Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 97 / Thursday, May 18, 2000 / Notices 31605

Authority

This action is authorized under the

Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets

Act of 1968, Sections 201–03, as

amended, 42 U.S.C. 3721–23 (1994).

Background

This solicitation is based on the

Congressional reporting requirements of

the Higher Education Amendments of

1998 for an evaluation of the

effectiveness of the Grants to Combat

Violent Crimes Against Women on

Campuses Program (VAW Campus

Program). The National Institute of

Justice (NIJ), in collaboration with the

Office of Justice Programs’ Violence

Against Women Office (VAWO), is

soliciting proposals for this national

evaluation. The evaluation should

examine impact issues regarding those

institutions of higher education that are

VAW Campus Program grantees;

implementing comprehensive,

coordinated responses to violence

against women, including sexual

assault, domestic violence, and stalking.

One grant of up to $850,000 will be

awarded. The duration of the evaluation

is up to 36 months, with summary

reports required for each component of

the evaluation—baseline data, process,

and impact.

Interested organizations should call

the National Criminal Justice Reference

Service (NCJRS) at 1–800–851–3420 to

obtain a copy of ‘‘National Evaluation of

Grants to Combat Violent Crimes

Against Women on Campus’’ (refer to

document no. SL000422). For World

Wide Web access, connect to either NIJ

at http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/

funding.htm, or the NCJRS Justice

Information Center at http://

www.ncjrs.org/fedgrant.htm#nij.

Julie E. Samuels,

Acting Director, National Institute of Justice.

[FR Doc. 00–12565 Filed 5–17–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4410–18–U

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training

Administration

[TA–W–35,579 and TA–W–35,579A]

Mitchell Energy and Development

Corporation Headquartered in the

Woodlands, Texas, Operating

Throughout the State of Texas and

Mitchell Louisiana Gas Services L.P.,

and Operating Throughout the State of

Louisiana; Termination of Certification

Regarding Eligibility To Apply for

Worker Adjustment Assistance

On March 24, 1999, the Department

issued a Certification Regarding

Eligibility to Apply for Worker

Adjustment Assistance for the workers

and former workers of Mitchell Energy

and Development Corporation and

Mitchell Louisiana Gas Services L.P.

(TA–W–35,579.) Notice of the

determination was published in the

Federal Register on May 21, 1999 (64

FR 27811).

The certification was based on

information supplied by the company

which the Department concluded to

indicate that crude oil production was

approximately half of total company

revenues. The Department issued the

certification on the basis of increased

aggregate U.S. imports of crude oil.

Following receipt of a request from

the company that coverage of the

certification be expanded to include

workers not covered by the certification,

the Department on December 6, 1999

instituted an investigation on behalf of

workers employed in the following

organizational subdivisions of the

subject firm which had not been

specifically identified in the

certification as covered: Mitchell Energy

Corporation, Mitchell Gas Services, L.P.,

and MND Services. The Department

determined it appropriate to institute a

new investigation with respect to the

three above-mentioned subsidiary

entities and that investigation was

instituted as TA–W–37, 142.

Following the receipt and review of

additional information requested by the

Department in conjunction with its

investigation with respect to the

subsidiary entities, it was concluded

less than six percent of revenues of

Mitchell Energy and Development

Corporation are derived from

production of crude oil and that such

crude oil is in fact a by-product of the

subject firm’s primary activities: the

acquisition and processing of natural

gas and natural gas liquids. Thus, upon

the review of more detailed information

than that initially submitted by the

subject firm, it was concluded that a

certification of eligibility to apply for

worker adjustment assistance cannot be

based upon increased imports of crude

oil.

Based upon the additional evidence

obtained and in accordance with

Section 223(d) of the Act, on February

9, 2000, the Director of the Division of

Trade Adjustment Assistance instituted

an investigation to determine

separations of workers from Mitchell

Energy and Development Corporation

and Mitchell Louisiana Gas Services L.

P. (TA–W–35,579 and TA–W–35,579A)

continue to be attributable to the

conditions for certification specified in

Section 222 of the Act. Notice of the

investigation was published in the

Federal Register on February 25, 2000.

The Department has surveyed

customers of the primary products of

Mitchell Energy and Development

Corporation—natural gas and natural

gas liquids—in order determine to

whether imports of such products

contributed importantly to the worker

separations. None of the surveyed

customers purchased imported natural

gas or natural gas liquids.

Conclusion

Upon the review of the evidence it is

determined that the Certification of

Eligibility to Apply for Worker

Adjustment Assistance with respect to

workers of Mitchell Energy and

Development Corporation,

headquartered in the Woodlands, Texas

operating throughout the state of Texas

(TA–W–35,579) and Mitchell Louisiana

Gas Services L.P. and operating

throughout the state of Louisiana (TA–

W–579A) is terminated. The effective

date of this termination is May 18, 2000.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 10th day of

May 2000.

Grant D. Beale,

Program Manager, Division of Trade

Adjustment Assistance.

[FR Doc. 00–12508 Filed 5–17–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–30–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training

Administration

[TA–W–37,553]

Swank, Inc., Attleboro, Massachusetts;

Notice of Termination of Investigation

Pursuant to section 221 of the Trade

Act of 1974, an investigation was

initiated on April 10, 2000, in response

to a petition filed on the same date on

behalf of workers at Swank, Inc.,

Attleboro, Massachusetts.