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date of the award, whichever is later,

and will be paid over the course of the

grant. Funding may not be applied to

officers hired pre-award without written

authorization from the COPS Office. All

policing agencies, as well as

jurisdictions seeking to establish new

policing agencies, are eligible to apply

for this program.

DATES: Application deadlines are May

22 and July 10, 1998. If your agency

previously was awarded a FAST,

AHEAD, or UHP grant, you may request

additional officers at any time.

ADDRESSES: To obtain a copy of an

application or for more information, call

the U.S. Department of Justice Response

Center at (202) 307–1480 or 1–800–421–

6770.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

The U.S. Department of Justice

Response Center, (202) 307–1480 or 1–

800–421–6770. The UHP application

and information on the COPS Office

also are available on the Internet via the

COPS web site at: http://

www.usdoj.gov/cops.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Overview

The Violent Crime Control and Law

Enforcement Act of 1994 (Pub. L. 103–

322) authorizes the Department of

Justice to make grants to increase

deployment of law enforcement officers

devoted to community policing on the

streets and rural routes in this nation.

UHP enables interested agencies to

supplement their current sworn forces,

or interested jurisdictions to establish a

new agency, through Federal grants for

up to three years. All policing agencies,

as well as jurisdictions seeking to

establish new policing agencies, are

eligible to apply for this program.

Grants will be made of up to 75

percent of the total salary and benefits

for each new officer over three years,

and up to a maximum of $75,000 per

officer, with the remainder to be paid by

state or local funds. Funding will begin

once the new officers have been hired

or on the date of the award, whichever

is later, and will be paid over the course

of the grant. Funding may not be

applied to officers hired pre-award

without written authorization from the

COPS Office.

Waivers of the non-Federal matching

requirement may be requested under

UHP, but will be granted only upon a

showing of extraordinary fiscal

hardship.

COPS grant funds must not be used to

replace funds that eligible agencies

otherwise would have devoted to future

officer hiring. In other words, any hiring

under UHP must be in addition to, and

not in lieu of, officers that otherwise

would have been hired. All grant

recipients must develop a written plan

to retain their COPS-funded officer

positions after Federal funding has

ended. This plan must be submitted to

the COPS Office with you application.

In hiring additional officers, agencies

may not reduce the scope of their

customary screening and training

procedures, and must include

community policing principles in their

training curricula.

An award under the COPS Universal

Hiring Program will not affect the

consideration of an agency’s eligibility

for a grant under other COPS programs.

The Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance (CFDA) reference for this

program is 16.710.

Dated: April 20, 1998.

Joseph E. Brann,

Director.

[FR Doc. 98–11594 Filed 4–30–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4410–AT–M

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

Pursuant to the Clean Water Act

In accordance with Departmental

Policy, 28 CFR § 50.7, notice is hereby

given that a Consent Decree in United

States v. Dennis Gerbaz, et al., Civil No.

89–M–554 (D. Colo.), was lodged with

the United States District Court for the

District of Colorado on April 24, 1998.

The Consent Decree concerns alleged

violations of section 301(a) of the Clean

Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1311(a), resulting

from the defendant’s discharge of

dredge and fill material into portions of

the Roaring Fork River without a permit

from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Under the Consent Decree, the settling

defendant will contribute funds towards

certain work on portions of the Roaring

Fork River, in accordance with the

Master Plan. The Master Plan

establishes a river restoration and

stabilization plan for portions of the

Roaring Fork River.

The Department of Justice will receive

written comments relating to the

proposed Consent Decree for a period of

30 days from the date of publication of

this notice. Comments should be

addressed to David J. Kaplan, Attorney,

U.S. Department of Justice,

Environmental Defense Section,

Environment and Natural Resources

Division, P.O. Box 23986, Washington,

DC 20026–3986, and should refer to

United States v. Dennis Gerbaz, et al.,

Civil No. 89–M–554 (D. Colo.).

The Consent Judgment may be

examined at the Clerk’s Office, United

States District Court for the District of

Colorado, United States Court House,

1929 Stout Street, Rm C–145, Denver,

Colorado 80294.

Letitia J. Grishaw,

Chief, Environmental Defense Section,

Environment and Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 98–11605 Filed 4–30–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4410–15–M

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Immigration and Naturalization Service

[INS No. 1921–98]

Announcement of District Advisory

Council on Immigration Matters; Third

Meeting

AGENCY: Immigration and Naturalization

Service, Justice.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Immigration and

Naturalization Service (Service), has

established a District Advisory Council

on Immigration Matters (DACOIM) to

provide the New York District Director

of the Immigration and Naturalization

Service with recommendations on ways

to improve the response and reaction to

customers in the local jurisdiction and

to develop new partnerships with local

officials and community organizations

to build and enhance a broader

understanding of immigration policies

and practices. The purpose of this

notice is to announce the forthcoming

meeting.

DATES AND TIMES: The third meeting of

the DACOIM is scheduled for May 28,

1998 at 1:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

201 Varick Street, New York, New York

10014, 11th Floor Conference Room.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Susan Young, Designated Federal

Officer, Immigration and Naturalization

Service, 26 Federal Plaza, Room 14–100,

New York, New York 10278, telephone:

(212) 264–0736.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Meetings

will be held tri-annually on the fourth

Thursday during the months of

September, January, and May through

1999.

Summary of Agenda

The purpose of the meeting will be to

conduct general business, review subcommittee reports and facilitate public

participation. The DACOIM will be

chaired by Charles Troy, Assistant

District Director for Management, New

York District, Immigration and

Naturalization Service.
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Public Participation

The DACOIM meeting is open to the

public, but advance notice of attendance

is requested to ensure adequate seating.

Persons planning to attend should

notify the contact person at least two (2)

days prior to the meeting. Members of

the public may submit written

statements at any time before or after the

meeting for consideration by the

DACOIM. Written statements should be

sent to Susan Young, Designated

Federal Officer, Immigration and

Naturalization Service, 26 Federal Plaza,

Room 14–100, New York, New York

10278, telephone: (212) 264–0736. Only

written statements received by 5:00 p.m.

on May 22, 1998 will be considered for

presentation at the meeting. Minutes of

the meeting will be available upon

request.

Dated: April 27, 1998.

Doris Meissner,

Commissioner, Immigration and

Naturalization Service.

[FR Doc. 98–11601 Filed 4–30–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4410–10–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Labor Advisory Committee for Trade

Negotiations and Trade Policy;

Meeting Notice

Pursuant to the provisions of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act (P.L.

92–463 as amended), notice is hereby

given of a meeting of the Steering

Subcommittee of the Labor Advisory

Committee for Trade Negotiations and

Trade Policy.

Date, time, and place: May 13, 1998, 10:00

am, U.S. Department of Labor, Rm. S–5215

A/B, 200 Constitution Ave., NW,

Washington, D.C. 20210.

Purpose: The meeting will include a

review and discussion of current issues

which influence U.S. trade policy. Potential

U.S. negotiating objectives and bargaining

positions in current and anticipated trade

negotiations will be discussed. Pursuant to

19 U.S.C. 2155(f) it has been determined that

the meeting will be concerned with matters

the disclosure of which would seriously

compromise the Government’s negotiating

objectives or bargaining positions.

Accordingly, the meeting will be closed to

the public.

For further information contact: Jorge

Perez-Lopez, Director, Office of International

Economic Affairs, Phone: (202) 219–7597.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 25th day of

April 1998.

Andrew James Samet,

Deputy Under Secretary, International

Affairs.

[FR Doc. 98–11642 Filed 4–30–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–28–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment Standards Administration

Wage and Hour Division

Minimum Wages for Federal and

Federally Assisted Construction;

General Wage Determination Decisions

General Wage determination

decisions of the Secretary of Labor are

issued in accordance with applicable

law and are based on the information

obtained by the Department of Labor

from its study of local wage conditions

and data made available from other

sources. They specify the basic hourly

wage rates and fringe benefits which are

determined to be prevailing for the

described classes of laborers and

mechanics employed on construction

projects of a similar character and in the

localities specified therein.

The determinations in these decisions

of prevailing rates and fringe benefits

have been made in accordance with 29

CFR Part 1, by authority of the Secretary

of Labor pursuant to the provisions of

the Davis-Bacon Act of March 3, 1931,

as amended (46 Stat. 1494, as amended,

40 U.S.C. 276a) and of other Federal

statutes referred to in 29 CFR Part 1,

Appendix, as well as such additional

statutes as may from time to time be

enacted containing provisions for the

payment of wages determined to be

prevailing by the Secretary of Labor in

accordance with the Davis-Bacon Act.

The prevailing rates and fringe benefits

determined in these decisions shall, in

accordance with the provisions of the

foregoing statutes, constitute the

minimum wages payable on Federal and

federally assisted construction projects

to laborers and mechanics of the

specified classes engaged in contract

work of the character and in the

localities described therein.

Good cause is hereby found for not

utilizing notice and public comment

procedure thereon prior to the issuance

of these determinations as prescribed in

5 U.S.C. 553 and not providing for delay

in the effective date as prescribed in that

section, because the necessity to issue

current construction industry wage

determinations frequently and in large

volume causes procedures to be

impractical and contrary to the public

interest.

General wage determination

decisions, and modifications and

supersedes decisions thereto, contain no

expiration dates and are effective from

their date of notice in the Federal

Register, or on the date written notice

is received by the agency, whichever is

earlier. These decisions are to be used

in accordance with the provisions of 29

CFR parts 1 and 5. Accordingly, the

applicable decision, together with any

modifications issued, must be made a

part of every contract for performance of

the described work within the

geographic area indicated as required by

an applicable Federal prevailing wage

law and 29 CFR Part 5. The wage rates

and fringe benefits, notice of which is

published herein, and which are

contained in the Government Printing

Office (GPO) document entitled

‘‘General Wage Determinations Issued

Under The Davis-Bacon And Related

Acts,’’ shall be the minimum paid by

contractors and subcontractors to

laborers and mechanics.

Any person, organization, or

governmental agency having an interest

in the rates determined as prevailing is

encouraged to submit wage rate and

fringe benefit information for

consideration by the Department.

Further information and selfexplanatory forms for the purpose of

submitting this data may be obtained by

writing to the U.S. Department of Labor,

Employment Standards Administration,

Wage and Hour Division, Division of

Wage Determinations, 200 Constitution

Avenue, N.W., Room S–3014,

Washington, D.C. 20210.

Modifications to General Wage

Determination Decisions

The number of decisions listed in the

Government Printing Office document

entitled ‘‘General Wage Determinations

Issued Under the Davis-Bacon and

Related Acts’’ being modified are listed

by Volume and State. Dates of

publication in the Federal Register are

in parentheses following the decisions

being modified.

Volume I

None

Volume II

None

Volume III

None

Volume IV

None

Volume V

None

Volume VI

None

Volume VII

None

General Wage Determination

Publication

General wage determinations issued

under the Davis-Bacon and related Acts,

including those noted above, may be

found in the Government Printing Office