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3. There are no known regulatory
alternatives which would accomplish the
objectives of the Javits-Wagner-O’Day Act (41
U.S.C. 46–48c) in connection with the
products proposed for deletion from the
Procurement List.
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The following products are proposed for
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PRODUCTS: Shim.
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NPA: The Lighthouse for the Blind, Inc.
(Seattle Lighthouse), Seattle, WA
Contracting Activity: Defense Logistics
Agency, Aviation, Richmond, VA
Barry S. Lineback,
Director, Business Operations.
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Success
National Center for Education
Statistics, Institute of Education
Sciences, Department of Education.
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4:30 p.m.; February 10, 2011: 9:00 a.m.
to 4:30 p.m.
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Washington, DC at 1990 K Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20006, 8th Floor
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Student Success, U.S. Department of
Education, 1990 K Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20006. E-mail:
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recommendations shall be provided to
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(e.g., interpreting services, assistive
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than February 2, 2011. We will attempt
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Proposed Waiver and Extension of
Project Period
Office of Innovation and
Improvement, Education.
ACTION: Notice of proposed waiver and
extension of project period.
AGENCY:
The Secretary proposes to
waive the requirements in 34 CFR
75.250 and 75.261(c)(2) of the Education
Department General Administrative
Regulations (EDGAR) that, respectively,
generally prohibit project periods
exceeding five years and project period
extensions involving the obligation of
additional Federal funds. The FY 2010
appropriation provided the fifth year of
funding for 60 of the 62 Parental
Information and Resource Center (PIRC)
grants that were funded in FY 2006, and
the fourth year of funding for the
remaining two grants that were funded
in FY 2007. The proposed waivers
would enable 60 of the 62 current
grantees under the PIRC program to
continue to receive Federal funding
beyond the five-year limitation
contained in 34 CFR 75.250 and enable
the Department to obligate an additional
year of Federal funds for all 62 current
eligible grantees notwithstanding the
limitation in 34 CFR 75.261(c)(2), which
prohibits the extension of a project
period if it involves the obligation of
additional Federal funds. This
additional year of Federal funds would
be contingent on final Congressional
action on the FY 2011 budget.
DATES: We must receive your comments
on or before February 14, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Address all comments about
this proposed waiver and extension of
project period to Monique Toussaint,
U.S. Department of Education, 400
Maryland Avenue, SW., Room 4W243,
Washington, DC 20202–5970.
Telephone: (202) 260–0964.
If you prefer to send your comments
by e-mail, use the following address:
pirc@ed.gov. You must include the
phrase ‘‘proposed waiver and extension
of project period’’ in the subject line of
your electronic message.
SUMMARY:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Monique Toussaint at the address listed
in the ADDRESSES section of this notice.
If you use a telecommunications device
for the deaf (TDD), call the Federal
Relay Service (FRS), toll-free, at 1–800–
877–8339.
Individuals with disabilities can
obtain this document in an accessible
format (e.g., braille, large print,
audiotape, or computer diskette) on
request to the contact person listed in
this section.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Invitation
to Comment:
We invite you to submit comments
regarding this notice of proposed waiver
and extension of project period. During
and after the comment period, you may
inspect all public comments about this
notice of proposed waiver and extension
of project period in room 4W335, 400
Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington,
DC, between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and
4:00 p.m., Washington, DC time,
Monday through Friday of each week,
except Federal holidays.
Assistance to Individuals With
Disabilities in Reviewing the
Rulemaking Record:
On request, we will provide an
appropriate accommodation or auxiliary
aid to an individual with a disability
who needs assistance to review the
comments or other documents in the
public rulemaking record for this
proposed waiver and extension of
project period. If you want to schedule
an appointment for this type of
accommodation or auxiliary aid, please
contact the person listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Background:
Under the PIRC program, the
Department supports grants to help
implement successful and effective
parental involvement policies and
activities that lead to improvements in
student academic achievement and help
partnerships among parents, teachers,
principals, administrators, and other
school personnel meet the educational
needs of children. Section 5563(b) of the
Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965, as amended (ESEA),
describes project requirements for the
recipients of PIRC grants, including
requirements to serve both rural and
urban areas; to use at least one-half of
the funds awarded to a project to serve
areas with high concentrations of lowincome families; and to use at least 30
percent of the funds awarded to a
project to establish, expand, or operate
early childhood parent education
programs.
During the first year of
implementation, each PIRC received
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targeted technical assistance to conduct
a five-year, high-quality evaluation in
order to assess the impact of its services
on families, communities, and schools.
However, in order to begin the
evaluation, each PIRC had to ensure that
its services were fully implemented. For
many projects, due to the nature of the
services provided, this was not the case,
causing significant delays in collecting
baseline data during the first year of the
project. Additionally, PIRCs conducting
experimental design studies
experienced logistical challenges
associated with establishing treatment
and control groups. An additional year
of funding would give the PIRCs an
opportunity not only to assess the
impact of their services on families,
communities, and schools, but to also
collect additional data that could result
in more valid and reliable findings on
effective family engagement. This
information is of particular interest to
the Department, as some of these
findings could inform policies for
engaging families in transforming lowperforming schools.
Therefore, the Secretary proposes this
waiver and extension of project period
in order to enable each of the current
grantees to strengthen the quality of its
evaluation. We believe the additional
time and resources will provide
information that can be used to inform
best practices regarding supporting and
engaging families and communities in
their children’s education.
The additional budget period will
provide resources and time for each
grantee to: (1) Conduct an additional
round of grant activities in FY 2011;
and, (2) collect additional information
to evaluate its grant activities.
For these reasons, we believe it is
preferable to review requests for
continuation awards from the current
grantees and extend currently funded
projects rather than to hold a new
competition in FY 2011. Authorizing
current grantees to request additional
funds would be a more appropriate and
effective means of facilitating the work
of the PIRC program and would result
in a more cost-effective use of Federal
funds.
Therefore, the Secretary proposes to
waive the requirements in 34 CFR
75.250, which prohibit project periods
exceeding five years, and the
requirements in 34 CFR 75.261(c)(2),
which limit the extension of a project
period if the extension involves the
obligation of additional Federal funds.
With these waivers: (1) Current PIRC
grantees would receive FY 2011 funds
and continue to operate through FY
2012; and, (2) we would not announce
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a new competition or make new awards
under the PIRC program in FY 2011.
The proposed waivers of 34 CFR
75.250 and 75.261(c)(2) would not affect
the applicability of the requirements in
34 CFR 75.253 (continuation of a multiyear project after the first budget period)
to any continuation awards sought by
eligible current PIRC grantees as a result
of the waivers.
In addition, these proposed waivers
would not exempt current PIRC grantees
from the account-closing provisions in
31 U.S.C. 1552(a), nor would they
extend the availability of funds
previously awarded to current PIRC
grantees. Under 31 U.S.C. 1552(a),
appropriated funds may be used for
payment of valid obligations for only
five years after the expiration of their
period of availability for Federal
obligation. After that time, the
unexpended balance of those funds
must be canceled and returned to the
U.S. Treasury Department and is
unavailable for restoration for any
purpose. The waivers proposed in this
notice would not change this
requirement.
We will announce the final waivers,
if any, in a notice in the Federal
Register. We will determine the final
waivers after considering responses to
this notice and other information
available to the Department.
Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification
The Secretary certifies that the
proposed waiver and extension of
project period would not have a
significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities.
The small entities that would be
affected by these proposed waivers are:
(a) The FY 2006 and FY 2007 PIRC
grantees currently receiving Federal
funds; and
(b) The entities that are eligible for an
award under the PIRC program (i.e.,
nonprofit organizations, or consortia of
nonprofit organizations and local
educational agencies (LEAs); and faithbased and community organizations if
such organizations are nonprofit
organizations, as defined in the notice of
final priorities and eligibility
requirements published in the Federal
Register on March 27, 2006 (71 FR
15308)).
The Secretary certifies that the
proposed waivers would not have a
significant economic impact on these
entities because the proposed waivers
and the activities required to support
the additional years of funding would
not impose excessive regulatory burdens
or require unnecessary Federal
supervision. The proposed waivers
would impose minimal requirements to
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ensure the proper expenditure of
program funds, including requirements
that are standard for continuation
awards.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
[Docket No. CP10–492–000]
This notice of proposed waiver and
extension of project period does not
contain any information collection
requirements.
Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC;
Notice of Availability of the
Environmental Assessment for the
Proposed Line 1278–Line K Expansion
Project
Intergovernmental Review
January 7, 2011.
This program is subject to Executive
Order 12372 and the regulations in 34
CFR 79. One of the objectives of the
Executive Order is to foster an
intergovernmental partnership and a
strengthened federalism. The Executive
Order relies on processes developed by
State and local governments for
coordination and review of proposed
Federal financial assistance. This
document provides early notification of
our specific plans and actions for this
program.
Electronic Access to This Document
You can view this document, as well
as all other Department of Education
documents 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.
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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.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Number 84.310A, Parental Information and
Resource Center Program).
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7273 et seq.
Dated: January 10, 2011.
James H. Shelton III,
Assistant Deputy Secretary for Innovation and
Improvement.
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Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
The staff of the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) has prepared this
environmental assessment (EA) for the
Line 1278–Line K Expansion Project
proposed by Columbia Gas
Transmission, LLC (Columbia) in the
above-referenced docket. Columbia
requests authorization to abandon and
replace natural gas pipeline facilities in
Pike County, Pennsylvania and Orange
County, New York.
The EA assesses the potential
environmental effects of the
construction and operation of the Line
1278–Line K Expansion Project in
accordance with the requirements of the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (NEPA). The FERC staff concludes
that approval of the proposed project,
with appropriate mitigating measures,
would not constitute a major federal
action significantly affecting the quality
of the human environment.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
elected to act as a cooperating agency in
the preparation of this EA. Cooperating
agencies have jurisdiction by law or
special expertise with respect to
resource potentially affected by
Columbia’s proposal and participate in
the NEPA analysis.
The proposed project would remove
and replace approximately 17 miles of
Columbia’s existing pipelines and
related facilities, mainly within the
same ditch or right-of-way of the
existing pipeline. Columbia’s existing
pipelines extend in a northeasterly
direction towards Millennium Pipeline
Company’s existing Wagoner
Compressor Station in Sparrowbush,
New York.
The EA has been placed in the public
files of the FERC and is available for
public viewing on the FERC’s Web site
at https://www.ferc.gov using the
eLibrary link. A limited number of
copies of the EA are available for
distribution and public inspection at:
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
Public Reference Room, 888 First Street,
NE., Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426,
(202) 502–8371.
Copies of the EA have been mailed to
federal, state, and local government
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representatives and agencies; elected
officials; public interest groups; Native
American tribes; potentially affected
landowners and other interested
individuals and groups; newspapers and
libraries in the project area; and parties
to this proceeding.
Any person wishing to comment on
the EA may do so. Your comments
should focus on the potential
environmental effects, reasonable
alternatives, and measures to lessen or
avoid environmental impacts. The more
specific your comments, the more useful
they will be. To ensure that your
comments are properly recorded and
considered prior to a Commission
decision on the proposal, it is important
that we receive your comments in
Washington, DC on or before February
7, 2011.
For your convenience, there are three
methods you can use to submit your
comments to the Commission. In all
instances, please reference the project
docket number (CP10–492–000) with
your submission. The Commission
encourages electronic filing of
comments and has dedicated eFiling
expert staff available to assist you at
202–502–8258 or efiling@ferc.gov.
(1) You may file your comments
electronically by using the eComment
feature, which is located on the
Commission’s Internet Web site at
https://www.ferc.gov under the link to
Documents and Filings. An eComment
is an easy method for interested persons
to submit brief, text-only comments on
a project;
(2) You may file your comments
electronically by using the eFiling
feature, which is located at https://
www.ferc.gov under the link to
Documents and Filings. With eFiling,
you can provide comments in a variety
of formats by attaching them as a file
with your submission. New eFiling
users must first create an account by
clicking on ‘‘eRegister.’’ You will be
asked to select the type of filing you are
making. A comment on a particular
project is considered a ‘‘Comment on a
Filing;’’ or
(3) You may file a paper copy of your
comments at the following address:
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street, NE., Room 1A, Washington,
DC 20426.
Although your comments will be
considered by the Commission, simply
filing comments will not serve to make
the commentor a party to the
proceeding. Any person seeking to
become a party to the proceeding must
file a motion to intervene pursuant to
Rule 214 of the Commission’s Rules of
Practice and Procedures (18 CFR
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Proposed Waiver and Extension of Project Period
AGENCY: Office of Innovation and Improvement, Education.
ACTION: Notice of proposed waiver and extension of project period.
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SUMMARY: The Secretary proposes to waive the requirements in 34 CFR
75.250 and 75.261(c)(2) of the Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) that, respectively, generally
prohibit project periods exceeding five years and project period
extensions involving the obligation of additional Federal funds. The FY
2010 appropriation provided the fifth year of funding for 60 of the 62
Parental Information and Resource Center (PIRC) grants that were funded
in FY 2006, and the fourth year of funding for the remaining two grants
that were funded in FY 2007. The proposed waivers would enable 60 of
the 62 current grantees under the PIRC program to continue to receive
Federal funding beyond the five-year limitation contained in 34 CFR
75.250 and enable the Department to obligate an additional year of
Federal funds for all 62 current eligible grantees notwithstanding the
limitation in 34 CFR 75.261(c)(2), which prohibits the extension of a
project period if it involves the obligation of additional Federal
funds. This additional year of Federal funds would be contingent on
final Congressional action on the FY 2011 budget.
DATES: We must receive your comments on or before February 14, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Address all comments about this proposed waiver and
extension of project period to Monique Toussaint, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Room 4W243, Washington, DC 20202-
5970. Telephone: (202) 260-0964.
If you prefer to send your comments by e-mail, use the following
address: pirc@ed.gov. You must include the phrase ``proposed waiver and
extension of project period'' in the subject line of your electronic
message.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Monique Toussaint at the address
listed in the ADDRESSES section of this notice. If you use a
telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), call the Federal Relay
Service (FRS), toll-free, at 1-800-877-8339.
Individuals with disabilities can obtain this document in an
accessible format (e.g., braille, large print, audiotape, or computer
diskette) on request to the contact person listed in this section.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Invitation to Comment:
We invite you to submit comments regarding this notice of proposed
waiver and extension of project period. During and after the comment
period, you may inspect all public comments about this notice of
proposed waiver and extension of project period in room 4W335, 400
Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington, DC, between the hours of 8:30 a.m.
and 4:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, Monday through Friday of each week,
except Federal holidays.
Assistance to Individuals With Disabilities in Reviewing the
Rulemaking Record:
On request, we will provide an appropriate accommodation or
auxiliary aid to an individual with a disability who needs assistance
to review the comments or other documents in the public rulemaking
record for this proposed waiver and extension of project period. If you
want to schedule an appointment for this type of accommodation or
auxiliary aid, please contact the person listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT.
Background:
Under the PIRC program, the Department supports grants to help
implement successful and effective parental involvement policies and
activities that lead to improvements in student academic achievement
and help partnerships among parents, teachers, principals,
administrators, and other school personnel meet the educational needs
of children. Section 5563(b) of the Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965, as amended (ESEA), describes project requirements for the
recipients of PIRC grants, including requirements to serve both rural
and urban areas; to use at least one-half of the funds awarded to a
project to serve areas with high concentrations of low-income families;
and to use at least 30 percent of the funds awarded to a project to
establish, expand, or operate early childhood parent education
programs.
During the first year of implementation, each PIRC received
targeted technical assistance to conduct a five-year, high-quality
evaluation in order to assess the impact of its services on families,
communities, and schools. However, in order to begin the evaluation,
each PIRC had to ensure that its services were fully implemented. For
many projects, due to the nature of the services provided, this was not
the case, causing significant delays in collecting baseline data during
the first year of the project. Additionally, PIRCs conducting
experimental design studies experienced logistical challenges
associated with establishing treatment and control groups. An
additional year of funding would give the PIRCs an opportunity not only
to assess the impact of their services on families, communities, and
schools, but to also collect additional data that could result in more
valid and reliable findings on effective family engagement. This
information is of particular interest to the Department, as some of
these findings could inform policies for engaging families in
transforming low-performing schools.
Therefore, the Secretary proposes this waiver and extension of
project period in order to enable each of the current grantees to
strengthen the quality of its evaluation. We believe the additional
time and resources will provide information that can be used to inform
best practices regarding supporting and engaging families and
communities in their children's education.
The additional budget period will provide resources and time for
each grantee to: (1) Conduct an additional round of grant activities in
FY 2011; and, (2) collect additional information to evaluate its grant
activities.
For these reasons, we believe it is preferable to review requests
for continuation awards from the current grantees and extend currently
funded projects rather than to hold a new competition in FY 2011.
Authorizing current grantees to request additional funds would be a
more appropriate and effective means of facilitating the work of the
PIRC program and would result in a more cost-effective use of Federal
funds.
Therefore, the Secretary proposes to waive the requirements in 34
CFR 75.250, which prohibit project periods exceeding five years, and
the requirements in 34 CFR 75.261(c)(2), which limit the extension of a
project period if the extension involves the obligation of additional
Federal funds. With these waivers: (1) Current PIRC grantees would
receive FY 2011 funds and continue to operate through FY 2012; and, (2)
we would not announce a new competition or make new awards under the
PIRC program in FY 2011.
The proposed waivers of 34 CFR 75.250 and 75.261(c)(2) would not
affect the applicability of the requirements in 34 CFR 75.253
(continuation of a multi-year project after the first budget period) to
any continuation awards sought by eligible current PIRC grantees as a
result of the waivers.
In addition, these proposed waivers would not exempt current PIRC
grantees from the account-closing provisions in 31 U.S.C. 1552(a), nor
would they extend the availability of funds previously awarded to
current PIRC grantees. Under 31 U.S.C. 1552(a), appropriated funds may
be used for payment of valid obligations for only five years after the
expiration of their period of availability for Federal obligation.
After that time, the unexpended balance of those funds must be canceled
and returned to the U.S. Treasury Department and is unavailable for
restoration for any purpose. The waivers proposed in this notice would
not change this requirement.
We will announce the final waivers, if any, in a notice in the
Federal Register. We will determine the final waivers after considering
responses to this notice and other information available to the
Department.
Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification
The Secretary certifies that the proposed waiver and extension of
project period would not have a significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities.
The small entities that would be affected by these proposed waivers
are:
(a) The FY 2006 and FY 2007 PIRC grantees currently receiving
Federal funds; and
(b) The entities that are eligible for an award under the PIRC
program (i.e., nonprofit organizations, or consortia of nonprofit
organizations and local educational agencies (LEAs); and faith-based
and community organizations if such organizations are nonprofit
organizations, as defined in the notice of final priorities and
eligibility requirements published in the Federal Register on March 27,
2006 (71 FR 15308)).
The Secretary certifies that the proposed waivers would not have a
significant economic impact on these entities because the proposed
waivers and the activities required to support the additional years of
funding would not impose excessive regulatory burdens or require
unnecessary Federal supervision. The proposed waivers would impose
minimal requirements to
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ensure the proper expenditure of program funds, including requirements
that are standard for continuation awards.
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
This notice of proposed waiver and extension of project period does
not contain any information collection requirements.
Intergovernmental Review
This program is subject to Executive Order 12372 and the
regulations in 34 CFR 79. One of the objectives of the Executive Order
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specific plans and actions for this program.
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number 84.310A, Parental
Information and Resource Center Program).
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7273 et seq.
Dated: January 10, 2011.
James H. Shelton III,
Assistant Deputy Secretary for Innovation and Improvement.
[FR Doc. 2011-805 Filed 1-13-11; 8:45 am]
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