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very little to no vegetation. The area is

considered badlands, with no potential

for recreational use now or in the future.

The EIS will assess alternatives to the

proposed project, including (1) a smaller

project, (2) alternative waste stream

management, and (3) no action. The EIS

will address numerous environmental

issues, including geology, topography,

soils, water resources, air quality, living

resources, cultural resources, traffic,

land use, visual resources,

socioeconomics, public health and

safety, and noise. The range of issues

addressed may change, depending on

comments received during the scoping

process.

Dated: September 2, 1997.

Ada E. Deer,

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs.

[FR Doc. 97–23902 Filed 9–9–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–02–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AZ–910–0777–61–241A]

State of Arizona Resource Advisory

Council Meeting

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Arizona Resource Advisory

Council meeting, notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice announces a

meeting of the Arizona Resource

Advisory Council. The meeting will be

held October 7, 1997, beginning at 8:30

a.m. in the Montana Room at the Bureau

of Land Management National Training

Center, 9828 N. 31st Avenue, Phoenix,

Arizona. The agenda items to be covered

at the one-day meeting include:

Welcome Remarks to newly-appointed

1997–99 RAC members; BLM State

Director’s Update on legislation,

regulations and statewide planning

efforts; Review of previous meeting

minutes; Review of RAC charter and

election of Vice-Chairperson; Update on

BIA Cooperating Agency Status;

Followup on letter to Director Shea on

standards and guidelines

implementation and impacts of FWS

biological opinions; Orientation on RAC

Working Groups for new members;

Reports by the Recreation and Public

Relations Working Groups; Reports from

RAC members; RAC Discussion on

future meeting dates and locations. A

public comment period will take place

at 11:30 a.m. for any interested publics

who wish to address the Council.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Deborah Stevens, Bureau of Land

Management, Arizona State Office, 222

North Central Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona

85004–2203, (602) 417–9215.

Joan B. Losacco,

Deputy State Director, External Affairs.

[FR Doc. 97–23937 Filed 9–9–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–32–M

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Office of Community Oriented Policing

Services FY 1998 Community Policing

Discretionary Grants

AGENCY: Office of Community Oriented

Policing Services, Department of Justice.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: The Department of Justice,

Office of Community Oriented Policing

Services (‘‘COPS’’) announces the

availability of grants to hire and/or

rehire additional sworn law

enforcement officers to engage in

community policing. The COPS

Universal Hiring Program permits

interested agencies to supplement their

current sworn forces or jurisdictions to

establish a policing agency. Eligible

applicants include State, local, and

Indian policing agencies, jurisdictions

seeking to establish a new policing

agency and other agencies serving

specialized jurisdictions, such as transit,

housing, college, school, or natural

resources.

DATES: COPS Universal Hiring Program

Application Kits are currently available.

There will be two application deadlines

for the Universal Hiring Program:

November 14, 1997 and January 30,

1998.

ADDRESSES: COPS Universal Hiring

Program Application Kits may be

obtained by writing to COPS Universal

Hiring Program, 1100 Vermont Avenue,

NW, Washington, DC, 20530, or by

calling the Department of Justice

Response Center, (202) 307–1480 or 1–

800–421–6770, or the full application

kit is also available on the COPS Office

web site at: http://www.usdoj.gov/cops.

Completed application kits should be

sent to COPS Universal Hiring Program,

COPS Office, 1100 Vermont Avenue,

N.W., Washington, D.C. 20530.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The

Department of Justice Crime Bill

Response Center, (202) 307–1480 or 1–

800–421–6770.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Overview

The Violent Crime Control and Law

Enforcement Act of 1994 (Pub. L. 103–

322) authorizes the Department of

Justice to make grants for the hiring or

rehiring of law enforcement officers to

engage in community policing. The

COPS Universal Hiring Program permits

interested agencies to supplement their

current sworn forces or to establish a

new policing agency, through grants for

up to three years. All policing agencies,

as well as jurisdictions considering

establishing new policing agencies, are

eligible to apply for this program. In

addition, policing agencies serving

specialized jurisdictions, such as transit,

housing, college, school, natural

resources, and others, are eligible to

apply for this program. There are two

application deadlines for this program:

November 14, 1997 and January 30,

1998. Departments may apply before

either of the deadlines and equal

consideration will be given to all

applications submitted by the same

deadline.

All applicants will be asked to

provide basic community policing and

planning information for their area of

jurisdiction. In addition, new applicants

serving jurisdictions of 50,000 and over,

as well as all those jurisdictions seeking

to establish a department and agencies

serving specialized jurisdictions (such

as transit, housing, college, school, or

natural resources), will be asked to

provide additional information relating

to the applicant’s community policing

plan, local community policing

initiatives and strategies, local

community support for the applicant’s

community policing plan, and plans for

retaining the officers at the end of the

grant period. In addition to the

requested community policing

information, all applicants will be asked

to submit a streamlined budget

summary containing information

relating to planned hiring levels, salary

and fringe benefits, and decreasing

federal share requirements. The COPS

Universal Hiring Program Application

offers two alternative budget worksheets

which are tailored to the number of

officers requested by each applicant;

applicants requesting five or fewer

officers will complete one budget

worksheet for each officer, while

applicants requesting more than five

officers will complete a single budget

worksheet based on the average yearly

cost per officer.

Grants will be made for up to 75

percent of the total entry-level salary

and benefits of each officer over three

years, up to a maximum of $75,000 per

officer, with the remainder to be paid by

state or local funds. Waivers of the nonfederal matching requirement may be

requested under this program, but will

be granted only upon a showing of

extraordinary fiscal hardship. Grant

funds may be used only for entry-level