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and upon the availability of funding in 

future years. 

This project will be a collaborative 

venture with the NIC Transition/ 

Offender Workforce Development 

Division. 

Eligibility of Applicants: An eligible 

applicant is any public or private 

agency, educational institution, 

organization, individual or team with 

expertise in the described areas. 

Review Considerations: Applications 

received under this announcement will 

be subjected to a 3 to 5 person NIC Peer 

Review Process. 

Note: NIC will NOT award a cooperative 

agreement to an applicant who does not have 

a Dun and Bradstreet Database Universal 

Number (DUNS) and is not registered in the 

Central Contractor Registry (CCR). 

A DUNS number can be received at 

no cost by calling the dedicated toll-free 

DUNS number request line at 1–800– 

333–0505 (if you are a sole proprietor, 

you would dial 1–866–705–5711 and 

select option 1). 

Registration in the CCR can be done 

online at the CCR Web site: http:// 

www.ccr.gov. A CCR Handbook and 

worksheet can also be reviewed at the 

Web site. 

Number of Awards: One. 

NIC Application Number: 09K112. 

This number should appear as a 

reference line in the cover letter, in box 

4a of Standard Form 424, and outside of 

the envelope in which the application is 

sent. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Number 16.603 (Technical Assistance/ 

Clearinghouse). 

Executive Order 12372: This program 

is subject to the provisions of Executive 

Order 12372. E.O. 12372 allows states 

the option of setting up a system for 

reviewing applications from within 

their states for assistance under certain 

Federal programs. Applicants (other 

than Federally recognized Indian tribal 

governments) should contact their State 

Single Point of Contact (SPOC), a list of 

which can be found at http:// 

www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/ 

spoc.html. 

Morris Thigpen, 

Director, National Institute of Corrections. 

[FR Doc. E9–1283 Filed 1–22–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–36–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment Standards Administration 

Proposed Extension of the Approval of 

Information Collection Requirements 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor 

(DOL), as part of its continuing effort to 

reduce paperwork and respondent 

burden, conducts a preclearance 

consultation program to provide the 

general public and Federal agencies 

with an opportunity to comment on 

proposed and/or continuing collections 

of information in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This 

program helps to ensure that requested 

data can be provided in the desired 

format, reporting burden (time and 

financial resources) is minimized, 

collection instruments are clearly 

understood, and the impact of collection 

requirements on respondents can be 

properly assessed. Currently, the 

Employment Standards Administration 

is soliciting comments concerning its 

proposal to extend OMB approval of the 

information collection: Application for a 

Farm Labor Contractor or Farm Labor 

Contractor Employee Certificate of 

Registration, Form WH–530. A copy of 

the proposed information collection 

request can be obtained by contacting 

the office listed below in the ADDRESSES

section of this Notice. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the office listed in the 

addresses section below on or before 

March 24, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Mr. Steven D. Lawrence, 

U.S. Department of Labor, 200 

Constitution Ave., NW., Room S–3201, 

Washington, DC 20210, telephone (202) 

693–0292, fax (202) 693–1451, e-mail 

Lawrence.Steven@dol.gov. Please use 

only one method of transmission for 

comments (mail, fax, or e-mail). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background: The Migrant and 

Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection 

Act (MSPA) provides that no person 

shall engage in any farm labor 

contracting activity for any money or 

valuable consideration paid or promised 

to be paid, unless such person has a 

certificate of registration from the 

Secretary of Labor specifying which 

farm labor contracting activities such 

person is authorized to perform. See 29 

U.S.C. 1802(7), 1811(a); 29 CFR 500.1(c), 

–.20(i), –.40. The named MSPA 

contracting activities include recruiting, 

soliciting, hiring, employing, furnishing, 

or transporting any migrant or seasonal 

agricultural worker and, with respect to 

migrant agricultural workers, providing 

housing. 29 U.S.C. 1802(6); 29 CFR 

500.20(j). The MSPA also provides that 

a Farm Labor Contractor (FLC) shall not 

hire, employ, or use any individual to 

perform farm labor contracting activities 

unless such individual has a certificate 

of registration as a FLC or a certificate 

of registration as a Farm Labor 

Contractor Employee of the FLC that 

authorizes the activity for which such 

individual is hired, employed or used. 

29 U.S.C. 1811(b); 29 CFR 500.1(c). 

Form WH–530 provides the means for 

an applicant to meet the statutory MSPA 

requirement to file a written application 

with the Secretary containing specified 

information regarding prospective farm 

labor contracting activities. Applicants 

use the WH–530 to obtain authorization 

to engage in the named MSPA farm 

labor contracting activities or to obtain 

authorization to be hired, employed, or 

used by a currently registered FLC to 

perform these activities. Applicants 

complete the form when seeking an 

initial, renewal, or amended certificate 

and submit it to either the Wage and 

Hour Division of the DOL or a State 

Employment Service Office. See 29 CFR 

500.44, –.47. The DOL proposes to make 

several revisions to Form WH–530.This 

information collection is currently 

approved for use through August 31, 

2009. 

II. Review Focus: The DOL is 

particularly interested in comments 

which: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

• Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

• Enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

• Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submissions 

of responses. 

III. Current Actions: The DOL seeks 

the approval for the extension of this 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Type of Review: Extension. 

AGENCY: Employment Standards 

Administration. 

Title: Application for a Farm Labor 

Contractor or Farm Labor Contractor 

Employee Certificate of Registration, 

Form WH–530. 

OMB Number: 1215–0037. 

Agency Number: WH–530. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit; Farms. 

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Total Respondents/Responses: 10,611. 

Frequency: Biennially, On Occasion. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 5,306. 

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 

$0. 

Total Burden Cost (operating/ 

maintenance): $4,536. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for Office of 

Management and Budget approval of the 

information collection request; they will 

also become a matter of public record. 

Dated: January 15, 2009. 

Hazel Bell, 

Acting Chief, Branch of Management Review 

and Internal Control, Division of Financial 

Management, Office of Management, 

Administration and Planning, Employment 

Standards Administration. 

[FR Doc. E9–1391 Filed 1–22–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–27–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

[Docket No. OSHA–2007–0046] 

Calaveras Power Partners L.P., Matrix 

Service Inc., T. E. Ibberson Company, 

TIC—The Industrial Company, and 

Zachry Construction Corporation; 

Notice of Application for a Permanent 

Variance and Interim Order, Grant of 

an Interim Order, and Request for 

Comments 

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration (OSHA), Department of 

Labor. 

ACTION: Notice of an application for a 

permanent variance and interim order; 

grant of an interim order; and request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: Calaveras Power Partners 

L.P., Matrix Service Inc., T. E. Ibberson 

Company, TIC—The Industrial 

Company, and Zachry Construction 

Corporation (‘‘the applicants’’) applied 

for a permanent variance from the 

provisions of the OSHA standards that 

regulate boatswain’s chairs and hoist 

towers, specifically paragraph (o)(3) of 

29 CFR 1926.452 and paragraphs (c)(1) 

through (c)(4), (c)(8), (c)(13), (c)(14)(i), 

and (c)(16) of 29 CFR 1926.552. In 

addition, the applicants requested an 

interim order based on the alternative 

conditions specified by the variance 

application. These alternative 

conditions consist of the same 

conditions specified in recent variances 

granted by OSHA from these hoist-tower 

and boatswain’s-chair provisions, as 

well as several additional conditions 

that would provide employees with 

protection from shearing, fall, and 

struck-by hazards. Therefore, OSHA is 

granting the applicants’ request for an 

interim order. 

DATES: Comments and requests for a 

hearing must be submitted (postmarked, 

sent, or received) by February 23, 2009. 

The interim order specified by this 

notice becomes effective on January 23, 

2009. 

ADDRESSES: Electronic. Comments and 

requests for a hearing may be submitted 

electronically at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, which is the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal. Follow the 

instructions online for submitting 

comments. 

Facsimile. OSHA allows facsimile 

transmission of comments that are 10 

pages or fewer in length (including 

attachments), as well as hearing 

requests. Send these comments and 

requests to the OSHA Docket Office at 

(202) 693–1648; hard copies of these 

comments are not required. Instead of 

transmitting facsimile copies of 

attachments that supplement their 

comments (e.g., studies and journal 

articles), commenters may submit these 

attachments, in triplicate hard copy, to 

the OSHA Docket Office, Technical Data 

Center, Room N–2625, OSHA, U.S. 

Department of Labor, 200 Constitution 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20210. 

These attachments must clearly identify 

the sender’s name, date, subject, and 

docket number (i.e., OSHA–2007–0046) 

so that the Agency can attach them to 

the appropriate comments. 

Regular mail, express delivery, hand 

(courier) delivery, and messenger 

service. Submit three copies of 

comments and any additional material 

(e.g., studies and journal articles), as 

well as hearing requests, to the OSHA 

Docket Office, Docket No. OSHA–2007– 

0046, Technical Data Center, Room N– 

2625, OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor, 

200 Constitution Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20210; telephone: (202) 

693–2350. Please contact the OSHA 

Docket Office at (202) 693–2350 for 

information about security procedures 

concerning the delivery of materials by 

express delivery, hand delivery, and 

messenger service. The hours of 

operation for the OSHA Docket Office 

and Department of Labor are 8:15 a.m. 

to 4:45 p.m., e.t. 

Instructions. All submissions must 

include the Agency name and the OSHA 

docket number (i.e., OSHA Docket No. 

OSHA–2007–0046). OSHA places 

comments and other materials, 

including any personal information, in 

the public docket without revision, and 

these materials may be available online 

at http://www.regulations.gov. 

Therefore, the Agency cautions 

commenters about submitting 

statements they do not want made 

available to the public, or submitting 

comments that contain personal 

information (either about themselves or 

others) such as Social Security numbers, 

birth dates, and medical data. 

Docket. To read or download 

submissions or other material in the 

docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov 

or to the OSHA Docket Office at the 

address above. All documents in the 

docket are listed in the http:// 

www.regulations.gov index; however, 

some information (e.g., copyrighted 

material) is not publicly available to 

read or download through this Web site. 

All submissions, including copyrighted 

material, are available for inspection 

and copying at the OSHA Docket Office. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

General information and press inquiries. 

For general information and press 

inquiries about this notice contact 

Jennifer Ashley, Director, OSHA Office 

of Communications, Room N–3647, U.S. 

Department of Labor, 200 Constitution 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20210; 

telephone: (202) 693–1999. 

Technical information. For technical 

information about this notice, contact 

MaryAnn Garrahan, Director, Office of 

Technical Programs and Coordination 

Activities, Room N–3655, OSHA, U.S. 

Department of Labor, 200 Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210; 

telephone: (202) 693–2110; fax: (202) 

693–1644. 

Copies of this Federal Register notice. 

Electronic copies of this notice are 

available at http://www.regulations.gov. 

Electronic copies of this notice, as well 

as news releases and other relevant 

information, are available on OSHA’s 

Web page at http://www.osha.gov. 

Additional information about this 

variance application also is available 

from the OSHA Region VI Office at: U.S. 

Department of Labor, OSHA, 525 Griffin 

St., Room 602, Dallas, TX 75202; 

telephone: (972) 850–4145; fax: (972) 

850–4149. 

I. Notice of Application 

Calaveras Power Partners L.P., Matrix 

Service Inc., T. E. Ibberson Company, 

TIC—The Industrial Company, and 

Zachry Construction Corporation 

(hereafter, ‘‘the applicants’’) submitted 

applications for a permanent variance 

under Section 6(d) of the Occupational 

Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 

655) and 29 CFR 1905.11 (‘‘Variances 

and other relief under section 6(d)’’) (see 

Exs. OSHA–2007–0046–0002 through 

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