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TABLE 1—PROPOSED APPROPRIATE

TEST STANDARDS FOR INCLUSION IN

QPS’S NRTL SCOPE OF RECOGNITION—Continued 

Test 

standard Test standard title 

UL 891 .......... Standard for Switchboards 

ASME 17.5 ... Elevator and Escalator Electrical 

Equipment 

III. Preliminary Findings on the 

Application 

QPS submitted an acceptable 

application for expansion of the scope 

of recognition. OSHA’s review of the 

application files and pertinent 

documentation indicates that QPS has 

met the requirements prescribed by 29 

CFR 1910.7 for expanding the 

recognition to include the addition of 

the seven test standards for NRTL 

testing and certification listed in Table 

1. This preliminary finding does not 

constitute an interim or temporary 

approval of QPS’s application. 

OSHA seeks comment on this 

preliminary determination. 

IV. Public Participation 

OSHA welcomes public comment as 

to whether QPS meets the requirements 

of 29 CFR 1910.7 for expansion of 

recognition as a NRTL. Comments 

should consist of pertinent written 

documents and exhibits. 

Commenters needing more time to 

comment must submit a request in 

writing, stating the reasons for the 

request by the due date for comments. 

OSHA will limit any extension to 10 

days unless the requester justifies a 

longer time period. OSHA may deny a 

request for an extension if it is not 

adequately justified. 

To review copies of the exhibits 

identified in this notice, as well as 

comments submitted to the docket, 

contact the Docket Office, Occupational 

Safety and Health Administration, U.S. 

Department of Labor. These materials 

also are generally available online at 

https://www.regulations.gov under 

Docket No. OSHA–2010–0046 (for 

further information, see the ‘‘DOCKET’’ 

heading in the section of this notice 

titled ADDRESSES). 

OSHA staff will review all comments 

to the docket submitted in a timely 

manner. After addressing the issues 

raised by these comments, staff will 

make a recommendation to the Assistant 

Secretary of Labor for Occupational 

Safety and Health on whether to grant 

QPS’s application for expansion of the 

scope of recognition. The Assistant 

Secretary will make the final decision 

on granting the application. In making 

this decision, the Assistant Secretary 

may undertake other proceedings 

prescribed in Appendix A to 29 CFR 

1910.7. 

OSHA will publish a public notice of 

the final decision in the Federal 

Register. 

V. Authority and Signature 

James S. Frederick, Deputy Assistant 

Secretary of Labor for Occupational 

Safety and Health, authorized the 

preparation of this notice. Accordingly, 

the agency is issuing this notice 

pursuant to 29 U.S.C. 657(g)(2), 

Secretary of Labor’s Order No. 8–2020 

(85 FR 58393, Sept. 18, 2020), and 29 

CFR 1910.7. 

Signed at Washington, DC, on October 31, 

2024. 

James S. Frederick, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for 

Occupational Safety and Health. 

[FR Doc. 2024–25827 Filed 11–6–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–26–P 

LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION 

Notice to Legal Services Corporation 

Grantees of Application Process for 

Subgranting Special Grant Funds 

AGENCY: Legal Services Corporation 

(LSC). 

ACTION: Notice of application dates and 

format for applications to make 

subgrants of LSC Special Grant Funds, 

including Technology Initiative Grant, 

Pro Bono Innovation Fund, and Disaster 

Relief Grant funds. 

SUMMARY: The Legal Services 

Corporation is the national organization 

charged with administering Federal 

funds provided for civil legal services to 

low-income people. LSC hereby 

announces the submission dates for 

applications to make subgrants of its 

Special Grant funds. LSC is also 

providing information about where 

applicants may locate subgrant 

application questions and directions for 

providing the information required to 

apply for a subgrant. 

DATES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

section for application dates. 

ADDRESSES: Legal Services 

Corporation—Office of Compliance and 

Enforcement, 1825 I Street NW, Suite 

800, Washington, DC 20006. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Megan Lacchini, Office of Compliance 

and Enforcement at lacchinim@lsc.gov 

or (202) 295–1506, or visit the LSC 

website at http://www.lsc.gov/grantsgrantee-resources/grantee-guidance/ 

how-apply-subgrant. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under 45 

CFR part 1627, LSC must publish, on an 

annual basis, ‘‘notice of the 

requirements concerning the format and 

contents of the application annually in 

the Federal Register and on LSC’s 

website.’’ 45 CFR 1627.4(b). This Notice 

and the publication of the Subgrant 

Application on LSC’s website satisfy 

§ 1627.4(b)’s notice requirement for LSC 

Special Grant programs. Only current or 

prospective recipients of LSC Special 

Grants may apply for approval to 

subgrant these funds. 

An applicant must submit an 

application to make a subgrant of LSC 

Special Grant funds at least 45 days in 

advance of the subgrant’s proposed 

effective date. 45 CFR 1627.4(b)(2). 

All applicants must provide answers 

to the application questions in 

GrantEase and upload the following 

documents: 

• A draft subgrant agreement (with 

the required terms provided in LSC’s 

Special Grant Subgrant Agreement 

Template); and 

• A subgrant budget (using LSC’s 

Subgrant Budget Template) 

Applicants seeking to subgrant to a 

new subrecipient that is not a current 

LSC grantee or applying to renew a 

subgrant with an organization that is not 

a current LSC grantee in a year in which 

the applicant was not already required 

to submit the documents listed below as 

a part of an application to subgrant LSC 

Basic Field funds, must also upload: 

• The subrecipient’s accounting 

manual; 

• The subrecipient’s most recent 

audited financial statements; 

• The subrecipient’s current cost 

allocation policy (if not in the 

accounting manual); 

• The recipient’s 45 CFR part 1627 

policy (required under 45 CFR 1627.7). 

A list of subgrant application 

questions, the Special Grant Subgrant 

Agreement Template, and the Subgrant 

Budget Template are available on LSC’s 

website at http://www.lsc.gov/grantsgrantee-resources/grantee-guidance/ 

how-apply-subgrant. 

LSC encourages applicants to use 

LSC’s Special Grant Subgrant 

Agreement Template as a model 

subgrant agreement. If the applicant 

does not use LSC’s Template, the 

proposed agreement must include, at a 

minimum, the substance of the 

provisions of the Template. 

Once submitted, LSC will evaluate the 

application and provide applicants with 

instructions on any needed 

modifications to the submitted 

documents or Draft Agreement provided 

with the application. The applicant 

must then upload a final and signed 


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subgrant agreement through GrantEase 

by the date requested. 

As required by 45 CFR 1627.4(b)(3), 

LSC will inform applicants of its 

decision to disapprove, approve, or 

request modifications to the subgrant no 

later than the subgrant’s proposed 

effective date. 

(Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2996g(e).) 

Dated: November 1, 2024. 

Stefanie Davis, 

Deputy General Counsel for Administrative 

Law and Regulatory Practice, Legal Services 

Corporation. 

[FR Doc. 2024–25852 Filed 11–6–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7050–01–P 

LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION 

Pro Bono Innovation Fund Process for 

Submitting Pre-Applications for 2025 

Grants 

AGENCY: Legal Services Corporation. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Legal Services 

Corporation (LSC) issues this Notice 

describing the conditions for submitting 

a Pre-Application for 2025 Pro Bono 

Innovation Fund grants. 

DATES: Pre-applications must be 

submitted by 11:59 p.m. EST on Friday, 

January 10, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Letters of Intent must be 

submitted electronically at http://

lscgrants.lsc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Katherine Harris, Special Grant Program 

Coordinator, Office of Program 

Performance, Legal Services 

Corporation, 1825 I Street NW, Suite 

800, Washington, DC 20006; (202) 295– 

1572 or harrisk@lsc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction 

Since 2014, Congress has provided an 

annual appropriation to LSC ‘‘for a Pro 

Bono Innovation Fund.’’ See, e.g., 

Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, 

Public Law 117–328, 136 Stat. 4553 

(2022). LSC requested these funds for 

grants to ‘‘develop, test, and replicate 

innovative pro bono efforts that can 

enable LSC grantees to expand clients’ 

access to high quality legal assistance.’’ 

LSC Budget Request, Fiscal Year 2014 at 

26 (2013). The grants must involve 

innovations that are either ‘‘new ideas’’ 

or ‘‘new applications of existing best 

practices.’’ Id. Each grant would ‘‘either 

serve as a model for other legal services 

providers to follow or effectively 

replicate a prior innovation.’’ Id. The 

Senate Appropriations Committee 

explained that these funds ‘‘will support 

innovative projects that promote and 

enhance pro bono initiatives throughout 

the Nation,’’ and the House 

Appropriations Committee directed LSC 

‘‘to increase the involvement of private 

attorneys in the delivery of legal 

services to [LSC-eligible] clients.’’ 

Senate Report 114–239 at 123 (2016), 

House Report 113–448 at 85 (2014). 

Since its inception, the Pro Bono 

Innovation Fund has advanced LSC’s 

goal of increasing the quantity and 

quality of legal services by funding 

projects that more efficiently and 

effectively involve pro bono volunteers 

in serving the critical unmet legal needs 

of LSC-eligible clients. PBIF has four 

funding categories that are described in 

further detail below: Planning, Project, 

Sustainability, and Transformation. 

II. Funding Opportunities Information 

A. Eligible Applicants 

To be eligible for PBIF grants, 

Applicants must be current grantees of 

LSC Basic Field-General, Basic FieldMigrant, or Basic Field-Native American 

grants. To qualify for a Sustainability 

Grant, Applicants must also have a 2023 

PBIF Project Grant. 

B. Pro Bono Innovation Fund Purpose 

and Key Goals 

PBIF grants develop, test, and 

replicate innovative pro bono efforts 

that can enable LSC grantees to use pro 

bono volunteers to serve larger numbers 

of low-income clients and improve the 

quality and effectiveness of the services 

provided. The key goals of the Pro Bono 

Innovation Fund are to: 

1. Address gaps in the delivery of 

legal services to low-income people; 

2. Engage more lawyers and other 

volunteers in pro bono service; 

3. Develop, test, and replicate 

innovative pro bono efforts. 

C. Funding Categories 

1. Planning Grants 

Planning Grants provide organizations 

with a one-time grant to complete an 

assessment of their pro bono program 

and develop a plan to build or revitalize 

their pro bono delivery system. 

Planning Grants have a 6-month term. 

2. Project Grants 

Project Grants aim to leverage 

volunteers to meet a critical, unmet and 

well-defined client need. Consistent 

with the key goals of PBIF, Applicants 

are encouraged to focus on engaging 

volunteers to increase free civil legal aid 

for low-income Americans by proposing 

new, replicable ideas. 

Applicants are strongly encouraged to 

research prior PBIF projects to replicate 

and improve upon them. LSC is 

particularly interested in applications 

that propose to replicate projects LSC 

has previously funded with 

‘‘Sustainability’’ Grants. Project Grants 

can be either 18 or 24 months. 

3. Sustainability Grants 

Sustainability Grants are available to 

current PBIF grantees who received a 

2023 Project Grant. Sustainability 

Grants provide the most promising and 

replicable PBIF projects with an 

additional 24 months of funding so 

grantees can leverage new sources of 

revenue for the project and collect 

meaningful data to demonstrate the 

project’s results and outcomes for 

clients and volunteers. Applicants for 

Sustainability Grants are asked to 

propose an ambitious strategy that 

reduces the Pro Bono Innovation Fund 

contribution to the project over the 

Sustainability Grant term. Sustainability 

Grants have a 24-month term. 

4. Transformation Grants 

Transformation Grants aim to support 

LSC grantees in the comprehensive 

assessment and restructuring of their 

pro bono programs using best practices 

in pro bono delivery. Each 

Transformation Grant will support a 

rigorous assessment of a grantee’s pro 

bono program and identify best 

practices in pro bono delivery suited to 

that grantee’s needs and circumstances. 

Transformation Grants are for LSC 

grantees whose leadership is committed 

to restructuring their pro bono delivery 

system to create a high-impact pro bono 

program now. Transformation Grants 

can have either a 24- or 36-month term. 

D. Available Funds for 2025 Grants 

The amount of funds available for 

PBIF Grants for FY2025 depends on 

LSC’s final appropriation. LSC currently 

operates under a Continuing Resolution 

for FY2025, which funds the Federal 

government through December 20, 2024. 

The Continuing Resolution maintains 

funding for PBIF at $5,000,000. LSC will 

make PBIF grant decisions for FY2025 

in the summer of 2025. LSC anticipates 

publicizing the total amount available 

for Pro Bono Innovation Fund grants 

when Congress enacts the FY2025 

appropriation. 

LSC will not designate fixed or 

estimated amounts for the four different 

funding categories and will make grant 

awards for the three categories within 

the total amount of funding available. 

E. Grant Terms 

Pro Bono Innovation Fund awards can 

have grant terms of 6, 18, 24, or 36 


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