[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 119 (Thursday, June 20, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 41992]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-15614]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7235-3]


Notice of Availability of Funds; Research To Develop Improved 
Methods and Approaches To Empower Communities To Participate More 
Effectively in Environmental Cleanups

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of availability of funds.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Research 
and Development, National Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA), 
is issuing this Request for Applications (RFA) for cooperative 
agreements to provide assistance conducting research to stimulate 
advances in the science of risk communication so that more effective 
methods, tools, and models can be used to empower communities to 
participate more effectively in environmental cleanups, especially the 
cleanup of contaminated sediment sites. Possible projects under this 
solicitation might include one or more of the following topics: tools 
to measure community preferences, tools to summarize complex data, 
methods to extract and utilize community-based knowledge, methods to 
assess impacts on societal/cultural practices, outreach tools for large 
geographic sites, and methods to evaluate the effectiveness of 
community involvement programs. The primary purpose of the research 
solicited by this document is to stimulate scientific research on the 
general topic of environmental risk communication and community 
involvement. The secondary purpose of the solicitation is to generate 
insights, methods, tools, and models that might be used to empower 
communities to participate more effectively in environmental cleanups, 
especially the cleanup of contaminated sediment sites. The total value 
of these cooperative agreement awards is estimated to range from 
$100,000 to $500,000 total over a period of one to three years 
depending on the availability of funding.

DATES: Applications must be postmarked, dated by a delivery service, or 
marked received by NCEA personnel by September 19, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Solicitation packages can be found on the NCEA Web site 
http://www.epa.gov/ncea/. Information about the full application 
process and application forms are found in the ``Application Kit for 
Assistance'' on the following web site: http://www.epa.gov/ogd/AppKit/. 
They also can be requested from the EPA contact person at the address 
and phone number below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Kelley, preferably by email: 
[email protected], also by mail: U.S. EPA, Mail Code 8623D, 1200 
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone: 202-564-
3263; or facsimile: 202-564-2268.

    Dated: June 12, 2002.
Art Payne,
Acting Director, National Center for Environmental Assessment.
[FR Doc. 02-15614 Filed 6-19-02; 8:45 am]
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