3648 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 11 / Wednesday, January 18, 1995 / Notices

Steamer Company Number 5, 200 W.

Marshall St., Richmond, 95000027

[FR Doc. 95–1153 Filed 1–17–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–70–M

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation

and Enforcement

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation

and Enforcement Advisory Board;

Notice of Establishment

This notice is published in

accordance with Section 9(a)(2) of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act

(FACA), 5 U.S.C. App. (1988).

Following consultation with the General

Services Administration and the Office

of Management and Budget, notice is

hereby given that the Secretary of the

Interior is administratively establishing

an advisory board to be known as the

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation

and Enforcement General Advisory

Board.

The purpose of the Advisory Board is

to provide a forum to discuss a variety

of regulatory and reclamation issues of

concern to the public, primacy States

which regulate surface coal mining,

Tribes, environmental groups, coal mine

region residents, industry, the Congress,

and other State and Federal agencies.

The Secretary of the Interior will

appoint 20–25 members to the Advisory

Board to represent a cross-section of

those who are interested in and directly

affected by regulatory and reclamation

activities. OSM will carefully monitor

membership to ensure that there is a

balance among those interests affected

by the Surface Mining Control and

Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1201

et seq.).

Certification

I hereby certify that the administrative

establishment of the Office of Surface

Mining Reclamation and Enforcement

Advisory Board is necessary and in the

public interest in connection with the

performance of duties imposed on the

Department of the Interior by the

Surface Mining Control and

Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1201

et seq.).

Dated: July 27, 1994.

Bruce Babbitt,

Secretary of the Interior.

[FR Doc. 95–1038 Filed 1–17–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–05–M

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Office of Community Oriented Policing

Services; COPS AHEAD and COPS

FAST Grant Programs

AGENCY: Department of Justice, Office of

Community Oriented Policing Services.

ACTION: Notice of interim program

guidelines with request for comments

for the Accelerated Hiring, Education

and Deployment (COPS AHEAD) and

Funding Accelerated for Smaller (COPS

Fast) Programs.

SUMMARY: The Office of Community

Oriented Policing Services, U.S.

Department of Justice is publishing, for

a 45-day public comment period,

interim guidelines to accompany the

COPS AHEAD and COPS FAST

programs. Both programs are expedited

approaches for the award of grants for

the hiring or rehiring of career law

enforcement officers and are among the

programs authorized by the Violent

Crime Control and Law Enforcement

Act of 1994, Public Law 103–322.

DATES: Interim guidelines effective

January 18, 1995; comments must be

received on or before March 6,1995.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed to

the Office of the General Counsel, Office

of Community Oriented Policing

Services, U.S. Department of Justice,

P.O. Box 14440,Washington, DC 20044,

or delivered to Suite 300, 633 Indiana

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC between

9 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Comments received

may also be inspected at Suite 300

between 9:15 a.m. and 5:15 p.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

L. Anthony Sutin, General Counsel,

Office of Community Oriented Policing

Services, U.S. Department of Justice,

633 Indiana Avenue NW., Suite 300,

Washington, DC 20531; telephone (202)

514–2058.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: These

interim guidelines have been developed

by the Office of Community Oriented

Policing Services in order to provide

guidance to applicants and grantees

concerning the administration and

implementation of the Accelerated

Hiring, Education and Deployment

(‘‘COPS AHEAD’’) and Funding

Accelerated for Smaller Towns (‘‘COPS

FAST’’) programs. Availability of funds

under these programs and application

deadlines were announced in the

Federal Register on November 3, 1994

(59 FR 55132). The guidelines address

the eligibility for the programs,

substantive and procedural program

requirements, the application process,

and other administrative matters.

Section 1–4, 7 and 8 of the guidelines

apply to both COPS AHEAD and COPS

FAST. Section 5 applies exclusively to

applicants and grantees under COPS

AHEAD, and Section 6 applies

exclusively to applicants and grantees

under COPS FAST.

These guidelines have not been

reviewed by the Office of Management

and Budget pursuant to Executive Order

12866. These guidelines will not have a

substantial impact on a significant

number of small entities, thus a

regulatory flexibility analysis has not

been prepared pursuant to the

Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601,

et seq.

The collection of information

requirements relating to the COPS

AHEAD and COPS FAST Applications

has been submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget for review

under the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44

U.S.C. 3504(h) and have received

clearance numbers 1105–0061 and

1103–0015, respectively.

Section 1 Purpose and Substantive

Description

1.1 Public safety and community

policing grants are authorized by the

Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets

Act of 1968, 42 U.S.C. 3711, et seq., as

amended by the Public Safety

Partnership and Community Policing

Act of 1994 (Title I of the Violent Crime

Control and Law Enforcement Act of

1994) Public Law 103–322 (‘‘the Act’’).

1.2 The purposes of these grants are

to increase police presence, to expand

and improve cooperative efforts

between law enforcement agencies and

members of the community to address

crime and disorder problems, and

otherwise to enhance public safety.

COPS AHEAD and COPS FAST are part

of the Department of Justice’s efforts to

increase the number of sworn law

enforcement officers by 100,000 over

current levels.

1.3 The Attorney General will

delegate powers and responsibilities

under this program to the Director of the

Office of Community Oriented Policing

Services (‘‘COPS’’) upon his or her

appointment.

1.3.1 The Director will have final

authority, subject to applicable

administrative or judicial rights of

appeal conferred by statute or

regulation, to award, deny, modify,

condition, suspend, or terminate grants

under this program. The Director will

carry out these duties under the general

guidance and direction of the Attorney

General and the Associate Attorney

General.