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following agreement(s) pursuant to

section 5 of the Shipping Act of 1984.

Interested parties may inspect and

obtain a copy of each agreement at the

Washington, D.C. Office of the Federal

Maritime Commission, 800 North

Capitol Street, N.W., 9th Floor.

Interested parties may submit comments

on each agreement to the Secretary,

Federal Maritime Commission,

Washington, D.C. 20573, within 10 days

after the date of the Federal Register in

which this notice appears. The

requirements for comments are found in

§ 572.603 of Title 46 of the Code of

Federal Regulations. Interested persons

should consult this section before

communicating with the Commission

regarding a pending agreement.

Agreement No: 202–002744–087

Title: West Coast of South America

Agreement

Parties:

A.P. Moller-Maersk Line

Compania Chilena de Navigacion

Interoceania, S.A.

Compania Sud Americana de

Vapores, S.A.

Crowley American Transport, Inc.

Sea-Land Service, Inc.

South Pacific Shipping Company Ltd.

Synopsis: The proposed amendment

revises Article 14.(c)(1) to provide

that service contracts shall be for a

maximum term of one year unless

otherwise unanimously agreed to by

the Members. It also restates the

Agreement.

Agreement No.: 202–010689–059

Title: Transpacific Westbound Rate

Agreement

Parties:

American President Lines, Ltd.

Hapag-Lloyd Aktiengesellschaft

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd.

A.P. Moller-Maersk Line

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd.

Nedlloyd Lijnen B.V.

Neptune Orient Lines, Ltd.

Nippon Yusen Kaisha Ltd.

Orient Overseas Container Line, Inc.

Sea-Land Service, Inc.

Synopsis: The proposed amendment

modifies the Agreement to state that

all voting provisions now in the

various sections of the Agreement will

be combined into a single concise

statement and to clarify ambiguities

that reflects existing practice and

interpretation of the Agreement. In

addition, it deletes the Voting groups

in the Agreement.

Agreement No.: 224–200985

Title: Port of Galveston/Wallenius Lines

North America, Inc. Incentive

Operating Agreement

Parties:

Port of Galveston (‘‘Port’’)

Wallenius Lines North America, Inc.

(‘‘Wallenius’’)

Synopsis: The proposed Agreement

authorizes the Port to refund to

Wallenius 61⁄2 percent of the

applicable Port tariff dockage fees,

provided Wallenius makes a

minimum of 36 port calls during the

calendar year.

Dated: April 30, 1996.

By Order of the Federal Maritime

Commission.

Joseph C. Polking,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–11147 Filed 5–3–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6730–01–M

Ocean Freight Forwarder License

Applicants

Notice is hereby given that the

following applicants have filed with the

Federal Maritime Commission

applications for licenses as ocean freight

forwarders pursuant to section 19 of the

Shipping Act of 1984 (46 U.S.C. app.

1718 and 46 CFR 510).

Persons knowing of any reason why

any of the following applicants should

not receive a license are requested to

contact the Office of Freight Forwarders,

Federal Maritime Commission,

Washington, D.C. 20573.

Export Center, 55 Farwell Street #1,

Newton, MA 02160–1006, Nada Saad,

Sole Proprietor

Kasi Renganathan, 4385 Pinewalk Drive,

Alpharetta, GA 30202–7048, Sole

Proprietor

Seko Ocean Forwarding, Inc., 790 Busse

Road, Elk Grove Village, IL 60007,

Officers: Peter Baker, Chief Executive

Officer, Daniel Para, President

Dated: April 30, 1996.

Joseph C. Polking,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–11153 Filed 5–3–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6730–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention

[Announcement 123]

National Institute for Occupational

Safety and Health; Grants for

Education Programs in Occupational

Safety and Health; Notice of

Availability of Funds for Fiscal Year

1997

Introduction

The Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC) announces that

applications are being accepted for

fiscal year (FY) 1997 training grants in

occupational safety and health. The

purpose of these grants is to provide an

adequate supply of qualified personnel

to carry out the purposes of the

Occupational Safety and Health Act.

This announcement includes an

expanded emphasis on research and

research training and an emphasis on

establishing new and innovative

training technologies for both

Educational Resource Centers (ERCs)

and Training Project Grants (TPGs).

CDC 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 Occupational Safety and Health.

(For ordering a copy of ‘‘Healthy People

2000,’’ see the section ‘‘WHERE TO

OBTAIN ADDITIONAL

INFORMATION.’’)

Authority

This program is authorized under

section 21(a) of the Occupational Safety

and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C.

670(a)). Regulations applicable to this

program are in 42 CFR Part 86, ‘‘Grants

for Education Programs in Occupational

Safety and Health.’’

Smoke-Free Workplace

PHS strongly encourages all grant

recipients to provide a smoke-free

workplace and to promote the nonuse 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

Any public or private educational or

training agency or institution that has

demonstrated competency in the

occupational safety and health field and

is located in a State, the District of

Columbia, or U.S. Territory is eligible to

apply for a training grant.

Availability of Funds and Types of

Training Awards and Applicant

Characteristics

CDC expects approximately

$11,500,000 to be available in FY 1997.

A. Approximately $10,400,000 of the

total funds available will be utilized as

follows:

1. To award approximately eight noncompeting continuation and six

competing continuation or new

Occupational Safety and ERC training
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grants totaling approximately

$8,200,000 and ranging from

approximately $400,000 to $800,000

with the average award being

approximately $600,000. An

Occupational Safety and Health

Educational Resource Center shall be an

identifiable organizational unit within

the sponsoring organization and shall

consist of the following characteristics:

a. Cooperative arrangements with a

medical school or teaching hospital

(with an established program in

preventive or occupational medicine);

with a school of nursing or its

equivalent; with a school of public

health or its equivalent; or with a school

of engineering or its equivalent. It is

expected that other schools or

departments with relevant disciplines

and resources shall be represented and

shall contribute as appropriate to the

conduct of the total program, e.g.,

epidemiology, toxicology, biostatistics,

environmental health, law, business

administration, and education. Specific

mechanisms to implement the

cooperative arrangements between

departments, schools/colleges,

universities, etc., shall be demonstrated

in order to assure that the intended

multidisciplinary training and

education will be engendered.

b. A Center Director who possesses a

demonstrated capacity for sustained

productivity and leadership in

occupational health and safety

education and training. The Director

shall oversee the general operation of

the Center Program and shall, to the

extent possible, directly participate in

training activities. Provisions shall be

made to employ a Deputy Director who

shall be responsible for managing the

daily administrative duties of the Center

and to increase the Center Director’s

availability to ERC staff and to the

public. At least one full-time equivalent

effort shall be demonstrated between the

two positions.

c. Program Directors who are full-time

faculty and professional staff

representing various disciplines and

qualifications relevant to occupational

safety and health who are capable of

planning, establishing, and carrying out

or administering training projects

undertaken by the Center. Each

academic program, as well as the

continuing education and outreach

program shall have a Program Director.

d. Faculty and staff with

demonstrated training and research

expertise, appropriate facilities and

ongoing training and research activities

in occupational safety and health areas.

e. A program for conducting

education and training in four core

disciplines: occupational physicians,

occupational health nurses, industrial

hygienists, and occupational safety

personnel. There shall be a minimum of

five full-time students in each of the

core programs, with a goal of a

minimum of 30 full-time students (total

in all of core programs together).

Although it is desirable for a Center to

have the full range of core programs, a

Center with a minimum of three

components of which two are in the

core disciplines is eligible for support

providing it is demonstrated that

students will be exposed to the

principles and issues of all four core

disciplines. In order to maximize the

unique strengths and capabilities of

institutions, consideration will be given

to the development of new and

innovative academic programs that are

relevant to the occupational safety and

health field, e.g., ergonomics, industrial

toxicology, occupational injury

prevention, and occupational

epidemiology. Centers must also

document that the program covers an

occupational safety and health

discipline in critical need or meets a

specific regional workforce need. Each

core program curriculum shall include

courses from non-core categories as well

as appropriate clinical rotations and

field experiences with public health and

safety agencies and with labormanagement health and safety groups.

Where possible, field experience shall

involve students representing other

disciplines in a manner similar to that

used in team surveys and other team

approaches.

f. A specific plan describing how

trainees will be exposed to the

principles of all other occupational

safety and health core and allied

disciplines. Consortium Centers

generally have geographic, policy and

other barriers to achieving this Center

characteristic and, therefore, must give

special, if not innovative, attention to

thoroughly describing the approach for

fulfilling the multidisciplinary

interaction between students.

g. Demonstrated impact of the ERC on

the curriculum taught by relevant

medical specialties, including family

practice, internal medicine,

dermatology, orthopedics, pathology,

radiology, neurology, perinatal

medicine, psychiatry, etc., and on the

curriculum of undergraduate, graduate

and continuing education of primary

core disciplines as well as relevant

medical specialities and the curriculum

of other schools such as engineering,

business, and law.

h. An outreach program to interact

with and help other institutions or

agencies located within the region.

Programs shall be designed to address

regional needs and implement

innovative strategies for meeting those

needs. Partnerships and collaborative

relationships shall be encouraged

between ERCs and Training Project

Grants. Programs to address the underrepresentation of minorities among

occupational safety and health

professionals shall be encouraged.

Examples of outreach activities might

include activities such as: Interaction

with other colleges and schools within

the ERC and with other universities or

institutions in the region to integrate

occupational safety and health

principles and concepts within existing

curricula (e.g., Colleges of Business

Administration, Engineering,

Architecture, Law, and Arts and

Sciences); exchange of occupational

safety and health faculty among regional

educational institutions; providing

curriculum materials and consultation

for curriculum/course development in

other institutions; use of a visiting

faculty program to involve labor and

management leaders; cooperative and

collaborative arrangements with

professional societies, scientific

associations, and boards of

accreditation, certification, or licensure;

and presentation of awareness seminars

to undergraduate and secondary

educational institutions (e.g., high

school science fairs and career days) as

well as to labor, management and

community associations.

i. A specific plan for preparing,

distributing and conducting courses,

seminars and workshops to provide

short-term and continuing education

training courses for physicians, nurses,

industrial hygienists, safety engineers

and other occupational safety and

health professionals, paraprofessionals

and technicians, including personnel

from labor-management health and

safety committees, in the geographical

region in which the Center is located.

The goal shall be that the training be

made available to a minimum of 400

trainees per year representing all of the

above categories of personnel, on an

approximate proportional basis with

emphasis given to providing

occupational safety and health training

to physicians in family practice, as well

as industrial practice, industrial nurses,

and safety engineers. Priority shall be

given to establishing new and

innovative training technologies,

including distance learning programs

and to short-term programs designed to

prepare a cadre of practitioners in

occupational safety and health. Where

appropriate, it shall be professionally

acceptable that Continuing Education

Units (as approved by appropriate
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professional associations) may be

awarded. These courses should be

structured so that higher educational

institutions, public health and safety

agencies, professional societies or other

appropriate agencies can utilize them to

provide training at the local level to

occupational health and safety

personnel working in the workplace.

Further, the Center shall conduct

periodic training needs assessments,

shall develop a specific plan to meet

these needs, and shall have

demonstrated capability for

implementing such training directly and

through other institutions or agencies in

the region. The Center should establish

and maintain cooperative efforts with

labor unions, government agencies, and

industry trade associations, where

appropriate, thus serving as a regional

resource for addressing the problems of

occupational safety and health that are

faced by State and local governments,

labor and management.

j. A Board of Advisors or Consultants

representing the user and affected

population, including representatives of

labor, industry, government agencies,

academic institutions and professional

associations, shall be established by the

Center. The Board shall meet regularly

to advise a Center Executive Committee

and to provide periodic evaluation of

Center activities. The Executive

Committee shall be composed of the

Center Director and Deputy Director,

academic Program Directors, the

Directors for Continuing Education and

Outreach and others whom the Center

Director may appoint to assist in

governing the internal affairs of the

Center.

k. A plan to incorporate research

training into all aspects of training and

in research institutions, as documented

by on-going funded research and faculty

publications, a defined research training

plan for training doctoral-level

researchers in the occupational safety

and health field. The plan will include

how the Center intends to strengthen

existing research training efforts, how it

will integrate research training activities

into the curriculum, field and clinical

experiences, how it will expand these

research activities to have an impact on

other primarily clinically-oriented

disciplines, such as nursing and

medicine, and how it will build on and

utilize existing research opportunities in

the institution. Each ERC is required to

identify or develop a minimum of one,

preferably more, areas of research focus

related to work environment problems.

Consideration shall be given to the CDC/

NIOSH priority research areas identified

in the National Occupational Health

Research Agenda (NORA). (This

publication may be obtained from

NIOSH). In addition to the research and

research training components, the plan

will also include such items as specific

strategies for obtaining student and

faculty funding, plans for renovating or

acquiring facilities and equipment, if

appropriate, and a plan for developing

research-oriented faculty.

l. Evidence in obtaining support from

other sources, including other Federal

grants, support from States and other

public agencies, and support from the

private sector including grants from

foundations and corporate endowments,

chairs, and gifts.

2. Approximately $250,000 of the

available funds as specified in A.1. will

be awarded to ERCs to support the

development of specialized educational

programs in agricultural safety and

health within the existing core

disciplines of industrial hygiene,

occupational medicine, occupational

health nursing, and occupational safety.

Program support is available for faculty

and staff salaries, trainee costs, and

other costs to educate professionals in

agricultural safety and health.

3. To award approximately thirty-one,

non-competing continuation and eight

competing continuation or new longterm training project grants (TPG)

totaling $2,200,000 and ranging from

approximately $10,000 to $500,000,

with the average award being $56,000,

to support academic programs in the

core disciplines (i.e., industrial hygiene,

occupational health nursing,

occupational/industrial medicine, and

occupational safety and ergonomics)

and relevant components (e.g.,

occupational injury prevention,

industrial toxicology, ergonomics). The

awards are normally for training

programs of 1 academic year. They are

intended to augment the scope,

enrollment, and quality of training

programs rather than to replace funds

already available for current operations.

They must also document that the

program covers an occupational safety

and health discipline in critical need or

meets a specific regional workforce

need. The types of training currently

eligible for support are:

a. Graduate training for practice,

teaching, and research careers in

occupational safety and health. Priority

will be given to programs producing

graduates in areas of greatest

occupational safety and health need.

Strong consideration will be given to the

establishment of innovative training

technologies including distance learning

programs.

b. Undergraduate and other prebaccalaureate training providing

trainees with capabilities for positions

in occupational safety and health

professions.

c. Special technical or other programs

for long-term training of occupational

safety and health technicians or

specialists.

d. Special programs for development

of occupational safety and health

training curricula and educational

materials, including mechanisms for

effectiveness testing and

implementation.

Awards will be made for a 1- to 5-year

project period with an annual budget

period. Funding estimates may vary and

are subject to change. Non-competing

continuation awards within the

approved project periods will be made

on the basis of satisfactory progress and

the availability of funds.

B. Approximately $1,100,000 of the

total funds available will be awarded to

ERCs to support the development and

presentation of continuing education

and short courses and academic

curricula for trainees and professionals

engaged in the management of

hazardous substances. These funds are

provided to NIOSH/CDC through an

Interagency Agreement with the

National Institute of Environmental

Health Sciences as authorized by the

Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation, and Liability

Act of 1980, as amended (CERCLA). The

hazardous substance training (HST)

funds are being used to supplement

previous hazardous substance

continuing education grant support

provided to the ERCs in FY 1984 and

1985 under the authority of Title III of

the Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation, and Liability

Act (CERCLA) of 1980 as amended by

SARA for the ERC continuing education

program. The hazardous substance

academic training (HSAT) funds are

being used to supplement continuing

industrial hygiene core program support

to develop and offer academic curricula

in the hazardous substance field

primarily for industrial hygiene

trainees. Program support is available

for faculty and staff salaries, trainee

costs, and other costs to provide training

and education for occupational safety

and health and other professional

personnel engaged in the evaluation,

management, and handling of hazardous

substances. The policies regarding

project periods also apply to these

activities.

Purpose

The objective of this grant program is

to award funds to eligible institutions or

agencies to assist in providing an

adequate supply of qualified

professional and para-professional
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occupational safety and health

personnel to carry out the purposes of

the Occupational Safety and Health Act.

Review and Evaluation Criteria

In reviewing ERC grant applications,

consideration will be given to:

1. Plans to satisfy the regional needs

for training in the areas outlined by the

application, including projected

enrollment, recruitment and current

workforce populations. Special

consideration should be given to the

development of programs addressing the

under-representation of minorities

among occupational safety and health

professionals. Indicators of regional

need should include measures utilized

by the Center such as previous record of

training and placement of graduates.

The need for supporting students in

allied disciplines must be specifically

justified in terms of user community

requirements.

2. Extent to which arrangements for

day-to-day management, allocation of

funds and cooperative arrangements are

designed to effectively achieve

Characteristics of an Educational

Resource Center. (See A.1.a.–l.)

3. Extent to which curriculum content

and design includes formalized training

objectives, minimal course content to

achieve certificate or degree, course

descriptions, course sequence,

additional related courses open to

occupational safety and health students,

time devoted to lecture, laboratory and

field experience, and the nature of

specific field and clinical experiences

including their relationships with

didactic programs in the educational

process.

4. Academic training including the

number of full-time and part-time

students and graduates for each core

program, the placement of graduates,

employment history, and their current

location by type of institution

(academic, industry, labor, etc.).

Previous continuing education training

in each discipline and outreach activity

and assistance to groups within the ERC

region.

5. Methods in use or proposed

methods for evaluating the effectiveness

of training and outreach including the

use of placement services and feedback

mechanisms from graduates as well as

employers, innovative strategies for

meeting regional needs, critiques from

continuing education courses, and

reports from consultations and

cooperative activities with other

universities, professional associations,

and other outside agencies.

6. Competence, experience and

training of the Center Director, the

Deputy Center Director, the Program

Directors and other professional staff in

relation to the type and scope of training

and education involved.

7. Institutional commitment to Center

goals.

8. Academic and physical

environment in which the training will

be conducted, including access to

appropriate occupational settings.

9. Appropriateness of the budget

required to support each academic

component of the ERC program,

including a separate budget for the

academic staff’s time and effort in

continuing education and outreach.

10. Evidence of the integration of

research experience into the curriculum,

field and clinical experiences. In

institutions seeking funds for doctoral

and post-doctoral level research training

(physician training), evidence of a plan

describing the research and research

training the Center proposes. This shall

include goals, elements of the program,

research faculty and amount of effort,

support faculty, facilities and

equipment available and needed, and

methods for implementing and

evaluating the program.

12. Evidence of success in attaining

outside support to supplement the ERC

grant funds including other Federal

grants, support from States and other

public agencies, and support from the

private sector including grants from

foundations and corporate endowments,

chairs, and gifts.

13. Evidence of a strategy to evaluate

the impact that the ERC and its

programs have had on the DHHS

Region. Examples could include a

continuing education needs assessment,

a workforce needs survey, consultation

and research programs provided to

address regional occupational safety and

health problems, the impact on primary

care practice and training, a program

graduate data base to track the

contributions of graduates to the

occupational safety and health field,

and the cost effectiveness of the

program.

In reviewing long-term TPG

applications, consideration will be

given to:

1. Need for training in the program

area outlined by the application. This

should include documentation of a plan

for student recruitment, projected

enrollment, job opportunities, regional/

national need both in quality and

quantity, and for programs addressing

the under-representation of minorities

in the profession of occupational safety

and health.

2. Potential contribution of the project

toward meeting the needs for graduate

or specialized training in occupational

safety and health.

3. Curriculum content and design

which should include formalized

program objectives, minimal course

content to achieve certificate or degree,

course sequence, related courses open to

students, time devoted to lecture,

laboratory and field experience, nature

and the interrelationship of these

educational approaches. There should

also be evidence of integration of

research experience into the curriculum,

field and clinical experiences.

4. Previous records of training in this

or related areas, including placement of

graduates.

5. Methods proposed to evaluate

effectiveness of the training.

6. Degree of institutional

commitment: Is grant support necessary

for program initiation or continuation?

Will support gradually be assumed? Is

there related instruction that will go on

with or without the grant?

7. Adequacy of facilities (classrooms,

laboratories, library services, books, and

journal holdings relevant to the

program, and access to appropriate

occupational settings).

8. Competence, experience, training,

time commitment to the program and

availability of faculty to advise students,

faculty/student ratio, and teaching loads

of the program director and teaching

faculty in relation to the type and scope

of training involved. The program

director must be a full-time faculty

member.

9. Admission Requirements: Student

selection standards and procedures,

student performance standards and

student counseling services.

10. Advisory Committee:

Membership, industries and labor

groups represented; how often they

meet; who they advise, role in designing

curriculum and establishing program

need.

11. Evidence of a strategy to evaluate

the impact that the program has had on

the region. Examples could include a

workforce needs survey, consultation

and research programs provided to

address regional occupational safety and

health problems, a program graduate

data base to track the contributions of

graduates to the occupational safety and

health field, and the cost effectiveness

of the program.

Funding Allocation Criteria

For Educational Resource Center

grants, the following criteria will be

considered in determining funding

allocations.

1. Academic Core Programs

a. Budget to support programs

primarily for personnel and other

personnel-related costs. Advanced
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(doctoral and post-doctoral) and

specialty (master’s) programs will be

considered.

b. Budget to support programs based

on program quality and need. Factors

considered include faculty

commitment/breadth, faculty

reputation/strength, distinctive program

contribution, and technical merit.

c. Budget to support students based

on the program level and the number of

students supported.

d. Budget to support research training

programs to establish a research base

within core disciplines and for the

training of researchers in occupational

safety and health.

2. Center Administration

Budget to support Center

administration to assure: coordination

and promotion of academic programs;

interdisciplinary interaction; meeting of

regional workforce needs; and

evaluation of impact.

3. Continuing Education/Outreach

Program

Budget to support outreach and

continuing education activities to

prepare, distribute, and conduct short

courses, seminars, and workshops.

4. Hazardous Substance Training

Programs

Budget to support the development

and presentation of continuing

education courses for professionals

engaged in the management of

hazardous substances.

5. Hazardous Substance Academic

Training Programs

Budget to support the development

and presentation of specialized

academic programs in hazardous

substance management.

6. Agricultural Safety and Health

Academic Programs

Budget to support the development

and presentation of specialized

academic programs and continuing

education courses in agricultural safety

and health.

For Long-Term Training Project

grants, the following factors will be

considered in determining funding

allocations.

Academic Core Programs

a. Budget to support programs

primarily for personnel and other

personnel-related costs. Advanced

(doctoral and post-doctoral), specialty

(master’s), and baccalaureate/associate

programs will be considered.

b. Budget to support programs based

on program quality and need. Factors

considered include faculty

commitment/breadth, faculty

reputation/strength, regional workforce

needs, evaluation of impact, distinctive

program contribution, interdisciplinary

interaction, and technical merit.

c. Budget to support students based

on the program level and the number of

students supported.

Executive Order 12372 Review

Applications are not subject to review

as governed by Executive Order 12372,

Intergovernmental Review of Federal

Programs.

Public Health System Reporting

Requirement

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 93.263.

Application Submission and Deadline

Applications should be clearly

identified as an application for an

Occupational Safety and Health LongTerm Training Project Grant or ERC

Training Grant. The submission

schedule is as follows:

New, Competing Continuation and

Supplemental Receipt Date: July 1,

1996.

An original and two copies of new,

competing continuation and

supplemental applications (Form CDC

2.145A ERC or TPG) should be

submitted to: Ron Van Duyne (Attn:

Georgia Jang), Grants Management

Officer, Grants Management Branch,

Procurement and Grants Office, Centers

for Disease Control and Prevention

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

Room 321, Mailstop E–13, Atlanta, GA

30305.

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 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 the 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 in the current

competition and will be returned to the

applicant.

Non-Competing Continuation Receipt

Date: November 15, 1996.

An original and two copies of noncompeting continuation applications

(Form CDC 2.145B ERC or TPG) should

be submitted to: Ron Van Duyne (Attn:

Georgia Jang), Grants Management

Officer, Grants Management Branch,

Procurement and Grants Office, Centers

for Disease Control and Prevention

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

Room 321, Mailstop E–13, Atlanta, GA

30305.

Where to Obtain Additional

Information

To receive additional written

information call (404) 332–4561. You

will be asked your name, address, and

phone number and will need to refer to

Announcement 123. In addition, this

announcement is also available through

the CDC Home Page on the Internet. The

address for the CDC Home Page is http:/

/www.cdc.gov. A complete program

description and information on

application procedures are contained in

the application package.

If you have questions after reviewing

the contents of all the documents,

business management technical

assistance may be obtained from Georgia

L. Jang, Grants Management Specialist,

Grants Management Branch,

Procurement and Grants Office, Centers

for Disease Control and Prevention

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

Room 321, Mailstop E–13, Atlanta, GA

30305, telephone (404) 842–6630, or by

Internet, glj2@opspgo1.em.cdc.gov.

Programmatic technical assistance may

be obtained from John T. Talty,

Principal Engineer, Office of Extramural

Coordination and Special Projects,

National Institute for Occupational

Safety and Health, Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention (CDC), 4676

Columbia Parkway, Mailstop C–10,

Cincinnati, OH 45226, telephone (513)

533–8241, or by Internet,

jtt2@niood2.em.cdc.gov.

Please refer to Announcement

Number 123 when requesting

information and submitting an

application.

There may be delays in mail delivery

as well as difficulty in reaching the CDC

Atlanta offices during the 1996 Summer

Olympics (July 19–August 4). Therefore,

CDC suggests the following for more

timely responses to any questions: use

Internet/email, following all

instructions in this announcement, and

leave messages on the contact person’s

voice mail.

Potential applicants may obtain a

copy of Healthy People 2000 (Full
Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 88 / Monday, May 6, 1996 / Notices 20257

Report, Stock No. 017–001–00474–0) or

Healthy People 2000 (Summary Report,

Stock No. 017–001-00473–1) through

the Superintendent of Documents,

Government Printing Office,

Washington, DC 20402–9325, telephone

(202) 512–1800.

Dated: April 26, 1996.

Diane D. Porter,

Acting Director, National Institute for

Occupational Safety and Health Centers for

Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

[FR Doc. 96–11144 Filed 5–03–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4163–19–P

[Announcement Number 616]

Sexually Transmitted Diseases Faculty

Expansion Program

Introduction

The Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC) announces the

expected availability of fiscal year (FY)

1996 funds for a cooperative agreement

program to provide resources to support

faculty positions specializing in

sexually transmitted diseases (STD) to

schools of medicine in the United

States. The Department of Health and

Human Services (DHHS) 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 STD and HIV Infection.

(For ordering a copy of ‘‘Healthy People

2000,’’ see the section WHERE TO OBTAIN

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.)

Authority

This program is authorized under

section 318 of the Public Health Service

Act, 42 U.S.C. 247c–1, as amended.

Regulations governing Grants for STD

Research Demonstrations and Public

and Professional Education are codified

in Part 51b, Subparts A and F of Title

42, Code of Federal Regulations.

Smoke-Free Workplace

The CDC strongly encourages all grant

recipients to provide a smoke-free

workplace and to 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

Competition for these funds is limited

to clinical departments of schools of

medicine in the United States where

CDC is not currently funding STD

Prevention/Training Centers or where

the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is

not currently funding Sexually

Transmitted Diseases Cooperative

Research Centers or STD institutional

training programs. The rationale for this

limited competition is that those areas

where STD Prevention/Training Centers

and NIH STD Cooperative Research

Centers or STD Institutional Training

Programs are located already have

expertise in STDs and have established

training and collaborations similar to

those described as goals of this

announcement.

Availability of Funds

Approximately $650,000 is expected

to be available in FY 1996 to fund

approximately five awards for a 12-

month budget period within a 5-year

project period. It is expected that the

awards will begin on or about

September 30, 1996. It is estimated that

the average award (including direct and

indirect cost) for the first year will be

$130,000, ranging between $120,000

and $140,000. Continuation awards

within the project period will depend

on satisfactory progress and the

availability of funds. It is anticipated

that the awards for the second year will

be level with those of the first year.

In the third year, CDC will provide 50

percent of the original award, and the

remainder, summing to at least the same

level as the original award, will be

provided as a guaranteed salary shared

by the medical school and the

collaborating health department. In the

fourth and fifth years, CDC will

contribute a maximum of 25 percent of

the original award, with the remainder

of the funds documented through a

collaborating effort between the medical

school and the health department

(which cannot be reduced below the

level of the original award).

Computation of the salary should

include cost-of-living and merit

increases, if applicable. In-kind

contributions, such as space and

equipment may not be considered in the

total program costs. Total program costs

for the purposes of determining

contributions consist of the five items

listed under the USE OF FUNDS section.

Use of Funds

Cooperative agreement funds may be

used to support:

• The salary and benefits of a faculty

member,

• Travel to three project-related

meetings during budget period,

• Supplies necessary for professional

training activities,

• Not more than $15,000 annually to

support relevant research by faculty

member,

• Indirect cost.

Funds may not be used to lease space;

to provide diagnostic and treatment

facilities or services; or to pay other

expenses normally supported by the

applicant or the collaborating health

department. Funds may not be used for

renovation of facilities. Federal funds

may not be used to replace training

support. The purpose of this cooperative

agreement is to enable the school of

medicine to provide STD training and

education by establishing a faculty

position in sexually transmitted

diseases in a clinical department and

not to supplant existing sources of

funding for a current faculty member.

Any materials developed in whole or

in part with CDC funds shall be subject

to a nonexclusive, irrevocable, royaltyfree license to the government to

reproduce, translate, publish, or

otherwise use and authorize others to

use for government purposes.

Purpose

The general purpose of this

cooperative agreement is:

1. To enable the awardee institutions

to provide training and education in

STDs by developing a faculty position

dedicated to the area of sexually

transmitted diseases in schools of

medicine where such clinical and

research expertise does not currently

exist.

2. To support the development of

linkages between health departments

and medical schools in the area of STD

prevention through jointly appointed

staff who strengthen the scientific basis

of programmatic activities by

undertaking research, clinical care, and

teaching responsibilities.

Specifically, the recipient supported

under the STD Faculty Expansion

Program will be expected to establish a

faculty member to provide to medical

students, house staff, and fellows:

1. Preclinical, didactic instruction in

the pathogenesis, natural history,

epidemiology, and management of STDs

sufficient to produce a sound

educational basis for subsequent clinical

instruction, and

2. Clinical instruction in the

prevention, diagnosis and treatment of

STDs.

The recipient will establish a faculty

member who will also be expected to:

1. Care for STD patients at one or

more clinics supported by the State or

local health department, and

2. Develop STD research programs,

preferably in collaboration with local or

state health departments.