[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 217 (Wednesday, November 10, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65171-65176]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-24929]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-2004-0280; FRL-7675-1]


Pesticide Safety Program for Agricultural Workers, Pesticide 
Handlers and Health Providers; Notice of Funds Availability

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) is soliciting 
proposals for financial assistance to support a continuing national and 
international pesticide safety program to analyze occupational safety 
programs and information for agricultural workers, pesticide providers, 
and health professionals to reduce exposure to pesticides. As part of 
this program, the grantee will analyze the current status of private 
and public programs on pesticide safety, conduct outreach meetings with 
experts from the agricultural community to assess needs and develop 
education and training programs, outreach materials and improved hazard 
communications for pesticide applicators, agricultural workers, health 
providers, growers and local, state, national and international 
organizations, and government agencies. The total funding available for 
award in FY 2005, which represents funding set aside in FY 2004, is 
expected to be approximately $600,000. At the conclusion of the first 1 
year period of performance and, based on the availability of future 
funding, incremental funding of up to $600,000 may be made available 
for each year allowing the project to continue for a total of five 
periods of performance (approximately 5 years) and with a total 
potential funding of up to $3,000,000 for the 5-year period, depending 
on need and the Agency budget in outlying years.

DATES: Applications must be received by EPA on or before December 27, 
2004.

ADDRESSES: Applications may be submitted by mail, fax, or 
electronically.

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 Please follow the detailed instructions provided in Unit IV. of the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carol Parker, Field and External 
Affairs Division (7506C), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (703) 305-6458; fax number: (703) 308-2962; e-
mail address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The following listing provides certain key 
information concerning the funding opportunity.
     Federal agency name: Environmental Protection Agency 
(EPA).
     Funding opportunity title: Pesticide Safety Program for 
Agricultural Workers, Pesticide Handlers and Health Providers.
     Funding opportunity number: OPP-002.
     Announcement type: The initial announcement of a funding 
opportunity.
     Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFCA) number: This 
program is included in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance under 
number 66.716 at http://www.cfda.gov.
     Dates: Applications must be received by EPA on or before 
December 27, 2004.

I. Funding Opportunity Description

A. Authority

    EPA expects to enter into cooperative agreements under the 
authority provided in FIFRA section 20 which authorizes the Agency to 
issue grants or cooperative agreements for research, public education, 
training, monitoring, demonstration and studies. Regulations governing 
these cooperative agreements are found at 40 CFR part 30 for 
institutions of higher education, colleges and universities, and non-
profit organizations, and 40 CFR part 31 for states and local 
governments. In addition, the provisions in 40 CFR part 32, governing 
government wide debarment and suspension; and the provisions in 40 CFR 
part 34, regarding restrictions on lobbying apply. All costs incurred 
under this program must be allowable under the applicable OMB Cost 
Circulars: A-87 (states and local governments), A-122 (nonprofit 
organizations), or A-21 (universities). Copies of these circulars can 
be found athttp://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/circulars/. In accordance with 
EPA policy and the OMB circulars, as appropriate, any recipient of 
funding must agree not to use assistance funds for lobbying, fund-
raising, or political activities (e.g., lobbying members of Congress or 
lobbying for other Federal grants, cooperative agreements, or 
contracts). See 40 CFR part 34.

B. Program Description

    1. Purpose and scope. The cooperative agreement awarded under this 
program is intended to provide financial assistance to support a 
continuing project to work with a wide spectrum of agricultural 
stakeholders and pesticide safety education and training experts to 
continue research, assessment and development of improved pesticide 
safety programs for agricultural workers, pesticide handlers and health 
providers to reduce exposures to the hazards of pesticides.
    Under this new cooperative agreement, experience and expertise in 
bringing together a broad external network of key agricultural experts 
and interests is critical to developing more effective pesticide safety 
programs on local, state, national and international levels. Working 
with a wide spectrum of environmental and agricultural representatives 
will also help address the General Accounting Office reports urging EPA 
to improve its outreach and involvement with stakeholder organizations. 
Experience and expertise in working with state agencies, farmworker, 
grower, commodity and health organizations, the Cooperative Extension 
Service, the agricultural chemical industry, and other members of the 
agricultural community to assess key components in the area of worker 
and handler training, hazardous communication, and health is critical 
to the success of this project. The cooperative agreement will also 
work with the stakeholders and experts in creating effective model 
pesticide safety programs and materials for farmworkers, their 
families, pesticide handlers, and health care providers.
    Activities to be funded: In working with a wide spectrum of 
agricultural experts and stakeholders, the cooperative agreement will 
fund the continued development of improved national and international 
pesticide safety training and education programs to reduce exposure to 
the hazards of pesticides. Key activities to be funded under this 
cooperative agreement are:
    a. Assessment and development of model state and national training 
programs and materials on agricultural worker safety, working with 
growers, farmworker organizations, and state agencies, that would serve 
as a national model for states across the country.
    b. Work with experts on pesticide applicator safety to develop 
model pesticide safety and training programs, materials and core 
examinations for mixers, loaders, and applicators of agricultural 
pesticides.
    c. Work with Canadian and Mexican environmental and agricultural 
agencies and organizations, pesticide producers, and other members of 
the international agricultural pesticide safety community to analyze 
existing safety training and educational programs for pesticide 
handlers and agricultural workers and develop standard models that 
would provide improved training across borders.
    d. Work cooperatively with a broad range of agricultural interests 
at the state, national, and international level to assess hazard 
communications programs and develop a model program which would provide 
additional information on specific pesticide hazards.
    e. Working with key members of the health care provider network of 
medical providers, including experts and representatives from migrant 
and rural health care clinics, hospitals, medical colleges and 
universities, state and national medical educators, and others to 
transform recommendations for prevention and improved identification 
and treatment of pesticide illnesses into model education and training 
programs and materials.
    f. Based on recommendations from new analysis of worker and 
applicator safety training programs, hazardous communication efforts, 
health provider needs, grower and commodity interests, and state and 
local programs, develop additional pesticide safety materials and 
projects to reduce risks from pesticide hazards.
    This program will further Agency efforts under the Federal 
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), (7 U.S.C. 136w) to 
reduce the risk of pesticide poisonings and injuries among agricultural 
workers, handlers of agricultural pesticides, and the public by 
providing essential training about the potential hazards associated 
with pesticide chemicals and how to reduce those risks.
    2. Goal and objectives. Through the cooperative agreement sought 
under this solicitation for the Pesticide Safety Program for 
Agricultural Workers, Pesticide Handlers and Health Providers, EPA 
intends to work with an organization that has experience and expertise 
in bringing together diverse members of the agricultural pesticide 
safety community to develop and improve pesticide safety programs for 
protecting farmworkers and pesticide applicators from the hazards of 
pesticides, and to support the Health Care Provider's Initiative.

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    The objective of this program is to bring together experts and 
representatives from a wide spectrum of the agricultural community on 
local, state, national, and international levels through conferences, 
meetings, and continuing workgroups to develop model pesticide safety 
programs and materials for farmworkers, pesticide handlers, and health 
professionals to reduce risks from exposure to the hazards of 
pesticides. Meeting and coordinating with pesticide safety education 
and training leaders and agricultural stakeholders will help to develop 
effective programs and materials through identifying technical experts, 
providing review and oversight of materials and pilot programs as they 
are developed and pilot tested.
    3. History. In August of 1992, EPA's Worker Protection Standard 
(WPS) (40 CFR part 170) was published to require actions to reduce the 
risk of pesticide poisonings and injuries among agricultural workers 
and pesticide handlers. The WPS offers protections to more 
than31/89/21/13/23/85/83/8 million agricultural workers who 
work with pesticides at more than 560,000 workplaces on farms, forests, 
nurseries, and greenhouses. The WPS contains requirements for pesticide 
safety training, notification of pesticide applications, use of 
personal protective equipment, restricted entry intervals following 
pesticide application, decontamination supplies, and emergency medical 
assistance. Also, in August of 1992, EPA proposed a Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking to develop requirements for communicating hazard information 
about pesticides to workers. EPA has never published that final rule. A 
national assessment to evaluate the WPS is complete and the results 
have contributed to developing pilot programs aimed at reducing some of 
the obstacles to effective pesticide safety training, education, and 
hazard communications.
    In addition to the WPS, EPA's Certification of Pesticide 
Applicators (40 CFR part 171) has been in effect since 1974. EPA's 
Pesticide Applicator Certification and Training Program provides 
pesticide applicators with the knowledge and ability to use pesticides 
safely and effectively. Pesticide applicators are trained by state 
Cooperative Extension Service pesticide applicator training programs 
and are certified by pesticide State Lead Agencies.
    EPA regulations require that applicators be certified as competent 
to applyrestricted use pesticides in accordance with national 
standards. Certification programs are conducted by states, territories, 
and tribes in accordance with these national standards. Training of 
certified applicators covers safe pesticides use as well as 
environmental issues such as endangered species and water quality 
protection. More than one million applicators are currently certified 
nationwide, including more than 900,000 private applicators and about 
350,000 commercial applicators. Recommendations from meetings and 
ongoing workgroups of national and international pesticide safety 
education and training experts have resulted in recommendations to 
improve the education and training programs. Programs are underway to 
continue the development of improved and model programs and materials 
for pesticide handlers and their trainers, including certified 
applicators.
    In addition to assessments of the Worker Protection and 
Certification and Training Programs, a new initiative created by the 
EPA and the National Environmental Education & Training Foundation 
(NEETF) in collaboration with other Federal agencies and professional 
associations of health care providers was launched in 1999. The Health 
Care Providers Initiative is aimed at incorporating pesticide 
information into the education and practice of health care providers. 
The goal is to improve the recognition, diagnosis, management, and 
prevention of adverse health effects from pesticide exposures in 
agricultural areas.
    In 2001, OPP funded a cooperative agreement with the Agricultural 
Research Institute now the Council for Agricultural Science and 
Technology in response to a growing concern among members of the 
agricultural community that there was a need to research, assess, and 
develop improved programs and materials for farmworkers, pesticide 
handlers, and health care providers, both nationally and 
internationally. A key component to the success of the program was 
bringing together a wide spectrum of agricultural stakeholders and 
pesticide safety educators and training experts to ensure that the 
programs were workable for all aspects of the affected agricultural 
community.
    To continue a comprehensive national and international pesticide 
safety project to research, analyze, and develop improved pesticides 
safety programs and information for agricultural workers, pesticide 
handlers, and health providers, EPA is soliciting applications from 
non-profit organizations, institutions, or agencies with expertise in 
bringing together a wide spectrum of agricultural technical and 
scientific experts in pesticide safety education and training of 
farmworkers, pesticide handlers, and rural health care providers. 
Applicants should be non-profit organizations, institutions or agencies 
with abilities in agricultural pesticide safety education and training 
programs, have experience and expertise in bringing together diverse 
agricultural stakeholders, and have background in agricultural 
pesticide safety education, science, research, and technology.
    This document outlines the application requirements and procedures 
for the Pesticide Safety Program for Agricultural Workers, Pesticide 
Handlers and Health Providers.

II. Award Information

    The funding for the selected award project is in the form of a 
cooperative agreement awarded under FIFRA section 20.
    The total funding available for award in FY 2005 represents funding 
set aside in FY 2004 and is expected to be approximately $600,000. At 
the conclusion of the first 1 year period of performance, incremental 
funding of up to $600,000 may be made available for each subsequent 
year, depending on need and the Agency budget in outlying years, which 
would allow the project to continue for a total of 5 periods of 
performance (approximately 5 years) and totaling up to $3,000,000 for 
the5-year period.
    Should additional funding become available for award based on the 
Agency budget in those outlying years, the Agency may make available 
additional funds under the cooperative agreement granted based on the 
solicitation and in accordance with the final selection process, 
without further notice of competition during the first year after the 
competition award.

III. Eligibility Information

    1. Threshold eligibility factors. To be eligible for consideration, 
applicants must meet all of the following criteria. Failure to meet the 
following criteria will result in the automatic disqualification for 
consideration of the proposal for funding:
     Be an applicant who is eligible to receive funding under 
this announcement, including states, U.S. territories or possessions, 
federally recognized Tribal governments and organizations, public and 
private universities and colleges, hospitals, laboratories, other 
public or private nonprofit institutions, and individuals. Non-profit 
organizations described in section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue 
Code that engage in lobbying activities

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as defined in section 3 of the Lobbying Disclosure Action of 1995 are 
not eligible to apply. Eligible applicants may include: Agricultural, 
environmental, health, and educational organizations and agencies, 
colleges or universities, the Cooperative Extension Service and other 
public or non-profit agencies, authorities, institutions, 
organizations, individuals, or other qualified entities working in 
agricultural science, technology, research, training, safety, 
education, and communications. Applicants with broad reaches into the 
diverse interests of the agricultural community, including farmworkers, 
farmworker families, pesticide handlers, health providers, growers, the 
Cooperative Extension Service, state, national and international 
agriculture, environment, labor and occupational health, rural and 
migrant health, education agencies are eligible.
     The proposal must address all of the qualifications in the 
high priority areas for consideration under Unit III.2.a-f.
     The proposal must address all of the activities to be 
funded, under Unit I.B.1.a-f.
     The proposal must meet all format and content requirements 
contained under Unit IV.
    The proposal must comply with the directions for submittal 
contained in Unit IV.
    2. Eligibility criteria. Applicants must demonstrate ability, 
experience and/or expertise in the following high priority areas for 
consideration. Applicants will be evaluated on the following criteria:
    a. Expertise and experience in bringing together a broad spectrum 
of agricultural experts to work together to analyze and develop 
improved pesticide safety education and training materials for 
agricultural workers, pesticide handlers, and health providers. 
Applicants must demonstrate experience and ability in working with a 
broad spectrum of agricultural interests to analyze and develop 
improved pesticide safety training, education and communications 
programs and materials for farmworkers and their families, pesticide 
handlers and health providers.
    b. Ability and experience in working with widely diverse 
agricultural experts and representatives. Applicant must demonstrate 
the ability to work with the full range of agricultural, environmental, 
labor, health and education agencies and organizations, including those 
representing farmworkers, growers, commodity groups, migrant health 
clinics, migrant education, cooperative extension service, pesticide 
producers, and agricultural labor.
    c. Expertise and experience in formulating pesticide safety 
programs and materials from the state to international levels. 
Applicant must demonstrate ability in working with agricultural 
interests and representatives at multiple levels, including state, 
national and international, to develop improved pesticide safety 
education and training programs.
    d. Ability to identify and employ experts to develop improved 
programs and materials. Applicant must demonstrate ability to identify 
and employ experts to develop education and training pesticide safety 
programs for trainers, farmworkers and their families, pesticide 
applicators, and others. This would include development of materials, 
pilot testing of programs and materials.
    e. Expertise in organizing conferences and work groups. Applicant 
must demonstrate ability to organize working conferences with 
continuing workgroups with goals of turning assessments and 
recommendations into programs and materials to improve pesticide safety 
education and training for agricultural workers, their families, 
pesticide handlers, and other members of the agricultural community.
    f. Ability to pilot test new programs and materials to finalize 
model programs. Applicant must demonstrate experience or expertise in 
pilot testing model programs for effectiveness in reaching agricultural 
workers, pesticide handlers, and/or their trainers.
    3. Cost sharing or matching. There are no cost share requirements 
for this project. However, matching funds are encouraged.

IV. Application and Submission Information

    1. Address to request proposal package. Carol Parker, Field and 
External Affairs Division (7506C), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001.
    2. Content and form of application submission. Proposals must be 
typewritten, double spaced in 12 point or larger print using 8.5 x 11 
inch paper with minimum 1 inch horizontal and vertical margins. Pages 
must be numbered in order starting with the cover page and continuing 
through the appendices. One original and one electronic copy (e-mail or 
disk) is required.
    All proposals must include:
     Completed Standard Form SF 424*, Application for Federal 
Assistance. Please include organization fax number and e-mail address. 
The application forms are available on line at http://www.epa.gov/ogd/grants/how_to_apply.htm.
     Completed Section B--Budget Categories, on page 1 of 
Standard Form SF 424A* (see allowable costs discussion below). Blank 
forms may be located athttp://www.epa.gov/ogd/grants/how_to_apply.htm.
     Detailed itemization of the amounts budgeted by individual 
Object Class Categories (see allowable costs discussion below).
     Statement regarding whether this proposal is a 
continuation of a previously funded project. If so, please provide the 
assistance number and status of the current grant/cooperative 
agreement.
     Executive Summary. The Executive Summary shall be a stand 
alone document, not to exceed one page, containing the specifics of 
what is proposed and what you expect to accomplish regarding measuring 
or movement toward achieving project goals. This summary should 
identify the measurable environmental results you expect including 
potential human health benefits.
     Table of contents. A one page table listing the different 
parts of your proposal and the page number on which each part begins.
     Proposal narrative. Includes Parts I-V as identified below 
(not to exceed 10 pages).
     Part I--Project title. Self explanatory.
     Part II--Objectives. A numbered list (1, 2, etc.) of 
concisely written project objectives, in most cases, each objective can 
be stated in a single sentence.
     Part III--Justification. For each objective listed in Part 
II, discuss the potential outcome in terms of human health, 
environmental and/or pesticide risk reduction.
     Part IV--Approach and methods. Describe in detail how the 
program will be carried out. Describe how the system or approach will 
support the program goals.
     Part V--Impact assessment. Please state how you will 
evaluate the success of the program in terms of measurable results. How 
and with what measures will humans be better protected as a result of 
the program. Quantifiable risk reduction measures should be described.
     Appendices. These appendices must be included in the 
cooperative agreement proposal. Additional appendices are not 
permitted.

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     Timetable. A timetable that includes what will be 
accomplished under each of the objectives during the project and when 
completion of each objective is anticipated.
     Major participants. List all affiliates or other 
organizations, educators, trainers and others having a major role in 
the proposal. Provide name, organizational affiliation, or occupation 
and a description of the role each will play in the project. A brief 
resume (not to exceed two pages) should be submitted for each major 
project manager, educator, support staff, or other major participant.
    3. Submission dates and times. You may submit an application 
through the mail, by fax or electronically. Regardless of submission 
method, all applications must be received by EPA on or before December 
27, 2004.
    4. Intergovernmental Review. All applicants should be aware that 
formal requests for assistance (i.e., SF 424 and associated 
documentation) may be subject to intergovernmental review under 
Executive Order 12372, ``Intergovernmental Review of Federal 
Programs.'' Applicants should contact their state's single point of 
contact (SPOC) for further information. There is a list of these 
contacts at the following web site:http:/whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/spoc.html.
    5. Funding restrictions. EPA grant funds may only be used for the 
purposes set forth in the cooperative agreement, and must be consistent 
with the statutory authority for the award. Cooperative agreement funds 
may not be used for matching funds for other Federal grants, lobbying, 
or intervention in Federal regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings. In 
addition, Federal funds may not be used to sue the Federal government 
or any other governmental entity. All costs identified in the budget 
must conform to applicable Federal Cost Principles contained in OMB 
Circular A-87; A-122; and A-21, as appropriate.
    6. Other submission requirements. As indicated above, each 
application must include the original paper copy of the submission, 
along with one electronic copy. The electronic copy of your application 
package, whether submitted separately by e-mail or on a disk, please 
ensure that the electronic copy is consolidated into a single file, and 
that you use Word Perfect WP8/9 for Windows, or Adobe PDF 4/5. If 
mailing a disk, please use a 3.5 disk that is labeled as a proposal for 
the Pesticide Safety Program for Agricultural Workers, Pesticide 
Handlers and Health Care Providers, and include your pertinent 
information. Please check your electronic submissions to ensure that it 
does not contain any computer viruses.
    Submit your application using one of the following methods:
    By mail to: Carol Parker, Office of Pesticide Programs, Mail code: 
7506C, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001.
    By fax to: Carol Parker at fax number: (703) 308-2962.
    By e-mail to: [email protected].
    Confidential business information. Applicants should clearly mark 
information contained in their proposal which they consider 
confidential business information. EPA reserves the right to make final 
confidential decisions in accordance with Agency regulations at 40 CFR 
part 2, subpart B. If no such claim accompanies the proposal when it is 
received by EPA, it may be made available to the public by EPA without 
further notice to the applicant.

V. Application Review Information

Review and Selection Process
    Applicants will be screened to ensure that they meet all 
eligibility criteria and will be disqualified if they do not meet all 
eligibility criteria. All proposals will be reviewed, evaluated, and 
ranked by a selected panel of EPA reviewers based on the following 
evaluation criteria and weights (Total: 100 points):
    1. Project proposal must provide information on the education, 
skills, training of the project leader and/or other key managers. As 
appropriate, cite technical qualifications and specific examples of 
prior, relevant experience. Demonstrate ability of organization to 
identify and employ state, national or international experts in 
developing education and training pesticide safety programs for both 
trainers and farmworkers, pesticide applicators and others, as outlined 
in Unit III.2.a-f. This would include assessment of worker protection 
needs for farmworkers and pesticide applicators, development of 
recommendations from expert workgroups, and development and pilot 
testing of pesticide safety programs and materials. (Weight: 30 points)
    2. Demonstrate experience and/or ability in carrying out activities 
to be funded for the assessment and development of state, national, and 
international pesticide safety education, training, and hazard 
communications programs for agricultural workers, pesticide handlers, 
and health providers, as outlined in Unit I.B.1.a-f. Outline how work 
in this area will help reduce exposures to pesticide hazards and 
demonstrate how you will evaluate the success of the project in terms 
of measurable environmental results. (Weight: 30 points)
    3. Project proposal must demonstrate experience and ability in 
bringing together broad spectrum of diverse agricultural interests and 
pesticide safety experts to work together to analyze and develop 
improved pesticide safety education and training materials for 
agricultural workers, pesticide handlers, and health providers at 
multi-levels, including local, state, national, and international, as 
outlined in Unit III.2.a-f. (Weight: 20 points)
    4. Expertise in organizing conferences and work groups. Applicant 
must demonstrate ability to organize working conferences with 
continuing work groups with goals of turning assessments and 
recommendations into programs and materials to improve pesticide safety 
education and training for agricultural workers, their families, 
pesticide handlers, and other members of the agricultural community, as 
outlined in Unit III.2.a-f. (Weight: 10 points)
    5. Provide a detailed budget narrative demonstrating a clear link 
between resources and project objectives. If EPA funding for this 
project will be supplemented by other sources, please identify them. 
(Weight: 10 points)
    The proposals will be reviewed and evaluated by a team of internal 
EPA Worker Protection and Pesticide Handler Certification and Training 
experts. The final funding decision will be made from a group of top 
rated proposals by the Chief of the Certification and Worker Protection 
Branch, Field and External Affairs Division, Office of Pesticide 
Programs. The Agency reserves the right to reject all proposals and 
make no awards. The procedures for dispute resolution at 40 CFR 30.63 
and 40 CFR 31.70 apply.

VI. Award Administration Information

    1. Award Notices. The Certification and Worker Protection Branch in 
OPP will mail an acknowledgment to applicants upon receipt of the 
application. Once all of the applications have been reviewed, 
evaluated, and ranked, applicants will be notified of the outcome of 
the competition. A listing of the successful proposal will be posted on 
the Certification and Worker Protection website address at the 
conclusion of the competition (go to: http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/health/worker.htm). The website may also contain additional information 
about this announcement including information concerning deadline 
extensions or other modifications.
    2. Administrative and national policy requirements. An applicant 
whose

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proposal is selected for Federal funding must complete additional forms 
prior to award (see 40 CFR 30.12 and 31.10), and will be required to 
certify that they have not been debarred or suspended from 
participation in Federal assistance awards in accordance with 40 CFR 
part 32. In addition, Applicants must comply with the Intergovernmental 
Review Process. Further information regarding this requirement will be 
provided if your proposal is selected for funding.
    3. Reporting. The successful recipient will be required to submit 
quarterly and annual reports, and to submit annual financial reports. 
The specific information contained within the report will include at a 
minimum, a comparison of actual accomplishments to the objectives 
established for the period. The Certification and Worker Protection 
Branch may request additional information relative to the scope of work 
in the cooperative agreement and which may be useful for Agency 
reporting under the Government Performance and Results Act.

VII. Agency Contact

    Carol Parker, Field and External Affairs Division (7506C), Office 
of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: 
(703) 305-6458; fax number: (703) 308-2962;e-mail address: 
[email protected].

VIII. Other Information

A. Does this Action Apply to Me?

    This action is directed to the public in general. Assistance is 
generally available to states, U.S. territories or possessions, 
federally recognized Tribal governments and organizations, public and 
private universities and colleges, hospitals, laboratories, other 
public or private nonprofit institutions and individuals. Non-profit 
organizations described in section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue 
Code that engage in lobbying activities as defined in section 3 of the 
Lobbying Disclosure Action of 1995 are not eligible to apply. This 
program may, however, be of particular interest to agricultural, 
environmental, health, and educational organizations and agencies, 
colleges or universities, the Cooperative Extension Service and other 
public or non-profit agencies, authorities, institutions, 
organizations, individuals or other qualified entities working in 
agricultural science, technology, research, training, safety, education 
and communications. Those entities with broad reaches into the diverse 
interests of the agricultural community, including farmworkers, 
farmworker families, pesticide handlers, health providers, growers, the 
Cooperative Extension Service, state, national and international 
agriculture, environment, labor and occupational health, rural and 
migrant health, education agencies may be interested in applying. 
Because others may also be interested, the Agency has not attempted to 
describe all the specific entities that may be interested by this 
action. If you have any questions regarding the applicability of this 
action to a particular entity, consult the person listed under FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

B. How Can I Access Copies of this Document and Other Related 
Information?

    1. Docket. EPA has established an official public docket for this 
action under docket ID number OPP-2004-0280. The official public docket 
is the collection of materials that is available for public viewing at 
the Public Information and Records Integrity Branch (PIRIB), Rm. 119, 
Crystal Mall 2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Hwy., Arlington, VA. This 
docket facility is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through 
Friday, excluding legal holidays. The docket telephone number is (703) 
305-5805.
    2. Electronic access. You may access this Federal Register document 
electronically through the EPA Internet under the ``Federal Register'' 
listings athttp://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/. An electronic version of the 
public docket is available through EPA's electronic public docket and 
comment system, EPA Dockets. You may use EPA Dockets athttp://www.epa.gov/edocket/ to access the index listing of the contents of the 
official public docket, and to access those documents in the public 
docket that are available electronically. Although not all docket 
materials may be available electronically, you may still access any of 
the publicly available docket materials through the docket facility 
identified in the Unit VIII.B.1. Once in the system, select ``search,'' 
then key in the appropriate docket ID number.

IX. Submission to Congress and the Comptroller General

    Grant solicitations such as this are considered rules for the 
purpose of the Congressional Review Act (CRA) (5 U.S.C. 801 et seq.). 
The CRA 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 grant solicitation 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 its publication in the Federal 
Register. This rule is not a ``major rule'' as defined by 5 U.S.C. 
804(2).

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Grants, Pesticides, Training.


    Dated: October 28, 2004.
Margaret Schneider,
Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of Prevention, Pesticides and 
Toxic Substances.

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