[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7819-7825]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-4203]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration


Discretionary Cooperative Agreements to Support the Demonstration 
and Evaluation of Innovative Alcohol-Impaired Driving Projects

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Announcement of discretionary cooperative agreement program to 
support the demonstration and evaluation of Innovative Alcohol-Impaired 
Driving Projects.

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SUMMARY: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) 
announces a discretionary cooperative agreement program to demonstrate 
and evaluate innovative projects aimed at reducing alcohol-impaired 
fatalities.
    The goal of NHTSA's Impaired Driving program is to reduce alcohol-
related fatalities to 11,000 by the year 2005. While progress has been 
made in reducing alcohol-related fatalities in the last ten years, more 
innovative programs with potential to achieve dramatic declines in 
alcohol-impaired driving fatalities are needed to reach this national 
goal. This cooperative agreement program is to support the development 
of innovative projects or new approaches that have potential to 
substantially reduce alcohol-related fatalities, injuries and crashes.
    NHTSA anticipates funding several innovative demonstration projects 
for a period of two years under this announcement.
    This notice solicits pre-applications from public and private, non-
profit and for-profit organizations, state and local governments and 
their agencies. Interested applicants must submit a pre-application 
package as further described in the Pre-Application Procedures section 
of this notice. The pre-applications will be evaluated to identify 
those that warrant further development. Only selected pre-applicants 
will be invited to submit a full application.

DATES: Pre-applications must be received at the office designated below 
on or before 3:00 pm April 1, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Pre-applications must be submitted to the National Highway 
Traffic Safety Administration, Office of Contracts and Procurement 
(NAD-30), ATTN: Rose Watson, 400 7th Street, S.W., Room 5301, 
Washington, D.C. 20590. All applications submitted must include a 
reference to NHTSA Cooperative Agreement Program No. DTNH22-97-H-05072.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: General administrative questions may 
be directed to Rose Watson, Office of Contracts and Procurement at 
(202-366-9557). Programmatic questions relating to this cooperative 
agreement program should be directed to Valerie Gompf, Impaired Driving 
Division, NHTSA, 400 7th Street, SW (NTS-11), Washington, DC 20590 by 
e-mail at [email protected] or by phone (202-366-2702). Interested 
applicants are advised that no separate pre-application package exists 
beyond the contents of this announcement.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The goal of NHTSA's Impaired Driving program is to reduce alcohol-
related fatalities to 11,000 by the year 2005. Progress has been made 
in reducing alcohol-related fatalities in the last ten years. The 
proportion of traffic fatalities involving alcohol has dropped to 41 
percent in 1995, from 52 percent in 1985. The 17,274 alcohol-related 
fatalities in 1995 (41 percent of total traffic fatalities for the 
year) represent a 24 percent reduction from the 22,720 alcohol-related 
fatalities reported in 1985 (52 percent of the total).
    From 1985 to 1995 intoxication rates decreased for drivers of all 
age groups involved in fatal crashes, with the youngest and oldest 
drivers experiencing the largest decreases. For drivers 65 and older, 
intoxication rates dropped from 7.6 percent in 1985 to 5.0 percent in 
1985 (a decline of 34 percent); for drivers 16 to 20 years of age, 
intoxication rates dropped by 47 percent (from 23.9 percent in 1985 to 
12.7 percent in 1995).
    The highest intoxication rates in fatal crashes in 1995 were 
recorded for drivers 21-24 years old (27.8 percent), followed by ages 
25-34 (26.8 percent and 35-44 (22.8 percent). These three age groups 
have also shown the smallest reductions since 1985 (21.3 percent, 17.3 
percent and 6.0 percent, respectively.
    Safety belts were used by only about 17.5 percent of the fatally 
injured intoxicated drivers (blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of 0.10 
g/dl or greater), compared to 29.1 percent of fatally injured impaired 
drivers (BAC between 0.01 g/dl and 0.09 g/dl) and 44.6 percent of 
fatally injured sober drivers (no alcohol).
    Innovations in enforcement, alternative sanctions, public 
education, alcohol screening and treatment, prevention, technology and 
the passage of tougher legislation have all contributed to this 
decline. While it is clear that the nation has made progress in 
reducing alcohol-related fatalities, more needs to be done in order to 
continue making significant gains. It will take new ideas, creative 
approaches, innovative programs, new partners, and new or improved 
technologies to significantly lower the number of alcohol-related 
deaths. The national goal will not be met without expanding beyond the 
current state-of-the-art in these areas.

Partners in Progress

    To explore how to achieve this national goal, NHTSA convened a 
group of over 100 people for the Partners in Progress meeting in 
February 1995. The group developed over 100 strategies to address the 
goal. In January 1996, NHTSA convened an Implementation Group to 
develop an action plan to make quantum leaps toward this goal. The 
Implementation Group met several times over the course of a year and 
drafted an ``Impaired Driving Guide for Action,'' which included the 
following seven countermeasure areas:
    (1) public education;
    (2) individual responsibility;

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    (3) legislation;
    (4) enforcement/adjudication;
    (5) technology;
    (6) health care and medical community; and
    (7) business/employers.
    This innovative cooperative agreement program will be based on the 
seven areas identified in the Partners in Progress An Impaired Driving 
Guide for Action. The information contained in this notice from the 
Partners in Progress is still in draft form. The final document is 
expected to be printed in June of 1997.

Purpose

    The purpose of this cooperative agreement program is to encourage 
innovation in solving the impaired driving problem by funding projects 
that apply original or creative methods or technologies; or that use 
existing methods or technologies in original or creative ways. The 
objective is to identify creative or novel approaches/technologies with 
the greatest potential to reduce alcohol involved crashes, fatalities 
and injuries.

Project Eligibility

    Applications may be submitted by public and private, non-profit and 
for-profit organizations, and state and local governments and their 
agencies or a consortium of the these groups above. Thus, universities, 
colleges, research institutions, hospitals, other public and private 
(non- or not-for-profit) organizations, and State and local governments 
are eligible to apply. Interested applicants are advised that no fee or 
profit will be allowed under this cooperative agreement program.
    Eligible projects will also be limited to those that fall within 
the seven categories of the draft Partners in Progress: Impaired 
Driving Guide for Action outlined below:
    (1) Public Education--Create public concern and outrage by 
developing and implementing a comprehensive national and/or local 
public information and education campaign that promotes health norms 
and reawakens the public awareness of the scope, impact and cost of the 
impaired driving problem, and develops public support for legislative 
and enforcement efforts.
    1.1  Recreate public concern and outrage about senseless deaths and 
injuries caused by impaired driving.
    1.2  Develop campaigns and messages with appeal to high-risk target 
populations, e.g. 21-34 year olds, high BAC offenders and under age 21.
    1.3  Improve the balance of media messages related to alcohol-
impaired driving. Three specific actions are recommended for achieving 
a more appropriate balance in media messages.
    a. Increase the relevance and reach of pro-health and safety 
messages through increased availability and public service 
announcements, counter-advertising and media literacy;
    b. Decrease the advertising and promotional messages that glamorize 
or trivialize drinking and driving; and
    c. Enlist the expertise of the alcohol and advertising industries 
in reaching high risk populations, especially those age 21-34 and 
underage youth with pro-health and safety messages.
    (2) Individual Responsibility--Promote a social norm where 
individuals do not drive while impaired and actively intervene to 
prevent behaviors by others that contribute to driving while impaired.
    2.1  Develop and implement community programs that train all 
citizens to follow a prescribed set of behaviors:
    a. Serve as appropriate role models especially regarding their 
drinking and driving behavior.
    b. Intervene in the behavior of others when they are likely to 
drive while impaired.
    c. Assist alcohol dependent individuals to seek and participate in 
treatment and recovery.
    d. Exhibit appropriate social hosting practices.
    e. Patronize establishments that exhibit responsible serving 
practices.
    f. Support and comply with laws regulating the purchase, 
possession, consumption of or provision of alcohol to underage persons 
as well as underage persons falsifying identification in order to 
purchase.
    g. Educate family, friends and co-workers about the dangers of 
drinking and driving.
    h. Intensify the social contract: ``Do you mind if I drive after 
drinking?''
    I. Participate in the development of alternative activity programs 
for youth that:
    1. Encourage parents and others to be role models for children.
    2. Encourage children to query their parents, ``If you're drinking, 
who's driving?''
    3. Incorporate impaired driving and other traffic safety messages 
into school curricula.
    4. Support alcohol-free parties for youth celebrations.
    j. Show support for the enactment and enforcement of policies, 
laws, and ordinances that:
    1. Strengthen the prevention and deterrence of impaired driving.
    2. Provide for accessible/affordable treatment for alcohol 
dependent persons.
    3. Promote designated drivers and the use of other alternative 
transportation.
    (3) Legislation--Promote passage of effective legislation and 
sustain existing effective laws such as Minimum Drinking Age 21, 
Administrative License Revocation, Zero Tolerance for Youth and .08 
illegal per se for adults. Encourage adoption and evaluation of 
promising legislation such as graduated licensing for youth and vehicle 
sanctions for repeat offenders.
    3.1 Support, promote strengthen, and pass legislation that reflects 
the public sentiment. The majority of the nation's citizens believe 
that alcohol impaired driving is socially unacceptable. Listed below 
are legislative initiatives that should be addressed in each state.
    a. Administrative License Revocation (Laws which automatically and 
immediately suspend or revoke licenses of drivers who operate a vehicle 
with a blood alcohol level at or above the state's defined legal 
limit.)
    b. Safety Belts and Child Car Seats (Laws that make non-use of 
safety belts by drivers and passengers a traffic offense, thus allowing 
police to stop and ticket any occupant not wearing a safety belt or 
using a proper child restraint).
    c. Comprehensive Screening and Multi-tiered Treatment Programs 
(Laws requiring all drivers convicted of DWI/DUI undergo an alcohol 
assessment program to determine if they have an alcohol abuse problem 
and require appropriate sanction and treatment.)
    d. .08 BAC Per Se (Laws lowering the illegal blood alcohol 
concentration to .08 BAC per se for all drivers over the age of 21.)
    e. Vehicle Confiscation, Immobilization, Impoundment (Laws 
requiring that convicted repeat DUI/DWI offenders lose their vehicle or 
use of their vehicle for a prescribed period of time or have devices 
placed on the vehicle that would prevent the driver from driving if 
they had consumed any alcohol.)
    f. Valid Drivers License Required for Vehicle Purchase or 
Registration (Laws that prevent persons without a valid drivers license 
from purchasing or registering a vehicle.)
    g. Zero Tolerance (Laws that prevent drivers under the age of 21 to 
operate a vehicle with any measurable amount of alcohol in their 
system.)
    h. Graduated Licensing (Laws that require new drivers to 
demonstrate responsible driving behavior during restricted hours of 
operation over an extended period of time before obtaining full license 
privilege.)
    i. 21 Minimum Drinking Age (Laws that make it illegal for persons 
under 21 to purchase, attempt to purchase, use

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false identification to purchase, possess and/or consume alcoholic 
beverages. These laws also prohibit an adult from purchasing alcohol 
for a minor or selling to a minor.)
    j. Enhanced Penalties for Higher BACs (Laws that provide more 
severe penalties for drivers with very high blood alcohol levels.)
    k. Dram Shop Laws (Laws that provide criminal and administrative 
penalties for serving and selling alcohol to intoxicated or underage 
patrons.)
    l. Immunity for Hospital BAC Reporting (Laws that grant immunity to 
hospitals that conduct and report BAC tests of drivers in case of death 
or serious injury.)
    (4) Enforcement/Adjudication--Implement uniform, visible and highly 
publicized traffic safety and alcohol regulatory enforcement efforts 
throughout the nation and ensure effective and consistent prosecution 
and adjudication of offenders to guarantee that impaired driving is 
treated as a serious crime.
    4.1 Hold law enforcement administrators accountable for impaired 
driving deaths and injuries in their jurisdictions.
    4.2 Train, support and motivate law enforcement officers, 
prosecutors and judges to consistently enforce all laws pertaining to 
DWI/DUI and alcohol regulatory control.
    4.3 Publicize the fact that traffic enforcement not only reduces 
fatalities and injuries, but also crime in general.
    4.4 Improve the quality and accessibility of traffic records 
related to alcohol traffic offenses: arrests, convictions, sanctions, 
compliance with judicial directives and outcomes.
    4.5 Enforce laws pertaining to legal sale, purchase and provision 
of alcohol to underage and intoxicated persons.
    4.6 Increase the efficiency of the arrest process to reduce the 
time and paperwork requirements associated with DUI arrests.
    4.7 Increase the availability and use of creative alternative 
sentences for DUI offenders such as: community service, electronic 
monitoring, ignition interlocks, and intensive probation.
    (5) Technology--Identify and apply technological solutions to the 
impaired driving problem that affect the roadway, the vehicle and the 
driver.
    5.1 Establish a strong safety presence to influence the development 
and application of safety technologies within the Intelligent 
Transportation Systems (ITS) and highway construction communities.
    5.2  Develop/use innovative technological devices to support the 
detection, arrest, prosecution, sentencing and monitoring of impaired 
drivers.
    (6) Health and Medical--Encourage the health care and medical 
community to address alcohol use and impaired driving in patient 
consultations. Involve health care providers as champions for public 
education efforts and advocates for policy changes.
    6.1  Advocate for health care policies that provide for adequate 
coverage for assessment, intervention, and treatment of alcohol 
problems.
    6.2  Show concern and take action about potential impaired driving 
by patients as an integral part of preventive medicine. This action 
should include:
    a. Questions about drinking, impaired driving and occupant 
protection in patient interviews.
    b. Information about drinking, impaired driving and occupant 
protection in written and verbal patient education.
    c. Aggressive assessment and referral for alcohol problems.
    6.3  Involve health care professionals as advocates for prevention, 
legislation and enforcement initiatives in the areas of impaired 
driving and occupant protection.
    6.4  Strengthen training for health care professionals in issues 
related to alcohol and impaired driving. This training should occur 
both initially in medical school and in continuing medical education 
programs.
    (7) Business and Employers--Convince/inspire businesses and 
employers to implement policies as well as engage in responsible 
hospitality practices whenever alcoholic beverages are sold or served. 
Encourage businesses to support community activities related to 
reducing the human and economic costs of traffic crashes.
    7.1  Develop and implement impaired driving policies, programs and 
enforcement actions by businesses and employers that influence employee 
and customer behaviors:
    a. Employee assistance programs.
    b. Policies regarding on-the-job drinking and impaired driving.
    c. Education to employees and customers regarding responsible 
hosting/party planning.
    7.2  Increase participation of businesses and employers in 
addressing traffic safety issues within their communities.
    7.3  Adopt responsible hospitality practices by those licensed to 
sell alcoholic beverages including: strict age identification, staff 
training, promotion of alternative beverages, availability of food and 
control of intoxication.
    7.4  Patronize responsible establishments or adopt responsible 
hospitality practices when hosting events for employees, clients, or 
business associates.

Additional Resources

    The following is a list of resources for information on highway 
safety programs on impaired driving.
    (1) Compendium of Traffic Safety Research Projects, DOT HS 808 379 
April 1996. This is an annotated bibliography of NHTSA's behavioral 
research over the last 10 years, and includes alcohol-impaired driving 
research. This is available on NHTSA's world wide web home page (http:/
/www.nhtsa.dot.gov:80/people/injury/research/COMPEND.HTM).
    (2) Traffic Safety Digest. This is a quarterly publication of NHTSA 
which contains innovative traffic safety projects that have been or are 
currently being conducted in states and communities. This is available 
on NHTSA's world wide web home page (http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov:80/
people/outreach/safedige).
    (3) Each state has a Governor's Highway Safety Office that can 
provide information on state legislation, programs and activities 
related to impaired driving.

Pre-application Procedures

    Each applicant must submit one original and two copies of the pre-
application package to: NHTSA, Office of Contracts and Procurement 
(NAD-30), ATTN: Rose Watson, 400 7th Street, SW., Room 5301, 
Washington, DC 20590. An additional three copies will facilitate the 
review process, but are not required. Pre-Applications shall be limited 
to the completed Cover Page of the Application for Federal Assistant 
(standard form 424--revised 4-88); a 4-page project description; and a 
1-page staffing and budget summary. The cover page form 424 can be 
found in Appendix A. In block 11 of the cover page form 424, the 
applicant should also state which of the seven Partners in Progress 
areas the project addresses. The pre-application may be single spaced, 
must be typed on one side of the page only, and must include a 
reference to NHTSA Cooperative Agreement No. DTNH22-97-H-05072. Please 
note applicants interested in submitting more than one innovative 
project must prepare a separate pre-application package for each 
project.
    Only complete packages received on or before 3:00 p.m., April 1, 
1997 will be considered.

Project Review Procedures and Criteria

    Upon receipt of the pre-applications, they will be screened to 
ensure that they

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meet the eligibility requirements. Pre-applications meeting the 
requirements will be reviewed by a panel using the criteria outlined 
below. In preparing the pre-application package, applicants should 
organize the package to follow the outline provided by the review 
criteria.

Pre-application Review Criteria

    The project package must concisely address the following review 
criteria:
    1. Description of what the organization proposes to accomplish 
which:
    (a) clearly identifies the one area for consideration (must be one 
of the seven areas outlined from Partners in Progress); states the 
goals and objectives of the project; and explains the innovative and 
creative features of the project being demonstrated. If building on an 
old idea, what are the innovative or new approaches that make this 
project different from what has been tied in the past?
    (b) clearly articulates the project's potential to make a 
significant contribution to national efforts to achieve the 2005 
impaired driving fatality goal. A rationale for the estimated impact 
must be included. (45 percent)
    2. Briefly outline a specific, sound, and feasible work plan, 
including the plan to evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed 
project in reducing impaired driving fatalities. This outline should 
identify the specific tasks required to accomplish the goals and 
objectives of the project. The feasibility of the project will be 
evaluated in light of resources, realism, and ability to achieve the 
desired outcome. (25 percent)
    3. Description of the project's adaptability to other jurisdictions 
at a reasonable cost. (15 percent)
    4. Briefly outline the project's staffing and budget. Include 
staffing titles and a 1-2 sentence description of the position duties. 
The budget should segregate project demonstration costs from project 
evaluation costs and for each of these activities should identify costs 
by direct labor with a break down of costs by proposed staffing; direct 
materials/equipment with a break down of major cost items; total travel 
costs with an explanation of the relationship to the project; 
evaluation costs; and overhead. Clearly identify any financial or in-
kind commitment of resources by the applicant organization or other 
supporting organizations to support the project. (15 percent)
    Those applicants whose pre-application are not selected will be 
informed in writing. Those applicants whose pre-applications are 
selected for further development will also be notified in writing and a 
date for submitting full applications will be set. Upon receipt of the 
full application proposal by NHTSA, they will be reviewed by panel 
members who were involved in the review of the pre-applications using 
the following criteria.

Full Application Criteria

    The following criteria will be used to evaluate the full 
application:
    (1) Innovation (30 percent). The description clearly identifies the 
one area for consideration (must be one of the seven areas outlined 
from Partners in Progress), and explains the innovative and creative 
features of the project. If building on an old idea, what are the 
innovative or new approaches that make this project different from what 
has been tried in the past? The applicant has thought through some of 
the barriers to developing and implementing this new idea. The 
innovative project involves new non-traditional highway safety 
partners. The project is adaptable to other jurisdictions at a 
reasonable cost. The project idea will be publicly supported and/or is 
suitable for public participation.
    (2) Goals, Objectives and Workplan (30 percent). The applicant's 
goals are clearly articulated and the objectives are time-phased, 
specific, measurable, and achievable. The workplan will achieve an 
outcome-oriented result that will reduce impaired driving fatalities 
and injuries. The workplan addresses what the applicant proposes to 
develop and implement; how this will be accomplished; and includes the 
major tasks/milestones necessary to complete the project. This involves 
identification and solution of potential technical problems and 
critical issues related to successful completion of the project. The 
work plan will be evaluated with respect to its feasibility, realism, 
and ability to achieve the desired outcomes.
    (3) Evaluation Plan (20 percent). The evaluation plan clearly 
articulates the project's potential to make a significant contribution 
to national efforts to achieve the 2005 impaired driving fatality goal. 
A rationale for the estimated impact is included. The applicant 
describes the proposed evaluation design and the methods for measuring 
the outcomes of the proposed interventions (countermeasures). The 
evaluation plan will measure the effectiveness of the innovative 
program idea. The applicant provides sufficient evidence of community 
cooperation and commitment, if needed. There are sufficient data 
sources identified and access is ensured from appropriate owners or 
collectors of the data to: identify/create and test appropriate 
instruments; and collect and appropriately analyze quantitative and 
qualitative data for measuring the effectiveness of the innovative 
project.
    (4) Project Management and Staffing (20 percent). The proposed 
staff are clearly described, appropriately assigned, and have adequate 
skills and experiences. The applicant has the capacity and facilities 
to design, implement, and evaluate the proposed project, The applicant 
provided details regarding the level of effort and allocation of time 
of each staff position. The applicant furnished an organizational chart 
and resumes of each proposed staff. The resumes demonstrate an 
appropriate staffing mix, experience and technical skills for the 
successful completion of project objectives. Sufficient staff with the 
evaluation expertise have been allocated to carry out the submitted 
evaluation plan. The applicant's staffing plan is reasonable for 
accomplishing the objectives of the project within the established time 
frame. The financial budget is sufficiently detailed to allow NHTSA to 
determine that the estimated costs are reasonable and necessary to 
perform the proposed effort. Financial or in-kind commitment of 
resources by the applicant organization or other supporting 
organizations to support the project has been clearly identified.

Availability of Funds and Period of Support

    Contingent on the availability of funds and satisfactory 
performance, cooperative agreements will be awarded for a project 
period of two years. A total of $1.6 million in cooperative agreements 
is anticipated to be awarded. It is anticipated that individual award 
amounts, based upon demonstrated need, may range between $200,000 and 
$400,000. This stated range does not establish a minimum or maximum 
funding levels.
    Ideally, one cooperative agreement would be awarded in each of the 
seven areas, but NHTSA reserves the right to award to applicants whose 
proposals have the greatest potential regardless of program area. Thus 
more than one cooperative agreement could be awarded in each area and 
some areas may have no projects funded.
    In each project, some portion of the funding requested must be 
dedicated to evaluation activities. Given the amount of funds available 
for this effort, applicants are strongly encouraged to seek other 
funding opportunities to supplement the federal funds.

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Preference will be given to applicants with cost-sharing proposals.

NHTSA Involvement

    NHTSA will be involved in all activities undertaken as part of the 
cooperative-agreement program and will:
    1. Provide a Contracting Officer's Technical Representative (COTR) 
to participate in the planning and management of this Cooperative 
Agreement and to coordinate activities between the Grantee and NHTSA.
    2. Provide information and technical assistance from government 
sources within available resources and as determined appropriate by the 
COTR.
    3. Serve as a liaison between NHTSA Headquarters, Regional Offices 
and others (Federal, state and local) interested in innovative alcohol 
grant program and the activities of the grantee as appropriate.
    4. Stimulate the transfer of information among cooperative 
agreement recipients and others engaged in innovative alcohol program 
activities.

Special Award Selection Factors

    While not a requirement of this announcement, applicants are 
strongly urged to seek funds from other federal, State, local and 
private sources to augment those available under this announcement. For 
those applications that are evaluated as meritorious for consideration 
for award, preference may be given to those that have proposed cost-
sharing strategies and/or have other proposed funding sources in 
addition to those in this announcement.

Terms and Conditions of Award

    1. Prior to award, each grantee must comply with the certification 
requirements of 49 CFR part 20, Department of Transportation New 
Restrictions on Lobbying, and 49 CFR part 29, Department of 
Transportation government-wide Debarment and Suspension (Non-
procurement) and Government-wide Requirements for Drug Free Workplace 
(Grants).
    2. Reporting Requirements and Deliverables:
    A. Quarterly Progress Reports should include a summary of the 
previous quarter's activities and accomplishments, as well as the 
proposed activities for the upcoming quarter. Any decisions and actions 
required in the upcoming quarter should be included in the report. The 
grantee shall supply the progress report to the Contracting Officer's 
Technical Representative (COTR) every ninety (90) days following date 
of award.
    B. Program Implementation and Evaluation Plan: The grantee shall 
submit a revised program implementation and evaluation plan, 
incorporating comments received from the NHTSA COTR, no more than 1 
month after award of this agreement. The NHTSA COTR will review and 
comment, if necessary.
    C. Draft Final Report: The grantee shall prepare a Draft Final 
Report that includes a description of the innovative project, partners, 
intervention strategies, program implementation, evaluation methodology 
and findings from the program evaluation. In terms of information 
transfer, it is important to know what worked and did not work, under 
what circumstances, and what can be done to avoid potential problems in 
future projects. The grantee shall submit the Draft Final Report to the 
COTR 60 days prior to the end of the performance period. The COTR will 
review the draft report and provide comments to the grantee within 30 
days of receipt of the document.
    D. Final Report: The grantee shall revise the Draft Final Report to 
reflect the COTR's comments. The revised final report shall be 
delivered to the COTR 15 days before the end of the performance period. 
The grantee shall supply the COTR:

--A camera ready version of the document as printed.
--A copy, on appropriate media (diskette, Syquest disk, etc.), of the 
document in the original program format that was used for the printing 
process.
--Some documents require several different original program languages 
(e.g., PageMaker was the program for the general layout and design and 
PowerPoint was used for charts and yet another was used for 
photographs, etc.). Each of these component parts should be available 
on disk, properly labeled with the program format and the file names. 
For example PowerPoint files should be clearly identified by both a 
descriptive name and file name (e.g., 1994 Fatalities--chart1.ppt.)
--A complete version of the assembled document in portable document 
format (PDF) for placement of the report on the world wide web (WWW). 
This will be a file usually created with the Adobe Exchange program of 
the complete assembled document in the PDF format that will actually be 
placed on the WWW. The document would be completely assembled with all 
colors, charts, side bars, photographs, and graphics. This can be 
delivered to NHTSA on a standard 1.44 floppy diskette (for small 
documents) or on any appropriate archival media (for larger documents) 
such as an CD ROM, TR-1 Mini cartridge, Syquest disk, etc.
--Four additional hard copies of the final document

    E. A Briefing to NHTSA and a presentation to at least one national 
meeting (e.g., Lifesavers * * *).
    F. Preparation and submission of a paper for publication in a 
professional journal.
    Items (E) and (F) above will be submitted to NHTSA initially in 
draft format and will be circulated for review and comment to NHTSA and 
others, as appropriate.
    3. During the effective performance period of cooperative 
agreements awarded as a result of this announcement, the agreement as 
applicable to the grantee, shall be subject to the National Highway 
Traffic Safety Administration's General Provisions for Assistance 
Agreements, dated July 1995.

    Issued on: February 14, 1997.
James Hedlund,
Associate Administrator for Traffic Safety Programs.

BILLING CODE 4910-59-M

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Appendix A--Application for Federal Assistance Cover Page, Standard 
Form 424 (rev 4-88).
[GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TN20FE97.028

BILLING CODE 4910-59-C

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INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE SF 424

    This is a standard form used by applicants as a required 
facesheet for preapplications and applications submitted for Federal 
assistance. It will be used by Federal agencies to obtain applicant 
certification that States which have established a review and 
comment procedure in response to Executive Order 12372 and have 
selected the program to be included in their process, have been 
given an opportunity to review the applicant's submission.

Item and Entry

    1. Self-explanatory.
    2. Date application submitted to Federal agency (or State if 
applicable) & applicant's control number (if applicable).
    3. State use only (if applicable).
    4. If this application is to continue or revise and existing 
award, enter present Federal identifier number. If for a new 
project, leave blank.
    5. Legal name of applicant, name of primary organizational unit 
which will undertake the assistance activity, complete address of 
the applicant, and name and telephone number of the person to 
contact on matters related to this application.
    6. Enter Employer Identification Number (EIN) as assigned by the 
Internal Revenue Service.
    7. Enter the appropriate letter in the space provided.
    8. Check appropriate box and enter appropriate letter(s) in the 
space(s) provided:

--``New'' means a new assistance award.
--``Continuation'' means an extension for an additional funding/
budget period for a project with a projected completion date.
--``Revision'' means any change in the Federal Government's 
financial obligation or contingent liability from an existing 
obligation.

    9. Name of Federal agency from which assistance is being 
requested with this application.
    10. Use the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number and 
title of the program under which assistance is requested.
    11. Enter a brief descriptive title of the project, if more than 
one program is involved, you should append an explanation on a 
separate sheet. If appropriate (e.g., construction or real property 
projects), attach a map showing project location. For 
preapplications use a separate sheet to provide a summary 
description of this project.
    12. List only the largest political entities affected (e.g., 
State, counties, cities).
    13. Self-explanatory.
    14. List the applicant's Congressional District and any 
District(s) affected by the program or project.
    15. Amount requested or to be contributed during the first 
funding/budget period by each contributor. Value of in-kind 
contributions should be included on appropriate lines as applicable. 
If the action will result in a dollar change to an existing award, 
indicate only the amount of the change. For decreases, enclose the 
amounts in parentheses. If both basic and supplemental amounts are 
included, show breakdown on an attached sheet. For multiple program 
funding, use totals and show breakdown using same categories as item 
15.
    16. Applicants should contact the State Single Point of Contact 
(SPOC) for Federal Executive Order 12372 to determine whether the 
application is subject to the State intergovernmental review 
process.
    17. This question applies to the applicant organization, not the 
person who signs as the authorized representative. Categories of 
debt include delinquent audit disallowances, loans and taxes.
    18. To be signed by the authorized representative of the 
applicant. A copy of the governing body's authorization for you to 
sign this application as official representative must be on file in 
the applicant's office. (Certain Federal agencies may require that 
this authorization be submitted as part of the application.)

[FR Doc. 97-4203 Filed 2-19-97; 8:45 am]
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