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RHODE ISLAND

Providence County

Blackstone Park Historic District, Roughly

bounded by Seekonk R., Laurell Ave.,

Blackstone Blvd., and S. Angell St.,

Providence, 98000575

Tower—Flagg Barn Complex, 100 Abbott Run

Valley Rd., Cumberland, 98000574

WISCONSIN

Milwaukee County

Public Service Building, 231 W. Michigan

St., Milwaukee, 98000576

[FR Doc. 98–11748 Filed 5–1–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Bureau of Justice Assistance

[OJP(BJA)–1173]

RIN 1121–ZB11

Bureau of Justice Assistance FY 1998

Open Solicitation Announcement: Call

for Papers

AGENCY: Office of Justice Programs,

Bureau of Justice Assistance, Justice.

ACTION: Request for concept papers.

SUMMARY: Announcement of the Bureau

of Justice Assistance (BJA) FY 1998

Open Solicitation. BJA is seeking

innovative solutions to criminal justice

problems facing local communities. BJA

invites eligible State, local, and tribal

governments and their agencies to

submit brief concept papers describing

emerging or chronic criminal justice

issues within their jurisdictions and

partnership-based strategies to address

those issues.

DATES: Submissions must be received by

BJA by close of business (5:30 p.m.

E.S.T.) July 2, 1998. BJA will not grant

extensions of the deadline or accept

faxed submissions.

ADDRESSES: Submissions must be

mailed or delivered to: Bureau of Justice

Assistance Control Desk, 5640

Nicholson Lane, Suite 300, Rockville,

MD, 20852.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The

U.S. Department of Justice Response

Center at 1–800–421–6770. Copies of

the FY 1998 Open Solicitation

Announcement may be obtained by

calling the BJA Clearinghouse at 1–800–

688–4252, or by accessing the BJA

World Wide Web home page at http://

www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority

This action is authorized under the

Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets

Act of 1968, as amended, 42 U.S.C.

3751–59 (1994).

Background

The Bureau of Justice Assistance

(BJA) is soliciting concept papers in

order to continue to encourage, support

and publicize local innovations and to

build safe and healthy communities.

Applicants may submit only one

concept paper in each topic area.

Applicants may apply for as many topic

areas as they wish, but must submit a

different concept for each topic.

Concept papers must address the topic

areas listed below.

FY 1998 Open Solicitation Topic

Areas are as follows: (1) Community

Justice: strategies to create partnerships

between communities and local

criminal justice systems to combat

crime; (2) Law Enforcement

Partnerships to Address Hate Crimes:

strategies that address crimes committed

against individuals or groups because of

race, ethnicity, religious affiliation,

gender, disability, or sexual orientation;

(3) Criminal Justice Challenges for Rural

or Tribal Communities: strategies that

address criminal justice challenges

unique to rural or tribal communities;

(4) Criminal Justice Responses to Senior

Citizens: strategies that address issues

presented by senior citizens’

participation in the criminal justice

system as victims, witnesses,

defendants, offenders, and volunteers;

(5) The Role of Alcohol and Crime:

strategies that address the link between

alcohol and crime; (6) Indigent Defense:

strategies that enhance the

representation of indigent criminal

defendants; (7) Cultural Barriers to

Justice: strategies to reduce cultural

barriers preventing individuals from

participating fully in the criminal

justice system by virtue of language,

philosophy, or experience; (8)

Nontraditional Uses of Prosecution

Resources to Enhance Public Safety:

strategies which use prosecutors or

prosecution resources to enhance public

safety through nontraditional outreach

in areas such as schools, community

groups, and special needs populations;

(9) Public Health and Criminal Justice

Collaborations: strategies to develop

collaborative efforts among public

health and criminal justice agencies to

prevent or reduce the incidence of

violent crime in the community; and

(10) Local Priorities: criminal justice

strategies to address local problem areas

not described in topic areas (1) through

(9).

Submissions will be reviewed by

panels of practitioners, who will make

recommendations for awards to the

Director of BJA. Awards will be worth

up to $150,000 and cover a period of 18

months. All submissions must adhere to

the requirements outlined in the FY

1998 Open Solicitation Announcement.

Eligibility

Eligibility for the FY 1998 Open

Solicitation Progam to units and

agencies of State, local, or tribal

governments. Units of tribal

governments must represent federally

recognized tribes. Eligibility includes,

but is not limited to: States, counties,

municipalities, villages, towns,

townships, courts, prosecution, indigent

defense, probation, parole, pretrial

services, corrections, law enforcement,

and social services. This restriction does

not preclude private/not-for-profit

agencies from collaborating with eligible

applicants, not does it preclude two or

more units of government from applying

under the cover of one authorized

applicant, which will be responsible for

the administration of the award.

Dated: April 29, 1998.

Nancy E. Gist,

Director, Bureau of Justice Assistance.

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BILLING CODE 4410–18–P

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

National Institute of Justice

[OJP (NIJ)–1174]

RIN 1121–ZA12

Announcement of the Availability of

the National Institute of Justice

Solicitation for Research and

Evaluation on Violence Against

Women

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 ‘‘Research and Evaluation on

Violence Against Women: PractitionerResearcher Collaboration; Evaluation of

Policies and Programs including

Experimental Research Designs;

Longitudinal Studies of Women’s

Experience with Violence; and Basic

Research.’’

DATES: Due date for receipt of proposals

is close of business, July 7, 1998.

ADDRESSES: National Institute of Justice,

810 Seventh Street, NW, Washington,

DC 20531.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

a copy of the solicitation, please call

NCJRS 1–800–851–3420. For general

information about application
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procedures for solicitations, please call

the U.S. Department of Justice Response

Center 1–800–421–6770.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority

This action is authorized under the

Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets

Act of 1968, sections 201–03, as

amended, 42 U.S.C. 3721–23 (1994).

Background

NIJ is soliciting proposals for research

and evaluation on violence against

women. Four major program areas are

identified in the request for proposals.

They are Practitioner-Researcher

Collaborations, Evaluation of Policies

and Programs including Experimental

Research Designs, Longitudinal Studies

of Women’s Experience with Violence,

and Basic Research. For this solicitation,

violence against women includes

domestic or intimate partner violence,

sexual assault, other assaultive

behaviors against women and stalking.

NIJ anticipates awarding a total of 15 to

20 grants in the four program areas with

a funding total of $4,000,000.

Interested organizations should call

the National Criminal Justice Reference

Service (NCJRS) at 1–800–851–3420 to

obtain a copy of ‘‘Research and

Evaluation on Violence Against Women:

Practitioner-Researcher Collaboration;

Evaluation of Policies and Programs

including Experimental Research

Designs; Longitudinal Studies of

Women’s Experience with Violence; and

Basic Research’’ (refer to document no.

SL000279). For World Wide Web access,

connect to either NIJ at http://

www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/funding.htm, or

the NCJRS Justice Information Center at

http://www.ncjrs.org/fedgrant.htm#nij.

Jeremy Travis,

Director, National Institute of Justice.

[FR Doc. 98–11690 Filed 5–1–98; 8:45 am]

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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND

SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[Notice (98–060)]

Notice of Prospective Patent License

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and

Space Administration.

ACTION: Notice of prospective patent

license.

SUMMARY: NASA hereby gives notice

that Omni Technologies, Inc., of Kenner,

Louisiana, has applied for an exclusive

license to practice the invention

disclosed in NASA Case No. SSC–00052

entitled ‘‘Apparatus & Method for

Effecting Data Transfer Between Data

Systems,’’ for which a U.S. Patent

Application was filed and assigned to

the United States of America as

represented by the Administrator of the

National Aeronautics and Space

Administration. Written objections to

the prospective grant of a license should

be sent to John F. Kennedy Space

Center.

DATES: Responses to this Notice must be

received on or before July 6, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Beth

Vrioni at (407) 867–6225, Mail Code

MM–E, John F. Kennedy Space Center,

FL 32899.

Dated: April 27, 1998.

Edward A. Frankle,

General Counsel.

[FR Doc. 98–11744 Filed 5–1–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7510–01–M

NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request

AGENCY: U. S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (NRC).

ACTION: Notice of pending NRC action to

submit an information collection

request to OMB and solicitation of

public comment.

SUMMARY: The NRC is preparing a

submittal to OMB for review of

continued approval of information

collections under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. Chapter 35).

Information pertaining to the

requirement to be submitted:

1. The title of the information

collection: 10 CFR part 73—Physical

Protection of Plants and Materials.

2. Current OMB approval number:

3150–0002.

3. How often the collection is

required: On occasion. Required reports

are submitted and evaluated as events

occur.

4. Who is required or asked to report:

Persons who possess, use, import,

export, transport, or deliver to a carrier

for transport, special nuclear material.

5. The number of annual responses:

68,643.

6. The number of hours needed

annually to complete the requirement or

request: The industry total burden is

410,602 hours annually (43,241.7 hours

for reporting and 367,359.8 hours for

recordkeeping).

7. Abstract: NRC regulations in 10

CFR part 73 prescribe requirements for

establishment and maintenance of a

physical protection system with

capabilities for protection of special

nuclear material at fixed sites and in

transit and of plants in which special

nuclear material is used. The

information in the reports and records is

used by the NRC staff to ensure that the

health and safety of the public is

protected and that licensee possession

and use of special nuclear material is in

compliance with license and regulatory

requirements.

Submit, by July 6, 1998, comments

that address the following questions:

1. Is the proposed collection of

information necessary for the NRC to

properly perform its functions? Does the

information have practical utility?

2. Is the burden estimate accurate?

3. Is there a way to enhance the

quality, utility, and clarity of the

information to be collected?

4. How can the burden of the

information collection be minimized,

including the use of automated

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology?

A copy of the draft supporting

statement may be viewed free of charge

at the NRC Public Document Room,

2120 L Street, NW (lower level),

Washington, DC. OMB clearance

requests are available at the NRC

worldwide web site (http://

www.nrc.gov) under the FedWorld

collection link on the home page tool

bar. The document will be available on

the NRC home page site for 60 days after

the signature date of this notice.

Comments and questions about the

information collection requirements

may be directed to the NRC Clearance

Officer, Brenda Jo. Shelton, U.S. Nuclear

Regulatory Commission, T–6 F33,

Washington, DC, 20555–0001, or by

telephone at 301–415–7233, or by

Internet electronic mail at

BJS1@NRC.GOV.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 23th day

of April 1998.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Brenda Jo. Shelton,

NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief

Information Officer.

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (NRC).