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The MMS also conducts

unannounced audits on 25 percent of all

certified training programs each year.

These audits emphasize program record

maintenance, classroom layout and

function, and classroom or hands-on

instruction. Finally, MMS tests students

at the training site on a random basis to

verify that they understand the

curriculum.

Duties of a Third Party

If adopted, third parties would

continue much of what MMS does

under the current program. They would

also report periodically to MMS on their

activities. These reports would include

any significant certification or

monitoring issues, ideas for improving

training programs and techniques, and

recommendations for enhancing worker

safety and protecting the environment.

Some specifics may include—

• reporting to MMS on the certified

training programs and the associated

training organizations;

• evaluating and reporting to the

MMS the relationships between training

program requirements and incidents

that occur at offshore facilities (e.g.,

analyses of offshore operators’ ‘‘nearmiss’’ and well ‘‘kick’’ data and well

blowout prevention equipment); and

• recommending changes to the

certification process or MMS training

program requirements.

Qualifications of a Third Party

The MMS will consider several

factors in choosing a third party.

Certification fee structure. MMS

would not pay third parties to do

certification work. Instead, third parties

would charge training organizations a

service fee. The MMS would determine

whether a fee is reasonable and

equitable.

Certifier’s credentials. Third parties

should have knowledge of and practical

experience with oil and gas drilling,

well-completion, well-workover, wellsupervising, and/or production

activities. They also should be

experienced at assessing teaching

credentials and curricula. Training

programs may include traditional

instructor/classroom training as well as

other training techniques (e.g., teambased or computer-based).

Reliability and responsiveness. Third

parties would have to dedicate

sufficient staff and resources to handle

anticipated workloads; demonstrate that

they can process certification requests

competently and promptly; and install a

system to maintain complete, up-todate, and accessible records.

Objectively. To avoid conflicts of

interest, third parties could not consider

certification requests from training

organizations in which either the third

party or the organization held a

financial or business interest in the

other. Third parties would honor

certification requests from any other

training organization. The MMS would

expect third parties to develop a process

for objectively reviewing training

organization appeals.

Training program assessment

capabilities. Third parties would have

to demonstrate they can assess training

program performance. While MMS

would not insist that third parties use

the current monitoring techniques,

MMS would expect a comparable

program to be in place. Also, third

parties would have to emphasize ‘‘afterthe-school’’ workforce performance

appraisals. In particular, MMS is

interested in methods that assess

knowledge retention, and how the

training is applied in the workplace.

Third parties would provide MMS with

feedback on worker training

improvements.

MMS oversight. Third parties would

assist MMS in its oversight role by

helping investigate complaints about

certification determinations and

cooperating in MMS audits. The MMS

also would expect third parties to grant

MMS ex officio status on any of its

governing boards or executive/

management committees. Third parties

would consult with the MMS on

concerns over whether a proposed

program meets MMS requirements. This

might be important when third parties

have to certify programs that involve

new, unusual, or alternative techniques.

Dated: June 10, 1996.

Thomas A. Readinger,

Acting Associate Director for Offshore

Mineral Management.

[FR Doc. 96–15554 Filed 6–19–96; 8:45 am]

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National Park Service

Dayton Aviation Heritage Commission

Meeting

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice sets the schedule

for the forthcoming meeting of the

Dayton Aviation Heritage Commission.

Notice of this meeting is required under

the Federal Advisory Committee Act

(Public Law 92–463).

MEETING DATE, TIME, AND

ADDRESS: Monday, July 22, 1996; 2 to 4

p.m., Innerwest Priority Board

conference room, 1024 West Third

Street, Dayton, Ohio 45407.

AGENDA: This business meeting will be

open to the public. Space and facilities

to accommodate members of the public

are limited and persons accommodated

on a first-come, first-served basis. The

Chairman will permit attendees to

address the Commission, but may

restrict the length of presentations. An

agenda will be available from the

Superintendent, Dayton Aviation, 1

week prior to the meeting.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

William Gibson, Superintendent,

Dayton Aviation, National Park Service,

P.O. Box 9280, Wright Brothers Station,

Dayton, Ohio 45409, or telephone 513–

225–7705.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Dayton Aviation Heritage Commission

was established by Public Law 102–419,

October 16, 1992.

Dated: June 5, 1996.

William W. Schenk,

Field Director, Midwest Field Area.

[FR Doc. 96–15716 Filed 6–19–96; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Office of Community Oriented Policing

Services; FY 1996 Community Policing

Discretionary Grants

AGENCY: Office of Community Oriented

Policing Services, Department of Justice.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: The Department of Justice,

Office of Community Oriented Policing

Services (‘‘COPS’’) announces the

availability of grants to hire and/or

rehire additional sworn law

enforcement officers to engage in

community policing. The COPS

Universal Hiring Program permits

interested agencies to supplement their

current sworn forces or jurisdictions to

establish a policing agency. Eligible

applicants include State, local, and

Indian policing agencies, jurisdictions

seeking to establish a new policing

agency and other agencies serving

specialized jurisdictions, such as transit,

housing, college, school, or natural

resources.

DATES: COPS Universal Hiring Program

Application Kits will be available in

mid-June 1996. There will be three

application deadlines for the Universal

Hiring Program: July 15, 1996, for

Round 1; August 15, 1996, for Round 2;

and September 15, 1996, for Round 3.

Applications not funded in Rounds 1

and 2 will be carried over to subsequent

rounds.

ADDRESSES: COPS Universal Hiring

Program Application Kits will be mailed
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to all eligible agencies or may be

obtained by writing to COPS Universal

Hiring Program, 1100 Vermont Avenue,

NW, Washington, DC 20530, or by

calling the Department of Justice

Response Center, (202) 307–1480 or 1–

800–421–6770, or the full application

kit is also available on the COPS Office

web site at: http://www.usdoj.gov/cops.

Completed applications should be sent

to COPS Universal Hiring Program,

COPS Office, 1100 Vermont Avenue,

N.W., Washington, D.C. 20530.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

The Department of Justice Crime Bill

Response Center, (202) 307–1480 or 1–

800–421–6770.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Overview

The Violent Crime Control and Law

Enforcement Act of 1994 (Pub. L. 103–

322) authorizes the Department of

Justice to make grants for the hiring or

rehiring of law enforcement officers to

engage in community policing. The

COPS Universal Hiring Program permits

interested agencies to supplement their

current sworn forces or to establish a

new policing agency, through grants for

up to three years. All policing agencies,

as well as jurisdictions considering

establishing new policing agencies, are

eligible to apply for this program. In

addition, policing agencies serving

specialized jurisdictions, such as transit,

housing, college, school, natural

resources, and others, are eligible to

apply for this program.

There are three application deadlines

for this program: July 15, 1996, for

Round 1; August 15, 1996, for Round 2;

and September 15, 1996, for Round 3.

Departments may apply before any one

of the deadlines and equal consideration

will be given to applications in any

round. Applications which are not

funded in Round 1 or 2 will be carried

over the subsequent rounds.

All applicants will be asked to

provide basic community policing and

planning information for their area of

jurisdiction. In addition, new applicants

serving jurisdictions of 50,000 and over,

as well as all those jurisdictions seeking

to establish a department and agencies

serving specialized jurisdictions (such

as transit, housing, college, school, or

natural resources), will be asked to

provide additional information relating

to the applicant’s community policing

plan, local community policing

initiatives and strategies, local

community support for the applicant’s

community policing plans, and plans

for retaining the officers at the end of

the grant period. In addition to the

requested community policing

information, all applicants will be asked

to submit a streamlined budget

summary containing information

relating to planned hiring levels, salary

and fringe benefits, and decreasing

federal share requirements. The COPS

Universal Hiring Program Application

offers two alternative budget worksheets

which are tailored to the number of

officers requested by each applicant;

applicants requesting five or fewer

officers will complete one budget

worksheet for each officer, while

applicants requesting more than five

officers will complete a single budget

worksheet based on the average yearly

cost per officer.

Grants will be made for up to 75

percent of the total entry-level salary

and benefits of each officer over three

years, up to a maximum of $75,000 per

officer, with the remainder to be paid by

state of local funds. Waivers of the nonfederal matching requirement may be

requested under this program, but will

be granted only upon a showing of

extraordinary fiscal hardship. Grant

funds may be used only for entry-level

salaries and benefits. Funding will begin

once the new officers have been hired

or on the date of the award, whichever

is later, and will be paid over the course

of the grant.

In hiring new officers with a COPS

Universal Hiring Program grant,

grantees must follow standard local

recruitment and selection procedures.

All personnel hired under this program

will be required to be trained in

community policing. In addition, all

personnel hired under this program

must be in addition to, and not in lieu

of, other hiring plans of the grantees.

An award under the COPS Universal

Hiring Program will not affect the

eligibility of an agency for a grant under

any other COPS program

The Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance reference number for this program

is 16.710.

Dated: June 7, 1996.

Joseph E. Brann,

Director.

[FR Doc. 96–15701 Filed 6–19–96; 8:45 am]

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Office of Community Oriented Policing

Services; Police Corps, Notice of

Availability

AGENCY: Office of the Police Corps and

Law Enforcement Education, Office of

Community Oriented Policing Services,

Department of Justice.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: The Department of Justice

invites the submission of State Plans for

the implementation of the Police Corps.

The Police Corp provides scholarships

and financial assistance for educational

expenses to qualified individuals in

participating States in return for a

commitment to devote four years of

service as a member of a State or local

police force. All States of the United

States, the District of Columbia, the

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the

Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam,

and the Commonwealth of the Northern

Mariana Islands are eligible to submit a

State Plan.

DATES: Invitations to submit a State Plan

and background materials will be

mailed to the chief executives of eligible

States and other jurisdictions during the

week of June 10, 1996. State Plans for

the FY 1996 Police Corps pilot project

should be submitted by July 31, 1996.

ADDRESSES: State Plans should be

submitted to Joseph E. Brann, Office of

the Police Corps and Law Enforcement

Education, Office of Community

Oriented Policing Services, U.S.

Department of Justice, 1100 Vermont

Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20530.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Questions regarding preparation of a

State Plan should be directed to L.

Anthony Sutin, Deputy Director, at

(202) 514–3750. General inquiries

regarding the Police Corps should be

directed to the Department of Justice

Crime Bill Response Center, (202) 307–

1480 or 1–800–421–6770.

Dated: June 10, 1996.

Joseph E. Brann,

Director.

[FR Doc. 96–15702 Filed 6–19–96; 8:45 am]

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Antitrust Division

Notice Pursuant to the National

Cooperative Research and Production

Act of 1993—Dominion Semiconductor

Notice is hereby given that, on March

13, 1996, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the

National Cooperative Research and

Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C.

§ 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), Dominion

Semiconductor, L.L.C. (‘‘Dominion’’)

has filed written notifications

simultaneously with the Attorney

General and the Federal Trade

Commission disclosing (1) The

identities of the parties and (2) the

nature and objectives of the venture.

The notifications were filed for the

purpose of invoking the Act’s provisions

limiting the recovery of antitrust

plaintiffs to actual damages under

specified circumstances. Pursuant to

Section 6(b) of the Act, the identities of