# Brookwood-Sago Mine Safety Grants
**AGENCY:**
Mine Safety and Health Administration, Labor.
**ACTION:**
Notice, change in the grant application deadline.
**SUMMARY:**
On June 29, 2009, the U.S. Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), announced it was making $500,000 available in grant funds for educational and training programs to help identify, avoid, and prevent unsafe working conditions in and around mines. 74 FR 31049-31051. This notice advised that the solicitation for grant applications would be available June 30, 2009, on the *Grants.gov* Web site. The closing date for receipt of the grant applications was July 31, 2009. Because of administrative limitations associated with the *Grants.gov* Web site, MSHA is extending the deadline for receipt of grant applications for the Brookwood-Sago Mine Safety Grants to August 1, 2009.
**DATES:**
The closing date for submitting grant applications will be August 1, 2009 (no later than 11:59 p.m. EDST). MSHA will award grants on or before September 30, 2009.
**ADDRESSES:**
Applications for grants submitted under this competition must be submitted electronically using the Government-wide site at *http://www.grants.gov* . If applying online poses a hardship to any applicant, the MSHA Directorate of Educational Policy and Development will provide assistance to ensure that applications can be submitted online by the closing date. MSHA's Web page at *http://www.msha.gov* is a valuable source of background information on Brookwood-Sago Safety Grants.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Any questions regarding this solicitation for grant applications (SGA 09-3BS) should be directed to Robert Glatter at *[email protected]* or at 202-693-9570 (this is not a toll-free number) or the Grant Officer, Darrell A. Cooper at *[email protected]* or at 202-693-9831 (this is not a toll-free number).
**Authority:**
30 U.S.C. 965.
Michael A. Davis,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Operations, Mine Safety and Health.