Financial Assistance Award; Intent To Award a Financial Assistance Instrument to the Colorado Department of Health

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The Department of Energy announces that, pursuant to 10 CFR 600.6(a)(5), it is making a discretionary financial assistance award based on the criterion set forth at 10 CFR 600.7(b)(2)(i)(A) to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Disease Control and Environmental Epidemiology Division under proposed grant number DE- FG01-94EH89530. Subject to the availability of Federal funds, total estimated funding in the amount of $9,768,125, will be provided to the Colorado Department of Health for this effort. The Department of Energy will provide funding to the Colorado Department of Health to complete projects currently underway under a previous grant. The Colorado Department of Health will continue activities that will determine the magnitude and extent of the overall hazards posed to human health in nearby communities by historical radiological and chemical emissions from the Rocky Flats Plant. The projects to be continued include a toxicity assessment and risk characterization based on information collected during a review of historical records, a public involvement program, support for the Colorado Central Cancer Registry and the Colorado registry for Children with S