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demand to employ the efficient capacity 

of existing competitive enterprises 

unless the financial assistance will not 

have an adverse impact on existing 

competitive enterprises in the area. The 

Employment and Training 

Administration within the Department 

of Labor is responsible for the review 

and certification process. Comments 

should address the two bases for 

certification and, if possible, provide 

data to assist in the analysis of these 

issues. 

Signed at Washington, DC this 4th of June, 

2009. 

Gay M. Gilbert, 

Administrator, Office of Workforce 

Investment, Employment and Training 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. E9–13548 Filed 6–9–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–FN–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

Susan Harwood Training Grant 

Program, FY 2009 

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration, Labor. 

ACTION: Initial announcement of 

availability of funds and solicitation for 

grant applications (SGA). 

Funding Opportunity No.: SHTG–FY– 

09–02. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance No.: 17.502. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Labor, Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration (OSHA) awards funds to 

nonprofit organizations to provide 

training and educational programs for 

employers and workers about safety and 

health topics selected by OSHA. 

Nonprofit organizations, including 

qualifying labor unions and communitybased and faith-based organizations that 

are not an agency of a State or local 

government are eligible to apply. 

Additionally, State or local governmentsupported institutions of higher 

education are eligible to apply in 

accordance with 29 CFR part 95. This 

notice announces grant availability for 

Susan Harwood Training Program 

grants. All information and forms 

needed to apply for this funding 

opportunity are published as part of this 

SGA or are available on the Grants.gov 

site. 

DATES: Grant applications must be 

received electronically by the 

Grants.gov system no later than 4:30 

p.m., E.T., on Friday, July 24, 2009, the 

application deadline date. 

ADDRESSES: Applications for grants 

submitted under this competition must 

be submitted electronically using the 

government-wide Grants.gov Apply site 

at: http://www.grants.gov. If applying 

online poses a hardship to any 

applicant, the OSHA Directorate of 

Training and Education will provide 

assistance to ensure that applications 

are submitted online by the closing date. 

Applicants must contact the OSHA 

Directorate of Training and Education 

office listed on the announcement at 

least one week prior to the application 

deadline date (or no later than 4:30 

p.m., E.T., on July 17, 2009) to speak to 

a representative who can provide 

assistance to ensure that applications 

are submitted online by the closing date. 

Requests for extensions to this deadline 

will not be granted. Further information 

regarding submitting your grant 

application electronically is listed in 

Section IV, Item 3, Submission Date, 

Times, and Addresses. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

questions regarding this SGA should be 

directed to Cynthia Bencheck, Program 

Analyst, e-mail address: 

bencheck.cindy@dol.gov, tel: 847–297– 

4810 (note that this is not a toll-free 

number), or Jim Barnes, Director, Office 

of Training and Educational Programs, 

e-mail address: barnes.jim@dol.gov, tel: 

847–297–4810 (note that this is not a 

toll-free number). To obtain further 

information on the Susan Harwood 

Training Grant Program of the U.S. 

Department of Labor, visit the OSHA 

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Overview of the Susan Harwood 

Training Grant Program 

The Susan Harwood Training Grant 

Program provides funds for programs to 

train workers and employers to 

recognize, avoid, and prevent safety and 

health hazards in their workplaces. The 

program emphasizes four areas: 

• Educating workers and employers 

in small businesses. For purposes of this 

grant program, a small business is one 

with 250 or fewer employees. 

• Training workers and employers 

about new OSHA standards. 

• Training at-risk worker and 

employer populations. 

• Training workers and employers 

about high risk activities or hazards 

identified by OSHA through the 

Department of Labor’s Strategic Plan, or 

as part of an OSHA special emphasis 

program. 

Grant Category Being Announced 

Under this solicitation for grant 

applications, OSHA will accept 

applications for the Targeted Topic 

training grant category. The emphasis 

for applications submitted for the Target 

Topic training grant category should be 

on conducting training for multiple 

employers and their workers addressing 

safety and health hazards associated 

with one of the selected training topic 

areas listed below. 

Topics for the Targeted Topic Training 

Category 

Organizations funded for Targeted 

Topic training category grants are 

expected to develop and provide 

occupational safety and health training 

and/or educational programs addressing 

one of the topics selected by OSHA; 

recruit workers and employers for the 

training; and conduct and evaluate the 

training. Grantees are also expected to 

conduct follow-up evaluations with 

individuals trained by their program to 

determine what, if any, changes were 

made to reduce hazards in their 

workplaces as a result of the training. If 

your organization plans to train workers 

or employers in any of the 26 states 

operating OSHA-approved State Plans, 

State OSHA requirements for that state 

must be included in the training. 

Twenty-four different training topics 

were selected for this grant 

announcement. OSHA may award 

grants for some or all of the listed 

Targeted Topic training topics. 

Applicants are required to focus their 

grant application proposal to address 

only one of the training topics from the 

list of 24 training topics OSHA has 

selected for this grant solicitation. 

Applicants wishing to address more 

than one of the announced grant 

training topics must submit a separate 

grant application for each topic. Each 

application must propose a plan for 

developing and conducting training 

programs addressing the recognition 

and prevention of safety and health 

hazards that focuses on one of the 

training topics listed below. 

Training Topics That Address 

Construction Industry Hazards 

Programs that train workers and 

employers in the recognition and 

prevention of safety and health hazards 

addressing one of the following training 

topic areas. 

1. Crane Safety, including but not 

limited to the following subtopics: 

safety hazards relating to Derricks, 

Overhead Hazards, and Tower 

Cranes 

2. Fall Protection, including but not 

limited to the following subtopics: 


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Ladders, Roofs, Scaffolds, and Steel 

Erection 

3. Construction Focus Four hazards, 

integrating all four elements in 

training programs: Falls, 

Electrocution, Caught-in and 

Struck-by 

4. Health Hazards in Construction, 

including but not limited to the 

following subtopics: Hexavalent 

Chromium, Lead, Noise, Silica with 

a special emphasis on training nonEnglish speaking/limited-Englishproficient workers 

5. Safety Hazards related to 

Mechanized, Over-the-Road and 

Heavy Construction Equipment, 

including but not limited to the 

following subtopic: Compactor 

Rollovers 

6. Work Zone Safety 

Training Topics That Address General 

Industry Hazards 

Programs that train workers and 

employers in the recognition and 

prevention of safety and health hazards 

addressing one of the following training 

topic areas. 

7. Combustible Dust, including but not 

limited to the following subtopics: 

Controlling Ignition Sources, 

Controlling Dust Accumulations, 

Grain Handling Operations 

8. Emergency Preparedness and 

Response, including but not limited 

to the following subtopics: 

Pandemic Flu and Continuity of 

Operations 

9. Falls in General Industry 

10. Materials Handling, including but 

not limited to the following 

subtopics: Cranes, Hazardous 

Materials, and Slings 

11. Health Hazards in General Industry, 

including but not limited to the 

following subtopics: Isocyanates, 

and Metal Working Fluids 

12. Landscaping and Tree Service 

Safety, including but not limited to 

the following subtopic: Hearing 

Conservation with a special 

emphasis on training non-English 

speaking/limited-English-proficient 

workers 

13. Night time Sanitation, Maintenance 

and Cleanup Crews working the 

Third Shift in Food Processing 

Industries such as red meat, 

poultry, and fish, including but not 

limited to the following subtopics: 

Lockout/Tagout, Confined Spaces, 

Carbon Monoxide Hazards 

14. Powered Industrial Trucks 

15. Process Safety Management, 

including but not limited to the 

following subtopics: Chemical 

Plants, Ethanol Plants, Refineries, 

and Anhydrous Ammonia 

16. Safety and Health Management 

Systems for Small and MediumSized Businesses 

Training Topics That Address Other 

Safety and Health Topic Areas 

Programs that train workers and 

employers in the recognition and 

prevention of safety and health hazards 

addressing one of the following training 

topic areas. 

17. Alternative Energy Industry 

Hazards, including but not limited 

to the following subtopics: Biofuels, 

Elevated Tower Work, Hydrogen 

Production and Distribution, Solar 

Farming, and Wind Farming 

18. Electrical Safety, including but not 

limited to the following subtopics: 

Arc Flash and Personal Protective 

Equipment (PPE) for Arc Flash, 

Proper Grounding Techniques, and 

Electrical Transmission and 

Distribution 

19. Ergonomics, including but not 

limited to the following subtopics: 

Nursing Homes, Poultry Processing, 

Retail Grocery Stores, Masonry 

Construction, and Solid Waste 

Removal 

20. Heat Stress Exposure, including but 

not limited to migrant workers 

21. Maritime, including but not limited 

to the following subtopics: 

Maritime Standards, Longshoring, 

Marine Terminals, Shipbreaking, 

Shipyard Safety Hazards including 

Electrical Hazards and Arc Flash, 

Ergonomics, Personal Protective 

Equipment (PPE) including 

Flotation Devices, and Emergency 

Procedures 

22. Native American Tribal Safety and 

Health Issues, including but not 

limited to the following subtopics: 

Confined Space, Bloodborne 

Pathogens, Construction Safety, 

Health and Safety in Waste Water 

Treatment Facilities, and in the 

Health Care Industry 

23. Oil and Gas, including but not 

limited to the following subtopics: 

Exploration, Production, and Well 

Development 

24. OSHA Recordkeeping Process. 

Develop materials and conduct 

training to train workers and 

employers in the recognition and 

compliance requirements of the 

Recordkeeping system to accurately 

record cases and respond to injury 

or illness information appropriately 

in the following sections contained 

under Part 1904: General Recording 

Criteria (1904.7), Covered 

Employees (1904.31), Employee 

Involvement (1904.35), and 

Prohibition Against Discrimination 

(1904.36) 

II. Award Information 

Targeted Topic training grants will be 

awarded for a 24-month project 

performance period. The 24-month 

project period for these grants begins no 

later than September 30, 2009. There is 

approximately $6.9 million available for 

the Targeted Topic grant category in 

2009. The average Federal award will be 

approximately $250,000. Historically, 

the Harwood Grant Program has been 

reauthorized from year to year. The 

Department of Labor expects, but cannot 

guarantee, that this will be so in the 

future. If Congress appropriates the 

necessary funds, the Department of 

Labor will award second year grants to 

eligible applicants. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants 

Nonprofit organizations, including 

qualifying labor unions and communitybased and faith-based organizations that 

are not an agency of a State or local 

government are eligible to apply. 

Additionally, State or local governmentsupported institutions of higher 

education are eligible to apply in 

accordance with 29 CFR part 95. 

Eligible organizations can apply 

independently for funding or in 

partnership with other eligible 

organizations, but in such a case, the 

lead organization must be identified. 

Sub-grants are not authorized. 

Subcontracts, if any, must be awarded 

in accordance with 29 CFR 95.40–48, 

including OMB circulars requiring full 

and open competition for procurement 

transactions, to the maximum extent 

practicable. 

A 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization, as 

described in 26 U.S.C. 501(c)(4), that 

engages in lobbying activities will not 

be eligible for the receipt of Federal 

funds constituting an award, grant or 

loan. See 1 U.S.C. 1611. 

Applicants other than State or local 

government supported institutions of 

higher education will be required to 

submit evidence of nonprofit status 

from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching 

Applicants are not required to 

contribute non-Federal resources. 

3. Other Eligibility Requirements 

Legal rules pertaining to inherently 

religious activities by organizations that 

receive Federal financial assistance. 

The U. S. Government is generally 

prohibited from providing ‘‘direct’’ 


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1 In this context, the term direct financial 

assistance means financial assistance that is 

provided directly by a government entity or an 

intermediate organization, as opposed to financial 

assistance that an organization receives as the result 

of the genuine and independent private choice of 

a beneficiary. In other contexts, the term ‘‘direct’’ 

financial assistance may be used to refer to financial 

assistance that an organization receives directly 

from the Federal government (also known as 

‘‘discretionary’’ assistance), as opposed to 

assistance that it receives from a State or Local 

government (also known as ‘‘indirect’’ or ‘‘block’’ 

grant assistance). The term ‘‘direct’’ has the former 

meaning throughout this solicitation for grant 

applications (SGA). 

financial assistance for inherently 

religious activities.1

The Grantee may be a faith-based 

organization or work with and partner 

with religious institutions; however, 

‘‘direct’’ federal assistance provided 

under grants with the U.S. Department 

of Labor may not be used for religious 

instruction, worship, prayer, 

proselytizing or other inherently 

religious practices. 29 CFR Part 2, 

Subpart D governs the treatment in 

Department of Labor government 

programs of religious organizations and 

religious activities; the Grantee and subcontractors are expected to be aware of 

and observe the regulations in this 

subpart. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Application Package 

All information and forms needed to 

apply for this funding opportunity are 

published as part of this SGA or are 

available on the Grants.gov site. For 

informational purposes, the complete 

Federal Register notice is also posted on 

the OSHA Susan Harwood Training 

Grant Program Web site at: http:// 

www.osha.gov/dcsp/ote/sharwood.html. 

2. Content and Form of Application 

Submission 

Each grant application must address 

only one of the 24 announced training 

topics. Organizations interested in 

applying for grants for more than one of 

the announced grant training topics 

must submit a separate application for 

each grant training topic. 

A. Required Contents 

A complete application will contain 

the following mandatory forms, 

mandatory document attachments and 

optional attachments. 

(1) Application for Federal Assistance 

form (SF 424). The individual signing 

the SF 424 form on behalf of the 

applicant must be authorized to bind 

the applicant. 

Your organization is required to have 

a Data Universal Number System 

(DUNS) number from Dun and 

Bradstreet to complete this form. 

Information about ‘‘Obtaining a DUNS 

Number—A Guide for Federal Grant and 

Cooperative Agreement Applicants’’ is 

available at: http:// 

www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/ 

duns_num_guide. pdf. 

(2) Survey on Ensuring Equal 

Opportunity for Applicants (Faith-Based 

EEO Survey) form OMB No. 1890–0014. 

(3) Program Summary (described 

further in subsection B below). The 

program summary is a short one-to-two 

page single-sided abstract that 

succinctly summarizes the proposed 

project and provides information about 

the applicant organization. 

(4) Budget Information form (SF 

424A). 

(5) Detailed Project Budget Backup. 

The detailed budget backup will 

provide a detailed breakout of the costs 

that are listed in Section B of the SF 

424A Budget Information form. If 

applicable, provide a copy of approved 

indirect cost rate agreement and 

statement of program income. Indirect 

costs may only be requested if your 

organization already has a current 

approved indirect cost rate agreement. 

(6) A description of any voluntary 

non-federal resource contribution to be 

provided by the applicant, including 

source of funds and estimated amount. 

(7) Technical Proposal program 

narrative (described further in 

subsection B below), not to exceed 30 

single-sided pages, double-spaced, 12- 

point font, containing: Problem 

Statement/Need for Funds; 

Administrative and Program Capability; 

and Work Plan. 

(8) Assurances form (SF 424B). 

(9) Combined Assurances form (ED 

80–0013). 

(10) Organizational Chart. 

(11) Evidence of Non-Profit status 

from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 

if applicable. (Does not apply to State 

and local government-supported 

institutions of higher education.) 

(12) Accounting System Certification, 

if applicable. Organizations that receive 

less than $1 million annually in Federal 

grants must attach a certification signed 

by your certifying official stating that 

your organization has a functioning 

accounting system that meets the 

criteria below. Your organization may 

also designate a qualified entity (include 

the name and address in the 

documentation) to maintain a 

functioning accounting system that 

meets the criteria below. The 

certification should attest that your 

organization’s accounting system 

provides for the following: 

(a) Accurate, current and complete 

disclosure of the financial results of 

each Federally sponsored project. 

(b) Records that identify adequately 

the source and application of funds for 

Federally sponsored activities. 

(c) Effective control over and 

accountability for all funds, property 

and other assets. 

(d) Comparison of outlays with budget 

amounts. 

(e) Written procedures to minimize 

the time elapsing between the transfer of 

funds. 

(f) Written procedures for determining 

the reasonableness, allocability and 

allowability of costs. 

(g) Accounting records, including cost 

accounting records that are supported 

by source documentation. 

(13) Any attachments such as resumes 

of key personnel or position 

descriptions, exhibits, information on 

prior government grants, and signed 

letters of commitment to the project. 

Please limit the number of attachments 

to essential documents only. 

To be considered responsive to this 

solicitation, the application must 

consist of the above mentioned separate 

parts. Major sections and sub-sections of 

the application should be divided and 

clearly identified, and all pages shall be 

numbered. Standard forms, attachments, 

exhibits and the Program Summary 

abstract are not counted toward the page 

limit. 

The forms listed above are available 

through the www.Grants.gov site and 

must be submitted electronically as a 

part of your grant application. In the 

Grants.gov system, there is a window 

containing a menu of ‘‘Mandatory 

Documents’’ which must be completed 

and submitted online within the system. 

For all other attachments such as the 

Program Summary, Detailed Budget 

Backup, Technical Proposal, etc., please 

scan these documents into a single 

Adobe Acrobat file and attach the 

document in the area for attachments. 

B. Budget Information 

Applicants must include the 

following required grant project budget 

information. 

(1) Budget Information form (SF 

424A). 

(2) A Detailed Project Budget that 

clearly details the costs of performing 

all of the requirements presented in this 

solicitation. The detailed budget will 

break out the costs that are listed in 

Section B of the SF 424A Budget 

Information form. Applicants are asked 

to plan for a funding level based on 

funds needed to perform work plan and 

administrative activities for the grant 

project performance period. 


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Applicants are reminded to budget for 

compliance with the administrative 

requirements set forth. (Copies of all 

regulations that are referenced in this 

solicitation for grant applications (SGA) 

are available on-line at no cost at: 

http: 

//www.osha.gov/dcsp/ote/ 

sharwood.html.) This includes the costs 

of performing activities such as travel 

for two staff members, one program and 

one financial, to the Washington, DC, 

area to attend a new grantee orientation 

meeting; financial audit, if required; 

project closeout; document preparation 

(e.g., quarterly progress reports, project 

documents); and ensuring compliance 

with procurement and property 

standards. 

The Detailed Project Budget should 

break out administrative costs 

separately from programmatic costs for 

both federal and non-federal funds. 

Administrative costs include indirect 

costs from the costs pool and the cost of 

activities, materials, meeting close-out 

requirements as described in Section VI, 

and personnel (e.g., administrative 

assistants) who support the management 

and administration of the project but do 

not provide direct services to project 

beneficiaries. Indirect cost charges, 

which are considered administrative 

costs, must be supported with a copy of 

a current approved Indirect Cost Rate 

Agreement form. Administrative costs 

cannot exceed 25% of the total grant 

budget. The project budget should 

clearly demonstrate that the total 

amount and distribution of funds are 

sufficient to cover the cost of all major 

project activities identified by the 

applicant in its proposal, and must 

comply with Federal cost principles 

(which can be found in the applicable 

OMB Circulars). 

(3) A description of any voluntary 

non-federal resource contribution to be 

provided by the applicant, including 

source of funds and estimated amount. 

C. Program Summary and Technical 

Proposal 

The Program Summary and the 

Technical Proposal will contain the 

narrative segments of the application. 

The Program Summary abstract is not to 

exceed two single-sided, 12-point font, 

typed pages. The Technical Proposal 

program narrative section is not to 

exceed 30 single-sided (81⁄2′′ × 11′′ or 

A4), double-spaced, 12-point font, typed 

pages, consisting of the Problem 

Statement/Need for Funds, 

Administrative and Program Capability, 

and Work Plan. Reviewers will only 

consider Technical Proposal 

information up to the 30-page limit. The 

Technical Proposal must demonstrate 

the capability to successfully administer 

the grant and to meet the objectives of 

this solicitation. The Technical Proposal 

will be rated in accordance with the 

selection criteria specified in Section V. 

The Program Summary and Technical 

Proposal must include the following 

sections. 

(1) Program Summary. An abstract of 

the application, not to exceed two 

single-sided pages, that must include 

the following information. 

• Applicant organization’s full legal 

name. 

• Project Director’s name, title, street 

address for overnight delivery service, 

and mailing address if it is different 

from the street address, telephone and 

fax numbers, and e-mail address. The 

Project Director is the person who will 

be responsible for the day-to-day 

operation and administration of the 

program. The Project Director’s name 

should also be the same name you list 

on the Application for Federal 

Assistance form (SF–424) in section f. 

Name and contact information of person 

to be contacted on matters involving 

this application. 

• Authorized Representative/ 

Certifying Representative’s name, title, 

street address for overnight delivery 

service, and mailing address if it is 

different from the street address, 

telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail 

address. The Authorized 

Representative/Certifying 

Representative is the official in your 

organization who is authorized to enter 

into grant agreements. The Authorized 

Representative/Certifying 

Representative’s name should also be 

same name you list on the Application 

for Federal Assistance form (SF–424) in 

section 21 for Authorized 

Representative. 

• If someone other than the 

Authorized Representative/Certifying 

Representative described above will be 

authorized by your organization to 

submit and sign off on quarterly 

financial reports (SF 269 forms) for 

OSHA, provide their name, title, street 

address for overnight delivery service, 

and mailing address if it is different 

from the street address, telephone and 

fax numbers, and e-mail address. 

• Funding Amount. List the amount 

of Federal funding you are requesting to 

perform work plan and administrative 

activities for the grant project 

performance period. If your organization 

is contributing non-Federal resources, 

also list the amount of non-Federal 

resources and the source of those funds. 

• Grant Topic. List the one grant 

training topic and industry your 

organization has selected to target in its 

application. 

• Summary of the Proposed Project. 

Write a brief program summary of your 

proposed grant project. 

• Applicant Background. Describe 

your applicant organization, including 

its mission, identify the type of nonprofit organization it is, and provide a 

description of your membership, if any. 

Your description should indicate how 

many full-time and part-time employees 

your organization employs. 

(2) The Technical Proposal program 

narrative segment, which is not to 

exceed 30 single-sided, double-spaced, 

12-point font pages in length, must 

address each section listed below. 

• Problem Statement/Need for Funds. 

Describe the hazards that will be 

addressed in your program, the target 

population(s) that will benefit from your 

training and educational program, and 

the barriers that have prevented this 

population from receiving adequate 

training. When you discuss target 

populations, include geographic 

location(s) to be served, and the number 

of workers and employers to be reached. 

• Administrative and Program 

Capability. Briefly describe your 

organization’s functions and activities. 

Relate this description of functions to 

your organizational chart that you will 

include in the application. If your 

organization is conducting, or has 

conducted within the last five years, any 

other government (Federal, State, or 

local) grant programs, the application 

must include an attachment (which will 

not count towards the page limit) 

providing information regarding 

previous grants including a) the 

organization for which the work was 

done, and b) the dollar value of the 

grant. If your organization has not had 

previous grant experience, you may 

partner with an organization that has 

grant experience to manage the grant. If 

you use this approach, the management 

organization must be identified and its 

grant program experience discussed. 

• Program Experience. Describe your 

organization’s experience conducting 

the type of program that you are 

proposing. Include program specifics 

such as program titles, numbers trained 

and duration of training. Experience 

includes safety and health experience, 

training experience with adults, and 

programs operated specifically for the 

selected target population(s). Nonprofit 

organizations, including communitybased and faith-based organizations, 

that do not have prior experience in 

safety and health may partner with an 

established safety and health 

organization to acquire safety and health 

expertise. 

• Staff Experience. Describe the 

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you will assign to the program. Include 

resumes of staff already on board. If 

some positions are vacant, include 

position descriptions/minimum hiring 

qualifications instead of resumes. 

Qualified staff is generally defined as 

persons with safety and health 

experience and a) training experience 

with adults or b) experience working 

with the target population. 

• Work Plan. Develop a 24-month 

work plan that is broken out by calendar 

year quarters. An outline of specific 

items required in your work plan 

follows. 

• Each educational institution that 

receives Federal funds for a fiscal year 

shall hold an educational program on 

the United States Constitution on 

September 17 of such year for the 

students served by the educational 

institution. Per Section 111 of Division 

J of Public Law 108–447, the 

‘‘Consolidated Appropriations Act, 

2005,’’ December 8, 2004; 118 Stat. 

2809, 3344–45, requires ‘‘educational 

institutions’’ that receive Federal funds 

to hold an educational program on the 

United States Constitution on 

September 17 (‘‘Constitution Day and 

Citizenship Day’’) of each year. The 

Office of Personnel Management has 

placed relevant materials on its Web site 

at the following address: http:// 

opm.gov/constitution_initiative. Also, 

the U.S. Department of Education’s 

Federal Register Notice of the 

Implementation of Constitution Day and 

Citizenship Day on September 17 of 

Each Year, published on May 24, 2005, 

can be found at: http:// 

edocket.access.gpo.gov/2005/05- 

10355.htm. Please note that this site 

primarily addresses educational 

institutions that receive funds from the 

U.S. Department of Education. However, 

it also discusses other materials that 

may be helpful to your organization. 

• Work Plan Overview. Describe your 

plan for grant activities and the 

anticipated outcomes. The overall plan 

will describe such things as the 

development of training materials or the 

plan to use existing training materials, 

the training content, recruiting of 

trainees, where or how training will take 

place, and the anticipated benefits to 

workers and employers receiving the 

training. 

• Work Plan Activities. Break your 

overall plan down into activities or 

tasks. For each activity, explain what 

will be done, who will do it, when it 

will be done, and the results of the 

activity. When you discuss training, 

include the subjects to be taught, the 

length of the training sessions, and 

training location (classroom, worksites). 

Describe how you will recruit trainees 

for the training. If your organization is 

an educational institution, also describe 

the educational activities your 

organization will conduct on 

Constitution Day, September 17. 

• Work Plan Quarterly Projections. 

For training and other quantifiable 

activities, estimate how many (e.g., 

number of advisory committee 

meetings, classes to be conducted, 

workers and employers to be trained, 

etc.) you will accomplish each quarter 

of the grant (grant quarters match 

calendar quarters, i.e., January to March, 

April to June) and provide the training 

number totals for the grant. Substantiate 

the methodology used to develop your 

projections. Grantees are accountable for 

accomplishing the activities listed in 

their work plans and meeting quarterly 

projections. Quarterly projections are 

used to measure your actual 

performance against your plans. If you 

plan to conduct a train-the-trainer 

program, estimate the number of 

individuals you expect to be trained 

during the grant period by those who 

received the train-the-trainer training. 

These second tier training numbers 

should only be included if your 

organization is planning to formally 

follow up with the trainers to obtain this 

data during the grant project 

performance period. 

• Materials. Describe each training 

material you will produce under the 

grant, if not treated as a separate activity 

under Activities above. Provide a 

timetable for developing and producing 

the material. OSHA must review and 

approve training materials for technical 

accuracy and suitability of content 

before the materials may be used in your 

grant program. Therefore, your timetable 

must include provisions for an OSHA 

review of draft and camera-ready 

products. Acceptable formats for 

training materials include Microsoft 

Office 2003 or 2007 and Adobe Reader 

version 9.0, 8.1.3 and 8.1.2. Any 

previously developed training materials 

you are proposing to utilize in your 

grant training must also go through an 

OSHA review before being used. 

• Evaluations. There are three types 

of evaluations that should be conducted. 

First, describe plans to evaluate the 

training sessions. Second, describe your 

plans to evaluate your progress in 

accomplishing the grant work activities 

listed in your application. This includes 

comparing planned vs. actual 

accomplishments. Discuss who is 

responsible for taking corrective action 

if plans are not being met. Third, 

describe your plans to assess the 

effectiveness of the training your 

organization is conducting. This will 

involve following-up, by survey or onsite review, if feasible, with individuals 

who attended the training to find out 

what changes were made to abate 

hazards in their workplaces. Include 

timetables for follow-up and for 

submitting a summary of the assessment 

results to OSHA. 

(3) An organizational chart of the staff 

that will be working on this grant and 

their location within the applicant 

organization. 

Attachments: Summaries of other 

relevant organizational experiences; 

information on prior government grants; 

re ́sume ́s of key personnel and/or 

position descriptions; and signed letters 

of commitment to the project. Please 

limit the number of attachments to 

essential documents only. 

Acceptable formats for document 

attachments submitted as a part of a 

Grants.gov grant application include 

Microsoft Office 2003 or 2007 and 

Adobe Reader version 9.0, 8.1.3 and 

8.1.2. 

3. Submission Date, Times, and 

Addresses 

Date: The deadline date for receipt of 

applications is Friday, July 24, 2009. 

Applications must be received by 4:30 

p.m., E.T., on the closing date at: 

http://www.grants.gov. Any application 

received after the deadline will not be 

accepted. 

Electronic Submission of 

Applications: Applications for Susan 

Harwood grants under this competition 

must be submitted electronically using 

the government-wide Grants.gov Apply 

site at: http://www.grants.gov. Through 

this site you will be able to download 

a copy of the application package, 

complete it offline, and then upload and 

submit your full application. Acceptable 

formats for document attachments 

submitted as a part of a Grants.gov grant 

application include Microsoft Office 

2003 or 2007 and Adobe Reader version 

9.0, 8.1.3 and 8.1.2. In the Grants.gov 

system, there is a window containing a 

menu of ‘‘Mandatory Documents’’ 

which must be completed and 

submitted online within the system. For 

all other attachments such as the 

Program Summary, Detailed Budget 

Backup, Technical Proposal, etc., please 

scan these documents into a single 

Adobe Acrobat file and attach the 

document in the area for attachments. 

Applications sent by mail or other 

delivery services, e-mail, telegram, or 

facsimile (FAX) will not be accepted. 

Applications that do not meet the 

conditions set forth in this notice will 

not be honored. 

For applicants using Grants.gov for 

the first time, it is strongly 

recommended that they immediately 


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initiate and complete the ‘‘Get 

Registered’’ steps to register with 

Grants.gov at: http://www.grants.gov/ 

applicants/get_registered.jsp. These 

steps will probably take multiple days 

to complete, which should be factored 

into an applicant’s plans for electronic 

application submission in order to avoid 

unexpected delays that could result in 

the rejection of the application. 

If your organization is already 

registered with Grants.gov and there 

have been any changes to your 

organization users, such as the EBusiness Point of Contact or Authorized 

Organization Representatives, please be 

sure that the necessary updates are 

made with Grants.gov to prevent delay 

in submission of the electronic 

application. Please note that registered 

organizations must also renew their 

Central Contractor Registration (CCR) 

registration once a year. This process 

takes five days to complete, so it should 

be factored into an applicant’s plans for 

electronic application submission in 

order to avoid unexpected delays that 

could result in the rejection of the 

application. 

If you have questions regarding the 

process for updating your organization 

users or submitting your application 

through Grants.gov, or are experiencing 

problems with electronic submissions, 

you may contact the Grants Program 

Management Office via one of the 

methods below: 

• E-mail at: support@grants.gov. 

• Telephone the Grants.gov Contact 

Center Phone: 1–800–518–4726. The 

Contact Center hours of operation are 

Monday–Friday, 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., 

Eastern Time; closed on Federal 

holidays. 

• When contacting the Grants 

Program Management Office, the 

following information will help 

expedite your inquiry. 

Æ Funding Opportunity Number 

(FON). 

Æ Name of Agency You Are Applying 

To. 

Æ Specific Area of Concern. 

If applying online poses a hardship to 

any applicant, the OSHA Directorate of 

Training and Education will provide 

assistance to ensure that applications 

are submitted online by the closing date. 

Applicants must contact the OSHA 

Directorate of Training and Education 

office listed on the announcement at 

least one week prior to the application 

deadline date (or not later than 4:30 

p.m., E.T., on July 17, 2009) to speak to 

a representative who can provide 

assistance to ensure that applications 

are submitted online by the closing date. 

Requests for extensions to this 

application deadline will not be 

granted. 

4. Intergovernmental Review 

The Harwood Training Grant Program 

is not subject to Executive Order 12372 

Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs. 

5. Funding Restrictions 

Grant funds may be spent on the 

following. 

(a) Conducting training. 

(b) Conducting other activities that 

reach and inform workers and 

employers about workplace 

occupational safety and health hazards 

and hazard abatement. 

(c) Conducting outreach and 

recruiting activities to increase the 

number of workers and employers 

participating in the program. 

(d) Developing and/or purchasing 

training materials for use in training. 

Grant funds may not be used for the 

following activities under the terms of 

the grant program. 

(a) Any activity that is inconsistent 

with the goals and objectives of the 

Occupational Safety and Health Act of 

1970. 

(b) Training individuals not covered 

by the Occupational Safety and Health 

Act. 

(c) Training workers or employers 

from workplaces not covered by the 

Occupational Safety and Health Act. 

Examples include: State and local 

government employees in non-State 

Plan States, and employees referenced 

in section 4 (b)(1) of the Act. 

(d) Training on topics that do not 

cover the recognition, avoidance, and 

prevention of unsafe or unhealthy 

working conditions. Examples of 

unallowable topics include: workers’ 

compensation, first aid, and publication 

of materials prejudicial to labor or 

management. 

(e) Assisting workers in arbitration 

cases or other actions against employers, 

or assisting employers and workers in 

the prosecution of claims against 

Federal, State or local governments. 

(f) Duplicating services offered by 

OSHA, a State under an OSHAapproved State Plan, or consultation 

programs provided by State designated 

agencies under section 21(d) of the 

Occupational Safety and Health Act. 

Grant applicants cannot propose to 

conduct 10-hour and 30-hour OSHA 

Construction Outreach Program courses 

or 10-hour and 30-hour OSHA General 

Industry Outreach courses as a part of 

their grant activities. Applicants also 

cannot propose to conduct the courses 

presented by the OSHA Training 

Institute or its OSHA Training Institute 

Education Centers. 

(g) Generating membership in the 

grantee’s organization. This includes 

activities to acquaint nonmembers with 

the benefits of membership, inclusion of 

membership appeals in materials 

produced with grant funds, and 

membership drives. 

(h) The cost of lost-time wages paid 

by you or other organizations to 

students while attending grant-funded 

training. 

(i) Administrative costs cannot exceed 

25% of the total grant budget. 

While the activities described above 

may be part of an organization’s regular 

programs, the costs of these activities 

cannot be paid for by grant funds, 

whether the funds are from non-Federal 

matching resources or from the 

Federally funded portion of the grant. 

Determinations of allowable costs will 

be made in accordance with the 

applicable Federal cost principles, e.g., 

Nonprofit Organizations—2 CFR Part 

230, formerly OMB Circular A–122; 

Educational Institutions—2 CFR Part 

220, formerly OMB Circular A–21. 

Disallowed costs are those charges to a 

grant that the grantor agency or its 

representative determines to not be 

allowed in accordance with the 

applicable Federal cost principles or 

other conditions contained in the grant. 

No applicant at any time will be 

entitled to reimbursement of pre-award 

costs. 

V. Application Review Information 

Grant applications will be reviewed 

by technical panels comprised of OSHA 

staff. The results of the grant reviews 

will be presented to the Assistant 

Secretary of OSHA, who will make the 

selection of organizations to be awarded 

grants. OSHA may award grants for 

some or all of the listed topic areas. It 

is anticipated that the grant awards will 

be announced no later than September 

2009. 

1. Evaluation Criteria 

The technical panels will review grant 

applications against the criteria listed 

below on the basis of 100 maximum 

points. Targeted Topic training grant 

category applications will be reviewed 

and rated as follows. 

A. Technical Approach, Program 

Design—50 points total 

Program Design 

(1) The proposed training and 

educational program must address the 

recognition and prevention of safety and 

health hazards for one of the Targeted 

Topic subject areas identified in Section 

I of this SGA. (1 point) 

(2) The proposal plans to train 

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estimates the numbers to be trained, and 

clearly identifies the types of workers 

and employers to be trained. The 

training will reach workers and 

employers from multiple employers 

who are covered by the OSH Act. 

Substantiate the methodology used to 

develop your projections. Grantees are 

accountable for accomplishing the 

activities listed in their work plans and 

meeting quarterly projections. (4 points) 

(3) If the proposal contains a train-thetrainer program, the following 

information must be provided. (4 

points) 

• What ongoing support the grantee 

will provide to new trainers; 

• The number of individuals to be 

trained as trainers during the grant 

period; 

• The estimated number of courses to 

be conducted by the new trainers during 

the grant period; 

• The estimated number of students 

to be trained by these new trainers 

during the grant period; and 

• A description of how the grantee 

will obtain data via a reporting system 

from the new trainers to document their 

classes and student numbers. 

(4) There is a well-developed work 

plan, and activities and training are 

adequately described. The planned 

activities and training are appropriately 

tailored to the needs and levels of the 

workers and employers to be trained. 

The target audience to be served 

through the grant program is described. 

(20 points) 

(5) The training materials and training 

programs are tailored to the training 

needs of one or more of the following 

target audiences; and the need for 

training is established: small businesses; 

new businesses; non-English speaking/ 

limited English proficient, non-literate 

and low literacy workers; youth; 

immigrant and minority workers, and 

other hard-to-reach workers; and 

workers in high-hazard industries and 

industries with high fatality rates. 

Grant proposals which include 

training programs and training materials 

for hard-to-reach and non-English 

speaking/limited English proficient 

workers will receive special 

consideration. 

Organizations proposing to develop 

Spanish-language training materials 

must utilize the OSHA Dictionaries 

(English-to-Spanish and Spanish-toEnglish) for terminology. The 

dictionaries are available on the OSHA 

Web site at: http://www.osha.gov/dcsp/ 

compliance_assistance/ 

spanish_dictionaries.html. 

Organizations proposing to develop 

materials in languages other than 

English will also be required to provide 

an English version of the materials. (10 

points) 

(6) There is a sound plan to recruit 

trainees for the program. (4 points) 

(7) If the proposal includes 

developing training materials for use in 

the training program, there is a plan for 

OSHA to review the training materials 

for technical accuracy and suitability of 

content during development. If 

previously-developed training products 

will be used for the Targeted Topic 

training program, applicants have a plan 

for OSHA to review the materials before 

using the products in their grant 

program. (1 point) 

(8) There are plans for three different 

types of evaluation. The plans include 

evaluating your organization’s progress 

in accomplishing the grant work 

activities and accomplishments, 

evaluating your training sessions, and 

evaluating the program’s effectiveness 

and impact to determine if the safety 

and health training and services 

provided resulted in workplace change. 

This includes a description of the 

evaluation plan to follow up with 

trainees to determine the impact the 

program has had in abating hazards and 

reducing worker injuries. (5 points) 

(9) The application is complete, 

including forms, budget detail, narrative 

and work plan, and required 

attachments. (1 point) 

B. Budget—20 points total 

(1) The budgeted costs are reasonable. 

No more than 25% of the total budget 

is for administration. (12 points) 

(2) The budget complies with federal 

cost principles (which can be found in 

the applicable OMB Circulars) and with 

OSHA budget requirements contained 

in the grant application instructions. (3 

points) 

(3) The cost per trainee is less than 

$500 and the cost per training hour is 

reasonable. (5 points) 

C. Experience of Organization—15 

points total 

(1) The organization applying for the 

grant demonstrates experience with 

occupational safety and health. 

Applicants that do not have prior 

experience in providing safety and 

health training to workers or employers 

may partner with an established safety 

and health organization to acquire safety 

and health expertise. (4 points) 

(2) The organization applying for the 

grant demonstrates experience training 

adults in work-related subjects or in 

recruiting, training and working with 

the target audience for this grant. (4 

points) 

(3) The application organization 

demonstrates that the applicant has 

strong financial management and 

internal control systems. (4 points) 

(4) The applicant organization has 

administered, or will work with an 

organization that has administered, a 

number of different Federal and/or State 

grants over the past five years. (3 points) 

D. Experience and Qualification of 

Personnel—15 points total 

(1) The staff to be assigned to the 

project has experience in occupational 

safety and health, the specific topic 

chosen, and in training adults. (10 

points) 

(2) Project staff has experience in 

recruiting, training, and working with 

the target population your organization 

proposes to serve under the grant. (5 

points) 

2. Review and Selection Process 

OSHA will screen all applications to 

determine whether all required proposal 

elements are present and clearly 

identifiable. Incomplete applications 

may be deemed non-responsive and 

may not be evaluated. A technical panel 

will objectively rate each complete 

application against the criteria 

described in this announcement. The 

panel recommendations to the Assistant 

Secretary are advisory in nature. The 

Assistant Secretary may establish a 

minimally acceptable rating range for 

the purpose of selecting qualified 

applicants. The Assistant Secretary will 

make a final selection determination 

based on what is most advantageous to 

the government, considering factors 

such as panel findings, geographic 

presence of the applicants, Agency 

priorities, the best value to the 

government, cost, and other factors. The 

Assistant Secretary’s determination for 

award under this solicitation for grant 

applications (SGA) is final. 

3. Anticipated Announcement and 

Award Dates 

Announcement of these awards is 

expected to occur no later than 

September 30, 2009. 

The grant agreements will be awarded 

by no later than September 2009. 

VI. Award Administration Information 

1. Award Process 

Organizations selected as grant 

recipients will be notified by a 

representative of the Assistant 

Secretary. An applicant whose proposal 

is not selected will be notified in 

writing. 

Notice that an organization has been 

selected as a grant recipient does not 

constitute approval of the grant 

application as submitted. Before the 

actual grant award, OSHA will enter 


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into negotiations concerning such items 

as program components, staffing and 

funding levels, and administrative 

systems. If the negotiations do not result 

in an acceptable submittal, the Assistant 

Secretary reserves the right to terminate 

the negotiation and decline to fund the 

proposal. 

Note: Except as specifically provided, 

OSHA’s acceptance of a proposal and an 

award of Federal funds to sponsor any 

program(s) does not provide a waiver of any 

grant requirement or procedures. For 

example, if an application identifies a 

specific sub-contractor to provide services, 

the USDOL OSHA award does not provide 

the justification or basis to sole-source the 

procurement, i.e., to avoid competition. 

2. Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements 

All grantees, including faith-based 

organizations, will be subject to 

applicable federal laws and regulations 

(including provisions of appropriations 

law) and the applicable Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

Circulars. The grant award(s) awarded 

under this SGA will be subject to the 

following administrative standards and 

provisions, as applicable to the 

particular grantee: 

29 CFR Part 2, Subpart D, new equal 

treatment regulations. 

29 CFR Parts 31, 32, 35 and 36 as 

applicable. 

29 CFR Part 93, new restrictions on 

lobbying. 

29 CFR Part 95, which covers grant 

requirements for nonprofit 

organizations, including universities 

and hospitals. These are the Department 

of Labor regulations implementing 2 

CFR Part 215, formerly OMB Circular 

A–110. 

29 CFR Part 98, government-wide 

debarment and suspension 

(nonprocurement) and government-wide 

requirements for drug-free workplace 

(grants). 

2 CFR Part 220, formerly OMB 

Circular A–21, which describes 

allowable and unallowable costs for 

educational institutions. 

2 CFR Part 230, formerly OMB 

circular A–122, which describes 

allowable and unallowable costs for 

other nonprofit organizations. 

OMB Circular A–133, 29 CFR parts 96 

and 99, which provide information 

about audit requirements. 

Certifications. All applicants are 

required to certify to a drug-free 

workplace in accordance with 29 CFR 

part 98, to comply with the New 

Restrictions on Lobbying published at 

29 CFR part 93, to make a certification 

regarding the debarment rules at 29 CFR 

part 98, and to complete a special 

lobbying certification. 

Training Audience. Grant-funded 

training programs must serve multiple 

employers and their workers. Grantfunded training programs must serve 

individuals covered by the 

Occupational Safety and Health Act of 

1970. Grant-funded training and 

services cannot serve employees of 

other federal agencies or OSHA 

employees. As a part of the grant closeout process, grantees must self-certify 

that their grant-funded programs and 

materials were not provided to 

ineligible audiences. 

Other. In keeping with the policies 

outlined in Executive Orders 13256, 

12928, 13230, and 13021 as amended, 

the grantee is strongly encouraged to 

provide subcontracting opportunities to 

Historically Black Colleges and 

Universities, Hispanic Serving 

Institutions, and Tribal Colleges and 

Universities. 

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). 

Submission of the grant application 

information is required in order for the 

applicant to be considered for a grant 

award. Information submitted in the 

respondent’s application is not 

considered confidential. Awarded grant 

application packages are releasable 

under the Freedom of Information Act. 

However, information protected from 

disclosure under the Privacy Act will be 

withheld. 

3. Special Program Requirements 

OSHA review of training materials. 

OSHA will review all educational 

materials produced by the grantee for 

technical accuracy and suitability of 

content during development and before 

final publication. OSHA will also 

review previously-developed training 

curricula and purchased training 

materials for technical accuracy and 

suitability of content before the 

materials are used. Grantees developing 

training materials must follow all 

copyright laws and provide written 

certification that their materials are free 

from copyright infringements. 

When grant recipients produce 

training materials, they must provide 

copies of completed final-product 

materials to OSHA before the end of the 

grant period. OSHA has a lending 

program that circulates grant-produced 

audiovisual materials. Audiovisual 

materials produced by the grantee as a 

part of its grant program may be 

included in this lending program. In 

addition, all materials produced by 

grantees must be provided to OSHA in 

hard copy as well as in a digital format 

(CD Rom/DVD) for possible publication 

on the Internet by OSHA. Two copies of 

the materials must be provided to 

OSHA. Acceptable formats for training 

materials include Microsoft Office 2003 

or 2007 and Adobe Reader version 9.0, 

8.1.3 and 8.1.2. 

As stated in 29 CFR 95.36, the 

Department of Labor reserves a royaltyfree, nonexclusive and irrevocable right 

to reproduce, publish, or otherwise use 

for federal purposes any work produced 

under a grant, and to authorize others to 

do so. Applicants should note that 

grantees must agree to provide the 

Department of Labor a paid-up, 

nonexclusive and irrevocable license to 

reproduce, publish, or otherwise use for 

federal purposes all products 

developed, or for which ownership was 

purchased, under an award including, 

but not limited to, curricula, training 

models, technical assistance products, 

and any related materials, and to 

authorize the Department of Labor to do 

so. Such uses include, but are not 

limited to, the right to modify and 

distribute such products worldwide by 

any means, electronic or otherwise. 

Acknowledgment of USDOL Funding. 

In all circumstances, all approved grantfunded materials developed by a grantee 

shall contain the following disclaimer: 

This material was produced under 

grant number ____ from the 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Labor. It does not necessarily reflect the 

views or policies of the U.S. Department 

of Labor, nor does mention of trade 

names, commercial products, or 

organizations imply endorsement by the 

U.S. Government. 

Public reference to grant: When 

issuing statements, press releases, 

requests for proposals, bid solicitations, 

and other documents describing projects 

or programs funded in whole or in part 

with federal money, all grantees 

receiving federal funds must clearly 

state: 

• The percentage of the total costs of 

the program or project that will be 

financed with federal money; 

• The dollar amount of federal 

financial assistance for the project or 

program; and 

• The percentage and dollar amount 

of the total costs of the project or 

program that will be financed by nongovernmental sources. 

Use of U.S. Department of Labor 

(USDOL) OSHA Logo: The USDOL– 

OSHA logo may not be applied to any 

grant products developed with grant 

funds. 

4. Reporting 

Grantees are required by 

Departmental regulations to submit 

program and financial reports each 


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calendar quarter. All reports are due no 

later than 30 days after the end of the 

fiscal quarter. Program reports shall be 

submitted to the appropriate OSHA 

Regional Office. Financial reports shall 

be submitted via the DOL E–Grants 

system. The Grantee(s) shall submit 

financial reports on a quarterly basis. 

The first reporting period shall end on 

the last day of the fiscal quarter 

(December 31, March 31, June 30, or 

September 30) during which the grant 

was signed. Financial reports are due 

within 30 days of the end of the 

reporting period (i.e., by January 30, 

April 30, July 30, and October 30). 

The Grantee(s) shall use Standard 

Form (SF) 269, Financial Status Report, 

to report the status of funds, at the 

project level, during the grant period. A 

final SF269 shall be submitted no later 

than 90 days following completion of 

the grant period. The SF269 reports will 

be submitted electronically through the 

Department of Labor (DOL) E–Grants 

system. It is expected that the Federal 

Financial Report (FFR) will replace the 

SF269 by October 1, 2009, as mandated 

by the Office of Management and 

Budget. When available, the FFR will 

replace the SF269 in DOL E–Grants. The 

quarterly and final reporting 

requirements will not change. 

Technical Progress Reports: After 

signing the agreement, the Grantee(s) 

shall submit technical progress reports 

to USDOL/OSHA Regional Offices at the 

end of each fiscal quarter. Technical 

progress reports provide both 

quantitative and qualitative information 

and a narrative assessment of 

performance for the preceding threemonth period. OSHA Form 171 shall be 

used for reporting training numbers. In 

addition, a narrative report shall be 

provided that details grant activities 

conducted during the quarter, provides 

an assessment of how the project is 

progressing in achieving its stated 

objectives, and notes any problems or 

delays along with corrective actions 

proposed. The first reporting period 

shall end on the last day of the fiscal 

quarter (December 31, March 31, June 

30, or September 30) during which the 

grant was signed. Quarterly progress 

reports are due within 30 days of the 

end of the report period (i.e., by January 

30, April 30, July 30, and October 30.) 

Between reporting dates, the Grantees(s) 

shall also immediately inform USDOL/ 

OSHA of significant developments and/ 

or problems affecting the organization’s 

ability to accomplish planned grant 

activities. 

Authority: The Occupational Safety and 

Health Act of 1970, (29 U.S.C. 670), Public 

Law 111–8, and the Omnibus Appropriations 

Act, 2009. 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 4th day of 

June, 2009. 

Jordan Barab, 

Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for 

Occupational Safety and Health. 

Application Document Checklist 

Application for Federal Assistance (SF 

424 form) 

Budget Information (SF 424A form) 

Assurances (SF 424B form) 

Combined Assurances for (ED 80–0013 

form) 

Survey on Ensuring Equal Opportunity 

for Applicants (Faith-Based EEO 

Survey), (OMB No. 1890–0014 form) 

Attachments (Please attach in the 

following order): 

Program Summary (not to exceed two 

single-sided pages) 

Detailed Project Budget Backup 

If applicable: provide a copy of 

approved indirect cost rate agreement, 

statement of program income, and a 

description of any voluntary non-federal 

resource contribution to be provided by 

the applicant, including source of funds 

and estimated amount. 

Technical Proposal, program 

narrative, not to exceed 30 single-sided 

pages, double-spaced, 12-point font, 

containing: Problem Statement/Need for 

Funds; Administrative and Program 

Capability; and Work plan. 

Organizational Chart Evidence of 

Nonprofit status, (letter from the IRS), if 

applicable Accounting System 

Certification, if applicable; Other 

Attachments such as: Resumes of key 

personnel or position descriptions, 

exhibits, information on prior 

government grants, and signed letters of 

commitment to the project. 

Note: In the Grants.gov system, there is a 

window containing a menu of ‘‘Mandatory 

Documents’’ which must be completed and 

submitted online within the system. For all 

other attachments such as the Program 

Summary, Detailed Budget Backup, 

Technical Proposal, etc., please scan these 

documents into a single Adobe Acrobat file 

and attach the document in the area for 

attachments. 

[FR Doc. E9–13516 Filed 6–9–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE 

ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES 

National Endowment for the Arts; 

National Council on the Arts 167th 

Meeting 

Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. 

L. 92–463), as amended, notice is hereby 

given that a meeting of the National 

Council on the Arts will be held on June 

25–26, 2009 in Rooms 527 and M–09 at 

the Nancy Hanks Center, 1100 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20506. 

A portion of this meeting, from 2 

p.m.–5 p.m. on June 25th, will be closed 

for National Medal of Arts review and 

recommendations. The remainder of the 

meeting, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. on June 

26th (ending time is approximate), will 

be open to the public on a space 

available basis. After opening remarks 

and announcements, there will be a 

presentation by 2009 Poetry Out Loud 

national champion Will Farley. This 

will be followed by Congressional/ 

White House updates. There also will be 

presentations from the Baltimore 

Museum of Art (the Cone Collection) 

and the Meserve-Kunhardt Foundation 

(Gordon Parks photographs) as well as 

a performance/presentation by 

Signature Theatre. The Council will 

then review and vote on applications 

and guidelines, and the meeting will 

conclude with a general discussion. 

The closed portions of meetings are 

for the purpose of review, discussion, 

evaluation, and recommendations on 

awards under the National Foundation 

on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 

1965, as amended, including 

information given in confidence to the 

agency. In accordance with the 

determination of the Chairman of 

February 28, 2008, these sessions will 

be closed to the public pursuant to 

subsection (c)(6) of section 552b of Title 

5, United States Code. 

If, in the course of the open session 

discussion, it becomes necessary for the 

Council to discuss non-public 

commercial or financial information of 

intrinsic value, the Council will go into 

closed session pursuant to subsection 

(c)(4) of the Government in the 

Sunshine Act, 5 U.S.C. 552b. 

Additionally, discussion concerning 

purely personal information about 

individuals, submitted with grant 

applications, such as personal 

biographical and salary data or medical 

information, may be conducted by the 

Council in closed session in accordance 

with subsection (c)(6) of 5 U.S.C. 552b. 

Any interested persons may attend, as 

observers, Council discussions and 

reviews that are open to the public. If 

you need special accommodations due 

to a disability, please contact the Office 

of AccessAbility, National Endowment 

for the Arts, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20506, 202/682– 

5532, TTY–TDD 202/682–5429, at least 

seven (7) days prior to the meeting. 

Further information with reference to 

this meeting can be obtained from the 

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