APS REGULATORY ALERT

APHIS continues to define the extent of Phytophthora ramorum; EPA is soliciting applications for conferences, workshops, and/or meetings that focus on research to protect human health and the environment; Release of Fiscal Year 2008 NSF/USDA-CSREES MGSP (RFA)
Date: December 13, 2007

APHIS continues to define the extent of Phytophthora ramorum in the United States, and to limit its artificial spread beyond infected areas. As part of these efforts, APHIS has developed questionnaires for property owners or managers at sites where infected plants are found and where we are surveying for the presence of possible infected plants. APHIS has also developed a data collection form that will be used to record information about locations found to have infected plants. Comments are due February 8, 2008. Additional information can be found in the 10 December 2007 Federal Register. http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/10dec20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/E7-23881.htm

EPA is soliciting applications for the planning, arranging, administering and/or conducting of conferences, workshops, and/or meetings that focus on research to protect human health and safeguard the environment. Research conferences of interest include: human health; ecosystems; water and security; economics and sustainability; air and global climate change; and technology. The funding announcement is at http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2008/2008_baa.html.

Release of Fiscal Year 2008 NSF/USDA-CSREES Microbial Genome Sequencing Program (MGSP) Request for Applications (RFA). The MGSP RFA is available online at http://www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/microbialgenomicsgenomesequencingnri.cfm. The program supports 1) high through-put sequencing of microbial genomes and 2) tools and technologies to make currently available sequences more valuable to the user communities. Applications must be submitted through Grants.gov. See the RFA for further details. The deadline for applications is February 19, 2008.