[Federal Register: August 1, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 146)]
[Notices]               
[Page 44096-44097]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPPT-2005-0011; FRL-7729-8]

 
Tribal Educational Outreach on Lead Poisoning and Baseline 
Assessment of Tribal Children's Existing and Potential Exposure and 
Risks Associated With Lead; Notice of Availability and Extension

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY:  EPA is announcing the availability of additional information 
and an extension of the application deadline for a Notice of Funding 
Availability for Tribal Educational Outreach on Lead Poisoning and 
Baseline Assessment of Tribal Children's Existing and Potential 
Exposure and Risks Associated With Lead, that was published in the 
Federal Register on Thursday, June 30, 2005. You may access the full 
text of the updated grant announcement at http://www.epa.gov/lead, 

under the ``Lead In

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The News'' July 2005 section and also athttp://www.grants.gov.


DATES: The deadline for submitting the grant proposals has been 
extended to August 30, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general information contact: Colby 
Lintner, Regulatory Coordinator, Environmental Assistance Division 
(7408M), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (202) 554-1404; e-mail address:
TSCA-Hotline@epa.gov.

    For technical information contact: Darlene Watford, Program 
Assessment and Outreach Branch, National Program Chemicals Division 
(7404T), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (202) 566-0516; e-mail 
address:watford.darlene@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this Action Apply to Me?

    Refer to the original notice published on Thursday, June 30, 2005 
(70 FR 37831) (FRL-7706-6), or the updated grants announcement onhttp://www.epa.gov/lead
 in the ``Lead In The News'' July 2005 section and 

athttp://www.grants.gov.


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

    1. Docket. EPA has established an official public docket for the 
original notice under docket identification (ID) number OPPT-2005-0011. 
The official public docket is the collection of materials that is 
available for public viewing at the EPA Docket Center, Rm. B102-Reading 
Room, EPA West, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA 
Docket Center is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through 
Friday, excluding legal holidays. The EPA Docket Center Reading Room 
telephone number is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number for the 
OPPT Docket, which is located in the EPA Docket Center, is (202) 566-
0280.
    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 athttp://www.epa.gov/edocket/.
 Once in the system, select ``search,'' then key in the 

appropriate docket ID number.
    You may access copies of the updated grants announcement by 
visitinghttp://www.epa.gov/lead, and then going to the ``Lead In The News'' July 2005 section and also athttp://www.grants.gov.


II. Additional Information Provided

    EPA has updated the grant announcement entitled Tribal Educational 
Outreach on Lead Poisoning and Baseline Assessment of Tribal Children's 
Existing and Potential Exposure and Risks Associated With Lead, for 
which a Notice of Funding Availability published in the Federal 
Register on Thursday, June 30, 2005 (70 FR 37831). The update involves 
the addition of discussions on the Government Performance Results Act 
(GPRA) as it relates to the grant program. It does not reflect a change 
in the original overall grant program description. Since the evaluation 
criteria in the grant announcement now includes GPRA related factors, 
applicants should follow the updated grants announcement. As a result 
of this update to the grant announcement, the deadline for submitting 
proposals has been extended to August 30, 2005. Instructions for 
submitting your grant proposals are provided in the grant announcement.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Lead, Lead-based paint, Grants, Indians, 
Maternal and child health, Native Americans, Tribal.

    Dated: July 27, 2005.
Margaret Schneider,
Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of Prevention, Pesticides and 
Toxic Substances.
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