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Where To Obtain Additional

Information

To receive additional written

information call 1–888–GRANTS4. You

will be asked to leave your name,

address, and phone number and will

need to refer to ATSDR Announcement

Number 98074. You will receive a

complete program description,

information on application procedures,

and application forms. CDC will not

send application kits by facsimile or

express mail.

If you have questions after reviewing

the contents of all the documents,

business management technical

assistance may be obtained from Patrick

A. Smith, Grants Management

Specialist, Grants Management Branch,

Procurement and Grants Office, Centers

for Disease Control and Prevention

(CDC), 255 East Paces Ferry Road, NE.,

Room 300, Mail Stop E–13, Atlanta,

Georgia 30305, telephone (404) 842–

6803, Internet: phs3@cdc.gov.

Programmatic technical assistance

may be obtained from Dr. Heraline

Hicks, Research Implementation

Branch, or Michael Youson, Office of

the Director, Division of Toxicology,

Agency for Toxic Substances and

Disease Registry, 1600 Clifton Road,

NE., Mail Stop E–29, Atlanta, Georgia

30333 or by calling (404) 639–6306 or

6300, Internet:heh2@cdc.gov.

PLEASE REFER TO

ANNOUNCEMENT NUMBER 98074

WHEN REQUESTING INFORMATION

AND SUBMITTING AN APPLICATION.

Potential applicants may obtain a

copy of Healthy People 2000 (Full

Report, Stock No. 017–001–00474–0) or

Healthy People 2000 (Summary Report,

Stock No. 017–001–00473–1) referenced

in the INTRODUCTION through the

Superintendent of Documents,

Government Printing Office,

Washington, D.C. 20402–9325

(Telephone 202–512–1800).

This and other CDC announcements

are available through the CDC homepage

on the Internet. The address for the CDC

homepage is: http://www.cdc.gov.

Dated: June 3, 1998.

Georgi Jones,

Director, Office of Policy and External Affairs,

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease

Registry.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Toxic Substances and

Disease Registry

[Program Announcement 98027]

Research Program for Exposure-Dose

Reconstruction

Introduction

The Agency for Toxic Substances and

Disease Registry (ATSDR) announces

the availability of fiscal year (FY) 1998

funds for a continuation of a cooperative

agreement research program for

exposure-dose reconstruction. The

purpose of the program is to reconstruct,

estimate, predict, and evaluate

exposures to widely varying

contaminant concentrations, exposure

frequencies, and exposure durations,

with widely varying emission

characteristics that can be found at

National Priorities List (NPL) sites,

Resource Conservation and Recovery

Act (RCRA) facilities, and other sites or

facilities where a hazardous substance

has been released into the environment.

ATSDR is committed to achieving the

health promotion and disease

prevention objectives of Healthy People

2000, a national activity to reduce

morbidity and mortality and improve

the quality of life. This announcement

is related to the priority area of

Environmental Health. (For ordering a

copy of Healthy People 2000, see the

section Where to Obtain Additional

Information.)

Authority

This program is authorized under

section 104(i)(1)(E) of the

Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation, and Liability

Act (CERCLA) of 1980, as amended by

the Superfund Amendments and

Reauthorization Act (SARA) of 1986 [42

U.S.C. 9604(i)(1)(E)] and section 3019

(b) (c) of the Resource Conservation and

Recovery Act (RCRA), as amended

(Hazardous and Solid Waste

Amendments of 1984) [42 U.S.C.

6939a(b) and (c)].

Smoke-Free Workplace

ATSDR strongly encourages all grant

and cooperative agreement recipients to

provide a smoke-free workplace and

promote the non-use of all tobacco

products, and Public Law 103–227, the

Pro Children Act of 1994, prohibits

smoking in certain facilities that receive

Federal funds in which education,

library, day care, health care, and early

childhood development services are

provided to children.

Eligible Applicants

Eligible applicants are the official

public health agencies of the States or

their bona fide agents or

instrumentalities. This includes the

District of Columbia, American Samoa,

the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the

Virgin Islands, the Federated States of

Micronesia, Guam, the Northern

Mariana Islands, the Republic of the

Marshall Islands, the Republic of Palau,

and federally recognized Indian Tribal

governments. State organizations,

including State universities, State

colleges, and State research institutions,

must affirmatively establish that they

meet their respective State’s legislative

definition of a State entity or political

subdivision to be considered an eligible

applicant.

Availability of Funds

Approximately $300,000 is available

in FY 1998 to fund one award. It is

expected that the award will begin on or

about September 30, 1998, for a 12-

month budget period and a project

period of up to 5 years. The funding

estimate may vary and is subject to

change.

Continuation awards within the

project period will be made on the basis

of satisfactory progress and the

availability of funds.

Use of Funds

Funds may be expended for

reasonable program purposes, such as

personnel, travel, supplies and services.

Funds for contractual services may be

requested. However, the awardee, as the

direct and primary recipient of ATSDR

cooperative agreement funds, must

perform a substantive role in carrying

out project activities and not merely

serve as a conduit for an award to

another party or provide funds to an

ineligible party. If contractors are

proposed, justification must be provided

along with the following: (1) Name of

contractor, (2) method of selection, (3)

period of performance, (4) detailed

budget, (5) justification for use of

contractor, and (6) assurance of nonconflict of interest.

Equipment may be purchased with

cooperative agreement funds. However,

the equipment proposed should be

appropriate and reasonable for the

activity to be conducted. The applicant,

as part of the application process,

should provide: (1) a justification for the

need to acquire the equipment, (2) the

description of the equipment, (3) the

intended use of the equipment, and (4)

the advantages/disadvantages of

purchase versus lease of the equipment

(if applicable). Requests for equipment
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purchases will be reviewed and

approved only under the following

conditions: (1) ATSDR retains the right

to request return of all equipment

purchased (in operable condition) with

cooperative agreement funds at the

conclusion of the project period, and (2)

equipment purchased must be

compatible with CDC/ATSDR hardware.

Background

CERCLA, as amended, and RCRA, as

amended, authorize ATSDR to conduct

activities to assess and mitigate the

adverse human health effects of

hazardous substances and to ensure the

implementation of applied research

programs to more accurately and

credibly assess human health effects

associated with hazardous substance

exposure. One of the activities includes

conducting public health assessments.

The ATSDR public health assessment is

an analysis and statement of the public

health implications posed by a release

of a hazardous substance. It is an

evaluation of relevant environmental

and health data and community

concerns associated with a site where

hazardous substances have been

released, and identifies populations

living or working on or near hazardous

waste sites for which more extensive

public health actions or studies are

indicated.

A critical aspect of assessing human

health effects associated with hazardous

waste sites is the evaluation of past,

current, and future human exposures to

hazardous substances. In order to

accurately and meaningfully evaluate

such exposures, more sensitive, media

specific, and integrated methods must

be developed through a program of

research coordinated across multiple

relevant, intra-related environmental,

geochemical, and biomedical

disciplines.

Hazardous waste sites present a

number of unique circumstances and

problems for ATSDR’s public health

assessment process. Chief among these

is the widespread occurrence of a

number of hazardous chemicals and

mixed hazardous chemical compounds.

In addition, some of the more complex

hazardous waste sites may contain

multiple waste disposal areas within a

single site. Thus, the health assessor

may be confronted with the need to

evaluate exposures to widely varying

contaminant concentrations, exposure

frequencies, exposure durations, with

widely varying geochemical and

toxicological characteristics. More

novel, reliable, and expedient exposuredose assessment methods must be

developed in order to adequately

address site-specific issues.

Purpose

The purpose of this project is to

conduct research related to exposuredose reconstruction associated with

hazardous waste sites. This research

will advance the development,

evaluation, application, and

maintenance of computational tools and

decision support systems for estimating

exposure-dose relations resulting from

exposure to contaminated

environmental media and hazardous

substances.

Program Requirements

In conducting activities to achieve the

purpose of this program, the recipient

shall be responsible for conducting

activities under A., below, and ATSDR

will be responsible for conducting

activities under B., below.

A. Recipient Activities

1. Identify, pursue, and enhance

where appropriate, emerging technical

advances in exposure-dose

reconstruction to encompass

reconstruction of exposure histories and

determination of biologically effective

doses. These advances should include

(but not be limited to) assessment of

methods such as: (a) environmental

multi-media exposure (including such

pathways as groundwater, surface water,

air, soil, and biota), (b) assessment of

exposure and dose through

bioavailability, accumulation, and

transformation, (c) delivery of past,

current, or potential future exposure

and related dose through waterdistribution systems, (d) kinetic

networks, (e) genetic algorithms, (f) dose

reconstruction, and (g) spatial analysis

techniques integrated with (a) through

(f) above, as a means to bridge the gap

between the release of hazardous

substances into the environment,

potential dose (exposure), and resulting

health effects.

2. Reconstruct exposure and potential

dose histories and determine potential

for future exposure resulting from

hazardous substances in the

environment for populations in the

environs around hazardous waste sites

by use of methodology driven

environmental assessment tools. These

tools must include at a minimum

numerical simulators such as: (a)

Analytical Contaminant Transport

System (ACTS); (b) Steady flow in

Layered Aquifer Media and spatial

analysis interface (SLAM–GIS); (c)

Contaminant transport in Layered

Aquifer Media and spatial analysis

interface (CLAM–GIS); and (d) Water

Network and Distribution System

hydraulic and water-quality simulator

and spatial analysis interface

(WANDSS–GIS). These tools must be

compatible with the desktop computing

devices and operating systems currently

in use by the agency and its exposuredose reconstruction computational

laboratory. The generalized description

of the theory of these assessment tools

can be found in the public domain

literature.

3. Integrate uncertainty analysis

techniques such as Monte Carlo

simulation into environmental

assessment simulator tools so that

environmental exposures and healthbased risk assessment analyses can be

conducted. This combined

deterministic-probabilistic

computational tool must be developed

to include a ‘‘user-friendly’’ interface

and should not rely on third-party or

proprietary software programs or

licensing to accomplish this task.

4. Develop a ‘‘user friendly’’ decision

support system that considers, but is not

limited to, the following:

(a) Site characterization and exposure

scenario data;

(b) Environmental-media fate and

transport computations;

(c) Exposure-route analysis and

computations;

(d) Chemical-compound intake and

exposure-dose computations;

(e) Probability distributions and

uncertainty analyses;

(f) Spatial analysis computations and

a geographic information systems

interface; and

(g) Access to the decision support

system by means of desktop

computational devices available

throughout the agency and in its

exposure-dose reconstruction

computational laboratory.

5. Submit, as progress warrants,

manuscripts to peer-reviewed scientific

journals on the developments and

methodology describing aspects of the

research on exposure-dose

reconstruction.

6. Prepare and conduct two

workshops for agency personnel to

transfer technology and methodology

developed as part of the research

program on exposure-dose

reconstruction.

7. When the project is completed,

provide a final report to the agency

which includes the methodology

describing the exposure-dose

reconstruction process as applied to the

public health assessment process.

B. ATSDR Activities

1. Assist in the development of

plausible exposure-dose relations and

criteria for the selection and use of
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computational tools and define

appropriate assumptions.

2. Provide recipient organization with

a list of hazardous waste sites and

environmental data from which they

can choose to test and validate the

acceptability of the environmental

assessment simulator tools developed as

part of the exposure-dose reconstruction

research program.

3. Establish a dialogue with recipient

organization to identify and pursue

emerging disciplines related to advances

in assessment of exposure to hazardous

chemicals and/or mixed wastes

typically associated with hazardous

waste sites.

4. Provide technical assistance to

recipient organization to extend the

appropriate use of novel exposure

characterization and dose relations

protocols to hazard characterization and

communication efforts.

5. Assist in communicating advances

in the above areas to all relevant

communities including State and local

governments and the public.

Technical Reporting Requirements

1. Progress and Financial Reports

An original and two copies of an

annual progress report and financial

status report are required no later than

90 days after the end of the budget

period. Final financial and performance

reports are required no later than 90

days after the end of the project period.

All reports should be submitted to Ron

Van Duyne, Grants Management Officer,

Grants Management Branch, Centers for

Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),

255 East Paces Ferry Road NE., Mailstop

E–13, Atlanta, GA 30305.

The progress report must include the

following for the program, function, or

activity involved: (1) a comparison of

actual accomplishments to the goals

established for the period; (2) the

reasons for slippage if established goals

are not met; and (3) other pertinent

information.

2. Peer and Technical Reviews

A. CERCLA, as amended by SARA,

Section 104(i)(13), and [42 U.S.C. 9604

(I)] requires all studies and results of

research (other than public health

assessments) that ATSDR carries out or

funds in whole or in part will be peer

reviewed by ATSDR. The ATSDR peer

review process for final reports requires

that:

1. Studies must be reported or

adopted only after appropriate peer

review.

2. Studies shall be peer reviewed

within a period of 60 days to the

maximum extent practical.

3. Studies shall be reviewed by no

fewer than three or more than seven

reviewers who (1) are selected by the

Administrator, ATSDR; (2) are

disinterested Scientific experts; (3) have

a reputation for scientific objectivity;

and (4) who lack institutional ties with

any person involved in the conduct of

the study or research under review.

B. ATSDR encourages the rapid

reporting and interpretation of

laboratory results and references back to

individual participants. However, if

summary tables or distribution of

laboratory results are prepared using the

study data, this is considered a

preliminary finding and will require

ATSDR technical and peer review prior

to release.

C. When, in the opinion of the

investigator(s), a public health concern

exists requiring the release of summary

study statistics prior to the completion

of the study, the investigator must

obtain concurrence from ATSDR prior

to releasing the summary statistics. A

request for ATSDR concurrence for the

release of information must be

documented in a letter to ATSDR and

should outline the public health

concern, and recommended response,

and the draft document proposed for

release by the investigator. ATSDR will

provide a technical review and peer

review within ten (10) working days to

the maximum extent possible. Summary

statistics may be released only after peer

review. The release of summary

statistics does not preclude the

requirement for a final report.

D. By statute, the reporting of

preliminary studies and preliminary

research results to the public is not

acceptable without prior review by

ATSDR. This includes manuscripts

prepared for publication, presentations

at scientific meetings, and reporting of

preliminary findings to the community

or the media.

E. The final report for every study

should include a detailed description of

the problem, hypothesis, methods,

results, conclusions, and

recommendations that constitute a

complete performance record of the

study.

F. ATSDR is responsible for the

technical and peer review of draft final

reports of any study that it funds prior

to the submission of the final report.

This will allow for the recipient to

incorporate all technical and peer

review comments into the final report.

Responses to all ATSDR required

technical and peer review comments

should be summarized in a letter to

ATSDR. This letter should also include

the investigator’s response to each

comment and a rationale for those

responses. Based upon the comments of

the technical and peer reviewers,

modifications in the study report may

result. The modified study report

should accompany the letter to ATSDR.

G. ATSDR will make available

assistance to investigators in formatting

and copy editing draft final reports,

should the investigator request this

assistance. Editing will be conducted by

ATSDR staff and an edited copy of the

draft final report will be supplied to the

investigator for review and concurrence.

Editing will occur DURING the conduct

of the peer review. It is requested that

the report be furnished in WordPerfect

5.1 on a disk with the hard copy doublespaced, with clearly numbered pages,

unbound and unstapled, and printed on

one side only. All appendices, including

maps and reproduced forms used in this

study, should be furnished to ATSDR by

the investigator.

H. Following the steps outlined

above, a final report of all studies and

results of research carried out or

supported by ATSDR must be submitted

to the Procurement and Grants Office

with a copy furnished to ATSDR.

I. If assistance in printing the final

report is needed, the Principal

Investigator can submit a hard copy of

the final report to the Procurement and

Grants Office with a copy furnished to

ATSDR.

Application Content

In a narrative form, the application

should include a discussion of areas

listed under ‘‘Evaluation Criteria’’ as

they relate to the proposed program.

Because these criteria serve as the basis

for evaluating the application,

omissions or incomplete information

may affect the rating of the application.

Although this program may not require

in-kind or matching funds, the applicant

should include any in-kind support in

the formal application. For example, if

the in-kind support includes personnel,

the applicant should provide the

qualifying experience of the personnel

and clearly State the type of activity to

be performed.

The application must include a 200

word or less abstract of the proposal.

The application pages must be clearly

numbered, and a complete index to the

application and its appendices must be

included. The original and each copy of

the application must be submitted

unstapled and unbound. All material

must be typed single-spaced, with unreduced type on 81⁄2′′ by 11′′ paper, with

at least 1′′ margins, and printed on one

side only.
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Evaluation Criteria

Applications will be reviewed and

evaluated according to the following

criteria:

1. Scientific and Technical Review

Criteria of Application

a. Proposed Program (45%)

The extent to which the applicant’s

proposal addresses: (1) The

development and implementation of

methods designed to characterize

exposure-dose relations associated with

hazardous waste sites (10%); (2)

experience in methods of reconstruction

of exposure histories through the

identification and pursuit of technical

advances such as environmental multimedia exposure, kinetic networks,

genetic algorithms, uncertainty analysis,

dose reconstruction, and spatial analysis

techniques (10%); (3) the methods for

reconstructing exposure and potential

dose histories and determining future

exposure resulting from hazardous

substances released into the

environment for populations around

hazardous waste sites (20%); and (4) the

proposed project schedule, including

clearly established and obtainable

project objectives for which progress

toward attainment can and will be

measured (5%).

b. Experience and Technical Ability

(30%)

The extent to which the proposal has

described: (1) the familiarity,

qualifications, knowledge, and

experience of the principal investigator

in his/her ability to utilize and apply

methodology driven environmental

assessment tools to reconstruct exposure

histories (10%); (2) the ability of the

principal investigator to modify these

tools in order to meet the program

objective as described in the Purpose

section of this announcement (10%);

and (3) the demonstrated ability of the

principal investigator to integrate the

aforementioned computational tools

into existing computational tools and

platforms so as to develop, maintain, or

enhance a decision support system in

order to support ATSDR’s public health

assessment process (10%).

c. Program Personnel (10%)

The extent to which the proposal has

described: (1) the qualifications,

experience, and commitment of the

principal investigator, and his/her

ability to devote adequate time and

effort to provide effective leadership

(5%); and (2) the competence of

associate investigators to accomplish the

proposed study, their commitment, and

the time they will devote to the project

(5%).

d. Applicant Capability (15%)

Description of the adequacy and

commitment of institutional resources

to administer the program and the

adequacy of the facilities as they impact

on performance of the proposed project.

e. Program Budget (Not Scored)

The extent to which the budget is

reasonable, clearly justified, and

consistent with the intended use of

cooperative agreement funds.

2. Continuation Awards Within the

Project Period Will Be Made on the Basis

of the Following Criteria

a. Satisfactory progress has been made

in meeting project objectives;

b. Objectives for the new budget

period are realistic, specific, and

measurable;

c. Proposed changes in described

long-term objectives, methods of

operation, need for cooperative

agreement support, and/or evaluation

procedures will lead to achievement of

project objectives; and

d. The budget request is clearly

justified and consistent with the

intended use of cooperative agreement

funds.

Executive Order 12372 Review

The applications submitted under this

Announcement are not subject to

Intergovernmental Review of Federal

Programs as governed by Executive

Order 12372.

Public Health System Reporting

Requirements

This program is not subject to the

Public Health System Reporting

Requirements.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Number

The Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance number is 93.161.

Other Requirements

A. Paperwork Reduction Act

Projects that involve the collection of

information from 10 or more individuals

and funded by cooperative agreement

will be subject to review by the Office

of Management and Budget under the

Paperwork Reduction Act.

B. Cost Recovery

The Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation, and Liability

Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended by

the Superfund Amendments and

Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA),

provides for the recovery of costs

incurred for health-related activities at

each Superfund site from potentially

responsible parties. The recipient would

agree to maintain an accounting system

that will keep an accurate, complete,

and current accounting of all financial

transactions on a site-specific basis, i.e.,

individual time, travel, and associated

costs including indirect cost, as

appropriate for the site. The recipient

will retain the documents and records to

support these financial transactions, for

possible use in a cost recovery case, for

a minimum of ten (10) years after

submission of a final financial status

report, unless there is a litigation, claim,

negotiation, audit, or other action

involving the specific site; then the

records will be maintained until

resolution of all issues on the specific

site.

Note: Recipients of awards must maintain

all records for 10 years following submission

of the final Financial Status Report unless

otherwise directed by the Cost Recovery

Activity, ATSDR, and must obtain written

approval from the Cost Recovery Activity

Official before destroying any records.

C. Third Party Agreements

Project activities which are approved

for contracting pursuant to the prior

approval provisions shall be formalized

in a written agreement that clearly

establishes the relationship between the

grantee and the third party. The written

agreement shall at a minimum:

1. State or incorporate by reference all

applicable requirements imposed on the

contractors under the grant by the terms

of the grant, including requirements

concerning peer review (ATSDR

selected peer reviewers), ownership of

data, and the arrangement for copyright

when publications, data, or other

copyrightable works are developed

under or in the course of work under a

PHS grant supported project or activity;

2. State that any copyrighted or

copyrightable works shall be subject to

a royalty-fee, nonexclusive, and

irrevocable license to the Government to

reproduce, publish, or otherwise use

them, and to authorize others to do so

for Federal Government purposes;

3. State that whenever any work

subject to this copyright policy may be

developed in the course of a grant by a

contractor under grant, the written

agreement (contract) must require the

contractor to comply with these

requirements and can in no way

diminish the Government’s right in that

work; and

4. State the activities to be performed,

the time schedule for those activities,

the policies and procedures to be

followed in carrying out the agreement,

and the maximum amount of money for
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which the grantee may become liable to

the third party under the agreement.

The written agreement shall not

relieve the grantee of any part of its

responsibility or accountability to

ATSDR under the cooperative

agreement. The agreement shall

therefore retain sufficient rights and

control to the grantee to enable it to

fulfill this responsibility and

accountability.

Application Submission and Deadline

Dates

The original and two copies of

application PHS Form 5161–1 (OMB

Number 0937–0189) must be submitted

to Ron Van Duyne, Grants Management

Officer, Attn: Patrick A. Smith, Grants

Management Branch, Procurement and

Grants Office, Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention (CDC), 255 East

Paces Ferry Road, NE., Room 300,

Mailstop E–13, Atlanta, Georgia 30305,

on or before July 31, 1998. (By formal

agreement, the CDC Procurement and

Grants Office will act for and on behalf

of ATSDR on this matter.)

1. Deadline: Applications shall be

considered as meeting the deadline if

they are either:

(a) Received on or before the deadline

date, or

(b) Sent on or before the deadline date

and received in time for submission to

the objective review group.

(Applicants must request a legibly dated

U.S. Postal Service postmark or obtain

a legibly dated receipt from a

commercial carrier or U.S. Postal

Service. Private metered postmarks shall

not be acceptable as proof of timely

mailing.)

2. Late Applications: Applications

which do not meet the criteria in 1.(a)

or 1.(b) above are considered late

applications. Late applications will not

be considered and will be returned to

the applicant.

Where To Obtain Additional

Information

To receive additional written

information, call 1–888–GRANTS4. You

will be asked to leave your name,

address, and phone number and will

need to refer to ATSDR Announcement

98027. You will receive a complete

program description, information on

application procedures, and application

forms. CDC will not send application

kits by facsimile or express mail.

If you have questions after reviewing

the contents of all the documents,

business management technical

assistance may be obtained from Patrick

A. Smith, Grants Management

Specialist, Grants Management Branch,

Procurement and Grants Office, Centers

for Disease Control and Prevention

(CDC), 255 East Paces Ferry Road, NE.,

Room 300, Mailstop E–13, Atlanta,

Georgia 30305, (404) 842–6803, or

INTERNET address phs3@cdc.gov.

Programmatic technical assistance

may be obtained from Morris L. Maslia,

P.E., Project Officer, Division of Health

Assessment and Consultation, Agency

for Toxic Substances and Disease

Registry, 1600 Clifton Road, NE.,

Mailstop E–32, Atlanta, Georgia 30333,

(404) 639–0674, or INTERNET address

mfm4@cdc.gov.

PLEASE REFER TO

ANNOUNCEMENT NUMBER 98027

WHEN REQUESTING INFORMATION

AND SUBMITTING AN APPLICATION.

Potential applicants may obtain a

copy of Healthy People 2000 (Full

Report, Stock No. 017–001–00474–0) or

Healthy People 2000 (Summary Report,

Stock No. 017–001–00473–1) referenced

in the Introduction through the

Superintendent of Documents,

Government Printing Office,

Washington, DC 20402–9325,

(telephone 202–783–3238).

This and other ATSDR and CDC

announcements are available through

the CDC homepage on the Internet. The

address for the CDC homepage is: http:/

/www.cdc.gov.

Dated: June 3, 1998.

Georgi Jones,

Director, Office of Policy and External Affairs,

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease

Registry.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Toxic Substances and

Disease Registry

[Program Announcement 98064]

Notice of Availability of Funds;

Program To Build Capacity To Conduct

Site-Specific Activities

A. Purpose

The Agency for Toxic Substances and

Disease Registry (ATSDR) announces

the availability of fiscal year (FY) 1998

funds for a cooperative agreement

program, Program to Build Capacity to

Conduct Site-Specific Activities. This

program addresses the Healthy People

2000 priority areas of: Educational and

Community Based Programs;

Environmental Health; and Surveillance

and Data Systems. This program will

provide State health Departments the

opportunity to conduct site-specific

health activities to determine the public

health impact of human exposure to

hazardous substances at hazardous

waste sites or releases. ATSDR

considers a site as consisting of the

actual boundaries of a release or facility

along with the resident community and

area impacted by the subject release or

facility. Specifically, funds will be used

to build capacity to conduct ‘‘core’’ sitespecific activities including public

health assessments, health

consultations, exposure investigations,

community involvement, and

preventive health education. These

activities may lead to more focused

public health activities including

environmental health interventions,

psychological effects interventions, and

risk communication. The purpose of the

program funded under this cooperative

agreement is to work toward the

ultimate goal of reducing exposures to

hazardous substances and mitigating

potential adverse health effects from

such exposures. This program is

directed to public health agencies which

have considerable need to continue to

build capacity to address health issues

related to hazardous substance releases

into the environment within their

jurisdictional boundary. The specific

purpose of these activities is to assist

public health agencies to build capacity,

in coordination and cooperation with

ATSDR, to conduct health related

activities under the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liabilities Act

(CERCLA), and Resource Conservation

and Recovery Act (RCRA). This includes

conducting health consultations, public

health assessments, and exposure

investigations. These activities will also

assist recipients to conduct community

involvement activities, and to develop,

disseminate, and evaluate site-specific

preventive health education materials

and other programs related to exposure

to hazardous substances in the

environment.

B. Eligible Applicants

Limited Competition

Assistance will be provided only to

the health departments of States or their

bona fide agents, including the District

of Columbia, the Commonwealth of

Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana

Islands, American Samoa, Guam,

federally recognized Indian tribal

governments, the Federated States of

Micronesia, the Republic of the

Marshall Islands, and the Republic of

Palau. In consultation with States,

assistance may be provided to political

subdivisions of States.