WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service announced that it expects to award up to 40 grants for solid waste management. The agency description of the grant states: "Funds may be used to evaluate current landfill conditions to determine threats to water resources; provide technical assistance and/or training to enhance operator skills in the operation and maintenance of active landfills; provide technical assistance and/or training to help communities r more ST

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 -- The Environmental Protection Agency announced that it expects to award up to two grants or cooperative agreements for chemical mixtures toxicity assessment. The agency description of the grant/cooperative agreement states: "This Request for Applications (RFA) solicits research focused on the development and evaluation of innovative methods and approaches to inform human health risk assessment of environmental chemical mixtures. Because most of the human chemical body bur more ST

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 -- The Environmental Protection Agency announced that it expects to award up to four grants or cooperative agreements for the development of innovative approaches to assess the toxicity of chemical mixtures. The agency description of the grant/cooperative agreement states: "This Request for Applications (RFA) solicits research focused on the development and evaluation of innovative methods and approaches to inform human health risk assessment of environmental chemical mixtur more ST

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service announced that it expects to award up to 35 grants for technical assistance and training to identify solutions to water problems. The agency description of the grant states: "Funds may be used to pay expenses associated with providing technical assistance and/or training (TAT) to: Identify and evaluate solutions to water problems relating to source, storage, treatment, or distribution; identify and evaluate solu more ST

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced that it intends to award $1.25 million cooperative agreements to the Caribbean Fishery Management Council of San Juan, Puerto Rico; Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council of Tampa, Florida; South Atlantic Fishery Management Council of North Charleston, South Carolina; and the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council of Honolulu, Hawaii, for coral reef conservation. Th more ST