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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Navy
Notice of Availability of Final
Supplemental Programmatic
Environmental Assessment (SPEA)
and Finding of No Significant Impact
(FONSI) for the 2006 Supplement to the
2002 Rim of the Pacific Exercises
Programmatic Environmental
Assessment, Hawaii
Department of the Navy, DOD.
ACTION: Notice.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(C)
of the National Environmental Policy
Act (NEPA) of 1969 and the Council on
Environmental Quality Regulations (40
CFR parts 1500–1508) implementing the
procedural provisions of NEPA, the
United States Department of the Navy
(Navy) gives notice that a Final SPEA
has been prepared and an
Environmental Impact Statement is not
required for implementation of the 2006
Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercises.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Conrad Erkelens at 808–471–5455 or
write to Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet
(N465), 251 Makalapa Drive, Pearl
Harbor, HI 96860.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: RIMPAC
has been conducted at various locations
throughout the State of Hawaii and
surrounding ocean areas biennially for
the last 32 years. The purpose of
RIMPAC is to implement a selected set
of exercises that are combined into a
multinational, sea control/power
projection Fleet training exercise in a
multi-threat environment. RIMPAC
exercises enhance the abilities of a
multinational Fleet force to
communicate and operate in simulated
hostile scenarios. In 2002, a
Programmatic EA (PEA) was prepared in
support of the RIMPAC exercises. The
PEA identified the proposed action as
the set of exercises and locations that
would be used for RIMPAC activities for
the foreseeable future. It identified the
maximum usage of ongoing training
assets and exercises that could be
conducted within a given RIMPAC
event and evaluated the impacts on the
environment within those bounds. The
FONSI for the RIMPAC PEA, signed
June 11, 2002, concluded that as long as
future RIMPAC exercises did not exceed
the evaluated set of activities, the
proposed action could be implemented
without supplemental NEPA
documentation. Thus, the scope of each
future RIMPAC exercise has been
evaluated for consistency with the 2002
RIMPAC PEA and its FONSI.
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The 2006 SPEA was prepared to
evaluate new training event locations
and to review all proposed RIMPAC
2006 activities to the analysis in the
2002 RIMPAC PEA and a 2004 SPEA to
ensure all proposed activities are
addressed. The review included an
evaluation of: Training levels (personnel
and equipment) and types of equipment;
facilities and procedures for
implementing RIMPAC at each
installation or range; and changes in the
affected environment or environmental
sensitivities. In addition, the 2006 SPEA
also includes a description of the
Antisubmarine Warfare (ASW)
operations, and the ASW acoustic
effects modeling completed for RIMPAC
2006.
The only change being proposed is
the location for conducting the NonCombatant Evacuation Operation (NEO)
at the Pacific Missile Range Facility
(PMRF) and Niihau. No new training
events are proposed. The NEO training
event locations at PMRF and Niihau,
when added to the proposed action
assessed in the RIMPAC PEA and 2004
Supplement, form the proposed action
for the purpose of the 2006 SPEA.
Accordingly, the analysis conducted
in the SPEA focused on the following
resources: Terrestrial and marine
environments and cultural resources.
Specifically, the 2006 SPEA includes
analysis related to mid-frequency active
sonar based on application of emergent
science. Long-term studies of the
quantification and effects of exposure of
marine mammal species to acoustic
emissions are progressing, and Navy, in
coordination with the National Marine
Fisheries Service is incorporating the
results into this SPEA. The ASW
training events being analyzed are not
new and have taken place with no
significant changes over the previous 19
RIMPAC exercises. However, new
scientific information has led to the
ability to quantitatively identify
harassment levels, as defined in the
Marine Mammal Protection Act, through
the use of newly derived threshold
criteria metrics. Additionally, scientific
advances in effects-analysis modeling of
sound on marine mammals have
provided Navy the ability to predict
cumulative effects on marine species
due to a proposed action. Due to these
advances in scientific information, the
2006 SPEA provides an effects-analysis
on marine mammals that may be
affected by the RIMPAC training events
that use hull-mounted mid-frequency
active sonar.
The Final SPEA and FONSI may be
obtained by written request from:
Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet (N465),
251 Makalapa Drive, Pearl Harbor, HI
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96860. For additional information, write
to the above address or call Mr. Conrad
Erkelens at 808–471–5455. The Final
SPEA and FONSI are also available for
public review at the project Web site at
https://www.smdcen.us/rimpac06/. In
addition, the documents may be
reviewed at the following locations:
Wailuku Public Library, 251 High
Street, Wailuku, Hawaii 96793,
(Maui).
Hilo Public Library, 300 Waianaenue
Avenue, Hilo, Hawaii 96720, Hawaii).
Hawaii State Library, Hawaii and Pacific
Section Document Unit, 478 South
King Street, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813,
(Oahu).
Lihue Public Library, 4344 Hardy Street,
Lihue, Hawaii 96766, (Kauai).
Dated: May 26, 2006.
M. A. Harvison,
LT, JAGC, USN, Federal Register Liaison
Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Postsecondary Education;
Overview Information, Underground
Railroad Educational and Cultural
Program (URR); Notice Inviting
Applications for New Awards for Fiscal
Year (FY) 2006
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
(CFDA) Number: 84.345A.
DATES: Applications Available: June 1,
2006.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: July 3, 2006.
Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: September 1, 2006.
Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit
educational organizations that research,
display, interpret, and collect artifacts
relating to the history of the
Underground Railroad.
Estimated Available Funds:
$1,980,000.
Estimated Range of Awards:
$250,000–$750,000 total for up to three
years.
Estimated Number of Awards: 3.
Note: The Department is not bound by any
estimates in this notice.
Project Period: Up to 36 months.
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The purpose of
this program is to provide grants to
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establish a facility to house, display,
and interpret artifacts related to the
history of the Underground Railroad,
and to make the interpretive efforts
available to institutions of higher
education that award a baccalaureate or
graduate degree.
Special Requirements: Each nonprofit
educational organization awarded a
grant under this program must enter
into an agreement with the Department.
Each agreement must require the
organization:
(1) To demonstrate substantial private
support for the facility through the
implementation of a public-private
partnership between a State or local
public entity and a private entity for the
support of the facility. The private
entity must provide matching funds in
an amount equal to four times the
amount of the contribution of the State
or local public entity, except that not
more than 20 percent of the matching
funds may be provided by the Federal
government;
(2) To create an endowment to fund
any and all shortfalls in the costs of the
on going operations of the facility;
(3) To establish a network of satellite
centers throughout the United States to
help disseminate information regarding
the Underground Railroad throughout
the United States. These satellite centers
must raise 80 percent of the funds
required to establish the satellite centers
from non-Federal public and private
sources;
(4) To establish the capability to link
the facility electronically with other
local and regional facilities that have
collections and programs that interpret
the history of the Underground
Railroad; and
(5) To submit, for each fiscal year for
which an organization receives funding
under this program, a report to the
Department that contains;
(a) A description of the programs and
activities supported by the funding;
(b) The audited financial statement of
the organization for the preceding fiscal
year;
(c) A plan for the programs and
activities to be supported by the
funding, as the Secretary may require;
and
(d) An evaluation of the programs and
activities supported by the funding, as
the Secretary may require.
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Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1153.
Applicable Regulations: The
Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in
34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 82, 84,
85, 86, 97, 98 and 99.
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Discretionary grants.
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Estimated Available Funds:
$1,980,000.
Estimated Range of Awards:
$250,000–$750,000 total for up to three
years.
Estimated Number of Awards: 3.
Note: The Department is not bound by any
estimates in this notice.
Project Period: Up to 36 months.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit
educational organizations that research,
display, interpret, and collect artifacts
relating to the history of the
Underground Railroad.
2. Cost sharing or matching: Not more
than 20% of the total funds for this
project may be provided by the Federal
Government. See 20 U.S.C. 1153(b)(2).
IV. Application and Information
Submission
1. Address to Request Application
Package: Jay Donahue, U.S. Department
of Education, Room 6164, 1990 K Street,
NW., Washington, DC 20006–8544.
Telephone: (202) 502–7507 or by e-mail:
jay.donahue@ed.gov.
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 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 in this section.
2. Content and Form of Application
Submission: Requirements concerning
the content of applications, together
with the forms you must submit, are in
the application package for this
program.
Page Limit: The program narrative is
where you, the applicant, address the
selection criteria that reviewers use to
evaluate your application. You must
limit the section of the narrative that
addresses the selection criteria to the
equivalent of no more than 30 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. Page numbers and a
document identifier may be within the
1″ margin.
• Double space (no more than three
lines per vertical inch) all text in the
application narrative, except titles,
headings, footnotes, quotations,
references, captions and all text in
charts, tables, and graphs.
• Use one of the following fonts:
Times New Roman, Courier, Courier
New, or Arial. Applications submitted
in any other font (including Times
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Roman and Arial Narrow) will be
rejected.
• Use not less than 12-point font.
The page limit does not apply to the
Application for Federal Education
Assistance (SF 424), the Supplemental
Information Required for Department of
Education Grants, the Budget
Information Summary Form (ED Form
524), and the assurances and
certifications. The page limit also does
not apply to a table of contents. The
budget narrative and any attachments or
appendices will be counted as part of
the program narrative for purposes of
the page limit requirement. You must
include your complete response to the
selection criteria in the program
narrative.
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: June 1, 2006.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: July 3, 2006.
Applications for grants under this
competition must be submitted
electronically using the Grants.gov
Apply site (Grants.gov). For information
(including dates and times) about how
to submit your application
electronically or by mail or hand
delivery if you qualify for an exception
to the electronic submission
requirement, please refer to Section
IV.6. Other Submission Requirements.
We do not consider an application
that does not comply with the deadline
requirements.
Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: September 1, 2006.
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
program.
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 the
Underground Railroad Educational and
Cultural Program—CFDA Number
84.345A must be submitted
electronically using the Grants.gov
Apply site at: https://www.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.
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We will reject your application if you
submit it in paper format unless, as
described elsewhere in this section, you
qualify for one of the exceptions to the
electronic submission requirement and
submit, no later than two weeks before
the application deadline date, a written
statement to the Department that you
qualify for one of these exceptions.
Further information regarding
calculation of the date that is two weeks
before the application deadline date is
provided later in this section under
Exception to Electronic Submission
Requirement.
You may access the electronic grant
application for the Underground
Railroad Educational and Cultural
Program 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:
• 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, and must be date/time
stamped by the Grants.gov system no
later than 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC
time, on the application deadline date.
Except as otherwise noted in this
section, we will not consider your
application if it is date/time stamped by
the Grants.gov system later than 4:30
p.m., Washington, DC time, 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 date/time stamped by the
Grants.gov system after 4:30 p.m.,
Washington, DC time, on the
application deadline date.
• 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 submission
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 you submit your
application in a timely manner to the
Grants.gov system. You can also find the
Education Submission Procedures
pertaining to Grants.gov at https://e-
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Grants.ed.gov/help/
GrantsgovSubmissionProcedures.pdf.
• To submit your application via
Grants.gov, you must complete all of the
steps in the Grants.gov registration
process (see https://www.Grants.gov/
GetStarted). These steps include (1)
registering your organization, (2)
registering yourself as an Authorized
Organization Representative (AOR), and
(3) getting authorized as an AOR by
your organization. Details on these steps
are outlined in the Grants.gov 3-Step
Registration Guide (see https://
www.grants.gov/assets/
GrantsgovCoBrandBrochure8X11.pdf).
You also must provide on your
application the same D–U–N–S Number
used with this registration. Please note
that the registration process may take
five or more business days to complete,
and you must have completed all
registration steps to allow you to
successfully submit an application via
Grants.gov.
• You will not receive additional
point value because you submit your
application in electronic format, nor
will we penalize you if you qualify for
an exception to the electronic
submission requirement, as described
elsewhere in this section, and submit
your application in paper format.
• You must submit all documents
electronically, including all information
typically included on the Application
for Federal Education Assistance (SF
424), Budget Information—NonConstruction Programs (ED 524), and all
necessary assurances and certifications.
You must attach any narrative sections
of your application as files in a .DOC
(document), .RTF (rich text), or .PDF
(Portable Document) format. If you
upload a file type other than the three
file types specified above or submit a
password protected file, we will not
review that material.
• 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.
Application Deadline Date Extension
in Case of Technical Issues with the
Grants.gov System: If you are prevented
from electronically submitting your
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application on the application deadline
date because of technical problems with
the Grants.gov system, we will grant you
an extension until 4:30 p.m.,
Washington, DC time, the following
business day to enable you to transmit
your application electronically, or by
hand delivery. You also may mail your
application by following the mailing
instructions as described elsewhere in
this notice. If you submit an application
after 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on
the deadline date, please contact the
person listed elsewhere in this notice
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT, and provide an explanation of
the technical problem you experienced
with Grants.gov, along with the
Grants.gov Support Desk Case Number
(if available). We will accept your
application if we can confirm that a
technical problem occurred with the
Grants.gov system and that the problem
affected your ability to submit your
application by 4:30 p.m., Washington,
DC time, on the application deadline
date. The Department will contact you
after a determination is made on
whether your application will be
accepted.
Note: Extensions referred to in this section
apply only to the unavailability of or
technical problems with the Grants.gov
system. We will not grant you an extension
if you failed to fully register to submit your
application to Grants.gov before the deadline
date and time, or if the technical problem
you experienced is unrelated to the
Grants.gov system.
Exception to Electronic Submission
Requirement: You qualify for an
exception to the electronic submission
requirement, and may submit your
application in paper format, if you are
unable to submit an application through
the Grants.gov system because—
• You do not have access to the
Internet; or
• You do not have the capacity to
upload large documents to the
Grants.gov system; and
• No later than two weeks before the
application deadline date (14 calendar
days or, if the fourteenth calendar day
before the application deadline date
falls on a Federal holiday, the next
business day following the Federal
holiday), you mail or fax a written
statement to the Department, explaining
which of the two grounds for an
exception prevent you from using the
Internet to submit your application. If
you mail your written statement to the
Department, it must be postmarked no
later than two weeks before the
application deadline date. If you fax
your written statement to the
Department, we must receive the faxed
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statement no later than two weeks
before the application deadline date.
Address and mail or fax your
statement to: Jay Donahue, U.S.
Department of Education, 1990 K Street,
NW., Room 6164, Washington, DC
20006–8544. Fax: (202) 502–7877.
Your paper application must be
submitted in accordance with the mail
or hand delivery instructions described
in this notice.
Submission of Paper Applications by
Mail
If you qualify for an exception to the
electronic submission requirement, you
may mail (through the U.S. Postal
Service or a commercial carrier) your
application to the Department. 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 84.345A), 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 84.345A),
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.
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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.
Submission of Paper Applications by
Hand Delivery
If you qualify for an exception to the
electronic submission requirement, you
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(or a courier service) may deliver your
paper application to the Department by
hand. You 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 84.345A), 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 (SF 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.
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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 Measure: The success
of this program depends upon the
manner in which projects are being
institutionalized and continued after
funding. This performance measure
constitutes the indicator of the success
of the program. If funded, you will be
asked to collect and report data from
your project on steps taken toward
achieving this goal. Consequently,
applicants are advised to include this
outcome in conceptualizing the design,
implementation, and evaluation of their
proposed projects.
VII. Agency Contact
Selection Criteria: The selection
criteria for this competition are from 34
CFR 75.210 of EDGAR and are listed in
the application package.
Jay
Donahue, U.S. Department of Education,
1990 K Street, NW., Room 6164,
Washington, DC 20006–8544.
Telephone: (202) 502–7507.
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 to the program contact person
listed in this section.
VI. Award Administration Information
VIII. Other 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.
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/
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To use PDF you must have Adobe
Acrobat Reader, which is available free
at this site. If you have questions about
using PDF, call the U.S. Government
Printing Office (GPO), toll free, at 1–
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DC, area at (202) 512–1530.
V. Application Review Information
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Dated: May 24, 2006.
James F. Manning,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary
Education.
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Office of Safe and Drug-Free
Schools, Department of Education.
ACTION: Notice of open meeting.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the
schedule and proposed agenda of an
upcoming open meeting of The Safe and
Drug-Free Schools and Communities
Advisory Committee. The notice also
describes the functions of the
Committee. Notice of this meeting is
required by section 10(a)(2) of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act and is
intended to notify the public of their
opportunity to attend. This notice is
appearing in the Federal Register less
than 15 days before the date of the
meeting due to scheduling issues.
DATES: Tuesday, June 13, 2006.
Time: 8 a.m.–12 noon.
ADDRESSES: The Committee will meet in
Washington, DC, at The Holiday Inn
Capitol, 550 C Street, SW., Washington,
DC.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Phyllis Scattergood, Designated Federal
Officer: The Safe and Drug-Free Schools
and Communities Advisory Committee,
Room 3E212, 400 Maryland Avenue,
SW., Washington, DC telephone: (202)
260–0504, e-mail:
phyllis.scattergood@ed.gov.
The
Committee was established to provide
advice to the Secretary on Federal, state
and local programs designated to create
safe and drug-free schools, and on
issues related to crisis planning. The
agenda will also include a discussion
focused on the strategies to strengthen
and improve the state formula program
in order to ensure that schools and
communities are implementing the best
strategies and interventions, and are
prepared to meet current and future
needs of students. Further, the
Committee will address strategies for
accomplishing their mission as stated in
their charter.
Individuals who will need
accommodations for a disability in order
to attend the meeting (e.g., interpreting
services, assistive listening devices, or
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a.m. on a first come, first served basis.
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must be limited to 5 minutes in length
or can be submitted in writing by 5
p.m., June 11, 2006 by mail or e-mail to
Phyllis Scattergood. Records are kept of
all Committee proceedings and are
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hours of 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Dated: May 25, 2006.
Ray Simon,
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Energy Information Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
Energy Information
Administration (EIA), Department of
Energy (DOE).
ACTION: Agency information collection
activities: Proposed collection;
Comment request.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The EIA is soliciting
comments on the proposed
reinstatement of the Form EIA–
846(A)(B)(C), ‘‘Manufacturing Energy
Consumption Survey.’’
DATES: Comments must be filed by July
31, 2006. If you anticipate difficulty in
submitting comments within that
period, contact the person listed below
as soon as possible.
Send comments to Tom
Lorenz. To ensure receipt of the
comments by the due date, submission
by FAX (202–586–0018) or e-mail
(Thomas.Lorenz@eia.doe.gov) is
recommended. The mailing address is
Office of Energy Markets and End Use,
Energy Consumption Division, EI–63,
Forrestal Building, U.S. Department of
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of Internet or paper forms and
instructions should be directed to Tom
Lorenz at the address listed above.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
II. Current Actions
III. Request for Comments
I. Background
The Federal Energy Administration
Act of 1974 (Pub. L. No. 93–275, 15
U.S.C. 761 et seq.) and the DOE
Organization Act (Pub. L. No. 95–91, 42
U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) require the EIA to
carry out a centralized, comprehensive,
and unified energy information
program. This program collects,
evaluates, assembles, analyzes, and
disseminates information on energy
resource reserves, production, demand,
technology, and related economic and
statistical information. This information
is used to assess the adequacy of energy
resources to meet near and longer term
domestic demands.
The EIA, as part of its effort to comply
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (Pub. L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter
35), provides the general public and
other Federal agencies with
opportunities to comment on collections
of energy information conducted by or
in conjunction with the EIA. Any
comments received help the EIA to
prepare data requests that maximize the
utility of the information collected, and
to assess the impact of collection
requirements on the public. Also, the
EIA will later seek approval by the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) under section 3507(a) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
The Manufacturing Energy
Consumption Survey (MECS) is a selfadministered sample survey designed to
collect energy consumption and
expenditures data from establishments
in the manufacturing sector; i.e., North
American Industry Classification
System (NAICS) codes 31–33. There are
three MECS data collection forms and
their use depends on an establishment’s
primary business activity classification
under NAICS. Form EIA–846A collects
information for all the manufacturing
industries contained within NAICS 31–
33 except for NAICS 321, 322, 324, 325,
and 331111. Form EIA–846B is for
establishments operating primarily in
the petroleum refining industry (NAICS
324110). Form EIA–846C is for
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Postsecondary Education; Overview Information,
Underground Railroad Educational and Cultural Program (URR); Notice
Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2006
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.345A.
DATES: Applications Available: June 1, 2006.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: July 3, 2006.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: September 1, 2006.
Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit educational organizations that
research, display, interpret, and collect artifacts relating to the
history of the Underground Railroad.
Estimated Available Funds: $1,980,000.
Estimated Range of Awards: $250,000-$750,000 total for up to three
years.
Estimated Number of Awards: 3.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Project Period: Up to 36 months.
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The purpose of this program is to provide
grants to
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establish a facility to house, display, and interpret artifacts related
to the history of the Underground Railroad, and to make the
interpretive efforts available to institutions of higher education that
award a baccalaureate or graduate degree.
Special Requirements: Each nonprofit educational organization
awarded a grant under this program must enter into an agreement with
the Department. Each agreement must require the organization:
(1) To demonstrate substantial private support for the facility
through the implementation of a public-private partnership between a
State or local public entity and a private entity for the support of
the facility. The private entity must provide matching funds in an
amount equal to four times the amount of the contribution of the State
or local public entity, except that not more than 20 percent of the
matching funds may be provided by the Federal government;
(2) To create an endowment to fund any and all shortfalls in the
costs of the on going operations of the facility;
(3) To establish a network of satellite centers throughout the
United States to help disseminate information regarding the Underground
Railroad throughout the United States. These satellite centers must
raise 80 percent of the funds required to establish the satellite
centers from non-Federal public and private sources;
(4) To establish the capability to link the facility electronically
with other local and regional facilities that have collections and
programs that interpret the history of the Underground Railroad; and
(5) To submit, for each fiscal year for which an organization
receives funding under this program, a report to the Department that
contains;
(a) A description of the programs and activities supported by the
funding;
(b) The audited financial statement of the organization for the
preceding fiscal year;
(c) A plan for the programs and activities to be supported by the
funding, as the Secretary may require; and
(d) An evaluation of the programs and activities supported by the
funding, as the Secretary may require.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1153.
Applicable Regulations: The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80,
82, 84, 85, 86, 97, 98 and 99.
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Discretionary grants.
Estimated Available Funds: $1,980,000.
Estimated Range of Awards: $250,000-$750,000 total for up to three
years.
Estimated Number of Awards: 3.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Project Period: Up to 36 months.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit educational organizations that
research, display, interpret, and collect artifacts relating to the
history of the Underground Railroad.
2. Cost sharing or matching: Not more than 20% of the total funds
for this project may be provided by the Federal Government. See 20
U.S.C. 1153(b)(2).
IV. Application and Information Submission
1. Address to Request Application Package: Jay Donahue, U.S.
Department of Education, Room 6164, 1990 K Street, NW., Washington, DC
20006-8544. Telephone: (202) 502-7507 or by e-mail: jay.donahue@ed.gov.
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 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 in this section.
2. Content and Form of Application Submission: Requirements
concerning the content of applications, together with the forms you
must submit, are in the application package for this program.
Page Limit: The program narrative is where you, the applicant,
address the selection criteria that reviewers use to evaluate your
application. You must limit the section of the narrative that addresses
the selection criteria to the equivalent of no more than 30 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. Page numbers and a document
identifier may be within the 1'' margin.
Double space (no more than three lines per vertical inch)
all text in the application narrative, except titles, headings,
footnotes, quotations, references, captions and all text in charts,
tables, and graphs.
Use one of the following fonts: Times New Roman, Courier,
Courier New, or Arial. Applications submitted in any other font
(including Times Roman and Arial Narrow) will be rejected.
Use not less than 12-point font.
The page limit does not apply to the Application for Federal
Education Assistance (SF 424), the Supplemental Information Required
for Department of Education Grants, the Budget Information Summary Form
(ED Form 524), and the assurances and certifications. The page limit
also does not apply to a table of contents. The budget narrative and
any attachments or appendices will be counted as part of the program
narrative for purposes of the page limit requirement. You must include
your complete response to the selection criteria in the program
narrative.
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: June 1,
2006. Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: July 3, 2006.
Applications for grants under this competition must be submitted
electronically using the Grants.gov Apply site (Grants.gov). For
information (including dates and times) about how to submit your
application electronically or by mail or hand delivery if you qualify
for an exception to the electronic submission requirement, please refer
to Section IV.6. Other Submission Requirements.
We do not consider an application that does not comply with the
deadline requirements.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: September 1, 2006.
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 program.
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 the
Underground Railroad Educational and Cultural Program--CFDA Number
84.345A must be submitted electronically using the Grants.gov Apply
site at: https://www.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.
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We will reject your application if you submit it in paper format
unless, as described elsewhere in this section, you qualify for one of
the exceptions to the electronic submission requirement and submit, no
later than two weeks before the application deadline date, a written
statement to the Department that you qualify for one of these
exceptions. Further information regarding calculation of the date that
is two weeks before the application deadline date is provided later in
this section under Exception to Electronic Submission Requirement.
You may access the electronic grant application for the Underground
Railroad Educational and Cultural Program 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:
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, and
must be date/time stamped by the Grants.gov system no later than 4:30
p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application deadline date. Except as
otherwise noted in this section, we will not consider your application
if it is date/time stamped by the Grants.gov system later than 4:30
p.m., Washington, DC time, 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 date/time stamped by the
Grants.gov system after 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the
application deadline date.
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 submission 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
you submit your application in a timely manner to the Grants.gov
system. You can also find the Education Submission Procedures
pertaining to Grants.gov at https://e-Grants.ed. gov/help/
GrantsgovSubmissionProcedures. pdf.
To submit your application via Grants.gov, you must
complete all of the steps in the Grants.gov registration process (see
https://www.Grants.gov /GetStarted). These steps include (1) registering
your organization, (2) registering yourself as an Authorized
Organization Representative (AOR), and (3) getting authorized as an AOR
by your organization. Details on these steps are outlined in the
Grants.gov 3-Step Registration Guide (see https://www.grants.gov/
assets/GrantsgovCoBrandBrochure8X11.pdf). You also must provide on
your application the same D-U-N-S Number used with this registration.
Please note that the registration process may take five or more
business days to complete, and you must have completed all registration
steps to allow you to successfully submit an application via
Grants.gov.
You will not receive additional point value because you
submit your application in electronic format, nor will we penalize you
if you qualify for an exception to the electronic submission
requirement, as described elsewhere in this section, and submit your
application in paper format.
You must submit all documents electronically, including
all information typically included on the Application for Federal
Education Assistance (SF 424), Budget Information--Non-Construction
Programs (ED 524), and all necessary assurances and certifications. You
must attach any narrative sections of your application as files in a
.DOC (document), .RTF (rich text), or .PDF (Portable Document) format.
If you upload a file type other than the three file types specified
above or submit a password protected file, we will not review that
material.
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.
Application Deadline Date Extension in Case of Technical Issues
with the Grants.gov System: If you are prevented from electronically
submitting your application on the application deadline date because of
technical problems with the Grants.gov system, we will grant you an
extension until 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, the following business
day to enable you to transmit your application electronically, or by
hand delivery. You also may mail your application by following the
mailing instructions as described elsewhere in this notice. If you
submit an application after 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the
deadline date, please contact the person listed elsewhere in this
notice under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, and provide an
explanation of the technical problem you experienced with Grants.gov,
along with the Grants.gov Support Desk Case Number (if available). We
will accept your application if we can confirm that a technical problem
occurred with the Grants.gov system and that the problem affected your
ability to submit your application by 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time,
on the application deadline date. The Department will contact you after
a determination is made on whether your application will be accepted.
Note: Extensions referred to in this section apply only to the
unavailability of or technical problems with the Grants.gov system.
We will not grant you an extension if you failed to fully register
to submit your application to Grants.gov before the deadline date
and time, or if the technical problem you experienced is unrelated
to the Grants.gov system.
Exception to Electronic Submission Requirement: You qualify for an
exception to the electronic submission requirement, and may submit your
application in paper format, if you are unable to submit an application
through the Grants.gov system because--
You do not have access to the Internet; or
You do not have the capacity to upload large documents to
the Grants.gov system; and
No later than two weeks before the application deadline
date (14 calendar days or, if the fourteenth calendar day before the
application deadline date falls on a Federal holiday, the next business
day following the Federal holiday), you mail or fax a written statement
to the Department, explaining which of the two grounds for an exception
prevent you from using the Internet to submit your application. If you
mail your written statement to the Department, it must be postmarked no
later than two weeks before the application deadline date. If you fax
your written statement to the Department, we must receive the faxed
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statement no later than two weeks before the application deadline date.
Address and mail or fax your statement to: Jay Donahue, U.S.
Department of Education, 1990 K Street, NW., Room 6164, Washington, DC
20006-8544. Fax: (202) 502-7877.
Your paper application must be submitted in accordance with the
mail or hand delivery instructions described in this notice.
Submission of Paper Applications by Mail
If you qualify for an exception to the electronic submission
requirement, you may mail (through the U.S. Postal Service or a
commercial carrier) your application to the Department. 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
84.345A), 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
84.345A), 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.
Submission of Paper Applications by Hand Delivery
If you qualify for an exception to the electronic submission
requirement, you (or a courier service) may deliver your paper
application to the Department by hand. You 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 84.345A), 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 (SF 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 Measure: The success of this program depends upon
the manner in which projects are being institutionalized and continued
after funding. This performance measure constitutes the indicator of
the success of the program. If funded, you will be asked to collect and
report data from your project on steps taken toward achieving this
goal. Consequently, applicants are advised to include this outcome in
conceptualizing the design, implementation, and evaluation of their
proposed projects.
VII. Agency Contact
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jay Donahue, U.S. Department of
Education, 1990 K Street, NW., Room 6164, Washington, DC 20006-8544.
Telephone: (202) 502-7507.
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 to the program contact person listed in this
section.
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 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 /index. html.
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Dated: May 24, 2006.
James F. Manning,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.
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