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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Antitrust Division 

Notice Pursuant to the National 

Cooperative Research and Production 

Act of 1993—Cellco Partnership D/B/A 

Verizon Wireless, Comcast Cable 

Communications, LCC, Time Warner 

Cable LLC, and Bright House 

Networks, LLC 

Notice is hereby given that, on 

February 24, 2012, pursuant to Section 

6(a) of the National Cooperative 

Research and Production Act of 1993, 

15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), 

Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon 

Wireless, Comcast Cable 

Communications, LLC, Time Warner 

Cable LLC, and Bright House Networks, 

LLC (‘‘Cellco’’, ‘‘Comcast’’, ‘‘Time 

Warner’’, and ‘‘Bright House’’) have 

filed written notifications 

simultaneously with the Attorney 

General and the Federal Trade 

Commission disclosing (1) the identities 

of the parties to the venture and (2) the 

nature and objectives of the venture. 

The notifications were filed for the 

purpose of invoking the Act’s provisions 

limiting the recovery of antitrust 

plaintiffs to actual damages under 

specified circumstances. 

Pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act, 

the identities of the parties to the 

venture are: Cellco Partnership d/b/a 

Verizon Wireless, Basking Ridge, NJ; 

Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, 

Philadelphia, PA; Time Warner Cable 

LLC, New York, NY; and Bright House 

Networks, LLC, Syracuse, NY. The 

general area of Cellco, Comcast, Time 

Warner, and Bright House’s planned 

activity is the research and development 

of technology and intellectual property 

relating to enhanced integration of 

wireline and wireless products, 

services, and devices. 

Patricia A. Brink, 

Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust 

Division. 

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Antitrust Division 

Notice Pursuant to the National 

Cooperative Research and Production 

Act of 1993—Global Climate and 

Energy Project 

Notice is hereby given that, on 

February 17, 2012, pursuant to Section 

6(a) of the National Cooperative 

Research and Production Act of 1993, 

15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), 

Global Climate and Energy Project 

(‘‘GCEP’’) has filed written notifications 

simultaneously with the Attorney 

General and the Federal Trade 

Commission disclosing changes in its 

membership, nature and objective. The 

notifications were filed for the purpose 

of extending the Act’s provisions 

limiting the recovery of antitrust 

plaintiffs to actual damages under 

specified circumstances. Specifically, 

E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, 

Wilmington, DE, has been added as a 

party to this venture. The change in its 

nature and objectives is that the 

members of GCEP have amended the 

agreement between them to extend the 

termination of GCEP, which currently 

will terminate August 31, 2014. 

No other changes have been made in 

either the membership or planned 

activity of the group research project. 

Membership in this group research 

project remains open, and GCEP intends 

to file additional written notifications 

disclosing all changes in membership. 

On March 12, 2003, GCEP filed its 

original notification pursuant to Section 

6(a) of the Act. The Department of 

Justice published a notice in the Federal 

Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the 

Act on April 4, 2003 (68 FR 16552). 

The last notification was filed with 

the Department on April 8, 2011. A 

notice was published in the Federal 

Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the 

Act on June 1, 2011 (76 FR 31638). 

Patricia A. Brink, 

Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust 

Division. 

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

National Institute of Corrections 

Solicitation for a Cooperative 

Agreement—Development of a Core 

Correctional Practices Curriculum 

AGENCY: National Institute of 

Corrections, U.S. Department of Justice. 

ACTION: Solicitation for a Cooperative 

Agreement. 

SUMMARY: The National Institute of 

Corrections (NIC) is soliciting proposals 

from organizations, groups, or 

individuals to enter into a cooperative 

agreement for a nine-month project 

period for the development of a 

competency-based and performancedriven curriculum that will provide 

corrections professionals with the 

knowledge and skills to facilitate 

effective changes in individual 

offender’s behavior. The curriculum 

will be on two levels: (1) Training line 

staff who work with offenders under 

correctional supervision and (2) training 

those who train line staff who work 

with offenders. 

DATES: Applications must be received 

by 4 p.m. EST on Monday, April 9, 

2012. 

ADDRESSES: Applicants are encouraged 

to submit their proposals electronically 

via http://www.grants.gov. Mailed 

applications must be sent to: Director, 

National Institute of Corrections, 320 

First Street NW., Room 5002, 

Washington, DC 20534. If submitted in 

hard copy, there must be an original and 

three unbound copies of the full 

proposal. The original should have the 

applicant’s signature in blue ink. 

Applicants are encouraged to use 

Federal Express, UPS, or similar service 

to ensure delivery by the due date. 

Faxed applications will not be 

accepted. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A 

copy of this announcement can be 

downloaded from the NIC Web site at 

www.nicic.gov. All technical or 

programmatic questions concerning this 

announcement should be directed to 

Bernie Iszler, Correctional Program 

Specialist, National Institute of 

Corrections. She can be reached by 

calling 303–338–6618 or by email at 

biszler@bop.gov. All questions, answers, 

and additional information related to 

this solicitation will be linked to its 

announcement on the NIC Web site at 

http://nicic.gov/cooperativeagreements 

during the time this solicitation remains 

open. 

Related Solicitation: NIC is issuing 

two separate, but closely related 

solicitations in March 2012: This one 

and a second one titled ‘‘Curriculum 

Development for MET, ECCP, and ICMS 

Training Project’’. Two separate awards 

will be made through these two 

solicitations. Applicants may submit 

proposals under both of these 

solicitations, but the two awards will be 

made independently of one another and 

each project will be managed separately. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

For many years, NIC has been 

committed to promoting risk reduction 

through the use of evidence-based 

policies and practices. More 

specifically, for corrections line staff, 

NIC has developed and supported 

Thinking for a Change, a synthesized 

cognitive behavioral offender group 

intervention (see http://nicic.gov/ 

Library/025057); created several 

iterations of training on interpersonal 

communications skills (see http:// 


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nicic.gov/Training/NICWBT18 and 

http://nicic.gov/Library/020035); and 

supported the dissemination of 

information on motivational 

interviewing (see http://nicic.gov/ 

MotivationalInterviewing). 

In addition, recent work in training 

probation officers on how to combine 

the risk-need-responsivity model of 

offender rehabilitation with ‘‘techniques 

of influence’’ (structured skills, 

intervention techniques, and behaviors) 

has resulted in positive outcomes for 

individual interventions with offenders 

(see http://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/res/ 

cor/rep/_fl/2010-01-rnr-eng.pdf). 

Several curricula for individual 

offender interventions have been 

developed that use combinations of 

cognitive-behavioral techniques, 

motivational interviewing, cognitive 

restructuring, relationship building, and 

role clarification. These include the 

Strategic Training Initiative in 

Community Supervision (STICS) by 

Public Safety Canada; Effective Practices 

in Community Supervision (EPICS) by 

the University of Cincinnati Corrections 

Institute; Strategic Techniques Aimed at 

Reducing Rearrest (STARR) by the 

Administrative Office of the United 

States Courts, Office of Probation and 

Pretrial Services; Effective Practices in 

Correctional Settings II (EPICS II) by 

Christopher T. Lowenkamp, Charles R. 

Robinson, & Melanie S. Lowenkamp; 

and Working with Involuntary Clients 

by Chris Trotter. Because each of these 

intervention tools have been created for 

frontline corrections staff to use in 

affecting offender change, NIC sees the 

current environment as a moment of 

opportunity to create a curriculum for 

an individual intervention strategy that 

uses adult learning research (see NIC 

ITIP Toolkit http://nicic.gov/Library/ 

024773) and leverages a blend of 

delivery platforms (synchronous, 

asynchronous, and classroom) to teach 

corrections professionals how to train, 

implement, and coach frontline staff in 

effective core correctional practices. 

Scope of Work: Tasks to be performed 

under this cooperative agreement 

include the following: 

(1) The creation of two curricula: one 

that will be training for staff and a 

second one that will be training for 

trainers. Both curricula will have two 

levels. The level 1 curriculum will be 

for case managers, probation officers, 

parole officers, and other corrections 

staff who have case management time 

with offenders. The level 2 curriculum 

will be for corrections officers, line staff, 

and others who interact with offenders 

regularly but do not have case 

management duties. In effect, level 2 

will be for corrections staff who directly 

supervise offenders. The curriculum 

will be based on the Effective Practices 

in Correctional Settings II (EPICS–II) by 

Christopher T. Lowenkamp, Charles R. 

Robinson, & Melanie S. Lowenkamp and 

Strategic Techniques Aimed at 

Reducing Rearrest (STARR) by the 

Administrative Office of the US Courts, 

Office of Probation and Pretrial Services 

(permission has been obtained for use of 

the curricula), and ‘‘Interpersonal 

Communications in the Correctional 

Setting: IPC’’ by the National Institute of 

Corrections (NIC accession #020035). 

The curriculum developed by the 

awardee should allow for the use of 

blended elements, including classroom 

or individual instruction, e-courses, and 

virtual instructor-led training as well as 

coaching/feedback. A blended process 

could include the following elements: 

(A) Agency and facilitator/trainer/coach 

readiness survey: virtual instructor-led 

training (VILT), and a WebEx. (B) 

Orientation: VILT, expectations, outline, 

and an agency plan (practices, 

recordings, job coaching, job aids). (C) 

Background information: e-course, 

theory, history, and research (adult 

learning and evidence-based practices). 

(D) Model-skill steps: recorded sessions, 

Participant workbook, and a blog/forum 

discussion. (E) Guided practice with 

scenarios: VILT and a question guide. 

(F) Demos/tryouts: instructor-led 

training where size of groups could 

vary, and coaching of agency trainers/ 

coaches. 

(2) The creation of a Core Correctional 

Practices Training for Trainers 

curriculum. 

(3) The delivery of the CCP training 

and CCP training for trainers to a pilot 

site to be identified by NIC, evaluation 

of the pilot training, and revisions to 

curricula after pilot site delivery. 

(4) Participation in organizational 

planning meetings with NIC staff and 

subject matter experts. Awardee 

expenses for these meetings are limited 

to the awardee’s own project team’s 

costs of travel, lodging and meals, 

incidental expenses, and compensation. 

Awardees should plan on at least one 2- 

day meeting to take place at the NIC 

National Corrections Academy in 

Aurora, Colorado. Participation in other 

planning and coordination meetings 

will take place as necessary throughout 

the life of the project through 

teleconferences and WebEx meetings. 

(5) The delivery of a full report on the 

project together with all the materials 

developed during the project and in a 

design and format appropriate for public 

dissemination. A draft of these materials 

must be submitted prior to the end of 

the project and follow NIC’s 

requirements for documents or other 

media. 

Specific Requirements: Documents or 

other media that are produced under 

this award must follow these guidelines: 

Prior to the preparation of the final draft 

of any document or other media, the 

awardee must consult with NIC’s writer/ 

editor concerning the acceptable formats 

for manuscript submissions and the 

technical specifications for electronic 

media. For all awards in which a 

document will be a deliverable, the 

awardee must follow the guidelines 

listed herein, as well as follow the 

Guidelines for Preparing and Submitting 

Manuscripts for Publication as found in 

the ‘‘General Guidelines for Cooperative 

Agreements,’’ which can be found on 

our Web site at www.nicic.gov/ 

cooperativeagreements. 

All final documents and other media 

submitted for posting on the NIC Web 

site must meet the federal government’s 

requirement for accessibility (508 PDF 

or HTML file). The awardee must 

provide descriptive text interpreting all 

graphics, photos, graphs, and/or 

multimedia to be included with or 

distributed alongside the materials and 

must provide transcripts for all 

applicable audio/visual works. 

Application Requirements: 

Applications should be concisely 

written, typed double spaced and 

reference the project by the ‘‘NIC 

Opportunity Number’’ and title in this 

announcement. The package must 

include a cover letter that identifies the 

audit agency responsible for the 

applicant’s financial accounts as well as 

the audit period or fiscal year that the 

applicant operates under (e.g., July 1 

through June 30); a program narrative 

not to exceed 30 pages in response to 

the statement of work; and a budget 

narrative explaining projected costs. 

Applicants may submit a description of 

the project team’s qualifications and 

expertise relevant to the project but 

should not attach lengthy resumes. 

Large attachments to the proposal 

describing the organization are 

discouraged. 

The following forms must also be 

included: OMB Standard Form 424, 

Application for Federal Assistance; 

OMB Standard Form 424A, Budget 

information—Non-Construction 

Programs; OMB Standard Form 424B, 

Assurances—Non-Construction 

Programs (these forms are available at 

http://www.grants.gov) and DOJ/NIC 

Certification Regarding Lobbying; 

Debarment, Suspension and Other 

Responsibility Matters; and the DrugFree Workplace Requirements available 

at http://nicic.gov/Downloads/General/ 

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required forms with the application 

package will result in disqualification of 

the application from consideration. 

Authority: Public Law 93–415 

Funds Available: NIC is seeking the 

applicant’s best ideas regarding 

accomplishment of the scope of work 

and the related costs for achieving the 

goals of this solicitation. Funding is set 

at $64,000.00. Funds may be used only 

for the activities that are linked to the 

desired outcome of the project. 

Eligibility of Applicants: An eligible 

applicant is any public or private 

agency, educational institution, 

organization, individual, or team with 

expertise in the described areas. 

Review Considerations 

Applications received under this 

announcement will be subject to the 

NIC review process. Proposals that fail 

to provide sufficient information to have 

them evaluated under the criteria below 

may be judged non-responsive and 

disqualified. The criteria for the 

evaluation of each application will be as 

follows: 

Progammatic (40%) 

Are all of the five project tasks 

adequately discussed? Is there a clear 

statement of how each task will be 

accomplished, including major subtasks, the strategies to be employed, 

required staffing, and other required 

resources? Are there any innovative 

approaches, techniques, or design 

aspects proposed that will enhance the 

project? 

Organizational (35%) 

Does the proposed project staff 

possess the skills, knowledge, and 

expertise necessary to complete the 

tasks listed under the scope of work? 

Does the applicant organization, group, 

or individual have the organizational 

capacity to achieve all five project tasks? 

Are the proposed project management 

and staffing plans realistic and 

sufficient to complete the project within 

the project time frame? 

Project Management/Administration 

(25%) 

Does the applicant identify reasonable 

objectives, milestones, and measures to 

track progress? If the applicant proposes 

consultants and/or partnerships, is there 

a reasonable justification for their 

inclusion in the project and a clear 

structure to ensure effective 

coordination? Is the proposed budget 

realistic, does it provide a sufficient cost 

detail/narrative, and does it represent 

good value relative to the anticipated 

results? 

Note: NIC will NOT award a cooperative 

agreement to an applicant who does not have 

a Dun and Bradstreet Database Universal 

Number (DUNS) and is not registered in the 

Central Contractor Registry (CCR). 

A DUNS number can be received at 

no cost by calling the dedicated toll-free 

DUNS number request line at 1–800– 

333–0505 (if you are a sole proprietor, 

you would dial 1–866–705–5711 and 

select option 1). 

Registration in the CRR can be done 

online at the CCR Web site: http:// 

www.bpn.gov/ccr. A CCR Handbook and 

worksheet can also be reviewed at the 

Web site. 

Number of Awards: One. 

NIC Opportunity Number: 12AC05. 

This number should appear as a 

reference line in the cover letter, where 

indicated on Standard Form 424, and 

outside of the envelope in which the 

application is sent. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance Number: 16.601. 

Executive Order 12372: This project is 

not subject to the provisions of 

Executive Order 12372. 

Morris L. Thigpen, 

Director, National Institute of Corrections. 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Office of the Secretary 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request; The 13 

Carcinogens Standard 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor 

(DOL) is submitting the Occupational 

Safety and Health Administration 

(OSHA) sponsored information 

collection request (ICR) titled, ‘‘The 13 

Carcinogens Standard,’’ to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval for continued use 

in accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.). 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

April 23, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: A copy of this ICR with 

applicable supporting documentation; 

including a description of the likely 

respondents, proposed frequency of 

response, and estimated total burden 

may be obtained from the RegInfo.gov 

Web site, http://www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain, on the day 

following publication of this notice or 

by contacting Michel Smyth by 

telephone at 202–693–4129 (this is not 

a toll-free number) or sending an email 

to DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov. 

Submit comments about this request 

to the Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Attention: OMB 

Desk Officer for DOL–OSHA, Office of 

Management and Budget, Room 10235, 

Washington, DC 20503, Telephone: 

202–395–6929/Fax: 202–395–6881 

(these are not toll-free numbers), email: 

OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michel Smyth by telephone at 202–693– 

4129 (this is not a toll-free number) or 

by email at DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the 13 Carcinogens Standard 

and its information collection 

requirements is to provide protection for 

workers from the adverse effects 

associated with the occupational 

exposure to the following carcinogens: 

4-Nitrobiphenyl, alpha-Naphthylamine, 

methyl chloromethyl ether, 3,3- 

Dichlorobenzidine (and its salts), bischloromethyl ether, betaNaphthylamine, Benzidine, 

4-Aminodiphenyl, Ethyleneimine, betaPropiolactone, 2-Acetylaminofluorene, 

4-Dimethylaminoazo-benzene, and 

N-Nitrosodimethylamine. To comply 

with the Standard, covered employers 

must establish and implement a medical 

surveillance program for workers 

assigned to enter regulated areas, inform 

workers of their medical examination 

results, and provide workers with access 

to their medical records. Further, 

employers must retain worker medical 

records for specified time periods and 

make them available upon request to the 

OSHA and National Institute for 

Occupational Safety and Health. 

This information collection is subject 

to the PRA. A Federal agency generally 

cannot conduct or sponsor a collection 

of information, and the public is 

generally not required to respond to an 

information collection, unless it is 

approved by the OMB under the PRA 

and displays a currently valid OMB 

Control Number. In addition, 

notwithstanding any other provisions of 

law, no person shall generally be subject 

to penalty for failing to comply with a 

collection of information if it does not 

display a valid OMB Control Number. 

See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6. The 

DOL obtains OMB approval for this 

information collection under OMB 

Control Number 1218–0085. The current 

OMB approval is scheduled to expire on 

March 31, 2012; however, it should be 

noted that existing information 

collection requirements submitted to the 

OMB receive a month-to-month 

extension while they undergo review. 


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