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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Innovation and Improvement
(OII); Notice Reopening the Ready to
Teach Program Fiscal Year (FY) 2005
Competition
Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.286A
and 84.286B.
Summary: On February 24, 2005, we
published in the Federal Register (70
FR 9053) a notice inviting applications
for the Ready to Teach program’s FY
2005 competition. The original notice
for this FY 2005 competition established
an April 20, 2005, deadline date for
eligible applicants to apply for funding
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Dates: Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: May 6, 2005 (applications
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Washington, DC time).
Note: Applications for grants under the
Ready to Teach program must be submitted
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Through this site, you will be able to
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submit your application. You may not e-mail
an electronic copy of a grant application to
us. For information about how to submit your
application electronically, please refer to
Section IV. 6. Other Submission
Requirements in the February 24, 2005,
notice (70 FR 9056). We have not extended
the deadline for submitting a statement that
an applicant qualifies for an exception to the
electronic submission requirement.
Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: The deadline date for
Intergovernmental Review under
Executive Order 12732 is extended to
June 6, 2005.
For Further Information Contact:
Sharon J. Harris-Morgan, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland
Avenue, SW., room 4W250,
Washington, DC 20202–5980.
Telephone: (202) 205–5880 or by e-mail:
sharon.morgan@ed.gov.
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the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1–
800–877–8339.
Individuals with disabilities may
obtain this document in an alternative
format (e.g., Braille, large print,
audiotape, or computer diskette) on
request to the program contact person
listed in this section.
Supplementary Information: Any
eligible applicant may apply for funding
under this program by the deadline date
in this notice. Eligible applicants that
submitted their applications in a timely
manner for the Ready to Teach program
FY 2005 competition to the Department
on or prior to the competition’s original
deadline date of April 20, 2005, are not
required to re-submit their applications
or re-apply in order to be considered for
FY 2005 awards under this program. We
encourage eligible applicants to submit
their applications as soon as possible to
avoid any problems with filing
electronic applications on the last day.
The deadline for submission of
applications will not be extended any
further.
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Dated: April 26, 2005.
Nina Shokraii Rees,
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Improvement.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services; Overview
Information; Technology and Media
Services for Individuals With
Disabilities—Television Access; Notice
Inviting Applications For New Awards
For Fiscal Year (FY) 2005
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
(CFDA) Number: 84.327C.
Dates:
Applications Available: May 2, 2005.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: June 13, 2005.
Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: August 12, 2005.
Eligible Applicants: State educational
agencies (SEAs); local educational
agencies (LEAs); public charter schools
that are LEAs under State law;
institutions of higher education (IHEs);
other public agencies; private nonprofit
organizations; outlying areas; freely
associated States; Indian tribes or tribal
organizations; and for-profit
organizations.
Estimated Available Funds:
$7,200,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards:
$800,000.
Maximum Award: The Secretary does
not intend to fund an application that
proposes a budget exceeding $800,000
for a single budget period of 12 months.
Estimated Number of Awards: 9.
Note: The Department is not bound by any
estimates in this notice.
Project Period: Up to 36 months.
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Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The purpose of
this program is to: (1) Improve results
for children with disabilities by
promoting the development,
demonstration, and use of technology,
(2) support educational media services
activities designed to be of educational
value in the classroom setting to
children with disabilities, and (3)
provide support for captioning and
video description that is appropriate for
use in the classroom setting.
Priorities: This competition contains
an absolute priority and a competitive
preference priority. In accordance with
34 CFR 75.105(b)(2)(v), these priorities
are from allowable activities specified in
the statute (see sections 674 and 681(d)
of the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act (IDEA)).
Absolute Priority: For FY 2005 this
priority is an absolute priority. Under 34
CFR 75.105(c)(3), we consider only
applications that meet this priority.
This priority is:
Technology and Media Services for
Individuals With Disabilities—
Television Access
Background of Priority:
On July 21, 2000, the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC)
adopted rules to make television more
accessible to people with visual
disabilities by mandating that a certain
amount of programming contain video
description. However, in November
2002, a Federal court struck down these
rules. Thus, because FCC accessibility
rules do not currently require video
description, only a limited number of
television programs provide video
description for individuals with
blindness or low vision. For more
information about video description,
please refer to: https://ftp.fcc.gov/cgb/
consumerfacts/vid_des.html.
The FCC is also responsible for
implementing and monitoring the
closed captioning requirements of the
Telecommunications Act of 1996. In
that law, Congress authorized the FCC
to adopt exemptions from general
captioning requirements. For more
information about closed captioning and
the exemptions please refer to: https://
www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/
closedcaption.html.
Statement of Priority: Under this
priority, which supports cooperative
agreements, an applicant must describe,
or describe and caption, widely
available programs that are appropriate
for, and designed to be of educational
value in the classroom setting for
children with disabilities at the
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preschool, elementary, or secondary
level.
A project must do the following:
(a) Include criteria for selecting
programs of high educational merit and
take into account the preference of
educators, students, and parents.
(b) Identify and support a consumer
advisory group, including parents and
educators, which must meet at least
annually.
(c) Use the expertise of this consumer
advisory group to certify that each
program described or described and
captioned with project funds is of
educational value in the classroom
setting at the preschool, elementary, or
secondary level for children with
disabilities. Acceptable programming
must be appropriate for use in the
classroom setting, focusing on the
educational needs of students, including
intellectual/cognitive or social/
emotional needs.
(d) Identify the extent to which the
programming is widely available.
(e) Identify the total number of
program hours the project will make
accessible and the cost per hour for
description and, if the applicant is
proposing both description and
captioning, the cost per hour for
description and captioning.
(f) For each video program, identify
the source of any private or other public
support, and the projected dollar
amount of that support, if any.
(g) Demonstrate the willingness of
program providers or program owners to
permit and facilitate the description or,
the description and captioning of their
programs.
(h) Provide assurances from program
providers or program owners stating
that programs made accessible under
this project will air, and will continue
to air, with descriptions, or with
descriptions and captions.
(i) If the applicant is proposing both
description and captioning, provide
assurances from program providers or
program owners stating that programs
captioned under this project would not
otherwise be captioned to meet the
FCC’s captioning requirements, or are
specifically exempt from the FCC’s
captioning requirements.
(j) Implement procedures for
monitoring the extent to which full
accessibility is provided, and use this
information to make refinements in
project operations.
(k) Identify the anticipated shelf-life
and range of distribution of the video
programs that is possible without
further costs to the project.
In addition, projects funded under
this priority must—
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(a) Budget for a two-day Project
Directors’ meeting in Washington, DC
during each year of the project.
(b) If the project maintains a Web site,
include relevant information and
documents in a format that meets a
government or industry-recognized
standard for accessibility.
Competitive Preference Priority:
Within this absolute priority, we give
competitive preference to applications
that address the following priority.
Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i) we award
up to an additional 10 points to an
application from a small business. Thus,
an applicant meeting this competitive
preference could receive a maximum
possible score of 110 points.
Waiver of Proposed Rulemaking:
Under the Administrative Procedure Act
(APA) (5 U.S.C. 553), the Department
generally offers interested parties the
opportunity to comment on proposed
priorities. However, section 681(d) of
IDEA makes the public comment
requirements of the APA inapplicable to
the priority in this notice.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1474
and 1481(d).
Applicable Regulations: The
Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in
34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82,
84, 85, 86, 97, 98, and 99.
Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 79
apply to all applicants except federally
recognized Indian tribes.
Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86
apply to IHEs only.
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Cooperative
agreements.
Estimated Available Funds:
$7,200,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards:
$800,000.
Maximum Award: The Secretary does
not intend to fund an application that
proposes a budget exceeding $800,000
for a single budget period of 12 months.
Estimated Number of Awards: 9.
Note: The Department is not bound by any
estimates in this notice.
Project Period: Up to 36 months.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: SEAs; LEAs;
public charter schools that are LEAs
under State law; IHEs; other public
agencies; private nonprofit
organizations; outlying areas; freely
associated States; Indian tribes or tribal
organizations; and for-profit
organizations.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This
competition does not involve cost
sharing or matching.
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3. Other: General Requirements—(a)
The projects funded under this
competition must make positive efforts
to employ and advance in employment
qualified individuals with disabilities
(see section 606 of IDEA).
(b) Applicants and grant recipients
funded under this competition must
involve individuals with disabilities or
parents of individuals with disabilities
ages birth through 26 in planning,
implementing, and evaluating the
projects (see section 682(a)(1)(A) of
IDEA).
IV. Application and Submission
Information
1. Address to Request Application
Package: Education Publications Center
(ED Pubs), P.O. Box 1398, Jessup, MD
20794–1398. Telephone (toll free): 1–
877–433–7827. Fax: (301) 470–1244. If
you use a telecommunications device
for the deaf (TDD), you may call (toll
free): 1–877–576–7734.
You may also contact ED Pubs at its
Web site: https://www.ed.gov/pubs/
edpubs.html or you may contact ED
Pubs at its e-mail address:
edpubs@inet.ed.gov.
If you request an application from ED
Pubs, be sure to identify this
competition as follows: CFDA Number
84.327C.
Individuals with disabilities may
obtain a copy of the application package
in an alternative format (e.g., Braille,
large print, audiotape, or computer
diskette) by contacting the program
contact person listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII of
this notice.
2. Content and Form of Application
Submission: Requirements concerning
the content of an application, together
with the forms you must submit, are in
the application package for this
competition.
Page Limit: The application narrative
(Part III of the application) is where you,
the applicant, address the selection
criteria that reviewers use to evaluate
your application. You must limit Part III
to the equivalent of no more than 50
pages, using the following standards:
• A ‘‘page’’ is 8.5″ x 11″, on one side
only, with 1″ margins at the top, bottom,
and both sides.
• Double space (no more than three
lines per vertical inch) all text in the
application narrative, including titles,
headings, footnotes, quotations,
references, and captions, as well as all
text in charts, tables, figures, and
graphs.
• Use a font that is either 12 point or
larger or no smaller than 10 pitch
(characters per inch).
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The page limit does not apply to Part
I, the cover sheet; Part II, the budget
section, including the narrative budget
justification; Part IV, the assurances and
certifications; or the one-page abstract,
the resumes, the bibliography, the
references, or the letters of support.
However, you must include all of the
application narrative in Part III.
We will reject your application if—
• You apply these standards and
exceed the page limit; or
• You apply other standards and
exceed the equivalent of the page limit.
3. Submission Dates and Times:
Applications Available: May 2, 2005.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: June 13, 2005.
Applications for grants under this
competition may be submitted
electronically using the Grants.gov
Apply site (Grants.gov), or in paper
format by mail or hand delivery. For
information (including dates and times)
about how to submit your application
electronically, or by mail or hand
delivery, please refer to section IV. 6.
Other Submission Requirements in this
notice.
We do not consider an application
that does not comply with the deadline
requirements.
Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: August 12, 2005.
4. Intergovernmental Review: This
program is subject to Executive Order
12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR
part 79. Information about
Intergovernmental Review of Federal
Programs under Executive Order 12372
is in the application package for this
competition.
5. Funding Restrictions: We reference
regulations outlining funding
restrictions in the Applicable
Regulations section of this notice.
6. Other Submission Requirements:
Applications for grants under this
competition may be submitted
electronically or in paper format by mail
or hand delivery.
a. Electronic Submission of
Applications.
We have been accepting applications
electronically through the Department’s
e-Application system since FY 2000. In
order to expand on those efforts and
comply with the President’s
Management Agenda, we are continuing
to participate as a partner in the new
government wide Grants.gov Apply site
in FY 2005. Television Access-CFDA
Number 84.327C is one of the
competitions included in this project.
If you choose to submit your
application electronically, you must use
the Grants.gov Apply site (Grants.gov).
Through this site, you will be able to
download a copy of the application
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package, complete it offline, and then
upload and submit your application.
You may not e-mail an electronic copy
of a grant application to us. We request
your participation in Grants.gov.
You may access the electronic grant
application for Television Access-CFDA
Number 84.327C competition at: https://
www.grants.gov. You must search for
the downloadable application package
for this program by the CFDA number.
Do not include the CFDA number’s
alpha suffix in your search.
Please note the following:
• Your participation in Grants.gov is
voluntary.
• When you enter the Grants.gov site,
you will find information about
submitting an application electronically
through the site, as well as the hours of
operation.
• Applications received by Grants.gov
are time and date stamped. Your
application must be fully uploaded and
submitted with a date/time received by
the Grants.gov system no later than 4:30
p.m., Washington, DC time, on the
application deadline date. We will not
consider your application if it was
received by the Grants.gov system later
than 4:30 p.m. on the application
deadline date. When we retrieve your
application from Grants.gov, we will
notify you if we are rejecting your
application because it was submitted
after 4:30 p.m. on the application
deadline date.
• If you experience technical
difficulties on the application deadline
date and are unable to meet the 4:30
p.m., Washington, DC time, deadline,
print out your application and follow
the instructions in this notice for the
submission of paper applications by
mail or hand delivery.
• The amount of time it can take to
upload an application will vary
depending on a variety of factors
including the size of the application and
the speed of your Internet connection.
Therefore, we strongly recommend that
you do not wait until the application
deadline date to begin the application
process through Grants.gov.
• You should review and follow the
Education Submission Procedures for
submitting an application through
Grants.gov that are included in the
application package for this competition
to ensure that your application is
submitted timely to the Grants.gov
system.
• To use Grants.gov, you, as the
applicant, must have a D–U–N–S
Number and register in the Central
Contractor Registry (CCR). You should
allow a minimum of five business days
to complete the CCR registration.
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• You will not receive additional
point value because you submit your
application in electronic format, nor
will we penalize you if you submit your
application in paper format.
• You may submit all documents
electronically, including all information
typically included on the Application
for Federal Education Assistance (ED
424), Budget Information—NonConstruction Programs (ED 524), and all
necessary assurances and certifications.
Any narrative sections of your
application should be attached as files
in a .DOC (document), .RTF (rich text)
or .PDF (Portable Document) format.
• Your electronic application must
comply with any page limit
requirements described in this notice.
• After you electronically submit
your application, you will receive an
automatic acknowledgement from
Grants.gov that contains a Grants.gov
tracking number. The Department will
retrieve your application from
Grants.gov and send you a second
confirmation by e-mail that will include
a PR/Award number (an ED-specified
identifying number unique to your
application).
• We may request that you provide us
original signatures on forms at a later
date.
b. Submission of Paper Applications
by Mail.
If you submit your application in
paper format by mail (through the U.S.
Postal Service or a commercial carrier),
you must mail the original and two
copies of your application, on or before
the application deadline date, to the
Department at the applicable following
address:
By mail through the U.S. Postal
Service: U.S. Department of Education,
Application Control Center, Attention:
(CFDA Number 84.327C), 400 Maryland
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20202–
4260; or
By mail through a commercial carrier:
U.S. Department of Education,
Application Control Center—Stop 4260,
Attention: (CFDA Number 84.327C),
7100 Old Landover Road, Landover, MD
20785–1506.
Regardless of which address you use,
you must show proof of mailing
consisting of one of the following:
(1) A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service
postmark,
(2) A legible mail receipt with the
date of mailing stamped by the U.S.
Postal Service,
(3) A dated shipping label, invoice, or
receipt from a commercial carrier, or
(4) Any other proof of mailing
acceptable to the Secretary of the U.S.
Department of Education.
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If you mail your application through
the U.S. Postal Service, we do not
accept either of the following as proof
of mailing:
(1) A private metered postmark, or
(2) A mail receipt that is not dated by
the U.S. Postal Service.
If your application is postmarked after
the application deadline date, we will
not consider your application.
Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not
uniformly provide a dated postmark. Before
relying on this method, you should check
with your local post office.
c. Submission of Paper Applications
by Hand Delivery.
If you submit your application in
paper format by hand delivery, you (or
a courier service) must deliver the
original and two copies of your
application by hand, on or before the
application deadline date, to the
Department at the following address:
U.S. Department of Education,
Application Control Center, Attention:
(CFDA Number 84.327C),550 12th
Street, SW.,Room 7041, Potomac Center
Plaza,Washington, DC 20202–4260.
The Application Control Center
accepts hand deliveries daily between 8
a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC
time, except Saturdays, Sundays and
Federal holidays.
Note for Mail or Hand Delivery of
Paper Applications: If you mail or hand
deliver your application to the
Department:
(1) You must indicate on the envelope
and—if not provided by the
Department—in Item 4 of the
Application for Federal Education
Assistance (ED 424) the CFDA
number—and suffix letter, if any—of the
competition under which you are
submitting your application.
(2) The Application Control Center
will mail a grant application receipt
acknowledgment to you. If you do not
receive the grant application receipt
acknowledgment within 15 business
days from the application deadline date,
you should call the U.S. Department of
Education Application Control Center at
(202) 245–6288.
V. Application Review Information
Selection Criteria: The selection
criteria for this competition are from 34
CFR 75.210 of EDGAR and are listed in
the application package.
VI. Award Administration Information
1. Award Notices: If your application
is successful, we notify your U.S.
Representative and U.S. Senators and
send you a Grant Award Notification
(GAN). We may also notify you
informally.
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If your application is not evaluated or
not selected for funding, we notify you.
2. Administrative and National Policy
Requirements: We identify
administrative and national policy
requirements in the application package
and reference these and other
requirements in the Applicable
Regulations section of this notice.
We reference the regulations outlining
the terms and conditions of an award in
the Applicable Regulations section of
this notice and include these and other
specific conditions in the GAN. The
GAN also incorporates your approved
application as part of your binding
commitments under the grant.
3. Reporting: At the end of your
project period, you must submit a final
performance report, including financial
information, as directed by the
Secretary. If you receive a multi-year
award, you must submit an annual
performance report that provides the
most current performance and financial
expenditure information as specified by
the Secretary in 34 CFR 75.118.
4. Performance Measures: Grantees
will be expected to submit data on total
number of hours of programs captioned
or described in the aggregate. No
additional data collection or review
activities are planned.
VII. Agency Contact
Jo
Ann McCann, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
room 4067, Potomac Center Plaza,
Washington, DC 20202–2600.
Telephone: (202) 245–7434.
If you use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD), you may call
the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1–
800–877–8339.
Individuals with disabilities may
obtain this document in an alternative
format (e.g., Braille, large print,
audiotape, or computer diskette) on
request by contacting the following
office: The Grants and Contracts
Services Team, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
Potomac Center Plaza, Washington, DC
20202–2550. Telephone: (202) 245–
7363.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
VIII. Other Information
Electronic Access to This Document:
You may view this document, as well as
all other documents of this Department
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text or Adobe Portable Document
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Note: The official version of this document
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of Federal Regulations is available on GPO
Access at: https://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/
index.html.
Dated: April 25, 2005.
John H. Hager,
Assistant Secretary for Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Office of Science; Basic Energy
Sciences Advisory Committee
Department of Energy.
Notice of open meeting.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: This notice announces a
meeting of the Basic Energy Sciences
Advisory Committee (BESAC). Federal
Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–
463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public
notice of these meetings be announced
in the Federal Register.
DATES: Monday, June 6, 2005, 8:30 a.m.–
5 p.m. Tuesday, June 7, 2005, 8:30 a.m.–
12 p.m.
ADDRESSES: Omni Shoreham Hotel,
2500 Calvert Street, NW., Washington,
DC 20008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Karen Talamini; Office of Basic Energy
Sciences; U. S. Department of Energy;
Germantown Building, Independence
Avenue, Washington, DC 20585;
Telephone: (301) 903–4563
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Purpose of the Meeting: The purpose
of this meeting is to provide advice and
guidance with respect to the basic
energy sciences research program.
Tentative Agenda: Agenda will
include discussions of the following:
• News from the Office of Science
• News from the Office of Basic
Energy Sciences
• Report of the Committee of Visitors
for the Division of Chemical Sciences,
Geosciences, and Biosciences
• Update from Nanoscale Science
Centers
Public Participation: The meeting is
open to the public. If you would like to
file a written statement with the
Committee, you may do so either before
or after the meeting. If you would like
to make oral statements regarding any of
the items on the agenda, you should
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contact Karen Talamini at 301–903–
6594 (fax) or
karen.talamini@science.doe.gov (email). You must make your request for
an oral statement at least 5 business
days prior to the meeting. Reasonable
provision will be made to include the
scheduled oral statements on the
agenda. The Chairperson of the
Committee will conduct the meeting to
facilitate the orderly conduct of
business. Public comment will follow
the 10-minute rule.
Minutes: The minutes of this meeting
will be available for public review and
copying within 30 days at the Freedom
of Information Public Reading Room;
1E–190, Forrestal Building; 1000
Independence Avenue, SW.;
Washington, DC 20585; between 9 a.m.
and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except holidays.
Issued in Washington, DC on April 22,
2005.
Rachel M. Samuel,
Deputy Advisory Committee Management
Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. EC05–67–000, et al.]
American Transmission Company LLC,
et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate
Filings
April 22, 2005.
The following filings have been made
with the Commission. The filings are
listed in ascending order within each
docket classification.
1. American Transmission Company
LLC, ATC Management, Inc., Wisconsin
Public Service Corporation, WPS
Investments, LLC
[Docket No. EC05–67–000]
Take notice that on April 13, 2005,
American Transmission Company LLC
(ATC), ATC Management, Inc. (ATCM),
Wisconsin Public Service Corporation
(WPSC), and WPS Investments, LLC
(WPSI) (collectively, Applicants),
submitted an application pursuant to
section 203 of the Federal Power Act for
authorization for the acquisition of
certain securities in connection with
construction work that WPSC has
performed for ATC on two substations
owned by ATC. Applicants state that as
consideration for this construction
work, WPSC would acquire shares of
Class A Non-Voting stock in ATCM, and
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WPSC(s affiliate, WPSI, would acquire
membership interests in ATC. The
applicants further state that they have
also filed for the requisite approval of
the Public Service Commission of
Wisconsin in connection with this
securities issuance.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. eastern time on
May 4, 2005.
2. Neptune Regional Transmission
System, LLC, Atlantic Energy Partners
LLC, NewCo LLC, EIF Neptune, LLC,
Starwood Energy Investors, L.L.C.
[Docket No. EC05–70–000]
Take notice that on April 18, 2005,
Neptune Regional Transmission System,
LLC (Neptune) on behalf of Atlantic
Energy Partners LLC (AEP), NewCo LLC
(NewCo), EIF Neptune, LLC (EIF) and
Starwood Energy Investors L.L.C.
(Starwood) (collectively with Neptune,
the Applicants) tendered for filing an
application requesting all necessary
authorizations under section 203 of the
Federal Power Act, for a transfer of
jurisdictional facilities to facilitate
financing and investment arrangements
and for a Commission determination
that AEP, EIF and Starwood are not
public utilities under the Federal Power
Act.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. eastern time on
May 9, 2005.
3. Oleander Power Project, Limited
Partnership, and Southern Power
Company
[Docket No. EC05–71–000]
Take notice that, on April 20, 2005,
Oleander Power Project, Limited
Partnership, (Oleaner Power) and
Southern Power Company (Southern
Power) jointly submitted an Application
pursuant to section 203 of the Federal
Power Act requesting that the
Commission grant all authorizations
necessary to permit the sale of certain
partnership interests in Oleander Power
to newly-formed special purpose
subsidiaries of Southern Power
Company. The Applicants request
privileged treatment, pursuant to 18
CFR 388.112 for Exhibit I to their
Application.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. eastern time on
May 11, 2005.
4. Boston Edison Company
[Docket No. EL02–123–007]
Take notice that, on April 19, 2005,
Boston Edison Company (BECo)
submitted its compliance filing to the
March 8, 2005 Commission orders in
Docket Nos. EL02–123–005 and EL02–
123–006, and pursuant to Commission’s
April 14, 2005 Notice of Extension of
Time and BECo’s April 18, 2005 Request
for Extension of Time.
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[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services; Overview
Information; Technology and Media Services for Individuals With
Disabilities--Television Access; Notice Inviting Applications For New
Awards For Fiscal Year (FY) 2005
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.327C.
Dates:
Applications Available: May 2, 2005.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: June 13, 2005.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: August 12, 2005.
Eligible Applicants: State educational agencies (SEAs); local
educational agencies (LEAs); public charter schools that are LEAs under
State law; institutions of higher education (IHEs); other public
agencies; private nonprofit organizations; outlying areas; freely
associated States; Indian tribes or tribal organizations; and for-
profit organizations.
Estimated Available Funds: $7,200,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $800,000.
Maximum Award: The Secretary does not intend to fund an application
that proposes a budget exceeding $800,000 for a single budget period of
12 months.
Estimated Number of Awards: 9.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Project Period: Up to 36 months.
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Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The purpose of this program is to: (1) Improve
results for children with disabilities by promoting the development,
demonstration, and use of technology, (2) support educational media
services activities designed to be of educational value in the
classroom setting to children with disabilities, and (3) provide
support for captioning and video description that is appropriate for
use in the classroom setting.
Priorities: This competition contains an absolute priority and a
competitive preference priority. In accordance with 34 CFR
75.105(b)(2)(v), these priorities are from allowable activities
specified in the statute (see sections 674 and 681(d) of the
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)).
Absolute Priority: For FY 2005 this priority is an absolute
priority. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3), we consider only applications that
meet this priority.
This priority is:
Technology and Media Services for Individuals With Disabilities--
Television Access
Background of Priority:
On July 21, 2000, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
adopted rules to make television more accessible to people with visual
disabilities by mandating that a certain amount of programming contain
video description. However, in November 2002, a Federal court struck
down these rules. Thus, because FCC accessibility rules do not
currently require video description, only a limited number of
television programs provide video description for individuals with
blindness or low vision. For more information about video description,
please refer to: https://ftp.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/vid_des.html.
The FCC is also responsible for implementing and monitoring the
closed captioning requirements of the Telecommunications Act of 1996.
In that law, Congress authorized the FCC to adopt exemptions from
general captioning requirements. For more information about closed
captioning and the exemptions please refer to: https://www.fcc.gov/cgb/
consumerfacts/closedcaption.html.
Statement of Priority: Under this priority, which supports
cooperative agreements, an applicant must describe, or describe and
caption, widely available programs that are appropriate for, and
designed to be of educational value in the classroom setting for
children with disabilities at the preschool, elementary, or secondary
level.
A project must do the following:
(a) Include criteria for selecting programs of high educational
merit and take into account the preference of educators, students, and
parents.
(b) Identify and support a consumer advisory group, including
parents and educators, which must meet at least annually.
(c) Use the expertise of this consumer advisory group to certify
that each program described or described and captioned with project
funds is of educational value in the classroom setting at the
preschool, elementary, or secondary level for children with
disabilities. Acceptable programming must be appropriate for use in the
classroom setting, focusing on the educational needs of students,
including intellectual/cognitive or social/emotional needs.
(d) Identify the extent to which the programming is widely
available.
(e) Identify the total number of program hours the project will
make accessible and the cost per hour for description and, if the
applicant is proposing both description and captioning, the cost per
hour for description and captioning.
(f) For each video program, identify the source of any private or
other public support, and the projected dollar amount of that support,
if any.
(g) Demonstrate the willingness of program providers or program
owners to permit and facilitate the description or, the description and
captioning of their programs.
(h) Provide assurances from program providers or program owners
stating that programs made accessible under this project will air, and
will continue to air, with descriptions, or with descriptions and
captions.
(i) If the applicant is proposing both description and captioning,
provide assurances from program providers or program owners stating
that programs captioned under this project would not otherwise be
captioned to meet the FCC's captioning requirements, or are
specifically exempt from the FCC's captioning requirements.
(j) Implement procedures for monitoring the extent to which full
accessibility is provided, and use this information to make refinements
in project operations.
(k) Identify the anticipated shelf-life and range of distribution
of the video programs that is possible without further costs to the
project.
In addition, projects funded under this priority must--
(a) Budget for a two-day Project Directors' meeting in Washington,
DC during each year of the project.
(b) If the project maintains a Web site, include relevant
information and documents in a format that meets a government or
industry-recognized standard for accessibility.
Competitive Preference Priority: Within this absolute priority, we
give competitive preference to applications that address the following
priority. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i) we award up to an additional 10
points to an application from a small business. Thus, an applicant
meeting this competitive preference could receive a maximum possible
score of 110 points.
Waiver of Proposed Rulemaking: Under the Administrative Procedure
Act (APA) (5 U.S.C. 553), the Department generally offers interested
parties the opportunity to comment on proposed priorities. However,
section 681(d) of IDEA makes the public comment requirements of the APA
inapplicable to the priority in this notice.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1474 and 1481(d).
Applicable Regulations: The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80,
81, 82, 84, 85, 86, 97, 98, and 99.
Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 79 apply to all applicants
except federally recognized Indian tribes.
Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 apply to IHEs only.
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Cooperative agreements.
Estimated Available Funds: $7,200,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $800,000.
Maximum Award: The Secretary does not intend to fund an application
that proposes a budget exceeding $800,000 for a single budget period of
12 months.
Estimated Number of Awards: 9.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Project Period: Up to 36 months.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: SEAs; LEAs; public charter schools that are
LEAs under State law; IHEs; other public agencies; private nonprofit
organizations; outlying areas; freely associated States; Indian tribes
or tribal organizations; and for-profit organizations.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This competition does not involve cost
sharing or matching.
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3. Other: General Requirements--(a) The projects funded under this
competition must make positive efforts to employ and advance in
employment qualified individuals with disabilities (see section 606 of
IDEA).
(b) Applicants and grant recipients funded under this competition
must involve individuals with disabilities or parents of individuals
with disabilities ages birth through 26 in planning, implementing, and
evaluating the projects (see section 682(a)(1)(A) of IDEA).
IV. Application and Submission Information
1. Address to Request Application Package: Education Publications
Center (ED Pubs), P.O. Box 1398, Jessup, MD 20794-1398. Telephone (toll
free): 1-877-433-7827. Fax: (301) 470-1244. If you use a
telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), you may call (toll free):
1-877-576-7734.
You may also contact ED Pubs at its Web site: https://www.ed.gov/
pubs/edpubs.html or you may contact ED Pubs at its e-mail address:
edpubs@inet.ed.gov.
If you request an application from ED Pubs, be sure to identify
this competition as follows: CFDA Number 84.327C.
Individuals with disabilities may obtain a copy of the application
package in an alternative format (e.g., Braille, large print,
audiotape, or computer diskette) by contacting the program contact
person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII of
this notice.
2. Content and Form of Application Submission: Requirements
concerning the content of an application, together with the forms you
must submit, are in the application package for this competition.
Page Limit: The application narrative (Part III of the application)
is where you, the applicant, address the selection criteria that
reviewers use to evaluate your application. You must limit Part III to
the equivalent of no more than 50 pages, using the following standards:
A ``page'' is 8.5 x 11, on one side
only, with 1 margins at the top, bottom, and both sides.
Double space (no more than three lines per vertical inch)
all text in the application narrative, including titles, headings,
footnotes, quotations, references, and captions, as well as all text in
charts, tables, figures, and graphs.
Use a font that is either 12 point or larger or no smaller
than 10 pitch (characters per inch).
The page limit does not apply to Part I, the cover sheet; Part II,
the budget section, including the narrative budget justification; Part
IV, the assurances and certifications; or the one-page abstract, the
resumes, the bibliography, the references, or the letters of support.
However, you must include all of the application narrative in Part III.
We will reject your application if--
You apply these standards and exceed the page limit; or
You apply other standards and exceed the equivalent of the
page limit.
3. Submission Dates and Times:
Applications Available: May 2, 2005.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: June 13, 2005.
Applications for grants under this competition may be submitted
electronically using the Grants.gov Apply site (Grants.gov), or in
paper format by mail or hand delivery. For information (including dates
and times) about how to submit your application electronically, or by
mail or hand delivery, please refer to section IV. 6. Other Submission
Requirements in this notice.
We do not consider an application that does not comply with the
deadline requirements.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: August 12, 2005.
4. Intergovernmental Review: This program is subject to Executive
Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR part 79. Information about
Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs under Executive Order
12372 is in the application package for this competition.
5. Funding Restrictions: We reference regulations outlining funding
restrictions in the Applicable Regulations section of this notice.
6. Other Submission Requirements: Applications for grants under
this competition may be submitted electronically or in paper format by
mail or hand delivery.
a. Electronic Submission of Applications.
We have been accepting applications electronically through the
Department's e-Application system since FY 2000. In order to expand on
those efforts and comply with the President's Management Agenda, we are
continuing to participate as a partner in the new government wide
Grants.gov Apply site in FY 2005. Television Access-CFDA Number 84.327C
is one of the competitions included in this project.
If you choose to submit your application electronically, you must
use the Grants.gov Apply site (Grants.gov). Through this site, you will
be able to download a copy of the application package, complete it
offline, and then upload and submit your application. You may not e-
mail an electronic copy of a grant application to us. We request your
participation in Grants.gov.
You may access the electronic grant application for Television
Access-CFDA Number 84.327C competition at: https://www.grants.gov. You
must search for the downloadable application package for this program
by the CFDA number. Do not include the CFDA number's alpha suffix in
your search.
Please note the following:
Your participation in Grants.gov is voluntary.
When you enter the Grants.gov site, you will find
information about submitting an application electronically through the
site, as well as the hours of operation.
Applications received by Grants.gov are time and date
stamped. Your application must be fully uploaded and submitted with a
date/time received by the Grants.gov system no later than 4:30 p.m.,
Washington, DC time, on the application deadline date. We will not
consider your application if it was received by the Grants.gov system
later than 4:30 p.m. on the application deadline date. When we retrieve
your application from Grants.gov, we will notify you if we are
rejecting your application because it was submitted after 4:30 p.m. on
the application deadline date.
If you experience technical difficulties on the
application deadline date and are unable to meet the 4:30 p.m.,
Washington, DC time, deadline, print out your application and follow
the instructions in this notice for the submission of paper
applications by mail or hand delivery.
The amount of time it can take to upload an application
will vary depending on a variety of factors including the size of the
application and the speed of your Internet connection. Therefore, we
strongly recommend that you do not wait until the application deadline
date to begin the application process through Grants.gov.
You should review and follow the Education Submission
Procedures for submitting an application through Grants.gov that are
included in the application package for this competition to ensure that
your application is submitted timely to the Grants.gov system.
To use Grants.gov, you, as the applicant, must have a D-U-
N-S Number and register in the Central Contractor Registry (CCR). You
should allow a minimum of five business days to complete the CCR
registration.
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You will not receive additional point value because you
submit your application in electronic format, nor will we penalize you
if you submit your application in paper format.
You may submit all documents electronically, including all
information typically included on the Application for Federal Education
Assistance (ED 424), Budget Information--Non-Construction Programs (ED
524), and all necessary assurances and certifications. Any narrative
sections of your application should be attached as files in a .DOC
(document), .RTF (rich text) or .PDF (Portable Document) format.
Your electronic application must comply with any page
limit requirements described in this notice.
After you electronically submit your application, you will
receive an automatic acknowledgement from Grants.gov that contains a
Grants.gov tracking number. The Department will retrieve your
application from Grants.gov and send you a second confirmation by e-
mail that will include a PR/Award number (an ED-specified identifying
number unique to your application).
We may request that you provide us original signatures on
forms at a later date.
b. Submission of Paper Applications by Mail.
If you submit your application in paper format by mail (through the
U.S. Postal Service or a commercial carrier), you must mail the
original and two copies of your application, on or before the
application deadline date, to the Department at the applicable
following address:
By mail through the U.S. Postal Service: U.S. Department of
Education, Application Control Center, Attention: (CFDA Number
84.327C), 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20202-4260; or
By mail through a commercial carrier: U.S. Department of Education,
Application Control Center--Stop 4260, Attention: (CFDA Number
84.327C), 7100 Old Landover Road, Landover, MD 20785-1506.
Regardless of which address you use, you must show proof of mailing
consisting of one of the following:
(1) A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service postmark,
(2) A legible mail receipt with the date of mailing stamped by the
U.S. Postal Service,
(3) A dated shipping label, invoice, or receipt from a commercial
carrier, or
(4) Any other proof of mailing acceptable to the Secretary of the
U.S. Department of Education.
If you mail your application through the U.S. Postal Service, we do
not accept either of the following as proof of mailing:
(1) A private metered postmark, or
(2) A mail receipt that is not dated by the U.S. Postal Service.
If your application is postmarked after the application deadline
date, we will not consider your application.
Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not uniformly provide a dated
postmark. Before relying on this method, you should check with your
local post office.
c. Submission of Paper Applications by Hand Delivery.
If you submit your application in paper format by hand delivery,
you (or a courier service) must deliver the original and two copies of
your application by hand, on or before the application deadline date,
to the Department at the following address: U.S. Department of
Education, Application Control Center, Attention: (CFDA Number
84.327C),550 12th Street, SW.,Room 7041, Potomac Center
Plaza,Washington, DC 20202-4260.
The Application Control Center accepts hand deliveries daily
between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, except Saturdays,
Sundays and Federal holidays.
Note for Mail or Hand Delivery of Paper Applications: If you mail
or hand deliver your application to the Department:
(1) You must indicate on the envelope and--if not provided by the
Department--in Item 4 of the Application for Federal Education
Assistance (ED 424) the CFDA number--and suffix letter, if any--of the
competition under which you are submitting your application.
(2) The Application Control Center will mail a grant application
receipt acknowledgment to you. If you do not receive the grant
application receipt acknowledgment within 15 business days from the
application deadline date, you should call the U.S. Department of
Education Application Control Center at (202) 245-6288.
V. Application Review Information
Selection Criteria: The selection criteria for this competition are
from 34 CFR 75.210 of EDGAR and are listed in the application package.
VI. Award Administration Information
1. Award Notices: If your application is successful, we notify your
U.S. Representative and U.S. Senators and send you a Grant Award
Notification (GAN). We may also notify you informally.
If your application is not evaluated or not selected for funding,
we notify you.
2. Administrative and National Policy Requirements: We identify
administrative and national policy requirements in the application
package and reference these and other requirements in the Applicable
Regulations section of this notice.
We reference the regulations outlining the terms and conditions of
an award in the Applicable Regulations section of this notice and
include these and other specific conditions in the GAN. The GAN also
incorporates your approved application as part of your binding
commitments under the grant.
3. Reporting: At the end of your project period, you must submit a
final performance report, including financial information, as directed
by the Secretary. If you receive a multi-year award, you must submit an
annual performance report that provides the most current performance
and financial expenditure information as specified by the Secretary in
34 CFR 75.118.
4. Performance Measures: Grantees will be expected to submit data
on total number of hours of programs captioned or described in the
aggregate. No additional data collection or review activities are
planned.
VII. Agency Contact
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jo Ann McCann, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 4067, Potomac Center Plaza,
Washington, DC 20202-2600. Telephone: (202) 245-7434.
If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), you may
call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339.
Individuals with disabilities may obtain this document in an
alternative format (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer
diskette) on request by contacting the following office: The Grants and
Contracts Services Team, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland
Avenue, SW., Potomac Center Plaza, Washington, DC 20202-2550.
Telephone: (202) 245-7363.
VIII. Other Information
Electronic Access to This Document: You may view this document, as
well as all other documents of this Department published in the Federal
Register, in text or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) on the
Internet at the following site: https://www.ed.gov/news/fedregister.
To use PDF you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available
free at this site. If you have questions about
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using PDF, call the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO), toll free,
at 1-888-293-6498; or in the Washington, DC, area at (202) 512-1530.
Note: The official version of this document is the document
published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the
official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal
Regulations is available on GPO Access at: https://www.gpoaccess.gov/
nara/.
Dated: April 25, 2005.
John H. Hager,
Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
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