[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 155 (Friday, August 10, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42404-42408]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-20131]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPPTS-00320; FRL-6796-8]


Baseline Assessment of Existing Exposure and Risks of Exposure to 
Lead Poisoning of Native American Children; Notice of Funds 
Availability

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY:  EPA is soliciting applications from Indian Tribes for grants 
to support an Indian Tribe's baseline assessment of existing exposure 
and risks of exposure to lead poisoning of Tribal children. EPA is 
awarding grants which will provide approximately $1.5 million to Indian 
Tribes to support these activities. This Notice describes eligibility, 
activities, application procedures and requirements, and evaluation 
criteria.

DATES:  All grant applications must be received on or before October 9, 
2001.

ADDRESSES: Applications may be submitted by mail. Please follow the 
detailed instructions as provided in Unit I. of the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general information contact: 
Barbara Cunningham, Acting Director, Environmental Assistance Division 
(7401), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; 
telephone number: (202) 554-1404; e-mail address: [email protected].
    For technical information contact: Darlene Watford, Program 
Assessment and Outreach Branch, National Program Chemicals Division 
(7404), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; 
telephone number: (202) 260-3989; e-mail address: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this Action Apply to Me?

    This action is directed to federally recognized Indian Tribes or 
Tribal Consortia only. For the purposes of this Notice, a partnership 
between two or more federally recognized Indian Tribes is considered a 
consortium. If you have any questions regarding the applicability of 
this action to a particular entity, consult the technical person listed 
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

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B. How Can I Get Additional Information, Including Copies of this 
Document and Other Related Documents?

    You may obtain electronic copies of this document, and certain 
other related documents that might be available electronically, from 
the EPA Internet Home Page at http://www.epa.gov/. To access this 
document on the Home Page select ``Laws and Regulations,'' 
``Regulations and Proposed Rules,'' and then look up the entry for this 
document under the ``Federal Register--Environmental Documents.'' You 
can also go directly to the Federal Register listings at http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/.
    You may also access this document at the Office of Pollution 
Prevention and Toxics Lead Home Page at http://www.epa.govlead. Select 
``What's New.''

C. How and To Whom Do I Submit an Application?

    Submit grant applications through the U.S. mail to: Darlene 
Watford, Program Assessment and Outreach Branch, National Program 
Chemicals Division (7404), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics 
(OPPT), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460.
    For overnight/express delivery service, send applications to: 
Darlene Watford, Program Assessment and Outreach Branch, National 
Program Chemicals Division (7404), Office of Pollution Prevention and 
Toxics (OPPT), Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., Room 
817 East Tower, Washington, DC 20460.

D. What Should I Consider as I Prepare My Application?

    1. Scope and purpose. The purpose of these grants is to support the 
efforts of Indian Tribes to identify children's risks to lead by 
conducting a baseline assessment of potential lead exposures. As a 
result of this assessment, Indian Tribes may use the resulting data to 
evaluate whether there is a need to develop and implement an authorized 
Tribal lead program (40 CFR 745.324).
    2. Eligibility. Eligible recipients are any federally recognized 
Indian Tribes or Tribal Consortiums only. Federally recognized Indian 
Tribes are listed in the Federal Register notice of March 13, 2000 (65 
FR 13298-13303). Only one application may be submitted by each Indian 
Tribe or Tribal Consortia under this Notice. There are no requirements 
for matching funding under this grant program. There is no requirement 
that a Indian Tribe provide documentation that it meets the Treatment 
as a State (TAS) standard.
    3. Activities to be funded. EPA will provide financial assistance 
in the form of grants to Indian Tribes or Tribal Consortia to conduct 
any or all of the following activities:
    i. Conduct inspections and risk assessments of Tribal housing and/
or child occupied facilities for lead-based paint hazards in pre-1978 
Tribal homes. This includes testing and analysis of paint, dust, and 
soil samples for hazardous lead levels. Inspections and risk 
assessments may only be conducted by individuals certified and trained 
by a training program that has been accredited by EPA or an EPA 
authorized State or Indian Tribe pursuant to 40 CFR 745.225 and 745.324 
to provide training for individuals engaged in lead-based paint 
activities. Analysis of paint, dust, and soil samples must be conducted 
by a National Lead Laboratory Accreditation Program (NLLAP) recognized 
laboratory. EPA has established the NLLAP to recognize laboratories 
that demonstrate the ability to analyze paint chip, dust, or soil 
samples for lead. NLLAP provides the public with a list of laboratories 
that have met EPA requirements and demonstrated the capability to 
accurately analyze paint chip, dust, or soil samples for lead. A 
current list of NLLAP-recognized laboratories can be obtained by 
calling the National Lead Information Center at 1-800-424-LEAD.
    ii. Conduct blood-lead screening of Tribal children under 6 years 
of age. For blood-lead screening activities, the focus should be on 
Tribal children between the ages of 12-36 months because blood-lead 
levels tend to be highest in this age group, and more children in this 
age group tend to have blood-lead levels 10 g/dL 
(micrograms per deciliter). The Center for Disease Control and 
Prevention's (CDC) recommended level of concern that encourages follow-
up activities is 10 g/dL, with specific actions/interventions 
recommended at various elevated blood-lead levels. Applicants who 
collect and analyze blood-lead samples from Tribal children must have 
the samples analyzed using a Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments 
(CLIA)-certified laboratory. Portable, hand-held blood-lead analyzer 
may be used but must be operated by a laboratory that is CLIA-certified 
for moderately complex analysis. CLIA, published in 1992 (42 CFR part 
405), is administered by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services 
(formerly the Health Care Finance Administration). CLIA-certified 
laboratories must successfully participate in a testing proficiency 
program that is CLIA-approved. Information regarding CLIA may be 
downloaded from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services web site 
at http://www.hcfa.gov/medicaid/clia/cliahome.htm.
    iii. Train workers to perform lead inspections and risk 
assessments. Grant funds may be used for initial, refresher, and 
apprenticeship training and third party testing for individuals to 
perform lead inspections and risk assessments. The training must be 
conducted by a training program that has been accredited by EPA or an 
EPA authorized State or Indian Tribe pursuant to 40 CFR 745.225 and 
745.324 to provide training for individuals engaged in lead-based paint 
activities.
    iv. Compile and summarize demographic data collected from 
activities listed in Unit I.D.3.i.-iii. In order for Indian Tribes to 
qualify for other Federal funds for lead activities, sufficient data 
needs to compiled and well organized. It is strongly recommended that 
Indian Tribes develop or use an existing data management system (manual 
or automated) to collect and maintain the data collected during the 
project, including laboratory results and data on follow-up cases for 
Tribal children with elevated blood-lead levels. This information may 
be essential in determining if Indian Tribes have the capacity for a 
Tribal lead program (40 CFR 745.324) and are eligible for other Federal 
funding for lead activities. (An existing Tribal tracking system, 
Tribal Relational Environmental Numeric Health Database System or 
TRENHDS, may be viewed or downloaded from http://www.bluejaydata.com/trenhds.) It is recommended that the data include: Tribe name and 
location; an identifier that protects the privacy of the child; age of 
housing in which the child resides; age of the child (in months); 
gender; sample media (blood, soil, dust, or paint); date of sample 
collection; method of sample collection (for blood indicate whether 
capillary or venous); laboratory analysis method and date; the levels 
of lead in blood (in g/dL), soil (in microgram per gram 
(g/g)), dust (in microgram per square foot (g/
ft\2\)), and paint (in g/g or microgram per centimeter square 
(g/cm\2\)); the number of homes where risk assessments or 
inspections were conducted; the number of paint, dust, and soil samples 
collected; and possible exposure routes from other sources (such as 
paint, hobby materials, pottery, parent occupational exposure, special 
native foods, medications, etc.) for each Tribal child screened.

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    4. Project duration. Projects are expected to be completed within 2 
years of award of the grant.
    5. Ineligible costs. Examples of ineligible costs under this grant, 
include the following:
    i. Buying real property, such as land or buildings;
    ii. Lead hazard reduction activities, such as performing interim 
controls or abatement (as defined in 40 CFR 745.223) of homes or 
apartments or child-occupied facilities;
    iii. Construction activities, such as renovation, remodeling, or 
building a structure;
    iv. Office equipment that costs more than 10% of the amount of the 
grant, such as a copying machine or a color printer;
    v. Analysis equipment in excess of 10% of the amount of the grant;
    vi. Case-management costs (e.g., follow-up visits by a doctor or 
chelation therapy), including treatment for Tribal children with blood-
lead levels 10 g/dL. However, EPA is extremely 
interested in knowing what actions the applicant plans to follow 
regarding monitoring, education, and/or treatment for children whose 
blood-lead levels are determined to be elevated (10 
g/dL) while screening under this grant. It is important to 
treat the children who are found to have blood-lead levels 
10 g/dL. A description of specific steps and 
related information for follow-up activities must be included in the 
work plan section of the application; and
    vii. Contractor support in excess of 25% of the amount of the grant 
award.
    6. Application requirements. Applicants must submit one original 
and three double-sided copies of the application (include a return 
mailing address in the application). Applications must be unbound, 
stapled or clipped in the upper left-hand corner, on white paper, and 
with page numbers. The deadline for EPA's receipt of applications is 
October 9, 2001. Applicants must identify in the application, any funds 
from other sources (private or public) used to carry-out the grant 
projects proposed in response to this Notice. If the applicant has 
conducted, or is currently working on a related project(s), a brief 
description of those projects, funding sources, primary commitments, 
and an indication as to whether those commitments were met must be 
provided in the application. The description should also indicate how 
the proposed project is different from other funded work conducted by 
the Indian Tribe(s) or unfunded work conducted by another entity (e.g., 
Indian Health Service, EPA Superfund Office, etc.), and how the 
proposed project will not duplicate previous or on-going projects. It 
is important to note that Indian Tribes will not be awarded funds to 
conduct the same activities under the grant program described in this 
Notice and the EPA lead-based paint grant program (TSCA section 404(g)) 
which is described in a separate notice published elsewhere in this 
Federal Register issue. This Notice is one of three EPA notices that 
announce the availability of funds to conduct various lead-based paint 
activities. The specific details regarding the other notices are 
described in separate Federal Register notices entitled:
    Lead Awareness (Educational) Outreach for Native American 
Tribes and
    Solicitation of Applications for Lead-Based Paint Program 
Grants.
 Although Indian Tribes may apply to receive grant funding from all 
three notices, they each have very distinct objectives. The grant 
program opportunities described in this Notice and the companion notice 
(``Lead Awareness (Educational) Outreach for Native American Tribes''), 
may serve as a precursor to, but not as an equivalent or supplement to, 
the TSCA section 404(g) lead-based paint grant program as described in 
the ``Solicitation of Applications for Lead-Based Paint Program 
Grants.'' The TSCA section 404(g) lead-based paint grant program for 
which funding is also provided, involves infrastructure development for 
the anticipated implementation of a lead program and does not include 
the activities (testing for lead in blood, paint, dust, or soil 
samples, or the general outreach and education activities) listed in 
this Notice. Indian Tribes may determine from the sample results and 
data interpretation that they obtain from the grant program described 
in this Notice, that they have a need to develop a lead-based paint 
grant program and may apply for TSCA section 404(g) grant funds. Indian 
Tribes with an EPA approved lead-based paint program may become 
eligible for other Federal funding opportunities (such as Housing and 
Urban Development (HUD) and CDC grant programs) for lead activities.
    To be considered for funding, applicants must include completed 
grant forms, certifications, and a work plan.
    i. Grant forms and certifications. The following forms and 
certifications, which are contained in EPA's ``Application Kit for 
Assistance,'' must be included in the application:
    a. Standard Form 424 (Application for Federal Assistance);
    b. Standard Form 424A (Budget Information-Non-Construction 
Programs);
    c. Standard Form 424B (Assurances-Non-Construction Programs);
    d. Standard Form LLL (Disclosure of Lobbying Activities );
    e. Certification Regarding Debarment and Suspension;
    f. EPA Form 4700-4 (Compliance Review Report Form); and
    g. Quality Assurance Statement.
Application Kits for Assistance include items a-g of this unit and are 
available from any of EPA's 10 Regional Offices listed in this unit or 
may be accessed at http://www.epa.gov/region4/grants/grants.htm.
    Region I: (Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode 
Island, and Vermont), Regional Contact--James Bryson, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) Region I, One Congress St., 
Suite 1100 (CPT), Boston, MA 02114-0203; telephone number: (617) 918-
1524; e-mail address: [email protected].
    Region II: (New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin 
Islands), Regional Contact--Lou Bevilacqua, USEPA Region II, MS-225, 
2890 Woodbridge Ave., Edison, NJ 08837; telephone number: (732) 321-
6671; e-mail address: [email protected].
    Region III: (Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West 
Virginia, and the District of Columbia), Regional Contact--Roberta 
Riccio, USEPA Region III (3WC33), 1650 Arch St., Philadelphia, PA 
19103-2029; telephone number: (215) 814-3107; e-mail address: 
[email protected].
    Region IV: (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North 
Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee), Regional Contact--Rose Anne 
Rudd, USEPA Region IV, 61 Forsyth St., SW., Atlanta, GA 30303; 
telephone number: (404) 562-8998; e-mail address: 
[email protected].
    Region V: (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and 
Wisconsin), Regional Contact--David Turpin, USEPA Region V (DT-8J), 77 
W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL 60604; telephone number: (312) 886-7836; 
e-mail address: [email protected].
    Region VI: (Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas), 
Regional Contact--Jeffrey Robinson, USEPA Region VI, 1445 Ross Ave., 
12\th\ Floor, Dallas, TX 75202; telephone number: (214) 665-7577; e-
mail address: [email protected].
    Region VII: (Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska), Regional 
Contact--Mazzie Talley, USEPA Region VII, ARTD/RALI, 901 North 5\th\, 
Kansas City, KS 66101; telephone number: (913)

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551-7518; e-mail address: [email protected].
    Region VIII: (Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, 
and Wyoming), Regional Contact--David Combs, USEPA Region VIII, 999-
18\th\ St., Suite 300, Denver, CO 80202; telephone number: (303) 312-
6021; e-mail address: [email protected].
    Region IX: (Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, American Samoa, 
and Guam), Regional Contact--Patricia Norton, USEPA Region IX (CMD-4-
2), 75 Hawthorne St., San Francisco, CA 94105; telephone number: (415) 
744-1069; e-mail address: [email protected].
    Region X: (Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington), Regional 
Contact--Barbara Ross, USEPA Region X, Solid Waste and Toxics Unit 
(WCM-128), 1200 Sixth Ave., Seattle, WA 98101; telephone number: (206) 
553-1985; e-mail address: [email protected].
    ii. Work plan. The work plan must describe the proposed project. 
The work plan must be 4-6-typed pages in length (excluding Appendix). 
One page is one side of a single-spaced typed page. The pages must be 
letter size (10 or 12 characters per inch (cpi)) and must have margins 
that are at least 1 inch. The format for the work plan must be 
organized as outlined as follows:
    a. Introduction. Title of Project, Table of Contents, and Summary.
    b. Baseline assessment activities. Include the purpose, goal, and 
approach of the project. This section should also include a discussion 
of the separate phases of the project; the criteria for selecting 
properties to be inspected and/or to have risk assessments performed 
and children screened; methods to be used for data collection and 
quality control; and training of individuals to perform lead-based 
paint evaluation activities.
    c. Project management. Include a description of staff positions, 
roles, and responsibilities; a description of experience in or 
potential to conduct activities described in Unit I.D.6.ii.b.; efforts 
of partnership and collaboration with other local health agencies; 
extent of contractor support; schedule for initiation and completion of 
major activities; and a budget summary.
    d. Appendix. The appendix must be no more than 10 pages total and 
follow the same paging and spacing description as provided in this 
outline.
    i. Resumes of key personnel. Include title, description, and 
reference name with phone number for work on previous or current grants 
or contracts with the Federal Government within the last 5 years.
    ii. Letters of support from Tribal representatives (for consortium 
of Indian Tribes). Include a letter or resolution from Tribal Council 
or Chairperson showing support for and commitment to the project. (If 
it is not possible to obtain a letter/resolution from the Tribal 
Council or Chairperson to submit with your application, an interim 
letter of explanation must be included with the application. The 
letter/resolution will still be required prior to award of the grant.
    iii. Related projects. Include detailed information on other lead-
based paint or lead related activities (if applicable).
    7. Funding. Applicants may receive grants of up to $75,000. Grant 
applications for amounts greater than $75,000 may be issued in cases 
where the size of the Tribal population served is greater than average 
or where the Indian Tribe is represented by a Tribal Consortium. Final 
distribution of the funds will be dependent upon the number of 
qualified applicants, Tribal populations served by each grant, and 
other factors, as deemed appropriate by EPA (i.e., the evaluation 
criteria as stated in Unit I.D.9.). Indian Tribes may use a portion of 
the grant funds for contractor support for these activities (i.e., 
training providers, consultants, etc.); however, contractor support may 
not account for more than 25% of the amount of the grant.).
    8. Post-award requirements. EPA has quality assurance requirements 
that must be addressed for sampling under this grant. These 
requirements are addressed in a Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPjP) 
which the grantee must submit to EPA after the grant is awarded. The 
QAPjP must be approved by EPA before any samples are collected. Once 
approved, the grantee must follow the plan.
    QAPjP requirements are stated in the document ``EPA Requirements 
for Quality Assurance Plans'' (EPA QA/R5). Guidance for the development 
of QAPjPs can be found in the EPA document ``Guidance for Quality 
Assurance Project Plans'' (EPA QA/G5). Copies of the quality assurance 
documents discussed in this unit and other related documents may be 
down loaded from the EPA Quality Assurance Division web site at http://es.epa.gov/ncerqa/qa/index.html.
    To simplify the approval process, a QAPjP template has been 
developed by EPA specifically for Indian Tribes wishing to respond to 
this Notice. Applicants may insert information in the template where 
indicated by italicized print. Applicants may obtain a copy of this 
specially designed template for this project entitled, QAPjP Template 
for Lead Baseline Assessment of Indian Tribes, from the general 
information contact listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, or 
may download it from the EPA/OPPT web site at http://www.epa.gov/lead. 
The template follows the EPA QAPP requirements as stated in the 
document ``EPA Requirements for Quality Assurance Plans'' (EPA QA/R5).
    The grantee must provide EPA with progess reports at the end of 
each quarter.
    9. Evaluation criteria. EPA will review all applications for 
quality, strength, and completeness against the following criteria. The 
Agency will use the applications to select projects to be funded under 
this grant program. The maximum rating score of an application is 100 
points.
    i. General (20 points). The applicant's overall description of 
implementing the Tribal Lead Baseline Assessment program must address 
the goals of this Notice of funding availability (NOFA) as detailed in 
Unit I.D.1. It must include reasonable and attainable goals and an 
approach that is clearly detailed. The applicant must describe how the 
effectiveness of the project will be determined. The applicant must 
provide detailed information on all lead-based paint or lead-related 
activities for which the Indian Tribe has received funding from any 
Federal, State, or local government.
    ii. Baseline Assessment activities (40 points). The applicant's 
description of plans to inspect Tribal housing and/or child occupied 
facilities for lead-based paint hazards; perform blood-lead screening 
to collect blood-lead level data of Tribal children; perform testing of 
paint, dust, and soil for hazardous lead levels; train individuals to 
perform lead inspections and risk assessments; and fund contractor 
support for these grant activities will be evaluated. The following 
elements will be specifically evaluated:
    a. Evaluation of Tribal housing. Description of residential/child 
occupied properties to be evaluated by lead-based paint inspection and/
or risk assessment; identification and selection criteria of evaluation 
sites; description of methods used to reach Tribal population regarding 
lead paint inspections and/or risk assessment efforts; description of 
inspection, sampling, and analysis procedures; qualifications of 
inspection personnel; description of reporting and risk assessment 
procedures.
    b. Blood-lead screening activities. Description of the sampling, 
collection, handling, and analysis activities; data collection and 
tracking system,

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including quality control measures; description of the facility/
facilities where the blood-lead sampling will occur (i.e., public 
school, public library, health department facility, clinic, private 
building, mobile van, etc.); estimated number and a percentage estimate 
of the number of Tribal children to be screened in the project. 
Description of the method that will be used to solicit maximum 
participation of Tribal children; methods (i.e., printing, video 
taping, collaboration with radio, or television, etc.) to be used to 
reach the Indian population regarding the blood-lead screening effort; 
efforts to be used to ensure patient confidentiality; and a description 
of how the CLIA standards will be met.
    c. Testing of paint, dust, and soil. Description of the sampling, 
collection, handling, and analysis activities; description of the data 
that will be collected, tracked, and reported to EPA; quality control 
measures implemented, and a description of how NLLAP-recognized 
laboratories will be used for analysis.
    d. Training. Use of EPA, State, or Tribal approved training 
curriculum for risk assessments and inspections and use of certified 
inspectors and/or risk assessors trained in lead-based paint evaluation 
activities.
    iii. Project management (30 points). The applicant should describe 
the staff positions, roles and responsibilities, and their 
qualifications. The following elements will also be evaluated: Resumes 
of key personnel; applicant's experience in or potential to conduct 
activities such as those described in the ``Testing of paint, dust, and 
soil'' section in Unit I.D.9.i.c.; previous experience managing similar 
projects and availability of references; access to properly trained 
staff and facilities to conduct the project; schedule for completing 
the project; and the extent of activities to be performed by a 
contractor.
    iv. Budget (10 points). The evaluation will be based on the extent 
to which the budget (as provided by applicant on SF424A in the 
application) is reasonable, clear, and consistent with the intended use 
of the funds. (A brief summary of the budget may be provided in the 
work plan.) Although matching funds are not required, bonus points will 
be given to applications indicating financial contributions and/or in-
kind services provided to the project.

II. What Action is the Agency Taking?

    EPA is soliciting applications from Indian Tribes for grants to 
support a Indian Tribe's baseline assessment of existing exposure and 
risks of exposure to lead poisoning of Tribal children. Such 
assessments may include: Inspecting pre-1978 Tribal housing and/or 
child occupied facilities for lead-based paint hazards; blood-lead 
screening to collect blood-lead level data of Tribal children; testing 
of paint, dust, and soil for hazardous lead levels; training 
individuals to perform lead inspections and risk assessments; and 
funding any contractor support necessary for these activities. EPA is 
awarding grants which will provide approximately $1.5 million for 
Indian Tribes to perform these activities. Decisions on awarding the 
grant funds will be made based on the evaluation of the applications.

III. Statutory Authority and Regulation

    Section 10 of TSCA, as supplemented by Public Law 106-74, 
authorizes EPA to award grants for the purpose of conducting research, 
development, monitoring, education, training, demonstrations, and 
studies necessary to carry out the purposes of the Act.

IV. Submission to Congress and the Comptroller General

    Grant solicitations such as this are considered rules for the 
purpose of the Congressional Review Act (CRA). The CRA, 5 U.S.C. 801 et 
seq., as added by the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness 
Act of 1996 (SBREFA), generally provides that before a rule may take 
effect, the agency promulgating the rule must submit a rule report, 
which includes a copy of the rule, to each House of the Congress and to 
the Comptroller General of the United States. EPA will submit a report 
containing this rule and other required information to the U.S. Senate, 
the U.S. House of Representatives, and the Comptroller General of the 
United States prior to publication of the rule in the Federal Register. 
This is not a ``major rule'' as defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2).

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Grants--Indians, Indians, Native 
Americans, Lead, Blood-lead screening, Lead risk assessments and 
inspections, Maternal and child health.

    Dated: July 31, 2001.
William H. Sanders III,
Director, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics.

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