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Modification to General Wage 

Determination Decisions 

The number of the decisions listed to 

the Government Printing Office 

document entitled ‘‘General Wage 

Determinations Issued Under the DavisBacon and Related Acts’’ being modified 

are listed by Volume and State. Dates of 

publication in the Federal Register are 

in parentheses following the decisions 

being modified.

Volume I 

Massachusetts 

MA030001 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

MA030002 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

MA030019 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

New York 

NY030002 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

NY030003 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

NY030004 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

NY030005 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

NY030007 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

NY030008 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

NY030010 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

NY030011 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

NY030014 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

NY030015 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

NY030016 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

NY030018 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

NY030021 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

NY030026 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

NY030031 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

NY030032 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

NY030033 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

NY030037 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

NY030039 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

NY030040 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

NY030041 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

NY030042 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

NY030045 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

NY030048 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

NY030049 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

NY030051 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

NY030060 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

NY030072 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

NY030075 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

NY030077 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

Volume II 

None

Volume III 

North Carolina 

NC030001 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

NC030003 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

Volume IV 

Illinois 

IL030001 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

IL030002 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

IL030007 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

IL030011 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

IL030016 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

IL030017 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

IL030049 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

Indiana 

IN030001 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

IN030002 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

IN030003 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

IN030005 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

IN030007 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

Volume V 

Iowa 

IA030004 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

IA030005 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

IA030007 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

IA030008 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

IA030009 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

IA030010 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

IA030018 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

IA030019 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

IA030020 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

IA030024 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

IA030028 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

IA030029 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

IA030040 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

IA030045 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

IA030047 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

IA030054 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

IA030059 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

IA030060 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

Kansas 

KS030008 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

KS030010 (Jun. 13, 2003)

Volume VI 

Alaska 

AK030001 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

AK030002 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

AK030003 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

AK030005 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

AK030006 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

AK030008 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

Idaho 

ID030002 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

ID030003 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

ID030015 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

ID030016 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

ID030017 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

ID030018 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

ID030019 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

Oregon 

OR030001 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

OR030004 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

OR030007 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

Washington 

WA030001 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

WA030002 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

WA030003 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

WA030006 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

WA030007 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

WA030010 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

WA030011 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

WA030023 (Jun. 13, 2003) 

Volume VII 

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General Wage Determination 

Publication 

General wage determinations issued 

under the Davis-Bacon and related Acts, 

including those noted above, may be 

found in the Government Printing Office 

(GPO) document entitled ‘‘General Wage 

Determinations Issued Under the DavisBacon And Related Acts’’. This 

publication is available at each of the 50 

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Government Depository Libraries across 

the country. 

General wage determinations issued 

under the Davis-Bacon and related Acts 

are available electronically at no cost on 

the Government Printing Office site at 

http://www.access.gpo.gov/davisbacon.

They are also available electronically by 

subscription to the Davis-Bacon

Online Service (http://

davisbacon.fedworld.gov) of the 

National Technical Information Service 

(NTIS) of the U.S. Department of 

Commerce at

1–800–363–2068. This subscription 

offers value-added features such as 

electronic delivery of modified wage 

decisions directly to the user’s desktop, 

the ability to access prior wage 

decisions issued during the year, 

extensive Help desk Support, etc. 

Hard-copy subscriptions may be 

purchased from: Superintendent of 

Documents, U.S. Government Printing 

Office, Washington, DC 20402, (202) 

512–1800. 

When ordering hard-copy 

subscription(s), be sure to specify the 

State(s) of interest, since subscriptions 

may be ordered for any or all of the six 

separate volumes, arranged by State. 

Subscriptions include an annual edition 

(issued in January or February) which 

includes all current general wage 

determinations for the States covered by 

each volume. Throughout the remainder 

of the year, regular weekly updates will 

be distributed to subscribers.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 23 day of 

September 2004. 

John Frank, 

Acting Chief, Branch of Construction Wage 

Determinations.

[FR Doc. 04–21744 Filed 9–30–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–27–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Veterans’ Employment and Training 

Service 

Solicitation for Grant Applications for 

Veterans’ Workforce Investment 

Program Grants for Program Year 2004 

Announcement Type: Initial 

Announcement. 

Funding Opportunity Number: #04–

11. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 17.802. 

Key Dates: Applications are to be 

submitted by no later than November 1, 

2004. 

Delivery Address: U.S. Department of 

Labor, Procurement Services Center, 

Attention: Cassandra Mitchell, 

Reference SGA #04–11, Room N5416, 

200 Constitution Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20210. 

Executive Summary: The U.S. 

Department of Labor (DOL), Veterans’

Employment and Training Service 

(VETS) announces a competition for the 

balance of the Veterans’ Workforce 

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Investment Program (VWIP) grant funds 

for Program Year (PY) 2004, as 

authorized under Section 168 of the 

Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 

1998. This Solicitation for Grant 

Applications (SGA) notice contains all 

of the necessary information and forms 

needed to apply for grant funding. 

Selected programs will assist eligible 

veterans by providing employment, 

training, support services, credentialing, 

networking information, and/or other 

assistance. Under this SGA, VETS 

anticipates that up to $3,800,000 in PY 

2004 funds will be available for grant 

awards. The awards will be in the form 

of 6-month grants. It is anticipated that 

funds will be made available under this 

solicitation beginning January 1, 2005, 

and must be obligated no later than June 

30, 2005. The VWIP programs are 

designed to be flexible in addressing the 

universal as well as local or regional 

problems that may have had a negative 

impact on veterans as they adapt to the 

competitive challenges of the 21st 

Century workforce. VETS, through this 

SGA, is seeking applications that take 

one of two approaches—either 

providing direct services to veterans 

that result in jobs and job training or 

credentialing opportunities, or 

providing outreach and public 

information activities that result in jobs 

and job training or credentialing 

opportunities for veterans. 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Section 168 of the Workforce 

Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) amended 

the training programs made available to 

veterans. See Sec. 168, Pub. L. 105–220, 

112 Stat. 1027 (29 U.S.C. 2913). Section 

168 authorizes the Department of Labor 

to make grants to meet the needs for 

workforce investment activities of 

veterans with service-connected 

disabilities, veterans who have 

significant barriers to employment, 

veterans who served on active duty in 

the armed forces during a war or in a 

campaign or expedition for which a 

campaign badge has been authorized, 

and recently separated veterans within 

48 months of discharge. Priority of 

service for veterans in Department of 

Labor training programs is established 

in Chapter 42, Section 4215 of Title 38 

U.S.C. 

The Department of Labor is 

authorized to make grants to public 

agencies and private non-profit 

organizations (including faith-based and 

community-based organizations) that 

are determined to have an 

understanding of the unemployment 

problems of veterans, familiarity with 

the area to be served, and the capability 

to administer a program of workforce 

investment activities for such veterans 

effectively. 

The VWIP grants under Section 168 of 

the WIA of 1998 are intended to address 

one or more of the following three 

objectives:

• To provide the One-Stop Career 

Center system with new and creative 

service delivery strategies that address 

the complex employment problems 

facing veterans. 

• To provide services to assist in 

integrating veterans into meaningful 

employment within the labor force; and/

or 

• To provide outreach efforts such as 

communication strategies or 

conferences designed to address 

systemic problems with diverse 

agencies sharing information or to 

sponsor conferences designed to bring 

systemic change in skills development 

recognition that are barriers to veterans 

entering the workforce. 

This SGA seeks to fund programs that 

are flexible, creative, innovative, and 

non-duplicative in addressing local or 

regional problems that have kept 

veterans from the workforce. Of 

particular interest are those addressing 

barriers created by non-recognition of 

military training relevant to high growth 

industries where a license or 

certification is involved and programs 

addressing the improvement of 

employment and retention of veterans.

The project design may provide for 

one of the following two options:

1. Employment and training services 

such as basic skills instruction, training 

necessary to fill gaps in academic or 

experiential requirements necessary for 

a license or professional certification, 

remedial education activities, job search 

activities including job search 

workshops, job counseling, job 

preparatory training including re ́sume ́

writing and interviewing skills, 

subsidized trial employment, on-the-job 

training, classroom training, placement 

follow-up services, and other services 

provided under WIA. These services 

should focus on emerging high growth 

industries and target occupations where 

documented shortages exist. Some 

examples might include health care 

professions, information technology, 

biotechnology, advanced 

manufacturing, financial services, or 

other occupations where a license or 

certification is either required or 

desirable. 

2. Outreach activities such as local or 

regional newsletters or other 

communications devices that convey 

important information to all entities 

involved in providing employment and 

training services to veterans, or regional 

or national conferences. For example, 

conferences might bring together 

interested parties from within and 

outside the public workforce investment 

system in order to share important 

information on strategies for removing 

credentialing barriers facing veterans 

with viable but unrecognized skills or to 

develop plans with a specified employer 

base for using veterans to fill existing 

job openings where a license or 

certification is required. Proposals 

focused on outreach activities must 

show how the activity to be undertaken 

will materially and positively affect the 

employment status of veterans in the 

geographic area where the activity is to 

occur. The positive effect should be 

measurable in terms of veterans placed 

and retained in careers where a license 

or certification is either required or 

desirable. 

No model is mandatory but the 

applicant must design a program that 

meets the needs of the changing 

workforce, is unique, creative, 

innovative and non-duplicative, and 

will carry out the objectives of the 

program to successfully integrate 

eligible veterans into the workforce. 

Under the Government Performance and 

Results Act, Pub. L. 103–62, 107 Stat. 

285 (31 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.), Congress 

and the public are looking for program 

results rather than program processes. 

If the grantee contemplates training 

and placement activity, coordination 

with the Disabled Veterans Outreach 

Program (DVOP) and Local Veterans’

Employment Representatives (LVER) 

staff at the One-Stop Career Center 

office in their jurisdiction is required. 

DVOP and LVER staff members are an 

integral part of the One-Stop Career 

Centers. Additionally, wherever 

possible, DVOP and LVER staff should 

be utilized for job development and 

placement activities for veterans who 

are ready to enter employment and/or

who are in need of intensive case 

management services. Many of these 

staff members have received training in 

case management at the National 

Veterans Training Institute and have a 

priority of focus on assisting those 

veterans most at a disadvantage in the 

labor market. VETS urges working handin-hand with DVOP/LVER staff to 

achieve economies of resources. 

II. Award Information 

Awards will be made in the form of 

six-month grants. The total amount of 

funds available for this solicitation is 

$3,800,000. Awards are expected to 

range from $75,000 to a maximum of 

$375,000. The Department of Labor 

reserves the right to negotiate the 

amounts to be awarded under this 

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competition. Requests exceeding 

$375,000 will be considered nonresponsive. 

The period of performance will be for 

six (6) months beginning January 1, 

2005, unless modified by the Grant 

Officer. It is expected that successful 

applicants will commence program 

operations under this solicitation no 

later than thirty (30) days after funds 

become available. 

All program funds must be obligated 

within six (6) months of the grant 

award, but no later than June 30, 2005. 

In addition, funds may be obligated for 

limited activities after that date 

including participant follow-up 

activities and grant closeout. 

Successful awardees may be 

considered for funding for an additional 

twelve-month program year, if 

performance for the first quarter of the 

initial grant period is deemed 

satisfactory by USDOL VETS. Grant 

modifications for this additional twelvemonth program year are also subject to 

the availability of congressional 

appropriated funds. Further, no

additional funding will be considered 

beyond June 30, 2006 under this grant 

award.

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants. Under Section 

168(a)(2) of the Workforce Investment 

Act, grants may be made to public 

agencies and private non-profit 

organizations (including community 

based organizations, faith-based 

organizations and those covered by 

Executive Orders 13256 and 13270; see 

http://www.whitehouse.gov/search) that 

DOL determines have familiarity with 

the area and population to be served 

and can administer an effective 

program. Eligible applicants will fall 

into one of the following categories:

• State and Local Workforce 

Investment Boards established under 

Sections 111 and 117 of the Workforce 

Investment Act. 

• States and State agencies. A State 

agency may propose in its application to 

serve one or more of the political 

subdivisions in its State. As noted 

below, this does not preclude a city or 

county agency from submitting an 

application to serve its own jurisdiction. 

• Local public agencies, meaning any 

public agency of a general purpose 

political subdivision of a State that has 

the power to levy taxes and spend 

funds, as well as general corporate and 

police powers. (This typically refers to 

cities and counties.) 

• Private non-profit organizations, 

including faith-based and community 

organizations, that have a capacity to 

manage grants and have or will provide 

the necessary linkages with other 

service providers. Note that entities 

organized under Section 501(c)(4) of the 

Internal Revenue Code that engage in 

lobbying activities are not eligible to 

receive funds under this announcement. 

Section 18 of the Lobbying Disclosure 

Act of 1995, Pub. L. 104–65, 109 Stat. 

691 (2 U.S.C. 1611) prohibits instituting 

an award, grant, or loan of Federal funds 

to 501 (c)(4) entities that engage in 

lobbying. 

Applicants for VWIP must satisfy a 

‘‘responsibility review’’ that 

demonstrates an ability to administer 

Federal funds. See 20 CFR 667.170. 

In accordance with 29 CFR Part 98, 

entities that are debarred or suspended 

shall be excluded from Federal financial 

assistance and are ineligible to receive 

a VWIP grant. 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching. Although 

VETS encourages applicants to use cost 

sharing and matching funds, Veterans 

Workforce Investment Grants do not

require grantees to share costs or 

provide matching funds. However, up to 

ten (10) additional scoring points may 

be added to the review panel score, if 

significant matching funds are made 

available to the grant. (See Section V (1) 

below). 

3. Other Eligibility Criteria. To be 

eligible for participation in a training 

program administered under VWIP, an 

individual must be a veteran who falls 

within one of the following categories: 

‘‘* * * veterans with service-connected 

disabilities, veterans who have 

significant barriers to employment, 

veterans who served on active duty in 

the armed forces during a war or in a 

campaign or expedition for which a 

campaign badge has been authorized, 

and recently separated veterans [those 

within 48 months of discharge].’’ See

Section 168 (a)(1) of the Workforce 

Investment Act. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Address to Request Application 

Package: This SGA, together with its 

attachments, includes all information 

needed to apply. Additional application 

packages may be obtained from the 

VETS Web site at http://www.dol.gov/

vets, at http://www.fedgrants.gov, and 

from the Federal Register, which may 

be obtained from your nearest 

government office or library. If 

additional copies of the standard forms 

are needed, they can be downloaded 

from http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/

grants/grants_forms.html. Additional 

copies of this announcement or 

accompanying forms will not be mailed 

by DOL. 

To receive any amendments to this 

solicitation (please reference SGA 04–

11), all applicants must register their 

name and address in writing with the 

Grant Officer at the following address: 

U.S. Department of Labor, Procurement 

Services Center, Room N–5416, 200 

Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20210. 

2. Content and Form of Application: 

The grant application must not exceed 

a total of 75 one-sided pages, including 

attachments and exhibits and must 

consist of three (3) separate and distinct 

sections: the Executive Summary, the 

Technical Proposal, and the Cost 

Proposal. The information provided in 

these three (3) sections is essential to 

gain an understanding of the 

programmatic and fiscal contents of the 

grant proposal. A complete grant 

application package must include: 

• An original blue ink-signed and two 

(2) copies of the cover letter. 

• An original and two (2) copies of 

the Executive Summary (see below). 

• An original and two (2) copies of 

the Technical Proposal (see below) that 

includes a completed Technical 

Performance Goals Form (Appendix D). 

• An original and two (2) copies of 

the Cost Proposal (see below) that 

includes an original blue ink-signed 

Application for Federal Assistance, SF–

424 (Appendix A), a Budget Narrative, 

Budget Information Sheet SF–424A 

(Appendix B), an original blue inksigned and Assurances and 

Certifications Signature Page (Appendix 

C), a Direct Cost Description for 

Applicants and Sub-applicants 

(Appendix E), and a completed Survey 

on Ensuring Equal Opportunity for 

Applicants (Appendix F). 

SECTION 1—The Executive Summary

consists of a one to two page ‘‘Executive 

Summary’’ reflecting the grantee’s 

proposed overall strategy, timeline, and 

outcomes to be achieved. The executive 

summary should include: 

• The proposed area to be served 

through the activities of this grant. 

• The grantee’s experience in serving 

the residents in the proposed service 

area. 

• Proposed projects and activities that 

will expedite the reintegration of 

veterans into the workforce. 

• Summary of anticipated outcomes, 

benefits, and value added by the project.

SECTION 2—The Technical Proposal

consists of a narrative proposal that 

demonstrates: the need for this 

particular grant program; the services 

and activities proposed to obtain 

successful outcomes for the veterans to 

be served; and the applicant’s capability 

to accomplish the expected outcomes of 

the proposed project design. Applicants 

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must be responsive to the Rating Criteria 

contained in Section V (1) and address 

all of the rating factors as thoroughly as 

possible in the narrative. 

The technical proposal narrative must 

not exceed fifteen (15) pages (not 

including forms, appendices, executive 

summary or other documentation) 

double-spaced, font size no less than 11 

pt., and typewritten on one side of the 

paper only. The applicant also must 

complete the forms, i.e., the Technical 

Performance Goals chart provided in the 

SGA, or some other matrix designed to 

show performance goals (see Appendix 

D). 

In order to facilitate the review 

process, the following format for the 

technical proposal is strongly 

recommended:

• Need for the program. The 

applicant must: identify the geographic 

area to be served; estimate the number 

of eligible veterans and their needs; 

indicate poverty and unemployment 

rates in the area; and identify the gaps 

in the local community infrastructure 

that contribute to the employment and 

other barriers faced by the targeted 

veterans including regulations or other 

restrictions on the recognition of 

relevant military training by civilian 

licensing or certification authorities. 

Include Labor Market Information (LMI) 

on the outlook for job opportunities in 

the service area. If the applications 

proposes outreach activities, the need 

for communications strategies such as 

Web sites, newsletters, or conferences 

must be fully explained. 

• Approach or strategy to obtain 

successful outcomes for veterans. The 

applicant must identify which of the 

two approaches it proposes to take to 

produce positive outcomes for 

veterans—direct services, or outreach 

and public information activities. This 

section of the proposal should discuss 

how direct services to veterans will 

meet the needs of eligible veterans, or 

how the outreach effort will implement 

the communications strategies described 

in the ‘‘need for the program’’ section. 

Regardless of which approach is 

proposed, this section should include 

identification of how the applicant’s 

proposed approach or strategy will 

increase and/or solidify cooperation, 

coordination, and sharing of 

information between agencies in the 

community, the region, and/or in the 

nation. 

• Applicant’s capabilities. The 

applicant must provide evidence that it 

has the capability and knowledge to 

accomplish the goals in the application.

SECTION 3—The Cost Proposal

consists of a completed Standard Form 

(SF) 424 ‘‘Application for Federal 

Assistance’’, SF 424A ‘‘Budget 

Information Sheet’’, a detailed cost 

breakdown of each line item on the SF 

424A, and supporting materials. Copies 

of all required forms, with instructions 

for completion, are included as 

appendices to this SGA. Applicants can 

expect that the cost proposal will be 

reviewed for allowability, how the 

money is allocated, and reasonableness 

of placement and enrollment costs. DOL 

reserves the right to have a VETS 

representative review and verify 

applicant data. The cost proposal must 

include the following items: 

(i) The Standard Form (SF) 424, 

‘‘Application for Federal Assistance’’

(original signed in blue-ink). Please note 

that, beginning October 1, 2003, all 

applicants for Federal grant and funding 

opportunities are required to include a 

Dun and Bradstreet (DUNS) number 

with their application. See OMB Notice 

of Final Policy Issuance, 68 FR 38402 

(June 27, 2003). The DUNS number is a 

nine-digit identification number that 

uniquely identifies business entities. 

There is no charge for obtaining a DUNS 

number (although it may take 14–30 

days). To obtain a DUNS number, access 

the following Web site: http://

www.dunandbradstreet.com or call 1–

866–705–5711. Requests for exemption 

from the DUNS number requirement 

must be made to OMB. The Dun and 

Bradstreet Number of the applicant 

should be entered in the 

‘‘Organizational Unit’’ section of block 5 

of SF 424. 

The Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance number for this program is 

17.802 and it must be entered on the SF 

424, Block 10. 

(ii) Standard Form (SF) 424A ‘‘Budget 

Information Sheet’’ in Appendix B. 

(iii) A detailed cost breakout of each 

line item on the Budget Information 

Sheet, which should be labeled as 

‘‘Budget Narrative.’’ Please ensure that 

costs reported on the SF 424A 

correspond accurately with the Budget 

Narrative. The budget narrative must 

include the following information at a 

minimum: 

• A breakout of all personnel costs by 

position, title, salary rates, and percent 

of time of each position to be devoted 

to the proposed project (including subawardees); 

• An explanation and breakout of 

extraordinary fringe benefit rates and 

associated charges (i.e., rates exceeding 

35% of salaries and wages);

• An explanation of the purpose and 

composition of, and method used to 

derive the costs of, each of the 

following: travel, equipment, supplies, 

sub-awards/contracts, and any other 

costs. The applicant must include costs 

of any required travel described in this 

solicitation. Mileage charges may not 

exceed 37.5 cents per mile or the 

current federally approved rate; 

• A description/specification of and 

justification for equipment purchases, if 

any. Tangible, non-expendable personal 

property having a useful life of more 

than one year and a unit acquisition cost 

of $5,000 or more per unit must be 

specifically identified and approved by 

the Grant Officer. 

• Matching funds, leveraged funds, 

and in-kind services are not required for 

VWIP grants. However, if matching 

funds, leveraged funds or in-kind 

services are to be used, an identification 

of all sources of leveraged or matching 

funds and an explanation of the 

derivation of the value of matching/inkind services must be provided. When 

resources such as matching funds, 

leveraged funds and/or the value of inkind contributions are made available, 

please show in Section B of the Budget 

Information Sheet. 

(iv) Assurance and Certification 

signature page, Appendix C. 

(v) All applicants must submit 

evidence of satisfactory financial 

management capability, which must 

include recent (within 18 months) 

financial and/or audit statements. 

(vi) All applicants must include, as a 

separate appendix, a list of all 

employment and training grants and 

contracts that it has had in the past three 

(3) years, including grant/contract 

officer contact information. 

(vii) Documentation of indirect cost 

rates, as described in Section IV (5) 

below. 

(viii) Direct Cost Descriptions for 

Applicants and Sub-Applicants (see

Appendix E.) 

(ix) Survey on Ensuring Equal 

Opportunity for Applicants (see

Appendix F.) 

3. Submission Dates and Times: The 

grant application package must be 

received at the designated location by 

the date and time specified or it will not 

be considered. Any application received 

at the Office of Procurement Services 

after 4:45 p.m. ET, November 1, 2004, 

will not be considered unless it is 

received before an award is made and: 

• It is determined by the Government 

that the late receipt was due solely to 

mishandling by the Government after 

receipt at the U.S. Department of Labor 

at the address indicated; and/or 

• It was sent by registered or certified 

mail not later than the fifth calendar day 

before the closing date of this 

announcement; or 

• It was sent by U.S. Postal Service 

Express Mail Next Day Service-Post 

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Office to Addressee, not later than 5 

p.m. at the location of mailing two (2) 

working days, excluding weekends and 

Federal holidays, prior to the closing 

date of this announcement. 

The only acceptable evidence to 

establish the date of mailing of a late 

application sent by registered or 

certified mail is the U.S. Postal Service 

postmark on the envelope or wrapper 

and on the original receipt from the U.S. 

Postal Service. If the postmark is not 

legible, an application received after the 

above closing time and date shall be 

processed as if mailed late. ‘‘Postmark’’

means a printed, stamped or otherwise 

placed impression (not a postage meter 

machine impression) that is readily 

identifiable without further action as 

having been applied and affixed by an 

employee of the U.S. Postal Service on 

the date of mailing. Therefore, 

applicants should request that the postal 

clerk place a legible hand cancellation 

‘‘bull’s-eye’’ postmark on both the 

receipt and the envelope or wrapper. 

The only acceptable evidence to 

establish the date of mailing of a late 

application sent by U.S. Postal Service 

Express Mail Next Day Service-Post 

Office to Addressee is the date entered 

by the Post Office clerk on the ‘‘Express 

Mail Next Day Service-Post Office to 

Addressee’’ label and the postmark on 

the envelope or wrapper and on the 

original receipt from the U.S. Postal 

Service. ‘‘Postmark’’ has the same 

meaning as defined above. Therefore, 

applicants should request that the postal 

clerk place a legible hand cancellation 

‘‘bull’s-eye’’ postmark on both the 

receipt and the envelope or wrapper.

The only acceptable evidence to 

establish the time of receipt at the U.S. 

Department of Labor is the date/time 

stamp of the Procurement Services 

Center on the application wrapper or 

other documentary evidence of receipt 

maintained by that office. 

Applications sent by other delivery 

services, such as Federal Express, UPS, 

etc., will also be accepted. 

All applicants are advised that U.S. 

mail delivery in the Washington, DC 

area has been erratic due to security. All 

applicants must take this into 

consideration when preparing to meet 

the application deadline, as you assume 

the risk for ensuring a timely 

submission. 

4. Intergovernmental Review: This 

funding opportunity is not subject to 

Executive Order 12372, 

‘‘Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs’’ [see SF 424, Block #16]. 

5. Funding Restrictions: Rules relating 

to allowable costs are addressed in 20 

CFR 667.200 through 667.220. Under 20 

CFR 667.210(b), limits on administrative 

costs will be negotiated with the grantee 

and identified in the grant award 

documents. Construction costs (as 

opposed to maintenance and/or repair 

costs) are generally not allowed under 

WIA. While there are no specific limits 

on indirect costs, the amount of indirect 

cost charged to the grant is subject to the 

overall limitation on administrative 

costs as negotiated in the grant 

agreement. 

Indirect costs claimed by the 

applicant must be based on a Federally 

approved rate. If indirect costs are 

indicated in the grant application, a 

copy of the approved and signed 

indirect cost negotiation agreement 

must be submitted with the application.

If the applicant does not presently have 

an approved indirect cost rate, a 

proposed rate with justification may be 

submitted. Successful applicants will be 

required to negotiate an acceptable and 

allowable rate with the appropriate DOL 

Regional Office of Cost Determination or 

cognizant agency within 90 days of 

grant award. (See http://www.dol.gov/

oasam/programs/boc/append5.htm.) 

Rates that can be tracked through the 

State Workforce Agency’s Cost 

Accounting System represent an 

acceptable means of allocating costs to 

DOL and, therefore, can be approved for 

use in grants to State Workforce 

Agencies. 

6. Other Submission Requirements:

As detailed in Section IV (2) above, 

applications may be submitted by 

registered or certified mail, U.S. Postal 

Service Express Mail Next Day ServicePost Office to Addressee, U.S. Postal 

Service First Class Mail, other delivery 

services (UPS, FEDEX, etc.), or hand 

delivery. Applications will not be 

accepted by e-mail or facsimile 

machine. 

V. Application Review Information 

1. Panel Review Criteria 

Applications will be reviewed based 

upon the following criteria, up to a 

maximum of 110 points: 

A. Need for the Project: 30 points 

Applications will be scored on the 

documented extent of need for this 

project, as demonstrated by: (i) The 

potential number or concentration of 

veterans in the proposed project area 

relative to other similar areas; (ii) the 

high rates of poverty and/or 

unemployment in the proposed project 

area as determined by the census or 

other surveys; (iii) the extent of gaps in 

the local infrastructure that create 

employment barriers that hinder the 

target population; (iv) the number of 

service members separating from the 

armed forces at local military bases; (v) 

problems with coordination between 

service providers; and (vi) identification 

of credentialing barriers that need to be 

addressed. 

B. Overall Strategy To Enhance Services 

Provided to Veterans, To Initiate 

Actions To Provide Employment and 

Training Services for Veterans Not 

Otherwise Served, or To Provide 

Outreach and Public Information 

Activities To Develop and Promote 

Maximum Job and Job Training 

Opportunities for Eligible Veterans: 40 

points 

The application must include a 

description of the proposed approach to 

address one of the permissible—

strategies, either providing direct 

services to veterans that result in job 

and job training or credentialing 

opportunities, or providing outreach 

and public information activities that 

result in job and job training or 

credentialing opportunities for veterans. 

Applicants should demonstrate how the 

activities will be tailored or will be 

responsive to the needs of veterans and 

the local employers seeking to hire 

veterans.

All applications will be scored on the 

extent to which they demonstrate the 

following:

(i) Is the project Unique—Has any 

other service provider tried the same 

approach? 

(ii) Is the project Creative—What will 

this project do that other projects won’t 

do or haven’t done? 

(iii) Is the project Innovative—Will 

the project equip veterans to adapt to 

the competitive challenges of the 21st 

Century workforce? 

(iv) As part of an outreach or service 

proposal, is the project integrated and 

coordinated with other job training and 

employment programs in order to 

maximize resources and minimize 

duplication of effort and will it provide 

appropriate awareness, information 

sharing, and orientation activities on 

veterans and their needs to the 

following: Federal, State, and local 

entitlement services such as the Social 

Security Administration (SSA), 

Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA), 

State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) and 

their local job service offices or one-stop 

career centers, including service 

programs such as Disabled Veterans’

Outreach Program (DVOP) and Local 

Veterans’ Employment Representatives 

(LVER) staff (which integrate WIA, labor 

exchange, and other employment and 

social services), etc.; civic and private 

groups and especially Veterans’ Service 

Organizations such as The American 

Legion, Disabled American Veterans, 

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Veterans of Foreign Wars, and American 

Veterans (AMVETS); Family Service 

Centers on local military bases and local 

managers of Transition Assistance 

Program classes (this might be 

accomplished by the publication of an 

assistance guide or other periodical with 

information about these services); and 

faith-based and community-based 

organizations? 

(v) Additionally, where the project 

design focuses on improved 

coordination/cooperation, community 

outreach, conferences and public 

information, has the narrative described 

a comprehensive plan for meeting the 

challenges and solving the problems 

associated with getting disparate groups 

talking to each other and/or getting 

relevant information to eligible veterans 

in a cogent, logical, and efficient 

manner on a regular basis? 

C. Demonstrated Capability in Providing 

Required Program Services: 30 points 

The applicant must describe its 

relevant prior experience in either 

operating a public information or 

community outreach effort or operating 

employment and training programs and 

providing services to participants 

targeted by this solicitation or 

participants similar to those which are 

targeted under this solicitation. Specific 

outcomes of the applicant’s prior 

experience must be described, including 

percentage of enrolled participants 

placed into employment and cost per 

entered employment or, in the case of 

outreach activities, number of relevant 

parties reached or conference attendees. 

The applicant must also address its 

ability to provide a timely startup of the 

program. The applicant should 

delineate its staff capability to manage 

the programmatic and financial aspects 

of a grant program. Note that a recent 

(within the last 18 months) financial 

statement or audit must be submitted as 

part of the cost proposal (see Section IV 

(2) above. Final or most recent technical 

performance VWIP reports or other 

relevant programs serving the targeted 

population (or a similar population) 

must be submitted. Because prior VWIP 

grant experience is not a requirement to 

receiving funding under this SGA, some 

applicants may not have any VWIP 

technical reports to submit. 

D. Matching or Leveraged Funds: 10 

Points 

The applicant must describe the type, 

amount, and source of matching or 

leveraged funds that will be available, if 

a grant is awarded. 

2. Review and Selection Process 

The Grant Officer, with the assistance 

of VETS staff, will conduct an initial 

screening to determine responsiveness, 

timeliness, completeness, and eligibility 

of the applicant. Following the initial 

screening, the review panel using the 

point scoring system specified above in 

Section V(1) will review those 

applications determined to have 

satisfied the initial screening. 

Applications will be ranked based on 

the score assigned by the panel after 

careful evaluation by each panel 

member. The ranking will be the 

primary basis to identify applicants as 

potential grantees. Although the 

Government reserves the right to award 

on the basis of the initial proposal 

submissions, the Government may 

establish a competitive range, based 

upon the proposal evaluation, for the 

purpose of selecting qualified 

applicants. The panel’s conclusions are 

advisory in nature and not binding on 

the Grant Officer. The Government 

reserves the right to ask for clarification 

from applicants, but is not obligated to 

do so. The Government further reserves 

the right to select applicants out of rank 

order if such a selection would, in its 

opinion, result in the most effective and 

appropriate combination of funding, 

program and administrative costs e.g., 

cost per enrollment and placement and 

geographic service areas. While points 

will not be awarded for cost issues other 

than matching or leveraged funds, cost 

per entered employment will be given 

serious consideration in the selection of 

awardees. The Grant Officer’s 

determination for award under SGA 04–

11 is the final agency action. The 

submission of the same proposal from 

any prior year VWIP and/or USDOL 

VETS competition does not guarantee 

an award under this solicitation.

VI. Award Administration 

1. Award Notices 

The Grant Officer will notify 

successful applicants of their awards. 

The notification letter will contain 

instructions on when performance 

under the terms of the award may begin. 

No activity associated with a grant 

application is authorized prior to 

official notification of an award by the 

Grant Officer. Before the actual grant 

award, the Grant Officer, in consultation 

with VETS staff, may enter into 

negotiations concerning such items as 

program components, funding levels, 

and administrative systems. If the 

negotiations do not result in an 

acceptable submittal, the Grant Officer 

reserves the right to terminate the 

negotiation and decline to fund the 

proposal. The Grant Officer will notify 

unsuccessful applicants of their appeal 

rights by mail.

2. Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements 

Grantees must comply with the 

provisions of WIA and its regulations, as 

applicable. All successful grantees will 

also be subject to the following 

administrative standards and 

provisions, if applicable to the 

particular grantees: 

• 20 CFR Part 667—Administrative 

provisions for programs including 

VWIP, under Title I of WIA. 

• 29 CFR Part 2, Subpart D—Equal 

Treatment in Department of Labor 

Programs for Religious Organizations; 

Protection of Religious Liberty of 

Department of Labor Social Service 

Providers and Beneficiaries. 

• 29 CFR Parts 30, 31, 32, 33, 35, 36, 

and 37—Equal Employment 

Opportunity in Apprenticeship and 

Training; Nondiscrimination in 

Federally Assisted Programs of the 

Department of Labor, Effectuation of 

Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; 

Nondiscrimination on the Basis of 

Handicap in Programs and Activities; 

Nondiscrimination on the basis of Age 

in Programs or Activities Receiving 

Federal Financial Assistance from the 

Department of Labor; Non 

discrimination on the Basis of Sex in 

Education Programs Receiving Federal 

Financial Assistance; and 

Implementation of the 

Nondiscrimination and Equal 

Opportunity Provisions of the 

Workforce Investment Act of 1988. 

• 29 CFR Part 93—Lobbying. 

• 29 CFR Part 95—Uniform 

Administrative Requirements for Grants 

and Agreements with Institutions of 

Higher Education, Hospitals, and Other 

Non-profit Organizations, and with 

Commercial Organizations. 

• 29 CFR Part 96—Federal Standards 

for Audit of Federally Funded Grants, 

Contracts and Agreements. 

• 29 CFR Part 97—Uniform 

Administrative Requirements for Grants 

and Cooperative Agreements to State 

and local governments. 

• 29 CFR Part 98—Federal Standards 

for Government-wide Debarment and 

Suspension (Non-procurement) and 

Government-wide Requirements for 

Drug-Free Workplace (Grants). 

• 29 CFR Part 99—Audit of States, 

Local Governments, and Non-profit 

Organizations. 

• In accordance with WIA Section 

195(6), programs funded under this SGA 

may not involve political activities. 

Additionally, in accordance with 

Section 18 of the Lobbying Disclosure 

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Act of 1995, Public Law 104–65 (2 

U.S.C. 1611), non profit entities 

incorporated under 501(c)(4) that engage 

in lobbying activities are not eligible to 

receive Federal funds and grants. 

• Requirements for priority of service 

for veterans in Department of Labor 

training programs are identified in 38 

U.S.C. 4215. 

3. Reporting 

Successful grant award recipients will 

submit the reports and documents listed 

below: 

A. Quarterly Financial Reports 

No later than 30 days after the end of 

each Federal fiscal quarter (i.e., for this 

grant period, reports are due April 30 

and July 30), the grantee must report 

outlays, program income, and other 

financial information on a Federal fiscal 

quarterly basis using SF–269A, 

Financial Status Report, Short Form, 

and submit a copy of the HHS/PMS 272 

draw down report. These reports must 

cite the assigned grant number and be 

submitted to the appropriate State 

Director for Veterans’ Employment and 

Training (DVET). 

B. Quarterly Program Reports 

No later than 30 days after the end of 

each Federal fiscal quarter, grantees also 

must submit a Quarterly Technical 

Performance Report to the DVET that 

contains the following: 

(1) A comparison of actual 

accomplishments to planned goals for 

the reporting period and any findings 

related to monitoring efforts; 

(2) An explanation for variances of 

plus or minus 15% of planned program 

and/or expenditure goals, to include: 

identification of corrective action that 

will be taken to meet the planned goals 

and a timetable for accomplishment of 

the corrective action. 

C. 90-Day Follow-Up Report 

No later than 120 days after the grant 

performance expiration date, the grantee 

must submit a follow-up report showing 

results and performance as of the 90th 

day after the grant period, and 

containing the following:

(1) Final Financial Status Report SF–

269A Short Form (that zeros out all 

unliquidated obligations); and 

(2) Technical Performance Report 

including an updated goals chart. 

D. 180-Day Follow-Up Report 

No later than 210 days after the grant 

performance expiration date, the grantee 

must submit a follow-up report showing 

results and performance as of the 180th 

day after the grant period, and 

containing the following: 

(1) Final Financial Status Report SF–

269A Short Form (if not previously 

submitted); and 

(2) For a Grant Involving Employment 

and Training Activities, a Final 

Narrative Report identifying: 

(a) The total combined (directed/

assisted) number of veterans placed into 

employment during the entire grant 

period; 

(b) The number of veterans still 

employed after the 180-day follow-up 

period; 

(c) If the veterans are still employed 

at the same or similar job, and if not, 

what are the reason(s); 

(d) Whether training received was 

applicable to jobs held; 

(e) Wages at placement and during 

follow-up period; 

(f) An explanation regarding why 

those veterans placed during the grant, 

but not employed at the end of the 

follow-up period, are not so employed; 

and 

(g) Any recommendations to improve 

the program. 

(3) For a Grant Involving Outreach 

Activities, a Final Narrative identifying: 

(a) Circulation data on newsletters or 

newspapers including number of 

distribution points and readership; 

(b) Number of conferences held with 

attendance figures on each conference; 

(c) Approximate number of veterans 

placed in employment due to outreach 

activities. 

VII. Agency Contacts 

For answers to questions or help with 

problems prior to the application 

submission deadline, please contact 

Cassandra Mitchell, U.S. Department of 

Labor, Procurement Services Center, 

telephone (202) 693–4570 (this is not a 

toll free number). Please note that in 

order to ensure a fair and open 

competition, USDOL VETS staff are not

authorized to provide technical 

assistance to any potential grantee while 

this funding opportunity period is open. 

Individuals with hearing impairments 

may call (800) 670–7008 (TTY/TDD). 

VIII. Other Information 

Unless specifically provided in the 

grant agreement, DOL’s acceptance of a 

proposal and an award of Federal funds 

to sponsor any program(s) does not 

provide a waiver of any grant 

requirements and/or procedures. For 

example, the OMB circulars require and 

an entity’s procurement procedures 

must provide that all procurement 

transactions will be conducted, as 

practical, to provide open and free 

competition. If a proposal identifies a 

specific entity to provide services, the 

DOL award does not provide the 

justification or basis to sole-source the 

procurement, i.e., avoid competition. 

Resources for the Applicant:

Applicants may review ‘‘VETS’ Guide to 

Competitive and Discretionary Grants’’

located at http://www.dol.gov/vets/

grants/Final_VETS_Guide-linked.pdf.

Applicants may also find these 

resources useful: America’s Service 

locator http://www.servicelocator.org/

provides a directory of our Nation’s 

One-Stop Career Centers; the National 

Association of Workforce Boards 

maintains an Internet site at http://

www.nawb.org/asp/wibdir.asp that 

contains contact information for the 

State and local Workforce Investment 

Boards; and the home page for the 

Department of Labor Center for FaithBased and Community Initiatives 

maintains a Web site at http://

www.dol.gov/cfbci.

For Further Information Contact: For 

further information concerning this SGA 

and confirmation of receipt of a grant 

application, please contact Cassandra 

Mitchell, U.S. Department of Labor, 

Procurement Services Center, telephone 

(202) 693–4570, prior to the closing 

deadline and reference SGA #04–11. 

(This is not a toll-free number.)

Signed in Washington, DC, this 27th day of 

September, 2004. 

Johnny A. Arnold, II, 

Acting Grant Officer.

Appendices 

Appendix A: Application for Federal 

Assistance SF 424 

Appendix B: Budget Information Sheet SF 

424A 

Appendix C: Assurances and Certifications 

Signature Page 

Appendix D: Recommended Technical 

Performance Goals Form 

Appendix E: Direct Cost Descriptions for 

Applicants and Sub-Applicants

Appendix F: Survey on Ensuring Equal 

Opportunity for Applicants 

Appendix G: The Glossary of Terms

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Adequate Employment—See Unsubsidized 

Employment. 

Administrative Costs—Administrative 

costs shall consist of all direct and indirect 

costs associated with the supervision and 

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shall include the administrative costs, both 

direct and indirect, of sub-recipients and 

contractors. 

Adult Basic Education—Education for 

adults whose inability to speak, read, or write 

the English language or to effectively reason 

mathematically, constitutes a substantial 

impairment of their ability to get or retain 

employment commensurate with their real 

ability, which is designed to help eliminate 

such inability and raise the level, of 

education of such individuals with a view to 

making them less likely to become dependent 

on others, to improve their ability to benefit 

from occupational training and otherwise 

increase their opportunities for more 

productive and profitable employment, and 

to make them better able to meet their adult 

responsibilities. 

Ancillary Services—Employment and 

training related activities other than core 

training that may enhance a participant’s 

employability. 

Apprenticeship Training—A formal 

occupational training program that combines 

on-the-job training and related instruction 

and in which workers learn the practical and 

conceptual skills required for a skilled 

occupation, craft, or trade. It may be 

registered or unregistered. 

Assessment/Intake—A process for 

screening individual applicants for program 

eligibility making the level of need 

determinations; making an initial 

determination what services or programs can 

best benefit the applicants; providing 

information about services, program 

eligibility, and the availability of those 

services, and the routing or selecting 

individual applicants for particular service 

delivery or program participation. 

Assisted Placements Into Unsubsidized 

Employment—Assisted placements into 

unsubsidized employment should be 

recorded where the definition for placement 

with unsubsidized employment above is met, 

but the placement was arranged by an agency 

to which the homeless veteran was referred 

to. 

Average Hourly Wage at Placement—The 

average hourly wage at placement is the 

average hourly wage rates at placement of all 

assisted placements plus direct placements. 

Assurance and Certifications—The act of 

signifying intent to comply with applicable 

federal and State laws and regulations as a 

condition for receiving and expanding 

USDOL grant funds. 

Barriers to Employment—Characteristics 

that may hinder an individual’s hiring 

promotion or participation in the labor force. 

Identification of these barriers will vary by 

location and labor market. Some examples of 

individuals who may face barriers to 

employment include: Single parents, women, 

displaced homemakers, youth, public 

assistance recipients, older workers, 

substance abusers, teenage parents, certain 

veterans, ethnic minorities, and those with 

limited English speaking ability or a criminal 

record or with a lack of education, work 

experience, credential, child care 

arrangements, transportation or alternative 

working parents. 

Campaign Badge Veteran—A veteran who 

served on active duty during the war (e.g., 

WWII), action (e.g., Korea, Vietnam), in a 

campaign, or an expedition for which a 

campaign badge of an expeditionary medal 

has been authorized (e.g. Afganistan, Bosnia, 

Grenada, Haiti, Iraq, Panama, Southeast Asia, 

(Iraq and Afghanistan), and Somalia, etc.). 

Case Management—A client centered 

approach in the delivery of intensive 

services, designed to prepare and coordinate 

comprehensive employment plans for 

participants, to assure access to the necessary 

training and supportive services, and to 

provide support during program 

participation and after job placement. 

Case Manager—One who coordinates, 

facilitates or provides direct services to a 

client or trainee from application through 

placement, post placement follow-up, or 

other case closing, exclusively, through 

periodic contact and the provision of 

appropriate assistance. 

Classroom Training—Any training of the 

type normally conducted in an institutional 

setting, including vocational education, 

which is designed to provide individuals 

with the technical skills and information 

required to perform a specific job or group of 

jobs. It may also include training designed to 

enhance the employability of individuals by 

upgrading basic skills, throughout the 

provision of courses such as remedial 

education, training in the primary language 

of persons with limited English language 

proficiency, or English as a second language 

training. 

Close Out—Grant close out is the process 

by which the Federal grantor agency (in the 

case of VETS grants, Department of Labor) 

determines that all applicable administrative 

actions and all required work of the grant 

have been completed by the grantee and the 

grantor. 

Cognizant Federal Agency—The Federal 

agency that is assigned audit or indirect cost 

rate approval responsibility for a particular 

recipient organization by the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB Circular A–

87 and A–102 [20 CFR, Part 97]). 

Community Based Organization—Means a 

private non-profit organization that is 

representative of a community or a 

significant segment of a community and that 

has demonstrated expertise and effectiveness 

in the field of workforce investment. FaithBased organizations are considered a subset. 

Cost per Placement—The cost per 

placement into unsubsidized employment is 

obtained by dividing the total funds 

expended by the total of direct placements 

plus assisted placements.

Counseling—A form of assistance which 

provides guidance in the development of a 

participant’s vocational goals and the means 

to achieve those goals; and/or assist a 

participant with the solution to one or more 

individual problems which may pose a 

barrier(s) to sustained employment. 

Counselor—(Employment/Vocational): A 

trained and qualified professional authorized 

to provide direct assistance (beyond advising 

and informing) through planning, testing, 

training and otherwise readying an 

individual for sustained employment. 

Customized Training—A training program 

designed to meet the special requirements of 

an employer who has entered into an 

agreement with a Service Delivery Area to 

hire individuals who are trained to the 

employer’s specifications. The training may 

occur at the employer’s site or may be 

provided by a training vendor able to meet 

the employer’s requirements. Such training 

usually requires a commitment from the 

employer to hire a specified number of 

trainees who satisfactorily complete the 

training. 

Direct Placements Into Unsubsidized 

Employment—A direct placement into 

unsubsidized employment must be a 

placement made directly by staff with an 

established employer who covers all 

employment costs for 20 or more hours per 

week at or above the minimum wage. Day 

labor and other very short-term placements 

should not be recorded as placements into 

unsubsidized employment. 

Disabled Veteran—A veteran who is 

entitled to compensation under laws 

administered by the Veterans 

Administration; or an individual who was 

medically discharged or otherwise released 

from active duty, due to service-connected 

disability. 

Disallowed Costs—Disallowed costs are 

those charges to a grant that the grantor 

agency (or its representative) determines to 

be unallowable in accordance with the 

applicable Federal Cost Principles or other 

conditions in the grant. 

Disabled Veterans’ Outreach Program 

(DVOP)—A program of Federal assistance 

through grants to States to staff and support 

in accordance with 38 U.S.C. 4103A, 

appointed to perform a number of duties 

chief among which are direct employer 

contact, particularly with Federal 

contractors, Federal employers using 

individualized job development techniques, 

and with veterans (particularly with disabled 

veterans) using a case management approach 

to client-centered services. 

Economically Disadvantaged—An 

individual who (a) receives, or is a member 

of a family which receives, cash welfare 

payments under a Federal, State, or local 

welfare program; (b) has, or is a member of 

a family which has, received a total family 

income for the six-month period prior to 

application for the program involved 

(exclusive of unemployment compensation, 

child support payments, and welfare 

payments) which, in relation to family size, 

was not in excess of the higher of (i) the 

official poverty line (as defined by the Office 

of Management and Budget, and revised 

annually in accordance with section 673 (2) 

of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 

1981 (42 U.S.C. 9902(2)), or (ii) 70 percent of 

the lower living standard income level; (c) is 

receiving (or has been determined within the 

6-month period prior to the application for 

program involved to be eligible to receive) 

food stamps pursuant to the Food Stamp Act 

of 1977; (d) qualifies as a homeless 

individual under section 103 of the Stewart 

B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act; (e) is 

a foster child on behalf of whom State or 

local government payments are made; or (f) 

in cases permitted by regulations of the 

Secretary, is an individual with a disability 

whose income meets the requirements of 

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family whose income does not meet such 

requirements. 

Eligible—Meeting the minimum requisite 

qualifications to be considered for the 

provision of services or entry into a position 

under a funded program or as required by 

law. 

Employability Development Services 

(EDS)—This includes services and activities 

that will develop or increase the 

employability of the participant. Generally, 

this includes vocational counseling, 

classroom and on-the-job training, preemployment services (such as job seeking 

skills and job search workshops), temporary 

or trial employment, sheltered work 

environments and other related services and 

activities. Planned services should assist the 

participant in addressing specific barriers to 

employment and finding a job. These 

activities may be provided by the applicant 

or by a Sub-grantee, contractor or another 

source such as the local Workforce 

Investment Act program or the DVOP 

personnel or LVERs. Such services are not 

mandatory but entries should reflect the 

services described in the application and the 

expected number of participants receiving or 

enrolled in such services during each quarter. 

Participants may be recorded more than once 

if they receive more than one service. 

Employment Development Plan (EDP)—An 

individualized written plan or intervention 

strategy for serving an individual which, as 

a result of an assessment of the veteran’s 

economic needs, vocational interests, 

aptitudes, work history, etc., defines a 

reasonable vocational or employment goal 

and the developmental services or steps 

required to reach the goal and which 

documents the accomplishments made by the 

individual. 

Employment Service—The State level 

organization or public labor exchange system 

affiliated with the Department of Labor’s 

United States Employment Service. 

Enlistments—Individuals who have 

expressed an interest, signed up for a 

workshop or enrollment in the program. 

Entered Employment—Applicants for 

service who were placed in jobs or otherwise 

obtained employment as a result of services 

used or received. 

Entered Employment Rate—This is a 

method used to determine the percentage of 

participants who become employed. The 

percentage is calculated by dividing the 

number of total participants who were 

enrolled in the program by the number of 

participants who were placed or entered 

employment through the program. 

Enrolled Veteran—Shall be synonymous 

with the term participant. A veteran who has 

been determined eligible for services at 

intake and who is receiving or scheduled to 

receive core training. 

Faith-Based Organization—See 

‘‘community-based organization’’. 

Follow-up—The tracking of clients for a 

period of time up to 180 days after initial 

placement, last referral date for services or 

completion of training programs to determine 

current status, outcome or whether to offer 

additional services (such as additional 

referral, job retention advisement, etc.). 

Full-Time Equivalent (FTE)—A personnel 

charge to the grant equal to 2,080 hours per 

year. 

FY—Fiscal Year. For Federal government 

purposes, any twelve month period 

beginning on October 1 and ending on 

September 30. 

General Equivalency Diploma (GED)—A 

high school equivalency diploma that is 

obtained by passing the General Educational 

Diploma Equivalency Test that measures the 

application of skills and knowledge generally 

associated with four (4) years of traditional 

high school instruction. 

Grant Officer’s Technical Representative 

(GOTR)—An individual (usually the DVET) 

serving on behalf of the Grant Officer who 

maintains and ensures the integrity of the 

approved grant agreement by reviewing and 

making recommendations regarding technical 

matters not involving a change in scope, cost, 

or conditions. 

Homeless or Homeless Individual—

Includes persons who lack a fixed, regular, 

and adequate nighttime residence. It also 

includes persons whose primary nighttime 

residence is either supervised public or 

private shelter designed to provide temporary 

living accommodations; an institution that 

provides a temporary residence for 

individuals intended to be institutionalized; 

or a private place not designed for, or 

ordinarily used as, a regular sleeping 

accommodation for human beings. [Reference 

42 U.S.C., Section 11302 (a)]. 

Indirect Cost—A cost that is incurred for a 

common or joint purpose benefiting more 

than one cost objective and that is not readily 

assignable to the cost objective specifically 

benefited. 

In-kind Services—Property or services 

which benefit federally assisted project or 

program and which are contributed without 

charge to the grantee. 

Institutional Skills Training—Training 

conducted in an institutional setting and 

designed to ensure that individuals acquire 

the skills, knowledge, and abilities necessary 

to perform a job or group of jobs in an 

occupation for which there is a demand. 

Intake—A process for screening individual 

applicants for eligibility; making an initial 

determination whether the program can 

benefit the applicants; providing information 

about the program, its services and the 

availability of those services; and selecting 

individual applicants for participation in the 

program.

Intensive Services—The provision of 

concentrated staff services to clients who 

indicate the need for facilitation or 

interventions to secure lasting employment. 

The case management approach to service 

delivery is a viable model for successfully 

providing such services and obtaining the 

clients goals. 

Job Club Activities—A form of job search 

assistance provided in a group setting. 

Usually job clubs provide instruction and 

assistance in completing job applications and 

developing resumes and focus on 

maximizing employment opportunities in the 

labor market and developing job leads. Many 

job clubs use telephone banks and provide 

group support to participants before and after 

they interview for job openings. 

Job Development—The process of 

marketing a program participant to 

employers, including informing employers 

about what the participant can do and 

soliciting a job interview for that individual 

with the employer (targeted job 

development); and the development of one or 

more job openings or training opportunities 

with one or more employers using a variety 

of techniques and means of contact. 

Job Placement Services—Job placement 

services are geared towards placing 

participants in jobs and may involve 

activities such as job search assistance, 

training, or job development. These services 

are initiated to enhance and expedite 

participants’ transition from training to 

employment. 

Job Search Assistance—An activity, which 

focuses on building practical skills and 

knowledge to identify and initiate employer 

contact and conduct successful interview 

with employers. Various approaches may be 

used to include participation in a job club, 

receive instruction in identifying personal 

strengths and goals, resume application 

preparation, learn interview techniques, and 

receive labor market information. Job search 

assistance is often self-service activity in 

which individuals obtain information about 

specific job openings or general jobs or 

occupational information. 

Labor Exchange—Refers to the services 

provided to job seekers and employers by the 

State Employment Services Agencies, or 

other designated entities. Preparatory 

services to job seekers may include 

assessment, testing, counseling, provision of 

labor market information, targeted job 

development, resulting in job referral and 

follow-up with former applicants and 

prospective employers. Employer-oriented 

services may include accepting job orders, 

screening applicants, referring qualified 

applicants and providing follow-up to foster 

job retention and develop additional job 

openings or training opportunities. 

Labor Exchange Delivery System (LEDS)—

Describes the system of matching jobs and 

training opportunities with applicants 

operating with Federal employment and job 

training funds. 

Labor Force—The sum of all civilians 

classified as employed and unemployed and 

members of the Armed Forces stationed in 

the United States. [Bureau of Labor Statistics 

Bulletin 2175]. 

Labor Market Area—An economically 

integrated geographic area within which 

individuals can reside and find employment 

within a reasonable distance or can readily 

change employment without changing their 

place of residence. 

Literacy and Bilingual Training—See Adult 

Basic Education. 

Local Veterans’ Employment 

Representative (LVER) Program—A program 

of Federal assistance through grants to States 

to staff in accordance with 38 U.S.C. 4104 to 

perform a number of duties, chief among 

which are the provision of intensive (case 

management) services to targeted eligible 

veterans with emphasis on VA, VR&E, and to 

functionally supervise without necessarily 

exercising line supervisor authority over the 

provision of services to veterans by SDP staff. 

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Minimum Economic Need—The level of 

wages paid to a program participant that will 

enable that participant to become 

economically self-sufficient. 

Minority Veterans—For the purposes of the 

HVRP and VWIP programs, veterans who are 

Workforce Investment Act (WIA) eligible and 

are members of the following ethnic 

categories: African American, Hispanic, 

American Indian or Alaskan Native, Asian or 

Pacific Islander. 

National Veterans’ Training Institute 

(NVTI)—An agency contracted with USDOL/

VETS to develop and provide skills 

development and enhancement training to 

individuals who are determined by the 

Assistant Secretary for Veterans’

Employment and Training and who deliver 

or monitor the provision of employment and 

training services to veterans (38 U.S.C. 4109). 

Number Retaining Job for 90 Days—To be 

counted as retaining a job for 90 days, 

continuous employment with one or more 

employers for at least 90 days must be 

verified and the definition for either direct 

placement or assisted placement into 

unsubsidized employment above is met. This 

allows clients who have moved into a 

position with a different employer to be 

recorded as retaining the job for 90 days as 

long as the client has been steadily employed 

for that length of time. 

Number Retaining Job for 180 Days—To be 

counted as retaining a job for 180 days, 

continuous employment with one or more 

employers for at least 180 days must be 

verified, and the definition for either 

placement or assisted placement into 

unsubsidized employment above is met. This 

allows clients who have moved into a 

position with a different employer to be 

recorded as retaining the job for 180 days as 

long as the client has been steadily employed 

for that length of time. 

Occupational Skills Training—Includes 

both (1) vocational education which is 

designed to provide individuals with the 

technical skills and information required to 

perform a specific job or group of jobs, and 

(2) on-the-job training. 

Offender—Any adult or juvenile who has 

been subject to any stage of the criminal 

justice process for whom services under this 

program may be beneficial or who requires 

assistance in overcoming artificial barriers to 

employment resulting from a record of arrest 

or conviction. 

On-the-Job Training (OJT)—Means training 

by an employer that is provided to a paid 

participant while engaged in productive 

work in a job that: (a) Provides knowledge or 

skill essential to the full and adequate 

performance of the job; (b) provides 

reimbursement to the employer of up to 50 

percent of the wage rate of the participant, for 

the extraordinary costs of providing the 

training and additional supervision related to 

the participant is being trained, taking into 

account the content of the training, the prior 

work experience of the participant, and the 

service strategy of the participant, as 

appropriate. Usually in the OJT agreement, 

there is a promise on the part of the employer 

to hire the trainee upon successful 

completion of the training. 

On-Site Industry-Specific Training—This is 

training which is specifically tailored to the 

needs of a particular employer and/or 

industry. Participants may be trained 

according to specifications developed by an 

employer for an occupation or group of 

occupations at a job site. Such training is 

usually presented to a group of participants 

in an environment or job site representative 

of the actual job/occupation, and there is 

often an obligation on the part of the 

employer to hire a certain number of 

participants who successfully complete the 

training. 

Outreach—An active effort by program 

staff to encourage individuals in the 

designated service delivery area to avail 

themselves of program services. 

Outside Funds—Resources pledged to the 

grant program that have a quantified dollar 

value. Such resources may include training 

funds from programs such as WIA Title I that 

are put aside for the exclusive use by 

participants enrolled in a program. Outside 

funds do not include in-kind services. 

Participant—Means an individual who has 

been determined to be eligible to participate 

in and who is receiving services (except 

follow-up services) under the program. 

Participation shall be deemed to commence 

on the first day, following determination of 

eligibility, on which the individual began 

receiving subsidized employment, training, 

or other services provided under the 

program. An individual who receives only 

outreach and/or intake assessment services 

does not meet this definition. 

Participants Enrolled—A client should be 

recorded as having been enrolled when an 

intake form has been completed, and 

services, referral, and/or employment has 

been received through the program. This 

should be an unduplicated count over the 

year, i.e., each participant is recorded only 

once, regardless of the number of times she 

or he receives assistance. 

Participants Services—This cost includes 

supportive, training, or social rehabilitation 

services, which will assist in stabilizing the 

participant. This category should reflect all 

costs other than administrative.

Placed Into Transitional or Permanent 

Housing—A placement into transitional or 

permanent housing should be recorded when 

a veteran served by the program upgrades 

his/her housing situation during the 

reporting period from shelter/streets to 

transitional housing or permanent housing or 

from transitional housing to permanent 

housing. Placements resulting from referrals 

by staff shall be counted. This item is 

however an unduplicated count over the 

year, except that a participant may be 

counted once upon entering transitional 

housing and again upon obtaining permanent 

housing. 

Placement—The act of securing 

unsubsidized employment for or by a 

participant. 

Placement Rate—This is a method used to 

determine the percentage of participants who 

become employed. The figure is calculated 

by dividing the number of total participants 

who were registered for services or enrolled 

in the program by the number of applicants 

or program participants who were placed or 

otherwise entered employment. 

Pre-apprenticeship Training—Any training 

designed to increase or upgrade specific 

academic, or cognitive, or physical skills 

required as a prerequisite for entry into a 

specific trade or occupation. 

Pre-enrollment Assessment—The process 

of determining the employability and 

training needs of individuals before enrolling 

them into the program. Individual factors 

usually addressed during pre-enrollment 

assessment include: an evaluation and/or 

measurement of vocational interests and 

aptitudes, present abilities, previous 

education and work experience, income 

requirements, and personal circumstances. 

Preference—The application of priorities in 

the consideration and selection through 

appointment or assignment of staff to funded 

positions, or in the provision of direct 

services and order of referral to listed 

openings in the order designated by statute 

regulation, and grant agreement. 

Program Resources—Includes the total of 

both program or grant and outside funds. 

Program Year (PY)—The 12-month period 

beginning July 1 in the fiscal year for which 

the appropriation is made, and ending on the 

following June 30. 

Qualified—An individual who has been 

determined to possess the requisite 

knowledge, skills, and abilities for positions 

within the context of the selection process 

used to identify and rank persons possessing 

those attributes. 

Rate of Placement Into Unsubsidized 

Employment—The rate of placement into 

unsubsidized employment is obtained by 

dividing the number placed into 

unsubsidized employment, plus the number 

of assisted placements into unsubsidized 

employment by the number of clients 

enrolled. 

Recently Separated Veteran—Refers to an 

individual who applies for program 

participation or assistance within 48 months 

of separation from active U.S. military 

service [29 U.S.C. 1503 (27) (c)]. 

Remedial Education—Education 

instruction, particularly in basic skills, to 

raise an individual’s general competency 

level in order to succeed in vocational 

education or skill training programs, or 

employment. 

Service Connected Disabled—Refers to (1) 

a veteran who is entitled to compensation 

under laws administered by the Department 

of Veterans’ Affairs, or (2) an individual who 

was discharged or released from active duty 

because of a service-connected disability (38 

U.S.C. 4211 (3); 29 U.S.C., Chapter 19, 

section 1503 (27) (C)). 

Service Delivery Point (SDP)—Includes 

offices of the public employment delivery 

system operated directly or by contract with 

the State Workforce Agency as grantee within 

a State and may include One ‘‘Stop Career 

Centers, local employment service offices, 

and any satellite or itinerant offices at which 

labor exchange services are available. 

Solicitation for Grant Applications (SGA)—

A document which provides the 

requirements and instructions for the 

submission by eligible applicants identified 

in the document’s text of requests for Federal 

domestic assistance (funds) for one or more 

programs or grants-in-aid. 

State Workforce Agency (SWA)—The State 

level organization, as affiliated with the 

former United States Employment Service. 

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Subgrant—An award of financial 

assistance in the form of money, or property 

in lieu of money, made under a grant by a 

grantee to an eligible subgrantee. 

Subgrantee—The government or other legal 

entity to which a subgrant is awarded and 

which is accountable to the grantee for the 

use of the funds provided. 

Suitable Employment—See ‘‘Unsubsidized 

Employment’’. 

Substance Abuser—An individual 

dependent on alcohol or drugs, especially 

narcotics, whose dependency constitutes or 

results in a substantial barrier to 

employment. 

Supportive Services—Means services 

which are necessary to enable an individual 

eligible for training, but who cannot afford to 

pay for such services, to participate in a 

training program funded under the grant. 

Such supportive services may include 

transportation, health care, financial 

assistance (except as a post-termination 

service), drug and alcohol abuse counseling 

and referral, individual and family 

counseling, special services and materials for 

individuals with disabilities, job coaches, 

child care and dependent care, temporary 

shelter, financial counseling, and other 

reasonable expenses required for 

participation in the training program and 

may be provided in-kind or through cash 

assistance. 

Targeted Job Development—The 

identification and marketing of a group of 

qualified applicants with similar occupations 

or employment barriers requiring personal 

visitation/phone contact with those 

employers likely to employ these 

individuals. 

Total Planned Expenditures—Identified 

forecasted financial needs to accomplish 

programmatic objectives broken down into 

fiscal quarters. 

Unsubsidized Employment—Employment 

not financed from funds provided under the 

grant. In the grant program the term 

‘‘adequate’’ or ‘‘suitable’’ employment is also 

used to mean placement in unsubsidized 

employment which pays an income adequate 

to accommodate the participants’ minimum

economic needs. 

Upgrading or Retraining—Training given 

to an individual who needs such training to 

advance above an entry level or dead-end 

position. This training shall include assisting 

veterans in acquiring needed State 

certification to be employed in the same field 

as they were trained in the military (i.e., 

Commercial Truck Driving License (CDL), 

Emergency Medical Technician (EMT), 

Airframe & Power Plant (A&P), Teaching 

Certificate, etc.). 

Veteran—An individual who served in the 

United States active military, naval, or air 

service, and who was discharged or released 

there from under conditions other than 

dishonorable (29 U.S.C. Chapter 19, section 

1503 (27) (A) [for WIA, Section 168 (VWIP) 

and WIA, Title I training/services]). 

Veterans’ Workforce Investment Program 

(VWIP)—Competitively awarded 

employment and training grants to meet the 

needs of veterans with significant barriers to 

employment; with service-connected 

disabilities; who served on active duty in the 

armed forces during a campaign or 

expedition for which a campaign badge has 

been authorized; and recently separated 

veterans. The U.S. Department of Labor, 

Veterans’ Employment and Training Service 

awards VWIP grants as authorized under the 

Workforce Investment Act (WIA), Section 

168. 

Vocational Exploration Training—Through 

assessments such as interest inventories and/

or counseling, a process of identifying 

occupations or occupational areas in which 

a person may find satisfaction and potential, 

and for which his or her aptitudes and other 

qualifications may be appropriate. 

Vocational Guidance—The provision of 

information, suggestions, and advice through 

discussion with individuals who are 

considering a geographical or vocational 

choice or change, relating to their career 

decision. 

Wartime Veteran—See ‘‘campaign veteran 

above.’’

Welfare and/or Public Assistance 

Recipient—An individual who, during the 

course of the program year, receives or is a 

member of a family who receives cash 

welfare or public assistance payments under 

a Federal, State, or local welfare program. 

Workforce Investment Act (WIA)—The 

purpose of this Act is to establish programs 

to prepare youth and unskilled adults for 

entry into the labor force and to afford job 

training to those economically disadvantaged 

individuals and other individuals, including 

veterans, who face serious barriers to 

employment and who are in need of such 

training to obtain prospective employment. 

The Act requires the Assistant Secretary for 

Veterans’ Employment and Training to 

consult with the Secretary of the Department 

of Veterans Affairs to ensure that programs 

funded under VWIP of this Act meet the 

employment and training needs of serviceconnected disabled, Campaign, and recently 

separated veterans and are coordinated, to 

the maximum extent feasible, with related 

programs and activities. 

Work Experience—A temporary activity 

(six months or less) which provides an 

individual with the opportunity to acquire 

the skills and knowledge necessary to 

perform a job, including appropriate work 

habits and behaviors, and which may be 

combined with classroom or other training. 

When wages are paid to a participant on 

work experience and when such wage are 

wholly paid for under WIA, the participant 

may not receive this training under a private, 

for profit employer. 

Youth—An individual between 20 and 24 

years of age.

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BILLING CODE 4510–79–P

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

Notice of Permits Issued Under the 

Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978

AGENCY: National Science Foundation.

ACTION: Notice of permits under the 

Antarctic Conservation of 1978, Public 

Law 95–541. 

SUMMARY: The National Science 

Foundation (NSF) is required to publish 

notice of permits issued under the 

Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. 

This is the required notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Nadene G. Kennedy, Permit Office, 

Office of Polar Programs, Rm. 755, 

National Science Foundation, 4201 

Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 

9, 2004, the National Science 

Foundation published a notice in the 

Federal Register of a Waste 

Management permit application 

received. A Waste Management permit 

was issued on September 24, 2004 to the 

following applicant: Tom Yelvington, 

Raytheon Polar Services Company, 

Permit No.: 2005 WM–001.

Nadene G. Kennedy, 

Permit Officer.

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BILLING CODE 7555–01–M

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket No. 50–261] 

Carolina Power & Light Company; 

Notice of Partial Denial of Amendment 

to Facility Operating License and 

Opportunity for Hearing 

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC or the Commission) 

has denied a portion of an amendment 

request by the Carolina Power & Light 

Company (the licensee) for an 

amendment to Renewed Facility 

Operating License No. DPR–23 issued to 

the licensee for operation of the H. B. 

Robinson Steam Electric Plant, Unit No. 

2, located in Darlington County, South 

Carolina. The Notice of Consideration of 

Issuance of this amendment was 

published in the Federal Register on 

April 1, 2003 (68 FR 15758). 

The purpose of the licensee’s 

amendment request was to revise the 

Technical Specifications (TS) to fully 

implement the alternative source term 

(AST). 

The NRC staff has concluded that the 

portion of the licensee’s request 

regarding use of the AST for loss-ofcoolant accidents cannot be granted. 

The licensee was notified of the 

Commission’s denial of the proposed 

change by a letter dated September 24, 

2004. 

By 30 days from the date of 

publication of this notice in the Federal 

Register, the licensee may demand a 

hearing with respect to the denial 

described above. Any person whose