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(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.

If you have additional comments,

suggestions, or need a copy of the

proposed information collection

instrument with instructions, or

additional information, please contact

Kristen Layman, 202–616–2896, U.S.

Department of Justice, Office of

Community Oriented Policing Services,

1100 Vermont Avenue, NW.,

Washington, D.C. 20530.

Additionally, 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 Kristen Mahoney, 202–616–

2896, U.S. Department of Justice, Office

of Community Oriented Policing

Services, 1100 Vermont Avenue, NW.,

Washington, D.C. 20530.

Overview of this information

collection:

(1) Type of Information Collection:

Reinstatement without Change of a

Previously Approved Collection.

(2) Title of the Form/Collection:

Making Officer Redeployment Effective

(MORE).

(3) Agency form number, if any, and

the applicable component of the

Department of Justice sponsoring the

collection: Office of Community

Oriented Policing Services, U.S.

Department of Justice.

(4) Affected public who will be asked

or required to respond, as well as a brief

abstract:

Primary: State and Local

governments, private non-profit

organizations, individuals, education

institutions, hospitals, and private

commercial organizations (if legislation

allows). Other: None.

The information collected is used to

determine applicant eligibility for the

grant program Making Officer

Redeployment Effective (MORE).

Completion of such an application is a

requirement for consideration for MORE

grant funding Upon receipt and review,

the agency will notify the applicant

whether it will receive such an award

under this program.

(5) An estimate of the total number of

respondents and the amount of time

estimated for an average respondent to

respond: 1,150 responses; 31.2 hours

per response (including record keeping)

= 35,880 hours.

(6) An estimate of the total public

burden (in hours) associated with the

collection: 35,880 annual burden hours.

If additional information is required

contact: Mr. Robert B. Briggs, Clearance

Officer, United States Department of

Justice, Information Management and

Security Staff, Justice Management

Division, Suite 850, Washington Center,

1001 G Street, NW., Washington, D.C.

20530.

Dated: April 28, 1998.

Brenda E. Dyer,

Department of Justice, Deputy Clearance

Officer, United States Department of Justice.

[FR Doc. 98–11480 Filed 4–29–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Drug Enforcement Administration

Importation of Controlled Substances

Notice of Application

Pursuant to Section 1008 of the

Controlled Substances Import and

Export Act (21 U.S.C. 958(i)), the

Attorney General shall, prior to issuing

a registration under this Section to a

bulk manufacturer of a controlled

substance in Schedule I or II and prior

to issuing a regulation under Section

1002(a) authorizing the importation of

such a substance, provide

manufacturers holding registrations for

the bulk manufacture of the substance

an opportunity for a hearing.

Therefore, in accordance with Section

1301.34 of Title 21, Code of Federal

Regulations (CFR), notice is hereby

given that on January 2, 1998, Johnson

Matthey, Inc., Pharmaceutical Materials,

2003 Nolte Drive, West Deptford, New

Jersey 08066, made application to the

Drug Enforcement Administration to be

registered as an importer of

phenylacetone (8501) a basic class of

controlled substance listed in Schedule

II.

The phenylacetone will be imported

for conversion to amphetamine base,

isomers and salts thereof for sale in bulk

form to customers.

Any manufacturer holding, or

applying for, registration as a bulk

manufacturer of this basic class of

controlled substance may file written

comments on or objections to the

application described above and may, at

the same time, file a written request for

a hearing on such application in

accordance with 21 CFR 1301.43 in

such form as prescribed by 21 CFR

1316.47.

Any such comments, objections or

requests for a hearing may be addressed,

in quintuplicate, to the Deputy Assistant

Administrator, Office of Diversion

Control, Drug Enforcement

Administration, United States

Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.

20537, Attention: DEA Federal Register

Representative (CCR), and must be filed

no later than June 1, 1998.

This procedure is to be conducted

simultaneously with and independent

of the procedures described in 21 CFR

1301.34(b), (c), (d), (e), and (f). As noted

in a previous notice at 40 FR 43745–46

(September 23, 1975), all applicants for

registration to import basic class of any

controlled substance in Schedule I or II

are and will continue to be required to

demonstrate to the Deputy Assistant

Administrator, Office of Diversion

Control, Drug Enforcement

Administration that the requirements

for such registration pursuant to 21

U.S.C. 958(a), 21 U.S.C. 823(a), and 21

CFR 1301.34(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), and (f)

are satisfied.

John H. King,

Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of

Diversion Control, Drug Enforcement

Administration.

Dated: April 17, 1998.

[FR Doc. 98–11500 Filed 4–29–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training

Administration

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as

part of its continuing effort to reduce

paperwork and respondent burden

conducts a preclearance consultation

program to provide the general public

and Federal agencies with an

opportunity to comment on proposed

and/or continuing collections of

information in accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

(PRA95) (44 U.S.C. 3506 (c)(2)(A)). This

program helps to ensure that requested

data can be provided in the desired

format, reporting burden (time and

financial resources) is minimized,

collection instruments are clearly

understood, and the impact of collection

requirements on respondents can be

properly assessed. Currently the

Employment and Training

Administration is soliciting comments

concerning the proposed new collection

of the ‘‘Welfare to Work Monitoring
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Guide’’. A copy of the proposed

information collection request (ICR) can

be obtained by contacting the office

listed below in the addressee section of

this notice.

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted to the office listed in the

ADDRESSES section below on or before

June 29, 1998.

The Department of Labor 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 submissions

of responses.

ADDRESSES: U.S. Department of Labor,

Employment and Training

Administration, Office of Welfare to

Work, ATTENTION: Alicia FernandezMott, 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Room C–4524, Washington, D.C. 20210;

telephone: 202–208–7185 x183 (this is

not a toll free number) and, fax: 202–

219–0376.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

On August 22, 1996, President

Clinton signed the Personal

Responsibility and Work Opportunity

Reconciliation Act (PRWORA), a

comprehensive welfare reform bill,

under which the Temporary Assistance

for Needy Families (TANF) program was

established to supersede the Aid to

Families With Dependent Children

(AFDC) welfare program, the Job

Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS)

training program and the Emergency

Assistance (EA) program. The TANF

program section 401(a) of the Social

Security Act (Act) established the

following objectives:

• Provide assistance to needy families

so that children may be cared for in

their own homes or in the homes of

relatives;

• End the dependence of needy

parents on government benefits by

promoting job preparation, work, and

marriage;

• Prevent and reduce the incidence of

out-of-wedlock pregnancies and

establish annual numerical goals for

preventing and reducing the incidence

of these pregnancies; and

• Encourage the formation and

maintenance of two-parent families.

The TANF provisions substantially

changed the nation’s welfare system

from one in which cash assistance was

provided on an entitlement basis to a

system in which the primary focus is on

moving welfare recipients to work and

promoting family responsibility,

accountability and self-sufficiency. In

general, adult welfare recipients are

expected to become self-sufficient

within a 60-month period of time. In

support of this ‘‘work-first’’ objective,

the TANF provisions established an

overall work participation rate for all

households and a work participation

rate for two-parent families that must be

met by each State starting in fiscal year

(FY) 97 and in each fiscal year thereafter

through FY 2002. States that do not

meet the TANF-established work

participation rates face significant

financial penalties.

On August 5, 1997, the President

signed the Balanced Budget Act of 1997.

This legislation amended certain TANF

provisions of the Act and authorized the

Secretary of Labor to provide Welfareto-Work (WtW) grants to States and

local communities for transitional

employment assistance to move the

hard-to-employ TANF welfare

recipients into unsubsidized jobs and

economic self-sufficiency.

Approximately 75 percent of WtW

funds will be distributed to the States as

formula grants in each fiscal year. The

States will pass through at least 85

percent of their grant funds to local

service delivery areas (SDAs) in their

State, to be administered by the Private

Industry Council (PIC) or an alternate

administrative entity upon approval by

the Secretary of Labor.

Approximately 25 percent of the WtW

funds shall be distributed through

competitive grants to PICs or private

entities applying in conjunction with

the PIC or political subdivision in a

State. A second Solicitation for Grant

Application (SGA), was published in

the Federal Register on April 15, 1998.

This provides notice of the availability

of WtW grant funds under the

competitive process; which includes all

necessary information and forms to

apply for these funds.

Interim Final Rules, 20 CFR Part 645,

were published in the Federal Register

on November 18, 1997, and provide

direction for the implementation of

WtW Formula and Competitive grants.

Oversight and monitoring

responsibilities for all WtW grants are as

prescribed in the Interim Final Rules:

§ 645.245 Who is responsible for oversight

and monitoring of Welfare-to-Work grants?

(a) The Secretary may monitor all

recipients and subrecipients of all grants

awarded and funds expended under WtW.

Federal oversight will be conducted

primarily at the State level for formula grants

and at the recipient level for competitive

grants.

(b) The Governor shall monitor PICs (or

other administrative entities as approved)

funded under the State’s formula allocated

grants on a periodic basis for compliance

with the applicable laws and regulations. The

Governor shall develop and make available

for review a State monitoring plan.

II. Current Actions

This Notice submits for public review

and comment a proposed WtW

Monitoring and Oversight Guide. The

Guide is solely an instrument to assist

the Department of Labor in meeting the

responsibilities of the Secretary for

oversight and monitoring of WtW

Formula and Competitive grants.

The current draft was developed by

the WtW Task Force and has undergone

an initial internal review by ETA

program and administrative staff.

Secondly, it was reviewed by ETA

Regional offices, the Office of the

Inspector General, and by the

Department of Health and Human

Services. This initial and extensive

review and editing process has resulted

in a comprehensive draft, focused on

WtW program performance, quality of

service to TANF recipients, and WtW

work-first strategies.

Type of Review: New.

Agency: Employment and Training

Administration.

Title: Welfare to Work Monitoring

Guide.

OMB Number: 1205–0New.

Affected Public: State Agencies,

public or private, profit and non-profit

entities.

Total Respondents: 54 states and

territories plus approximately 120

entities (competitive grants). This total

includes, as respondents, all eligible

States, however, it is possible that not

all eligible States will apply for WtW

funds. A revised information collection

worksheet may be provided to reduce

the burden hours.

Frequency: Annually.

Total Responses: 174.

Average Time Per Response: 4 hours.

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 696

hours.

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 0.

Total Burden Cost (operating/

maintaining): 0.
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Comments submitted in response to

this request will be summarized and/or

included in the request for Office of

Management and Budget approval of

this information collection request; and

will also become a matter of public

record.

Dated: April 24, 1998.

Dennis Lieberman,

Acting Director, Office of Welfare to Work.

[FR Doc. 98–11493 Filed 4–29–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training

Administration

Job Training Partnership Act; Project

Title: External Systems Building

AGENCY: Employment and Training

Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice of availability of funds

and solicitation for grant applications

(SGA).

SUMMARY: All information required to

submit a grant application by eligible

applicants is contained in this

announcement. The U.S. Department of

Labor (DOL), Employment and Training

Administration (ETA), Bureau of

Apprenticeship and Training,

announces the availability of funds for

State Apprenticeship Agencies and/or

organizations that represent them (i.e.,

stakeholders, partners) to participate in

enhancing the National Apprenticeship

System. The demonstration program

will be funded by the Job Training

Partnership Act, (JTPA), Titles III and

IV.

This notice provides information on

the process that eligible entities must

use to apply for demonstration funds,

how grantees are to be selected, and the

responsibilities of grantees.

DATES: The closing date for receipt of

proposals is May 29, 1998, at 2:00 p.m.

(Eastern Time).

ADDRESSES: Applications must be

mailed to: U.S. Department of Labor,

Employment and Training

Administration, Division of Acquisition

and Assistance, Attention: Denise

Roach, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW.,

Room S–4203, Washington, DC 20210,

Reference: SGA/DAA 98–012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Denise Roach, Division of Acquisition

and Assistance. Telephone 202–219–

7300, ext. 134 (this is not a toll-free

number). Questions of a technical

nature must be FAXED to 202–219–8739

to the attention of Ms. Roach.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training,

is soliciting proposals, on a competitive

basis, to provide opportunities for

apprenticeship stakeholders and

partners to assist in enhancing the

modern National Registered

Apprenticeship System in order to

improve its effectiveness in the 21st

Century. Applicants selected for award

will be those who best delineate their

innovative approaches for enhancing

the National Apprenticeship System.

Proposals must demonstrate methods

for modernizing apprenticeship systems

to become aligned with the National

Apprenticeship System’s initiatives in

expanding apprenticeship, developing

competency systems, and developing

new and innovative strategies for

increasing the participation of women

and minorities in our nation’s

apprenticeship programs.

The announcement consist of four

parts. Part I describes the application

process for eligible applicants who wish

to apply for grant funds. Part II provides

the Government’s Required Statement of

Work. Part III describes the selection

criteria for award. Part IV provides

information regarding reporting

requirements.

Part I. Application Process

A. Eligibility

Eligible applicants are State

Apprenticeship Agencies and/or

organizations that represent them, i.e.,

stakeholders, partners, Human Resource

Councils or State Workforce

Development Councils.

B. Period of Performance

The Period of Performance will be

July 1, 1998 through June 30, 1999.

C. Funding

The Department anticipates awarding

two (2) grants not to exceed $60,000

each for a total of $120,000.

Applications that exceed $60,000 will

not be considered. Awards will be made

on a competitive basis.

D. Page Limitation

Applicant’s technical proposal shall

be limited to 20 double-spaced, singlesided pages with 1-inch margins. Text

type shall be at least 10 pitch or larger.

Applications that do not meet these

requirements will not be considered.

E. Submission of Proposal

Four (4) copies of the proposal (an

original and three copies) must be

received. Your proposal must be

organized in the following manner:

Section I—Financial and Summary

Information (this section does not count

against your page limitation).

(1) Standard Form (SF)–424;

‘‘Application for Federal Assistance’’

(Appendix A). The Federal Domestic

Assistance Catalog number 17.246.

(2) A one or two page summary of

your proposed project which shall

include information on the number of

welfare recipients in the State and

proposed target area.

(3) ‘‘Budget Information’’, (Appendix

B). Also include, on separate pages, a

detailed breakout of each proposed

budget line item.

Section II—Technical Proposal

(limited to 20 pages).

Your technical proposal must

demonstrate the grant applicant’s

capabilities in accordance with the

Statement of Work in Part II of this

solicitation. No cost data or reference to

costs shall be included in the Technical

Proposal. Applicants must also include

resumes of proposed staff and an

organizational chart.

F. Hand Delivered Proposals

Proposals may be mailed or delivered

by hand. A mailed proposal should be

mailed no later than five (5) calendar

days prior to the closing date for the

receipt of applications. Hand-delivered

grant applications must be received at

the designated place by 2:00 p.m.,

(Eastern Time) on the closing date for

receipt of applications. All overnight

mail shall be considered to be handdelivered and must be received at the

designated place by the specified time

on the closing date. Telegraphed,

electronic mail, or faxed proposals will

not be honored. Applications that fail to

adhere to the above instructions will not

be honored.

G. Late Proposals

A proposal received at the office

designated in the solicitation after the

exact time specified for receipt will not

be considered unless it is received

before award is made and it—

(1) Was sent by U.S. Postal Service

Express Mail Next Day service, Post

Office to Addressee not later than 5:00

p.m. at the place of mailing two working

days prior to the date specified for

receipt of the proposals. The term

‘‘working days’’ excludes weekends and

U.S. Federal holidays.

(2) Was sent by registered or certified

mail not later than the fifth calendar day

before the date specified for receipt of

applications (e.g., an offer submitted in

response to a solicitation requiring

receipt of applications by the 20th of the

month must be mailed by the 15th); The

term ‘‘post-mark’’ means a printed,

stamped, or otherwise placed

impression (exclusive of a postage meter

machine impression) that is readily