[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 30 (Tuesday, February 14, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 8288]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-3341]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Mine Safety and Health Administration


State's Mine Health and Safety Grants

AGENCY: Mine Safety and Health Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice of posting of the Solicitation for Grant Applications 
for the Fiscal Year 2012 State grant program.

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    Announcement Type: New.
    Funding Opportunity Number: MSHA 2012-1.
    Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 17,600.
    Types of Assistance: Discretionary Grants.
    Number of awards: 50 to States or other eligible applicants.
    Start date of project period: October 1, 2011.
    End date of project period: September 30, 2012.
    Estimated amount of funds to be awarded: $8,441,000.

SUMMARY: The United States Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health 
Administration (MSHA), has posted its solicitation for grant 
applications (SGA) for the States Grants Program on http://www.grants.gov. The SGA contains all of the necessary information 
needed to apply for grant funding.
    Applicants for these grants are States or State-designated 
entities. The purpose of these grants is to improve and secure safe and 
healthy workplaces for U.S. miners. The final amount of each individual 
grant will be determined by the formula in Section 503(h) of the 
Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 953(h)) and 
MSHA's final Fiscal Year 2012 appropriation.

DATES: All applications must be received on April 1, 2012 by Midnight, 
Eastern Daylight Saving Time.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Glatter at 
[email protected], at 202-693-9570 (voice), or 202-693-9571 
(facsimile) or Valoree Lilley at [email protected], 202-693-9831. 
These are not toll-free numbers.

    Authority: 30 U.S.C. 953.

    Dated: February 8, 2012.
Patricia W. Silvey,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2012-3341 Filed 2-13-12; 8:45 am]
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