[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 42, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 42CFR65a.4]

[Page 384]
 
                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
    CHAPTER I--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                                SERVICES
 
PART 65a--NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES BASIC RESEARCH AND TRAINING GRANTS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 65a.4  What are the program requirements?

    The applicant shall include the following in its proposed program 
for which support is requested under this part:
    (a) Basic research component. The program shall include three or 
more meritorious biomedical research projects, including epidemiologic 
studies relating to the study of the adverse effects of hazardous 
substances on human health, and at least one meritorious project 
involving hydrogeologic or ecologic research which shall cumulatively 
address:
    (1) Methods and technologies to detect hazardous substances in the 
environment;
    (2) Advanced techniques for the detection, assessment, and 
evaluation of the effects of these substances on human health;
    (3) Methods to assess the risks to human health presented by these 
substances; and
    (4) Basic biological, chemical, and/or physical methods to reduce 
the amount and toxicity of these substances.
    (b) Training component. The program shall include the following 
kinds of training, as part of or in conjunction with the basic research 
component:
    (1) Graduate training in environmental and occupational health and 
safety and in public health and engineering aspects of hazardous waste 
control; and/or
    (2) Graduate training in the geosciences, including hydrogeology, 
geological engineering, geophysics, geochemistry, and related fields, 
necessary to meet professional personnel needs in the public and private 
sectors and to carry out the purposes of the Act; and
    (3) Worker training relating to handling hazardous substances, which 
includes short courses and continuing education for state and local 
health and environmental agency personnel and other personnel engaged in 
the handling of hazardous substances, in the management of facilities at 
which hazardous substances are located, and in the evaluation of the 
hazards to human health presented by these facilities.