[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 28 (Friday, February 10, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 7964]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-3378]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5152-9]
Office of Research and Development


Pacific Northwest Ecosystem Management Research Program

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Research 
Laboratory, Corvallis, Oregon.

ACTION: Notice of Request for Pre-applications.

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SUMMARY: The United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), 
Environmental Research Laboratory at Corvallis, Oregon, is requesting 
assistance pre-applications for a cooperative agreement on ecosystem 
management research in the Pacific Northwest (primarily Oregon and 
Washington).

DATES: Pre-applications will be due April 7, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Joan P. Baker, USEPA, 
Environmental Research Laboratory, 200 SW 35th Street, Corvallis, 
Oregon 97333, (503) 754-4517, FAX (503) 754-4716, or internet 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#bbd1d4dad5fbd6dad2d795d8d4c995decbda95dcd4cd"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="573d383639173a363e3b793438257932273679303821">[email protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of this cooperative agreement is 
to stimulate the broad range of ecological research needed to improve 
the scientific information, understanding, analyses, and methods 
required to implement ecosystem management effectively in the region. 
Important parts of the agreement will be the integration of research 
across scientific disciplines, ecosystem types, spatial scales, and 
geographic areas and the active involvement of the broad ecological 
research component with relevant expertise. Research areas include 
regional biodiversity, watershed/ecoregion-scale assessments, 
ecological functions of riparian areas, coastal estuaries, 
extrapolation, integrated monitoring design, and ecological/
socioeconomic linkages. USEPA scientists will collaborate with the 
recipient on the design, conduct, and interpretation of research funded 
through this agreement.
    The cooperative agreement will have a period of performance up to 
five years. Annual funding will range between $1,000,000 and $3,000,000 
per year. Pre-applications must be received by April 7, 1995. An 
independent peer review panel will evaluate all assistance pre-
aplications. Based on this review, one or more applicants will be 
requested to submit full assistance applications. A single applicant 
will be selected for funding based on peer review of these full 
assistance applications. Eligible applicants include members of 
academic and nonprofit institutions located in the United States.
    Federal grant regulation 40 CFR 30.307 requires that all recipient 
institutions provide a minimum of 5 percent of the total project cost, 
which shall not be from Federal sources. Statutory authority for EPA 
funding of the specified research is authorized in the Clean Water Act, 
Sections 104 (a), (b), (g), (h), and (i). Interested applicants must be 
eligible to receive Federal Assistance under these statutory 
authorities and 40 CFR 30--General Regulation for Assistance Programs, 
and 40 CFR 40--Research and Demonstration Grants. Only nonprofit 
research institutions of higher education or nonprofit research 
organizations eligible to receive Federal assistance under these acts 
should submit applications.
    To obtain a more detailed statement of the research and 
instructions for assistance pre-applications, contact Dr. Joan Baker, 
at the address listed above. An optional information meeting, to answer 
questions about this solicitation, will be held March 1 at the USEPA 
Environmental Research Laboratory in Corvallis. If you plan to attend 
this meeting (in person or via teleconferencing), call Patricia Hawk at 
(503) 754-4504 to reserve a space and receive directions.

    Dated: February 6, 1995.
Robert J. Huggett,
Assistant Administrator for Research and Development.
[FR Doc. 95-3378 Filed 2-9-95; 8:45 am]
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