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ESTIMATES OF ANNUALIZED BURDEN—Continued

Number of

States responding

Responses

per respondent (over 3

year period)

Hours per

response

Annualized response burden

(hours)

Totals ......................................................................................................... 59 ........................ ........................ 11,500

Written comments and

recommendations concerning the

proposed information collection should

be sent within 30 days of this notice to:

Daniel J. Chenok, Office of Information

and Regulatory Affairs, Office of

Management and Budget, New

Executive Office Building, Room 10236,

Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: April 7, 1998.

Richard Kopanda,

Executive Officer, SAMHSA.

[FR Doc. 98–10067 Filed 4–15–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4162–20–M

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 Substance Abuse

Treatment (CSAT) and Center for

Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP)

announce the availability of FY 1998

funds for grants and 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

Estimated

number of

awards

Project

period

Recovery Community Support Program ............................................................................ 06/08/98 $2.5M 20–30 3 yrs.

Methamphetamine Treatment ............................................................................................ 06/08/98 2.4M 5–7 3 yrs.

Children of Substance Abusing Parents (COSAPs) .......................................................... 06/08/98 8.0M 19 3 yrs.

Parenting Adolescents ....................................................................................................... 06/08/98 4.3M 9–12 3 yrs.

Border CAPT ...................................................................................................................... 06/08/98 .60M 1 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, and on April 8, 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 No. 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
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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 Grants

4.1.1 State, Regional and Local Recovery

Network Development

4.2 Cooperative Agreements

4.2.1 Cooperative Agreements for

Replication of Effective Treatment for

Methamphetamine Dependence and

Improvement of Cost-Effectiveness of

Treatment

4.2.2 Cooperative Agreements for

Providing Coordinated Prevention

Services to Children of Substance

Abusing Parents (COSAPs) and their

Families

4.2.3 Cooperative Agreements for

Initiatives on Welfare Reform and

Substance Abuse Prevention for

Parenting Adolescents

4.2.4 Cooperative Agreement for the

Center for the Application of Prevention

Technologies (CAPT) to Support the

U.S.-Mexico Border Four-State

Substance Abuse Initiative

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

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
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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 Grants

4.1.1 State, Regional and Local

Recovery Network Development (Short

Title: Recovery Community Support

Program, GFA No. TI 98–008)

• Application Deadline: June 8, 1998.

• Purpose: The Substance Abuse and

Mental Health Services

Administration’s (SAMHSA) Center for

Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT)

announces the availability of grants to

foster the participation of recovery

communities in the development of

programs, policies and quality

assurance activities at the State and

local level. These recovery organizations

may be comprised of persons in

recovery from substance abuse and/or

dependence, substance abuse service

consumers/recipients, and their

significant others and families.

CSAT is committed to funding the

creation and initial support of recovery

organizations that work to participate

and provide input in the

conceptualization, planning,

implementation and evaluation of

substance abuse treatment services.

Such an approach will provide the

recovery community a public voice to

communicate their unique perspectives

and insight. Recovery organizations will

work to assist State and local

communities to develop and

disseminate strategies for enhancing

systems of care, strengthening service

systems infrastructure, and improving

the quality and availability of substance

abuse treatment services. Recovery

organizations will also be encouraged to

participate in the development,

articulation and promotion of

community substance abuse treatment

philosophies. It is intended that

recovery organizations funded through

this program will become models of

system participation and building for

other communities and States.

Grant funds may be used for activities

that either support the creation and

maintenance of recovery communities

or activities that further an existing

recovery organization’s ability to

participate and provide input on service

system infrastructure issues.

• Priorities: None.

• Eligible Applicants: Applications

may be submitted by units of State or

local government and by domestic

private nonprofit and for-profit

organizations such as community-based

organizations, universities, colleges, and

hospitals.

• Grant/Amounts: It is estimated that

approximately $2.5 million will be

available to support approximately 20–

30 awards under this GFA in FY 1998.

The average award for projects is

expected to range from $30,000 to

$100,000 in total costs (direct and

indirect).

• Catalog of Domestic Federal

Assistance Number: 93.230.

• For programmatic or technical

assistance, contact: Howard R.

Sampson, Director, Division of State and

Community Assistance, Center for

Substance Abuse Treatment, SAMHSA,

Rockwall II, Suite 880, 301–443–3820.

For grants management assistance,

contact: Peggy Jones, Division of Grants

Management, OPS, SAMHSA, Rockwall

II, Suite 360, 301–443–9666.

The mailing address for the

individuals listed above is: 5600 Fishers

Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.

• Application Kits are available from:

National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and

Drug Information, PO Box 2345,

Rockville, MD 20847–2345, 800–729–

6686; 800–487–4889 TDD.

4.2 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.

4.2.1 Cooperative Agreements for

Replication of Effective Treatment for

Methamphetamine Dependence and

Improvement of Cost-Effectiveness of

Treatment (Short Title:

Methamphetamine Treatment, GFA No.

TI 98–002)

• Application Deadline: June 8, 1998.

• Purpose: The Substance Abuse and

Mental Health Services Administration

(SAMHSA) Center for Substance Abuse

Treatment (CSAT) announces the

availability of funds to test the

replicability of specific non-residential

programs for the treatment of

methamphetamine abuse.

This program is designed to

determine the ability to replicate the

MATRIX models of non-residential

treatment for methamphetamine

dependence. A collaborative, cross-site

approach is essential in order to study

and evaluate the effectiveness and costeffectiveness of both the 8 and 16 week

MATRIX models of methamphetamine

dependence treatment.

The program’s goals are to: replicate

the MATRIX model in multiple sites

and document adaptations made;

evaluate the effectiveness and costeffectiveness of the 8 week and 16 week

courses of methamphetamine treatment

in these sites; compare the MATRIX

models (8-week and/or 16-week) of

treatment to the ongoing (existing

treatment at the site) treatment program,

if suitable; determine the problems

involved in replication and technology

transfer; and contribute to the

development of knowledge on nonresidential treatment of

methamphetamine dependence.

Applications are solicited for two

types of awards: study sites and a

coordinating center to provide technical

assistance and training, and analyze the

cross-site data. Study site applicants

must verify the provision of

methamphetamine treatment services

for a minimum of two years prior to the

date of the application and must

currently be delivering services to

methamphetamine dependent clients on

an non-residential basis. Applications

will be accepted from the same entity

for both study site and coordinating

center roles. Applicants who wish to

apply for both roles must submit a

separate application for each.

• Priorities: None.

• Eligible Applicants: Applications

may be submitted by units of State or

local government and by domestic

private nonprofit and for-profit

organizations such as community-based

organizations, universities, colleges, and

hospitals.

• Cooperative Agreements/Amounts:

It is estimated that approximately $2.4

million will be available to support

approximately 5–7 awards (5 or 6 study

sites plus one coordinating center)

under this GFA in FY 1998. The average

yearly award is expected to range from

$300,000 to $360,000 in total costs

(direct+indirect) for the study sites and

$600,000 (direct+indirect costs) for the

coordinating center.

• Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance Number: 93.230.

• For programmatic or technical

assistance, contact: Ms. Cheryl J.

Gallagher, Division of Practice and
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Systems Development, Organization of

Services Branch, Center for Substance

Abuse Treatment, SAMHSA, Rockwall

II, 7th floor, (301) 443–7259.

• For business management

assistance, contact: Mrs. Peggy Jones,

Division of Grants Management, OPS,

SAMHSA, Rockwall II, 6th Floor, (301)

443–9666.

The mailing address for all of the

individuals listed above is: 5600 Fishers

Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857.

• Application kits are available from:

National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and

Drug Information, P.O. Box 2345,

Rockville, Maryland 20847–2345, (800)

729–6686; (800) 487–4859 TDD.

4.2.2 Cooperative Agreements for

Providing Coordinated Prevention

Services to Children of Substance

Abusing Parents (COSAPs) and their

Families (Short Title: COSAPs, GFA No.

SP 98–003)

• Application Deadline: June 8, 1998.

• Purpose: The Substance Abuse and

Mental Health Services Administration

(SAMHSA) Center for Substance Abuse

Prevention (CSAP) announces the

availability of funds to generate new,

empirical knowledge about what

prevention models and associated

services are most effective for enhancing

COSAP’s protective factors and

minimizing their risk factors for

developing substance abuse and/or

other behavioral, emotional, social,

cognitive and physical problems as a

result of their parents’ substance abuse.

The target population includes three age

groups (6–8; 9–11; and 12–14 year olds).

The three objectives of this program

are to: (1) determine what are the most

effective prevention intervention

models and associated services for

preventing, delaying and/or reducing

substance abuse by COSAPs that can be

implemented in local communities; (2)

measure and document declines in

substance abuse as well as other

negative outcomes of COSAP status

pertaining to behavioral, emotional,

social cognitive and physical

development and/or abuse; and (3)

document the program implementation

in the form of a manual that can be used

in other communities and/or for other

COSAP populations.

Study sites will be expected to

implement, refine or adapt an

established scientifically defensible and

effective substance abuse prevention

intervention program for COSAPs in a

local community setting as well as

provide additional and associated

services that are needed to address their

behavioral, emotional, social, cognitive

and physical problems, determine their

effectiveness, and document their

implementation, design and content so

that they can be replicated in other

settings and/or for other COSAP

populations.

CSAP anticipates funding

approximately 18 study sites and a Data

Coordinating Center to guide and

support study sites’ work. The Data

Coordinating Center will also guide,

support the work for another CSAP

program—GFA No. SP 98–004,

Cooperative Agreements for Initiatives

on Welfare Reform and Substance

Abuse Prevention for Parenting

Adolescents.

• Priorities: None.

• Eligible Applicants: Applications

may be submitted by units of State or

local government and by domestic

private nonprofit or for-profit

organizations such as community-based

organizations, universities, colleges and

hospitals. Applicants cannot apply for

both a Study Site and a Coordinating

Center grant. They must choose to apply

for one or the other to avoid any conflict

of interest issues.

• Cooperative Agreements/Amounts:

it is estimated that approximately $7.2

million will be available to support

approximately 18 COSAP Study Sites

and $0.8 million will be available to

support a Data Coordinating Center

which will serve both for the COSAP

Study Sites and the Parenting

Adolescent Study Site awards under

this program in FY 1998. The award for

each Study Site should average about

$400,000 for both direct and indirect

costs.

• Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance Number: 93.230.

• For programmatic or technical

contact: Soledad Sambrano, Ph.D.,

Division of Knowledge Development

and Evaluation, Center for Substance

Abuse Prevention, SAMHSA, Rockwall

II, Suite 1075, 5600 Fishers Lane,

Rockville, Maryland 20857, (301) 443–

9110 [Fax: (301) 443–8965].

• For business management

assistance, contact: Mrs. Peggy Jones,

Division of Grants Management, OPS,

SAMHSA, Rockwall II, Suite 630, 5600

Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland

20857, (301) 443–3958.

• Application kits are available from:

National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and

Drug Information Post Office Box 2345,

Rockville, Maryland 20857–2345, (800)

729–6686; (800) 487–4859 TDD.

4.2.3 Cooperative Agreements for

Initiatives on Welfare Reform and

Substance Abuse Prevention for

Parenting Adolescents (Short Title:

Parenting Adolescents, GFA No. SP 98–

004)

• Application Deadline: June 8, 1998.

• Purpose: The Substance Abuse and

Mental Health Services Administration

(SAMHSA) Center for Substance Abuse

Prevention (CSAP) announces the

availability of funds to support

cooperative agreements which address

the needs of teen parents affected by

welfare reform. The program is designed

to generate knowledge on the effects of

comprehensive preventive interventions

aimed at parenting teens currently

enrolled in, or eligible for, benefits

under TANF. Preventive interventions

must address the following four

objections which CSAP has identified as

critical for this population: prevention

or reduction of alcohol, tobacco, and

drug use; improvement in academic

performance; reduction in subsequent

pregnancies; and improvement in

parenting and life skills and general

well-being.

Because parenting adolescents and

their children are clearly at risk for

negative outcomes including substance

abuse, and the subset of parenting teens

affected by welfare reform is equally if

not more at risk, CSAP has a compelling

interest in stimulating the design and

testing of programs that complement

and support welfare reform programs in

ways which ensure the healthy growth

and development of both adolescent

parents and their children and minimize

their risks of substance use/abuse.

Study sites will strive to ascertain the

effects of providing comprehensive

services to adolescent parents and their

families who are TANF recipients (and/

or those eligible to receive TANF

benefits) in the midst of the changes that

are being implemented by States. Sites

will be expected to fully document

changes in the welfare program in their

State which affect their local

community, and to develop and

implement comprehensive services for

at-risk parenting adolescents and their

families that can demonstrate outcomes

in support of the above-noted objectives.

Study sites funded under this GFA

will produce two products: a final

report on the program history, findings,

and conclusions; and a replication

manual which can be disseminated to

the field for future implementation of

similar projects. To guide and support

grantees’ work, CSAP will establish a

Data Coordinating Center. A full

description of the requirements of the

Data Coordinating Center can be found

in GFA No. SP 98–003—Cooperative

Agreements for Providing Coordinating

Prevention Services to Children of

Substance Abusing Parents (COSAPs)

and their Families.

• Priorities: None.

• Eligible applicants: Applications

may be submitted by units of State or
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local government, and by domestic

private nonprofit and for-profit

organizations such as community-based

organizations, universities, colleges, and

hospitals. An applicant may apply to be

either a Study Site or the Data

Coordinating Center, but not both.

(Note: As discussed above, applications

for the Data Coordinating Center are

being solicited under GFA SP 98–003.)

• Cooperative Agreements/Amounts:

It is estimated that approximately $4.3

million will be available to support 9–

12 awards of no more than $500,000

(including direct and indirect costs)

under this GFA in FY 1998.

• Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance Number: 93.230.

• For programmatic or technical

information regarding this grant (not for

application kits) contact: Laura J.

Flinchbaugh, MPH, Division of

Knowledge Development and

Evaluation, Center for Substance Abuse

Prevention, SAMHSA, Rockwall II,

Room 1075, 5600 Fishers Lane,

Rockville, MD 20857, (301) 443–6612.

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–

9666.

• Application kits are available from:

National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and

Drug Information, P. O. Box 2345,

Rockville, MD 20847–2345, (800) 729–

6686; (800) 487–4859 TDD.

4.2.4 Cooperative Agreement for the

Center for the Application of Prevention

Technologies (CAPT) to Support the

U.S.-Mexico Border Four-State

Substance Abuse Initiative (Short Title:

Border CAPT, GFA No. SP 98–002)

• Application Deadline: June 8, 1998.

• Purpose: The Substance Abuse and

Mental Health Services Administration

(SAMHSA) Center for Substance Abuse

Prevention (CSAP) announces the

availability of funds to assist border

State to apply on a consistent basis, the

latest research knowledge to their

substance abuse prevention programs,

practices, and policies. The program

goal is to use conventional and

electronic delivery methods to assist

border States, their subrecipient

communities, and other border

communities in effectively applying and

utilizing scientifically defensible

substance abuse prevention knowledge

and technology.

The Border CAPT 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. The applicant may be required

to provide services on other topic areas

as well. The applicant must also provide

technical assistance using the following

six CSAP prevention strategies:

information dissemination, education,

community mobilization, alternatives,

environmental change, and early

identification and referral.

An applicant must apply to serve the

four-State border region (Arizona,

California, New Mexico, and Texas) and

specifically the 60 mile corridor running

parallel to the U.S.-Mexico border. The

grantee will be expected to maintain a

physical presence in the four-State

region to be served.

• Priorities: None.

• Eligible Applicants: Applications

may be submitted by 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

$600,000 will be available to support

one award under this GFA in FY 98.

• Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance Number: 93.230.

• For programmatic or technical

assistance contact: Ms. Luisa del

Carmen Pollard, M.A., Division of

Community Education, Center for

Substance Abuse Prevention, SAMHSA,

Rockwall II, Suite 800, 5600 Fishers

Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, Telephone:

301/443–0373.

• For business management

assistance, contact: William Reyes,

Division of Grants Management, OPS,

SAMHSA, Rockwall II, Suite 640, 5600

Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857,

Telephone: 301/443–7375.

• Application kits are available from:

National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and

Drug Information, P.O. Box 2345,

Rockville, MD 20847–2345, 800/729–

6686; 800/487–4889 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, Pub. L. 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
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 73 /Thursday, April 16, 1998 / Notices 18931

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 10, 1998.

Richard Kopanda,

Executive Officer, SAMHSA.

[FR Doc. 98–10035 Filed 4–15–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4162–20–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Notice of Receipt of Applications for

Permit

The following applicants have

applied for a permit to conduct certain

activities with endangered species. This

notice is provided pursuant to Section

10(c) of the Endangered Species Act of

1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531, et

seq.):

PRT–840182

Applicant: Zoological Society of San Diego,

Escondido, CA

The applicant has requested a permit

to re-export one captive-held Northern

White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium

simum cottoni) to the Zoo Dvur Kralove,

Czech Republic to enhance the survival

of the species through captive breeding.

PRT–840189

Applicant: Carribbean Gardens, Naples, FL

The applicant has requested a permit

to export one captive-born tiger

(Panthera tigris) to the Bowmanville

Zoo, Ontario, Canada, to enhance the

survival of the species through captive

breeding and conservation education.

PRT–704301

Applicant: Dirk Arthur & Jan Giacinto, Las

Vegas, NV

The applicant requests a permit to

export and reimport captive born tigers

(Panthera tigris), leopards (Panthera

pardus) and jaguars (Panthera onca) and

progeny of the animals currently held

by the applicant and any animals

acquired in the United States by the

applicant to/from worldwide locations

to enhance the survival of the species

through conservation education. This

notification covers activities conducted

by the applicant over a three year

period.

PRT–841670

Applicant: C. Anne Dogson, Ogden, CA

The applicant requests a permit to

import the sport-hunted trophy of one

male bontebok (Damaliscus pygargus

dorcas) culled from a captive herd

maintained under the management

program of the Republic of South Africa,

for the purpose of enhancement of the

survival of the species.

PRT–841208

Applicant: Howard H. Davenport, Ingleside,

IL

The applicant requests a permit to

import the sport-hunted trophy of one

male bontebok (Damaliscus pygargus

dorcas) culled from a captive herd

maintained under the management

program of the Republic of South Africa,

for the purpose of enhancement of the

survival of the species.

PRT–841666

Applicant: Wayne Lu, Kula, HI

The applicant requests a permit to

import the sport-hunted trophy of a

cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) from

Namibia for the purpose of

enhancement of the survival of the

species.

Written data or comments should be

submitted to the Director, U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service, Office of Management

Authority, 4401 North Fairfax Drive,

Room 700, Arlington, Virginia 22203

and must be received by the Director

within 30 days of the date of this

publication.

The public is invited to comment on

the following application for a permit to

conduct certain activities with marine

mammals. The application was

submitted to satisfy requirements of the

Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972,

as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) and

the regulations governing marine

mammals (50 CFR 18).

PRT–841665

Applicant: Robert Fay, Jr., Allsion Park, PA

The applicant requests a permit to

import a polar bear (Ursus maritimus)

sport-hunted prior to April 30, 1994,

from the Lancaster Sound polar bear

population, Northwest Territories,

Canada for personal use.

Written data or comments, requests

for copies of the complete application,

or requests for a public hearing on this

application should be sent to the U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of

Management Authority, 4401 N. Fairfax

Drive, Room 700, Arlington, Virginia

22203, telephone 703/358–2104 or fax

703/358–2281 and must be received

within 30 days of the date of publication

of this notice. Anyone requesting a

hearing should give specific reasons

why a hearing would be appropriate.

The holding of such a hearing is at the

discretion of the Director.

Documents and other information

submitted with these applications are

available for review, subject to the

requirements of the Privacy Act and

Freedom of Information Act, by any

party who submits a written request for

a copy of such documents to the

following office within 30 days of the

date of publication of this notice: U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of

Management Authority, 4401 North

Fairfax Drive, Room 700, Arlington,

Virginia 22203. Phone: (703/358–2104);

FAX: (703/358–2281).

Dated: April 10, 1998.

MaryEllen Amtower,

Acting Chief, Branch of Permits, Office of

Management Authority.

[FR Doc. 98–10052 Filed 4–15–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Issuance of Permit for Marine

Mammals

On December 11, 1997, a notice was

published in the Federal Register, Vol.

62, No. 238, Page 65281, that an

application had been filed with the Fish

and Wildlife Service by Dwight Davis

for a permit (PRT–837238) to a polar

bear (Ursus maritimus) trophy taken

from the Davis Strait population,

Northwest Territories, Canada prior to

April 30, 1994, for personal use.

Notice is hereby given that on April

2, 1998, as authorized by the provisions

of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of

1972, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et

seq.) the Fish and Wildlife Service

authorized the requested permit subject

to certain conditions set forth therein.

On February 20, 1998, a notice was

published in the Federal Register, Vol.

63, No. 34, Page 8658, that an

application had been filed with the Fish

and Wildlife Service by Jesse Kirk for a

permit (PRT–838024) to import a polar

bear (Ursus maritimus) trophy taken

from the Northern Beaufort Sea

population, Northwest Territories,

Canada for personal use.

Notice is hereby given that on April

2, 1998, as authorized by the provisions

of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of

1972, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et

seq.) the Fish and Wildlife Service

authorized the requested permit subject

to certain conditions set forth therein.

Documents and other information

submitted for these applications are

available for review by any party who

submits a written request to the U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of

Management Authority, 4401 North