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comments on or until April 7, 1997.

This process is conducted in accordance

with the Code of Federal Regulations 5

CFR 1320.10. Written comments and/or

suggestions regarding the item(s)

contained in this notice, especially

regarding the estimated public burden

and associated response time, should be

directed to the Office of Management

and Budget, Office of Information and

Regulatory Affairs, Attention:

Department of Justice Desk Officer,

Washington, DC 20503. Additionally,

comments may be submitted to OMB via

facsimile to 202–395–7285. Comments

may also be submitted to the

Department of Justice (DOJ), Justice

Management Division, Information

Management and Security Staff,

Attention: Department Clearance

Officer, Suite 850, 1001 G Street NW.,

Washington, DC 20530. Additionally,

comments may be submitted to DOJ via

facsimile to 202–514–1590. Written

comments and suggestions from the

public and affected agencies should

address one or more of the following

points:

(1) evaluate whether the proposed

collection of information is necessary

for the proper performance of the

functions of the agency/component,

including whether the information will

have practical utility;

(2) evaluate the accuracy of the

agencies/components estimate of the

burden of the proposed collection of

information, including the validity of

the methodology and assumptions used;

(3) enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and

(4) minimize the burden of the

collection of information on those who

are to respond, including through the

use of appropriate automated,

electronic, mechanical, or other

technological collection techniques or

other forms of information technology,

e.g., permitting electronic submission of

responses.

Overview of this information

collection:

(1) Type of information collection:

New data collection.

(2) The title of the form/collection:

Church Arson Prevention Final

Reporting Form.

(3) The agency form number, if any,

and the applicable component of the

Department sponsoring the collection.

Form: None. Bureau of Justice

Assistance, Office of Justice Programs,

United States Department of Justice.

(4) Affected public who will be asked

or required to respond, as well as a brief

abstract. Primary: County units of

government. Other: None. This data

collection will gather information from

each jurisdiction on general spending

operations within the purpose areas of

the grant.

(5) An estimate of the total number of

respondents and the amount of time

estimated for an average respondent to

respond: 587 respondents at 30 minutes

per response.

(6) An estimate of the total public

burden (in hours) associated with the

collection: 293 annual burden hours.

Public comment on this proposed

information collection is strongly

encouraged.

Dated: March 4, 1997.

Robert B. Briggs,

Department Clearance Officer, United States

Department of Justice.

[FR Doc. 97–5667 Filed 3–6–97; 8:45 am]

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National Institute of Corrections

Request for Applications

Authority: Public Law 93–415.

Summary: The Department of Justice

(DOJ), National Institute of Corrections

(NIC) announces the availability of

funds in FY ’97 for a cooperative

agreement to deliver the project,

Intermediate Sanctions for Women

Offenders: A Program of Training and

Technical Assistance for Selected Local

Jurisdictions.

Purpose: The National Institute of

Corrections is seeking proposals for a

cooperative agreement to assist four,

high population local jurisdictions in

examining their sentencing practices for

women offenders and developing a

system of correctional options that is

more effective and appropriate for

women.

A cooperative agreement is an

assistance relationship in which the

National Institute of Corrections is

substantially involved in all aspects of

the project during the performance of

the award. An award is made to an

organization who will, in concert with

the Institute, provide technical

assistance to selected jurisdictions. No

funds are transferred to State or local

governments.

Project Objectives

The objectives of the Project are to

work collaboratively with jurisdictions

to:

1. Develop a sound information base

regarding the offense and background

characteristics of the jurisdiction’s

women offenders; current sentencing

practices, supervision processes, and

programs; and responses to women

offenders’ needs by community

corrections and human service agencies.

2. Use the databases and the

experiences of the team members and

others to explore the existing

community sanctioning options and

their outcomes for women offenders and

identify gaps in the range of sanctions

and services.

3. Develop a sound conceptual plan

for creating a range of desired

intermediate sanctions that includes

both concrete action steps for initiation

of the plan within six months and a

statement of where the community

corrections system should be in 3 to 5

years with its sanctioning policies and

services for women offenders.

4. Document the policy and program

development process.

Design and Content of the Project

In broad outline, the Project will

provide training and technical

assistance to support policy and

program development, on intermediate

sanctions for women offenders, by

system-wide actors in four jurisdictions.

Applicants may be any adult probation,

parole or other community based

corrections agency in a local jurisdiction

with a population of 200,000 or more.

The focus of the Project’s work will be

a policy group or team of key criminal

justice decision makers, human services

administrators, and public and private

local corrections managers. The

community corrections agency will be

expected to take the lead in forming a

policy team or working with an existing

or modified policy forum. The agencies

must be willing to involve these critical

decision makers in a process of

exploring current sentencing practices

for women offenders, and developing

consensus on gaps or problems with

intermediate sentencing options and

appropriate solutions to those problems.

The process must be grounded in the

use of sound information on sentencing

practices and program outcomes.

Project assistance will consist of three

national meetings for a leadership team

of three members from each jurisdiction,

facilitation of the site specific policy

team work, the technical assistance

tailored to the needs of each

jurisdiction. A complete description of

the Project can be found on pages 6–7

in the NIC Annual Program Plan, Fiscal

Year 1997. To obtain a copy of the

Program Plan, please call Judy Evens at

1–800–995–6423, ext. 159.

Project Status

Five jurisdictions responded to the

Project announcement by the October

15, 1996, deadline. Applications were

received from counties/cities in

California, Illinois, Massachusetts, New

York and Ohio.
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The Community Corrections Division

has completed both an initial review of

the applications and site-visits to some

of the jurisdictions in order to obtain a

more complete picture of the level of

interest, the presenting problems and

the commitment of key members of the

policy teams. Decisions regarding

applicant selection will be made by

February 28, 1997.

Cooperative Agreement Scope of Work

Applicants should propose an

integrated training and technical

assistance approach which will

accomplish the following tasks:

1. National Meetings for Site Teams

The awardee will design and conduct

three national meetings for three to four

person teams from each of the

participating sites. The meetings will be

2–3 days in length. The purposes of the

meetings are to clarify and develop: the

project’s conceptual framework and

problem-solving activities; information

base development and analysis;

strategies to effectively manage work

groups; approaches to establishing links

with community resources; individual

site action plans; and other critical

issues in sentencing and managing

women offenders. The work will

include:

a. Planning the meeting agendas,

preparing faculty, and conducting the

two or three day meetings for up to four

team members from each site. NIC will

retain final approval of the meeting

goals, curricula and faculty selection.

b. Identifying meeting locations,

making all logistical arrangements, and

paying the per diem, lodging and

ground transportation of faculty and

participants. The travel expenses

(airline or train) for these meetings for

three persons from each site and faculty

will be paid directly by NIC through

individual authorization letters. This

arrangement allows the use of lower

cost Government fares and the

scheduling of meetings on those days of

the week which are most convenient for

all involved. Sites may send additional

team members at their own expense.

2. Site Coordination and Technical

Assistance

The awardee will provide the

expertise to support the ongoing work of

the sites. This will include designating

a staff contact/facilitator for each site

team who serves as a co-strategist to the

leadership team, assesses technical

assistance needs and arranges other

critical, technical assistance between

the national meetings.

Site specific technical assistance may

include issues such as: maintaining

productive policy teams; strategic

planning and the policy development

process; information development; and

developing strategies for building public

support. Applicants are encouraged to

explore the use of video conferencing to

augment on-site activities when the

technology satisfies project needs and is

cost effective. Actual costs have not

been determined on the basis of

experience. The awardee will work with

NIC to determine precise costs;

however, the following cost estimates

are believed to be representative:

a. Video conferencing can be

scheduled and initiated from NIC offices

in Washington, D.C., and Longmont,

Colorado—in some instances at no cost

to the project. There may be a $130 per

hour connection fee if the receiving

location is a commercial site. An

additional $55 per hour connection fee

may be charged for each location on a

multi point call. These costs would be

the responsibility of the awardee.

b. Costs at the receiving end—or for

calls initiated from other than NIC

locations—would be the responsibility

of the grantee or participating

jurisdiction. Some jurisdictions may

have free access to their own video

conference equipment.

c. It is estimated that receiving end,

commercial rental rates per site can

range from $150 to $180 per hour for

point-to-point conferences; and from

$210–$240 per hour for multi point

conferences. Estimated costs for

initiating SPRINT compatible video

conferences from commercial locations

would need to be determined locally,

and that cost would be the

responsibility of the awardee.

3. Quarterly Updates with NIC

Management and Final Report

NIC and the awardee will hold

quarterly update sessions to review

progress in the sites and make decisions

regarding further site-specific technical

assistance. At least one of these sessions

will be a face-to-face meeting in the NIC

Washington Offices. The others may be

audio- or video-conferences. The

awardee must also prepare a final report

on the Project’s activities and

achievements.

4. Additional Requirements

In the proposal, applicants must:

a. Identify the principal members of

the technical assistance provider team

and their specific, relevant expertise.

b. Address how they will perform the

project tasks in collaboration with NIC.

Background Materials

The following materials are available

on request from the NIC Information

Center, 1860 Industrial Circle, Suite A,

Longmont, CO 80501, telephone 800–

877–1461.

Intermediate Sanctions for Women

Offenders, March, 1995. Prepared for

Oregon Criminal Justice Council and

the Department of Correction by the

(Oregon) Intermediate Sanctions for

Female Offenders Policy Group.

Intermediate Sanctions for Women

Offenders—Working Papers:

Recruitment Criteria Checklist, and

Program Goals and Project Approach.

Funding Level

Funding for this project has been set

at $127,000 (direct and indirect costs)

for the first ten months of a 20 month

effort. This amount will support one

cooperative agreement award. Subject to

satisfactory performance in the first 10-

months, the approval of a cooperative

agreement proposal for the second tenmonth period, and the availability of

funds; an award will be made to the

successful applicant from this

solicitation for the subsequent phase of

this twenty-month project. Funding for

the second phase is projected at roughly

the same level.

The total dollar amount of the indirect

costs proposed in an applicants

application cannot exceed the current

indirect cost rate negotiated and

approved by a cognizant Federal agency.

NIC cannot approve charges for indirect

costs which have not been negotiated or

approved as stated above.

Funds may not be used for

construction, or to acquire or build real

property.

Application Procedures

Applicants must be prepared in

accordance with the instructions in the

NIC packet titled Process for Applying

for Cooperative Agreements. Applicants

are advised that the narrative

description of their program, not

including the budget justification or

OMB Standard Form 424 (Application

for Federal Assistance), attachments and

appendices should not exceed forty (40),

double-spaced, typed pages in length.

Applicants should be received in six

copies by the Grants Control Office,

National Institute of Corrections, 320

First Street, N. W., Room 5007,

Washington, D. C. 20534, no later than

4:00 pm, Eastern time, Friday, March

21, 1997. The street address for

overnight mail or hand delivery of

applications is 500 First Street, N.W.,

Room 700, Washington, D.C. 20534. If

you have any questions regarding the

solicitation, please write or call: Phyllis

Modley, Community Corrections

Division, 800–995–6423, x133.
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Addresses and Further Information

Requests for the application kit

should be directed to Judy Evens, Grants

Control Office, National Institute of

Corrections, 320 First Street, N. W.,

Room 5007, Washington, D. C. 20534 or

by calling 800–995–6423, ext. 159. All

technical and/or programmatic

information should be directed to

Phyllis Modley at the above address or

by calling 800–995–6423, ext. 133.

Number of Awards: One (1).

NIC Application Number: 97C07. This

number should appear as a reference

line on your cover letter and also in box

11 of OMB Standard Form 424.

(The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

No. is: 16.603)

Dated: February 27, 1997.

Morris L. Thigpen,

Director, National Institute of Corrections.

[FR Doc. 97–5699 Filed 3–6–97; 8:45 am]

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PAROLE COMMISSION

Sunshine Act Meeting

Public Announcement

Pursuant To The Government In the

Sunshine Act (Public Law 94–409) [5

U.S.C. Section 552b]

AGENCY HOLDING MEETING: Department of

Justice, United States Parole

Commission.

DATE AND TIME: 9:30 a.m., Tuesday,

March 11, 1997.

PLACE: 5550 Friendship Boulevard,

Suite 400, Chevy Chase, Maryland

20815.

STATUS: Closed—Meeting.

MATTERS CONSIDERED: The following

matter will be considered during the

closed portion of the Commission’s

Business Meeting:

Appeal to the Commission involving

approximately three cases decided by

the National Commissioners pursuant to

a reference under 28 C.F.R. 2.27. These

cases were originally heard by an

examiner panel wherein inmates of

Federal prisons have applied for parole

or are contesting revocation of parole or

mandatory release.

AGENCY CONTACT: Tom Kowalski, Case

Operations, United States Parole

Commission, (301) 492–5962.

Dated: March 4, 1997.

Michael A. Stover,

General Counsel, U.S. Parole Commission.

[FR Doc. 97–5844 Filed 3–5–97; 1:15 pm]

BILLING CODE 4410–01–M

Sunshine Act Meeting

Public Announcement

Pursuant To The Government In the

Sunshine Act (Public Law 94–409) [5

U.S.C. Section 552b]

AGENCY HOLDING MEETING: Department of

Justice, United States Parole

Commission.

TIME AND DATE: 1:30 p.m., Tuesday,

March 11, 1997.

PLACE: 5550 Friendship Boulevard,

Suite 400, Chevy Chase, Maryland

20815.

STATUS: Open.

MATTER TO BE CONSIDERED: The

following matters have been placed on

the agenda for the open Parole

Commission meeting:

1. Approval of minutes of previous

Commission meeting.

2. Reports from the Chairman,

Commissioners, Legal, Chief of Staff,

Case Operations, and Administrative

Sections.

3. Discussion of Refinement of Item G

of the Salient Factor Score.

4. Proposed Continuation of

Expedited Revocation Project.

5. Consideration Of a Final Rule for

Transfer Treaty Prisoners Who are

Released Too Soon After Transfer For

the Commission to Conduct a Hearing.

6. Revision of the Commission’s

Special Procedures For Special Parole

Terms to Include Cases in the Fourth

Judicial Circuit.

AGENCY CONTACT: Tom Kowalski, Case

Operations, United States Parole

Commission, (301) 492–5962.

Dated: March 4, 1997.

Michael A. Stover,

General Counsel, U.S. Parole Commission.

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

March 4, 1997.

The Department of Labor (DOL) has

submitted the following public

information collection requests (ICRs) to

the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) for review and approval in

accordance with the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13,

44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). A copy of each

individual ICR, with applicable

supporting documentation, may be

obtained by calling the Department of

Labor, Departmental Clearance Officer,

Theresa M. O’Malley ((202) 219–5096

ext. 143). Individuals who use a

telecommunications device for the deaf

(TTY/TDD) may call (202) 219–4720

between 1:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. Eastern

time, Monday through Friday.

Comments should be sent to Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Attn: OMB Desk Officer for BLS, DM,

ESA, ETA, MSHA, OSHA, PWBA, or

VETS, Office of Management and

Budget, Room 10235, Washington, DC

20503 ((202) 395–7316), within 30 days

from the date of this publication in the

Federal Register.

The OMB is particularly interested in

comments which:

* Evaluate whether the proposed

collection of information is necessary

for the proper performance of the

functions of the agency, including

whether the information will have

practical utility;

* Evaluate the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden of the

proposed collection of information,

including the validity of the

methodology and assumptions used;

* Enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and

* Minimize the burden of the

collection of information on those who

are to respond, including through the

use of appropriate automated,

electronic, mechanical, or other

technological collection techniques or

other forms of information technology,

e.g., permitting electronic submission of

responses.

Agency: Mine Safety and Health

Administration.

Title: Hearing Conservation Plan.

OMB Number: 1219–0017

(reinstatement without change).

Frequency: On occasion.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.

Number of Respondents: 280.

Estimated Time Per Respondent: 4.1

hours.

Total Burden Hours: 5,280.

Total Annualized Capital/Startup

Costs: 0.

Total Annual Costs (operating/

maintaining systems or purchasing

services): $51,000.

Description: Within 60 days after

receiving a citation for noise levels in

excess of the permissible standard, coal

mine operators are required to submit to

the Mine Safety and Health

Administration a plan for the

administration of a continuing, effective

hearing conservation program.

Agency: Employment and Training

Administration.