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application, in whole or in part, no later

than May 22, 1997.

The following is a brief overview of

the application.

PFC application number: 97–03–00–

LSE.

Level of the proposed PFC: $3.00.

Proposed charge effective date: June

1, 1997.

Proposed charge expiration date:

August 1, 1998.

Total estimated PFC revenue:

$315,000.

Brief description of proposed

project(s): Acquire snow removal

equipment (two snow plow trucks);

Pavement evaluation and management

system study; Airport Layout Plan

update; PFC administration.

Class or classes of air carriers which

the public agency has requested not be

required to collect PFCs: no request to

exclude carriers.

Any person may inspect the

application in person at the FAA office

listed above under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT.

In addition, any person may, upon

request, inspect the application, notice

and other documents germane to the

application in person at the City of La

Crosse.

Issued in Des Plaines, IL, on February 12,

1997.

Benito De Leon,

Manager, Planning and Programming Branch,

Airports Division, Great Lakes Region.

[FR Doc. 97–4207 Filed 2–19–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration

Discretionary Cooperative Agreements

to Support the Demonstration and

Evaluation of Innovative AlcoholImpaired Driving Projects

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic

Safety Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Announcement of discretionary

cooperative agreement program to

support the demonstration and

evaluation of Innovative AlcoholImpaired Driving Projects.

SUMMARY: The National Highway Traffic

Safety Administration (NHTSA)

announces a discretionary cooperative

agreement program to demonstrate and

evaluate innovative projects aimed at

reducing alcohol-impaired fatalities.

The goal of NHTSA’s Impaired

Driving program is to reduce alcoholrelated fatalities to 11,000 by the year

2005. While progress has been made in

reducing alcohol-related fatalities in the

last ten years, more innovative programs

with potential to achieve dramatic

declines in alcohol-impaired driving

fatalities are needed to reach this

national goal. This cooperative

agreement program is to support the

development of innovative projects or

new approaches that have potential to

substantially reduce alcohol-related

fatalities, injuries and crashes.

NHTSA anticipates funding several

innovative demonstration projects for a

period of two years under this

announcement.

This notice solicits pre-applications

from public and private, non-profit and

for-profit organizations, state and local

governments and their agencies.

Interested applicants must submit a preapplication package as further described

in the Pre-Application Procedures

section of this notice. The preapplications will be evaluated to

identify those that warrant further

development. Only selected preapplicants will be invited to submit a

full application.

DATES: Pre-applications must be

received at the office designated below

on or before 3:00 pm April 1, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Pre-applications must be

submitted to the National Highway

Traffic Safety Administration, Office of

Contracts and Procurement (NAD–30),

ATTN: Rose Watson, 400 7th Street,

S.W., Room 5301, Washington, D.C.

20590. All applications submitted must

include a reference to NHTSA

Cooperative Agreement Program No.

DTNH22–97–H–05072.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

General administrative questions may

be directed to Rose Watson, Office of

Contracts and Procurement at (202–366–

9557). Programmatic questions relating

to this cooperative agreement program

should be directed to Valerie Gompf,

Impaired Driving Division, NHTSA, 400

7th Street, SW (NTS–11), Washington,

DC 20590 by e-mail at

vgompf@nhtsa.dot.gov or by phone

(202–366–2702). Interested applicants

are advised that no separate preapplication package exists beyond the

contents of this announcement.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The goal of NHTSA’s Impaired

Driving program is to reduce alcoholrelated fatalities to 11,000 by the year

2005. Progress has been made in

reducing alcohol-related fatalities in the

last ten years. The proportion of traffic

fatalities involving alcohol has dropped

to 41 percent in 1995, from 52 percent

in 1985. The 17,274 alcohol-related

fatalities in 1995 (41 percent of total

traffic fatalities for the year) represent a

24 percent reduction from the 22,720

alcohol-related fatalities reported in

1985 (52 percent of the total).

From 1985 to 1995 intoxication rates

decreased for drivers of all age groups

involved in fatal crashes, with the

youngest and oldest drivers

experiencing the largest decreases. For

drivers 65 and older, intoxication rates

dropped from 7.6 percent in 1985 to 5.0

percent in 1985 (a decline of 34

percent); for drivers 16 to 20 years of

age, intoxication rates dropped by 47

percent (from 23.9 percent in 1985 to

12.7 percent in 1995).

The highest intoxication rates in fatal

crashes in 1995 were recorded for

drivers 21–24 years old (27.8 percent),

followed by ages 25–34 (26.8 percent

and 35–44 (22.8 percent). These three

age groups have also shown the smallest

reductions since 1985 (21.3 percent,

17.3 percent and 6.0 percent,

respectively.

Safety belts were used by only about

17.5 percent of the fatally injured

intoxicated drivers (blood alcohol

concentration (BAC) of 0.10 g/dl or

greater), compared to 29.1 percent of

fatally injured impaired drivers (BAC

between 0.01 g/dl and 0.09 g/dl) and

44.6 percent of fatally injured sober

drivers (no alcohol).

Innovations in enforcement,

alternative sanctions, public education,

alcohol screening and treatment,

prevention, technology and the passage

of tougher legislation have all

contributed to this decline. While it is

clear that the nation has made progress

in reducing alcohol-related fatalities,

more needs to be done in order to

continue making significant gains. It

will take new ideas, creative

approaches, innovative programs, new

partners, and new or improved

technologies to significantly lower the

number of alcohol-related deaths. The

national goal will not be met without

expanding beyond the current state-ofthe-art in these areas.

Partners in Progress

To explore how to achieve this

national goal, NHTSA convened a group

of over 100 people for the Partners in

Progress meeting in February 1995. The

group developed over 100 strategies to

address the goal. In January 1996,

NHTSA convened an Implementation

Group to develop an action plan to

make quantum leaps toward this goal.

The Implementation Group met several

times over the course of a year and

drafted an ‘‘Impaired Driving Guide for

Action,’’ which included the following

seven countermeasure areas:

(1) public education;

(2) individual responsibility;
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(3) legislation;

(4) enforcement/adjudication;

(5) technology;

(6) health care and medical

community; and

(7) business/employers.

This innovative cooperative

agreement program will be based on the

seven areas identified in the Partners in

Progress An Impaired Driving Guide for

Action. The information contained in

this notice from the Partners in Progress

is still in draft form. The final document

is expected to be printed in June of

1997.

Purpose

The purpose of this cooperative

agreement program is to encourage

innovation in solving the impaired

driving problem by funding projects that

apply original or creative methods or

technologies; or that use existing

methods or technologies in original or

creative ways. The objective is to

identify creative or novel approaches/

technologies with the greatest potential

to reduce alcohol involved crashes,

fatalities and injuries.

Project Eligibility

Applications may be submitted by

public and private, non-profit and forprofit organizations, and state and local

governments and their agencies or a

consortium of the these groups above.

Thus, universities, colleges, research

institutions, hospitals, other public and

private (non- or not-for-profit)

organizations, and State and local

governments are eligible to apply.

Interested applicants are advised that no

fee or profit will be allowed under this

cooperative agreement program.

Eligible projects will also be limited

to those that fall within the seven

categories of the draft Partners in

Progress: Impaired Driving Guide for

Action outlined below:

(1) Public Education—Create public

concern and outrage by developing and

implementing a comprehensive national

and/or local public information and

education campaign that promotes

health norms and reawakens the public

awareness of the scope, impact and cost

of the impaired driving problem, and

develops public support for legislative

and enforcement efforts.

1.1 Recreate public concern and

outrage about senseless deaths and

injuries caused by impaired driving.

1.2 Develop campaigns and

messages with appeal to high-risk target

populations, e.g. 21–34 year olds, high

BAC offenders and under age 21.

1.3 Improve the balance of media

messages related to alcohol-impaired

driving. Three specific actions are

recommended for achieving a more

appropriate balance in media messages.

a. Increase the relevance and reach of

pro-health and safety messages through

increased availability and public service

announcements, counter-advertising

and media literacy;

b. Decrease the advertising and

promotional messages that glamorize or

trivialize drinking and driving; and

c. Enlist the expertise of the alcohol

and advertising industries in reaching

high risk populations, especially those

age 21–34 and underage youth with prohealth and safety messages.

(2) Individual Responsibility—

Promote a social norm where

individuals do not drive while impaired

and actively intervene to prevent

behaviors by others that contribute to

driving while impaired.

2.1 Develop and implement

community programs that train all

citizens to follow a prescribed set of

behaviors:

a. Serve as appropriate role models

especially regarding their drinking and

driving behavior.

b. Intervene in the behavior of others

when they are likely to drive while

impaired.

c. Assist alcohol dependent

individuals to seek and participate in

treatment and recovery.

d. Exhibit appropriate social hosting

practices.

e. Patronize establishments that

exhibit responsible serving practices.

f. Support and comply with laws

regulating the purchase, possession,

consumption of or provision of alcohol

to underage persons as well as underage

persons falsifying identification in order

to purchase.

g. Educate family, friends and coworkers about the dangers of drinking

and driving.

h. Intensify the social contract: ‘‘Do

you mind if I drive after drinking?’’

I. Participate in the development of

alternative activity programs for youth

that:

1. Encourage parents and others to be

role models for children.

2. Encourage children to query their

parents, ‘‘If you’re drinking, who’s

driving?’’

3. Incorporate impaired driving and

other traffic safety messages into school

curricula.

4. Support alcohol-free parties for

youth celebrations.

j. Show support for the enactment and

enforcement of policies, laws, and

ordinances that:

1. Strengthen the prevention and

deterrence of impaired driving.

2. Provide for accessible/affordable

treatment for alcohol dependent

persons.

3. Promote designated drivers and the

use of other alternative transportation.

(3) Legislation—Promote passage of

effective legislation and sustain existing

effective laws such as Minimum

Drinking Age 21, Administrative

License Revocation, Zero Tolerance for

Youth and .08 illegal per se for adults.

Encourage adoption and evaluation of

promising legislation such as graduated

licensing for youth and vehicle

sanctions for repeat offenders.

3.1 Support, promote strengthen, and

pass legislation that reflects the public

sentiment. The majority of the nation’s

citizens believe that alcohol impaired

driving is socially unacceptable. Listed

below are legislative initiatives that

should be addressed in each state.

a. Administrative License Revocation

(Laws which automatically and

immediately suspend or revoke licenses

of drivers who operate a vehicle with a

blood alcohol level at or above the

state’s defined legal limit.)

b. Safety Belts and Child Car Seats

(Laws that make non-use of safety belts

by drivers and passengers a traffic

offense, thus allowing police to stop and

ticket any occupant not wearing a safety

belt or using a proper child restraint).

c. Comprehensive Screening and

Multi-tiered Treatment Programs (Laws

requiring all drivers convicted of DWI/

DUI undergo an alcohol assessment

program to determine if they have an

alcohol abuse problem and require

appropriate sanction and treatment.)

d. .08 BAC Per Se (Laws lowering the

illegal blood alcohol concentration to

.08 BAC per se for all drivers over the

age of 21.)

e. Vehicle Confiscation,

Immobilization, Impoundment (Laws

requiring that convicted repeat DUI/

DWI offenders lose their vehicle or use

of their vehicle for a prescribed period

of time or have devices placed on the

vehicle that would prevent the driver

from driving if they had consumed any

alcohol.)

f. Valid Drivers License Required for

Vehicle Purchase or Registration (Laws

that prevent persons without a valid

drivers license from purchasing or

registering a vehicle.)

g. Zero Tolerance (Laws that prevent

drivers under the age of 21 to operate a

vehicle with any measurable amount of

alcohol in their system.)

h. Graduated Licensing (Laws that

require new drivers to demonstrate

responsible driving behavior during

restricted hours of operation over an

extended period of time before

obtaining full license privilege.)

i. 21 Minimum Drinking Age (Laws

that make it illegal for persons under 21

to purchase, attempt to purchase, use
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false identification to purchase, possess

and/or consume alcoholic beverages.

These laws also prohibit an adult from

purchasing alcohol for a minor or

selling to a minor.)

j. Enhanced Penalties for Higher BACs

(Laws that provide more severe

penalties for drivers with very high

blood alcohol levels.)

k. Dram Shop Laws (Laws that

provide criminal and administrative

penalties for serving and selling alcohol

to intoxicated or underage patrons.)

l. Immunity for Hospital BAC

Reporting (Laws that grant immunity to

hospitals that conduct and report BAC

tests of drivers in case of death or

serious injury.)

(4) Enforcement/Adjudication—

Implement uniform, visible and highly

publicized traffic safety and alcohol

regulatory enforcement efforts

throughout the nation and ensure

effective and consistent prosecution and

adjudication of offenders to guarantee

that impaired driving is treated as a

serious crime.

4.1 Hold law enforcement

administrators accountable for impaired

driving deaths and injuries in their

jurisdictions.

4.2 Train, support and motivate law

enforcement officers, prosecutors and

judges to consistently enforce all laws

pertaining to DWI/DUI and alcohol

regulatory control.

4.3 Publicize the fact that traffic

enforcement not only reduces fatalities

and injuries, but also crime in general.

4.4 Improve the quality and

accessibility of traffic records related to

alcohol traffic offenses: arrests,

convictions, sanctions, compliance with

judicial directives and outcomes.

4.5 Enforce laws pertaining to legal

sale, purchase and provision of alcohol

to underage and intoxicated persons.

4.6 Increase the efficiency of the

arrest process to reduce the time and

paperwork requirements associated with

DUI arrests.

4.7 Increase the availability and use

of creative alternative sentences for DUI

offenders such as: community service,

electronic monitoring, ignition

interlocks, and intensive probation.

(5) Technology—Identify and apply

technological solutions to the impaired

driving problem that affect the roadway,

the vehicle and the driver.

5.1 Establish a strong safety presence

to influence the development and

application of safety technologies

within the Intelligent Transportation

Systems (ITS) and highway construction

communities.

5.2 Develop/use innovative

technological devices to support the

detection, arrest, prosecution,

sentencing and monitoring of impaired

drivers.

(6) Health and Medical—Encourage

the health care and medical community

to address alcohol use and impaired

driving in patient consultations. Involve

health care providers as champions for

public education efforts and advocates

for policy changes.

6.1 Advocate for health care policies

that provide for adequate coverage for

assessment, intervention, and treatment

of alcohol problems.

6.2 Show concern and take action

about potential impaired driving by

patients as an integral part of preventive

medicine. This action should include:

a. Questions about drinking, impaired

driving and occupant protection in

patient interviews.

b. Information about drinking,

impaired driving and occupant

protection in written and verbal patient

education.

c. Aggressive assessment and referral

for alcohol problems.

6.3 Involve health care professionals

as advocates for prevention, legislation

and enforcement initiatives in the areas

of impaired driving and occupant

protection.

6.4 Strengthen training for health

care professionals in issues related to

alcohol and impaired driving. This

training should occur both initially in

medical school and in continuing

medical education programs.

(7) Business and Employers—

Convince/inspire businesses and

employers to implement policies as well

as engage in responsible hospitality

practices whenever alcoholic beverages

are sold or served. Encourage businesses

to support community activities related

to reducing the human and economic

costs of traffic crashes.

7.1 Develop and implement

impaired driving policies, programs and

enforcement actions by businesses and

employers that influence employee and

customer behaviors:

a. Employee assistance programs.

b. Policies regarding on-the-job

drinking and impaired driving.

c. Education to employees and

customers regarding responsible

hosting/party planning.

7.2 Increase participation of

businesses and employers in addressing

traffic safety issues within their

communities.

7.3 Adopt responsible hospitality

practices by those licensed to sell

alcoholic beverages including: strict age

identification, staff training, promotion

of alternative beverages, availability of

food and control of intoxication.

7.4 Patronize responsible

establishments or adopt responsible

hospitality practices when hosting

events for employees, clients, or

business associates.

Additional Resources

The following is a list of resources for

information on highway safety programs

on impaired driving.

(1) Compendium of Traffic Safety

Research Projects, DOT HS 808 379

April 1996. This is an annotated

bibliography of NHTSA’s behavioral

research over the last 10 years, and

includes alcohol-impaired driving

research. This is available on NHTSA’s

world wide web home page (http://

www.nhtsa.dot.gov:80/people/injury/

research/COMPEND.HTM).

(2) Traffic Safety Digest. This is a

quarterly publication of NHTSA which

contains innovative traffic safety

projects that have been or are currently

being conducted in states and

communities. This is available on

NHTSA’s world wide web home page

(http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov:80/people/

outreach/safedige).

(3) Each state has a Governor’s

Highway Safety Office that can provide

information on state legislation,

programs and activities related to

impaired driving.

Pre-application Procedures

Each applicant must submit one

original and two copies of the preapplication package to: NHTSA, Office

of Contracts and Procurement (NAD–

30), ATTN: Rose Watson, 400 7th Street,

SW., Room 5301, Washington, DC

20590. An additional three copies will

facilitate the review process, but are not

required. Pre-Applications shall be

limited to the completed Cover Page of

the Application for Federal Assistant

(standard form 424—revised 4–88); a 4-

page project description; and a 1-page

staffing and budget summary. The cover

page form 424 can be found in

Appendix A. In block 11 of the cover

page form 424, the applicant should also

state which of the seven Partners in

Progress areas the project addresses. The

pre-application may be single spaced,

must be typed on one side of the page

only, and must include a reference to

NHTSA Cooperative Agreement No.

DTNH22–97–H–05072. Please note

applicants interested in submitting more

than one innovative project must

prepare a separate pre-application

package for each project.

Only complete packages received on

or before 3:00 p.m., April 1, 1997 will be

considered.

Project Review Procedures and Criteria

Upon receipt of the pre-applications,

they will be screened to ensure that they
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meet the eligibility requirements. Preapplications meeting the requirements

will be reviewed by a panel using the

criteria outlined below. In preparing the

pre-application package, applicants

should organize the package to follow

the outline provided by the review

criteria.

Pre-application Review Criteria

The project package must concisely

address the following review criteria:

1. Description of what the

organization proposes to accomplish

which:

(a) clearly identifies the one area for

consideration (must be one of the seven

areas outlined from Partners in

Progress); states the goals and objectives

of the project; and explains the

innovative and creative features of the

project being demonstrated. If building

on an old idea, what are the innovative

or new approaches that make this

project different from what has been

tied in the past?

(b) clearly articulates the project’s

potential to make a significant

contribution to national efforts to

achieve the 2005 impaired driving

fatality goal. A rationale for the

estimated impact must be included. (45

percent)

2. Briefly outline a specific, sound,

and feasible work plan, including the

plan to evaluate the effectiveness of the

proposed project in reducing impaired

driving fatalities. This outline should

identify the specific tasks required to

accomplish the goals and objectives of

the project. The feasibility of the project

will be evaluated in light of resources,

realism, and ability to achieve the

desired outcome. (25 percent)

3. Description of the project’s

adaptability to other jurisdictions at a

reasonable cost. (15 percent)

4. Briefly outline the project’s staffing

and budget. Include staffing titles and a

1-2 sentence description of the position

duties. The budget should segregate

project demonstration costs from project

evaluation costs and for each of these

activities should identify costs by direct

labor with a break down of costs by

proposed staffing; direct materials/

equipment with a break down of major

cost items; total travel costs with an

explanation of the relationship to the

project; evaluation costs; and overhead.

Clearly identify any financial or in-kind

commitment of resources by the

applicant organization or other

supporting organizations to support the

project. (15 percent)

Those applicants whose preapplication are not selected will be

informed in writing. Those applicants

whose pre-applications are selected for

further development will also be

notified in writing and a date for

submitting full applications will be set.

Upon receipt of the full application

proposal by NHTSA, they will be

reviewed by panel members who were

involved in the review of the preapplications using the following criteria.

Full Application Criteria

The following criteria will be used to

evaluate the full application:

(1) Innovation (30 percent). The

description clearly identifies the one

area for consideration (must be one of

the seven areas outlined from Partners

in Progress), and explains the

innovative and creative features of the

project. If building on an old idea, what

are the innovative or new approaches

that make this project different from

what has been tried in the past? The

applicant has thought through some of

the barriers to developing and

implementing this new idea. The

innovative project involves new nontraditional highway safety partners. The

project is adaptable to other

jurisdictions at a reasonable cost. The

project idea will be publicly supported

and/or is suitable for public

participation.

(2) Goals, Objectives and Workplan

(30 percent). The applicant’s goals are

clearly articulated and the objectives are

time-phased, specific, measurable, and

achievable. The workplan will achieve

an outcome-oriented result that will

reduce impaired driving fatalities and

injuries. The workplan addresses what

the applicant proposes to develop and

implement; how this will be

accomplished; and includes the major

tasks/milestones necessary to complete

the project. This involves identification

and solution of potential technical

problems and critical issues related to

successful completion of the project.

The work plan will be evaluated with

respect to its feasibility, realism, and

ability to achieve the desired outcomes.

(3) Evaluation Plan (20 percent). The

evaluation plan clearly articulates the

project’s potential to make a significant

contribution to national efforts to

achieve the 2005 impaired driving

fatality goal. A rationale for the

estimated impact is included. The

applicant describes the proposed

evaluation design and the methods for

measuring the outcomes of the proposed

interventions (countermeasures). The

evaluation plan will measure the

effectiveness of the innovative program

idea. The applicant provides sufficient

evidence of community cooperation and

commitment, if needed. There are

sufficient data sources identified and

access is ensured from appropriate

owners or collectors of the data to:

identify/create and test appropriate

instruments; and collect and

appropriately analyze quantitative and

qualitative data for measuring the

effectiveness of the innovative project.

(4) Project Management and Staffing

(20 percent). The proposed staff are

clearly described, appropriately

assigned, and have adequate skills and

experiences. The applicant has the

capacity and facilities to design,

implement, and evaluate the proposed

project, The applicant provided details

regarding the level of effort and

allocation of time of each staff position.

The applicant furnished an

organizational chart and resumes of

each proposed staff. The resumes

demonstrate an appropriate staffing mix,

experience and technical skills for the

successful completion of project

objectives. Sufficient staff with the

evaluation expertise have been allocated

to carry out the submitted evaluation

plan. The applicant’s staffing plan is

reasonable for accomplishing the

objectives of the project within the

established time frame. The financial

budget is sufficiently detailed to allow

NHTSA to determine that the estimated

costs are reasonable and necessary to

perform the proposed effort. Financial

or in-kind commitment of resources by

the applicant organization or other

supporting organizations to support the

project has been clearly identified.

Availability of Funds and Period of

Support

Contingent on the availability of

funds and satisfactory performance,

cooperative agreements will be awarded

for a project period of two years. A total

of $1.6 million in cooperative

agreements is anticipated to be awarded.

It is anticipated that individual award

amounts, based upon demonstrated

need, may range between $200,000 and

$400,000. This stated range does not

establish a minimum or maximum

funding levels.

Ideally, one cooperative agreement

would be awarded in each of the seven

areas, but NHTSA reserves the right to

award to applicants whose proposals

have the greatest potential regardless of

program area. Thus more than one

cooperative agreement could be

awarded in each area and some areas

may have no projects funded.

In each project, some portion of the

funding requested must be dedicated to

evaluation activities. Given the amount

of funds available for this effort,

applicants are strongly encouraged to

seek other funding opportunities to

supplement the federal funds.
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Preference will be given to applicants

with cost-sharing proposals.

NHTSA Involvement

NHTSA will be involved in all

activities undertaken as part of the

cooperative-agreement program and

will:

1. Provide a Contracting Officer’s

Technical Representative (COTR) to

participate in the planning and

management of this Cooperative

Agreement and to coordinate activities

between the Grantee and NHTSA.

2. Provide information and technical

assistance from government sources

within available resources and as

determined appropriate by the COTR.

3. Serve as a liaison between NHTSA

Headquarters, Regional Offices and

others (Federal, state and local)

interested in innovative alcohol grant

program and the activities of the grantee

as appropriate.

4. Stimulate the transfer of

information among cooperative

agreement recipients and others engaged

in innovative alcohol program activities.

Special Award Selection Factors

While not a requirement of this

announcement, applicants are strongly

urged to seek funds from other federal,

State, local and private sources to

augment those available under this

announcement. For those applications

that are evaluated as meritorious for

consideration for award, preference may

be given to those that have proposed

cost-sharing strategies and/or have other

proposed funding sources in addition to

those in this announcement.

Terms and Conditions of Award

1. Prior to award, each grantee must

comply with the certification

requirements of 49 CFR part 20,

Department of Transportation New

Restrictions on Lobbying, and 49 CFR

part 29, Department of Transportation

government-wide Debarment and

Suspension (Non-procurement) and

Government-wide Requirements for

Drug Free Workplace (Grants).

2. Reporting Requirements and

Deliverables:

A. Quarterly Progress Reports should

include a summary of the previous

quarter’s activities and

accomplishments, as well as the

proposed activities for the upcoming

quarter. Any decisions and actions

required in the upcoming quarter

should be included in the report. The

grantee shall supply the progress report

to the Contracting Officer’s Technical

Representative (COTR) every ninety (90)

days following date of award.

B. Program Implementation and

Evaluation Plan: The grantee shall

submit a revised program

implementation and evaluation plan,

incorporating comments received from

the NHTSA COTR, no more than 1

month after award of this agreement.

The NHTSA COTR will review and

comment, if necessary.

C. Draft Final Report: The grantee

shall prepare a Draft Final Report that

includes a description of the innovative

project, partners, intervention strategies,

program implementation, evaluation

methodology and findings from the

program evaluation. In terms of

information transfer, it is important to

know what worked and did not work,

under what circumstances, and what

can be done to avoid potential problems

in future projects. The grantee shall

submit the Draft Final Report to the

COTR 60 days prior to the end of the

performance period. The COTR will

review the draft report and provide

comments to the grantee within 30 days

of receipt of the document.

D. Final Report: The grantee shall

revise the Draft Final Report to reflect

the COTR’s comments. The revised final

report shall be delivered to the COTR 15

days before the end of the performance

period. The grantee shall supply the

COTR:

—A camera ready version of the

document as printed.

—A copy, on appropriate media

(diskette, Syquest disk, etc.), of the

document in the original program

format that was used for the printing

process.

—Some documents require several

different original program languages

(e.g., PageMaker was the program for

the general layout and design and

PowerPoint was used for charts and

yet another was used for photographs,

etc.). Each of these component parts

should be available on disk, properly

labeled with the program format and

the file names. For example

PowerPoint files should be clearly

identified by both a descriptive name

and file name (e.g., 1994 Fatalities—

chart1.ppt.)

—A complete version of the assembled

document in portable document

format (PDF) for placement of the

report on the world wide web

(WWW). This will be a file usually

created with the Adobe Exchange

program of the complete assembled

document in the PDF format that will

actually be placed on the WWW. The

document would be completely

assembled with all colors, charts, side

bars, photographs, and graphics. This

can be delivered to NHTSA on a

standard 1.44 floppy diskette (for

small documents) or on any

appropriate archival media (for larger

documents) such as an CD ROM, TR–

1 Mini cartridge, Syquest disk, etc.

—Four additional hard copies of the

final document

E. A Briefing to NHTSA and a

presentation to at least one national

meeting (e.g., Lifesavers * * *).

F. Preparation and submission of a

paper for publication in a professional

journal.

Items (E) and (F) above will be

submitted to NHTSA initially in draft

format and will be circulated for review

and comment to NHTSA and others, as

appropriate.

3. During the effective performance

period of cooperative agreements

awarded as a result of this

announcement, the agreement as

applicable to the grantee, shall be

subject to the National Highway Traffic

Safety Administration’s General

Provisions for Assistance Agreements,

dated July 1995.

Issued on: February 14, 1997.

James Hedlund,

Associate Administrator for Traffic Safety

Programs.

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7824 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 34 / Thursday, February 20, 1997 / Notices

Appendix A—Application for Federal Assistance Cover Page, Standard Form 424 (rev 4–88).

BILLING CODE 4910–59–C
Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 34 / Thursday, February 20, 1997 / Notices 7825

INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE SF 424

This is a standard form used by applicants

as a required facesheet for preapplications

and applications submitted for Federal

assistance. It will be used by Federal agencies

to obtain applicant certification that States

which have established a review and

comment procedure in response to Executive

Order 12372 and have selected the program

to be included in their process, have been

given an opportunity to review the

applicant’s submission.

Item and Entry

1. Self-explanatory.

2. Date application submitted to Federal

agency (or State if applicable) & applicant’s

control number (if applicable).

3. State use only (if applicable).

4. If this application is to continue or

revise and existing award, enter present

Federal identifier number. If for a new

project, leave blank.

5. Legal name of applicant, name of

primary organizational unit which will

undertake the assistance activity, complete

address of the applicant, and name and

telephone number of the person to contact on

matters related to this application.

6. Enter Employer Identification Number

(EIN) as assigned by the Internal Revenue

Service.

7. Enter the appropriate letter in the space

provided.

8. Check appropriate box and enter

appropriate letter(s) in the space(s) provided:

—‘‘New’’ means a new assistance award.

—‘‘Continuation’’ means an extension for an

additional funding/budget period for a

project with a projected completion date.

—‘‘Revision’’ means any change in the

Federal Government’s financial obligation

or contingent liability from an existing

obligation.

9. Name of Federal agency from which

assistance is being requested with this

application.

10. Use the Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance number and title of the program

under which assistance is requested.

11. Enter a brief descriptive title of the

project, if more than one program is

involved, you should append an explanation

on a separate sheet. If appropriate (e.g.,

construction or real property projects), attach

a map showing project location. For

preapplications use a separate sheet to

provide a summary description of this

project.

12. List only the largest political entities

affected (e.g., State, counties, cities).

13. Self-explanatory.

14. List the applicant’s Congressional

District and any District(s) affected by the

program or project.

15. Amount requested or to be contributed

during the first funding/budget period by

each contributor. Value of in-kind

contributions should be included on

appropriate lines as applicable. If the action

will result in a dollar change to an existing

award, indicate only the amount of the

change. For decreases, enclose the amounts

in parentheses. If both basic and

supplemental amounts are included, show

breakdown on an attached sheet. For

multiple program funding, use totals and

show breakdown using same categories as

item 15.

16. Applicants should contact the State

Single Point of Contact (SPOC) for Federal

Executive Order 12372 to determine whether

the application is subject to the State

intergovernmental review process.

17. This question applies to the applicant

organization, not the person who signs as the

authorized representative. Categories of debt

include delinquent audit disallowances,

loans and taxes.

18. To be signed by the authorized

representative of the applicant. A copy of the

governing body’s authorization for you to

sign this application as official representative

must be on file in the applicant’s office.

(Certain Federal agencies may require that

this authorization be submitted as part of the

application.)

[FR Doc. 97–4203 Filed 2–19–97; 8:45 am]

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Surface Transportation Board

[STB Docket No. AB–55 (Sub-No. 536X)]

CSX Transportation, Inc.—

Abandonment Exemption—in Vigo

County, IN

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board.

ACTION: Notice of exemption.

SUMMARY: The Board, pursuant to 49

U.S.C. 10502, exempts CSX

Transportation, Inc. (CSXT), from the

prior approval requirements of 49 U.S.C.

10903 to permit CSXT to abandon a 2.6-

mile portion of its Chicago Service Lane,

CE&D Subdivision, known at the Saxton

Branch, between milepost ZY–0.00, at

Dewey, IN (near Terre Haute), and

milepost ZY–2.6, at the end of the track,

in Vigo County, IN, subject to an

environmental condition and standard

employee protective conditions.

DATES: Provided no formal expression of

intent to file an offer of financial

assistance (OFA) has been received, this

exemption will be effective on March

24, 1997. Formal expressions of intent

to file an OFA under 49 CFR

1152.27(c)(2) must be filed by March 3,

1997, petitions to stay must be filed by

March 7, 1997, requests for a public use

condition conforming to 49 CFR

1152.28(a)(2) must be filed by March 12,

1997, and petitions to reopen must be

filed by March 17, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Send pleadings, referring to

STB Docket No. AB–55 (Sub-No. 536X)

to: (1) Surface Transportation Board,

Office of the Secretary, Case Control

Branch, 1201 Constitution Avenue,

N.W., Washington, DC 20423; and (2)

Charles M. Rosenberger, 500 Water

Street—J150, Jacksonville, FL 32202.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Beryl Gordon, (202) 927–5660. [TDD for

the hearing impaired: (202) 927–5721.]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Additional information is contained in

the Board’s decision. To purchase a

copy of the full decision, write to, call,

or pick up in person from: DC News &

Data, Inc., Room 2229, 1201

Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, DC 20423. Telephone:

(202) 289–4357/4359. [Assistance for

the hearing impaired is available

through TDD services (202) 927–5721.]

Decided: February 13, 1997.

By the Board, Chairman Morgan and Vice

Chairman Owen.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–4179 Filed 2–19–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Financial Management Service

Privacy Act of 1974; Computer

Matching Program

AGENCY: Financial Management Service,

Treasury.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a, the

Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, and

the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) Guidelines on the Conduct of

Matching Programs dated June 19, 1989,

notice is hereby given of the conduct of

a Financial Management Service (FMS)

matching activity.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 24, 1997.

ADDRESS: Comments or inquiries may be

submitted to the Debt Management

Services, Financial Management

Service, 401 14th Street, SW, Room 151,

Washington, DC 20227.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Gerry Isenberg, Financial Program

Specialist, Debt Management Services,

(202) 874–6660.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FMS is the

central disbursing source for the Federal

Government and currently receives

recurring and non-recurring payment

certification records from departments

and agencies of the Government. FMS

has a ‘‘system of records’’ (as defined in

the Privacy Act of 1974) for

nonrecurring payments entitled

‘‘Payment Records for Other than

Regular Recurring Benefit Payments’’

identified as Treasury/FMS .016.

FMS is also the lead agency in the

Federal Government for debt collection,

and collects non-tax debts owed to the

Federal Government. FMS has a

‘‘system of records’’ for debt collection