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Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 100 / Thursday, May 24, 2007 / Proposed Rules
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of Federal Regulations is available on GPO
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List of Subjects in 34 CFR Part 75
Administrative practice and
procedure, Education Department, Grant
programs—education, Grant
administration, Performance reports,
Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Unobligated funds.
Dated: May 18, 2007.
Margaret Spellings,
Secretary of Education.
For the reasons discussed in the
preamble, the Secretary proposes to
amend part 75 of title 34 of the Code of
Federal Regulations as follows:
PART 75—DIRECT GRANT
PROGRAMS
1. The authority citation for part 75
continues to read as follows:
Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1221e–3 and 3474,
unless otherwise noted.
2. Section 75.560 is amended by
revising paragraphs (b) and (c),
redesignating paragraph (d) as
paragraph (e) and adding a new
paragraph (d) to read as follows:
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(b) A grantee must have obtained a
current indirect cost rate agreement
from its cognizant agency, to charge
indirect costs to a grant. To obtain an
indirect cost rate, a grantee must submit
an indirect cost proposal to its cognizant
agency within ninety days after the date
the Department issues the grant award
notification.
(c) If a grantee does not have a
federally recognized indirect cost rate
agreement, the Secretary may permit the
grantee to charge its grant for indirect
costs at a temporary rate of ten percent
of budgeted direct salaries and wages.
(d)(1) If a grantee fails to submit an
indirect cost rate proposal to its
cognizant agency within the required
ninety days, the grantee may not charge
indirect costs to its grant from the end
of the ninety-day period until it obtains
a federally recognized indirect cost rate
agreement applicable to the grant.
(2) If the Secretary determines that
exceptional circumstances warrant
continuation of a temporary indirect
cost rate, the Secretary may authorize
the grantee to continue charging indirect
costs to its grant at the temporary rate
specified in paragraph (c) of this section
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recognized Indian tribal governments, as
defined in 34 CFR 80.3.
(5) Indirect costs in excess of the eight
percent limit may not be charged
directly, used to satisfy matching or
cost-sharing requirements, or charged to
another Federal award.
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4. Section 75.564 is amended by
revising paragraph (e) to read as follows:
§ 75.564
Reimbursement of indirect costs.
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(e)(1) Indirect costs for a group of
eligible parties (See §§ 75.127–75.129)
are limited to the amount derived by
applying the rate of the applicant, or a
restricted rate when applicable, to the
direct cost base for the grant in keeping
with the terms of the applicant’s
federally recognized indirect cost rate
agreement.
(2) If a group of eligible parties
applies for a training grant under the
group application procedures in
§§ 75.127–75.129, the grant funds
allocated among the members of the
group are not considered sub-awards for
the purposes of applying the indirect
cost rate in 34 CFR 75.562(c).
(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1221e–3 and 3474)
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§ 75.562 Indirect cost rates for educational
training projects.
§ 75.560 General indirect cost rates;
exceptions.
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even though the grantee has not
submitted its indirect cost rate proposal
within the ninety-day period.
(3) Once a grantee obtains a federally
recognized indirect cost rate that is
applicable to the affected grant, the
grantee may use that indirect cost rate
to claim indirect cost reimbursement for
expenditures made on or after the date
the grantee submitted its indirect cost
proposal to its cognizant agency or the
start of the project period, whichever is
later. However, this authority is subject
to the following limitations:
(i) The total amount of funds
recovered by the grantee under the
federally recognized indirect cost rate is
reduced by the amount of indirect costs
recovered under the temporary indirect
cost rate after the date the indirect cost
proposal was submitted to the cognizant
agency.
(ii) The grantee must obtain prior
approval from the Secretary to shift
direct costs to indirect costs in order to
recover indirect costs at a higher
negotiated indirect cost rate.
(iii) The grantee may not request
additional funds to recover indirect
costs that cannot be recovered by
shifting direct costs to indirect costs.
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3. Section 75.562 is amended by
revising paragraph (c) to read as follows:
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(c)(1) Indirect cost reimbursement on
a training grant is limited to the
recipient’s actual indirect costs, as
determined in its negotiated indirect
cost rate agreement, or eight percent of
a modified total direct cost base,
whichever amount is less.
(2) For the purposes of this section, a
modified total direct cost base consists
of total direct costs minus the following:
(i) The amount of each sub-award in
excess of $25,000.
(ii) Stipends.
(iii) Tuition and related fees.
(iv) Equipment, as defined in 34 CFR
74.2 and 80.3, as applicable.
Note: If the grantee has established a
threshold for equipment that is lower than
$5,000 for other purposes, it must use that
threshold to exclude equipment under the
modified total direct cost base for the
purposes of this section.
(3) The eight percent indirect cost
reimbursement limit specified in
paragraph (c)(1) of this section also
applies to sub-awards that fund training,
as determined by the Secretary under
paragraph (b) of this section.
(4) The eight percent limit does not
apply to agencies of State or local
governments, including federally
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39 CFR Part 111
Electronic Option for Delivery
Confirmation Service Required for
Priority Mail Open and Distribute
Postal Service.
Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Postal Service currently
allows mailers to use the electronic
option for Delivery Confirmation service
on Priority Mail Open and Distribute
containers. We are proposing to make
this optional extra service a
requirement.
Submit comments on or before
June 25, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Mail or deliver written
comments to the Manager, Mailing
Standards, U.S. Postal Service, 475
L’Enfant Plaza, SW., Room 3436,
Washington, DC 20260–3436. Copies of
all written comments will be available
for inspection and photocopying
between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday
through Friday, at the Postal Service
Headquarters Library, 475 L’Enfant
Plaza, SW., 11th Floor North,
Washington, DC 20260–0004.
DATES:
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Jean
Arnao, Package Services, 202–268–7467;
or Garry Rodriguez, Mailing Standards,
202–268–7281.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
On
February 1, 2007, the Postal Service
replaced Express Mail Drop Shipment
and Priority Mail Drop Shipment with
Express Mail Open and Distribute and
Priority Mail Open and Distribute. The
revised standards were designed to
enhance the Postal Service’s ability to
provide mailers with expedited service
to destination delivery units and other
mail processing facilities. In the
revision, we provided mailers with an
option to use the electronic option for
Delivery Confirmation service to verify
delivery. We offered this option to
enable mailers to receive, at no
additional cost, vital performance
information that includes the date, ZIP
Code, and time their Priority Mail Open
and Distribute containers are delivered
to their destination. The new
requirement for electronic option
Delivery Confirmation service on all
Priority Mail Open and Distribute
containers would allow the Postal
Service to monitor these mailings by
providing increased visibility to the
individual mail containers, providing a
measurement tool, and effectively
communicating to mailers the delivery
status of each container.
Our proposal would require mailers to
use the electronic option for Delivery
Confirmation service for Priority Mail
Open and Distribute containers in
accordance with instructions in
Publication 91, Confirmation Services
Technical Guide. The required use of
the electronic option for Delivery
Confirmation service for Priority Mail
Open and Distribute containers would
be effective October 1, 2007.
Although we are exempt from the
notice and comment requirements of the
Administrative Procedure Act [5 U.S.C.
of 553(b), (c)] regarding proposed
rulemaking by 39 U.S.C. 410(a), we
invite public comments on the
following proposed revisions to Mailing
Standards of the United States Postal
Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM),
incorporated by reference in the Code of
Federal Regulations. See 39 CFR 111.1.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 111
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Postal Service.
Accordingly, 39 CFR part 111 is
proposed to be amended as follows:
PART 111—[AMENDED]
1. The authority citation for 39 CFR
part 111 continues to read as follows:
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Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552(a); 39 U.S.C. 101,
401, 403, 404, 414, 416, 3001–3011, 3201–
3219, 3403–3406, 3621, 3626, 5001.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
2. Revise the following sections of
Mailing Standards of the United States
Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual
(DMM), as follows:
40 CFR Part 52
700
Special Standards
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Approval and Promulgation of
Implementation Plans Georgia:
Enhanced Inspection and Maintenance
Plan
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705 Advanced Preparation and
Special Postage Payment Systems
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16.0 Express Mail Open and
Distribute and Priority Mail Open and
Distribute
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16.4 Additional Standards for Priority
Mail Open and Distribute
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16.4.2 Extra Services
[Revise the first sentence in 16.4.2 to
require the use of electronic option
Delivery Confirmation service on each
container of Priority Mail Open and
Distribute as follows:]
Electronic option Delivery
Confirmation service is required on all
Priority Mail Open and Distribute
containers. * * *
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16.5.4 Tags 161 and 190—Priority
Mail Open and Distribute
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16.6.7 Delivery Confirmation Service
[Revise the text of 16.6.7 as follows:]
Mailers should prepare address labels
on Label 23, Tag 161, and Tag 190,
using the formats in 16.6.8 through
16.6.11. A Delivery Confirmation
service barcode must be incorporated in
the address label (see 16.4.2). Mailers
must obtain USPS certification for each
printer used to print barcoded Delivery
Confirmation service labels. Further
certification and formatting
specifications are included in
Publication 91, Confirmation Services
Technical Guide.
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We will publish an appropriate
amendment to 39 CFR part 111 to reflect
these changes if our proposal is
adopted.
Neva Watson,
Attorney, Legislative.
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Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to approve
the State Implementation Plan (SIP)
revisions submitted by the State of
Georgia, through the Georgia
Environmental Protection Division (GA
EPD), on July 25, 2006, and January 25,
2007, pertaining to rules for Enhanced
Inspection and Maintenance (I/M). In
the Final Rules Section of this Federal
Register, EPA is approving the State’s
SIP revision as a direct final rule
without prior proposal because the
Agency views this as a noncontroversial
submittal and anticipates no adverse
comments. A detailed rationale for the
approval is set forth in the direct final
rule. If no adverse comments are
received in response to this rule, no
further activity is contemplated. If EPA
receives adverse comments, the direct
final rule will be withdrawn and all
public comments received will be
addressed in a subsequent final rule
based on this proposed rule. EPA will
not institute a second comment period
on this document. Any parties
interested in commenting on this
document should do so at this time.
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before June 25, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R04–
OAR–2006–0985, by one of the
following methods:
1. www.regulations.gov: Follow the
on-line instructions for submitting
comments.
2. E-mail: harder.stacy@epa.gov.
3. Fax: (404) 562–9019.
4. Mail: ‘‘EPA–R04–OAR–2006–
0985,’’ Regulatory Development Section,
Air Planning Branch, Air, Pesticides and
Toxics Management Division, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency,
Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street, SW.,
Atlanta, Georgia 30303–8960.
5. Hand Delivery or Courier: Stacy
Harder, Regulatory Development
Section, Air Planning Branch, Air,
Pesticides and Toxics Management
Division, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street,
SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303–8960. Such
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POSTAL SERVICE
39 CFR Part 111
Electronic Option for Delivery Confirmation Service Required for
Priority Mail Open and Distribute
AGENCY: Postal Service.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: The Postal Service currently allows mailers to use the
electronic option for Delivery Confirmation service on Priority Mail
Open and Distribute containers. We are proposing to make this optional
extra service a requirement.
DATES: Submit comments on or before June 25, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Mail or deliver written comments to the Manager, Mailing
Standards, U.S. Postal Service, 475 L'Enfant Plaza, SW., Room 3436,
Washington, DC 20260-3436. Copies of all written comments will be
available for inspection and photocopying between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, at the Postal Service Headquarters Library, 475
L'Enfant Plaza, SW., 11th Floor North, Washington, DC 20260-0004.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jean Arnao, Package Services, 202-268-
7467; or Garry Rodriguez, Mailing Standards, 202-268-7281.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 1, 2007, the Postal Service
replaced Express Mail Drop Shipment and Priority Mail Drop Shipment
with Express Mail Open and Distribute and Priority Mail Open and
Distribute. The revised standards were designed to enhance the Postal
Service's ability to provide mailers with expedited service to
destination delivery units and other mail processing facilities. In the
revision, we provided mailers with an option to use the electronic
option for Delivery Confirmation service to verify delivery. We offered
this option to enable mailers to receive, at no additional cost, vital
performance information that includes the date, ZIP Code, and time
their Priority Mail Open and Distribute containers are delivered to
their destination. The new requirement for electronic option Delivery
Confirmation service on all Priority Mail Open and Distribute
containers would allow the Postal Service to monitor these mailings by
providing increased visibility to the individual mail containers,
providing a measurement tool, and effectively communicating to mailers
the delivery status of each container.
Our proposal would require mailers to use the electronic option for
Delivery Confirmation service for Priority Mail Open and Distribute
containers in accordance with instructions in Publication 91,
Confirmation Services Technical Guide. The required use of the
electronic option for Delivery Confirmation service for Priority Mail
Open and Distribute containers would be effective October 1, 2007.
Although we are exempt from the notice and comment requirements of
the Administrative Procedure Act [5 U.S.C. of 553(b), (c)] regarding
proposed rulemaking by 39 U.S.C. 410(a), we invite public comments on
the following proposed revisions to Mailing Standards of the United
States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM), incorporated by
reference in the Code of Federal Regulations. See 39 CFR 111.1.
List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 111
Postal Service.
Accordingly, 39 CFR part 111 is proposed to be amended as follows:
PART 111--[AMENDED]
1. The authority citation for 39 CFR part 111 continues to read as
follows:
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552(a); 39 U.S.C. 101, 401, 403, 404, 414,
416, 3001-3011, 3201-3219, 3403-3406, 3621, 3626, 5001.
2. Revise the following sections of Mailing Standards of the United
States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM), as follows:
700 Special Standards
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705 Advanced Preparation and Special Postage Payment Systems
* * * * *
16.0 Express Mail Open and Distribute and Priority Mail Open and
Distribute
* * * * *
16.4 Additional Standards for Priority Mail Open and Distribute
* * * * *
16.4.2 Extra Services
[Revise the first sentence in 16.4.2 to require the use of
electronic option Delivery Confirmation service on each container of
Priority Mail Open and Distribute as follows:]
Electronic option Delivery Confirmation service is required on all
Priority Mail Open and Distribute containers. * * *
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16.5 Preparation
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16.5.4 Tags 161 and 190--Priority Mail Open and Distribute
[Delete item c.]
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16.6.7 Delivery Confirmation Service
[Revise the text of 16.6.7 as follows:]
Mailers should prepare address labels on Label 23, Tag 161, and Tag
190, using the formats in 16.6.8 through 16.6.11. A Delivery
Confirmation service barcode must be incorporated in the address label
(see 16.4.2). Mailers must obtain USPS certification for each printer
used to print barcoded Delivery Confirmation service labels. Further
certification and formatting specifications are included in Publication
91, Confirmation Services Technical Guide.
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We will publish an appropriate amendment to 39 CFR part 111 to
reflect these changes if our proposal is adopted.
Neva Watson,
Attorney, Legislative.
[FR Doc. E7-9967 Filed 5-23-07; 8:45 am]
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