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use of appropriate automated,

electronic, mechanical, or other

technological collection techniques or

other forms of information technology,

e.g., permitting electronic submission of

responses.

Agency: Employment Standards

Administration (ESA).

Title: Economic Survey Schedule.

Type of Review: Extension.

OMB Number: 1215–0028.

Frequency: Biennially.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit; State, Local, or Tribal

Government.

Number of Respondents: 50.

Number of Annual Responses: 50.

Estimated Time Per Response: 45

minutes.

Total Burden Hours: 38.

Total Annualized capital/startup

costs: $0.

Total annual costs (operating/

maintaining systems or purchasing

services): $0.

Description: Form WH–1 is used by

the Department of Labor to collect data

and prepare an economic report for the

industry committee which sets industry

wage rates in American Samoa.

Ira L. Mills,

Departmental Clearance Officer.

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BILLING CODE 4510–27–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupation Safety and Health

Administration

Occupational Safety and Health of

Contractor Employees at Energy

Department Site; Jurisdiction and

Enforcement Responsibilities;

Clarification

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health

Administration (OSHA), Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice is to advise the

public of a recent clarification of the

jurisdiction and enforcement

responsibilities of the Occupational

Safety and Health Administration

(OSHA) at various Department of Energy

(DOE) sites which are not subject to the

Atomic Energy Act (AEA).

EFFECTIVE DATE: This clarification

becomes effective on July 5, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mike Turner, Office of Technical

Programs and Coordination Activities,

Directorate of Technical Support, U.S.

Department of Labor, Occupational

Safety and Health Administration,

Room N–3653, 200 Constitution

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20210.

Telephone (202) 693–2110.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S.

Department of Labor (DOL) and the U.S.

Department of Energy (DOE) have

sought to clarify the regulatory authority

over the occupational safety and health

of contractor employees at a number of

DOE government-owned or leased

facilities that are not subject to the

Atomic Energy Act (AEA) which

provides statutory authority for DOE to

regulate occupational safety and health

matters relating to private sector

employees at facilities subject to the

AEA.

Section 4(b)(1) of the Occupational

Safety and Health Act of 1970, 29

U.S.C., Sec. 653(b)(1), precludes OSHA

coverage of working conditions over

which other Federal agencies have

exercised statutory authority to

prescribe or enforce standards for

occupational safety or health. A 1992

interagency Memorandum of

Understanding acknowledges DOE’s

extensive regulation of contractor health

and safety through safety orders which

require contractor compliance with all

OSHA standards as well as additional

requirements prescribed by DOE. The

agreement concludes with provisions

stating that the Occupational Safety and

Health Act shall not apply to

Government Owned-Contractor

Operated (GOCO) sites or other facilities

for which DOE, pursuant to the AEA,

has exercised its authority to regulate

occupational safety and health.

By letter of June 18, 1999, DOE,

through David Michaels, Assistant

Secretary Environment, Safety and

Health, provided OSHA with a list of

DOE sites that were not covered by the

AEA and requested OSHA’s

concurrence with DOE’s views that the

sites in question were subject to OSHA’s

jurisdiction. The letter states, in

pertinent part:

Enclosed is the complete list of DOE

facilities and activities that do not involve

activities authorized under the AEA, and are

therefore under OSHA jurisdiction. Our staffs

have concluded that a simple letter of

affirmation and acknowledgment of receipt of

this list will suffice to fully clarify that OSHA

and the State Plan states, as appropriate, do

have a valid jurisdiction over these facilities.

OSHA responded by letter of July 13,

1999, from Charles N. Jeffress, Assistant

Secretary for Occupational Safety and

Health, agreeing with DOE that OSHA

has jurisdiction over the working

conditions of private sector employers

and employees at the noted facilities.

Subsequently, on March 21, 2000, DOE

provided OSHA with a validated list of

‘‘. . . DOE facilities and activities

currently having contractors on site for

which DOE has not claimed 4(b)(1)

exemption status and are under OSHA

jurisdiction.’’ (See Exhibit 1.)

The OSHA acknowledgment letter

states, in pertinent part:

OSHA accepts your conclusion that DOE is

not exercising AEA authority at these sites

and accordingly we generally concur that

OSHA has jurisdiction over the working

conditions of private sector employers and

employees at these facilities. (OSHA would

not, of course, have authority for working

conditions addressed by other, non-DOE

occupational safety or health requirements.)

The extent to which OSHA’s authority at

non-AEA facilities may be preempted by

rules of other agencies would have to be

determined on a case-by-case basis, in

consultation with the concerned agency,

applying the principles of 4(b)(1) law.

Although not explicitly stated in your letter,

it is also our understanding in making this

determination that DOE is not exercising

safety and health enforcement authority at

these sites under any other statute in a

manner that would preempt OSHA’s

jurisdiction under section 4(b)(1) . . . (As

noted in your letter, OSHA has jurisdiction

for federal employees at these sites, in

accordance with Executive Order 12296 and

29 CFR 1960.)

Accordingly, OSHA is giving public

notice that private sector employers and

employees at the DOE facilities listed in

Exhibit 1 are subject to all standards,

rules and requirements issued under the

Occupational Safety and Health Act.

A number of the non-AEA sites listed

in Exhibit 1 are located in States which

operate OSHA-approved State Plans.

Until a final determination is made,

such sites will be deemed ‘‘issues not

covered by the State plan’’ and thus

subject to Federal enforcement

jurisdiction. OSHA will work with its

State partners in determining whether

State plans or Federal jurisdiction is

appropriate for individual facilities and

will provide further formal notification,

as appropriate. In the interim, Federal

OSHA will exercise enforcement

jurisdiction over those sites listed in

Exhibit 1, which are located in State

Plan States, until it is determined

whether the State is able to exercise

jurisdiction.

Signed at Washington, DC this 23rd day of

June, 2000.

Charles N. Jeffress,

Assistant Secretary.

Exhibit 1

Department of Energy (DOE) Non-Atomic

Energy Act (AEA) Sites and Facilities

Western Area Power Administration

Headquarters, P.O. Box 3402, Golden, CO

80401–0098, Covers all or part of the

following States: AZ, CA, CO, IA, KS, MN,

MT, NE, ND, NM, NV, SD, TX, UT, WY

Southwestern Power Administration,

Headquarters, P.O. Box 1619, Tulsa, OK

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74101, Covers all or part of the following

States: AR, KS, LA, MO, OK, TX

Southeastern Power Administration,

Headquarters, 2 South Public Square,

Elberton, GA 30635, Covers all or part of

the following States: AL, FL, GA, IL, KY,

MS, NC, SC, VA, WV

Bonneville Power Administration, 905 NE

11th Ave., P.O. Box 3621, Portland, OR

97208–3621, Covers all or part of the

following States: CA, ID, MT, NV, OR, UT,

WA, WY

National Energy Technology Laboratory

(NETL), 3610 Collins Ferry Road, P.O. Box

880, Morgantown, WV 26507–0880

National Energy Technology Laboratory

(NETL), 626 Cochrans Mill Road,

Pittsburgh, PA 15236–0940

Strategic Petroleum Reserves (SPR), Project

Office, 900 Commerce Road East, New

Orleans, LA 70123

National Petroleum Technology Office,

Williams Center Tower 1, 1 West Third St.,

Suite 1400, Tulsa, OK 74103

Albany Research Center, 1450 Queen Ave.,

SW, Albany, OR 97321–2198

Naval Petroleum & Oil Shale Reserves in CO,

UT, & WY., 907 N. Poplar St., Suite 150,

Casper, WY 82601

Naval Petroleum Reserves in California,

28590 Highway 119, P.O. Box 11, Tupman,

CA 93276

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BILLING CODE 4510–26–P

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Assistant Secretary for

Veterans’ Employment and Training

Homeless Veterans’ Reintegration

Project Competitive Grants for Rural

Areas

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Veterans’ Employment and

Training.

ACTION: Notice of availability of funds

and solicitation for grant applications

for Rural Homeless Veterans

Reintegration Projects (SGA 00–02).

SUMMARY: This notice contains all of the

necessary information and forms needed

to apply for grant funding. All

applicants for grant funds should read

this notice in its entirety. The U.S.

Department of Labor, Veterans’

Employment and Training Service

(VETS) announces a grant competition

for Rural Homeless Veterans

Reintegration Projects (HVRP)

authorized under the Stewart B.

McKinney Homeless Assistance Act.

Such projects will assist eligible

veterans who are homeless by providing

employment, training, supportive and

transitional housing assistance where

possible. Under this solicitation, VETS

expects to award up to eight grants in

FY 2000.

This notice describes the background,

the application process, description of

program activities, evaluation criteria,

and reporting requirements for

Solicitation of Grant Applications (SGA)

00–02. VETS anticipates that up to

$1,000,000 will be available for grant

awards under this SGA.

The information and forms contained

in the Supplementary Information

Section of this announcement constitute

the official application package for this

Solicitation. In order to receive any

amendments to this Solicitation which

may be subsequently issued, all

applicants must register their name and

address with the Procurement Services

Center. Please send this information as

soon as possible, Attention: Grant

Officer, to the following address: U. S.

Department of Labor, Procurement

Services Center, Room N–5416, 200

Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington,

DC 20210. Please reference SGA 00–02.

DATES: One (1) ink-signed original,

complete grant application (plus three

(3) copies of the Technical Proposal and

three (3) copies of the Cost Proposal

shall be submitted to the U.S.

Department of Labor, Procurement

Services Center, Room N–5416, 200

Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington,

DC 20210, not later than 4:45 p.m.,

Eastern Standard Time, August 4, 2000.

Hand delivered applications must be

received by the Procurement Services

Center by that time.

ADDRESSES: Applications shall be

mailed to the U.S. Department of Labor,

Procurement Services Center, Attention:

Jeanette Villa, Reference SGA 00–02,

Room N–5416, 200 Constitution

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20210.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jeanette Villa, U.S. Department of Labor,

Procurement Services Center, telephone

(202) 219–9355 [not a toll free number].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Rural Homeless Veterans Reintegration

Project Solicitation

I. Purpose

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL),

Veterans’ Employment and Training

Service (VETS) is requesting grant

applications for the provision of

employment and training services in

accordance with the Stewart B.

McKinney Homeless Assistance Act

(MHAA), as reauthorized and codified

at Title 38, Chapter 41, Section 4111

(formerly 42 U.S.C 11448). These

instructions contain general program

information, requirements and forms for

application for funds to operate a Rural

Homeless Veterans Reintegration Project

(HVRP).

II. Background

The Stewart B. McKinney Homeless

Assistance Act of 1987, enacted on July

22, 1987, under Title VII, Subtitle C,

Section 738 provides that ‘‘The

Secretary shall conduct, directly or

through grant or contract, such

programs as the Secretary determines

appropriate to expedite the reintegration

of homeless veterans into the labor

force.’’ This program was reauthorized

under Section 621 of the McKinney

Homeless Assistance Amendments Act

of 1990 (Public Law 101–645) for an

additional three years, i.e., through FY

1993. Under the Homeless Veterans

Comprehensive Service Programs Act of

1992 (Public Law 102–590—enacted on

November 10, 1992) the Homeless

Veterans Reintegration Project was

reauthorized through Fiscal Year 1995.

However, the program was rescinded in

FY 1995. Public Law 104–275, dated

October 9, 1996, was amended to

reauthorize the program through FY

1998. Public Laws 105–41 and 105–114,

enacted in 1997, extend the program

through FY 1999. Public Law 106–73

dated October 19, 1999, reauthorized

and codified at Title 38, Chapter 41,

Section 4111 extends the program

through FY 2003.

The Homeless Veterans Reintegration

Project was the first nationwide Federal

program that focused on placing

homeless veterans into jobs. In

accordance with the MHAA, the

Assistant Secretary for Veterans’

Employment and Training (ASVET) is

making approximately $1,000,000 of the

funds available to award grants for

HVRPs in rural areas and all interested

homeless service providers who were

ineligible to apply for funding under the

HVRP Solicitation for Grant

Applications (SGA 00–01) that was

limited to the largest 75 metropolitan

areas in FY 2000.

Bonus points of 15 points will be

applied to those proposals for

applicants who meet the definition of a

rural applicant as specified below in

section III., Application Process. The

bonus points are to encourage rural

eligibles to apply, as homeless resources

are extremely limited in these areas.

Rural projects are expected to provide

valuable information on approaches that

work in a rural environment.

III. Application Process

A. Rural Areas

Under this announcement,

applications will be accepted from

eligible applicants, (as defined in

Section B. Of this part), to serve

homeless veterans.