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                                                 March 13, 1974
      EPA PUBLISHES RESEARCH PROJECTS TO BE FUNDED
      FOR USE UPON RECEIPT
          The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has published the second
      edition of EXPRO, a listing of $35 million in research, development, and
      demonstration projects scheduled to be funded during  the remainder of Fiscal
      Year 1974 (through June 30, 1974).

          The 276-page document lists specific projects EPA's Office of Research
      and Development plans to fund in FY 1974 by the grants and contracts
      mechanism.  It also gives general guidelines for working with EPA under
      grant or contract support.

          OR&D establishes its objectives and priorities in response to the
      over all mission and priorities of EPA and is highly mission-oriented,
      concerned with solving specific priority problems rather than merely
      advancing scientific knowledge.  Although the scopes of these projects may
      vary from quite fundamental research to the full-scale engineering demon-
      stration of new pollution control processes, all are directed at meeting
      specified objectives.  Grant and contract proposals will,  therefore, be
      evaluated in the context of pre-established plans.

          Hand-out copies of EXPRO  '74 are available  from the Research and
      Development Representative in each of EPA's 10 Regional Offices, from EPA's
      National Environmental Research Centers and Associated Laboratories through-
      out the country and from the Allowance Staff, RD 674, Office of Research
      and Development, Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C. 20460.

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