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The following additional 

requirements apply to this project: 

• AR–7 Executive Order 12372. 

• AR–10 Smoke-Free Workplace 

Requirements. 

• AR–11 Healthy People 2010. 

• AR–12 Lobbying Restrictions. 

• AR–13 Prohibition on Use of CDC 

Funds for Certain Gun Control 

Activities. 

• AR–14 Accounting System 

Requirements. 

• AR–15 Proof of Non-Profit Status. 

• AR–20 Conference Support. 

• AR–23 States and Faith-Based 

Organizations. 

• AR–25 Release and Sharing of 

Data. 

Additional information on these 

requirements can be found on the CDC 

Web site at the following Internet 

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

funding/ARs.htm. 

VI.3. Reporting Requirements 

You must provide CDC with an 

original, plus two hard copies of the 

following reports: 

1. Interim progress report, due no less 

than 90 days before the end of the 

budget period. The progress report will 

serve as your non-competing 

continuation application, and must 

contain the following elements: 

a. Current Budget Period Activities 

Objectives. 

b. Current Budget Period Financial 

Progress. 

c. New Budget Period Program 

Proposed Activity Objectives. 

d. Budget. 

e. Measures of Effectiveness. 

f. Additional Requested Information. 

2. Financial status report no more 

than 90 days after the end of the budget 

period. 

3. Final financial and performance 

reports, no more than 90 days after the 

end of the project period. 

These reports must be mailed to the 

Grants Management or Contract 

Specialist listed in the ‘‘Agency 

Contacts’’ section of this announcement. 

VII. Agency Contacts 

We encourage inquiries concerning 

this announcement. For general 

questions, contact: Technical 

Information Management Section, CDC 

Procurement and Grants Office, 2920 

Brandywine Road, Atlanta, GA 30341, 

Telephone: 770–488–2700. 

For program technical assistance, 

contact: Montrece M. Ransom, JD, 

Project Officer, Public Health Law 

Program, Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway, 

NE., Mail-stop K–36, Atlanta, GA 30341, 

lephone: 770–488–8286, E-mail: 

mransom@cdc.gov. 

For financial, grants management, or 

budget assistance, contact: 

Mattie B. Jackson, Grants Management 

Specialist, CDC Procurement and Grants 

Office, 2920 Brandywine Road, Atlanta, 

GA 30341, Telephone: 770–488–2696, 

E-mail: mij3@cdc.gov. 

VIII. Other Information 

This and other CDC funding 

opportunity announcements can be 

found on the CDC Web site, Internet 

address: www.cdc.gov. Click on 

‘‘Funding’’ then ‘‘Grants and 

Cooperative Agreements.’’ 

Please visit our Web site at: http:// 

www.phppo.cdc.gov/od/phlp/index.asp. 

Dated: March 31, 2005. 

William P. Nichols, 

Director, Procurement and Grants Office, 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 05–6901 Filed 4–6–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4163–18–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

Oak Ridge Y–12 Plant 

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC), Department of Health 

and Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Health and 

Human Services gives notice of a 

decision to evaluate a petition to 

designate a class of employees at the Y– 

12 Plant, also known as the Oak Ridge 

Y–12 Plant, in Oak Ridge, Tennessee to 

be included in the Special Exposure 

Cohort under the Energy Employees 

Occupational Illness Compensation 

Program Act of 2000 (42 CFR 83.12 (e)). 

The initial proposed definition for the 

class being evaluated, subject to revision 

as warranted by the evaluation, is as 

follows: 

Facility: Y–12 Plant, Oak Ridge, 

Tennessee. 

Locations: Building 9201–5 and the 

Beta Building at Y–12. 

Job Titles and/or Job Duties: All 

Control Operators. 

Period of Employment: January 1944 

through December 1945. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Larry Elliott, Director, Office of 

Compensation Analysis and Support, 

National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health, 4676 Columbia 

Parkway, MS C–46, Cincinnati, OH 

45226, Telephone 513–533–6800 (this is 

not a toll-free number). Information 

requests can also be submitted by e-mail 

to OCAS@CDC.GOV. 

Dated: March 30, 2005. 

James D. Seligman, 

Associate Director for Program Services, 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 05–6900 Filed 4–6–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4163–19–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[CMS–5029–N] 

Medicare Program; Rural Hospice 

Demonstration 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice provides 

interested parties with the information 

necessary to apply for participation in 

the rural hospice demonstration. The 

demonstration is designed to test 

whether hospice services provided by a 

demonstration hospice program to 

Medicare beneficiaries who lack an 

appropriate caregiver and who reside in 

rural areas results in wider access, 

improved hospice services, benefits to 

the rural community, and a sustainable 

pattern of care. A competitive 

application process will be used to 

select up to three hospice organizations 

or agencies to participate in this 

demonstration. The demonstration is 

planned for up to 5 years. 

DATES: Applications will be considered 

timely if we receive them on or before 

June 6, 2005. 

ADDRESSES: Mail applications to— 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services, Attention: Cindy Massuda, 

Mail Stop: C4–17–27, 7500 Security 

Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244. 

Because of staff and resource 

limitations, we cannot accept 

applications by facsimile (FAX) 

transmission or by e-mail. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Cindy Massuda at (410) 786–0652 or 

RURALHOSPICEDEMO@cms.hhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

A. Legislative Authority 

Section 409 of the Medicare 

Prescription Drug, Improvement, and 

Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA) (Pub. 

L. 108–173) authorizes the Secretary to 

conduct a demonstration project for the 

delivery of hospice care to Medicare 

beneficiaries in rural areas. Under the 

demonstration, Medicare beneficiaries 

who are unable to receive hospice care