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Forums. The forum in the

Washington, DC, area is scheduled to

begin at 9:30 a.m., July 16, 2001, and

will run for one and one-half days. It

will be followed by a one-day forum on

July 20, 2001, in Chicago, Illinois and a

one-day forum on July 24, 2001, in

California. The location of the

Washington, DC, area forum and the

time and location for the regional

forums will be announced later in the

Federal Register.

Notice of intention to speak at the

forums. Written intention to speak at the

forums must be postmarked by June 29,

2001. Facsimile or electronic notices of

intention to speak at the forums must be

received by June 29, 2001. If possible,

please include an e-mail address or fax

number in your notice, so we may

contact you about scheduling. When

submitting a notice of intention to

speak, please indicate whether you

intend to speak at the forum in

Washington, DC, Chicago, Illinois, or

California. In addition, if you are

requesting more than 10 minutes for

your presentation, please indicate the

amount of time that you are requesting

and the questions you intend to address.

The amount of time allotted to each

speaker will depend on the number of

persons who wish to speak at each

location.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and

notices of intention to speak at a forum

may be submitted by mail, facsimile, or

electronic means:

Written comments:

Mail: Submit three copies of written

comments to: OSHA Docket Office,

Docket No. S–777A, U.S. Department of

Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW.,

Room N–2625, Washington, DC 20210,

telephone (202) 693–2350.

Facsimile: If your written comments

are 10 pages or fewer, you may fax them

to the Docket Office. The OSHA Docket

Office fax number is (202) 693–1648.

Electronic: You may submit

comments electronically through

OSHA’s Homepage at www.osha.gov.

Please note that you may not attach

materials such as studies or journal

articles to your electronic comments. If

you wish to include such materials, you

must submit three copies to the OSHA

Docket Office at the address listed

above. When submitting such materials

to the OSHA Docket Office, you must

clearly identify your electronic

comments by name, date, and subject,

so that we can attach the materials to

your electronic comments.

Notice of intention to speak:

Mail: You may submit notices of

intention to speak at a forum, by mail,

to: Ms. Veneta Chatmon, OSHA Office

of Public Affairs, Docket No. S–777A,

U.S. Department of Labor, 200

Constitution Avenue, NW., Room N–

3647, Washington, DC 20210, telephone:

(202) 693–1999.

Facsimile: You may fax your notice of

intention to speak at a forum to Ms.

Chatmon at (202) 693–1634.

Electronic: You also may

electronically submit your notice of

intention to speak at a forum through

OSHA’s Homepage at www.osha.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Bonnie Friedman, OSHA Office of

Public Affairs, telephone (202) 693–

1999, or visit the OSHA Homepage at

www.osha.gov.

Prevention: The approach should

emphasize the prevention of injuries

before they occur.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: With this

notice, the Department announces the

beginning of its initiative to create a

new and comprehensive approach to

ergonomics that is appropriate to the

21st Century workforce. In testimony

before Congress, Secretary of Labor

Elaine L. Chao has set forth the

following principles that the

Department will use to guide its

development of this new framework:

Prevention: The approach should,

emphasize the prevention of injuries,

before they occur.

Sound Science: The approach should

be based on the best available science

and research.

Incentive Driven: The approach

should focus on cooperation between

OSHA and employers.

Flexibility: The approach should take

account of the varying capabilities and

characteristics of different businesses

and workers.

Feasibility: Future actions must

recognize the costs of compliance to

small businesses.

Clarity: Any approach must include

short, simple and common sense

instructions.

Secretary Chao has met with many

representatives from business, labor,

and the public health community, as

well as with members of Congress, to

discuss possible approaches to

addressing ergonomics injuries. As a

result of those meetings, the Secretary

has determined that consensus has not

been reached on several very basic

questions. In addition, the National

Academy of Sciences has issued a new

report on ergonomic injuries noting that,

‘‘no single strategy is or will be effective

for all types of industry.’’ Before

designing a plan to address ergonomics

injuries, the Department will hold three

public forums to provide members of

the public the opportunity to provide

additional information on these

questions. The Secretary encourages all

interested parties, particularly small

business owners and employees of small

businesses, to participate.

Following the forums, the Department

will review the information obtained

during this process, along with other

information, and develop a

comprehensive plan for addressing

ergonomics injuries in the workplace.

The Secretary intends to identify a

course of action in September.

Forum Plans: The forums will

consider the three questions listed

below.

Question 1: What is an ergonomics

injury? The Department of Labor is

interested in establishing an accepted

definition that the Occupational Safety

and Health Administration, employers

and their employees can understand

and apply.

Question 2: How can the

Occupational Safety and Health

Administration, employers and

employees determine whether an

ergonomics injury was caused by workrelated activities or non-work-related

activities; and, if the ergonomics injury

was caused by a combination of the two,

what is the appropriate response?

Question 3: What are the most useful

and cost-effective types of government

involvement to address workplace

ergonomics injuries (e.g., rulemaking,

guidelines, ‘‘best practices,’’

publications/conferences, technical

assistance, consultations, partnerships

or combinations of such approaches)?

The agency particularly invites

comment on the advantages and

disadvantages of each approach or

combination of approaches.

This notice was prepared under the

direction of R. Davis Layne, Acting

Assistant Secretary for Occupational

Safety and Health. It is issued under

sections 4, 6, and 8 of the Occupational

Safety and Health Act (29 U.S.C. 653,

655, 657).

Issued at Washington, DC, this 7th day of

June, 2001.

R. Davis Layne,

Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor.

[FR Doc. 01–14740 Filed 6–11–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–26–P

LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

Freedom of Information Act—General

Notice of Organization, Function,

Rules of Procedure, and Substantive

Rules

AGENCY: Legal Services Corporation.

ACTION: General notice of the

organization, function, rules of

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procedure, and substantive rules of the

Legal Services Corporation.

SUMMARY: This notice is being published

by LSC in accordance with 5 U.S.C.

§ 552(a)(1) and for the guidance and

interest of the public.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa

Zurmuhlen, Administrative Officer and

FOIA Liaison, Office of Legal Affairs,

Legal Services Corporation, 750 First

Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002–

4250; 202/336–8922 (phone); 202/336–

8952 (fax); lzurmuhlen@lsc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In

accordance with section (a)(1) of the

Freedom of Information Act (‘‘FOIA’’) 5

U.S.C. 552, LSC publishes in the

Federal Register, for the guidance and

interest of the public, the following

general information concerning LSC:

(a) A description of the organization

of the Corporation and the established

places at which, the employees from

whom, and the methods whereby, the

public may obtain information, make

submittals or requests, or obtain

decisions;

(b) Statements of the general course

and method by which LSC’s functions

are channeled and determined;

(c) Rules of procedure, descriptions of

forms available or the places where

forms may be obtained, and instructions

on the scope and contents of all papers,

reports, or examinations; and

(d) Substantive rules of general

applicability adopted as authorized by

law, and statements of general policy or

interpretations of general applicability

formulated and adopted by LSC.

I. Description of LSC

LSC is a private, non-profit

corporation, headquartered in

Washington D.C. and established by

Congress in 1974 to assure equal access

to justice under the law for all

Americans. LSC is headed by a

bipartisan Board of Directors appointed

by the President and confirmed by the

Senate. LSC does not provide legal

services directly to indigent clients;

rather it provides grants to independent

local programs chosen through a system

of competition. Currently, LSC funds

197 legal aid programs. Together these

programs serve every county and

congressional district in the nation, as

well as the U.S. territories. In 2000, LSC

grantees handled more than one million

civil cases. The most common types of

cases handled by LSC-funded programs

involve family law, housing,

employment, government benefits, and

consumer issues. LSC-funded programs

do not handle criminal cases, nor do

they accept fee-generating cases that

private attorneys are willing to accept

on a contingency basis. LSC recipients

are also prohibited from claiming or

collecting attorney’s fees and engaging

in class actions, rulemaking, lobbying,

litigation on behalf of prisoners,

representation in drug-related public

housing evictions, and representation of

certain categories of aliens.

II. Organization

LSC consists of five major

components: the Office of the President,

the Office of Administration, the Office

of Legal Affairs, the Office of Program

Performance, and the Office of

Governmental Relations and Public

Affairs. In addition to these primary

offices there is the Office of Inspector

General. While the Office of Inspector

General exists as part of LSC, the Office

functions independently from the rest of

the LSC components, with the Inspector

General appointed directly by the LSC

Board of Directors. The major functions

and responsibilities of each of these

components is described below.

Office of the President

The Office of the President is

responsible for the implementation of

Board policy and oversight of the

Corporation’s operations.

Office of Administration

The Office of Administration is

comprised of the Office of Compliance

and Enforcement, Office of Human

Resources, Office of Financial and

Administrative Services and Office of

Information Technology.

The Office of Compliance and

Enforcement (OCE) is responsible for

ensuring that LSC grantees are

complying with the laws, regulations,

terms and conditions applicable to them

as a condition of receipt of Federal

funds. OCE conducts investigations and

audits of grantees, responds to inquiries

and complaints relating to grantee

compliance with applicable law and

regulations, processes requests for prior

approvals and Private Attorney

Involvement and fund balance waivers,

and approves subgrant agreements.

The Office of Human Resources

(OHR) develops and administers human

resources policies, procedures, and

strategies; and to provide advisory

services on human resource issues to

management and staff.

The Office of Financial and

Administrative Services is comprised of

the Office of the Comptroller and the

Administrative Services Division. The

Office of Comptroller maintains the

efficiency of the Corporation’s financial

system and the integrity of its accounts,

oversees procedures that generate all of

the Corporation’s financial transactions,

and provides accounting and financial

information to the LSC Board of

Directors, the President and Office

Directors. In addition to cash

management, accounts payable, payroll,

grants administration and other routine

financial transactions, the Office of

Comptroller generates annual and

periodic financial reports and assists

with the accumulation of data for LSC’s

Budget Request to Congress. The

Administrative Services Division (ASD)

provides day-to-day administrative

support services to facilitate efficient

operations of LSC.

The mission of the Office of

Information Technology (OIT) is to

develop, implement and maintain a

networked computer environment,

featuring a well defined integrated

information system for LSC.

Office of Legal Affairs

The Office of Legal Affairs (OLA)

serves as in-house counsel and chief

legal advisor to the Corporation and

performs the duties of Secretary of the

Corporation. The General Counsel

carries out traditional ‘‘lawyer’’

functions, including negotiating,

drafting and reviewing legal instruments

such as contracts, settlement

agreements, releases, applications for

funding, and grant documents, as well

as representing LSC’s interests in

litigation, directly or through retention

and oversight of outside counsel. OLA

provides legal advice to the

Corporation’s Board of Directors and

President, as well as to the various

offices in the Corporation. Furthermore,

the General Counsel is responsible for

interpreting statutory requirements and

drafting implementing regulations for

consideration by the Board.

Office of Program Performance

The Office of Program Performance

(OPP) is charged with the design and

administration of the competitive grants

process, the encouragement of

competition, and the development and

implementation of strategies to improve

program quality. Program improvement

efforts include identification of areas of

weakness and follow-up for individual

recipients, identification and sharing of

innovations and ‘‘best practices’’ among

recipients and others in the legal

services delivery system, as well as

broader strategies for improvement of

the delivery system.

Under the OPP is the Office of

Information Management (OIM), which

is responsible for gathering and

disseminating information about LSC

grantees and the delivery of legal

services. This responsibility includes

the development of Internet-based

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applications for obtaining information

about the delivery of legal services by

LSC grantees, the identification and

collection of information about the civil

legal needs of eligible clients, and the

sharing of that information with LSC

staff, grantee staff, and other interested

parties.

Office of Government Relations and

Public Affairs

The Office of Governmental Relations

and Public Affairs is responsible for

managing LSC’s communications and

requests for information from Congress,

the Executive Branch, the media, and

the general public. The office

coordinates the production of LSC’s

Fact Book and Annual Report.

Office of the Inspector General

The Office of the Inspector General

(OIG) has two principal missions: to

assist management in identifying ways

to promote efficiency and effectiveness

in the activities and operations of LSC

and its grantees; and to prevent and

detect fraud and abuse. The OIG’s

primary tool for achieving these

missions is fact-finding through

financial, performance and other types

of audits and reviews, as well as

investigations into allegations of

wrongdoing. Its fact-finding activities

enable the OIG to develop

recommendations to LSC and grantee

management for actions or changes that

will correct problems, better safeguard

the integrity of funds, improve

procedures or otherwise increase

efficiency or effectiveness.

III. Availability of Information

As an independent Corporation

created by public law, LSC is governed

by statute. The LSC Act and regulations

provide guidance on the operation and

responsibilities of LSC and its grantees.

The Act can be found at 42 U.S.C. 2996

et. seq. and the regulations at 45 CFR

part 1600 et. seq. Furthermore, both the

Act and regulations are posted at LSC’s

website, which is given below. LSC is

further subject to restrictions contained

in its annual appropriations legislation.

The current Appropriations Act for FY

2001 is located at Pub. L. 106–553, 114

Stat. 2762 (2000). In addition to the LSC

Act, regulations, and appropriations

legislation, other rules and instructions,

governing LSC and its recipients, may

be found in the Corporation’s Program

Letters, Audit Guide, Property Manual

and formal legal opinions issued by the

OLA. These documents are available to

the public either online or upon request.

The LSC Act subjects the Corporation

to both the Government in the Sunshine

Act (5 U.S.C. 552b) and the Freedom of

Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552). LSC’s

implementing regulations provide that

meetings of the Board of Directors and

of committees of the Board will be open

to the public, except that certain

meetings or portions thereof may be

closed to public as provided by law and

regulation. See 45 C.F.R. 1622.3 and

1622.5. LSC’s FOIA regulations require

that the Corporation make records

concerning its operations, activities, and

business available to the public to the

maximum extent reasonably possible.

45 C.F.R. 1602.3. Thus, LSC maintains

a public reading room at its offices and

any person has the right to request LSC

records in writing. The Corporation

must release requested records to the

requester unless they are protected from

disclosure by the Freedom of

Information Act (FOIA). Requests for

records must be made in writing, with

the envelope and the letter or the e-mail

request clearly marked ‘‘Freedom of

Information Request.’’ All such requests

should be addressed to LSC’s Office of

Legal Affairs, 750 First Street, NE,

Washington, DC, 20002. In addition,

LSC maintains a ‘‘FOIA electronic

reading room.’’ For further information

on this electronic reading room, please

visit LSC online at http://www.lsc.gov.

Other information regarding LSC’s

staff, location, functions, rules of

procedure, substantive rules, statements

of general policy or how the public may

obtain information, make submissions

or requests will also be found on the

LSC website, as will links to legal

services providers across the country. In

addition, information about the OIG can

be found at http://www.oig.lsc.gov.

Victor M. Fortuno,

General Counsel and Vice President for Legal

Affairs.

[FR Doc. 01–14627 Filed 6–11–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7050–01–P

NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

[Docket No. 40–9027]

License No. SMC–1562 Cabot

Corporation’s Revere Site;

Environmental Assessment and

Finding of No Significant Impact

Related to Approval of Site

Decommissioning Plan

AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission.

ACTION: Finding of No Significant

Impact; Notice of Opportunity for

Hearing.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (NRC) proposes to approve

Cabot Corporation’s (Cabot’s or the

licensee’s), Decommissioning Plan (DP)

for its Revere, Pennsylvania, site and

amend NRC Source Material License

SMC–1562 to remove the Revere site

from the license. Cabot is authorized to

store up to 91,000 kilograms (100 tons)

of elemental, natural uranium and

thorium, in any form, at its Reading and

Revere, Pennsylvania, sites. This

proposed action pertains only to the

Revere site; the Revere site will be

removed, and the Reading site will

remain on the license. The Revere site

(Revere) is located approximately 60

kilometers (36 miles) north of

Philadelphia and about 26 kilometers

(16 miles) southeast of Allentown,

Pennsylvania. The NRC staff has

evaluated Cabot’s request and has

developed an Environmental

Assessment (EA) to support the review

of Cabot’s proposed DP and license

amendment request, in accordance with

the requirements of 10 CFR part 51.

Based on staff evaluation, the

conclusion of the EA is a Finding of No

Significant Impact (FONSI) on human

health nor the environment for the

proposed licensing action.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Mr.

Theodore Smith, Decommissioning

Branch, Division of Waste Management,

Office of Nuclear Material Safety and

Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Mail Stop T7–F27,

Washington, DC 20555. Telephone (301)

415–6721.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The Kawecki Chemical Company—

Penn Rare Division (Cabot’s

predecessor), was first licensed to store

uranium and thorium at the Revere site

in October 1969, by NRC’s predecessor,

the Atomic Energy Commission. The

license was amended in June 1970,

authorizing the licensee [then known as

Kawecki Berylium Industries (KBI)] to

process up to 1,800 kilograms (4,000

pounds) of ore concentrates containing

up to 2 percent natural thorium and 1.5

percent natural uranium.

The uranium and thorium were

contained in pyrochlore-bearing ores

purchased for production of columbium

and tantalum. The end product from the

licensee’s process was purified

columbium and tantalum used for

manufacturing high-strength metals and

electronic components. At the Revere

site, columbite and pyrochlore ores

were blended with aluminum and iron

powder. The mixture was ignited in a

crucible wherein the aluminum reduced

the columbium oxide in the ore by a

thermite process. The iron alloyed to