Notice of Funding Opportunity and Solicitation for Grant Applications (SGA) for Ex Offenders-Adult Program Grants, 7880-7881 [2011-3151]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation
and Enforcement
Notice of Proposed Information
Collection for 30 CFR Part 732
Office of Surface Mining
Reclamation and Enforcement, Interior.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation
and Enforcement (OSM) is announcing
that the information collection request
for 30 CFR 732—Procedures and Criteria
for Approval or Disapproval of State
Program Submissions, has been
forwarded to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and
comment. The information collection
request describes the nature of the
information collection and the expected
burden and cost. The OMB control
number for this collection of
information is 1029–0024 and is found
at 30 CFR 732.10.
DATES: OMB has up to 60 days to
approve or disapprove the information
collection but may respond after 30
days. Therefore, public comments
should be submitted to OMB by March
14, 2011, in order to be assured of
consideration.
SUMMARY:
Submit comments to the
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, Attention: Department of the
Interior Desk Officer, by telefax at (202)
395–5806 or via e-mail to
OIRA_Docket@omb.eop.gov. Also,
please send a copy of your comments to
John Trelease, Office of Surface Mining
Reclamation and Enforcement, 1951
Constitution Ave., NW., Room 202—
SIB, Washington, DC 20240, or
electronically to jtrelease@osmre.gov.
Please refer to OMB control number
1029–0024 in your correspondence.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
receive a copy of the information
collection request contact John Trelease
at (202) 208–2783, or electronically to
jtrelease@osmre.gov. You may also
review this collection by going to
https://www.reginfo.gov (Information
Collection Review, Currently Under
Review, Agency is Department of the
Interior, DOI–OSMRE).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office
of Management and Budget (OMB)
regulations at 5 CFR part 1320, which
implement provisions of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13),
require that interested members of the
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public and affected agencies have an
opportunity to comment on information
collection and recordkeeping activities
[see 5 CFR 1320.8(d)]. OSM has
submitted a request to OMB to renew its
approval of the collection of information
contained in 30 CFR part 732 for
approving or disapproving state
program submissions. OSM is
requesting a 3-year term of approval for
the information collection activity.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number. The OMB control
number for this collection of
information is 1029–0024.
As required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), a
Federal Register notice soliciting
comments on this collection of
information was published on
November 17, 2010 (75 FR 70288). No
comments were received. This notice
provides the public with an additional
30 days in which to comment on the
following information collection
activity:
Title: 30 CFR 732—Procedures and
Criteria for Approval or Disapproval of
State Program Submissions.
OMB Control Number: 1029–0024.
Summary: Part 732 establishes the
procedures and criteria for approval and
disapproval of State program
submissions. The information submitted
is used to evaluate whether State
regulatory authorities are meeting the
provisions of their approved programs.
Bureau Form Number: None.
Frequency of Collection: Once and
annually.
Description of Respondents: 28 State
and Tribal regulatory authorities.
Total Annual Responses: 43.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 7,565.
Send comments on the need for the
collection of information for the
performance of the functions of the
agency; the accuracy of the agency’s
burden estimates; ways to enhance the
quality, utility and clarity of the
information collection; and ways to
minimize the information collection
burdens on respondents, such as use of
automated means of collections of the
information, to the addresses listed
under ADDRESSES. Please refer to the
appropriate OMB control number in all
correspondence.
Before including your address, phone
number, email address, or other
personal identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment—including your
personal identifying information—may
be made publicly available at any time.
While you can ask us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
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cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Dated: February 3, 2011.
Stephen M. Sheffield,
Acting Chief, Division of Regulatory Support.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training
Administration
Notice of Funding Opportunity and
Solicitation for Grant Applications
(SGA) for Ex Offenders—Adult
Program Grants
Employment and Training
Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Notice of Solicitation for Grant
Applications (SGA).
AGENCY:
Funding Opportunity Number: SGA/
DFA PY 10–10.
SUMMARY: Through this notice, the U.S.
Department of Labor’s (the
‘‘Department’’) Employment and
Training Administration (ETA)
announces the availability of
approximately $11.7 million in grant
funds to provide pre-release and postrelease services to ex-offenders
returning to high poverty, high-crime
communities. These services will
include job training and employment
preparation, mentoring, and assistance
connecting to supportive services such
as housing, substance abuse programs
and mental health treatment.
Specifically, the employment
component of the grant will focus on the
development of employment
opportunities in in-demand
occupations, including emerging ‘‘green’’
jobs. These grants will be awarded
through a competitive process. The
Department expects to award
approximately 10 grants of
approximately $1,170,000 each for a 27month period of performance.
The complete SGA and any
subsequent SGA amendments, in
connection with this solicitation is
described in further detail on ETA’s
Web site at https://www.doleta.gov/
grants/find_grants.cfm or on https://
www.grants.gov. The Web sites provide
application information, eligibility
requirements, review and selection
procedures and other program
requirements governing this solicitation.
DATES: The closing date for receipt of
applications is March 17, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Brinda Ruggles, 200 Constitution
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Avenue, NW., Room N4716,
Washington, DC 20210; Telephone:
202–693–3437; E-mail:
ruggles.brinda@dol.gov.
Signed in Washington, DC, this 8th day of
February 2011.
Eric Luetkenhaus,
Grant Officer, Employment and Training
Administration.
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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND
BUDGET
Discount Rates for Cost-Effectiveness
Analysis of Federal Programs
Office of Management and
Budget.
ACTION: Revisions to Appendix C of
OMB Circular A–94.
AGENCY:
the budget of the United States
Government were changed. These
discount rates are found in Appendix C
of the revised Circular. The updated
discount rates are shown below. The
discount rates in Appendix C are to be
used for cost-effectiveness analysis,
including lease-purchase analysis, as
specified in the revised Circular. They
do not apply to regulatory analysis.
DATES: The revised discount rates are
effective immediately and will be in
effect through December 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Robert B. Anderson, Office of Economic
Policy, Office of Management and
Budget, (202) 395–3381.
Alexandre Mas,
Associate Director for Economic Policy, Office
of Management and Budget.
valid for calendar year 2011. A copy of the
updated appendix can be obtained in
electronic form through the OMB home page
at https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/
circulars_a094/a94_appx-c/, the text of the
main body of the Circular is found at
https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/
circulars_a094/, and a table of past years’
rates is located at https://
www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/
assets/a94/dischist.pdf. Updates of the
appendix are also available upon request
from OMB’s Office of Economic Policy (202–
395–3381).
Nominal Discount Rates. A forecast of
nominal or market interest rates for 2011
based on the economic assumptions for the
Fiscal Year 2012 Budget are presented below.
These nominal rates are to be used for
discounting nominal flows, which are often
encountered in lease-purchase analysis.
Attachment
APPENDIX C
(Revised December 2010)
The Office of Management
and Budget revised Circular A–94 in
1992. The revised Circular specified
certain discount rates to be updated
annually when the interest rate and
inflation assumptions used to prepare
SUMMARY:
DISCOUNT RATES FOR COST–
EFFECTIVENESS, LEASE PURCHASE, AND
RELATED ANALYSES
Effective Dates. This appendix is updated
annually. This version of the appendix is
NOMINAL INTEREST RATES ON TREASURY NOTES AND BONDS OF SPECIFIED MATURITIES (IN PERCENT)
3-Year
5-Year
7-Year
10-Year
20-Year
30-Year
1.4
1.9
2.4
3.0
3.9
4.2
Real Discount Rates. A forecast of real
interest rates from which the inflation
premium has been removed and based on the
economic assumptions from the 2012 Budget
is presented below. These real rates are to be
used for discounting constant-dollar flows, as
is often required in cost-effectiveness
analysis.
REAL INTEREST RATES ON TREASURY NOTES AND BONDS OF SPECIFIED MATURITIES (IN PERCENT)
3-Year
5-Year
7-Year
10-Year
20-Year
30-Year
0.0
0.4
0.8
1.3
2.1
2.3
Analyses of programs with terms different
from those presented above may use a linear
interpolation. For example, a four-year
project can be evaluated with a rate equal to
the average of the three-year and five-year
rates. Programs with durations longer than 30
years may use the 30-year interest rate.
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#9487.
Dates: March 16, 2011, 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m.
and March 17, 2011, 8:30 a.m.–2 p.m.
Place: Stafford I, Room 1235, National
Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Blvd.,
Arlington, Virginia 22230.
Type of Meeting: Open.
Contact Person: Beth Zelenski, National
Science Foundation, Suite 705, 4201 Wilson
Blvd., Arlington, Virginia 22230. Phone 703–
292–8500.
Minutes: May be obtained from the contact
person listed above.
Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice,
recommendations, and oversight concerning
support for environmental research and
education.
• Update on recent NSF environmental
activities.
• Update on national and international
environmental collaborations.
• Meeting with the NSF Director.
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• Update on NSF’s Science, Engineering
and Education for Sustainability portfolio
(SEES).
Dated: February 8, 2011.
Susanne Bolton,
Committee Management Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Notice of Funding Opportunity and Solicitation for Grant
Applications (SGA) for Ex Offenders--Adult Program Grants
AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Notice of Solicitation for Grant Applications (SGA).
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Funding Opportunity Number: SGA/DFA PY 10-10.
SUMMARY: Through this notice, the U.S. Department of Labor's (the
``Department'') Employment and Training Administration (ETA) announces
the availability of approximately $11.7 million in grant funds to
provide pre-release and post-release services to ex-offenders returning
to high poverty, high-crime communities. These services will include
job training and employment preparation, mentoring, and assistance
connecting to supportive services such as housing, substance abuse
programs and mental health treatment. Specifically, the employment
component of the grant will focus on the development of employment
opportunities in in-demand occupations, including emerging ``green''
jobs. These grants will be awarded through a competitive process. The
Department expects to award approximately 10 grants of approximately
$1,170,000 each for a 27-month period of performance.
The complete SGA and any subsequent SGA amendments, in connection
with this solicitation is described in further detail on ETA's Web site
at https://www.doleta.gov/grants/find_grants.cfm or on https://www.grants.gov. The Web sites provide application information,
eligibility requirements, review and selection procedures and other
program requirements governing this solicitation.
DATES: The closing date for receipt of applications is March 17, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brinda Ruggles, 200 Constitution
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Avenue, NW., Room N4716, Washington, DC 20210; Telephone: 202-693-3437;
E-mail: ruggles.brinda@dol.gov.
Signed in Washington, DC, this 8th day of February 2011.
Eric Luetkenhaus,
Grant Officer, Employment and Training Administration.
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