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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Toxic Substances and

Disease Registry

[Program Announcement 01126]

Enhancement of State, County or Local

Public Health Departments

Participation in Brownfields Decisions

and Actions; Notice of Availability of

Funds

A. Purpose

The Agency for Toxic Substances and

Disease Registry (ATSDR) announces

the availability of fiscal year (FY) 2001

funds for a Cooperative Agreement

program for a pilot activity with a select

number of local health departments to

demonstrate effective public health

actions around Brownfields properties.

This program addresses the ‘‘Healthy

People 2010’’ focus area(s) of

Environmental Health.

Brownfields are abandoned, idled or

under-utilized industrial and

commercial properties where expansion

or redevelopment is complicated by real

or perceived contamination. The

National Brownfields Initiative was

launched by the Environmental

Protection Agency (EPA) to empower

States, local governments, and other

stakeholders in community

redevelopment to work together to

assess, clean up, and sustainably reuse

Brownfields. ATSDR’s role in the

National Brownfields Initiative is to

develop strategies and methods to

protect the health and quality of life of

people living around brownfields

properties by focusing on public health

issues related to previous environmental

degradation.

The purpose of this program is to

assist State, county or local public

health departments (LHDs) with

jurisdiction in Brownfields Showcase

Communities to initiate or enhance their

efforts to implement strategies which

ensure that efforts to remediate and

redevelop properties do not present

environmental public health hazards to

current and future community residents.

It is expected that this program will

stimulate LHDs to enlist the cooperation

of local governing officials, communitybased organizations, and State

governments to work together in a

timely manner to consider public health

issues in the earliest phases of

redevelopment of Brownfields

properties.

A goal for ATSDR is to assist in

empowering local community

stakeholders by providing them with the

tools to assess the health of community

residents during Brownfield site

assessment, clean up, and

redevelopment activities. It is expected

that by using this comprehensive public

health approach to Brownfields

redevelopment, the health and quality

of life of persons working or living on

or near Brownfields properties will be

adequately protected. This program

highlights the Brownfields Showcase

Communities as examples of how public

health activities can be implemented;

the examples will serve as models

which can be generalized to other

communities throughout the nation.

ATSDR is fully committed to

implementing the President’s Executive

Order 12898 on Environmental Justice

to ensure the full representation and

participation on all levels, of minority

and low-income population groups.

B. Eligible Applicants

Applicants will be limited to the

official county, city and other local

public health agencies of local

communities (with the exception of

Rhode Island where the State Health

Department is the eligible applicant)

located in the twenty-eight (28)

Brownfields Showcase Communities as

designated by the Environmental

Protection Agency (EPA) (62 FR 44274

and 65 FR 14273). The Brownfields

Showcase Communities are:

1. Baltimore, Maryland

2. Chicago, Illinois

3. Dallas, Texas

4. Denver, Colorado

5. Des Moines, Iowa

6. East Palo Alto, California

7. Gila River Indian Community,

Arizona

8. Glen Cove, New York

9. Houston, Texas

10. Jackson, Mississippi

11. Kansas City, Kansas and Missouri

12. Los Angeles, California

13. Lowell, Massachusetts

14. Metlakatla Indian Community,

Alaska

15. Milwaukee, Wisconsin

16. Mystic Valley Development

Commission (Malden, Medford,

Everett), Massachusetts

17. New Bedford, Massachusetts

18. Niagara Region, New York

19. Cape Charles/Northampton County,

Virginia

20. Portland, Oregon

21. State of Rhode Island

22. Saint Louis, Missouri/East St. Louis,

Illinois

23. Saint Paul, Minnesota

24. Salt Lake City, Utah

25. Seattle/King County, Washington

26. Southeast Florida (Eastward Ho!),

Florida

27. Stamford, Connecticut

28. Trenton, New Jersey

Note: Title 2 of the United States Code,

Chapter 26, section 1611 states that an

organization described in section 501(c)(4) of

the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that

engages in lobbying activities is not eligible

to receive Federal funds constituting an

award, grant, cooperative agreement,

contract, loan, or any other form.

C. Availability of Funds

Approximately $60,000 is available in

FY 2001 to fund approximately 2

awards. It is expected that the average

award will be $30,000, ranging from

$20,000 to $40,000. It is expected that

the awards will begin on or about Sep.

30, 2001, and will be made for a 12-

month budget period within a project

period of 1 year. Funding estimates may

change.

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 grantee, as the

direct and primary recipient of ATSDR

grant 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. Equipment may

be purchased with grant funds. The

equipment proposed should be

appropriate and reasonable for the

activities 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 leasing versus

purchase of the equipment. Equipment

shall be returned to ATSDR at the end

of the project period.

D. Program Requirements

In conducting activities to achieve the

purpose of this program, the recipient

will be responsible for the activities

under 1. Recipient Activities, and

ATSDR will be responsible for the

activities listed under 2. ATSDR

Activities.

1. Recipient Activities

a. Utilize existing inventories of

Brownfields in the area and evaluate

each property for environmental public

health issues in collaboration with

ATSDR, other State health departments,

and EPA.

b. Integrate public health concerns

into the Brownfields Showcase

decision-making related to assessment,

clean up, and redevelopment.

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c. Develop a plan discussing the

strategies associated with implementing

the needed public health actions at

Brownfields properties. As much as

possible, utilize previous public health

lessons learned in plan development.

d. Involve all appropriate

stakeholders at Brownfields properties

in the planning and implementation of

the needed public health actions.

e. Develop methods for evaluating the

strategies used and a plan for

sustainability once the funding period

has ended.

2. ATSDR Activities

a. Assist and collaborate with the

recipient in the assembly and utilization

of existing environmental data, medical

and other public health data and other

relevant information as requested.

b. Evaluate recommendations as

requested to further the objectives of

this program.

c. Provide technical assistance and

training to build capacity similar to the

existing state cooperative program.

E. Content

Use the information in the Program

Requirements, Other Requirements, and

Evaluation Criteria sections to develop

the application content. Your

application will be evaluated on the

criteria listed, so it is important to

follow them in laying out your program

plan. The narrative should be no more

than 20 double-spaced pages, printed on

one side, with one inch margins, and

unreduced font.

In a narrative format, the applicant

should include discussion of areas

listed under the EVALUATION

CRITERIA section of this announcement

as they relate to the proposed program.

Because these criteria will serve as the

basis for evaluation of the application,

omissions or incomplete information

may affect the rating of the application.

Although this program does not require

in-kind or matching funds, the applicant

should describe 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.

F. Submission and Deadline

Submit the original and two copies of

CDC 0.1246. Forms are available in the

application kit and at the following

Internet address: www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/

forminfo.htm.

On or before August 15, 2001, submit

the application to the Grants

Management Specialist identified in the

‘‘Where to Obtain Additional

Information’’ section of this

announcement.

Deadline: Applications shall be

considered as meeting the deadline if

they are either:

1. Received on or before the deadline

date; or

2. Sent on or before the deadline date

and received in time for submission to

the independent 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.)

Late: Applications which do not meet

the criteria in 1 or 2 above will be

returned to the applicant without

review.

G. Evaluation Criteria

Each application will be evaluated

individually against the following

criteria by an independent review group

appointed by ATSDR. The extent of the

applicant’s ability to address the

following:

1. Proposed Program (60 percent)

a. The identification of relevant

Brownfields properties in the

community including, but not limited

to, those identified in the Brownfields

Showcase award.

b. Demonstrate how relevant

environmental and public health data

will be used in the evaluation of

Brownfields properties.

c. Demonstrate how the listing of

public health issues and appropriate

public health actions, both needed and

already undertaken, will be developed.

d. Demonstrate how the plan

discussing the strategies associated with

implementing the needed public health

actions will be developed.

e. The identification of all local

Brownfields-related stakeholders

groups, and how these groups will be

included in the planning and

implementation of strategies.

f. Demonstrate how local support

from affected residents will be solicited.

g. Describe how methods for

evaluating these strategies and

sustaining Brownfields-related public

health activities will be developed.

2. Program Evaluation (20 percent)

The extent to which evaluation plan

includes measures of program outcome

(e.g., effect on participant’s knowledge,

attitudes, skills, and behaviors).

3. Applicant Capability (20 percent)

a. Applicant’s basic knowledge/

experience required to perform the

applicant’s responsibilities in the

project;

b. Description of the adequacy and

commitment of institutional resources

to administer the program and the

adequacy of the facilities.

4. Program Budget (not scored)

The extent to which the budget is

reasonable, clearly justified, and

consistent with the intended use of

cooperative agreement funds.

H. Other Requirements

Technical Reporting Requirements

Provide CDC/ATSDR with original

plus two copies of:

1. Annual progress reports;

2. Financial status report, no more than

90 days after the end of the budget

period;

3. Summary report of all activities

conducted during the project period,

no more than 90 days after the end of

the project period; and

4. Final financial and performance

reports, no more than 90 days after

the end of the project period.

Send all reports to the Grants

Management Specialist identified in the

‘‘Where to Obtain Additional

Information’’ section of this

announcement.

The following additional

requirements are applicable to this

program. For a complete description of

each, see Attachment I of the

announcement in the application kit.

AR–7 Executive Order 12372 Review

AR–10 Smoke-Free Workplace

Requirements

AR–11 Healthy People 2010

AR–12 Lobbying Restrictions

AR–18 Cost Recovery—ATSDR

AR–19 Third Party Agreements—

ATSDR

I. Authority and Catalog of Federal

Domestic Assistance Number

This program is authorized under

sections 104(i)(4), (6), (7), (14), and (15)

of the Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation, and Liability

Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended by

the Superfund Amendments and

Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA) (42

U.S.C. 9604(i)(4), (6), (7), (14), and (15)).

The Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance Number is 93.161.

J. Where To Obtain Additional

Information

This and other CDC/ATSDR

announcements can be found on the

CDC home page Internet address—http:/

/www.cdc.gov. Click on ‘‘Funding’’ then

‘‘Grants and Cooperative Agreements.’’

To receive additional written

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information and to request an

application kit, call 1–888–GRANTS4

(1–888–472–6874). You will be asked to

leave your name and address and will

be instructed to identify the

Announcement number of interest.

If you have questions after reviewing

the contents of all the documents,

business management technical

assistance may be obtained from: Nelda

Y. Godfrey, Grants Management

Specialist, Grants Management Branch,

Procurement and Grants Office, Centers

for Disease Control and Prevention,

2920 Brandywine Road, Room 3000,

Atlanta, GA 30341–4146, Telephone

number: (770) 488–2722, email address:

nag9@cdc.gov.

For program technical assistance,

contact: Juan Reyes, Director, Office of

Regional Operations, Agency for Toxic

Substances and Disease Registry, 1600

Clifton Rd., NE, MS–E42, Atlanta, GA

30329, Telephone number: (404) 498–

0537, email address: jur2@cdc.gov.

Dated: June 20, 2001.

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 01165]

Thimerosal Pharmacokinetics:

Assessment of the Distribution,

Metabolism and Excretion; Notice of

Availability of Funds

A. Purpose

The Agency for Toxic Substances and

Disease Registry (ATSDR) announces

the availability of fiscal year (FY) 2001

funds for a grant program for

Thimerosal Studies as part of the

applied research program. This program

addresses the ‘‘Healthy People 2010’’

focus area(s) of Environmental Health.

The purpose of this program is to

define and characterize the appropriate

pharmacokinetics of both methyl

mercury and thimerosal distribution,

metabolism, and elimination that are

needed to accurately characterize the

comparative neurotoxicity of these

substances and develop

recommendations for future

extrapolation of these results to possible

human exposure scenarios.

B. Eligible Applicants

Applications may be submitted by

official public health agencies of the

States, or their bonafide agents. This

includes the District of Columbia,

American Samoa, Guam, the

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana

Islands, the Federated States of

Micronesia, the Virgin Islands, the

Federated States of Marshall Island, the

Republic of Palau, federally-recognized

Indian tribal governments, public and

private non-profit universities and

colleges.

C. Availability of Funds

Approximately $130,000 is available

in FY 2001 to fund one award. It is

expected that the award will begin on or

about September 30, 2001, and will be

made for a 12-month budget period

within a project period of one year.

Funding estimates may change.

Continuation awards within an

approved project period will be made

on the basis of satisfactory progress as

evidenced by required reports 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 grantee, as the

direct and primary recipient of ATSDR

grant 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. Equipment may

be purchased with grant funds.

However, the equipment proposed

should be appropriate and reasonable

for the research activity to be

conducted. Property may be acquired

only when authorized in the grant. The

grantee, as part of the application

process, should provide a justification

of need to acquire property, the

description, and the cost of purchase

versus lease. At the completion of the

project, the equipment must be returned

to ATSDR.

D. Program Requirements

The objectives of this program are to

conduct research studies to achieve the

following: (1) Animal Model and Dose

Selection studies including literature

search, determine appropriate in vitro

tests, animal model and doses; (2)

Thimerosal cleavage kinetics including

investigating in vitro (serum or blood)

reaction, determine the role of liver in

metabolism of thimerosal; (3) Model

dependent kinetic parameters including

tissue partition coefficients of

thimerosal and ethyl mercury, time

course studies for levels of thimerosal

and ethyl mercury in blood, brain, fat,

liver and muscle; (4) Model

development and analysis including

development of a pharmacokinetic

model for thimerosal; and (5) Develop

recommendations for extrapolating

these results to human exposure

scenarios.

In conducting activities to achieve the

purpose of this program, the recipient

will be responsible for the following

activities:

1. Identification and description of

specific parameters that are necessary to

accurately characterize the distribution,

metabolism, and elimination associated

with methyl mercury toxicity;

2. Identification and characterization

of the metabolic pathways and

sequences associated with conversion of

thimerosal to the toxic inorganic

mercury species (Hg∂∂);

3. Characterization of tissue levels

and time-course for thimerosal, ethyl

mercury, and Hg∂∂ following

parenteral exposure to thimerosal; and

4. Publish the findings and results as

journal article(s).

E. Application Content

Use the information in the Program

Requirements, Other Requirements, and

Evaluation Criteria sections to develop

the application content. Your

application will be evaluated on the

criteria listed, so it is important to

follow them in laying out your program

plan.

F. Submission and Deadline

Submit the original and five copies of

PHS 398 (OMB Number 0937–0189) on

or before August 15, 2001. Submit the

application to the Grants Management

Specialist identified in the ‘‘Where to

Obtain Additional Information’’ section

of this announcement.

Deadline: Applications shall be

considered as meeting the deadline if

they are either:

1. Received on or before the deadline

date; or

2. Sent on or before the deadline date

and received in time for submission to

the independent 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.)

Late Applications: Applications

which do not meet the criteria in 1. or

2. above are considered late

applications, will not be considered,

and will be returned to the applicant.