[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
[email protected].
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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