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parties for joint development of policies
and procedures affecting the custody,
release, and supervision of individuals
targeted for this transition initiative.
Scope of Work and Specific
Requirements: Goals of the TJC include
(1) Improved public safety by reducing
the threat of harm to persons and
property by released offenders in
communities to which they return and
(2) increased success rates of offenders
who transition from jails into the
community by fostering (a) Effective
treatment programming that reduces
offender’s risk of violating laws upon
release, (b) accountability for both
offender and system officials, and (c)
community and victim involvement.
Appropriate use of dynamic assessment
of risk and needs must be a critical
component of the model, as well as a
commitment to ongoing use of evidence
based principles for behavior change.
It is expected that the primary
Transition from Jail to the Community
(TJC) components will include:
1. Build the TJC Model: The
cooperative agreement provider will
offer expertise, facilitation,
documentation and staff/consultant
support activities to develop the TJC
model, identifying likely differences in
approaching the various categories of
jailed individuals and implications for
developing a model approach. A
primary initial task must include use of
practitioners and experts in the
development of the model. The types of
individuals and process for selecting
them must be included in the
application.
2. Implement the TJC Model: The
scope of work will include testing the
model in two selected sites before
adding four more jurisdictions.
3. Conduct Evaluation: A key
component will be evaluation to
determine the impact of TJC activities
on impacted jails/communities.
4. Develop Products to Share
Learnings: Recognizing that NIC can
only provide direct assistance to a very
small portion of all the jails/
communities, the applicant must
develop outreach tools like a TJC
Implementation Manual for Jails and
Local Communities, a NIC Learning
Center TJP module, monographs and
articles.
Depending on proposed work plans, it
is likely that at least part of the above
items 2–4 will be products of future
awards, funding permitted. However,
the application should discuss and
propose a general strategy for addressing
all four components and propose a
specific work plan for this initial 18month award. Key TJC challenges and
issues for this initiative include:
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• Assessment tools
• Evidence based practices
• Individualized case management
planning
• Jail based programs and strategies
• Community based programs and
strategies
• Coordination and cooperation
between jails and public/private human
services agencies/groups
• TJC challenges:
Æ From jail administrator’s perspective
Æ From perspectives of other
governmental human services
agencies
Æ From not for profit, NGO’s and other
community agency perspectives
• Local political implications for TJC
• Local/State implications for TJC
• Information system processes and
needs
Additional jail/community transition
issues may be identified by the
applicant. The applicant must prioritize
and address at minimum five
challenges/issues. Explain the criteria
used for prioritizing your challenges/
issues. Also, the applicant must
describe why each challenge/issue is
important, propose strategies for
successfully addressing each challenge/
issue and propose how the impact of
each challenge/issue will be measured.
Application Requirements:
Applications must be submitted using
OMB Standard Form 424, Federal
Assistance and attachments. (Copies can
be downloaded from the NIC Web page
at https://www.nicic.org. The
applications should be concisely
written, typed double spaced and
referenced to the project by the ‘‘NIC
Application Number’’ and Title
referenced in this announcement.
Submit an original and five copies.
The original should have the applicant’s
signature in blue ink. A cover letter
must identify the responsible audit
agency for the applicant’s financial
accounts.
Authority: Public Law 93–415.
Funds Available: The award will be
limited to a maximum of $425,000
(direct and indirect costs). Funds may
only be used for the activities that are
linked to the desired outcome of the
project. No funds are transferred to State
or local governments. Supplemental
awards are a possibility based upon
satisfactory performance of the awardee
and based upon the availability of
funding in future years.
This project will be a collaborative
venture with the NIC Administration
Division.
Eligibility of Applicants: An eligible
applicant is any State or general unit of
local government, private agency,
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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.
Number of Awards: One.
NIC Application Number: 07TI01.
This number should appear as a
reference line in the cover letter, in box
11 of Standard Form 424, and outside of
the envelope in which the application is
sent.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Number 16.603.
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 https://
www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/
spoc.html.
NIC expects this award to be signed
by March 15, 2007.
Larry B. Solomon,
Deputy Director, National Institute of
Corrections.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Mine Safety and Health Administration
Technical Study Panel on the
Utilization of Belt Air and the
Composition and Fire Retardant
Properties of Belt Materials in
Underground Coal Mining
Mine Safety and Health
Administration (MSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice informs interested
persons of the first meeting of the
Technical Study Panel (Panel) on the
Utilization of Belt Air and the
Composition and Fire Retardant
Properties of Belt Materials in
Underground Coal Mining. The public
is invited to attend.
DATES: The meeting will start at 1 p.m.
on Tuesday, January 9, 2007 and will
conclude no later than 5 p.m. on
Wednesday, January 10, 2007.
ADDRESSES: The meeting location is the
Ronald Reagan Building and
International Trade Center, Polaris
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Suite, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20004.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Patricia W. Silvey, Director, Office of
Standards, Regulations, and Variances,
Mine Safety and Health Administration,
1100 Wilson Boulevard, Room 2330,
Arlington, Virginia 22209;
silvey.patricia@dol.gov (Internet e-mail),
202–693–9440 (voice), or 202–693–9441
(facsimile).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Panel
is created under Section 11 of the Mine
Improvement and New Emergency
Response Act of 2006 (MINER Act)
(Public Law 109–236). A copy of the
charter establishing this Panel is
included as Appendix A of this notice.
The purpose of the Panel is to prepare
and submit a report concerning the
utilization of belt air and the
composition and fire retardant
properties of belt materials in
underground coal mining.
Consistent with the requirements of
the MINER Act, the membership of the
Panel is as follows:
Selected for Appointment by the
Secretary of Health and Human
Services.
Dr. Jurgen F. Brune, Chief, Disaster
Prevention and Response Branch,
Centers for Disease Control, National
Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health, Pittsburgh Research Laboratory,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Dr. Felipe Calizaya, Associate
Professor, University of Utah, Mining
Engineering, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Selected for Appointment by the
Secretary of Labor.
Dr. Jan M. Mutmansky, Professor
Emeritus of Mining Engineering, the
Pennsylvania State University,
University Park, Pennsylvania.
Dr. Jerry C. Tien, Associate Professor,
Department of Mining Engineering,
University of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla,
Missouri.
Selected for Appointment Jointly by
the Majority Leaders of the Senate and
House of Representatives.
Mr. Thomas P. Mucho, Thomas P.
Mucho & Associates, Inc., Mining
Consultancy, Washington,
Pennsylvania.
Selected for Appointment Jointly by
the Minority Leaders of the Senate and
House of Representatives.
Dr. James L. Weeks, Director,
Evergreen Consulting, LLC, Silver
Spring, Maryland.
This first meeting will focus on
preparatory and administrative issues
before the Panel, including:
1. Opening remarks.
2. Procedural issues.
3. Other preparatory and
administrative issues.
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4. Development of plan or timeline to
address Panel objectives.
5. Discussion of future meetings.
Subsequent meetings of the Panel will
allow an opportunity for all interested
parties to address the Panel and submit
written comment on the topics under
consideration of the Panel.
Official records of the meeting will be
available for public inspection at the
above MSHA address.
Dated: December 20, 2006.
Richard E. Stickler,
Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety and
Health.
Appendix A—Advisory Committee
Charter
1. The Committee’s official
designation.
Technical Study Panel on the
Utilization of Belt Air and the
Composition and Fire Retardant
Properties of Belt Materials in
Underground Coal Mining.
2. The Committee’s objectives and the
scope of its activity.
The Committee is established in
accordance with the requirements of
Section 11 of the Mine Improvement
and New Emergency Response Act of
2006 (MINER Act) and the Federal
Advisory Committee Act. The purpose
of the Committee is to ‘‘provide
independent scientific and engineering
review and recommendations with
respect to the utilization of belt air and
the composition and fire retardant
properties of belt materials in
underground coal mining.’’ (MINER Act,
Sec. 11)
3. The period of time necessary for the
Committee to carry out its purposes.
Not later than one year after the date
on which all Committee members are
appointed, the Committee must
‘‘prepare and submit * * * a report
concerning the utilization of belt air and
the composition and fire retardant
properties of belt materials in
underground coal mining.’’ (MINER Act,
Sec. 11)
4. The agencies or officials to whom
the Committee reports.
The Committee submits a report to the
Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of
Health and Human Services, the
Committee on Health, Education, Labor,
and Pensions of the Senate, and the
Committee on Education and Workforce
of the House of Representatives.
5. The agency responsible for
providing necessary support for the
Committee.
The Mine Safety and Health
Administration, U.S. Department of
Labor, is primarily responsible for
providing support for the Committee,
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including financial, organizational, and
administrative. The National Institute
for Occupational Safety and Health,
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services, may assist with
compiling research and other scientific
information.
6. A description of the duties for
which the Committee is responsible.
As required by Section 11 of the
MINER Act, the Committee will provide
independent scientific and engineering
review and make recommendations in
the form of a report with respect to the
utilization of belt air and the
composition and fire retardant
properties of belt materials in
underground coal mining.
7. Membership.
As required by Section 11 of the
MINER Act, the Committee will be
composed of the following:
• Two individuals appointed by the
Secretary of Health and Human
Services, in consultation with the
Director of the National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health and the
Associate Director of the Office of Mine
Safety;
• Two individuals appointed by the
Secretary of Labor, in consultation with
the Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety
and Health; and
• Two individuals, one appointed
jointly by the majority leaders of the
Senate and House of Representatives
and one appointed jointly by the
minority leaders of the Senate and
House of Representatives.
Four of the six individuals listed
above must possess a masters or
doctoral level degree in mining
engineering or another scientific field
demonstrably related to the subject of
the report. No individual appointed
shall be an employee of any coal or
other mine, or of any labor organization,
or of any State or Federal agency
primarily responsible for regulating the
mining industry.
8. Compensation.
While carrying out the duties of the
Committee, its members shall be
entitled to receive compensation as a
consultant, at an hourly rate equivalent
of GS–15, step 10. Employment is not
expected to exceed 130 days per year.
Committee members will also receive
per diem in lieu of subsistence and
travel expenses.
9. The estimated annual costs to
operate the Committee in dollars and
person years.
• Estimated annual operating cost:
$600,000.
• Estimated staff years: 4.
10. The estimated number and
frequency of Committee meetings.
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The Committee will meet at least
three times before its termination date.
The Agency estimates that each meeting
will last approximately two to three
days.
11. The Committee’s termination date.
This Committee will terminate upon
the submission of its report that must be
finalized no later than one year after the
date on which all members of the Panel
are appointed, as required by Section 11
of the MINER Act.
12. The date the charter is filed.
The charter is filed on the date
indicated below.
Dated: December 20, 2006.
Elaine L. Chao,
Secretary of Labor.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Mine Safety and Health Administration
Technical Study Panel on the Utilization of Belt Air and the
Composition and Fire Retardant Properties of Belt Materials in
Underground Coal Mining
AGENCY: Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice informs interested persons of the first meeting of
the Technical Study Panel (Panel) on the Utilization of Belt Air and
the Composition and Fire Retardant Properties of Belt Materials in
Underground Coal Mining. The public is invited to attend.
DATES: The meeting will start at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, January 9, 2007 and
will conclude no later than 5 p.m. on Wednesday, January 10, 2007.
ADDRESSES: The meeting location is the Ronald Reagan Building and
International Trade Center, Polaris
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Suite, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20004.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patricia W. Silvey, Director, Office
of Standards, Regulations, and Variances, Mine Safety and Health
Administration, 1100 Wilson Boulevard, Room 2330, Arlington, Virginia
22209; silvey.patricia@dol.gov (Internet e-mail), 202-693-9440 (voice),
or 202-693-9441 (facsimile).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Panel is created under Section 11 of the
Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response Act of 2006 (MINER Act)
(Public Law 109-236). A copy of the charter establishing this Panel is
included as Appendix A of this notice. The purpose of the Panel is to
prepare and submit a report concerning the utilization of belt air and
the composition and fire retardant properties of belt materials in
underground coal mining.
Consistent with the requirements of the MINER Act, the membership
of the Panel is as follows:
Selected for Appointment by the Secretary of Health and Human
Services.
Dr. Jurgen F. Brune, Chief, Disaster Prevention and Response
Branch, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health, Pittsburgh Research Laboratory,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Dr. Felipe Calizaya, Associate Professor, University of Utah,
Mining Engineering, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Selected for Appointment by the Secretary of Labor.
Dr. Jan M. Mutmansky, Professor Emeritus of Mining Engineering, the
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania.
Dr. Jerry C. Tien, Associate Professor, Department of Mining
Engineering, University of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, Missouri.
Selected for Appointment Jointly by the Majority Leaders of the
Senate and House of Representatives.
Mr. Thomas P. Mucho, Thomas P. Mucho & Associates, Inc., Mining
Consultancy, Washington, Pennsylvania.
Selected for Appointment Jointly by the Minority Leaders of the
Senate and House of Representatives.
Dr. James L. Weeks, Director, Evergreen Consulting, LLC, Silver
Spring, Maryland.
This first meeting will focus on preparatory and administrative
issues before the Panel, including:
1. Opening remarks.
2. Procedural issues.
3. Other preparatory and administrative issues.
4. Development of plan or timeline to address Panel objectives.
5. Discussion of future meetings.
Subsequent meetings of the Panel will allow an opportunity for all
interested parties to address the Panel and submit written comment on
the topics under consideration of the Panel.
Official records of the meeting will be available for public
inspection at the above MSHA address.
Dated: December 20, 2006.
Richard E. Stickler,
Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety and Health.
Appendix A--Advisory Committee Charter
1. The Committee's official designation.
Technical Study Panel on the Utilization of Belt Air and the
Composition and Fire Retardant Properties of Belt Materials in
Underground Coal Mining.
2. The Committee's objectives and the scope of its activity.
The Committee is established in accordance with the requirements of
Section 11 of the Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response Act of
2006 (MINER Act) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The purpose of
the Committee is to ``provide independent scientific and engineering
review and recommendations with respect to the utilization of belt air
and the composition and fire retardant properties of belt materials in
underground coal mining.'' (MINER Act, Sec. 11)
3. The period of time necessary for the Committee to carry out its
purposes.
Not later than one year after the date on which all Committee
members are appointed, the Committee must ``prepare and submit * * * a
report concerning the utilization of belt air and the composition and
fire retardant properties of belt materials in underground coal
mining.'' (MINER Act, Sec. 11)
4. The agencies or officials to whom the Committee reports.
The Committee submits a report to the Secretary of Labor, the
Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Committee on Health,
Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, and the Committee on
Education and Workforce of the House of Representatives.
5. The agency responsible for providing necessary support for the
Committee.
The Mine Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of
Labor, is primarily responsible for providing support for the
Committee, including financial, organizational, and administrative. The
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services, may assist with compiling research and other scientific
information.
6. A description of the duties for which the Committee is
responsible.
As required by Section 11 of the MINER Act, the Committee will
provide independent scientific and engineering review and make
recommendations in the form of a report with respect to the utilization
of belt air and the composition and fire retardant properties of belt
materials in underground coal mining.
7. Membership.
As required by Section 11 of the MINER Act, the Committee will be
composed of the following:
Two individuals appointed by the Secretary of Health and
Human Services, in consultation with the Director of the National
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and the Associate Director
of the Office of Mine Safety;
Two individuals appointed by the Secretary of Labor, in
consultation with the Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety and Health;
and
Two individuals, one appointed jointly by the majority
leaders of the Senate and House of Representatives and one appointed
jointly by the minority leaders of the Senate and House of
Representatives.
Four of the six individuals listed above must possess a masters or
doctoral level degree in mining engineering or another scientific field
demonstrably related to the subject of the report. No individual
appointed shall be an employee of any coal or other mine, or of any
labor organization, or of any State or Federal agency primarily
responsible for regulating the mining industry.
8. Compensation.
While carrying out the duties of the Committee, its members shall
be entitled to receive compensation as a consultant, at an hourly rate
equivalent of GS-15, step 10. Employment is not expected to exceed 130
days per year. Committee members will also receive per diem in lieu of
subsistence and travel expenses.
9. The estimated annual costs to operate the Committee in dollars
and person years.
Estimated annual operating cost: $600,000.
Estimated staff years: 4.
10. The estimated number and frequency of Committee meetings.
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The Committee will meet at least three times before its termination
date. The Agency estimates that each meeting will last approximately
two to three days.
11. The Committee's termination date.
This Committee will terminate upon the submission of its report
that must be finalized no later than one year after the date on which
all members of the Panel are appointed, as required by Section 11 of
the MINER Act.
12. The date the charter is filed.
The charter is filed on the date indicated below.
Dated: December 20, 2006.
Elaine L. Chao,
Secretary of Labor.
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