24988 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 83 / Friday, April 28, 2000 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Federal Bureau of Prisons

Notice of Intent to Prepare a Draft

Environmental Impact Statement

(DEIS) for Development of a Medium/

High-Security Federal Correctional

Facility in Terre Haute, Indiana

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Justice,

Federal Bureau of Prisons.

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Prepare a

Draft Environmental Impact Statement

(DEIS).

SUMMARY:

Proposed Action

The United States Department of

Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons has

determined that additional medium/

high-security federal correctional

facilities are needed in its system.

The DEIS will focus upon a 1,000-acre

(approximately) tract of land currently

controlled by the Federal Bureau of

Prisons in Terre Haute, Indiana.

This notice also initiates the Federal

Bureau of Prisons’ responsibilities

under the National Historic Preservation

Act of 1966, as amended.

The Federal Bureau of Prisons

proposes to build and operate a

medium/high-security federal

correctional facility in Terre Haute,

Indiana. The facility would provide

secure correctional habitation for

approximately 1,000–1,200 inmates.

The Federal Bureau of Prisons proposes

to build the facility adjacent to the

existing United States Penitentiary,

Terre Haute, on a portion of the land

currently controlled by the Federal

Bureau of Prisons. The site appears to be

of sufficient size to provide space for

inmate housing, correctional programs,

administrative services and other

support areas such as parking and

perimeter security.

The Process

In the process of evaluating the site,

several aspects will receive detailed

examination including: utilities, traffic

patterns, noise levels, visual intrusion,

threatened and endangered species and

socioeconomic impacts. Possible

archeological and cultural resources

will be studied and documented

pursuant to the National Historic

Preservation Act of 1966, as amended.

Alternatives

In developing the DEIS, the options of

‘‘no action’’ and other ‘‘alternatives’’ for

the proposed facility will be fully and

thoroughly examined.

Scoping Process

During the preparation of the DEIS,

there will be opportunities for public

involvement in order to determine the

issues to be examined. A public Scoping

Meeting will be held at the Terre Haute

South High School Cafeteria, 3737

South 7th Street, Terre Haute, Indiana,

at 7:00 p.m. on May 17, 2000. The

meeting will be well publicized and will

be held at a time which will make it

possible for the public and interested

agencies or organizations to attend. In

addition, the Federal Bureau of Prisons

will host an agency Scoping Meeting on

May 3, 2000, and sponsor other

meetings with the public as required.

DEIS Preparation

Public notice will be given concerning

the availability of the DEIS for public

review and comment.

Address

Questions concerning the proposed

action and the DEIS may be directed to:

David J. Dorworth, Chief, Site Selection

and Environmental Review Branch,

Federal Bureau of Prisons, 320 First

Street, NW, Washington, DC 20534,

telephone (202) 514–6470, telefacsimile

(202) 616–6024, email:

siteselection@bop.gov.

Dated: April 20, 2000.

David J. Dorworth,

Chief, Site Selection and Environmental

Review Branch.

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BILLING CODE 4410–05–P

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary

Women in Apprenticeship and

Nontraditional Occupations DOL FY

2000 Budget, Training and

Employment Services (TES) 1600174

AGENCY: Women’s Bureau, Department

of Labor.

ACTION: Notice of Availability of Funds

and Solicitation for Grant Applications

(SGA 00–03).

SUMMARY: All information required to

submit a proposal is contained in this

announcement. Applicants for grant

funds should read this notice in its

entirety and respond as directed. Grant

proposals that are not completed as

directed will be judged nonresponsive

and will not be evaluated.

The Women’s Bureau (WB), U.S.

Department of Labor (DOL) announces

the Solicitation for Grant Applications

(SGA) authorized under the Women in

Apprenticeship and Nontraditional

Occupations (WANTO) Act of 1992. The

major provisions of the WANTO

legislation are to ‘‘assist business in

providing women with opportunities in

apprenticeship and nontraditional

occupations.’’ The WANTO grant

program funds Community-Based

Organizations (CBOs) to provide

technical assistance (TA) to employers

and labor unions (E/LUs) that will

‘‘enable business to meet the challenge

of Workforce 2000.’’ The challenge is

greater than the shortage of skilled

workers in construction trades, and it is

especially acute in recruiting and

retaining workers with technology skills

in nonconstruction industries with

increasing inputs of technological

innovation that interfaces with

computer-based information technology,

e.g., telecommunications, utilities,

manufacturing, transportation, and

services.

The Women’s Bureau co-administers

WANTO with the DOL’s Bureau of

Apprenticeship and Training (BAT),

with the WB having responsibility for

implementing the grant process.

Congress first appropriated funds for

WANTO in Fiscal Year (FY) 1994, under

JTPA (Title IV–D). JTPA expires on June

30, 2000, and will be superseded by the

Workforce Investment Act (WIA) on July

1, 2000. WANTO (FY) 2000 is funded by

DOL (FY) 2000 Budget: Training and

Employment Services (TES) 1600174.

The Department of Labor will

competitively award grants to CBOs

who represent the best from the segment

of CBOs actively involved in preapprenticeship and skills training,

advocacy, technical assistance to

employers/labor unions, mentorship,

and other support services to increase

the participation of women in

apprenticeship and skilled, high-pay

nontraditional occupations (A/NTO).

These CBOs must provide TA to E/LUs

to prepare them to successfully recruit,

train, and retain women in

apprenticeable and other skilled highpay nontraditional occupations. In

addition, TA must include strategic

planning with E/LUs for identifying

sources of support services—child care,

transportation, and necessary

transitional costs—to ensure the

successful transition of women to

apprenticeship and other skilled highpay workplaces. As a result, the

Department expects employers and

labor unions ‘‘to expand the

employment and self-sufficiency

options of women.’’

Further, the Department will give

priority consideration to proposals in

the following order: (1) CBOs in the 32

States previously unserved by WANTO,

(2) CBOs working to employ women