[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 123 (Tuesday, June 26, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33979-33980]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-15970]


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MORRIS K. UDALL SCHOLARSHIP AND EXCELLENCE IN NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL 
POLICY FOUNDATION

The United States Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution


U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution; Application 
for the National Roster of Dispute Resolution and Consensus Building 
Professionals: Sub-Roster of Transportation Mediators & Facilitators 
(Transportation Roster)

AGENCY: Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National 
Environmental Policy Foundation, U.S. Institute for Environmental 
Conflict Resolution.

ACTION: Notice of availability of application.

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SUMMARY: Provides interested environmental conflict resolution 
professionals with information regarding the application process for 
the National Roster of Environmental Dispute Resolution and Consensus 
Building Professionals (Roster of ECR Practitioners) and the new Sub-
Roster of Transportation Mediators & Facilitators (Transportation 
Roster).

DATES: The application period for the Roster of ECR Practitioners is 
open and continuous. Current and new members of the Roster of ECR 
Practitioners must submit an application for the Sub-Roster of 
Transportation Mediators & Facilitators by August 15, 2001 in order to 
be included in the initial Transportation Roster. Future application 
opportunities for the Transportation Roster have not been determined.

ADDRESSES: Application for the Roster of ECR Practitioners and the 
Transportation Roster: www.ecr.gov (follow roster link). Hard copy 
application for those without web access: Joan C. Calcagno, Roster 
Manager, U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution, 110 
South Church Avenue, Suite 3350, Tucson, Arizona 85701.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joan C. Calcagno, Roster Manager, U.S. 
Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution, 110 South Church 
Avenue, Suite 3350, Tucson, Arizona 85701, 520-670-5299, E-mail: 
[email protected]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S. Institute for Environmental 
Conflict Resolution: The U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict 
Resolution is a federal program established by the U.S. Congress to 
assist parties in resolving environmental, natural resource, and public 
lands conflicts. The Institute is part of the Morris K. Udall 
Foundation, an independent federal agency of the executive branch 
overseen by a board of trustees appointed by the President. The 
Institute serves as an impartial, non-partisan institution providing 
professional expertise, services, and resources to all parties involved 
in such disputes, regardless of who initiates or pays for assistance. 
The Institute helps parties determine whether collaborative problem 
solving is appropriate for specific environmental conflicts, how and 
when to bring all the parties to the table, and whether a third-party 
facilitator or mediator might be helpful in assisting the parties in 
their efforts to reach consensus or to resolve the conflict. In 
addition, the Institute maintains a roster of qualified facilitators 
and mediators with substantial experience in environmental conflict 
resolution, the National Roster of Environmental Dispute Resolution and 
Consensus Building Professionals (Roster of ECR Practitioners), and can 
help parties in selecting an appropriate neutral.
    The Roster of ECR Practitioners: The U.S. Institute for 
Environmental Conflict Resolution continues to accept applications for 
the National Roster of Environmental Dispute Resolution and Consensus 
Building Professionals (Roster of ECR Practitioners). The roster 
includes approximately 155 practitioners with substantial experience as 
mediators, facilitators, or other collaborative process neutral roles, 
in environmental cases and processes. The roster serves as a resource 
for the Institute in making referrals and when sub-contracting with 
practitioners. It also serves as a resource for federal agencies and 
other stakeholders when seeking to contract with a practitioner. A 
roster search and referral is currently available by contacting the 
Institute and will eventually be available to all on the web.
    Information About and the Application for the Roster of ECR 
Practitioners: The roster application can be completed and submitted 
online from the Institute's web site: www.ecr.gov. Complete information 
about the Institute, the development and purpose of the roster, the 
entry criteria, and a score sheet are available for your use and review 
on the Institute's web site. Click the roster link. Please review the 
entry criteria, the application's glossary definitions, and the 
instructions carefully to ensure a prompt determination.
    The Sub-Roster of Transportation Mediators & Facilitators: The 
Institute is

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also assembling a roster of qualified dispute resolution and consensus 
building professionals with particular experience in transportation 
cases: the Sub-Roster of Transportation Mediators & Facilitators 
(``Transportation Roster''). The Institute will draw from members of 
the Roster of ECR Practitioners to assemble the Transportation Roster. 
The Transportation Roster is part of an ADR system designed through an 
interagency agreement with the Federal Highway Administration. The 
system includes the development of a guidance document, a training 
course, and the Transportation Roster. Information about the 
Transportation Roster and the appropriate use of neutrals will be 
provided to every relevant federal and state transportation, 
environmental, and historical review agency as part of a new guidance 
document (Environmental Streamlining and Conflict Management.) 
Transportation roster members will be available to all of these 
agencies to help design collaborative processes and to resolve 
interagency disputes that arise during environmental reviews of 
transportation projects. Transportation Roster members will also be a 
primary source of trainers for planned interagency training on 
negotiations and conflict management.
    Eligibility for the Transportation Roster: Environmental conflict 
resolution practitioners (mediators, facilitators, consensus builders, 
etc.) must first be members of the National Roster of Environmental 
Dispute Resolution and Consensus Building Professionals (Roster of ECR 
Practitioners) and then submit the Transportation Roster application 
demonstrating that they meet the Transportation Roster entry criteria. 
Entry criteria include experience as a neutral in transportation cases 
and/or as employees of, or consultants to, relevant agencies.
    More Information About, and the Application for, the Transportation 
Roster: More information is available on the Institute's website: 
www.ecr.gov. Click the roster link. Click the Transportation Roster 
link on the right hand navigation bar. The links on that page will 
connect to a packet of background information, entry criteria and other 
requirements, applicable definitions, instructions and the short 
application in a MSWord or WordPerfect file. Practitioners are reminded 
that they must first apply to, and be a member of, the Roster of ECR 
Practitioners.

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. Sec. 5601-5609)

    Dated the 19th day of June 2001.
Christopher L. Helms,
Executive Director, Morris K. Udall Foundation.
[FR Doc. 01-15970 Filed 6-25-01; 8:45 am]
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