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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Drug Enforcement Administration

Importer of Controlled Substances;

Notice of Registration

By notice dated April 16, 1997, and

published in the Federal Register on

May 12, 1997, (62 FR 25973), Research

Triangle Institute, Kenneth H. Davis, Jr.,

Hermann Building East Institute Drive,

P.O. Box 12194, Research Triangle Park,

North Carolina 27709, made application

by renewal to the Drug Enforcement

Administration to be registered as an

importer of the basic classes of

controlled substances listed below:

Drug Schedule

Marihuana (7360) ......................... I

Cocaine (9041) ............................. II

No comments or objections have been

received. DEA has considered the

factors in Title 21, United States Code,

Section 823(a) and determined that the

registration of Research Triangle

Institute to import the listed controlled

substances is consistent with the public

interest and with United States

obligations under international treaties,

conventions, or protocols in effect on

May 1, 1971, at this time. Therefore,

pursuant to Section 1008(a) of the

Controlled Substances Import and

Export Act and in accordance with Title

21, Code of Federal Regulations, Section

1301.34, the above firm is granted

registration as an importer of the basic

classes of controlled substances listed

above.

Dated: July 8, 1997.

John H. King,

Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of

Diversion Control, Drug Enforcement

Administration.

[FR Doc. 97–19720 Filed 7–25–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4410–09–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary

Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA),

Title IV–D, Demonstration Program:

Women in Apprenticeship and

Nontraditional Occupations

AGENCY: Women’s Bureau, Department

of Labor.

ACTION: Notice of Availability of Funds

and Solicitation for Grant Applications

(SGA 97–05).

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 fourth year of its

Solicitation for Grant Applications

(SGA) first authorized by the Women in

Apprenticeship and Nontraditional

Occupations (WANTO) Act under its

Technical Assistance (TA) grant

provisions to Community-Based

Organizations (CBOs) to deliver TA to

Employers and Labor Unions (E/LUs).

The WANTO competitive grant program

is funded through the Job Training

Partnership Act (JTPA), Title IV–D

discretionary funds. While the Women’s

Bureau has responsibility for

implementing the competitive grant

process, the WANTO Act is under the

joint administration of the Women’s

Bureau (WB) and the Bureau of

Apprenticeship and Training (BAT).

The Department expects to make three

to five WANTO awards for private

sector initiatives from the funds

allocated for FY 1997.

The Department’s interest is to

promote the commitment and

participation of employers and labor

unions to the building of reciprocal

resources that link pre-apprenticeship

training to employment and sponsored

apprenticeship training. The

Department’s goal is to increase the

participation of women in

apprenticeship training and

nontraditional employment as one way

to move welfare-dependent or eligible

women to a career path that can result

in economic self-sufficiency for them

and their families. WANTO proposals

should identify and focus on

employment paths to and in high-wage

and high employment growth careers for

women, particularly occupations in

transportation, highway and bridge

construction industries, and other

growing high-wage careers. Therefore,

grant proposals should discuss

workplace strategies for technical

assistance to employers and labor

unions that also bring to the attention of

employers and labor unions the need for

them to consider cooperative strategies

to provide for transitional costs

(including fees/dues, tools, and living

costs), child care and transportation for

women seeking to enter and sustain

themselves in the apprenticeship and

nontraditional occupations. These are

major reasons why women are unable to

enter and/or complete training or entrylevel employment.

Grant proposals from CBOs who want

to provide technical assistance may be

submitted with or without the

employers and unions for whom CBOs

will provide technical assistance and/or

who want to link preapprenticeship to

sponsored apprenticeship training for

women. Employers and Unions may

submit requests for technical assistance

from CBOs directly to the Department of

Labor for matching with CBOs. The

Department will give top priority to

technical assistance projects in two

areas: (1) Transportation industry,

particularly highway and bridge

construction, in conjunction with

megaprojects; and (2) in

nonconstruction industries, such as,

telecommunications, utilities, and hightechnology occupations in the health

industries.

This notice describes the background,

the application process, statement of

work, evaluation criteria, and reporting

requirements for Solicitation for Grant

Applications (SGA) 97–05. WB

anticipates that a total amount of

$410,000 will be available for the

support of all Fiscal Year 1997. The WB

will provide the technical and policy

leadership for this project.

DATES: One (1) ink-signed original,

complete grant application plus five (5)

copies of the Technical Proposal and

two (2) copies of the Cost Proposal shall

be submitted to the U.S. Department of

Labor, Office of Procurement Services,

Room N–5416, Reference SGA 97–05,

200 Constitution Avenue, NW,

Washington, DC 20210, not later than

4:45 p.m. EDT, August 29, 1997. Handdelivered applications must be received

by the Office of Procurement Services

by that time.

ADDRESSES: Applications shall be

mailed to the U.S. Department of Labor,

Office of Procurement Services,

Attention: Lisa Harvey, Reference SGA

97–05, Room N–5416, 200 Constitution

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa

Harvey, Office of Procurement Services,

at (202) 219–6445. (This is not a toll-free

number.)

Part I. Background

The Women In Apprenticeship and

Nontraditional Occupations (WANTO)

Act—Public Law 102–530, signed

October 27, 1992—The Act has three

major activities that affect this SGA:

1. Outreach to employers and labor

unions. DOL will promote the Act’s

program to employers and labor unions

by informing them of the availability of

technical assistance and keeping a

database of employers and grant award

community-based organizations.

2. Technical assistance. DOL will

provide grants to community-based
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organizations to deliver technical

assistance to employers and labor

unions to prepare them to recruit, train,

and employ women in apprenticeable

and nontraditional occupations.

3. Liaison role of Department of

Labor. The Department of Labor is to

serve as follows: (1) Acting as a liaison

between employers, labor, and the

community-based organizations

providing technical assistance; (2)

coordinating; conducting regular

assessment; and seeking input of

employers and labor unions.

The Women’s Bureau: Improving

women’s employment opportunities and

related equity issues have been the

driving force of the Bureau’s activities

and policies since its inception in 1920.

Within the Department of Labor, the

Director serves as the policy advisor to

the Secretary. For example, the Bureau

has a history of encouraging women to

consider the wide array of

apprenticeable and other occupations

nontraditional to women as one way to

obtain economic self-sufficiency for

them and their families. Nontraditional

occupations (NTOs) are occupations

where women account for 25 percent or

less of all persons employed in an

occupational group. These occupations

include the more commonly known

male-dominated occupations in bluecollar, skilled trades such as carpenter,

plumber, electrician, sheet metal worker

or welder in the construction and

related industries. In addition, NTOs

include occupations arising from the

advances of high technology fueling

improved and/or new manufacturing

processes in fiber optics, chemicals,

petroleum, as well as technical skills in

the electronics and other technical

occupations that require computer

literacy to customize, service, build and

repair precision machinery in

manufacturing. Other high-pay

computer-based jobs in the service

sector industries, such as business and

professional services, radiology, laser,

and related high technology health care,

including nursing; computer-processing

of financial services and records; and

other high pay jobs in utilities,

telecommunications and transportation

industries are also expanding as a result

of advances in technology.

Today, WB finds some increases in

women’s interests in NTO as reflected

in small increases in women in

apprenticeship training in such

occupations and nontraditional

employment. Women comprised 4

percent of apprentices and 2.5 percent

of persons employed in the construction

trades in 1996. Similarly, WB finds that

there have been some changes in

attitudes about whose hands (both

women and men) may do skilled work.

Nonetheless, as the statistics indicate,

women have not obtained a critical

mass in most trades nor have critical

goals for women in apprenticeship been

obtained (i.e., 6.9 percent in

construction trades). Moreover, studies

point out that once hired, women face

problems that erode their retention.

(See, Laurie Wessman LeBreton, Sara

Segal Loevy, and Lauren Sugerman,

Building Equal Opportunity, and Laurie

Wessman LeBreton and Sara Segal

Loevy, Breaking New Ground: Worksite

2000.) Thus, despite some increase in

access in placement, there are still

barriers in recruitment and retention of

women in apprenticeship positions and

NTO training and job placement. This is

in addition to problems common to all

working women; i.e., child care,

balancing work and family conflicts and

responsibilities. The Fiscal Year 1997

WANTO solicitation for CBOs to

develop preapprenticeship/

apprenticeship training partnerships in

transportation construction and other

nonconstruction industries (as indicated

above) will also address issues of

quality, commitment and ensuring a

friendly and equitable workplace for all

workers—women and men.

The Bureau of Apprenticeship and

Training: The Women’s Bureau coadministers WANTO with the Bureau of

Apprenticeship and Training (BAT).

BAT was established in 1937 as the

national administrative agency in the

Department of Labor to carry out the

objectives of the National

Apprenticeship Act (also known as the

Fitzgerald Act), guided by the

recommendations of the Federal

Committee on Apprenticeship. BAT has

the objective to stimulate and assist

industry in the development, expansion,

and improvement of apprenticeship and

training programs designed to provide

the skilled workers required by the

American economy.

Under the National Apprenticeship

Act, the Bureau is responsible for

providing service to existing

apprenticeship programs and technical

assistance to organizations who would

like to establish an apprenticeship

program. The Bureau works very closely

with State Apprenticeship Councils

(SAC) and the educational system to

deliver support services at the national,

State and local level. When apprentices

finish their training, they receive

certificates of completion of

apprenticeship. These are issued by the

State apprenticeship agencies, or in

those States not having such an agency,

by the Bureau of Apprenticeship and

Training in accordance with its

recommended standards. The State

Apprenticeship Council.

BAT is committed to improving the

access of women to apprenticeship

training to increase their employment in

jobs that have historically put men on

the career ladder to successful working

careers. As apprenticeship has been the

building block for a skilled and stable

work force, it is also a career path that

can provide an economically stable

family life in mainstream America.

Definitions: Nontraditional

Occupations (NTOs) are those where

women account for less than 25 percent

of all persons employed in a single

occupational group.

Preapprenticeship programs for

women prepare them to keep pace with

occupational skills training or entrylevel employment in nontraditional

occupations. The curriculum includes

pre-vocational instruction in

identification and use of tools, blueprint

reading, basic shop skills, and safety

procedures, as well as math skills, and

physical conditioning.

Apprenticeship, in general, includes a

formal paid training-work agreement

where labor and management work

together to promote learning on the job;

to support the ‘‘hands on’’ learning,

there must be related theoretical

instruction (often classroom). After

completing the program standards

successfully—usually 3 to 5 years—the

apprentice is awarded a certificate of

completion by either the Bureau of

Apprenticeship and Training or the

State Apprenticeship Council.

Community-Based Organizations

(CBOs) are as defined in Section 4(5) of

the Job Training Partnership Act (29

U.S.C. 1501(5)): Private nonprofit

organizations which are representative

of communities or significant segments

of communities and which provide job

training services. For this solicitation,

communities or significant segment of

communities are the private nonprofit

organizations that have demonstrated at

least three years experience in the

development and operation of policies

and programs in the recruitment,

selection, training, placing, retaining,

and otherwise preparing of Women for

Apprenticeship and other

Nontraditional Occupations (NTOs).

Please Note That Eligible Applicants

Must Not Be Classified Under the IRS

Tax Code as a 501(C)(4) Entity.

A. Authorities: The technical

assistance grants were first authorized

under the Women in Apprenticeship

and Nontraditional Occupations

(WANTO) Act, Public Law 102–530,

approved October 27, 1992.

B. Purpose of the Demonstration: The

purpose of the WANTO demonstration
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program is to provide technical

assistance to employers and labor

unions to encourage the employment of

women in apprenticeship and

nontraditional occupations by preparing

employers and labor unions to recruit,

select, train, retain and prepare women

in other areas for apprenticeship and

nontraditional occupations in their

workplaces. The goal of WANTO is to

increase the employment of women in

apprenticeable and nontraditional

occupations by preparing employers

and labor unions.

Part II. Application Process

A. Eligible Applicants

1. Community-Based Organizations

are the only entities eligible for grant

awards. Please Note That Eligible

Applicants Must Not Be Classified

Under the IRS Tax Code as a 501(C)(4)

Entity.

a. Community-Based Organizations

(CBOs) are the eligible applicants to

receive WANTO grants to provide

technical assistance to employers and

labor unions that request assistance to

recruit, select, train, place, retain, and

other areas of preparation to promote

women to nontraditional or

apprenticeship positions in their

workplaces and/or are interested in

linking their apprenticeship program to

preapprenticeship to support or provide

for an increase or pipeline for women in

apprenticeship.

Specific Technical Assistance

provided by CBOs may include:

(1) Developing outreach and

orientation sessions to recruit women

into the employers’ apprenticeable

occupations and nontraditional

occupations;

(2) Developing preapprenticeable

occupations or nontraditional skills

training to prepare women for

apprenticeable occupations or

nontraditional occupations;

(3) Providing ongoing orientations for

employers, unions, and workers on

creating a successful environment for

women in apprenticeable occupations

or nontraditional occupations;

(4) Setting up support groups and

facilitating networks for women in

nontraditional occupations on or off the

job site to improve their retention;

(5) Setting up a local computerized

data base referral system to maintain a

current list of tradeswomen who are

available for work;

(6) Serving as a liaison between

tradeswomen and employers and

tradeswomen and labor unions to

address workplace issues related to

gender; and

(7) Conducting exit interviews with

tradeswomen to evaluate their on-thejob experience and to assess the

effectiveness of the program.

b. Employers and Labor Unions are

eligible to request and receive technical

assistance, provided by a communitybased organization (CBO) that has

received a WANTO grant. Such

technical assistance includes linking

preapprenticeship with a commitment

to employer and labor union sponsored

apprenticeship training. To be selected

to receive technical assistance and

matched with a CBO, employers and

labor unions must submit a request (as

described below) either directly to the

Department of Labor, OASAM, Office of

Procurement Services, Room N–5416,

Attention: Lisa Harvey, 200 Constitution

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210 or

employers and labor unions may submit

requests to be matched with a CBO with

which there is an established working

relationship as an individual entity with

the CBO’s proposal for a WANTO grant

award.

Selection of Employers and Labor

Unions to receive technical assistance

must provide—

(1) A description of the need for

assistance;

(2) A description of the types of

apprenticeable occupations or

nontraditional occupations in which the

employer or labor union would like to

train or employ women;

(3) Assurances that there are or will

be suitable and appropriate positions

available in the apprenticeable

occupations program or in the

nontraditional occupations being

targeted; and

(4) Commitments that all reasonable

efforts shall be made to place women in

apprenticeable occupations or

nontraditional occupations.

B. Contents

To be considered responsive to this

SGA, each application must consist of,

and follow the order of, the sections

listed in Part III of this solicitation. The

applicant must also include information

which the applicant believes will

address the selection criteria identified

in Part IV. Technical proposals shall not

exceed 20 single sided, double spaced,

10 to 12 pitch-typed pages (not

including attachments). Any Proposal

That Does Not Conform to These

Standards Shall Be Deemed NonResponsive to This SGA and Will Not Be

Evaluated.

1. Technical proposal. Each proposal

shall include: (1) A two-page abstract

summarizing the proposal and (2) a

complete description of the CBO’s

program for technical assistance,

including information required in Part

III and IV. No cost data or reference to

price shall be included in the technical

proposal.

2. Cost proposal. The cost (business)

proposal must be separate from the

technical proposal. The transmittal

letter shall be attached to the business

proposal, which shall consist of the

following:

a. Standard Form 424 ‘‘Application

for Federal Assistance,’’ (Appendix A)

signed by an official from the applicant

organization who is authorized to enter

the organization into a grant agreement

with the Department of Labor. The

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Number (CFDA) is 17.700;

b. Standard Budget Form 424A

‘‘Budget Information Form,’’ (Appendix

B); and

c. Budget Narrative. Provide a

narrative explanation of the budget

which describes all proposed costs and

indicates how they are related to the

operation of the project. Provide this

information separately for the amount of

requested Federal funding and the

amount of proposed Non-Federal

contribution. In an application which

proposes to fund staff positions, the

budget narrative must provide

information which describes the

number of proposed positions by title

and by the amount of staff time and

salary charged to Federal and NonFederal funding resources. The Budget

Narrative provides the detailed

description of the costs reflected on the

SF 424A.

C. Funding Levels

The Department expects to have

$410,000 to be disbursed through

WANTO grants. The Department

expects to make at least three (3) awards

to Community-Based Organizations

(CBOs). The Women’s Bureau expects

awards to range from approximately

$75,000 to $200,000, depending upon

the scope of the demonstration and

technical assistance activities to be

delivered.

D. Length of Grant and Grant Awards

The initial performance period for the

grants awarded under this SGA shall be

for eighteen (18) months of program

performance, with the option to extend

for up to six months as a no cost

extension to complete final reports.

Each applicant shall reflect in their

application the intention to begin

operation no later than September 30,

1997.

E. Submission

One (1) ink-signed original, complete

grant application plus five (5) copies of

the Technical Proposal and three (3)

copies of the Cost Proposal must be
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submitted to the U.S. Department of

Labor, Office of Procurement Services,

Room N–5416, 200 Constitution

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20210,

not later than 4:45 pm EDT, August 29,

1997. Hand delivered applications must

be received by the Office of

Procurement Services by that time. Any

application received at the Office of

Procurement Services after 4:45 pm EDT

will not be considered unless it is

received before award is made and:

1. It was sent by registered or certified

mail not later than the fifth calendar day

before August 29, 1997 (i.e., not later

than August 24, 1997);

2. 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 above address; or

3. It was sent by U.S. Postal Service

Express Mail Next Day Service-Post

Office to Addressee, not later than 5:00

pm EDT at the place of mailing two

working days, excluding weekends and

Federal holidays, prior to August 29,

1997 (i.e., not later than 5:00 pm EDT

August 27, 1997).

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 shall request that the postal

clerk place a legible hand cancellation

bull’s-eye postmark on both the receipt

and the wrapper or envelope.

The only acceptable evidence to

establish the date of mailing of a late

application sent by U.S. Postal Service

Mail Next Day Service-Post Office to

Addressee is the date entered by the

post office receiving 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 shall 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 Office of Procurement

Services on the application wrapper or

other documentary evidence of receipt

maintained by that office. Applications

sent by e-mail, telegram, or facsimile

(Fax) will not be accepted.

Part III. Statement of Work—Key

Features

A. Introduction and Priority

This SGA (97–05) will fund technical

assistance provided to employers and

labor unions to increase the

participation of women in

apprenticeship and nontraditional

employment. Such assistance includes

the linking of preapprenticeship

programs to employer and/or labor

union sponsored apprenticeship. With

WANTO Grants, the Department wants

to increase the participation of women

in higher-paying apprenticeship and

nontraditional occupational

employment which includes linkages to

pre-apprenticeship and employer and/or

labor union sponsored apprenticeship to

expand the employment and selfsufficiency options of women.

The industrial priority for technical

assistance is to promote an increase of

women in occupations and/or careers in

(1) State highway and bridge

construction programs, particularly

cooperative technical assistance for

apprenticeship and other employment

under the Intermodal Surface

Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA),

funded by the Department of

Transportation. ISTEA funds which

allow States to support activities to

assist women and minorities to enter

and remain in transportation industry

trades; and (2) other partnerships that

develop or link with programs in other

nonconstruction trades in

telecommunications, utilities, and high

technology health care industries.

Bonus Points. Twenty-five (25) bonus

points will be added to the technical

proposal score of proposals in the

priority area. Other projects will receive

consideration.

B. Key Features

1. WANTO Project Proposal

Submissions should provide for

technical assistance between a

Community-Based Organization (CBO)

and requesting employers and labor

unions. Such an entity can also provide

for the linking of preapprenticeship

programs to apprenticeship programs

sponsored by employers and labor

unions. All technical assistance grant

activity has the goal to increase the

employment of women in

apprenticeship and other nontraditional

occupations.

Grant proposal must specify expected

outcomes based on past experience and

expenditures for the following:

—The proposed number of employers

and labor unions to be provided onsite technical assistance and those to

receive;

—The number of women trained,

placed, promoted, and/or retained in

apprenticeship and other

nontraditional employment;

—Any other activities for which grant

funds will be expended.

2. CBOs that apply for funding to

provide technical assistance must

provide information on their experience

and accomplishments in apprenticeship

and nontraditional activities in the areas

of: (1) Policy; (2) program development;

(3) program operation; (4) and the

provision of technical assistance to

business, labor organizations, and other

activities in the employment and

training community related to

increasing the participation of women

in apprenticeship and nontraditional

employment.

a. List name, trade, and organizational

position of tradeswomen and other

women in nontraditional occupations

on staff or on your organization’s Board

of Directors. Include the dates when

tradeswomen served in active paid or

unpaid positions in your organization.

b. In addition, all applications must

also include a management and staff

loading plan. The management plan is

to include a project organizational chart

and accompanying narrative which

differentiates between elements of the

Applicant’s staff and subcontractors or

consultants who will be retained. The

staff loading plan must identify all key

tasks and the hours required to

complete each task. Labor estimates for

each task must be broken down by

individuals assigned to the task,

including subcontractors and

consultants. All key tasks must be

charted to show time required to

perform them by months or weeks.

3. Proposed projects should include a

discussion of support services to

participants that include (1) transitional

costs (which may include living

expenses as well as fees, union dues,

uniforms, etc.), (2) child care, and (3)

transportation.

4. Proposed projects should include

outreach activities to improve

apprenticeship and NTO opportunities

for women in their own workplaces as

well as women seeking to enter NTO

career ladder employment and training.

5. Proposed project preapprenticeship

training should include three cycles of

training from 12 to 16 weeks each.

6. Proposed projects should clearly

identify expected outcomes in terms of:
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(1) Number of participants per training

cycle; (2) number of apprenticeship

training commitments by employer/

labor organizations; (3) number of

participants moving into NTO

employment; (4) number of women

participants moving from

preapprenticeship into apprenticeship

program; (5) number of

preapprenticeship women moving into

permanent employment without

participating in an apprenticeship

program.

7. Proposed project submissions

should include a listing of all items for

which grant funds will be expended.

(Do not include any cost information for

this item in the technical proposal, but

expenditure items MUST be listed.)

8. Proposed project submissions

should include any leverage or cofunding anticipated by this submission.

9. Proposed project submissions

should include copies of the CBO’s

budget and major funding sources for

the past three years, including

foundation and government grants and

other types of funding.

10. In addition to the grant’s final

report, proposed project submissions

should include plans for a ‘‘how-to-doit’’ project replication manual, including

awareness/outreach material, technical

assistance and curriculum manual(s)

and all other materials developed as a

result of the grant activities.

11. The proposed project submission

should include any activities to

encourage and promote the continuation

or expansion of grant activities beyond

the grant’s period of program

performance.

Part IV. Evaluation Criteria and

Selection

Applicants are advised that selection

for grant award is to be made after

careful evaluation of technical

applications by a panel. Each panelist

will evaluate applications against the

various criteria on the basis of 100

points. The scores will then serve as the

primary basis to select applications for

potential award. Clarification may be

requested of grant applicants if the

situation so warrants. Please see Part III,

Sections A and B for additional

information on the elements against

which proposal will be reviewed.

Points

1. Technical Evaluation Criteria:

a. Capabilities and Qualifications of CBO and Staff (NTO experience and education) .......................................................................... 50

b. Established or Anticipated Program Linking and Working Relationship for WANTO .......................................................................... 25

c. Quality and Scope of WANTO Project ................................................................................................................................................. 25

(Such as, proposed number of employers, labor unions provided on-site technical assistance, number of women affected and served

by the WANTO project and placed in apprenticeship or nontraditional employment; proposed career ladder and technical assistance

strategies to promote the increase in women in apprenticeship and nontraditional occupations for employers and labor unions; proposed job placement outcomes.)

2. Bonus Points:

a. Priority Focus ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 25

(See Part III, A Statement of Work—Key Features, Bonus Points.)

3. Cost Criteria: Proposals will be scored, based on their costs in relation to other proposals submitted in response to this SGA.

4. Total Score: Technical quality of proposals will be weighted three (3) times the estimated price in ranking proposals, for purposes of

selections for award.

Proposals received will be evaluated

by a review panel based on the criteria

immediately above, in Technical

Evaluation Criteria 1 and 2. The panel’s

recommendations will be advisory, and

final awards will be made based on the

best interests of the Government,

including but not limited to such factors

as technical quality, geographic balance,

occupational/industrial impact, and

diversity in service providers.

The Department wishes to make it

clear that it is not simply the best

written proposals that will be chosen,

but rather those which demonstrate the

greatest experience and commitment to

assisting employers and labor

organizations to successfully develop

successful strategies to increase the

participation of women in higher-paying

apprenticeship and nontraditional,

including linkages to preapprenticeship

and employer and/or labor union

sponsored apprenticeship and to

expand the employment and selfsufficiency options of women.

During the technical panel evaluation

of all proposals and requests, the

Department will bring together CBO

qualifications and capabilities with

employers/labor unions requests for

matching with CBOs.

Part V

A. Deliverables

(This section is provided only so that

grantees may more accurately estimate

the staffing budgetary requirements

when preparing their proposal.

Applicants are to exclude from their

cost proposal the cost of any requested

travel to Washington, DC.)

1. No later than four (4) weeks after

award, the grantees and partners shall

meet with the Women’s Bureau and the

Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training

at the Post-Award Conference to discuss

employment preappenticeship,

apprenticeship demonstration project

and related partnership technical

assistance activities, timelines, and

technical assistance outcomes

assessment for comment and final

approval. The grantees and partners and

the Department will discuss and make

decisions on the following program

activities:

a. Any preapprenticeship or

apprenticeship activities and

responsibilities; the number of

partnership employers and labor

organizations to be served.

b. The types of systemic changes

anticipated by technical assistance

strategies anticipated to be incorporated

into employer ongoing recruitment,

hiring, training and promotion of

women in apprenticeship and

apprenticeable nontraditional

occupations.

c. The occupational, industrial and

geographical impact anticipated.

d. The supportive services to be

provided to employers and women after

successful placement into

apprenticeship or apprenticeable

nontraditional occupations.

e. The plan for the development and

maintenance of a relationship with the

State level of the Federal Bureau of

Apprenticeship and Training and the

State Apprenticeship Council.

The Women’s Bureau and the Bureau

of Apprenticeship and Training will

provide further input orally and in

writing, if necessary, within ten (10)

working days after the Post-Award

Conference.

2. No later than ten (10) weeks after

award, the grantee and the Women’s

Bureau will confirm the ‘‘plan of
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action’’ or detailed timeline for program

implementation.

3. No later than twelve (12) weeks

after award, the grantee(s) shall have

begun the provision of technical

assistance to employers and labor

unions to recruit, select, train, place,

retain, and other areas of preparation to

promote the increase of women in

apprenticeable occupations and other

nontraditional training for women,

characterized by employment growth

and above average earnings.

4. No later than sixteen (16) weeks

after award, the first quarterly progress

report of work done under this grant

will be due. Thereafter, quarterly reports

will be due twenty (20) working days

after the end of each of the remaining

quarters.

Quarterly progress reports must

include:

a. A description of overall progress on

work performed during the reporting

period—(a) the number of employers

and labor unions provided on-site, offsite (conferences, workshops, seminars,

etc.),

(b) number of women trained, placed

in apprenticeship or other

nontraditional employment. Describe:

(1) number of women affected or

participating in TA programs, include

name and address of workplace/

company and person responsible for the

operation; (2) number of employers and

labor unions receiving technical

assistance—name, address, size of the

workplace; including proportion of

women; include brief profiles of

employers and labor organizations; (3)

describe any systemic workplace and

policy changes—actual or in process,

including the hiring and promotion of

women already in the workplace, career

ladders or other training activities; (4)

public presentations; (5) media articles

or appearances; (6) publications

disseminated; and (7) publications

developed.

b. An indication of any current

problems which may impede the

performance of the grant and the

proposed corrective action.

c. A discussion of work to be

performed during the next reporting

period.

Between scheduled reporting dates

the grantee also shall immediately

inform the Grant Officer’s Technical

Representative (GOTR) of significant

developments affecting the grantee’s

ability to accomplish the work.

5. No later than sixty-four (64) weeks

after award, the grantee shall submit

three (3) copies of the draft final report,

an integrated draft analysis of the

process and results of the technical

assistance activities during the year. The

Women’s Bureau and the Bureau of

Apprenticeship and Training will

provide written comments on the draft

report within twenty (20) working days

if substantive problems are identified.

The grantee’s response to these

comments shall be incorporated into the

final report.

6. No later than seventy-four (74)

weeks after award, the grantee(s) shall

submit one (1) camera-ready copy and

five (5) copies of the final report, bound

in a professional manner, and not a

collection of looseleaf sheets; one (1)

diskette (IBM compatible, WordPerfect

6.1) of the Final Report; along with five

(5) copies of all products manuals,

curriculum, ‘‘how-to-do-it’’ handbooks,

videos, etc., paid for with grant funds.

The report shall cover findings, final

performance data, outcome results and

assessment, and employer or labor

organization plans for follow-up of

participants. The report shall provide all

information to replicate the project

including copies of curriculum,

technical assistance materials developed

for the project and technical

assistance—videos, posters, notices,

etc., as well as any plans for replication

and dissemination of information. An

Executive Summary of the findings and

recommendations shall be included in

the report or accompany the report.

Signed at Washington, D.C. on July 18,

1997.

Lawrence J. Kuss,

Grant Officer.

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[Docket No.: 040–8767]

Consideration of Amendment Request

for Decommissioning Area 10 of the

Lake City Army Ammunition Plant in

Independence, Missouri, and an

Opportunity for a Hearing

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of consideration of

amendment request for

decommissioning area 10 of the Lake

City Army Ammunition Plant in

Independence, Missouri, and an

opportunity for a hearing.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission is considering issuance of

a license amendment to Material

License No. SUC–1380 (SUC–1380),

issued to the Department of the Army

(the Army or the licensee), to authorize

decommissioning of Area 10 of its Lake

City Army Ammunition Plant (LCAAP)

in Independence, Missouri.

The Army built the plant and still

operates it for the purpose of

manufacturing and testing small caliber

conventional munitions for the U.S.

Army. LCAAP was founded in 1941 as

a Government-owned/contractoroperated facility. From its inception in

1941 until 1985, the plant operating

contractor was Remington Arms.

During the 1960s and 1970s, there

was a small depleted uranium (DU)

operation at LCAAP. Developmental

planning of the XM–101 DU spotting

projectile started in 1959, and by 1961

LCAAP was producing the round. The

Army designed these XM–101 rounds as

‘‘spotters’’ for small scale, shoulder fired

weapons.

The maximum production capability

was approximately 8,000 rounds per

month although various supply

problems resulted in a considerably

lower production rate. The XM–101

(later M–101) round consisted of a

fused, 20 millimeter (mm) projectile

with a body constructed from DU.

LCAAP also produced an XM–106

round that was identical to the XM–101,

but without the explosive components.

The installation designed, tested,

manufactured and in later years,

demilitarized some 75,000 20 mm DU

spotter rounds. These spotter rounds

were approximately six inches in

length, 20 mm in diameter and weighed

approximately one pound (lb) each. A

machined DU body made up 0.45 lbs of

the round’s weight. The round

contained a fused-white phosphorus

charge that would detonate on impact

with the ground.

By 1968, the program was terminated

and LCAAP was left with an estimated

44,000 spotter rounds. In 1971,

Remington Arms Company, Inc., the

operator of LCAAP at the time,

proposed a method for the disposal of

approximately 44,000 remaining rounds

of XM–101 ammunition. Because the

rounds were fused, the safest

demilitarization methodology involved

shooting the rounds into a sand-filled

catch box, identified as the ‘‘600-yard

bullet catcher.’’ The catch box was filled

with sand as an impact material. The

impact material was periodically

replaced in the catch box. Remington

would remove the ‘‘old’’ impact

material (i.e., DU contaminated sand)

from the 600-yard catch box and place

it in an area of the site known as ‘‘Area

10.’’ In 1976, an additional 40 rounds of

this ammunition were discovered and a

temporary permit was obtained to allow

disposal in the same manner as the

original disposal operation.

NRC is requiring the licensee to

remediate the Area 10 of LCAAP to meet

NRC’s decommissioning criteria and,

during the decommissioning activities,

to maintain effluents and doses within

NRC requirements and as low as

reasonably achievable.

Prior to approving the

decommissioning plan, NRC will make

the necessary findings required by the

Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended,

and NRC’s regulations. These findings

will be documented in a Safety

Evaluation Report and an

Environmental Assessment. Approval of

the LCAAP Area 10 decommissioning

plan will be documented in an

amendment to SUC–1380.

NRC hereby provides notice that this

is a proceeding on an application for

amendment of a license falling within

the scope of Subpart L ‘‘Informal

Hearing Procedures for Adjudication in

Materials Licensing Proceedings,’’ of

NRC’s rules and practice for domestic

licensing proceedings in 10 CFR part 2.

Pursuant to § 2.1205(a), any person

whose interest may be affected by this

proceeding may file a request for a

hearing in accordance with § 2.1205(c).

A request for a hearing must be filed

within thirty (30) days of the date of

publication of this Federal Register

notice.

The request for a hearing must be

filed with the Office of the Secretary

either:

1. By delivery to the Docketing and

Services Branch of the Office of the

Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, One White Flint North,

11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD

20852–2738; or

2. By mail or telegram addressed to

the Office of the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear

Regulatory Commission, Washington,

DC 20555–0001, Attention: Docketing

and Services Branch.

In addition to meeting other

applicable requirements of 10 CFR Part

2 of the NRC regulations, a request for

a hearing filed by a person other than

an applicant must describe in detail:

1. The interest of the requester in the

proceeding;

2. How that interest may be affected

by the results of the proceeding,

including the reasons why the requester

should be permitted a hearing, with

particular reference to the factors set out

in § 2.1205(g);

3. The requester’s areas of concern

about the licensing activity that is the

subject matter of the proceeding; and

4. The circumstances establishing that

the request for a hearing is timely in

accordance with § 2.1205(c).

In accordance with 10 CFR

§ 2.1205(e), each request for a hearing

must also be served, by delivering it

personally or by mail, to:

1. The applicant, Department of the

Army, Headquarters U.S. Army

Industrial Operations Command, Rock

Island, Illinois 61299–6000, Attention:

Mr. Stephen R. Mapley; and

2. NRC staff, by delivery to the Office

of the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear

Regulatory Commission, One White

Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike,

Rockville, MD 20852–2738, or by mail,

addressed to the Office of the Secretary,

U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,

Washington, DC 20555–0001, Attention:

Docketing and Services Branch.

For further details with respect to this

action, the site decommissioning plan is

available for inspection at the NRC’s

Public Document Room, 2120 L Street

NW., Washington, DC 20555–0001.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 21st day

of July 1997.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

John W. N. Hickey,

Chief, Low-Level Waste and Decommissioning

Projects Branch, Division of Waste

Management, Office of Nuclear Material

Safety and Safeguards.

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