittrell, M.S.W., Division of Knowledge

Development and Evaluation, Center for
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Substance Abuse Prevention, SAMHSA,

Rockwall II, Room 1075, 5600 Fishers

Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, (301) 443–

9104.

• For grants management assistance,

contact: Peggy Jones, Division of Grants

Management, OPS, SAMHSA, Rockwall

II, Room 630, 5600 Fishers Lane,

Rockville, Maryland 20857, (301) 443–

3958.

• For application kits, contact:

National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and

Drug Information, P.O. Box 2345,

Rockville, MD 20847–2345, (800) 729–

6686; (800) 487–4859 TDD.

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 1998 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.

7. Executive Order 12372

Applications submitted in response to

all FY 1998 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: April 17, 1998.

Richard Kopanda,

Executive Officer, SAMHSA.

[FR Doc. 98–10654 Filed 4–22–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4162–20–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of the Assistant Secretary—

Water and Science

Notice of Intent To Negotiate an

Operating Agreement Among the

Central Utah Water Conservancy

District, Ute Tribe—Uintah and Ouray

Reservation, United States Bureau of

Indian Affairs, and the Department of

the Interior To Provide for the

Construction, Rehabilitation,

Operation, Maintenance, and

Replacement of the Uintah Unit

Replacement Project of the Central

Utah Project

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary—Water and Science,

Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of intent to negotiate an

agreement among the Central Utah

Water Conservancy District, Ute Tribe—

Uintah and Ouray Reservation, United

States Bureau of Indian Affairs, and

Department of the Interior to provide for

the construction, rehabilitation,

operation, maintenance, and

replacement of the Uintah Unit

Replacement Project of the Central Utah

Project as provided in Section 201(c) of

Pub. L. 102–575.

SUMMARY: Pub. L. 102–575, Central Utah

Project Completion Act, Section 201(c),

allows for the construction of the Uintah

Unit Replacement Project as part of the

Central Utah Project. An operating

agreement will provide the terms

associated with the construction,

rehabilitation, operation, maintenance,

and replacement of each of the features

and activities associated with the

Project. It will also establish the details

associated with project reservoir water

storage, accounting, and delivery. The

agreement will establish the terms for

the project operation to achieve the

benefits of water development for

Indians and non-Indians, protection of

existing water rights, and establish a

project operation to emphasize benefit

to steam flows for fishery and other

environmental enhancements

The purpose of the negotiation

sessions will be to determine the terms

of the storage, accounting, and delivery

of project water for the Uintah Unit and

detail the protection of existing water

rights on the associated river systems.

The sessions will also determine

responsibilities for construction,

rehabilitation, operation, maintenance,

and replacement of project facilities.

DATES: Dates for public negotiation

sessions will be announced in local

newspapers.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: