[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 42, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 42CFR65a.4]



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                         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.