[Federal Register: June 20, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 119)]
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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:
kelley.dave@epa.gov, 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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