[Federal Register: June 26, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 123)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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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:
roster@ecr.gov
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.
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