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receiving scholarships and must
maintain information on the cumulative
support granted to RSA scholars,
scholar-debt in years, program
completion data for each scholar, dates
each scholar’s work begins and is
completed to meet his or her payback
agreement, current home address, and
the place of employment of individual
scholars.
Grantees are required to report
annually to RSA on these data using the
RSA Grantee Reporting Form, OMB#
1820–0617, an electronic reporting
system. The RSA Grantee Reporting
Form collects specific data including
the number of RSA scholars entering the
rehabilitation workforce, the
rehabilitation field each scholar enters,
and the type of employment setting each
scholar chooses (e.g., State agency,
nonprofit service provider, or practice
group). This form allows RSA to
measure results against the goal of
increasing the number of qualified VR
personnel working in State VR agencies
or related agencies.
VII. Agency Contact
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Edwin Powell, U.S. Department of
Education, Rehabilitation Services
Administration, 400 Maryland Avenue,
SW., room 5038, PCP, Washington, DC
20202–2800. Telephone: (202) 245–7505
or by e-mail: Edwin.Powell@ed.gov.
If you use a TDD, call the Federal
Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 1–800–
877–8339.
VIII. Other Information
Alternative Format: Individuals with
disabilities can obtain this document
and a copy of the application package in
an alternate format (e.g, Braille, large
print, audiotape, or computer diskette)
by contacting the Grants and Contracts
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Dated: November 10, 2008.
Tracy R. Justesen,
Assistant Secretary for Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services Overview
Information; Rehabilitation Training:
Rehabilitation Long-Term Training
Notice Inviting Applications for New
Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2009
Applications Available:
November 17, 2008. Deadline for
Transmittal of Applications: January 15,
2009. Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: March 2, 2009.
DATES:
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The
Rehabilitation Long-Term Training
program provides financial assistance
for—
(1) Projects that provide basic or
advanced training leading to an
academic degree in areas of personnel
shortages in rehabilitation as identified
by the Secretary;
(2) Projects that provide a specified
series of courses or program of study
leading to the award of a certificate in
areas of personnel shortages in
rehabilitation as identified by the
Secretary; and
(3) Projects that provide support for
medical residents enrolled in residency
training programs in the specialty of
physical medicine and rehabilitation.
Priorities: In accordance with 34 CFR
75.105(b)(2)(ii), these priorities are from
the regulations for this program (34 CFR
386.1).
Absolute Priorities: For FY 2009 these
priorities are absolute priorities. Under
34 CFR 75.105(c)(3) we consider only
applications that propose to provide
training in the priority areas of
personnel shortages listed in the
following chart.
Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance (CFDA) Numbers: 84.129F,
H, P, and R.
Priority area (maximum number of awards in parentheses)
Maximum
award
(see
below)
Vocational Evaluation And Work Adjustment (3) ....................................................................................................................
Rehabilitation of Individuals Who Are Mentally Ill (2) .............................................................................................................
Rehabilitation of Individuals Who Are Blind or Have Vision Impairments (4) ........................................................................
Job Development And Job Placement Services to Individuals With Disabilities (3) ..............................................................
$100,000
$100,000
$100,000
$100,000
CFDA
numbers
84.129F
84.129H
84.129P
84.129R
Service Team, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
room 5075, PCP, Washington, DC
20202–2550. Telephone: (202) 245–
7363. If you use a TDD, call the FRS, toll
free, at 1–800–877–8339.
Electronic Access to This Document:
You can 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.
Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 772.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The
Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in
34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82,
84, 85, 86, and 99. (b) The regulations
for this program in 34 CFR parts 385
and 386.
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 institutions of higher education
only.
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Discretionary grants.
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Estimated Available Funds: The
Administration has requested
$37,766,000 for the Rehabilitation
Training program for FY 2009, of which
we intend to use an estimated
$1,200,000 for these competitions. The
actual level of funding, if any, depends
on final congressional action. However,
we are inviting applications to allow
enough time to complete the grant
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process if Congress appropriates funds
for this program.
Estimated Range of Awards: $70,000–
$100,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards:
$95,000.
Maximum Award: We will reject any
application that proposes a budget
exceeding $100,000 for a single budget
period of 12 months. The Assistant
Secretary for Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services may change the
maximum amount through a notice
published in the Federal Register.
Estimated Number of Awards: 12.
Note: The Department is not bound by any
estimates in this notice.
Project Period: Up to 60 months.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: States and
public or nonprofit agencies and
organizations, including Indian tribes
and institutions of higher education.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: Cost
sharing of at least 10 percent of the total
cost of the project is required of grantees
under the Rehabilitation Training
program (34 CFR 386.30).
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Note: Under 34 CFR 75.562(c), an indirect
cost reimbursement on a training grant is
limited to the recipient’s actual indirect
costs, as determined by its negotiated
indirect cost rate agreement, or eight percent
of a modified total direct cost base,
whichever amount is less. 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.
IV. Application and Submission
Information
1. Address to Request Application
Package: You can obtain an application
package via the Internet or from the
Education Publications Center (ED
Pubs). To obtain a copy via the Internet,
use the following address: https://
www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/grantaps/
index.html. To obtain a copy from ED
Pubs, write, fax, or call the following:
Education Publications Center, 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), call, toll free: 1–877–576–7734.
You can contact ED Pubs at its Web
site, also: https://www.ed.gov/pubs/
edpubs.html or 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
84.129 F, H, P, and R.
Individuals with disabilities can
obtain a copy of the application package
in an accessible format (e.g., braille,
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large print, audiotape, or computer
diskette) by contacting the person or
team listed under Accessible Format in
section VIII 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 the
application narrative (Part III) to the
equivalent of no more than 45 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).
• Use one of the following fonts:
Times New Roman, Courier, Courier
New, or Arial. An application submitted
in any other font (including Times
Roman or Arial Narrow) will not be
accepted.
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, or the
letters of support. However, the page
limit does apply to all of the application
narrative section (Part III).
We will reject your application if you
exceed the page limit or if you apply
other standards and exceed the
equivalent of the page limit.
3. Submission Dates and Times:
Applications Available: November 17,
2008. Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: January 15, 2009.
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 in paper format 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 in this notice.
We do not consider an application
that does not comply with the deadline
requirements.
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Individuals with disabilities who
need an accommodation or auxiliary aid
in connection with the application
process should contact the person listed
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT in section VII in this notice. If
the Department provides an
accommodation or auxiliary aid to an
individual with a disability in
connection with the application
process, the individual’s application
remains subject to all other
requirements and limitations in this
notice. Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: March 2, 2009.
4. Intergovernmental Review: This
competition 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 must be submitted
electronically unless you qualify for an
exception to this requirement in
accordance with the instructions in this
section.
a. Electronic Submission of
Applications.
Applications for grants under the
Rehabilitation Training: Rehabilitation
Long-Term Training, CFDA number
84.129F, H, P, or R must be submitted
electronically using the
Governmentwide 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 email an electronic copy of a grant
application to us.
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 Rehabilitation
Training: Rehabilitation Long-Term
Training program at https://
www.Grants.gov. You must search for
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the downloadable application package
for this program or competition by the
CFDA number. Do not include the
CFDA number’s alpha suffix in your
search (e.g., search for 84.129, not
84.129F, H, P, or R).
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 date and time stamped. Your
application must be fully uploaded and
submitted, and must be date and time
stamped by the Grants.gov system no
later than 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC
time, on the application deadline date.
Except as otherwise noted in this
section, we will not accept your
application if it is received—that is, date
and time stamped by the Grants.gov
system later than 4:30:00 p.m.,
Washington, DC time, on the
application deadline date. We do not
consider an application that does not
comply with the deadline requirements.
When we retrieve your application from
Grants.gov, we will notify you if we are
rejecting your application because it
was date and time stamped by the
Grants.gov system after 4:30:00 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://eGrants.ed.gov/help/
GrantsgovSubmissionProcedures.pdf.
• To submit your application via
Grants.gov, you must complete all steps
in the Grants.gov registration process
(see https://www.grants.gov/applicants/
get_registered.jsp). These steps include
(1) Registering your organization, a
multi-part process that includes
registration with the Central Contractor
Registry (CCR); (2) registering yourself
as an Authorized Organization
Representative (AOR); and (3) getting
authorized as an AOR by your
organization. Details on these steps are
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outlined in the Grants.gov 3–Step
Registration Guide (see https://
www.grants.gov/section910/
Grants.govRegistrationBrochure.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 submit
successfully an application via
Grants.gov. In addition you will need to
update your CCR registration on an
annual basis. This may take three or
more business days to complete.
• 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
you typically provide on the following
forms: Application for Federal
Assistance (SF 424), the Department of
Education Supplemental Information for
SF 424, Budget Information—NonConstruction Programs (ED 524), and all
necessary assurances and certifications.
Please note that two of these forms—the
SF 424 and the Department of Education
Supplemental Information for SF 424—
have replaced the ED 424 (Application
for Federal Education Assistance).
• 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 in this paragraph 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 from
Grants.gov an automatic notification of
receipt that contains a Grants.gov
tracking number. (This notification
indicates receipt by Grants.gov only, not
receipt by the Department.) The
Department then will retrieve your
application from Grants.gov and send a
second notification to you by e-mail.
This second notification indicates that
the Department has received your
application and has assigned your
application a PR/Award number (an EDspecified identifying number unique to
your application).
• We may request that you provide us
original signatures on forms at a later
date.
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Application Deadline Date Extension
in Case of Technical Issues with the
Grants.gov System: If you are
experiencing problems submitting your
application through Grants.gov, please
contact the Grants.gov Support Desk at
1–800–518–4726. You must obtain a
Grants.gov Support Desk Case Number
and must keep a record of it.
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 4:30:00 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 described elsewhere in this
notice.
If you submit an application after
4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on
the application deadline date, please
contact the person listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in
section VII in this notice and provide an
explanation of the technical problem
you experienced with Grants.gov, along
with the Grants.gov Support Desk Case
Number. We will accept your
application if we can confirm that a
technical problem occurred with the
Grants.gov system and that that problem
affected your ability to submit your
application by 4:30:00 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: The extensions to which we refer 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
application 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
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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
statement no later than two weeks
before the application deadline date.
Address and mail or fax your
statement to: Theresa DeVaughn, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland
Avenue, SW., room 5045, Potomac
Center Plaza (PCP), Washington, DC
20202–2800. FAX: (202) 245–7591.
Your paper application must be
submitted in accordance with the mail
or hand delivery instructions described
in this notice.
b. 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 following address:
U.S. Department of Education,
Application Control Center, Attention:
(CFDA Number 84.129F, H, P, or R), LBJ
Basement Level 1, 400 Maryland
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20202–
4260.
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.
(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.
(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.
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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 84.129F, H, P, or R), 550
12th Street, SW., Room 7041, Potomac
Center Plaza, Washington, DC 20202–
4260.
The Application Control Center
accepts hand deliveries daily between
8:00 a.m. and 4:30:00 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 11 of the SF 424 the CFDA number,
including suffix letter, if any, of the
competition under which you are submitting
your application; and
(2) The Application Control Center will
mail to you a notification of receipt of your
grant application. If you do not receive this
notification 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 and 34 CFR 386.20 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 notify you informally,
also.
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
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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 directed by
the Secretary under 34 CFR 75.118. The
Secretary may also require more
frequent performance reports under 34
CFR 75.720(c). For specific
requirements on reporting, please go to
https://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/
appforms/appforms.html.
4. Performance Measures: The
Government Performance and Results
Act (GPRA) of 1993 directs Federal
departments and agencies to improve
the effectiveness of programs by
engaging in strategic planning, setting
outcome-related goals for programs, and
measuring program results against those
goals.
The goal of the Rehabilitation
Services Administration’s (RSA)
Rehabilitation Training: Rehabilitation
Long-Term Training program is to
increase the number of qualified VR
personnel working in State VR agencies
or related agencies. At least 75 percent
of all grant funds must be used for direct
payment of student scholarships. Each
grantee is required to track students
receiving scholarships and must
maintain information on the cumulative
support granted to RSA scholars,
scholar-debt in years, program
completion data for each scholar, dates
each scholar’s work begins and is
completed to meet his or her payback
agreement, current home address, and
the place of employment of individual
scholars.
Grantees are required to report
annually to RSA on these data using the
RSA Grantee Reporting Form, OMB#
1820–0617, an electronic reporting
system. The RSA Grantee Reporting
Form collects specific data including
the number of RSA scholars entering the
rehabilitation workforce, the
rehabilitation field each scholar enters,
and the type of employment setting each
scholar chooses (e.g., State agency,
nonprofit service provider, or practice
group). This form allows RSA to
measure results against the goal of
increasing the number of qualified VR
personnel working in State VR agencies
or related agencies.
VII. Agency Contact
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Theresa DeVaughn, U.S. Department of
Education, Rehabilitation Services
Administration, 400 Maryland Avenue,
SW., Room 5045, PCP, Washington, DC
20202–2800. Telephone: (202) 245–7321
or by e-mail: Theresa.Devaughn@ed.gov.
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If you use TDD, call the Federal Relay
Service (FRS), toll free, at 1–800–877–
8339.
VIII. Other Information
Accessible Format: Individuals with
disabilities can obtain this document
and a copy of the application package in
an accessible format (e.g., braille, large
print, audiotape, or computer diskette)
by contacting the Grants and Contracts
Service Team, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
room 5075, PCP, Washington, DC
20202–2550. Telephone: (202) 245–
7363. If you use a TDD, call the FRS, toll
free, at 1–800–877–8339.
Electronic Access to This Document:
You can view this document, as well as
all other documents of this Department
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Dated: November 10, 2008.
Tracy R. Justesen,
Assistant Secretary for Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. PP–305]
Record of Decision; Montana Alberta
Tie Ltd.
Office of Electricity Delivery
and Energy Reliability (OE), Department
of Energy (DOE).
ACTION: Record of Decision (ROD).
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: DOE announces its decision
to issue a Presidential permit to
Montana Alberta Tie Ltd. to construct,
operate, maintain, and connect a new
single-circuit 230,000-volt (230-kV)
electric transmission line across the
U.S.-Canada border near Cut Bank,
Montana, along the preferred alternative
identified in the EIS, with the
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electric reliability conditions noted
below. The environmental impacts that
would be associated with the line were
analyzed in the Environmental Impact
Statement for the Montana Alberta Tie
Ltd. (MATL) 230-kV Transmission Line
(DOE/EIS–0399, MATL EIS). The
transmission line, known as the MATL
Project, would originate at an existing
NorthWestern Energy (NWE) 230-kV
Switchyard at Great Falls, Montana, and
extend north to a new substation to be
constructed northeast of Lethbridge,
Alberta, Canada. Approximately 130
miles of the 203-mile long transmission
line would be constructed in the United
States.
In reaching this decision, DOE
considered the low environmental
impacts in the United States from
constructing, operating, maintaining,
and connecting the proposed
international transmission line, the
absence of adverse impacts to the
reliability of the U.S. electric power
supply system, the absence of major
issues of concern to the public, and the
favorable recommendations of the
Departments of State and Defense.
DOE has prepared this ROD in
accordance with the regulations of the
Council on Environmental Quality (40
CFR Parts 1500–1508) for implementing
the National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA), and DOE’s NEPA Implementing
Procedures (10 CFR Part 1021).
ADDRESSES: The Final EIS is available
on the DOE NEPA Web site at https://
www.gc.energy.gov/NEPA/. This ROD
also will be available on the same DOE
NEPA Web site and on the OE Web site
at https://www.oe.energy.gov/
permits_pending.htm. In addition, this
ROD may be requested by contacting
Mrs. Ellen Russell, Senior Project
Manager, Office of Electricity Delivery
and Energy Reliability, U.S. Department
of Energy, OE–20, 1000 Independence
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585,
by telephone at 202–586–9624, by
facsimile at 202–586–8008, or at
Ellen.Russell@hq.doe.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
further information about the MATL
EIS, contact Ellen Russell as indicated
in the ADDRESSES section above. For
general information on the DOE NEPA
process, contact Ms. Carol Borgstrom,
Director, Office of NEPA Policy and
Compliance, GC–20, 1000 Independence
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585,
by telephone at 202–586–4600, or leave
a message at 800–472–2756.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DOE and
the State of Montana Department of
Environmental Quality (DEQ) are the
lead agencies in the preparation of the
State of Montana Final EIS and DOE
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Federal Final EIS, entitled
Environmental Impact Statement for the
Montana Alberta Tie Ltd. (MATL) 230kV Transmission Line (DOE/EIS–0399,
MATL EIS). The Bureau of Land
Management (BLM), U.S. Department of
the Interior, is a cooperating agency.
Background
Executive Order (E.O.) 10485
(September 9, 1953), as amended by
E.O. 12038 (February 7, 1978), requires
that a Presidential permit be issued by
DOE before electric transmission
facilities may be constructed, operated,
maintained, or connected at the U.S.
international border.1 DOE may issue or
amend a permit if it determines that the
permit is in the public interest and after
obtaining favorable recommendations
from the U.S. Departments of State and
Defense. In determining whether
issuance of a permit for a proposed
action is in the public interest, DOE
considers the environmental impacts of
the proposed project pursuant to NEPA,
determines the project’s impact on
electric reliability by ascertaining
whether the proposed project would
adversely affect the operation of the U.S.
electric power supply system under
normal and contingency conditions, and
considers any other factors that DOE
believes are relevant to the public
interest.
MATL, a private Canadian
corporation owned by Tonbridge Power,
is proposing to construct and operate an
international 230-kV, alternating current
merchant (i.e., private) transmission line
that would originate at the existing
NWE 230-kV Switchyard at Great Falls,
Montana, and extend north to a new
substation to be constructed northeast of
Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. The line
would cross the U.S.-Canada
international border north of Cut Bank,
Montana. Approximately 130 miles of
the 203-mile long transmission line are
proposed to be constructed in the
United States. The proposed line would
be constructed and owned by MATL. It
would be part of the Western
Interconnection (western grid) 2. A
1 The authority to administer the International
Electricity Regulatory Program through the
regulation of electricity exports and the issuance of
Presidential permits has been delegated to the
Assistant Secretary for Electricity Delivery and
Energy Reliability in Redelegation Order No. 00–
002.10C issued on May 29, 2008.
2 There are three distinct power grids or
‘‘interconnections’’ within the United States: the
Eastern Interconnection, the Western
Interconnection, and the Electric Reliability Council
of Texas. The three interconnections are electrically
independent from each other except for a few low
capacity direct current transmission lines that
loosely link them. Within each interconnection,
electricity is produced the instant it is used, and
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[Notices]
[Pages 67856-67860]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services Overview
Information; Rehabilitation Training: Rehabilitation Long-Term Training
Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2009
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Numbers: 84.129F, H,
P, and R.
DATES: Applications Available: November 17, 2008. Deadline for
Transmittal of Applications: January 15, 2009. Deadline for
Intergovernmental Review: March 2, 2009.
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The Rehabilitation Long-Term Training program
provides financial assistance for--
(1) Projects that provide basic or advanced training leading to an
academic degree in areas of personnel shortages in rehabilitation as
identified by the Secretary;
(2) Projects that provide a specified series of courses or program
of study leading to the award of a certificate in areas of personnel
shortages in rehabilitation as identified by the Secretary; and
(3) Projects that provide support for medical residents enrolled in
residency training programs in the specialty of physical medicine and
rehabilitation.
Priorities: In accordance with 34 CFR 75.105(b)(2)(ii), these
priorities are from the regulations for this program (34 CFR 386.1).
Absolute Priorities: For FY 2009 these priorities are absolute
priorities. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3) we consider only applications
that propose to provide training in the priority areas of personnel
shortages listed in the following chart.
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Priority area (maximum number Maximum award (see
CFDA numbers of awards in parentheses) below)
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84.129F Vocational Evaluation And $100,000
Work Adjustment (3).
84.129H Rehabilitation of Individuals $100,000
Who Are Mentally Ill (2).
84.129P Rehabilitation of Individuals $100,000
Who Are Blind or Have Vision
Impairments (4).
84.129R Job Development And Job $100,000
Placement Services to
Individuals With
Disabilities (3).
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Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 772.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80,
81, 82, 84, 85, 86, and 99. (b) The regulations for this program in 34
CFR parts 385 and 386.
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 institutions of
higher education only.
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Discretionary grants.
Estimated Available Funds: The Administration has requested
$37,766,000 for the Rehabilitation Training program for FY 2009, of
which we intend to use an estimated $1,200,000 for these competitions.
The actual level of funding, if any, depends on final congressional
action. However, we are inviting applications to allow enough time to
complete the grant
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process if Congress appropriates funds for this program.
Estimated Range of Awards: $70,000-$100,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $95,000.
Maximum Award: We will reject any application that proposes a
budget exceeding $100,000 for a single budget period of 12 months. The
Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
may change the maximum amount through a notice published in the Federal
Register.
Estimated Number of Awards: 12.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Project Period: Up to 60 months.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: States and public or nonprofit agencies and
organizations, including Indian tribes and institutions of higher
education.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: Cost sharing of at least 10 percent of
the total cost of the project is required of grantees under the
Rehabilitation Training program (34 CFR 386.30).
Note: Under 34 CFR 75.562(c), an indirect cost reimbursement on
a training grant is limited to the recipient's actual indirect
costs, as determined by its negotiated indirect cost rate agreement,
or eight percent of a modified total direct cost base, whichever
amount is less. 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.
IV. Application and Submission Information
1. Address to Request Application Package: You can obtain an
application package via the Internet or from the Education Publications
Center (ED Pubs). To obtain a copy via the Internet, use the following
address: https://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/grantaps/. To
obtain a copy from ED Pubs, write, fax, or call the following:
Education Publications Center, 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), call, toll free: 1-877-
576-7734.
You can contact ED Pubs at its Web site, also: https://www.ed.gov/
pubs/edpubs.html or 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 84.129 F, H, P, and R.
Individuals with disabilities can obtain a copy of the application
package in an accessible format (e.g., braille, large print, audiotape,
or computer diskette) by contacting the person or team listed under
Accessible Format in section VIII 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 the application narrative
(Part III) to the equivalent of no more than 45 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).
Use one of the following fonts: Times New Roman, Courier,
Courier New, or Arial. An application submitted in any other font
(including Times Roman or Arial Narrow) will not be accepted.
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, or the letters of support. However, the page
limit does apply to all of the application narrative section (Part
III).
We will reject your application if you exceed the page limit or if
you apply other standards and exceed the equivalent of the page limit.
3. Submission Dates and Times: Applications Available: November 17,
2008. Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: January 15, 2009.
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 in paper format 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 in this notice.
We do not consider an application that does not comply with the
deadline requirements.
Individuals with disabilities who need an accommodation or
auxiliary aid in connection with the application process should contact
the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII
in this notice. If the Department provides an accommodation or
auxiliary aid to an individual with a disability in connection with the
application process, the individual's application remains subject to
all other requirements and limitations in this notice. Deadline for
Intergovernmental Review: March 2, 2009.
4. Intergovernmental Review: This competition 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 must be submitted electronically unless you qualify
for an exception to this requirement in accordance with the
instructions in this section.
a. Electronic Submission of Applications.
Applications for grants under the Rehabilitation Training:
Rehabilitation Long-Term Training, CFDA number 84.129F, H, P, or R must
be submitted electronically using the Governmentwide 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.
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
Rehabilitation Training: Rehabilitation Long-Term Training program at
https://www.Grants.gov. You must search for
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the downloadable application package for this program or competition by
the CFDA number. Do not include the CFDA number's alpha suffix in your
search (e.g., search for 84.129, not 84.129F, H, P, or R).
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 date and time
stamped. Your application must be fully uploaded and submitted, and
must be date and time stamped by the Grants.gov system no later than
4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application deadline date.
Except as otherwise noted in this section, we will not accept your
application if it is received--that is, date and time stamped by the
Grants.gov system later than 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the
application deadline date. We do not consider an application that does
not comply with the deadline requirements. When we retrieve your
application from Grants.gov, we will notify you if we are rejecting
your application because it was date and time stamped by the Grants.gov
system after 4:30:00 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 steps in the Grants.gov registration process (see https://
www.grants.gov/applicants/get_registered.jsp). These steps include (1)
Registering your organization, a multi-part process that includes
registration with the Central Contractor Registry (CCR); (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/section910/
Grants.govRegistrationBrochure.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 submit successfully an application via Grants.gov. In
addition you will need to update your CCR registration on an annual
basis. This may take three or more business days to complete.
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 you typically provide on the following forms:
Application for Federal Assistance (SF 424), the Department of
Education Supplemental Information for SF 424, Budget Information--Non-
Construction Programs (ED 524), and all necessary assurances and
certifications. Please note that two of these forms--the SF 424 and the
Department of Education Supplemental Information for SF 424--have
replaced the ED 424 (Application for Federal Education Assistance).
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 in this paragraph 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 from Grants.gov an automatic notification of receipt that
contains a Grants.gov tracking number. (This notification indicates
receipt by Grants.gov only, not receipt by the Department.) The
Department then will retrieve your application from Grants.gov and send
a second notification to you by e-mail. This second notification
indicates that the Department has received your application and has
assigned your application 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 experiencing problems submitting
your application through Grants.gov, please contact the Grants.gov
Support Desk at 1-800-518-4726. You must obtain a Grants.gov Support
Desk Case Number and must keep a record of it.
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 4:30:00 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 described elsewhere in this notice.
If you submit an application after 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC
time, on the application deadline date, please contact the person
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII in this
notice and provide an explanation of the technical problem you
experienced with Grants.gov, along with the Grants.gov Support Desk
Case Number. We will accept your application if we can confirm that a
technical problem occurred with the Grants.gov system and that that
problem affected your ability to submit your application by 4:30:00
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: The extensions to which we refer 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 application 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
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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 statement no later than two weeks before the
application deadline date.
Address and mail or fax your statement to: Theresa DeVaughn, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 5045, Potomac
Center Plaza (PCP), Washington, DC 20202-2800. FAX: (202) 245-7591.
Your paper application must be submitted in accordance with the
mail or hand delivery instructions described in this notice.
b. 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 following address:
U.S. Department of Education, Application Control Center, Attention:
(CFDA Number 84.129F, H, P, or R), LBJ Basement Level 1, 400 Maryland
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20202-4260.
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.
(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.
(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 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 84.129F, H, P, or R), 550 12th Street, SW., Room 7041,
Potomac Center Plaza, Washington, DC 20202-4260.
The Application Control Center accepts hand deliveries daily
between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30:00 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 11 of the SF 424 the CFDA number, including
suffix letter, if any, of the competition under which you are
submitting your application; and
(2) The Application Control Center will mail to you a
notification of receipt of your grant application. If you do not
receive this notification 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 and 34 CFR 386.20 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 notify you informally, also.
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 directed by the Secretary
under 34 CFR 75.118. The Secretary may also require more frequent
performance reports under 34 CFR 75.720(c). For specific requirements
on reporting, please go to https://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/appforms/
appforms.html.
4. Performance Measures: The Government Performance and Results Act
(GPRA) of 1993 directs Federal departments and agencies to improve the
effectiveness of programs by engaging in strategic planning, setting
outcome-related goals for programs, and measuring program results
against those goals.
The goal of the Rehabilitation Services Administration's (RSA)
Rehabilitation Training: Rehabilitation Long-Term Training program is
to increase the number of qualified VR personnel working in State VR
agencies or related agencies. At least 75 percent of all grant funds
must be used for direct payment of student scholarships. Each grantee
is required to track students receiving scholarships and must maintain
information on the cumulative support granted to RSA scholars, scholar-
debt in years, program completion data for each scholar, dates each
scholar's work begins and is completed to meet his or her payback
agreement, current home address, and the place of employment of
individual scholars.
Grantees are required to report annually to RSA on these data using
the RSA Grantee Reporting Form, OMB 1820-0617, an electronic
reporting system. The RSA Grantee Reporting Form collects specific data
including the number of RSA scholars entering the rehabilitation
workforce, the rehabilitation field each scholar enters, and the type
of employment setting each scholar chooses (e.g., State agency,
nonprofit service provider, or practice group). This form allows RSA to
measure results against the goal of increasing the number of qualified
VR personnel working in State VR agencies or related agencies.
VII. Agency Contact
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Theresa DeVaughn, U.S. Department of
Education, Rehabilitation Services Administration, 400 Maryland Avenue,
SW., Room 5045, PCP, Washington, DC 20202-2800. Telephone: (202) 245-
7321 or by e-mail: Theresa.Devaughn@ed.gov.
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If you use TDD, call the Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at
1-800-877-8339.
VIII. Other Information
Accessible Format: Individuals with disabilities can obtain this
document and a copy of the application package in an accessible format
(e.g., braille, large print, audiotape, or computer diskette) by
contacting the Grants and Contracts Service Team, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 5075, PCP, Washington, DC
20202-2550. Telephone: (202) 245-7363. If you use a TDD, call the FRS,
toll free, at 1-800-877-8339.
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Dated: November 10, 2008.
Tracy R. Justesen,
Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
[FR Doc. E8-27191 Filed 11-14-08; 8:45 am]
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