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responsibilities in the Bay-Delta system

are working together as CALFED to

provide policy direction and oversight

for the process.

One area of Bay-Delta management

includes the establishment of a joint

State-Federal process to develop longterm solutions to problems in the BayDelta system related to fish and wildlife,

water supply reliability, natural

disasters, and water quality. The intent

is to develop a comprehensive and

balanced plan which addresses all of the

resource problems. This effort, the

CALFED Bay-Delta Program (Program),

is being carried out under the policy

direction of CALFED. The CALFED BayDelta Program is exploring and

developing a long-term solution for a

cooperative planning process that will

determine the most appropriate strategy

and actions necessary to improve water

quality, restore health to the Bay-Delta

ecosystem, provide for a variety of

beneficial uses, and minimize Bay-Delta

system vulnerability. A group of citizen

advisors representing California’s

agricultural, environmental, urban,

business, fishing, and other interests

who have a stake in finding long term

solutions for the problems affecting the

Bay-Delta system has been chartered

under the Federal Advisory Committee

Act (FACA) as the Bay-Delta Advisory

Council (BDAC) to advise CALFED on

the program mission, problems to be

addressed, and objectives for the

CALFED Bay-Delta Program. BDAC

provides a forum to help ensure public

participation, will review reports and

other materials prepared by CALFED

staff. BDAC has established a

subcommittee called the Ecosystem

Roundtable to provide input on annual

workplans to implement ecosystem

restoration projects and programs.

Minutes of the meeting will be

maintained by the CALFED Bay-Delta

Program, Suite 1155, 1416 Ninth Street,

Sacramento, CA 95814, and will be

available for public inspection during

regular business hours, Monday through

Friday within 30 days following the

meeting.

Dated: April 9, 1997.

Kirk Rodgers,

Acting Regional Director, Mid-Pacific Region.

[FR Doc. 97–9901 Filed 4–16–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–94–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health

Administration

Susan Harwood Training Grant

Program

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health

Administration (OSHA), Labor.

ACTION: Notice of availability of funds

and request for grant applications.

SUMMARY: The Occupational Safety and

Health Administration (OSHA) awards

funds to nonprofit organizations to

conduct safety and health training and

education in the workplace. Its grant

program, formerly called the Targeted

Training Program, has been renamed the

Susan Harwood Training Grant

Program. This notice announces grant

availability for training in safety and

health programs for small businesses,

ergonomics, scaffolding, and workplace

violence. The notice describes the scope

of the grant program and provides

information about how to get detailed

grant application instructions.

Applications should not be submitted

without the applicant first obtaining the

detailed grant application instructions

mentioned later in the notice.

Authority for this program may be

found in section 21(c) of the

Occupational Safety and Health Act of

1970 (29 U.S.C. 670).

DATES: Applications must be received

by June 13, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Grant applications may be

submitted to the OSHA Office of

Training and Education, Division of

Training and Educational Programs,

1555 Times Drive, Des Plaines, Illinois

60018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ronald Mouw, Chief, Division of

Training and Educational Programs, or

Helen Beall, Training Specialist, OSHA

Office of Training and Education, 1555

Times Drive, Des Plaines, Illinois 60018,

telephone (847) 297–4810, e-mail

helen.beall@oti.osha.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

program previously known as the

Targeted Training Program is being

renamed the Susan Harwood Training

Grant Program in memory of Susan

Harwood, an OSHA employee who died

in 1996. Ms. Harwood, who had a Ph.D.

in microbiology and immunology, was

an outstanding figure in the world of

workplace safety and health. She was a

dedicated OSHA employee from 1979

until her death. She spent her last eight

years as Director of the Office of Risk

Assessment in the Directorate of Health

Standards Programs. Ms. Harwood’s

leadership role in developing standards

to protect the health of workers resulted

in the implementation of many

requirements that significantly reduced

occupational diseases in the workplace.

Among others, she was responsible for

developing the standards for bloodborne

pathogens, cotton dust, benzene,

formaldehyde, asbestos and lead in

construction, and the guidelines for

tuberculosis, all of which have had

lasting impact on the health of workers.

The Susan Harwood Training Grant

Program commemorates her exceptional

services to occupational health.

What is the Purpose of the Program?

Susan Harwood Training Grants

provide funds to train workers and

employers to recognize, avoid, and

prevent safety and health hazards in

their workplaces. The program

emphasizes three areas.

• Educating workers and employers

in small businesses. A small business

has 250 or fewer workers.

• Training workers and employers

about new OSHA standards.

• Training workers and employers

about high risk activities identified by

OSHA or as part of an OSHA special

emphasis program.

Grantees are expected to develop

training and/or educational programs

that address one of the targets named by

OSHA (see below), recruit workers and

employers for the training, and conduct

the training. Grantees will also be

expected to follow-up with people who

have been trained to find out what, if

any, changes were made to reduce

hazards in their workplaces as a result

of the training.

What are the Training Topics this Year?

The purpose of this notice is to

announce that funds are available for

grants. Each grant application must

address one of the following target

areas.

1. Safety and health programs for

small businesses. OSHA is interested

not only in training small businesses

about safety and health, but in assisting

them to implement safety and health

programs. Applications addressing this

target should include provisions for

following up with trainees to help them

put what they have learned to use in

their workplaces. A small business is a

firm with 250 or fewer employees.

2. Ergonomics. This training should

be designed to inform workers and

employers about ergonomic hazards,

how to recognize them, and how to

abate them.

3. Scaffolding. Applications for this

topic should provide training in the

hazards of scaffolding on construction

sites and how to abate them. Training
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should be based on OSHA’s scaffolding

standard (29 CFR 1926 Subpart L)

published on August 30, 1996.

4. Workplace violence. This training

should address the prevention of

violence in the workplace. In selecting

applications for grant award, OSHA will

give preference to those that provide

training for workers and employers of

commercial establishments at risk at

night, particularly 24-hour workplaces

such as retail stores, gas stations, and

restaurants.

Who is Eligible to Apply for a Grant?

Any nonprofit organization that is not

an agency of a State or local government

is eligible to apply. However, State or

local government supported institutions

of higher education are eligible to apply

in accordance with 29 CFR 97.4(a)(1).

Applicants other than State or local

government supported institutions of

higher education will be required to

submit evidence of nonprofit status,

preferably from the IRS.

A consortium of two or more eligible

applicants is also eligible to apply. Each

consortium must have a written

agreement that spells out roles and

responsibilities for each consortium

member and names one member as the

lead agency. The lead agency will

receive the grant and be responsible for

grant administration.

What Can Grant Funds be Spent On?

Grant funds can be spent on the

following.

• Conducting training.

• Conducting other activities that

reach and inform workers and

employers about occupational safety

and health hazards and hazard

abatement.

• Developing educational materials

for use in the training.

• Sharing educational materials with

others in the industry to which the

materials apply.

Are There Restrictions on How Grant

Funds Can be Spent?

OSHA will not provide funding for

the following activities.

1. Any activity that is inconsistent

with the goals and objectives of the

Occupational Safety and Health Act of

1970.

2. Training involving workplaces that

are not covered by the Occupational

Safety and Health Act. Examples

include state and local government

workers in non-State Plan States and

workers covered by section 4(b)(1) of the

Act.

3. Production, publication,

reproduction or use of training and

educational materials, including

newsletters and instructional programs,

that have not been reviewed by OSHA

for technical accuracy.

4. Activities that address issues other

than recognition, avoidance, and

prevention of unsafe or unhealthy

working conditions. Examples include

workers’ compensation, first aid, and

publication of materials prejudicial to

labor or management.

5. Activities that provide assistance to

workers in arbitration cases or other

actions against employers, or that

provide assistance to employers and/or

workers in the prosecution of claims

against Federal, State or local

governments.

6. Activities that directly duplicate

services offered by OSHA, a State under

a State Plan, or consultation programs

provided by State designated agencies

under section 7(c)(1) of the

Occupational Safety and Health Act.

7. Activities intended to generate

membership in the grantee’s

organization. This includes activities to

acquaint nonmembers with the benefits

of membership, inclusion of

membership appeals in materials

produced with grant funds, and

membership drives.

What Other Grant Requirements are

There?

1. OSHA review of educational

materials. Educational materials

produced by the grantee will be

reviewed by OSHA for technical

accuracy during development and

before final publication. OSHA will also

review curriculums and purchased

training materials for accuracy before

they are used.

When grant recipients produce

training materials, they will provide

copies of completed materials to OSHA

before the end of the grant period.

OSHA has a lending program that

circulates grant-produced audiovisual

materials. Grant recipients’ audiovisual

materials will be included in this

lending program.

2. OMB and regulatory requirements.

Grantees will be required to comply

with the following documents.

• 29 CFR part 95, which covers grant

requirements for nonprofit

organizations, including universities

and hospitals. These are the Department

of Labor regulations implementing OMB

Circular A–110.

• OMB Circular A–21, which

describes allowable and unallowable

costs for educational institutions.

• OMB Circular A–122, which

describes allowable and unallowable

costs for other nonprofit organizations.

• 29 CFR part 96 and OMB Circular

A–133, which provide information

about audit requirements.

3. Certifications. All applicants will

be required to certify to a drug-free

workplace in accordance with 29 CFR

part 98, to comply with the New

Restrictions on Lobbying published at

29 CFR part 93, to make a certification

regarding the debarment rules at 29 CFR

part 98, and to complete a special

lobbying certification.

4. Matching share. The program

requires the grantee to provide a

matching share. Grant recipients are to

provide a minimum of 20% of the total

grant budget. This match may be inkind, rather than a cash contribution.

For example, if the Federal share of the

grant is $80,000 (80% of the grant), then

the matching share will be $20,000

(20% of the grant), for a total grant of

$100,000. The matching share may

exceed 20%.

How are Applications Reviewed and

Rated?

Grant applications will be reviewed

by OSHA staff and the review results

presented to the Assistant Secretary

who will make the selection of

organizations to be awarded grants.

Preference will be given to

applications that plan to conduct trainthe-trainer programs. Applicants are

encouraged to include managers and/or

supervisors in their training. In general,

applications that propose to serve a

single employer will not be selected,

since OSHA is interested in reaching

multiple employers with each grant

awarded.

The following factors will be

considered in evaluating grant

applications.

1. Program Design

a. The proposed training and

education program addresses one of the

following targets.

i. Safety and health programs for

small businesses.

ii. Ergonomics.

iii. Scaffolding.

iv. Workplace violence.

b. The proposal plans to train workers

and/or employers and clearly states the

numbers to be trained.

c. The proposal contains a train-thetrainer program, and the numbers to be

trained by these trainers are clearly

stated.

d. The planned activities are

appropriate for the workers and/or

employers to be trained.

e. There is a plan to recruit trainees

for the program.

f. If the proposal includes developing

educational materials, there is a plan for
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making these materials available in the

industry to which they apply.

g. There is a plan to evaluate the

program’s effectiveness and this

includes plans to follow-up with

trainees to see if the training resulted in

workplace change.

h. The planned work can be

accomplished in one year.

2. Program Experience

a. The organization applying for the

grant has experience with occupational

safety and health.

b. The organization applying for the

grant has experience training adults in

work-related subjects.

c. The staff to be assigned to the

project have experience in (1)

occupational safety and health, (2) the

specific target chosen, and (3) training

adults.

d. The organization applying for the

grant has experience in recruiting and

training the population it proposes to

serve under the grant.

3. Administrative Capability

a. The applicant organization has had

experience managing a variety of

programs.

b. The applicant organization has

administered a number of different

Federal and/or State grants over the past

five years.

c. The application is complete,

including forms, budget detail, narrative

and workplan, and required

attachments.

4. Budget

a. The budgeted costs are reasonable.

b. The proposed non-Federal share is

at least 20% of the total budget.

c. The budget complies with Federal

cost principles (which can be found in

applicable OMB Circulars) and with

OSHA budget requirements contained

in the grant application instructions.

d. The cost per trainee is less than

$500 and the cost per training hour is

reasonable.

In addition to the factors listed above,

the Assistant Secretary will take other

items into consideration, such as the

geographical distribution of the grant

programs and the coverage of

populations at risk.

How much money is available for

grants?

There is approximately $1,900,000

available for this program. The average

Federal award will be $100,000.

How Long Are Grants Awarded For?

Grants are awarded for twelve-month

periods. Grants may be renewed for

additional twelve-month periods

depending on whether there are funds

available, there is still a need for the

training, and the grantee has performed

satisfactorily.

How Do I Get a Grant Application

Package?

Grant application instructions may be

obtained from the OSHA Office of

Training and Education, Division of

Training and Educational Programs,

1555 Times Drive, Des Plaines, Illinois

60018. The application instructions are

also available at http://www.osha.gov/

training/.

When and Where are Applications to be

Sent?

The application deadline is 4:30 p.m.

Central Time, June 13, 1997.

Applications can be mailed to the

Division of Training and Educational

Programs, OSHA Office of Training and

Education, 1555 Times Drive, Des

Plaines, IL 60018. Applications will not

be accepted by fax.

How Will I be Told if My Application

Was Selected?

Organizations selected as grant

recipients will be notified by a

representative of the Assistant

Secretary, usually from an OSHA

Regional Office. An applicant whose

proposal is not selected will be notified

in writing.

Notice that an organization has been

selected as a grant recipient does not

constitute approval of the grant

application as submitted. Before the

actual grant award, OSHA will enter

into negotiations concerning such items

as program components, funding levels,

and administrative systems. If the

negotiations do not result in an

acceptable submittal, the Assistant

Secretary reserves the right to terminate

the negotiation and decline to fund the

proposal.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 10th day of

April 1997.

Greg Watchman,

Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor.

[FR Doc. 97–9874 Filed 4–16–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–26–P

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Pension and Welfare Benefits

Administration

[Prohibited Transaction Exemption 97–22;

Exemption Application No. D–10285 thru D–

10287, et al.]

Grant of Individual Exemptions;

General Electric Pension Trust (The GE

Trust), et al.

AGENCY: Pension and Welfare Benefits

Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Grant of individual exemptions.

SUMMARY: This document contains

exemptions issued by the Department of

Labor (the Department) from certain of

the prohibited transaction restrictions of

the Employee Retirement Income

Security Act of 1974 (the Act) and/or

the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the

Code).

Notices were published in the Federal

Register of the pendency before the

Department of proposals to grant such

exemptions. The notices set forth a

summary of facts and representations

contained in each application for

exemption and referred interested

persons to the respective applications

for a complete statement of the facts and

representations. The applications have

been available for public inspection at

the Department in Washington, D.C. The

notices also invited interested persons

to submit comments on the requested

exemptions to the Department. In

addition the notices stated that any

interested person might submit a

written request that a public hearing be

held (where appropriate). The

applicants have represented that they

have complied with the requirements of

the notification to interested persons.

No public comments and no requests for

a hearing, unless otherwise stated, were

received by the Department.

The notices of proposed exemption

were issued and the exemptions are

being granted solely by the Department

because, effective December 31, 1978,

section 102 of Reorganization Plan No.

4 of 1978 (43 FR 47713, October 17,

1978) transferred the authority of the

Secretary of the Treasury to issue

exemptions of the type proposed to the

Secretary of Labor.

Statutory Findings

In accordance with section 408(a) of

the Act and/or section 4975(c)(2) of the

Code and the procedures set forth in 29

CFR Part 2570, Subpart B (55 FR 32836,

32847, August 10, 1990) and based upon

the entire record, the Department makes

the following findings: