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Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 80 / Thursday, April 26, 2007 / Notices Notice of proposed reinstatement of terminated oil and gas lease. ACTION: SUMMARY: Under the provisions of 30 U.S.C. 188(d) and (e), and 43 CFR 3108.2–3(a) and (b)(1), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) received a petition for reinstatement from Cohort Energy Co. for competitive oil and gas lease WYW147007 for land in Sweetwater County, Wyoming. The petition was filed on time and was accompanied by all the rentals due since the date the lease terminated under the law. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bureau of Land Management, Pamela J. Lewis, Chief, Branch of Fluid Minerals Adjudication, at (307) 775–6176. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The lessee has agreed to the amended lease terms for rentals and royalties at rates of $10.00 per acre or fraction thereof, per year and 162⁄3 percent, respectively. 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E7–7995 Filed 4–25–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310–22–P DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives [OMB Number 1140–0056] Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested 60–Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Special Agent Medical Pre-placement. rwilkins on PROD1PC63 with NOTICES ACTION: The Department of Justice (DOJ), Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for VerDate Aug<31>2005 18:59 Apr 25, 2007 Jkt 211001 review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The proposed information collection is published to obtain comments from the public and affected agencies. Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for ‘‘sixty days’’ until June 25, 2007. This process is conducted in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10. If you have comments especially on the estimated public burden or associated response time, suggestions, or need a copy of the proposed information collection instrument with instructions or additional information, please contact Eddie Trejo, Recruitment Branch, 6333 3rd Street, NW., Suite 600, Washington, DC 20001. Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected agencies concerning the proposed collection of information are encouraged. Your comments should address one or more of the following four points: —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 agencies 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 submission of responses. Overview of this information collection: (1) Type of Information Collection: Extension of a currently approved collection. (2) Title of the Form/Collection: Special Agent Medical Pre-placement. (3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the Department of Justice sponsoring the collection: Form Number: ATF F 2300.10. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. (4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as well as a brief abstract: Primary: Individuals or households. Other: None. The form is used by a special agent who is applying for a position that has specific medical standards. The information collected is used to determine medical suitability to PO 00000 Frm 00056 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 20869 qualify for a position that has specific medical standards and physical requirements. The information will also be used to make a recommendation on either hiring or not hiring an applicant. (5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: It is estimated that 300 respondents will complete a 45 minute form. (6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated with the collection: There are an estimated 225 annual total burden hours associated with this collection. If additional information is required contact: Lynn Bryant, Department Clearance Officer, Policy and Planning Staff, Justice Management Division, United States Department of Justice, Patrick Henry Building, Suite 1600, 601 D Street NW., Washington, DC 20530. Dated: April 20, 2007. Lynn Bryant, Department Clearance Officer, PRA, Department of Justice. [FR Doc. E7–8002 Filed 4–25–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410–FY–P DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Office of the Secretary Combating Exploitive Child Labor Through Education Bureau of International Labor Affairs, U.S. Department of Labor. ACTION: Notice of intent to solicit cooperative agreement applications. AGENCY: SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL), Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB), intends to obligate approximately U.S. $54 million to support cooperative agreement awards to organizations to address exploitive child labor internationally. ILAB intends to award, through a competitive and merit-based process, cooperative agreements to organizations to develop and implement formal, non-formal, and vocational education projects as a means to combat exploitive child labor in the following ten countries: (1) Democratic Republic of the Congo, (2) Uganda, (3) Togo, (4) Colombia, (5) Bolivia, (6) Dominican Republic, (7) Indonesia, (8) Morocco, (9) the Philippines, and (10) Cambodia. ILAB intends to fund projects that focus on innovative ways to provide educational services to children engaged, or at risk of engaging, in exploitive labor. The projects should address the gaps and challenges to basic education found in the countries mentioned above. ILAB E:\FR\FM\26APN1.SGM 26APN1 rwilkins on PROD1PC63 with NOTICES 20870 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 80 / Thursday, April 26, 2007 / Notices also intends to award a cooperative agreement to an organization(s) to conduct research on exploitive child labor and forced labor in the carpet sectors of Nepal, Pakistan, and India. ILAB intends to solicit cooperative agreement applications from qualified organizations (i.e., any commercial, international, educational, or non-profit organization capable of successfully developing and implementing child labor and/or research projects) to implement these projects. Please refer to https://www.dol.gov/ILAB/grants/ main.htm for examples of previous notices of availability of funds and solicitations for cooperative agreement applications. Information on the specific sectors, geographical regions, and funding levels for the potential projects in the countries listed above will be addressed in a solicitation(s) for cooperative agreement applications to be published prior to September 30, 2007. Potential applicants should not submit inquiries to USDOL for further information on these award opportunities until after USDOL’s publication of the solicitations. For a list of frequently asked questions on Solicitations for Cooperative Agreement Applications, please visit https://www.dol.gov/ILAB/ faq/faq36.htm. USDOL intends to hold a bidders’ meeting on June 14, 2007, to answer questions potential applicants may have on this Solicitation for Cooperative Agreement process. Please see below for more information on the bidders’ meeting. DATES: Key Dates: Specific solicitations for cooperative agreement applications will be published in the Federal Register and remain open for at least 30 days from the date of publication. All cooperative agreement awards will be made on or before September 30, 2007. ADDRESSES: Submission Address: Applications, in response to solicitations published in the Federal Register, must be delivered to: U.S. Department of Labor, Procurement Services Center, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Room S–4306, Attention: Lisa Harvey, Washington, DC, 20210. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Lisa Harvey. E-mail address: harvey.lisa@dol.gov. All inquiries should make reference to the USDOL Combating Child Labor Through Education—Solicitations for Cooperative Agreement Applications. Bidders’ Meeting: A bidders’ meeting is scheduled to be held in Washington, DC, at the Department of Labor on Thursday, June 14, 2007, from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. The purpose of this VerDate Aug<31>2005 18:59 Apr 25, 2007 Jkt 211001 meeting is to provide potential applicants with the opportunity to ask questions concerning this Solicitation for Cooperative Agreement process. To register for the meeting, please call or email Ms. Doris Senko (Phone: 202–693– 4843; E-mail: senko.doris@dol.gov) by June 1, 2007. Please provide Ms. Senko with contact information including name, organization, address, phone number, and e-mail address of the attendees. Background Information: Since 1995, USDOL has supported technical cooperation programming to combat exploitive child labor internationally through the promotion of educational opportunities for children-in-need. In total, the U.S. Congress has appropriated to USDOL over U.S. $595 million to support activities to combat exploitive child labor internationally. In turn, ILAB has signed cooperative agreements with various organizations to support international technical assistance projects to combat abusive child labor in over 75 countries around the world. USDOL international programming to combat exploitive child labor through education seeks to nurture the development, health, safety, and enhanced future employability of children around the world by withdrawing or preventing children from involvement in exploitive labor and providing them with access to basic education, vocational training and other services. Eliminating exploitive child labor depends, in part, on improving access to, quality of, and relevance of educational and training opportunities for children under 18 years of age. Without improving such opportunities, children withdrawn from exploitive forms of labor may not have viable alternatives to child labor and may be more likely to return to such work or resort to other hazardous means of subsistence. International projects funded by USDOL to combat exploitive child labor seek to: 1. Withdraw or prevent children from involvement in exploitive child labor through the provision of direct educational and training services; 2. Strengthen policies on child labor and education, the capacity of national institutions to combat child labor, and formal and transitional education systems that encourage working children and those at risk of working to attend school; 3. Raise awareness of the importance of education for all children and mobilize a wide array of actors to improve and expand education infrastructures PO 00000 Frm 00057 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 4. Support research and the collection of reliable data on child labor; and 5. Ensure the long-term sustainability of these efforts. When working to eradicate exploitive child labor, USDOL strives to complement existing efforts, to build on the achievements of and lessons learned from these efforts, to expand impact and build synergies among actors, and to avoid duplication of resources and efforts. Signed at Washington, DC, this 20th day of April, 2007. Lisa Harvey, Grant Officer. [FR Doc. E7–7962 Filed 4–25–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4510–28–P DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Employee Benefits Security Administration 137th Meeting of the Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans; Notice of Meeting Pursuant to the authority contained in Section 512 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. 1142, the 137th open meeting of the full Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans will be held on May 11, 2007. The session will take place in Room S–2508, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210. The purpose of the open meeting, which will run from 1:45 p.m. to approximately 4:30 p.m., is to swear in the new members, introduce the Council Chair and Vice Chair, receive an update from the Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for the Employee Benefits Security Administration, and determine the topics to be addressed by the Council in 2007. Organizations or members of the public wishing to submit a written statement may do so by submitting 25 copies on or before May 4, 2007 to Larry Good, Executive Secretary, ERISA Advisory Council, U.S. Department of Labor, Suite N–5623, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210. Statements received on or before May 4, 2007 will be included in the record of the meeting. Individuals or representatives of organizations wishing to address the Advisory Council should forward their requests to the Executive Secretary or telephone (202) 693–8668. Oral presentations will be limited to ten minutes, time permitting, but an extended statement may be submitted for the record. Individuals with disabilities who need special E:\FR\FM\26APN1.SGM 26APN1

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[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 80 (Thursday, April 26, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20869-20870]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-7962]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Combating Exploitive Child Labor Through Education

AGENCY: Bureau of International Labor Affairs, U.S. Department of 
Labor.

ACTION: Notice of intent to solicit cooperative agreement applications.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL), Bureau of International 
Labor Affairs (ILAB), intends to obligate approximately U.S. $54 
million to support cooperative agreement awards to organizations to 
address exploitive child labor internationally. ILAB intends to award, 
through a competitive and merit-based process, cooperative agreements 
to organizations to develop and implement formal, non-formal, and 
vocational education projects as a means to combat exploitive child 
labor in the following ten countries: (1) Democratic Republic of the 
Congo, (2) Uganda, (3) Togo, (4) Colombia, (5) Bolivia, (6) Dominican 
Republic, (7) Indonesia, (8) Morocco, (9) the Philippines, and (10) 
Cambodia. ILAB intends to fund projects that focus on innovative ways 
to provide educational services to children engaged, or at risk of 
engaging, in exploitive labor. The projects should address the gaps and 
challenges to basic education found in the countries mentioned above. 
ILAB

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also intends to award a cooperative agreement to an organization(s) to 
conduct research on exploitive child labor and forced labor in the 
carpet sectors of Nepal, Pakistan, and India. ILAB intends to solicit 
cooperative agreement applications from qualified organizations (i.e., 
any commercial, international, educational, or non-profit organization 
capable of successfully developing and implementing child labor and/or 
research projects) to implement these projects. Please refer to https://
www.dol.gov/ILAB/grants/main.htm for examples of previous notices of 
availability of funds and solicitations for cooperative agreement 
applications.
    Information on the specific sectors, geographical regions, and 
funding levels for the potential projects in the countries listed above 
will be addressed in a solicitation(s) for cooperative agreement 
applications to be published prior to September 30, 2007. Potential 
applicants should not submit inquiries to USDOL for further information 
on these award opportunities until after USDOL's publication of the 
solicitations. For a list of frequently asked questions on 
Solicitations for Cooperative Agreement Applications, please visit 
https://www.dol.gov/ILAB/faq/faq36.htm.
    USDOL intends to hold a bidders' meeting on June 14, 2007, to 
answer questions potential applicants may have on this Solicitation for 
Cooperative Agreement process. Please see below for more information on 
the bidders' meeting.

DATES: Key Dates: Specific solicitations for cooperative agreement 
applications will be published in the Federal Register and remain open 
for at least 30 days from the date of publication. All cooperative 
agreement awards will be made on or before September 30, 2007.

ADDRESSES: Submission Address: Applications, in response to 
solicitations published in the Federal Register, must be delivered to: 
U.S. Department of Labor, Procurement Services Center, 200 Constitution 
Avenue, NW., Room S-4306, Attention: Lisa Harvey, Washington, DC, 
20210.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Lisa Harvey. E-mail address: 
harvey.lisa@dol.gov. All inquiries should make reference to the USDOL 
Combating Child Labor Through Education--Solicitations for Cooperative 
Agreement Applications.
    Bidders' Meeting: A bidders' meeting is scheduled to be held in 
Washington, DC, at the Department of Labor on Thursday, June 14, 2007, 
from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. The purpose of this meeting is to provide 
potential applicants with the opportunity to ask questions concerning 
this Solicitation for Cooperative Agreement process. To register for 
the meeting, please call or e-mail Ms. Doris Senko (Phone: 202-693-
4843; E-mail: senko.doris@dol.gov) by June 1, 2007. Please provide Ms. 
Senko with contact information including name, organization, address, 
phone number, and e-mail address of the attendees.
    Background Information: Since 1995, USDOL has supported technical 
cooperation programming to combat exploitive child labor 
internationally through the promotion of educational opportunities for 
children-in-need. In total, the U.S. Congress has appropriated to USDOL 
over U.S. $595 million to support activities to combat exploitive child 
labor internationally. In turn, ILAB has signed cooperative agreements 
with various organizations to support international technical 
assistance projects to combat abusive child labor in over 75 countries 
around the world.
    USDOL international programming to combat exploitive child labor 
through education seeks to nurture the development, health, safety, and 
enhanced future employability of children around the world by 
withdrawing or preventing children from involvement in exploitive labor 
and providing them with access to basic education, vocational training 
and other services. Eliminating exploitive child labor depends, in 
part, on improving access to, quality of, and relevance of educational 
and training opportunities for children under 18 years of age. Without 
improving such opportunities, children withdrawn from exploitive forms 
of labor may not have viable alternatives to child labor and may be 
more likely to return to such work or resort to other hazardous means 
of subsistence.
    International projects funded by USDOL to combat exploitive child 
labor seek to:
    1. Withdraw or prevent children from involvement in exploitive 
child labor through the provision of direct educational and training 
services;
    2. Strengthen policies on child labor and education, the capacity 
of national institutions to combat child labor, and formal and 
transitional education systems that encourage working children and 
those at risk of working to attend school;
    3. Raise awareness of the importance of education for all children 
and mobilize a wide array of actors to improve and expand education 
infrastructures
    4. Support research and the collection of reliable data on child 
labor; and
    5. Ensure the long-term sustainability of these efforts.
    When working to eradicate exploitive child labor, USDOL strives to 
complement existing efforts, to build on the achievements of and 
lessons learned from these efforts, to expand impact and build 
synergies among actors, and to avoid duplication of resources and 
efforts.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 20th day of April, 2007.
Lisa Harvey,
Grant Officer.
[FR Doc. E7-7962 Filed 4-25-07; 8:45 am]
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