66416 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 247 / Wednesday, December 26, 2001 / Notices

1Copies of the Minutes of the Federal Open

Market Committee meeting on November 6, 2001,

which includes the domestic policy directive issued

Puerto Rico to prepare for and develop

processes and procedures to implement

the Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM)

program, as authorized by § 102 of the

Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000. No

match is required for these one-time

grants. The ultimate goal of this grant is

to ensure that States have a process in

place to implement the new PDM

program when funds become available,

and to ensure that implementation is

coordinated with other mitigation

programs and activities at the State

level.

DATES: Grant applications should be

submitted to the appropriate FEMA

Regional Office by January 11, 2002.

ADDRESSES: FEMA Regional Offices:

Serving the State of Maine, State of New

Hampshire, State of Vermont, State of

Rhode Island, State of Connecticut, and

the Commonwealth of Massachusetts:

FEMA Region I

442 J.W. McCormack POCH, Boston,

MA 02109–4595.

Serving the State of New York, State

of New Jersey, the Commonwealth of

Puerto Rico and the Territory of the U.S.

Virgin Islands:

FEMA Region II

26 Federal Plaza, Rm. 1337, New York,

NY 10278–0002.

Serving the District of Columbia,

Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania,

Commonwealth of Virginia, and West

Virginia:

FEMA Region III

1 Independence Mall, 6th Floor, 615

Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA

19106–4404.

Serving the States of Alabama,

Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi,

North Carolina, South Carolina and

Tennessee:

FEMA Region IV

3003 Chamblee Tucker Road, Atlanta,

GA 30341.

Serving the States of Illinois, Indiana,

Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and

Wisconsin:

FEMA Region V

536 S. Clark Street, 6th Floor, Chicago,

IL 60605.

Serving the States of Arkansas,

Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and

Texas: 

FEMA Region VI

FRC 800 North Loop 288, Denton, TX

76201–3698.

Serving Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and

Nebraska: 

FEMA Region VII

2323 Grand Avenue, Suite 900, Kansas

City, MO 64108.

Serving Colorado, Montana, North

Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and

Wyoming:

FEMA Region VIII

Denver Federal Center, Building 710,

Box 25267, Denver, CO 80225–

0267.

Serving the States of Arizona,

California, Hawaii and Nevada; and the

Territory of American Samoa, the

Territory of Guam, the Commonwealth

of the Northern Mariana Islands, the

Republic of the Marshall Islands, the

Federated States of Micronesia, and the

Republic of Palau:

FEMA Region IX

Building 105, Presidio of San Francisco,

San Francisco, CA 94129–1250.

Serving the States of Alaska, Idaho,

Oregon and Washington:

FEMA Region X

Federal Regional Center, 130 228th

Street, SW, Bothell, WA 98021–

9796.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Margaret Lawless, Program Planning

and Delivery Division, Federal

Insurance and Mitigation

Administration, FEMA, 500 C Street,

SW., Room 401, Washington, DC 20472,

(202) 646–3027 or E-mail:

Margaret.Lawless@fema.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Appropriations

Under Public Law 106–377, 114 Stat.

1441, Department of Veterans Affairs

and Housing and Urban Development

and Independent Agencies

Appropriation Act, 2001, we are issuing

a Request for Application (RFA) to

implement the PDM Program.

Applicant Eligibility

Each of the fifty States is eligible,

including the Virgin Islands, the

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and

Washington, DC.

Grant Application Process

To apply for this grant, States must

complete and submit to the appropriate

FEMA Regional Office the standard

grant application forms in accordance

with 44 Code of Federal Regulations

Part 13.10, which can be obtained from

the Regional Office. The grant

application should include:

• Application for Federal Assistance,

Standard Form 424;

• Budget Information ‘‘ NonConstruction Program, FEMA Form 20–

20;

• Summary Sheet for Assurances and

Certification, FEMA Form 20–16;

• Assurances ‘‘ Non-Construction

Program, FEMA Form 20–16A;

• Certification Regarding Lobbying;

Debarment, Suspension and Other

Responsible Matters; and Drug-Free

Workplace Requirements, FEMA Form

20–16C;

• Disclosure of Lobbying Activities,

Standard Form LLL; and,

• Program Narrative describing

staffing, activities, and timeframes to

complete the activities.

Eligible Activities

• Developing a State-wide strategy for

PDM program implementation,

including a process for soliciting

community applications, and criteria

prioritizing applications that is

consistent with the State mitigation

plan;

• Providing technical assistance to

sub-grantees in completing the

application process;

• Conducting workshops for local

officials on the development of local

mitigation plans;

• Developing an Enhanced State

Mitigation Plan based on the new DMA

2000 planning criteria; and,

• Obtaining contractor support to

assist the States in the accomplishment

of any of these eligible items.

Reporting Requirements

The States shall submit a final

financial report and a final performance

report to the appropriate FEMA

Regional Office 90 days after the close

of the grant.

Robert F. Shea,

Acting Administrator, Federal Insurance and

Mitigation Administration.

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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Federal Open Market Committee;

Domestic Policy Directive of November

6, 2001

In accordance with § 271.25 of its

rules regarding availability of

information (12 CFR part 271), there is

set forth below the domestic policy

directive issued by the Federal Open

Market Committee at its meeting held

on November 6, 2001.1

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at the meeting, are available upon request to the

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System,

Washington, D.C. 20551. The minutes are published

in the Federal Reserve Bulletin and in the Board’s

annual report.

The Federal Open Market Committee

seeks monetary and financial conditions

that will foster price stability and

promote sustainable growth in output.

To further its long-run objectives, the

Committee in the immediate future

seeks conditions in reserve markets

consistent with reducing the federal

funds rate to an average of around 2

percent.

By order of the Federal Open Market

Committee, December 17, 2001.

Donald L. Kohn,

Secretary, Federal Open Market Committee.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

Findings of Scientific Misconduct

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the Office of Research Integrity (ORI)

and the Assistant Secretary for Health

have taken final action in the following

case:

Ms. Vilma Valentin, Boston University

School of Medicine: Based on the report

of an investigation conducted by the

Boston University (BU) School of

Medicine (BU Report) as well as

additional analysis conducted by ORI in

its oversight review, the U.S. Public

Health Service (PHS) found that Ms.

Vilma Valentin, a former counselor and

interventionist on the BU Inner City

Asthma Study at the BU School of

Medicine, engaged in scientific

misconduct by fabricating records in

research funded by two National

Institute of Allergy and Infectious

Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of

Health (NIH), cooperative agreements:

U01 AI39776, ‘‘Data Coordinating

Center for NCICAS II,’’ and U01

AI39769, ‘‘Trial of Interventions to

Reduce Asthma Morbidity.’’

Specifically, PHS found that Ms.

Valentin fabricated: (1) The data on

three environmental intervention forms

for visits that she allegedly made to two

patients’ homes in early and late August

1999; these visits did not take place; and

(2) the reports of two telephone calls

that she allegedly made to the two

patients’ families during the same

period; these calls were not made. The

study intervention included home

visits, telephone calls, and advocacy

letters, all of which were central to the

research, which sought to evaluate the

effectiveness of two interventions to

reduce asthma severity. Thus, the data

and reports could have had a

substantive effect on the outcome of the

research had the institution not

corrected the research record.

While acknowledging the findings of

scientific misconduct as set forth above

and in the BU Report but without

admitting liability or wrongdoing, Ms.

Valentin has entered into a Voluntary

Exclusion Agreement in which she has

voluntarily agreed for a period of three

(3) years, beginning on December 5,

2001:

(1) To exclude herself from serving in

any advisory capacity to PHS, including

but not limited to service on any PHS

advisory committee, board, and/or peer

review committee, or as a consultant;

and

(2) That any institution that submits

an application for PHS support for a

research project on which Ms.

Valentin’s participation is proposed,

that uses her in any capacity on PHSsupported research, or that submits a

report of PHS-funded research in which

she is involved, must concurrently

submit a plan for supervision of her

duties to the funding agency for

approval. The supervisory plan must be

designed to ensure the scientific

integrity of Ms. Valentin’s research

contribution.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Director, Division of Investigative

Oversight, Office of Research Integrity

5515 Security Lane, Suite 700,

Rockville, MD 20852, (301) 443–5330.

Chris B. Pascal,

Director, Office of Research Integrity.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Healthcare Research and

Quality

Notice of Meetings

In accordance with section 10(d) of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act as

amended (5 U.S.C., Appendix 2), the

Agency for Healthcare Research and

Quality (AHRQ) announces meetings of

scientific peer review groups. The peer

review groups listed below are

subcommittees of the Agency’s Health

Services Research Initial Review Group

Committee.

The subcommittee meetings will be

closed to the public in accordance with

the Federal Advisory Committee Act,

section 10(d) of 5 U.S.C., Appendix 2

and 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6). Grant

applications are to be reviewed and

discussed at these meetings. These

discussions are likely to reveal personal

information concerning individuals

associated with the applications. This

information is exempt from mandatory

disclosure under the above-cited

statutes.

1. Name of Subcommittee: Health Care

Research Training.

Date: January 24–25, 2002 (Open from 8

a.m. to 8:15 a.m. and closed for remainder of

the meeting).

Place: AHRQ 6010 Executive Boulevard,

4th Floor Conference Center, Rockville,

Maryland 20852.

2. Name of Subcommittee: Health Care

Technology and Decision Sciences.

Date: February 21–22, 2002 (Open from 8

a.m. to 8:15 a.m. and closed for remainder of

the meeting).

Place: AHRQ 6010 Executive Boulevard,

4th Floor Conference Center, Rockville,

Maryland 20852.

3. Name of Subcommittee: Health Systems

Research.

Date: February 28–March 1, 2002 (Open

from 8 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. and closed for

remainder of the meeting).

Place: AHRQ 6010 Executive Boulevard,

4th Floor Conference Center, Rockville,

Maryland 20852.

4. Name of Subcommittee: Health Research

Dissemination and Implementation.

Date: February 28–March 1, 2002 (Open

from 8 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. and closed for

remainder of the meeting).

Place: AHRQ 6010 Executive Boulevard,

4th Floor Conference Center, Rockville,

Maryland 20852.

5. Name of Subcommittee: Health Care

Quality and Effectiveness Research.

Date: March 7–8, 2002 (Open from 8 a.m.

to 8:15 a.m. and closed for remainder of the

meeting).

Place: AHRQ 6010 Executive Boulevard,

4th Floor Conference Center, Rockville,

Maryland 20852.

Contact Person: Anyone wishing to obtain

a roster of members, agenda or minutes of the

nonconfidential portions of the meetings

should contact Mrs. Bonnie Campbell,

Committee Management Officer, Office of

Research Review, Education and Policy,

AHRQ, 2101 East Jefferson Street, Suite 400,

Rockville, Maryland 20852, Telephone (301)

594–1846.

Agenda items for these meetings are

subject to change as priorities dictate.

Dated: December 18, 2001.

John M. Eisenberg,

Director.

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