99-8256. Investigator-Initiated Grants: Request for Applications in the ``Supersites'' Program

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 64 (Monday, April 5, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 16449]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-8256]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6318-6]


Investigator-Initiated Grants: Request for Applications in the 
``Supersites'' Program

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of request for Applications.

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SUMMARY: This notice provides information on the availability of a 
fiscal year 1999 investigator-initiated grants solicitation for a 
Particulate Matter (PM) ``Supersites'' monitoring program. The areas of 
research interest, eligibility and submission requirements, evaluation 
criteria, and implementation schedules are set forth in the 
announcement. Cooperative agreement grants will be competitively 
awarded following peer review. This competition is jointly announced by 
the Office of Air and Radiation and the Office of Research and 
Development. A discussion of the program will take place on June 7, 
1999, in Durham, NC.

DATES: The receipt date for applications is Wednesday, August 4, 1999, 
by 4:00 p.m. EDT.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 
National Center for Environmental Research and Quality Assurance 
(8703R), 401 M Street SW, Washington DC 20460, telephone (800) 490-
9194. The complete announcement can be accessed on the Internet from 
the EPA home page: http://www.epa.gov/ncerqa under ``announcements.''

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In this Request for Applications (RFA) the 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Air and Radiation 
and Office of Research and Development, invites research cooperative 
agreement applications to support development of a ``Particulate Matter 
Supersites'' monitoring program that will provide information of value 
to the atmospheric sciences, human health, and human exposure research 
communities. The PM Supersites Program will be implemented through 
individual projects in as many as five study areas of the United 
States. Each of these individual projects will be an ambient 
atmospheric measurement study which is designed to address and 
integrate objectives of the atmospheric sciences, health, and exposure 
research communities. Applications must be received by 4:00 p.m. EDT, 
Wednesday, August 4, 1999. The RFA provides relevant background 
information, summarizes EPA's interest in the topic areas, and 
describes the application and review process.
    To foster interaction among potential applicants across a spectrum 
of scientific disciplines, EPA has organized a discussion session on 
the evening of June 7, 1999, at the Durham Marriott at the Civic 
Center, in Durham, NC. Further information about this meeting is posted 
on the EPA web site: http://www.epa.gov/ttn/amtic/supsites.html.
    Contact person for technical questions related to the program is 
Richard D. Scheffe ([e-mail]), telephone [phone], 
and administrative questions is Robert E. Menzer 
([e-mail]), telephone [phone].

    Dated: March 16, 1999.

    Approved for publication:
Henry L. Longest II,
Acting Assistant Administrator for Research and Development.
[FR Doc. 99-8256 Filed 4-2-99; 8:45 am]
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