Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 67 / Tuesday, April 8, 1997 / Notices 16873

Dated: April 1, 1997.

James S. Milford,

Acting Deputy Administrator.

[FR Doc. 97–8946 Filed 4–7–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

National Institute of Justice

[OJP (NIJ) No. 1120]

RIN 1121–ZA67

National Institute of Justice

Solicitation for Investigator-Initiated

Research

AGENCY: Office of Justice Programs,

National Institute of Justice, Justice.

ACTION: Notice of solicitation.

SUMMARY: Announcement of the

availability of the National Institute of

Justice ‘‘Solicitation for InvestigatorInitiated Research.’’

ADDRESSES: Proposals should be mailed

to the National Institute of Justice, 633

Indiana Avenue, NW., Washington, DC

20531.

DATES: There are two deadlines for

receipt of proposals, June 17, 1997 and

December 16, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

general information about application

procedures for solicitations, please call

the U.S. Department of Justice Response

Center 1–800–421–6771.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority

This action is authorized under the

Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets

Act of 1968, secs. 201–03, as amended,

42 U.S.C. 3721–23 (1994).

Background

The National Institute of Justice is

soliciting proposals that respond to the

broad mandate of the Institute’s

solicitation for investigator-initiated

research. Applicants may submit

proposals to explore topics relevant to

State or local criminal justice practice or

policy. Some of the current themes of

interest to the Institute include:

Rethinking justice to meet the

challenges of the 21st century;

understanding the nexus between crime

and social problems; breaking the cycle

of offender recidivism and other

reoccurring criminal justice problems;

developing new technologies, practices,

and techniques for use in the criminal

justice system; expanding the horizons

of criminal justice by looking beyond

traditional crime definitions and into

new possibilities of study such as

transnational and cybercrimes. These

topics represent a broad vision of

directions that the Institute intends to

pursue in the next few years.

Researchers may relate their proposals

to these topics or develop projects that

fall outside of these themes on the

condition that the proposed research

falls within NIJ’s statutory mission.

Interested organizations should call the

National Criminal Justice Reference

Service (NCJRS) at 1–800–851–3420 to

obtain a copy of ‘‘Solicitation for

Investigator-Initiated Research’’ (refer to

document no. SL000201). The

solicitation is available electronically

via the NCJRS Bulletin Board, which

can be accessed via the Internet. Telnet

to ncjrsbbs.ncjrs.org, or gopher to

ncjrs.org:71. For World Wide Web

access, connect to the NCJRS Justice

Information Center at http://

www.ncjrs.org. Those without Internet

access can dial the NCJRS Bulletin

Board via modem: dial 301–738–8895.

Set the modem at 9600 baud, 8–N–1.

Dated: April 2, 1997.

Jeremy Travis,

Director, National Institute of Justice.

[FR Doc. 97–8911 Filed 4–7–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health

Administration

Maryland State Standards; Approval

1. Background

Part 1953 of Title 29, Code of Federal

Regulations, prescribes procedures

under section 18 of the Occupational

Safety and Health Act of 1970

(hereinafter called the Act) by which the

Regional Administrator for

Occupational Safety and Health

(hereinafter called the Regional

Administrator), under a delegation of

authority from the Assistant Secretary of

Labor for Occupational Safety and

Health (hereinafter called the Assistant

Secretary) (29 CFR 1593.4), will review

and approve standards promulgated

pursuant to a State plan which has been

approved in accordance with section

18(c) of the Act and 29 CFR part 1902.

On July 5, 1973, notice was published

in the Federal Register (38 FR 17834) of

the approval of the Maryland State plan

and the adoption of subpart O to part

1952 containing the decision.

The Maryland State plan provides for

the adoption of all Federal standards as

State standards after comments and

public hearing. Section 1952.210 of

subpart O sets forth the State’s schedule

for the adoption of Federal standards.

By letters dated (1) August 28, 1995; (2)

February 15, 1996; (3) February 23,

1996; (4) February 28, 1996; (5 and 6)

August 23, 1996; (7 and 8) January 6,

1997; and (9 and 10) February 13, 1997

from John P. O’Connor, Commissioner

of the Maryland Division of Labor and

Industry, to Linda R. Anku, Regional

Administrator, and incorporated as part

of the plan, the State submitted State

standards identical to amendments,

corrections, and revisions to: (1) 29 CFR

1910.1011 and 1910.1000, pertaining to

the Occupational Exposure to Asbestos

Standard, as published in the Federal

Register of February 21, 1995 (60 FR

9624), June 28, 1995 (60 FR 33344), June

29, 1995 (60 FR 33984), July 13, 1995

(60 FR 36043) and September 29, 1995

(60 FR 50411); (2) 29 CFR part 1926,

subpart E, and 29 CFR 1926.500,

pertaining to the Safety Standards for

Fall Protection in the Construction

Industry, as published in the Federal

Register of August 2, 1995 (60 FR

39255); (3) 29 CFR 1910.266, Safety

Standards for Logging Operations, as

published in the Federal Register of

September 8, 1995 (60 FR 47035); (4) 29

CFR 1910.1025, pertaining to the

Occupational Exposure to Lead

Standard for General Industry, as

published in the Federal Register of

October 11, 1995 (60 FR 52858); (5) 29

CFR 1910, 1926 and 1928, pertaining to

Miscellaneous Minor and Technical

Amendments to OSHA Standards, as

published in the Federal Register of

March 7, 1996 (61 FR 9230); (6) 29 CFR

1910.272, pertaining to Grain Handling

Facilities, as published in the Federal

Register of March 8, 1996 (61 FR 9583);

(7) 29 CFR 1910.133, 1910.135 and

1910.136, pertaining to Personal

Protective Equipment for General

Industry, as published in the Federal

Register of May 2, 1996 (61 FR 19548)

and May 9, 1996 (61 FR 21228); (8) 29

CFR 1910 and 1926, pertaining to

Consolidation of Repetitive Provisions:

Technical Amendments, as published in

the Federal Register of July 3, 1996 (61

FR 31429); (9) 29 CFR 1926.1101 and

1910.1001, pertaining to Occupational

Exposure to Asbestos, as published in

the Federal Register of August 23, 1996

(61 FR 43456); and (10) 29 CFR

1926.416 and 1926.417, pertaining to

General Industry Standards Applicable

to Construction Work, as published in

the Federal Register of August 12, 1996

(61 FR 41738).

These standards are contained in

COMAR 09.12.31. Maryland

Occupational Safety and Health

Standards were promulgated after

public hearings on (1) March 1, 1995; (2)