NATIONAL
INSTITUTES OF HEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
AUTHORIZATION:
Superfund
Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, as amended, Title I,
Section 126, Public Law 99-499; Public Health Service Act, Section
405(b)(1)(C), as amended, Public Law 99-158.
To
provide cooperative agreements and project grant support for the
development and administration of model worker health and safety
training programs consisting of classroom and practical health and
safety training of workers and their supervisors, who are engaged
in activities related to hazardous materials, hazardous waste generation,
treatment, storage, disposal, removal, containment, transportation,
or emergency response. To assist organizations in the development
of institutional competency to provide appropriate training and
education to hazardous waste workers.
TYPES
OF ASSISTANCE:
Project Grants. Place Cursor Here for Definition
USES
AND USE RESTRICTIONS:
Cooperative
agreements and project grants are intended to support the direct
costs of a project, in accordance with an approved budget, plus
indirect costs at a pre-established rate. Both the award and use
of funds are subject to applicable provisions of basic statutory
authorities, appropriations acts, pertinent regulations, and operating
policies of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
(NIEHS), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the Department
of Health and Human Services (DHHS).
ELIGIBILITY
REQUIREMENTS:
Applicant
Eligibility: A public or private nonprofit entity
providing worker health and safety education and training may submit
an application and receive a cooperative agreement or project grant
for support of waste worker education and training by a named principal
investigator. Recipients/grantees may use services, as appropriate,
of other public or private organizations necessary to develop, administer,
or evaluate proposed worker training programs, as long as the requirement
for awards to nonprofit organizations is not violated. Nonprofit
organizations which are incorporated under 501(c)(4) are prohibited
from receiving grants.
Beneficiary
Eligibility: Any public or private entity
providing worker safety and health education and training will
benefit from this program.
Credentials/Documentation:
Applications must be signed by appropriate officials of the submitting
institution. Costs will be determined in accordance with OMB Circular
No. A-87 for State and local governments, A-21 for universities,
and A-122 for private nonprofit other than universities. For other
recipient/grantees, costs will be determined by HHS Regulations
45 CFR 74, Subpart Q.
Pre-application
Coordination: Not applicable. This program is
excluded from coverage under E.O. 12372.
Application
Procedure: Application forms and instructions
for their submission are available from the Office of Extramural
Outreach and Information, National Institutes of Health, 6701
Rockledge Drive, MSC 7910, Bethesda, MD 20892-7910. Telephone
(301) 435-0714; e-mail: ASKNIH@odrockml.od.nih.gov and the National
Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (MD 3-01), P.O. Box
12233, 104 Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709.
The standard application forms, as furnished by PHS and required
by 45 CFR, Part 92, must be used for this program by those applicants
that are State and local units of government. This program is
subject to the provisions of 45 CFR, Part 92 for State and local
governments and OMB Circular No. A-110 for nonprofit organizations,
as appropriate.
Award
Procedure: As required in HHS Regulations,
42 CFR Part 65, applications will be reviewed administratively
by NIEHS staff for completeness and responsiveness to the program
announcement. Applications then will be reviewed on a competitive
basis for technical merit by an ad hoc review committee composed
primarily of non-government members with expertise in occupational
safety and health training and hazardous waste operations convened
by the NIEHS. A second level of review will be conducted by the
National Advisory Environmental Health Sciences Council. This
second level of review will be for program relevance. The final
approval of these recommendations and decisions concerning funding
is made by the Director, National Institute of Environmental Health
Sciences (NIEHS). Formal award notices are sent to successful
applicants.
Deadlines:
Contact Headquarters Office for deadline information.
Range
of Approval/Disapproval Time: From 8 to 9
months.
Appeals:
A principal investigator (P.I.) may question the substantive or
procedural aspects of the review of his/her application by communicating
with the staff of the Institute. A description of the NIH Peer
Review Appeal procedures is available on the NIH home page www.nih.gov/grants/guide/1997/97.11.21/n2.html.
Renewals:
Renewal awards are subject to the same criteria as new applications.
ASSISTANCE
CONSIDERATIONS:
Formula
and Matching Requirements: This program has
no statutory formula or matching requirements.
Length
and Time Phasing of Assistance: Full program
cooperative agreements may be awarded for up to 5 years, generally
in 12-month budget periods. Currently, the program is operating
under a 1-year authorization. No commitment of funds can be made
for budget periods beginning after fiscal year 1996. Funds are
released primarily on the basis of an Electronic Transfer System.
POST
ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS:
Reports:
A detailed annual cooperative agreement or project grant summary
report is required with the renewal application for all program
recipients/grantees. Annual and final progress reports, and financial
status reports are required for all awardees.
Audits:
In accordance with the provisions of OMB Circular No. A- 133 (Revised,
June 24, 1997), "Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit
Organizations," nonfederal entities that expend financial assistance
of $300,000 or more in Federal awards will have a single or a
program-specific audit conducted for that year. Nonfederal entities
that expend less than $300,000 a year in Federal awards are exempt
from Federal audit requirements for that year, except as noted
in Circular No. A-133. In addition, grants and cooperative agreements
are subject to inspection and audits by DHHS and other Federal
officials.
Records:
Expenditures and other financial and program records must be retained
for 3 years from the day on which the awardee submits the final
financial status report for the report period.
FINANCIAL
INFORMATION:
Account
Identification: 75-0862-0-1-552.
Obligations:
FY 01: $22,011,000; FY 02 est $25,052,105; and FY 03 est $27,138,000.
(Grants funded with non-reimbursable funds only)
Range
and Average of Financial Assistance:
From $483,151 to $3,422,123; Average: $1,222,818.
In fiscal year 2001, 26 non-competing awards were made. Grantees
are continuing to develop, pilot-test, and use curricula for training
hazardous waste workers. It is expected that 26 non-competing awards
will be made in FY 2002 and FY 2003. Throughout the life of the
NIEHS/EPA Superfund worker Training Program SWTP), over 565,000
workers have received training in 29,000 classroom and hands-on-training
courses. This totals over nine million contact hours of actual training.
During the last year, the 26 grantees provided training to over
79,000 workers. The Minority Worker Training Program (MWTP) was
established as a pilot program within the larger SWTP. The MWTP
has provided a series accounting for over 180,000 classroom hours.
REGULATIONS,
GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE:
42 CFR 52; 45 CFR 74; 45 CFR 92; NIH Guide to Grants and Contracts;
PHS Grants Policy Statement, DHHS Publication No. (OASH) 94-50,000,
(Rev.) April 1, 1994. Other publications, information, and applications
and kits are available from the Division of Extramural Outreach
and Information Resources, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda,
MD 20892, and the NIEHS (MD 3-01), P.O. Box 12233, 104 Alexander
Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709.
INFORMATION
CONTACTS:
Regional
or Local Office: Not applicable.
Headquarters
Office: Program Contact: Mr. Joseph T. Hughes,
Jr., Program Director, Superfund Worker Training and Education
Program, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences,
National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human
Services, P.O. Box 12233, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709. Telephone:
(919) 541-0217 Grants Management Contact: Dorothy G. Williams,
Grants Management Officer, Grants Management Branch, Division
of Extramural Research and Training, National Institute of Environmental
Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Department of
Health and Human Services, P.O. Box 12233, Research Triangle Park,
NC 27709. Telephone: (919) 541-2749, E-mail: Williams@niehs.nih.gov.
Web
Site Address: http://www.nih.gov
EXAMPLES
OF FUNDED PROJECTS:
Programs provide health and safety training and education for occupational
populations involved in waste handling and processing at active
and inactive hazardous substance treatment, storage and disposal
facilities; cleanup, removal, containment, or remedial action at
waste sites; hazardous substance emergency response; hazardous substance
disposal site risk assessment and investigation, remedial actions
or clean-up by State and local personnel; and transportation of
hazardous wastes.
CRITERIA
FOR SELECTING PROPOSALS:
The following factors considered for applications for full program
cooperative agreements include: (1) Methods and techniques to be
used for identifying, describing, and accessing target worker populations
and anticipated impact of the proposed program; (2) evidence of
the organization's performance and effectiveness in planning, implementing
and operating appropriate worker health and safety training and
education programs; (3) adequacy of the detailed program plan for
curricula development, training of instructors, distribution of
course materials, and direct student training; (4) technical and
professional expertise of the proposed program director, present
or proposed staff, and consultants; (5) methods proposed for evaluating
appropriateness, quality, and effectiveness of training; (6) availability
of appropriate facilities and equipment to support the described
educational and training activities including hands-on instruction
and demonstration; (7) evidence of the organization's past performance
and effectiveness in planning, implementing, and operating training
and education programs for workers; (8) the likelihood that the
program will continue beyond the grant period; and (9) reasonableness
of the proposed program activities.
