[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 156 (Friday, August 12, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 50223]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-20507]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Notice To Change Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) 
Number

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice provides public announcement of CDC's intent to 
award two awards to eligible applicants of State or Territorial Public 
Health Newborn Bloodspot Screening Programs. These activities are 
proposed by the above-mentioned grantees in their FY 2011 applications 
submitted under funding opportunity CDC-RFA-EH11-001, ``Program to 
Support New Implementation of State or Territorial Public Health 
Laboratory Capacity for Newborn Bloodspot Screening of Severe Combined 
Immune Deficiency (SCID) (U01), '' Catalog of Federal Domestic 
Assistance Number (CFDA): 93.070. Approximately $900,000 in funding 
will be awarded to the grantees for the implementation of newborn 
screening for SCID.
    Accordingly, CDC adds the following information to the previously 
published funding opportunity announcement of EH11-001:

    Authority:  Authorized under Section 301 of the Public Health 
Service Act, [42 U.S.C. 241], as amended.

    CFDA : 93.070 Environmental Public Health Emergency 
Response.

Award Information

    Type of Award: New Competing Cooperative Agreement.
    Approximate Total Current Fiscal Year ACA Funding: $900,000.
    Anticipated Number of Awards: 2.
    Fiscal Year Funds: 2011.
    Anticipated Award Date: September 1, 2011.

Application Selection Process

    Funding will be awarded to applicants based on results from the 
peer review panel ranking recommendations.

Funding Authority

    CDC will add the authority to that which is reflected in the 
published Funding Opportunity CDC-RFA-EH11-001. The revised funding 
authority language will read:
--Authorized under Section 301 of the Public Health Service Act, [42 
U.S.C. 241], as amended.

DATES: The effective date for this action is the date of publication of 
this Notice and remains in effect until the expiration of the project 
period of the funded applications.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Beth Gardner, Extramural Team Lead, 
National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention, 4770 Buford Hwy., Atlanta, GA 30341, telephone (770) 
488-0572, e-mail [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: None.

    Dated: August 3, 2011.
James Stephens,
Director of the Office of Science Quality, Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2011-20507 Filed 8-11-11; 8:45 am]
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