Pacific Northwest Ecosystem Management Research Program

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5152-9]

Office of Research and Development

Pacific Northwest Ecosystem Management Research Program

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Research

Laboratory, Corvallis, Oregon.

ACTION: Notice of Request for Pre-applications.

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SUMMARY: The United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA),

Environmental Research Laboratory at Corvallis, Oregon, is requesting

assistance pre-applications for a cooperative agreement on ecosystem

management research in the Pacific Northwest (primarily Oregon and

Washington).

DATES: Pre-applications will be due April 7, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Joan P. Baker, USEPA,

Environmental Research Laboratory, 200 SW 35th Street, Corvallis,

Oregon 97333, (503) 754-4517, FAX (503) 754-4716, or internet

[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of this cooperative agreement is

to stimulate the broad range of ecological research needed to improve

the scientific information, understanding, analyses, and methods

required to implement ecosystem management effectively in the region.

Important parts of the agreement will be the integration of research

across scientific disciplines, ecosystem types, spatial scales, and

geographic areas and the active involvement of the broad ecological

research component with relevant expertise. Research areas include

regional biodiversity, watershed/ecoregion-scale assessments,

ecological functions of riparian areas, coastal estuaries,

extrapolation, integrated monitoring design, and ecological/

socioeconomic linkages. USEPA scientists will collaborate with the

recipient on the design, conduct, and interpretation of research funded

through this agreement.

The cooperative agreement will have a period of performance up to

five years. Annual funding will range between $1,000,000 and $3,000,000

per year. Pre-applications must be received by April 7, 1995. An

independent peer review panel will evaluate all assistance pre-

aplications. Based on this review, one or more applicants will be

requested to submit full assistance applications. A single applicant

will be selected for funding based on peer review of these full

assistance applications. Eligible applicants include members of

academic and nonprofit institutions located in the United States.

Federal grant regulation 40 CFR 30.307 requires that all recipient

institutions provide a minimum of 5 percent of the total project cost,

which shall not be from Federal sources. Statutory authority for EPA

funding of the specified research is authorized in the Clean Water Act,

Sections 104 (a), (b), (g), (h), and (i). Interested applicants must be

eligible to receive Federal Assistance under these statutory

authorities and 40 CFR 30--General Regulation for Assistance Programs,

and 40 CFR 40--Research and Demonstration Grants. Only nonprofit

research institutions of higher education or nonprofit research

organizations eligible to receive Federal assistance under these acts

should submit applications.

To obtain a more detailed statement of the research and

instructions for assistance pre-applications, contact Dr. Joan Baker,

at the address listed above. An optional information meeting, to answer

questions about this solicitation, will be held March 1 at the USEPA

Environmental Research Laboratory in Corvallis. If you plan to attend

this meeting (in person or via teleconferencing), call Patricia Hawk at

(503) 754-4504 to reserve a space and receive directions.

Dated: February 6, 1995.

Robert J. Huggett,

Assistant Administrator for Research and Development.

[FR Doc. 95-3378 Filed 2-9-95; 8:45 am]

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