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comments will be sent to appropriate

Federal, State and local agencies, and to

private organizations and citizens who

have previously expressed or are known

to have an interest in this proposal. A

public hearing will be held upon

completion of the Draft EIS and public

notice will be given of the time and

place of the hearing. The Draft EIS will

be available for public and agency

review and comment prior to the public

hearing. An agency scoping meeting and

a public involvement meeting is

planned as part of the scoping process

for this project.

To ensure that the full range of issues

related to this proposed action are

addressed and all significant issues

identified, comments and suggestions

are invited from all interested parties.

Comments or questions concerning this

proposed action and the EIS should be

directed to FHWA at the address

provided above.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program Number 20.205, Highway Planning

and Construction. The regulations

implementing Executive Order 12372

regarding intergovernmental consultation on

Federal programs and activities apply to this

program.)

Issued on: June 18, 2001.

Charles S. Boyd,

Division Administrator, Tennessee Division,

Nashville, Tennessee.

[FR Doc. 01–16144 Filed 6–26–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–22–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety

Administration

[Docket No. FMCSA–2001–9876]

Notice of Request To Renew Approval

of an Information Collection:OMB No.

2126–0015 (Designation of Agents,

Motor Carriers, Brokers and Freight

Forwarders)

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety

Administration (FMCSA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: This notice announces that

FMCSA intends to submit a request to

the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) for renewed approval of the

information collection described below.

This information collection allows

registered motor carriers, property

brokers, and freight forwarders a means

of meeting process agent requirements.

This notice is required by the

Paperwork Reduction Act.

DATES: Your comments must be

submitted by August 27, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Mail or hand deliver

comments to the U.S. Department of

Transportation, Dockets Management

Facility, Room PL–401, 400 Seventh

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590, or

submit electronically at http://

dmses.dot.gov/submit. Be sure to

include the docket number appearing in

the heading of this document on your

comment. All comments received will

be available for examination and

copying at the above address from 9

a.m. to 5 p.m., e.t., Monday through

Friday, except Federal holidays. If you

would like to be notified when your

comment is received, you must include

a self-addressed, stamped postcard or

you may print the acknowledgment

page that appears after submitting

comments electronically.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Marian Lee, (202) 358–7028, Insurance

Compliance Division (MC–ECI), Federal

Motor Carrier Safety Administration,

Department of Transportation, 400

Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC

20590. Office hours are from 7:45 a.m.

to 4:15 p.m., e.t., Monday through

Friday, except Federal holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Designation of Agents, Motor

Carriers, Brokers and Freight

Forwarders.

OMB Approval Number: 2126–0015.

Background: The Secretary of

Transportation is authorized to register

for-hire motor carriers of regulated

commodities under the provisions of 49

U.S.C. 13902; freight forwarders under

the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 13903, and

property brokers under the provisions of

49 U.S.C. 13904. These persons may

conduct transportation services only if

they are registered pursuant to 49 U.S.C.

13901. The Secretary has delegated

authority pertaining to these

registrations to the FMCSA. Registered

motor carriers, brokers, and freight

forwarders must designate (1) an agent

on whom service of notices in

proceedings before the Secretary may be

made (49 U.S.C. 13303); and (2) for

every state in which they operate, agents

on whom process issued by a court may

be served in actions brought against the

registered transportation entity (49

U.S.C. 13304). Regulations governing

the designation of process agents are

found at 49 CFR 366. This designation

is filed with the FMCSA on Form BOC–

3.

Respondents: Motor carriers, freight

forwarders, and brokers.

Estimated Burden: The estimated

average burden per response for Form

BOC–3 is 10 minutes. The estimated

total annual burden is 5,000 hours for

Form BOC–3 based on 30,000 filings per

year.

Frequency: Form BOC–3 must be filed

when the transportation entity first

registers with the FMCSA. Subsequent

filings are made only if the motor

carrier, broker, or freight forwarder

changes process agents.

Public Comments Invited: We invite

you to comment on any aspect of this

information collection, including, but

not limited to (1) whether the collection

of information is necessary for the

proper performance of the functions of

the FMCSA, including whether the

information is practical and useful; (2)

the accuracy of the estimated burden;

(3) ways to enhance the quality,

usefulness, and clarity of the collected

information; and (4) ways to minimize

the collection burden without reducing

the quality of the information collected.

Electronic Access and Filing: You

may submit or retrieve comments online

through the Docket Management System

(DMS) at http://dmses.dot.gov/submit.

Acceptable formats include: MS Word

(versions 95 to 97), MS Word for Mac

(versions 6 to 8), Rich Text File (RTF),

American Standard Code Information

Interchange (ASCII)(TXT), Portable

Document Format (PDF), and

WordPerfect (versions 7 to 8). The DMS

is available 24 hours each day, 365 days

each year. Electronic submission and

retrieval help and guidelines are

available under the help section of the

web site. You may also download an

electronic copy of this document from

the DOT DocketManagement System on

the Internet at http://dms.dot.gov/

search.htm. Please include the docket

number appearing in the heading of this

document.

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act

of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended;

and 49 CFR 1.73.

Issued on: June 21, 2001.

Brian M. McLaughlin,

Acting Deputy Administrator.

[FR Doc. 01–16083 Filed 6–26–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration

Discretionary Cooperative Agreements

With Community-Based Organizations

To Support Seat Belt and Child Safety

Seat Use Among Sport Utility Vehicle

Occupants

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic

Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT.

ACTION: Announcement of Discretionary

Cooperative Demonstration Projects in

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conjunction with the Buckle Up

America Campaign to increase seat belt

and child restraint education and use

among occupants of sport utility

vehicles.

SUMMARY: The National Highway Traffic

Safety Administration (NHTSA)

announces a cooperative agreement

program to provide funding to two

communities in support of the Buckle

Up America (BUA) campaign. The goal

of this campaign is to increase the

national seat belt use rate from 71

percent (November 2000) to 90 percent

by 2005. NHTSA solicits applications

from community-based organizations or

coalitions interested in developing and

implementing a community

demonstration project characterized by

a public information and education

program coupled with highly visible

law enforcement efforts designed to

increase seat belt and child restraint use

among occupants of sport utility

vehicles (SUVs). Community-based

organizations or coalitions of

community organizations, state and

local government agencies and nonprofit organizations that promote injury

prevention and safety programs are

encouraged to apply.

DATES: Applications must be received

by the office designated below on or

before 2 p.m. on Wednesday, August 1,

2001.

ADDRESSES: Applications must be

submitted to the National Highway

Traffic Safety Administration, Office of

Contracts and Procurement (NAD–30),

ATTN: Dianne Proctor, 400 7th Street,

SW., Room 5301, Washington, DC

20590. All applications submitted must

include a reference to NHTSA

Cooperative Agreement Program No.

DTNH22–01–H–05257.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

General administrative questions may

be directed to Dianne Proctor, Office of

Contracts and Procurement, by e-mail at

dproctor@nhtsa.dot.gov, or by phone at

(202) 366–9562. Programmatic questions

should be directed to Dr. Joseph

Tonning, Occupant Protection Division,

NHTSA (NTS–12), 400 7th Street, SW.,

Washington DC 20590, by e-mail at

jtonning@nhtsa.dot.gov, or by phone at

(202) 366–2695. Interested applicants

are advised that no separate application

package exists beyond the contents of

this announcement.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

In April 1997, the Buckle Up America

(BUA) Campaign was established to

increase the seat belt and child safety

seat use rate nationwide. The current

goals of the campaign are to increase the

national seat belt use rate to 90 percent

and to reduce the number of child

occupant fatalities (0–4 years of age) by

25 percent (using 653 fatalities in 1996

as a baseline) by 2005. Traffic crashes

are the single leading cause of death for

Americans 1–24 years old and the third

leading cause of death for Americans

25–44 years old. On average, every 13

minutes, someone in America dies in a

traffic crash; every 10 seconds, someone

is injured. Each year, these crashes

result in $150 billion in economic costs,

including $17 billion in medical care

and emergency services expenses and

$107 billion in lost productivity and

property loss. The BUA Campaign

advocates a four-part strategy: (1)

Building public-private partnerships; (2)

enacting strong legislation; (3)

maintaining high visibility enforcement;

and (4) conducting effective public

education. Central to the campaign’s

success is the implementation of two

major law enforcement mobilizations

each year. These mobilizations, known

as Operation ABC: America Buckles Up

Children, are held in conjunction with

the Air Bag & Seat Belt Safety Campaign

in May and November, during the

Memorial Day and Thanksgiving Day

holidays.

Of the 32,061 vehicle occupant

fatalities that occurred in 1999 in

passenger cars and light trucks, 3,016 (9

percent) occurred in sport utility

vehicles (SUVs). Concerns about the

safety of SUVs have been publicized for

several years. These concerns mainly

deal with the increased propensity for

rollover crashes in SUVs. Most SUVs

have a higher center of gravity (due to

a higher ground clearance) than other

vehicle types. This higher center of

gravity makes SUVs more likely to roll

over. According to a 1998 NHTSA

report, SUVs are twice as likely to roll

over in a crash than passenger cars.

Crash data in 1999 show that rollovers

occurred in 37.8 percent of SUV crashes

involving fatalities, compared to 25.7

percent of fatal pickup truck crashes

and 18.6 percent of fatal van crashes.

Among various vehicle types, passenger

cars had the lowest rollover occurrence

in fatal crashes: 15.8 percent.

Not only do SUVs have a higher

rollover rate compared to passenger

cars, SUVs also have a higher fatality

rate in these rollover crashes. Sixtythree percent of SUV occupants killed

in 1999 died when their vehicle rolled

over, compared to 23 percent of

passenger car occupants when their

vehicle rolled over. Moreover, rollover

deaths among passenger car occupants

decreased between 1999 and 2000, but

rollover deaths among occupants of

SUVs increased 2.8 percent from 1,898

in 1999 to 1,951 in 2000. Light trucks

(such as SUVs) also have a higher

ejection rate in crashes compared to

other vehicle types. NHTSA data from

1996–99 show that, for fatal crashes, the

ejection rate for occupants of light

trucks is twice that for occupants of

passenger cars. Many fatalities seen

among SUV occupants could have been

prevented had more of these occupants

been restrained in seat belts or ageappropriate child safety seats. Of the

3,016 SUV occupants who died in 1999,

two-thirds (1,997) were completely

unrestrained.

A 2000 NHTSA report found that for

occupants of light trucks, lap/shoulder

seat belts, when used, reduce the risk of

fatal injury by 60 percent and moderateto-critical injury by 65 percent. Seat

belts are even more effective in reducing

fatalities in rollover crashes: this same

report estimates that seat belts, when

used, are 80 percent effective in

decreasing fatalities in these crashes.

Rollover crashes claimed the lives of

1,898 SUV occupants in 1999—almost

two-thirds of all SUV occupant fatalities

that year. Despite the effectiveness of

seat belts in reducing fatalities and

injuries, however, the national seat belt

use rate among occupants in the front

seating positions of SUVs/vans in

November 2000 was only 74 percent.

This rate of seat belt use varies

significantly among geographical

regions: 82 percent in the West, 72

percent in the South, 71 percent in the

Northeast, and 70 percent in the

Midwest.

A 1998 survey revealed some

demographic information about SUV

purchasers/leasers. The average SUV

customer is male (64 percent), married

(76 percent), aged 45 years, in a

household with an income of $94,400,

and the head of the household (84

percent). A 1998 NHTSA telephone

survey indicated that 67 percent of SUV

owners surveyed had completed at least

some college. Although the primary

SUV customer is male, women are

beginning to enter the SUV market

because of their perception that SUVs

are safer and provide better visibility.

Owners of minivans and SUVs are more

likely to have children than owners of

any other automotive category.

Occupants of SUVs historically have

had relatively high rates of seat belt use,

compared to occupants of other vehicle

types. However, increasing seat belt use

among SUV occupants is important

because SUVs are an increasingly

popular form of transportation in

America. The SUV market accounted for

7 percent of vehicle sales in 1990,

compared to 19 percent in 1999, and is

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expected to continue as one of the

fastest growing segments of the motor

vehicle industry. The growth in SUV

sales, the increased rollover risk, and

the higher likelihood of children being

transported in these vehicles all lend

support to the importance of this

initiative in helping to meet the goals of

the BUA Campaign.

Objectives

To help achieve the goals of the BUA

Campaign, NHTSA is planning two

cooperative demonstration projects

designed to increase seat belt and child

restraint use among owners and

occupants of SUVs. Cooperative

Agreements will be awarded in two

geographically separate communities for

this purpose. Each project will consist

of a two-part strategy of public

information and education supported by

a highly visible law enforcement

component. The objective of increasing

restraint use and decreasing fatalities

and injuries of SUV occupants will be

met by:

1. Developing and Implementing a

Community-Wide Public Information

and Education Campaign. The

cooperative agreement recipient will be

expected to coordinate an intense,

community-wide public information

and education campaign that focuses on

the effectiveness of seat belts and child

safety seats in preventing deaths and

injuries in motor vehicle crashes. This

campaign should convey the importance

of being properly restrained whenever

riding in any vehicle, but the need for

SUV occupants to be properly restrained

at all times shall be given special

emphasis due to the increased risk of

rollover crashes in SUVs. A major

element of this campaign will be that

motorists must adhere to their State’s

seat belt and child passenger safety laws

to avoid receiving a traffic citation. The

public information and education

campaign should also contain messages

regarding safe driving techniques for

SUVs to avoid rollover crashes and

should discuss factors (such as sharp

curves or adverse weather conditions)

which can increase the chances of a

rollover crash. The recipient will be

expected to form partnerships with

representatives in educational, judicial,

law enforcement, public health, and

media agencies and organizations

within the community to disseminate

these campaign messages. Additional

partnerships with local business,

medical, and emergency services

communities should also be developed.

Such agencies and organizations can

then work within their respective

professional areas to provide education

and generate support for the campaign.

Partnerships should also be established

with organizations representing diverse

populations within the community. All

public information and education

materials and campaign messages must

be approved by NHTSA’s Contracting

Officer’s Technical Representative

(COTR) prior to release. For more

information on effective public

information and education campaigns to

increase seat belt use, visit http://

www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/

airbags/buckleplan/cases/

NorthCarolina.html.

2. Periodic ‘‘Waves’’ of High Visibility

Enforcement. In addition to the

community-based public information

and education campaign described

above, a plan that emphasizes periodic

waves of high visibility enforcement of

seat belt and child restraint laws will be

developed. Indeed, strong, highly

visible enforcement of restraint laws by

local agencies will be at the core of this

demonstration project to increase seat

belt and child restraint use. No State has

ever achieved a high seat belt or child

restraint use without strong enforcement

of such laws. To forge such a plan, this

cooperative demonstration project

should seek assistance from the

Governor’s SHSA representative, State

police, and local law enforcement

officials in the demonstration

community. Enforcement activities shall

focus on increasing restraint use among

occupants of all vehicle types. It should

be emphasized that, during enforcement

waves and throughout this program,

SUVs shall not be targeted for restraint

use violations more than other vehicle

types. However, law enforcement

personnel will also be informed about

the increased risk of rollover crashes in

SUVs and the effectiveness of restraints

in preventing deaths and injuries and,

as a result of the public information and

education campaign, law enforcement

officers will be better able to give a

rationale for a traffic stop when SUV

occupants are not restrained. During

such stops, law enforcement officers can

(1) reiterate the 80 percent effectiveness

of seat belts in reducing fatalities in

SUV rollover crashes and (2) remind

SUV drivers of safe driving techniques

to avoid rollover crashes. Enforcement

activities shall include, but shall not be

limited to, participation in the national

Operation ABC Mobilizations held each

May and November. The case for

conducting highly visible enforcement

is well documented. The increase in

Canada’s seat belt use rate, after wellpublicized enforcement efforts, is an

excellent example of enforcement

success: in July 2000, the seat belt use

among drivers of passenger cars in

Canada was 92.2 percent.

NHTSA Involvement

NHTSA will be involved in all

activities undertaken as part of the

cooperative agreement program and

will:

1. Provide a Contracting Officer’s

Technical Representative (COTR) to

participate in the planning and

administration of the cooperative

agreements and to approve all campaign

and public information materials prior

to release;

2. Provide information and technical

assistance from government sources,

within available resources and as

determined appropriate by the COTR;

3. Act as a liaison between the

cooperative agreement recipients and

with other government and private

agencies as appropriate; and

4. Stimulate the exchange of ideas and

information among the cooperative

agreement recipients through periodic

meetings.

Availability of Funds and Period of

Support

It is anticipated that two cooperative

agreements will be awarded for a period

of 24 months. The application should

address what is proposed and can be

accomplished during this period which

includes evaluation and preparation of

the final report. Funding will be in the

amount of $350,000 for each

demonstration, with $75,000 provided

in fiscal year 2001 for each

demonstration and the remaining

$275,000 for each demonstration to be

provided in fiscal year 2002, subject to

the availability of funds. NHTSA

estimates that the award of the two

cooperative agreements will occur by

September 30, 2001.

Federal monies allocated for

cooperative agreements are not intended

to cover all of the costs that will be

incurred in the process of completing a

demonstration project. Therefore,

applicants should describe their

commitment of financial and/or in-kind

resources that will be used to complete

their proposed demonstration project.

Allowable uses of federal funds shall be

governed by the applicable federal cost

principles.

Eligibility Requirements

In order to be eligible to participate in

this cooperative agreement program, an

applicant must be an agency or

organization poised to conduct a

community-wide public information

and education campaign and to

participate in or coordinate law

enforcement mobilizations designed to

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increase seat belt and child restraint

use. Community-based coalitions or

organizations that promote injury

prevention, especially traffic safety may

apply. Such community coalitions/

organizations include, but are not

limited to: law enforcement agencies,

public health and safety organizations,

education organizations, media groups,

organizations representing diverse

populations, local private-sector

organizations, and non-profit

organizations. Applicants must

represent a demonstration community

with a population of at least 200,000 but

not exceeding 600,000 based upon

Census 2000 data of the U.S. Census

Bureau.

Application Procedure

Each applicant must submit one

original and two copies of their

application package to: NHTSA, Office

of Contracts and Procurement (NAD–

30), ATTN: Dianne Proctor, 400 7th

Street, SW., Room 5301, Washington,

D.C. 20590. Submission of four

additional copies will expedite

processing, but is not required.

Applications must be typed on one side

of the page only. Applications must

include a reference to NHTSA

Cooperative Agreement Program No.

DTNH22–01–H–05257. Only complete

application packages received on or

before 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, August

1, 2001 will be considered.

Application Contents

1. The application package must be

submitted with OMB Standard Form

424 (Rev. 7–97), Application for Federal

Assistance, including 424A, Budget

Information—Nonconstruction Program,

and 424B Assurances—Nonconstruction

Programs, with the required information

filled in and the certified assurances

included. The OMB Standard Forms

SF–424, SF–242A and SF424B may be

downloaded directly from the OMB

website at http://www.whitehouse.gov/

omb/grants/. While the Form 424–A

deals with budget information, and

Section B identifies Budget Categories,

the available space does not permit a

level of detail which is sufficient to

provide for a meaningful evaluation of

the proposed costs. A supplemental

sheet should be provided which

presents a detailed breakdown of the

proposed costs (direct labor, including

labor categories, level of effort and rate;

direct material, including itemized

equipment; travel and transportation,

including projected trips and number of

people traveling; subcontracts/subgrants

with similar cost detail, if known; and

overhead costs), as well as any resources

which the applicant and/or other

coalition participant proposes to

contribute in support of this effort. The

budget should be a two-year plan.

2. The application package must also

include a program narrative statement

which does not exceed 25 pages,

excluding letters of endorsement and

resumes, and which addresses the

following:

a. A description of the demonstration

community which includes

demographic information and a

description of law enforcement agencies

that have traffic enforcement

jurisdiction in the community. The

proportion of SUVs in the

demonstration community in relation to

other vehicle types (pickup trucks,

passenger cars, and minivans) in that

community should be provided based

on data regarding the number of

registered vehicles in the community.

b. A detailed explanation of the

proposed plan to develop and conduct

a community-wide public information

and education campaign regarding the

extreme importance of seat belt use

among occupants of all vehicle types,

but especially among SUV occupants.

The plan shall identify strategies for

participation in Operation ABC

Mobilizations and plans to conduct

waves of highly publicized seat belt and

child passenger safety enforcement. A

description of efforts to address training

needs (i.e., differential enforcement or

diversity sensitivity) should be

included; such knowledge would help

law enforcement officers in partnering

with the community when the

demonstration project is underway. This

section shall include a list of project

activities in chronological order to show

the schedule or planned

accomplishments and their target dates.

The applicant shall identify the various

participating community agencies/

organizations and their involvement in

the demonstration project. Letters of

support from participating community

partners shall be included.

Documentation of existing public and/or

political support must be included (e.g.,

endorsement of applicable law

enforcement agencies, community

health organizations, Mayor or other

chief executive officer, etc.). In addition,

a letter demonstrating support and

coordination with State plans must be

provided by the Governor’s

Representative or his/her designee in

the State Highway Safety Agency

(SHSA).

c. An evaluation section which

describes how the recipient will

evaluate and measure the project

activities and outcomes. Increases in

observed seat belt and child safety seat

use among SUV occupants are the

ultimate measures of success. However,

evaluation of the specific elements of

the public education and information

component and law enforcement

component of the program should be

performed to provide an assessment of

the program’s effectiveness.

(1) Data for measuring the activities

and effectiveness of the public

information and education campaign

include, but are not limited to: (i) Level

of earned media coverage; (ii) level of

paid media coverage, and (iii) results of

pre- and post-program surveys (on-site

or telephonic) regarding awareness of

occupant restraint issues, especially

those for SUV occupants. Data sources

should be identified and collection and

analysis approaches should be

described. Sample data collection forms

and instructions (in-person, telephone,

and seat belt observation survey forms)

are available from NHTSA that can be

customized by the recipient. A booklet

entitled Achieving a High Seat Belt Use

Rate: A Guide for Selective Traffic

Enforcement Programs is available at

http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/

research/index.html.

(2) Data for measuring the activities

and effectiveness of law enforcement

efforts include, but are not limited to: (i)

The number of seat belt and child safety

seat citations issued; (ii) the number of

officer hours or special enforcement

efforts during the mobilization or

enforcement periods, DWI arrests, and

other non traffic related crimes; (iii)

increases in the number of law

enforcement personnel trained to

enforce occupant protection laws; (iv)

community participation in Operation

ABC Mobilizations; (v) increased

perception of ongoing enforcement and

public education activities (may be

obtained from the on-site or telephone

surveys conducted to measure

effectiveness of the PI&E campaign in

the preceding paragraph); (vi) incentive

programs to complement enforcement

efforts, and (vii) pre- and post-program

observational seat belt surveys. Data

sources should be identified and

collection and analysis approaches

should be described.

d. A detailed description of the

applicant’s previous involvement in

community-based coalitions to promote

injury prevention and especially traffic

safety in the past and how this

experience will assist the applicant in

the demonstration project. The

applicant should describe any prior

media campaigns and/or work with

media professionals in conducting

public outreach, as well as any past

participation in highly publicized

enforcement or participation in

Operation ABC Mobilizations. Prior

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experience in working with educational,

judicial, law enforcement, and public

health and safety organizations within

the community should be described, as

well as partnerships with organizations

representing diverse populations within

the community.

e. A personnel section which

identifies the proposed project

coordinator and other key personnel

necessary to perform the public

information campaign, enforcement

activities and evaluation component

shall be provided. This section shall

include a description of their

qualifications, the nature of their

contribution, their respective

organizational responsibilities, and the

proposed level of their effort.

Review Process and Criteria

Initially, each application will be

reviewed to confirm that the applicant

meets the eligibility requirements and

that the application contains all of the

information required by the Application

Contents section of this notice. Each

complete application from an eligible

applicant will then be evaluated by a

NHTSA Technical Evaluation

Committee. The applications will be

evaluated using the following criteria:

1. Project Plan: The overall soundness

and feasibility of the demonstration

community project plan and the

potential effectiveness of the described

public information and education

campaign and highly visible law

enforcement activities to increase seat

belt and child safety seat use among

occupants of sport utility vehicles

(SUVs) (50 percent).

2. The applicant’s planned

partnerships with other community

agencies/organizations promotes the

requisite participation among those

groups considered necessary to conduct

an effective community demonstration

project. In addition, the applicant’s

prior successful experience with

community-based coalitions

demonstrates the necessary

organizational skills to effectively

coordinate the proposed project (30

percent).

3. The proposed personnel resources

demonstrate effective project

coordination capability and the

requisite breadth of expertise to

successfully perform the described

activities that will result in increasing

seat belt and child safety seat use among

occupants of sport utility vehicles

(SUVs) (20 percent).

Terms and Conditions of Award

1. Prior to award, the recipients must

comply with the certification

requirements of 49 CFR part 20,

Department of Transportation New

Restriction on Lobbying, and 49 CFR

part 29, Department of Transportation

Government-wide Debarment and

Suspension (Nonprocurement) and

Government-wide Requirements for

Drug-Free Workplace (Grants).

2. During the effective period of the

cooperative agreements awarded as a

result of this Notice, the agreements

shall be subject to NHTSA’s General

Provisions for Assistance Agreements

(7/95).

3. Reporting Requirements and

Deliverables

a. Quarterly Reports, which shall be

due 15 days after the end of each

quarter, shall be submitted to document

project efforts and results. The reports

should include up-to-date information

summarizing accomplishments during

the quarter including: data gathered todate (such as earned and paid media

events, observation and awareness

surveys, and enforcement data);

obstacles or problems encountered and

proposed solutions; noteworthy

activities, events or successes; and

funds and in-kind contributions

expended to date. The quarterly reports

will form the basis for the final report

to disseminate the lessons learned and

successes of the recipient. The COTR

will approve invoices upon receipt of

each quarterly report.

b. Draft Final Report: The recipient

shall prepare a draft Final Report that

includes a complete description of the

overall project implementation,

including a project time-line; the

activities conducted, including partners;

data collection efforts; evaluation

methodology; and findings from the

program evaluation. In terms of

information transfer, it is important to

know what worked and what did not

work, under what circumstances, and

what can be done to avoid potential

problems in future projects. The report

should provide information that will be

helpful in assembling a ‘‘Best Practices’’

guide for use by other communities. The

grantee shall submit the draft Final

Report to the COTR 60 days prior to the

end of the performance period. The

COTR will review the draft report and

provide comments to the grantee within

30 days of receipt of the document.

c. Final Report: The grantee shall

revise the draft Final Report to reflect

the COTR’s comments. The revised final

report shall be delivered to the COTR 15

days before the end of the performance

period. For the final report, the Grantee

shall supply the COTR:

—A camera ready version of the

document as printed.

—A copy, on appropriate media

(diskette, Syquest disk, etc.), of the

document in the original program

format that was used for the

printing process.

Note: Some documents require several

different original program languages (e.g.,

PageMaker was the program format for the

general layout and design and Power Point

was used for charts and yet another was used

for photographs, etc.). Each of these

component parts should be available on disk,

properly labeled with the program format

and the file names. For example, Power Point

files should be clearly identified by both a

descriptive name and file name (e.g., 1994

Fatalities—chart1.ppt).

—A complete version of the

assembled document in portable

document format (PDF) for

placement of the report on the

world wide web (WWW). This will

be a file usually created with the

Adobe Exchange program of the

complete assembled document in

the PDF format that will actually be

placed on the WWW. The

document would be completely

assembled with all colors, charts,

side bars, photographs, and

graphics. This can be delivered to

NHTSA on a standard 1.44 diskette

(for small documents) or on any

appropriate archival media (for

large documents) such as a CD

ROM, TR–1 Mini cartridge, Syquest

disk, etc.

—Four additional hard copies of the

final document.

d. The recipients may be requested to

conduct an oral presentation of their

respective project activities for the

COTR and other interested NHTSA

personnel. For planning purposes,

assume that these presentations will be

conducted at the NHTSA Office of

Traffic and Injury Control Programs,

Washington, D.C. An original and three

copies of briefing materials shall be

submitted to the COTR.

Issued on: June 21, 2001.

Susan Gorcowski,

Acting Associate Administrator for Traffic

Safety Programs.

[FR Doc. 01–16040 Filed 6–26–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs

Administration

[Docket No. RSPA–00–7666; Notice 2]

Pipeline Safety: Pipeline Integrity

Management in High Consequence

Areas (Gas Transmission Pipelines)

AGENCY: Office of Pipeline Safety,

Research and Special Programs

Administration, DOT.