Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 73 / Friday, April 17, 2009 / Notices 17883 

WISCONSIN 

Oneida County 

West Side School, 718 W. Phillip St., 

Rhinelander, 09000124, LISTED, 3/05/09 

[FR Doc. E9–8894 Filed 4–16–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Notice of Settlement Agreement 

In accordance with Departmental 

Policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby 

given of a proposed settlement 

agreement in United States v. North 

Carolina DOT Ferry Division, et al., No. 

5:08–CV–48–BO (E.D.N.C.), to obtain 

injunctive relief and impose civil 

penalties against defendants for alleged 

violations of Clean Water Act sections 

301(a) and 404, 33 U.S.C. 1311, 1344, by 

discharging fill material without a 

permit into the Currituck Sound, along 

a traditional boating lane near Corolla, 

North Carolina. 

The proposed Settlement Agreement 

resolves these allegations by requiring 

defendants North Carolina Department 

of Transportation, Jerry Gaskill and 

Billy R. Moore to pay civil penalties. In 

addition, the North Carolina Department 

of Transportation is required to provide 

periodic training regarding the Clean 

Water Act and related environmental 

requirements. The Department of Justice 

will accept written comments relating to 

this proposed Settlement Agreement for 

thirty (30) days from the date of 

publication of this Notice. Please 

address comments to Neal I. Fowler, 

Assistant United States Attorney, 

United States Attorney’s Office, Civil 

Division, Terry Sanford Federal 

Building, 310 New Bern Avenue, Suite 

800, Raleigh, North Carolina 27601– 

1461, and refer to United States v. North 

Carolina DOT Ferry Division, et al., No. 

5:08–CV–48–BO. The proposed 

Settlement may be viewed at http:// 

www.usdoj.gov/enrd/ 

Consent_Decrees.html. 

Russell M. Young, 

Assistant Chief, Environmental Defense 

Section, Environment & Natural Resources 

Division. 

[FR Doc. E9–8767 Filed 4–16–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Office of the Secretary 

Worker Rights Program 

AGENCY: Bureau of International Labor 

Affairs, U.S. Department of Labor. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to solicit 

cooperative agreement applications. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Labor 

(USDOL), Bureau of International Labor 

Affairs (ILAB) Office of Trade and Labor 

Affairs (OTLA), Division of Trade 

Agreement Administration and 

Technical Cooperation (TAATC), 

intends to obligate approximately USD 

3 million to support cooperative 

agreement awards to organizations to 

address workers rights issues 

internationally. ILAB intends to award, 

through a competitive and merit-based 

process, cooperative agreements to 

organizations to develop and implement 

projects to promote core labor standards 

by working at tripartite levels 

(governments, employers and labor) to 

improve labor law compliance in 

Pakistan and Kenya. 

ILAB intends to fund projects that 

focus on strengthening compliance with 

international core labor standards, 

improving working conditions for 

workers, increasing knowledge among 

employers and workers of their rights 

and obligations, and to increase the 

capacity of ministries of labor to use the 

labor administration/inspection system 

more effectively. The projects should 

propose innovative and cost-effective 

interventions that will produce a 

demonstrable and sustainable impact to 

target beneficiaries at all levels within a 

tripartite system. ILAB intends to solicit 

cooperative agreement applications 

from qualified organizations (i.e., any 

commercial, international, educational, 

or non-profit organization, including 

any faith-based, community-based, or 

public international organizations(s), 

capable of successfully developing and 

implementing worker rights projects) to 

implement these projects. Please refer to 

http://www.dol.gov/ilab/grants/ 

main.htm for examples of previous 

notices of availability of funds and 

solicitations for cooperative agreement 

applications (SGAs). 

Key Dates: The forthcoming SGAs will 

be published on http://www.grants.gov 

and USDOL/ILAB’s Web site. A brief 

synopsis of the SGAs and Web site links 

to the full-text SGAs will be published 

in the Federal Register. The SGAs will 

remain open for at least 60 days from 

the date of publication. All cooperative 

agreement awards will be made on or 

before September 30, 2009. 

Submission Information: Applications 

in response to the forthcoming 

solicitation must be submitted 

electronically on http://www.grants.gov 

or submitted in hard copy to Lisa 

Harvey, Office of Procurement Services, 

Room S–4307, 200 Constitution Ave., 

NW., Washington, DC 20210. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Lisa Harvey. E-mail address: 

harvey.lisa@dol.gov. All inquiries 

should make reference to the USDOL 

ILAB Workers Rights—SGAs. 

Information on the specific sectors, 

geographical regions, and funding levels 

for the potential projects in the 

countries listed above will be addressed 

in the SGAs to be published on http:// 

www.grants.gov. Potential applicants 

should not submit inquiries to USDOL 

for further information on these award 

opportunities until after USDOL’s 

publication of the solicitations. 

Background Information: TAATC 

works with other governments and 

international organizations to identify 

assistance that countries may require to 

improve the labor conditions of their 

citizens. Since 1995, TAATC has 

developed programs in more than 

seventy countries addressing a wide 

range of labor issues. In FY 2008, 

Congress provided $5 million to 

implement model programs to assure 

adherence to international core labor 

standards in countries with which the 

United States provides trade preferences 

(in 2008, projects were launched in 

Afghanistan, Colombia, Haiti and 

Tanzania). To date, the U.S. Congress 

has appropriated $11.5 million to 

USDOL to support these activities. For 

additional information on the program, 

see TAATC fact sheet at http://www.

dol.gov/ilab/media/factsheets/

20080200TAATC.pdf. 

International projects funded by 

USDOL to promote worker rights seek to 

assure adherence to international core 

labor standards in countries with which 

the United States provides trade 

preference through the following 

activities: 

1. Provide training for labor 

inspectors; 

2. Provide knowledge, education, and 

awareness-raising for workers about 

their rights; 

3. Provide education and awarenessraising for employers about their 

responsibilities and worker rights; 

4. Enhance the capacity of Ministries 

of Labor to generate and maintain 

reliable labor market data; 

5. Strengthen the capacity of worker 

and employer organizations to engage in 

social dialogue. 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 13th day of 

April 2009. 

Lisa Harvey, 

Grant Officer. 

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