33358 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 100 / Tuesday, May 23, 2000 / Notices

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a

draft environmental impact statement

(DEIS).

SUMMARY

Proposed Action

The mission of the United States

Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of

Prisons (Bureau) is to protect society by

confining offenders in the controlled

environments of prison and communitybased facilities that are safe, humane,

cost-efficient, and appropriately secure,

and that provide work and other selfimprovement opportunities to assist

offenders in becoming law-abiding

citizens. The Bureau accomplishes its

mission through the appropriate use of

community correction, detention, and

correctional facilities that are either:

Federally-owned and operated;

Federally-owned and non-Federally

operated; and non-Federally owned and

operated.

The Bureau is facing a period of

unprecedented growth in its inmate

population. Projections show the federal

inmate population increasing from

approximately 120,000 inmates to

205,000 inmates by 2007. As such, the

demand for bedspace within the federal

prison system will continue to grow at

a significant rate. To accommodate a

portion of the growing inmate

population, the Bureau has determined

that an additional medium-security

Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) or

a high-security United States

Penitentiary (USP) is needed in its

system. Therefore, the Bureau is

proposing to build and operate a

medium-security FCI or high-security

USP, with an adjacent minimumsecurity satellite camp, in Fresno

County, California. The main mediumsecurity facility would provide

habitation for approximately 1,200

inmates, and a high-security USP would

provide habitation for approximately

1,000 inmates. An additional 150–300

inmates will be housed (at the USP or

FCI) in an adjacent minimum-security

satellite camp.

Several sites in Fresno County,

California have been offered to the

Bureau for consideration in developing

a medium-security FCI or high-security

USP and satellite camp. The Bureau has

preliminarily evaluated these sites and

determined that the prospective sites

appear to be of sufficient size to provide

space for housing, programs,

administrative services and other

support facilities associated with the

correctional facility. The DEIS to be

prepared by the Bureau will analyze the

potential impacts of correctional facility

construction and operation at these

sites.

The Process

In the process of evaluating the sites,

several aspects will receive detailed

examination including, but are not

limited to: topography, geology/soils,

hydrology, biological resources, utility

services, transportation services,

cultural resources, land uses, socioeconomics, hazardous materials, air and

noise quality, among others.

Alternatives

In developing the DEIS, the options of

‘‘no action’’ and ‘‘alternative sites’’ 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 7:00 p.m.,

Tuesday, June 13, 2000 at the Victor P.

Lopez Rural Development Job Training

Center located at 1705 Archor Avenue,

Orange Cove, California. There will also

be a public Scoping Meeting held at

7:00 p.m., Wednesday, June 14, 2000, at

the Mendota High School, located at

1200 Belmont Avenue in Mendota,

California. The meeting locations, date,

and time will be well publicized and

has been arranged to allow for the

public as well as interested agencies and

organizations to attend. The meetings

are being held to allow interested

persons to formally express their views

on the scope and significant issues to be

studied as part of the DEIS process. The

Scoping Meeting is being held to

provide for timely public comments and

understanding of federal plans and

programs with possible environmental

consequences as required by the

National Environmental Policy Act of

1969, as amended, and the National

Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as

amended. In addition, public

information meetings will continue to

be held in Fresno County by

representatives of the Bureau with

interested citizens, elected officials, and

community leaders.

DEIS Preparation

Public notice will be given concerning

the availability of the DEIS for public

review and comment.

Addresses:

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, E-Mail:

siteselection@bop.gov.

Dated: May 17, 2000.

David J. Dorworth, Chief,

Site Selection and Environmental Review

Branch.

[FR Doc. 00–12869 Filed 5–22–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4410–05–U

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Labor Advisory Committee for Trade

Negotiations and Trade Policy;

Meeting Notice

Pursuant to the provisions of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub.

L. 92–463 as amended), notice is hereby

given of a meeting of the Steering

Subcommittee of the Labor Advisory

Committee for Trade Negotiations and

Trade Policy.

Date, time and place: June 15, 2000,

10 am, U.S. Department of Labor, N–

3437 C&D, 200 Constitution Ave., NW,

Washington, D.C. 20210.

Purpose: The meeting will include a

review and discussion of current issues

which influence U.S. trade policy.

Potential U.S. negotiating objectives and

bargaining positions in current and

anticipated trade negotiations will be

discussed. Pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 2155(f)

it has been determined that the meeting

will be concerned with matters the

disclosure of which would seriously

compromise the Government’s

negotiating objectives or bargaining

positions. Accordingly, the meeting will

be closed to the public.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jorge Perez-Lopez, Director, Office of

International Economic Affairs, Phone:

(202) 219–7597.

Signed at Washington, DC this 15th day of

May 2000.

Andrew James Samet,

Deputy Under Secretary, International

Affairs.

[FR Doc. 00–12937 Filed 5–22–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–28–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training

Administration

Workforce Investment Act: Indian and

Native American Programs Under

Section 166

AGENCY: Employment and Training

Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice of proposed data

collection.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as

part of its continuing effort to reduce

paperwork and respondent burden,

conducts a preclearance consultation

process to provide the general public

and Federal agencies with an

opportunity to comment on proposed

and/or continuing collections of

information in accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

(PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This

process helps to ensure that requested

data can be provided in the desired

format, reporting burdens are

minimized, collection instruments are

clearly understood, and the impact of

collection requirements on respondents

can be properly assessed. Currently, the

Employment and Training

Administration (ETA), in consultation

with the Native American Employment

and Training Council, is soliciting

comments concerning the proposed

institution of a ‘‘reporting and

performance standards system for

Indian and Native American programs

under title I, section 166 of the

Workforce Investment Act (WIA)’’. A

copy of the proposed information

collection request (ICR) can be obtained

by contacting the office listed below in

the address section of this notice.

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted to the office listed in the

addressee section below on or before

July 24, 2000.

ADDRESSES: James C. DeLuca, Chief,

Division of Indian and Native American

Programs, Employment and Training

Administration, U.S. Department of

Labor, Room N–4641, 200 Constitution

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20210.

Telephone: (202) 219–8502 ext

119(VOICE) or (202) 219–6338(FAX)

(these are not toll-free numbers) or

INTERNET: jdeluca@doleta.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Copies of the information collection

request are available for inspection in

the Division of Indian and Native

American Programs at the above

address, and will be mailed to persons

who request copies in writing from

James C. DeLuca at the above address.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

The Employment and Training

Administration of the Department of

Labor, in consultation with the Native

American Employment and Training

Council, is requesting approval of a new

reporting and performance standards

system for Workforce Investment Act

(WIA) title I, section 166 Indian and

Native American grantees for three

program years (July 1, 2000 to June 30,

2003). In evaluating the last several

years’ reporting experience of the

grantees who receive funding under

JTPA section 401, including title II–B

Summer Youth funds, and in light of the

statutory requirements of WIA

applicable to section 166 grantees, the

Department has developed the following

recommended reporting requirements

which it believes supports the statutory

requirements under WIA as they relate

to the Indian and Native American

Program.

II. Desired Focus of Comments

The Department of Labor is

particularly interested in comments

which:

• Evaluate whether the proposed

collection of information is necessary

for the proper performance of the

functions of the agency, including

whether the information will have

practical utility;

• Evaluate the accuracy of the

agency’s burden estimate for the

proposed collection of information,

including the validity of the

methodology and assumptions used;

• Enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and

• Minimize the burden of the

collection of information on those who

are to respond, including the use of

appropriate automated, electronic,

mechanical, or other technological

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology, e.g., permitting

electronic submissions of responses.

III. Current Action

This proposed ICR will be used by

approximately 150 Workforce

Investment Act (WIA) section 166

grantees as the primary reporting and

performance measurement vehicle for

enrolled individuals, their

characteristics, training and services

provided, outcomes, including job

placement and employability

enhancements, as well as detailed

financial data on program expenditures.

Grantees participating in the

demonstration under Public Law 102–

477 will not be affected by this

collection, and have not been included

in the following burden estimates.

Type of Review: New.

Agency: Employment and Training

Administration.

Title: Reporting and performance

system for WIA title I, section 166

Indian and Native American grantees.

OMB Number: 1205–0NEW.

Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance Number: 17.251 (this would

replace similar Indian and Native

American employment and training

activities conducted under section 401

of the Job Training Partnership Act)

Record Keeping: Grantees shall retain

supporting and other documents

necessary for the compilation and

submission of the subject reports for

three years after submission of the final

financial report for the grant in question

[29 CFR 97.42 and/or 29 CFR 95.53].

Affected Public: Federally-recognized

Indian tribes, bands, and groups; Alaska

Native entities; Hawaiian Native

entities; private non-profit Indiancontrolled organizations; State Indian

Commissions or Councils (Native

American-controlled); consortia of any

and/or all of the above.

Cite/Reference/Form/etc.: The

collection instrument is the Indian and

Native American Reporting and

Performance System and related

instructions. OMB-approved forms are

provided for use in gathering

information at the grantee field office

level.

Total Respondents: 150.

Frequency: Quarterly for financial

information; Semi-annually and

annually for participation and

characteristics information (for both the

Comprehensive and Supplemental

Youth Services programs).

Total Responses: 900 [For the

Comprehensive Services program] (150

times 2, plus 150 times 4—possibly

more) There are four statutorily-required

quarterly financial status reports per

grantee per year, by year of

appropriation. For participation and

characteristics information, there is one

semi-annual and one annual submission

per year, regardless of the year(s) of

funding expended during the program

year. There is only one format for the

participation and characteristics report.

Total Responses: 690 [For the

Supplemental Youth Services program]

(115 recipients of Supplemental Youth

Services funds times 2, 115 times four—

possibly more). There are four

statutorily-required quarterly financial

status reports per grantee per year, by

year of appropriation. For participation

and characteristics information, there is

one semi-annual and one annual

submission per year, regardless of the

year(s) of funding expended during the

program year. There is only one format

for the participation and characteristics

report.

Average Time per Response: Financial

Status Report (FSR)—7.75 hours; [ETA

9083] Participation and Characteristics

Report (PCR) for the Comprehensive

Services Program—9.67 hours; [ETA

9084] Participation and Characteristics

Report (PCR) for the Supplemental

Youth Services Program—9.67 hours

[ETA 9085] The individual time per

33360 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 100 / Tuesday, May 23, 2000 / Notices

1For purposes of this proposed exemption,

references to the provisions of Title I of the Act,

unless otherwise specified, refer also to

corresponding provisions of the Code.

response varies widely depending on

the degree of automation attained by

individual grantees. Grantees also vary

according to the numbers of individuals

served in each program year. If the

grantee has a fully-developed and

automated MIS, the response time is

limited to one-time programming plus

processing time for each response. It is

the Department’s desire to see as many

WIA section 166 grantees as possible

become computerized, so that response

time for reporting will eventually sift

down to an irreducible minimum with

an absolute minimum of human

intervention.

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 13,340

(minimum)—1,590 total responses.

(FSR: 1,060 responses times 7.75 hours

= 8,215 burden hours). (PCR: 530

responses times 9.67 hours = 5,125

burden hours). The total of these two

estimates yields a total estimate of at

least 13,340 total burden hours per

response cycle (one program year). The

use of the term ‘‘minimum’’ refers to the

fact that an individual grantee must

continue to report on expenditures by

year of appropriation until those funds

are completely expended, or ‘‘zeroed

out’’. Thus, if more that one year’s

appropriation is expended in a given

quarter, two (or more) FSRs must be

submitted for that period, corresponding

to the fund source(s) utilized.

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):

$-0-.

Total Burden Cost (operating/

maintaining): $200,100 (13,340 total

hours per response cycle times an

estimated average wage of $15.00 per

grantee staff hour). As noted, these costs

will vary widely among grantees, from

nearly no additional cost to some higher

figure, depending on the state of

automation attained by each grantee and

the wages paid to the staff actually

completing the various forms. All costs

associated with the submission of these

forms are allowable grant expenses.

Comments submitted in response to

this comment request will be

summarized and/or included in the

request for Office of Management and

Budget approval of the information

collection request; they also will

become a matter of public record.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 17th day of

May, 2000.

Thomas M. Dowd,

Acting Director, Office of National Programs.

[FR Doc. 00–12936 Filed 5–22–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–30–U

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Pension and Welfare Benefits

Administration

[Application No. D–10624, et al.]

Proposed Exemptions; The Banc

Funds Company, LLC (TBFC)

AGENCY: Pension and Welfare Benefits

Administration, Labor

ACTION: Notice of proposed exemptions.

SUMMARY: This document contains

notices of pendency before the

Department of Labor (the Department) of

proposed exemptions from certain of the

prohibited transaction restrictions of the

Employee Retirement Income Security

Act of 1974 (the Act) and/or the Internal

Revenue Code of 1986 (the Code).

Written Comments and Hearing

Requests

All interested persons are invited to

submit written comments or request for

a hearing on the pending exemptions,

unless otherwise stated in the Notice of

Proposed Exemption, within 45 days

from the date of publication of this

Federal Register Notice. Comments and

requests for a hearing should state: (1)

The name, address, and telephone

number of the person making the

comment or request, and (2) the nature

of the person’s interest in the exemption

and the manner in which the person

would be adversely affected by the

exemption. A request for a hearing must

also state the issues to be addressed and

include a general description of the

evidence to be presented at the hearing.

ADDRESSES: All written comments and

request for a hearing (at least three

copies) should be sent to the Pension

and Welfare Benefits Administration,

Office of Exemption Determinations,

Room N–5649, U.S. Department of

Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW,

Washington, DC 20210. Attention:

Application No. ll, stated in each

Notice of Proposed Exemption. The

applications for exemption and the

comments received will be available for

public inspection in the Public

Documents Room of the Pension and

Welfare Benefits Administration, U.S.

Department of Labor, Room N–5638,

200 Constitution Avenue, NW,

Washington, DC 20210.

Notice to Interested Persons

Notice of the proposed exemptions

will be provided to all interested

persons in the manner agreed upon by

the applicant and the Department

within 15 days of the date of publication

in the Federal Register. Such notice

shall include a copy of the notice of

proposed exemption as published in the

Federal Register and shall inform

interested persons of their right to

comment and to request a hearing

(where appropriate).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

proposed exemptions were requested in

applications filed pursuant to section

408(a) of the Act and/or section

4975(c)(2) of the Code, and in

accordance with procedures set forth in

29 CFR part 2570, subpart B (55 FR

32836, 32847, August 10, 1990).

Effective December 31, 1978, section

102 of Reorganization Plan No. 4 of

1978, 5 U.S.C. App. 1 (1996), transferred

the authority of the Secretary of the

Treasury to issue exemptions of the type

requested to the Secretary of Labor.

Therefore, these notices of proposed

exemption are issued solely by the

Department.

The applications contain

representations with regard to the

proposed exemptions which are

summarized below. Interested persons

are referred to the applications on file

with the Department for a complete

statement of the facts and

representations.

The Banc Funds Company, LLC (TBFC),

Located in Chicago, IL

[Application No. D–10624]

Proposed Exemption

Based on the facts and representations

set forth in the application, the

Department is considering granting an

exemption under the authority of

section 408(a) of the Act and section

4975(c)(2) of the Code and in

accordance with the procedures set

forth in 29 CFR part 2570, subpart B (55

FR 32836, 32847, August 10, 1990.) 1

Section I. Covered Transactions

If the exemption is granted, the

restrictions of sections 406(a) and 406(b)

of the Act and the sanctions resulting

from the application of section 4975 of

the Code, by reason of section

4975(c)(1)(A) through (D) of the Code,

shall not apply to (1) the purchase or

redemption of interests in the Banc

Fund V, L.P. (the Partnership) by

employee benefit plans (the Plans)

investing in the Banc Fund V Group

Trust (the BF V Group Trust), where

TBFC, a party in interest with respect to

the Plans, is the general partner of

MidBanc V, L.P. (MidBanc V), which is,

in turn, the general partner (the General

Partner) of the Partnership; (2) the sale,