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identifying priorities for crime

prevention in the tribe surveyed.

4. Deliver to BJS electronic versions of

the survey data, documentation and

related publications on diskette and in

ASCII text file format. Survey

documentation should include, but is

not limited to, a description of the

sampling plan, respondent selection,

weighting, a comprehensive codebook

detailing variable positions, data coding,

variable and value labels, any recoding

implemented during the data cleaning

process, methods used for dealing with

missing data, any data allocation,

imputation, or non-response

adjustment, and copies of all program

code used to generate published

statistics. All reports from this survey

data may be posted on the BJS website,

and data archived for public use at the

Inter-University Consortium for Political

and Social Research (ICPSR).

Award Procedures and Evaluation

Criteria

Proposals should describe the plan

and implementation strategies outlined

in the Scope of Work. Applications will

be reviewed competitively by a panel

comprised of members selected by BJS

which will make recommendations to

the Director of BJS. The applicant will

be evaluated on the basis of:

1. Demonstrated knowledge of the

theoretical and practical issues related

to criminal victimization and its

measurement through the use of sample

surveys. Applicants should demonstrate

applied knowledge of sampling and

sample designs, survey construction,

interview techniques, validity and

reliability of indicators, weighting, and

significance testing. In addition,

applicants should be well versed in the

issues related to existing victimization

surveys, including but not limited to,

the National Crime Victimization

Survey (NCVS), the BJS City-Level

Survey of Crime Victimization and

Citizen Attitudes, and the National

Violence Against Women Survey.

Applicants should be familiar with

related material contained in websites

maintained by BJS, the Violence Against

Women Office (VAWO), and other

Office of Justice Programs’ bureaus and

offices.

2. Specific knowledge of issues

related to collecting victimization data

about less reported crimes such as rape,

domestic and intimate partner violence,

and the role of alcohol for both

offenders and victims in criminal

victimization incidents.

3. Knowledge of the tribal justice

issues and impediments to

implementing a criminal victimization

survey in the selected Federally

recognized tribe. Applicants must

demonstrate the ability to coordinate

and facilitate trust and cooperation

among tribal members participating in

the survey, and must detail the

appropriate survey methods to access

the tribal population (e.g., sampling

plan, telephone or in-person interviews)

that will ensure a statistically sound and

representative sample. Applicant should

submit a letter of support from an

authorized tribal official to demonstrate

prior approval to carry out the survey in

the selected tribal jurisdiction.

4. Demonstrated ability to analyze,

publish, and disseminate professional

reports using complex survey data.

Demonstrated ability to make effective

oral presentations of survey findings

and ability to convey the utility of

survey results to the development of

crime prevention strategies and

programs.

5. Demonstrated fiscal, management,

staff, and organizational capability to

provide sound management for this

project.

Application and Award Process

An original and five (5) copies of the

full proposal must be submitted

including:

• Standard Form 424, Application for

Federal Assistance

• OJP Form 7150/1, Budget Detail

Worksheet

• OJP Form 4000/3, Program

Narrative and Assurances

• OJP Form 4061/6, Certification

Regarding Lobbying, Debarment,

Suspension, and Other Responsibility

Matters; Drug Free Workplace

Requirements

• OJP Form 7120–1, Accounting

System and Financial Capability

Questionnaire (to be submitted by

applicants who have not previously

received Federal Funds from the Office

of Justice Programs).

These forms can be obtained online

from www.ojp.usdoj.gov/forms.htm.

In addition, fund recipients are

required to comply with regulations

designed to protect human subjects and

ensure confidentiality of data. In

accordance with 28 CFR Part 22, a

Privacy Certificate must be submitted to

BJS. Furthermore a Screening Sheet for

Protection of Human Subjects must be

completed prior to the award being

issued. Questions regarding Protection

of Human Subjects and/or Privacy

Certificate requirements can be directed

to the Human Subjects Protection

Officer (HSPO) at (202) 616–3282 [This

is not a toll free number].

Proposals must include a project

description and detailed budget. The

project narrative should describe

activities as discussed in the Scope of

Work and address the evaluation

criteria. The project narrative should

contain a detailed time line for project

activities, a description of the

questionnaire and survey methodology

to be used including defined geographic

boundaries, sampling plan and sample

size, data collection method, data entry,

analysis, and report production

procedures. The detailed budget must

provide detailed costs including salaries

of staff involved in the project and the

portion of those salaries to be paid from

the award, fringe benefits paid to each

staff person, travel costs, supplies

required for the project, sub-contractual

agreements, and other allowable costs.

The grant award will be made for a

period of 12 months.

Dated: June 21, 2001.

Lawrence Greenfeld,

Acting Director, Bureau of Justice Statistics.

[FR Doc. 01–16253 Filed 6–27–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4410–18–P

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Mine Safety and Health Administration

Petitions for Modification

The following parties have filed

petitions to modify the application of

existing safety standards under section

101(c) of the Federal Mine Safety and

Health Act of 1977.

1. Primrose Coal Company #2

[Docket No. M–2001–051–C]

Primrose Coal Company #2, 475 High

Road, Ashland, Pennsylvania 17921 has

filed a petition to modify the

application of 30 CFR 75.1200(d) and (i)

(mine maps) to its Buck Mountain Vein

Slope (I.D. No. 36–08698) located in

Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The

petitioner proposes to use cross-sections

instead of contour lines through the

intake slope, at locations of rock tunnel

connections between veins, and at 1,000

foot intervals of advance from the intake

slope; and to limit the required mapping

of the mine workings above and below

to those present within 100 feet of the

veins being mined except when veins

are interconnected to other veins

beyond the 100-foot limit through rock

tunnels. The petitioner asserts that due

to the steep pitch encountered in

mining anthracite coal veins, contours

provide no useful information and their

presence would make portions of the

map illegible. The petitioner further

asserts that use of cross-sections in lieu

of contour lines has been practiced

since the late 1800’s thereby providing

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critical information relative to the

spacing between veins and proximity to

other mine workings which fluctuate

considerably. The petitioner asserts that

the proposed alternative method would

provide at least the same measure of

protection as the existing standard.

2. Primrose Coal Company #2

[Docket No. M–2001–052–C]

Primrose Coal Company #2, 475 High

Road, Ashland, Pennsylvania 17921 has

filed a petition to modify the

application of 30 CFR 75.1202 and

75.1202–1(a) (temporary notations,

revisions, and supplements) to its Buck

Mountain Vein Slope (I.D. No. 36–

08698) located in Schuylkill County,

Pennsylvania. The petitioner proposes

to revise and supplement mine maps

annually instead of every 6 months as

required, and to update maps daily by

hand notations. The petitioner also

proposes to conduct surveys prior to

commencing retreat mining and

whenever a drilling program under 30

CFR 75.388 or plan for mining into

inaccessible area under 30 CFR 75.389

is required. The petitioner asserts that

the low production and slow rate of

advance in anthracite mining make

surveying on 6-month intervals

impractical. The petitioner asserts that

the proposed alternative method would

provide at least the same measure of

protection as the existing standard.

3. Coastal Coal Company, LLC

[Docket No. M–2001–053–C]

Coastal Coal Company, LLC, 117

Madison Avenue, Suite B, Whitesburg,

Kentucky 41858 has filed a petition to

modify the application of 30 CFR 75.503

(permissible electric face equipment;

maintenance) and 30 CFR 18.41(f) (plug

and receptacle-type connectors) to its

Red Star Mine No. 1 (I.D. No. 15–

18306), Hip-High Mine No. 1 (I.D. No.

15–17571), Lynn Branch Mine No. 1

(I.D. No. 15–17605), Black Thunder

Mine No. 3 (I.D. No. 15–18161), and

Koyle Branch Mine No. 1 (I.D. No. 15–

07232) all located in Letcher County,

Kentucky. The petitioner proposes to

use a permanently installed springloaded device instead of a padlock on

mobile battery-powered equipment to

prevent unintentional loosening of

battery plugs from battery receptacles

and to eliminate hazards associated

with difficult removal of padlocks

during emergency situations. The

petitioner asserts that the proposed

alternative method would provide at

least the same measure of protection as

the existing standard.

4. Coastal Coal Company, LLC

[Docket No. M–2001–054–C]

Coastal Coal Company, LLC, 117

Madison Avenue, Whitesburg, Kentucky

41858 has filed a petition to modify the

application of 30 CFR 75.900 (low-and

medium-voltage circuits serving threephase alternating circuits equipment;

circuit breakers) to its Red Star Mine

No. 1 (I.D. No. 15–18306), Hip-High

Mine No. 1 (I.D. No. 15–17571), Lynn

Branch Mine No. 1 (I.D. No. 15–17605),

Black Thunder Mine No. 3 (I.D. No. 15–

18161), and Koyle Branch Mine No. 1

(I.D. No. 15–07232) all located in

Letcher County, Kentucky. The

petitioner proposes to install contactors

to obtain under-voltage protection in

lieu of using circuit breakers. The

petitioner has listed in the petition

specific procedures that would be

followed when its proposed alternative

method is implemented. The petitioner

asserts that the proposed alternative

method would provide at least the same

measure of protection as the existing

standard.

5. Mountaineer Coal Development

Company d.b.a Marrowbone

Development Company

[Docket No. M–2001–055–C]

Marrowbone Development Company,

P.O. Box 119, Naugatuck, West Virginia

25685 has filed a petition to modify the

application of 30 CFR 75.1002 (location

of trolley wires, trolley feeder wires,

high-voltage cables and transformers) to

its Dingess Tunnel No. 1 Deep (I.D. No.

46–08891) located in Mingo County,

West Virginia. The petitioner proposes

to use 2,400 volt AC-powered

continuous mining equipment at its

Dingess Tunnel No. 1 Deep Mine. The

petitioner asserts that the proposed

alternative method would provide at

least the same measure of protection as

the existing standard.

6. Speed Mining, Inc.

[Docket No. M–2001–056–C]

Speed Mining, Inc., 325 Harper Park

Drive, Beckley, West Virginia 25801 has

filed a petition to modify the

application of 30 CFR 75.1002 (location

of trolley wires, trolley feeder wires,

high-voltage cables and transformers) to

its American Eagle Mine (I.D. No. 46–

05437) located in Kanawha County,

West Virginia. The petitioner proposes

to use high-voltage 4,160 volt cables on

longwall equipment at its American

Eagle Mine. The petitioner asserts that

the proposed alternative method would

provide at least the same measure of

protection as the existing standard.

7. Turris Coal Company

[Docket No. M–2001–057–C]

Turris Coal Company, P.O. Box 21,

Elkhart, Illinois 62634 has filed a

petition to modify the application of 30

CFR 77.214(a) (refuse piles; general) to

its Elkhart Mine (I.D. No. 11–02664)

located in Logan County, Illinois. The

petitioner proposes to backfill

abandoned shafts with noncombustible

materials and then cover with a concrete

cap. The cap will then be covered with

18 inches of ‘‘CL’’ or ‘‘ML’’ soils

compacted in 6′′ lifts. Then the shaft and

cap will be covered with maximum of

6o feet of course refuse. The petitioner

states that the backfill materials would

be of a nature, and placed in the shaft,

in such a manner as to minimize

settling. The petitioner asserts that the

proposed alternative method would

provide at least the same measure of

protection as the existing standard.

8. Excel Mining, LLC

[Docket No. M–2001–058–C]

Excel Mining, LLC, HC 67 Box 615,

Pilgrim, Kentucky 41250 has filed a

petition to modify the application of 30

CFR 75.360(b)(5) (preshift examination

at fixed intervals) Mine No. 3 (I.D. No.

15–08079) located in Pike County,

Kentucky. The petitioner proposes to

use an alternate method to monitor the

quality of air passing the permanent

seals that ventilate working sections to

ensure constant monitoring of the mine

atmosphere when miners are working in

a ventilating current that has been used

to ventilate a set of seals. The petitioner

has outlined specific procedures in the

petition that would be followed when

its proposed alternative method is

implemented. The petitioner asserts that

the proposed alternative method would

provide at least the same measure of

protection as the existing standard.

9. Monterey Coal Company

[Docket No. M–2001–059–C]

Monterey Coal Company, 14300

Brushy Mound Road, Carlinville,

Illinois 62626 has filed a petition to

modify the application of 30 CFR 75.350

(air courses and belt haulage entries) to

its No. 1 Mine (I.D. No. 11–00726)

located in Macoupin County, Illinois.

The petitioner requests a modification

of the standard to permit the use of the

belt conveyor entry to course intake air

to ventilate active working places. The

petitioner proposes to install safeguards,

such as a carbon monoxide monitoring

system in all belt entries used to course

air to a working place as part of an early

warning fire detection system. The

petitioner asserts that the proposed

alternative method would provide at

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least the same measure of protection as

the existing standard.

10. Peabody Energy, Rivers Edge

Mining, Inc.

[Docket No. M–2001–060–C]

Peabody Energy, Rivers Edge Mining,

Inc., 202 Laidley Tower, P.O. Box 1233,

Charleston, West Virginia 25324–1233

has filed a petition to modify the

application of 30 CFR 75.1002 (location

of trolley wires, trolley feeder wires,

high-voltage cables and transformers) to

its Rivers Edge Mine (I.D. No. 46–08890)

located in Boone County, West Virginia.

The petitioner proposes to use highvoltage 2,400 volt trailing cables in the

last open crosscut at the working

continuous miner section(s). The

petitioner asserts that the proposed

alternative method would provide at

least the same measure of protection as

the existing standard.

11. Cumberland River Coal Company

[Docket No. M–2001–061–C]

Cumberland River Coal Company,

Pardee Complex, P.O. Drawer 109,

Appalachia, Virginia 24216 has filed a

petition to modify the application of 30

CFR 75.364(b)(2) & (4) (weekly

examination) to its Band Mill Mine (I.D.

No. 44–06816) located in Wise County,

Virginia. Due to deteriorating roof

conditions in certain areas of the return

air course, traveling the affected area in

its entirety to conduct weekly

examinations would be unsafe. The

petitioner proposes to establish two

monitoring stations to evaluate the air

entering and leaving the affected area of

the return air course, and have a

certified person examine the monitoring

stations on a weekly basis and record

the date, his/her initials, time of

examination, and the quantity and

quality of air in a book or on a date

board that would be maintained on the

surface of the mine and made accessible

to all interested parties. The petitioner

asserts that the proposed alternative

method would provide at least the same

measure of protection as the existing

standard.

12. Eastern Associated Coal Corp.

[Docket No. M–2001–062–C]

Eastern Associated Coal Corp., 1970

Barrett Court, P.O. Box 1990,

Henderson, Kentucky 42420 has filed a

petition to modify the application of 30

CFR 75.1700 (oil and gas wells) to its

Harris No. 1 Mine (I.D. No. 46–01271)

located in Boone County, West Virginia.

The petitioner proposes to plan to clean

out and prepare oil and gas wells for

plugging and to plug all wells that are

encountered during normal operations

at the Harris No. 1 Mine. The petitioner

asserts that the proposed alternative

method would provide at least the same

measure of protection as the existing

standard.

13. Tilden Mining Company L.C.

[Docket No. M–2001–003–M]

Tilden Mining Company, L.C., One

Oxford Centre, 301 Grant Street, 20th

Floor, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219–

1410 has filed a petition to modify the

application of 30 CFR 56.14131 (seat

belts for haulage trucks) to its Tilden

Mine (I.D. No. 20–00422) located in

Marquette County, Michigan. The

petitioner requests a modification of the

existing standard to permit an alternate

method of compliance for labeling seat

belts. The petitioner proposes to equip

its haul trucks with seatbelt/driver

restraint systems which are

manufactured, installed, and labeled in

conformance with SAE J800C, SAE J386,

subsequent amendments to those

recommendations, or any other SAE

recommendations applicable to seat

belt/driver restraint systems. The

petitioner asserts that the proposed

alternative method would provide at

least the same measure of protection as

the existing standard.

Request for Comments

Persons interested in these petitions

are encouraged to submit comments via

e-mail to ‘‘comments@msha.gov,’’ or on

a computer disk along with an original

hard copy to the Office of Standards,

Regulations, and Variances, Mine Safety

and Health Administration, 4015

Wilson Boulevard, Room 627,

Arlington, Virginia 22203. All

comments must be postmarked or

received in that office on or before July

30, 2001. Copies of these petitions are

available for inspection at that address.

Dated at Arlington, Virginia this 21st day

of June 2001.

David L. Meyer,

Director, Office of Standards, Regulations,

and Variances.

[FR Doc. 01–16274 Filed 6–27–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–43–P

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Pension and Welfare Benefits

Administration

[Exemption Application No. D–10942, et al.]

Prohibited Transaction Exemption

2001–21; Grant of Individual

Exemptions; Bank of America (BofA) et

al.

AGENCY: Pension and Welfare Benefits

Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Grant of individual exemptions.

SUMMARY: This document contains

exemptions issued by the Department of

Labor (the Department) from certain of

the prohibited transaction restrictions of

the Employee Retirement Income

Security Act of 1974 (the Act) and/or

the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the

Code).

Notices were published in the Federal

Register of the pendency before the

Department of proposals to grant such

exemptions. The notices set forth a

summary of facts and representations

contained in each application for

exemption and referred interested

persons to the respective applications

for a complete statement of the facts and

representations. The applications have

been available for public inspection at

the Department in Washington, DC. The

notices also invited interested persons

to submit comments on the requested

exemptions to the Department. In

addition the notices stated that any

interested person might submit a

written request that a public hearing be

held (where appropriate). The

applicants have represented that they

have complied with the requirements of

the notification to interested persons.

No public comments and no requests for

a hearing, unless otherwise stated, were

received by the Department.

The notices of proposed exemption

were issued and the exemptions are

being granted solely by the Department

because, effective December 31, 1978,

section 102 of Reorganization Plan No.

4 of 1978, 5 U.S.C. App. 1 (1996),

transferred the authority of the Secretary

of the Treasury to issue exemptions of

the type proposed to the Secretary of

Labor.

Statutory Findings

In accordance with section 408(a) of

the Act and/or section 4975(c)(2) of the

Code and the procedures set forth in 29

CFR Part 2570, Subpart B (55 FR 32836,

32847, August 10, 1990) and based upon

the entire record, the Department makes

the following findings:

(a) The exemptions are

administratively feasible;

(b) They are in the interests of the

plans and their participants and

beneficiaries; and

(c) They are protective of the rights of

the participants and beneficiaries of the

plans.