[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 27 (Monday, February 10, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 5982]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-3221]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5686-8]


Request for Applications on Multiscale Ecological Assessment in 
the Middle Atlantic Region

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of request for applications.

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SUMMARY: This notice provides information on the availability of a 
fiscal year 1997 program announcement entitled, ``Approaches to 
Multiscale Ecological Assessment in the Middle Atlantic Region,'' in 
which the area of research interest, eligibility and submission 
requirements, evaluation criteria, and implementation schedule are set 
forth. Cooperative agreements will be competitively awarded following 
peer review.

DATES: Proposals must be received at the contact point by March 28, 
1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 
National Center for Environmental Research and Quality Assurance 
(8703), 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. Additional information 
may be obtained from Steve Paulsen, telephone 541-754-4428, Email: 
P[email protected]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Much of the ecological information generated 
today comes from intensive investigations of single sites or relatively 
small geographic areas. Yet many of the management questions being 
asked or the ecological assessments being conducted are focused over 
broad geographic regions. The specific purpose of this solicitation by 
EPA's Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP) is to 
request proposals for cooperative research that lead to the development 
and demonstration of approaches to link site specific information with 
regional survey data and remote sensing imagery for conducting regional 
level ecological assessments. Proposals must focus on terrestrial 
systems in the mid-Atlantic area.
    The RFA provides relevant background information, summarizes EPA's 
interest in the topic areas, and describes the application and review 
process.
    Dated: February 3, 1997.

Robert J. Huggett,
Assistant Administrator for Research and Development.
[FR Doc. 97-3221 Filed 2-7-97; 8:45 am]
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