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2. Review and Selection Process: We
remind potential applicants that in
reviewing applications in any
discretionary grant competition, the
Secretary may consider, under 34 CFR
75.217(d)(3), the past performance of the
applicant in carrying out a previous
award, such as the applicant’s use of
funds, achievement of project
objectives, and compliance with grant
conditions. The Secretary may also
consider whether the applicant failed to
submit a timely performance report or
submitted a report of unacceptable
quality.
In addition, in making a competitive
grant award, the Secretary also requires
various assurances including those
applicable to Federal civil rights laws
that prohibit discrimination in programs
or activities receiving Federal financial
assistance from the Department of
Education (34 CFR 100.4, 104.5, 106.4,
108.8, and 110.23).
3. Special Conditions: Under 2 CFR
3474.10, the Secretary may impose
special conditions and, in appropriate
circumstances, high-risk conditions on a
grant if the applicant or grantee is not
financially stable; has a history of
unsatisfactory performance; has a
financial or other management system
that does not meet the standards in 2
CFR part 200, subpart D; has not
fulfilled the conditions of a prior grant;
or is otherwise not responsible.
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); or we may send you an email
containing a link to access an electronic
version of your 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: (a) If you apply for a
grant under this competition, you must
ensure that you have in place the
necessary processes and systems to
comply with the reporting requirements
in 2 CFR part 170 should you receive
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funding under the competition. This
does not apply if you have an exception
under 2 CFR 170.110(b).
(b) 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 www.ed.gov/
fund/grant/apply/appforms/
appforms.html.
4. Performance Measures: Under
GPRA, the Secretary has established
four performance measures to assess the
effectiveness of this program. Projects
funded under this competition will be
expected to collect and report to the
Department data related to these
measures. Applications should, but are
not required to, discuss in the
application narrative how they propose
to collect these data. The four GPRA
performance measures are: (1) The total
number of students who participate in
standards-based Arts education
sponsored by the grantee; (2) the
number of teachers participating in the
grantee’s program who receive
professional development that is
Sustained and Intensive; (3) the total
number of students from low-income
families who participate in standardsbased Arts education sponsored by the
grantee; and (4) the total number of
students with disabilities who
participate in standards-based Arts
education sponsored by the grantee.
5. Continuation Awards: In making a
continuation award under 34 CFR
75.253, the Secretary considers, among
other things: whether a grantee has
made substantial progress in achieving
the goals and objectives of the project;
whether the grantee has expended funds
in a manner that is consistent with its
approved application and budget; and,
if the Secretary has established
performance measurement
requirements, the performance targets in
the grantee’s approved application. In
making a continuation grant, the
Secretary also considers whether the
grantee is operating in compliance with
the assurances in its approved
application, including those applicable
to Federal civil rights laws that prohibit
discrimination in programs or activities
receiving Federal financial assistance
from the Department (34 CFR 100.4,
104.5, 106.4, 108.8, and 110.23).
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VII. Agency Contact
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Asheley McBride, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW.,
Room 4W, Washington, DC 20202–5950.
Telephone: (202) 453–6500, or by email:
AENP15Competition@ed.gov.
If you use a TDD or a TTY, call the
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 compact disc) on
request to the program contact person
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT in section VII of this notice.
Electronic Access to This Document:
The official version of this document is
the document published in the Federal
Register. Free Internet access to the
official edition of the Federal Register
and the Code of Federal Regulations is
available via the Federal Digital System
at: www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site you
can view this document, as well as all
other documents of this Department
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search feature at this site, you can limit
your search to documents published by
the Department.
Dated: February 4, 2015.
Nadya Chinoy Dabby,
Assistant Deputy Secretary for Innovation and
Improvement.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
(CFDA) Number: 84.101A.]
Proposed Waiver and Extension of the
Project Period for the Native American
Career and Technical Education
Program
Office of Career, Technical, and
Adult Education, Department of
Education.
ACTION: Proposed waiver and extension
of the project period.
AGENCY:
For the Native American
Career and Technical Education
Program (NACTEP), the Secretary
SUMMARY:
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proposes to: (1) Waive the requirements
that generally prohibit project period
extensions involving the obligation of
additional Federal funds; and (2) extend
the project periods for current NACTEP
grantees for up to an additional 24
months. This proposed extension and
waiver would enable the 31 current
NACTEP grantees to request and
continue to receive Federal funding
annually for fiscal year (FY) 2016 and
possibly through FY 2017.
We must receive your comments
on or before March 12, 2015.
DATES:
Address all comments
regarding this proposed extension and
waiver to Gwen Washington, Room
11076, or Linda Mayo, Room 11075,
U.S. Department of Education, 400
Maryland Avenue SW., Potomac Center
Plaza (PCP), Washington, DC 20202–
7241.
If you prefer to send your comments
by email, use one of the following
addresses: gwen.washington@ed.gov or
linda.mayo@ed.gov. You must include
the term ‘‘Proposed Waiver and
Extension for NACTEP’’ in the subject
line of your message.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Gwen Washington, telephone: (202)
245–7790, or by email at:
gwen.washington@ed.gov; or Linda
Mayo, telephone: (202) 245–7792, or by
email at: linda.mayo@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications
device for the deaf or a text telephone,
call the Federal Relay Service, toll free,
at 1–800–877–8339.
Invitation
to Comment: We invite you to submit
comments regarding this proposed
waiver and extension of the project
period.
During and after the comment period,
you may inspect all public comments
about this proposed waiver and
extension in room 11076 or Room
11075, PCP, 550 12th Street 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
supply 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 notice. If you want to
schedule an appointment for this type of
aid, please contact one of the persons
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
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Background
NACTEP, authorized by section 116 of
the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical
Education Act of 2006 (Act), provides
grants to improve career and technical
education programs that benefit Native
Americans and Alaska Natives. The Act
also provides that NACTEP should
build on the efforts of States and
localities to develop challenging
academic and technical standards and
to assist students in meeting such
standards, including preparation for
high-skill, high-wage, or high-demand
occupations in emerging or established
professions (20 U.S.C. 2301(1)). In
addition, programs are required to
provide technical assistance that
promotes leadership, initial preparation,
and professional development and
improves the quality of career and
technical education teachers, faculty,
administrators, and counselors (20
U.S.C. 2301(5)). NACTEP programs
generally support partnerships among
secondary schools, postsecondary
institutions, baccalaureate degreegranting institutions, area career and
technical education schools, local
workforce investment boards, business
and industry, and intermediaries, as
well as provide, in conjunction with
other education and training programs,
individuals with opportunities
throughout their lives to develop the
knowledge and skills needed to keep the
United States competitive (20 U.S.C.
2301(6) and (7)).
On February 26, 2013, we published
in the Federal Register (78 FR 13030) a
notice inviting applications for NACTEP
grants (2013 NIA) to operate career and
technical education programs, as
authorized by section 116(a) through (g)
of the Act (20 U.S.C. 2326(a)–(g)).
Although the Secretary invited
applications with a proposed project
period of five years in previous
NACTEP competitions, in 2013, in
anticipation of congressional
reauthorization of the Act, the
Department invited applications with
proposed project periods of two years.
The project periods for the 31 NACTEP
projects funded under the 2013 NIA are
scheduled to end in FY 2015. Because
there is the potential for changes in the
authorizing legislation for NACTEP
beyond 2015, we do not believe it
would be in the public interest to hold
a new competition in FY 2015 for
projects that may operate for only one
year or to announce a competition
under which eligible entities would be
expected to proceed through the
application preparation and submission
process while lacking critical
information about the future of the
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program. Further, we do not think that
it would be in the public interest to
have a lapse in the services currently
provided by the NACTEP grantees.
For these reasons, the Secretary
proposes to waive the requirements of
34 CFR 75.261(a) and (c)(2) that
generally prohibit project period
extensions involving the obligation of
additional Federal funds. The Secretary
also proposes to extend the NACTEP
project period for up to 24 months. The
proposed waiver and extension would
allow the current NACTEP grantees to
request and continue to receive Federal
funding annually for project periods
through FY 2016 and possibly through
FY 2017. We intend to fund the
extended project period by using funds
appropriated for FY 2015 or FY 2016,
depending on whether the grants are
extended for one or two years.
If the waiver of the requirements of 34
CFR 75.261(a) and (c)(2) that we
propose in this notice is announced by
a notice of final waiver and extension of
the project period published in the
Federal Register: (1) The requirements
applicable to continuation awards for
current NACTEP grantees set forth in
the 2013 NIA and the requirements in
34 CFR 75.253 would apply to any
continuation awards sought by current
NACTEP grantees; (2) we will make
decisions regarding annual continuation
awards based on grantee program
narratives, budgets and budget
narratives, and performance reports and
the requirements in 34 CFR 75.253; and
(3) we will not announce a new grant
competition or make new awards in FY
2015.
The proposed waiver and project
period extension would not exempt the
current NACTEP grantees from the
appropriation account closing
provisions of 31 U.S.C. 1552(a), nor
would they extend the availability of
funds previously awarded to current
NACTEP grantees. As a result of 31
U.S.C. 1552(a), appropriations available
for a limited period 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 is
canceled and returned to the U.S.
Department of the Treasury and is
unavailable for restoration for any
purpose (31 U.S.C. 1552(b)).
Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification
The Secretary certifies that the
proposed waiver and extension and the
activities required to support additional
years of funding would not have a
significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities.
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The entities that would be affected by
the proposed waiver and extension are
the 31 grantees selected based on the
2013 NIA and currently receiving
Federal funds and any other potential
applicants.
The Secretary certifies that the
proposed waiver and extension would
not have a significant economic impact
on these entities because the extension
of an existing project imposes minimal
compliance costs, and the activities
required to support the additional year
of funding would not impose additional
regulatory burdens or require
unnecessary Federal supervision.
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
This notice of proposed waiver and
extension does not contain any
information collection requirements.
Intergovernmental Review
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The NACTEP is not subject to
Executive Order 12372 and the
regulations in 34 CFR part 79.
Accessible Format: Individuals with
disabilities can obtain this document in
an accessible format (e.g., braille, large
print, audiotape, or compact disc) on
request to one of the contact persons
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
Electronic Access to This Document:
The official version of this document is
the document published in the Federal
Register. Free Internet access to the
official edition of the Federal Register
and the Code of Federal Regulations is
available via the Federal Digital System
at: www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site 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). To use PDF you must
have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is
available free at this site.
You may also access documents of the
Department published in the Federal
Register by using the article search
feature at: www.federalregister.gov.
Specifically, through the advanced
search feature at this site, you can limit
your search to documents published by
the Department.
Dated: February 4, 2015.
Johan E. Uvin,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Career,
Technical, and Adult Education.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. CP15–71–000]
Chesapeake Utilities Corporation;
Notice of Application
Take notice that on January 23, 2015,
Chesapeake Utilities Corporation
(Chesapeake), 909 Silver Lake Blvd.,
Dover, Delaware 19904, filed an
application pursuant to section 7(f) of
the Natural Gas Act (NGA) requesting a
service area determination within which
it may enlarge or expand its natural gas
distribution facilities without further
Commission authorization. Chesapeake
also requests a determination that it
qualifies as a local distribution company
for purposes of section 311 of the
Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 (NGPA)
and a waiver of all reporting,
accounting, and other rules and
regulations under the NGA and NGPA
that are normally applicable to natural
gas companies.
Chesapeake received a request for
service from Warwick Mushroom
Farms, LLC (WMF) at its existing facility
in Cecil County, Maryland to displace
its current use of propane. Chesapeake
proposes to construct approximately 1.5
miles of 6-inch diameter pipeline in
Delaware and approximately 3.9 miles
of 6-inch diameter pipeline in Maryland
in order to connect with WMF’s facility,
all as more fully set forth in the
application which is on file with the
Commission and open to public
inspection. The filing is available for
review at the Commission in the Public
Reference Room or may be viewed on
the Commission’s Web site at
https://www.ferc.gov using the
‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket
number excluding the last three digits in
the docket number field to access the
document. For assistance, contact FERC
at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call
toll-free, (886) 208–3676 or TYY, (202)
502–8659.
Any questions regarding the
application may be directed to William
Rice, King & Spalding LLP, 1700
Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Suite 200,
Washington, DC 20006, by telephone at
(202) 626–9602, by facsimile at (202)
626–3737, or by email at wrice@
kslaw.com.
Pursuant to section 157.9 of the
Commission’s rules, 18 CFR 157.9,
within 90 days of this Notice, the
Commission staff will either: Complete
its environmental assessment (EA) and
place it into the Commission’s public
record (eLibrary) for this proceeding; or
issue a Notice of Schedule for
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Environmental Review. If a Notice of
Schedule for Environmental Review is
issued, it will indicate, among other
milestones, the anticipated date for the
Commission staff’s issuance of the EA
for this proposal.
The filing of the EA in the
Commission’s public record for this
proceeding or the issuance of a Notice
of Schedule for Environmental Review
will serve to notify federal and state
agencies of the timing for the
completion of all necessary reviews, and
the subsequent need to complete all
federal authorizations within 90 days of
the date of issuance of the Commission
staff’s EA.
There are two ways to become
involved in the Commission’s review of
this project. First, any person wishing to
obtain legal status by becoming a party
to the proceedings for this project
should, on or before the comment date
stated below file with the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426,
a motion to intervene in accordance
with the requirements of the
Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211)
and the Regulations under the NGA (18
CFR 157.10). A person obtaining party
status will be placed on the service list
maintained by the Secretary of the
Commission and will receive copies of
all documents filed by the applicant and
by all other parties. A party must submit
seven copies of filings made in the
proceeding with the Commission and
must mail a copy to the applicant and
to every other party. Only parties to the
proceeding can ask for court review of
Commission orders in the proceeding.
However, a person does not have to
intervene in order to have comments
considered. The second way to
participate is by filing with the
Secretary of the Commission, as soon as
possible, an original and two copies of
comments in support of or in opposition
to this project. The Commission will
consider these comments in
determining the appropriate action to be
taken, but the filing of a comment alone
will not serve to make the filer a party
to the proceeding. The Commission’s
rules require that persons filing
comments in opposition to the project
provide copies of their protests only to
the party or parties directly involved in
the protest.
Persons who wish to comment only
on the environmental review of this
project should submit an original and
two copies of their comments to the
Secretary of the Commission.
Environmental commentors will be
placed on the Commission’s
environmental mailing list, will receive
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.101A.]
Proposed Waiver and Extension of the Project Period for the
Native American Career and Technical Education Program
AGENCY: Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education, Department of
Education.
ACTION: Proposed waiver and extension of the project period.
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SUMMARY: For the Native American Career and Technical Education Program
(NACTEP), the Secretary
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proposes to: (1) Waive the requirements that generally prohibit project
period extensions involving the obligation of additional Federal funds;
and (2) extend the project periods for current NACTEP grantees for up
to an additional 24 months. This proposed extension and waiver would
enable the 31 current NACTEP grantees to request and continue to
receive Federal funding annually for fiscal year (FY) 2016 and possibly
through FY 2017.
DATES: We must receive your comments on or before March 12, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Address all comments regarding this proposed extension and
waiver to Gwen Washington, Room 11076, or Linda Mayo, Room 11075, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., Potomac Center Plaza
(PCP), Washington, DC 20202-7241.
If you prefer to send your comments by email, use one of the
following addresses: gwen.washington@ed.gov or linda.mayo@ed.gov. You
must include the term ``Proposed Waiver and Extension for NACTEP'' in
the subject line of your message.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gwen Washington, telephone: (202) 245-
7790, or by email at: gwen.washington@ed.gov; or Linda Mayo, telephone:
(202) 245-7792, or by email at: linda.mayo@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf or a text
telephone, call the Federal Relay Service, toll free, at 1-800-877-
8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Invitation to Comment: We invite you to
submit comments regarding this proposed waiver and extension of the
project period.
During and after the comment period, you may inspect all public
comments about this proposed waiver and extension in room 11076 or Room
11075, PCP, 550 12th Street 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 supply 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 notice. If you want to schedule an
appointment for this type of aid, please contact one of the persons
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Background
NACTEP, authorized by section 116 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and
Technical Education Act of 2006 (Act), provides grants to improve
career and technical education programs that benefit Native Americans
and Alaska Natives. The Act also provides that NACTEP should build on
the efforts of States and localities to develop challenging academic
and technical standards and to assist students in meeting such
standards, including preparation for high-skill, high-wage, or high-
demand occupations in emerging or established professions (20 U.S.C.
2301(1)). In addition, programs are required to provide technical
assistance that promotes leadership, initial preparation, and
professional development and improves the quality of career and
technical education teachers, faculty, administrators, and counselors
(20 U.S.C. 2301(5)). NACTEP programs generally support partnerships
among secondary schools, postsecondary institutions, baccalaureate
degree-granting institutions, area career and technical education
schools, local workforce investment boards, business and industry, and
intermediaries, as well as provide, in conjunction with other education
and training programs, individuals with opportunities throughout their
lives to develop the knowledge and skills needed to keep the United
States competitive (20 U.S.C. 2301(6) and (7)).
On February 26, 2013, we published in the Federal Register (78 FR
13030) a notice inviting applications for NACTEP grants (2013 NIA) to
operate career and technical education programs, as authorized by
section 116(a) through (g) of the Act (20 U.S.C. 2326(a)-(g)). Although
the Secretary invited applications with a proposed project period of
five years in previous NACTEP competitions, in 2013, in anticipation of
congressional reauthorization of the Act, the Department invited
applications with proposed project periods of two years. The project
periods for the 31 NACTEP projects funded under the 2013 NIA are
scheduled to end in FY 2015. Because there is the potential for changes
in the authorizing legislation for NACTEP beyond 2015, we do not
believe it would be in the public interest to hold a new competition in
FY 2015 for projects that may operate for only one year or to announce
a competition under which eligible entities would be expected to
proceed through the application preparation and submission process
while lacking critical information about the future of the program.
Further, we do not think that it would be in the public interest to
have a lapse in the services currently provided by the NACTEP grantees.
For these reasons, the Secretary proposes to waive the requirements
of 34 CFR 75.261(a) and (c)(2) that generally prohibit project period
extensions involving the obligation of additional Federal funds. The
Secretary also proposes to extend the NACTEP project period for up to
24 months. The proposed waiver and extension would allow the current
NACTEP grantees to request and continue to receive Federal funding
annually for project periods through FY 2016 and possibly through FY
2017. We intend to fund the extended project period by using funds
appropriated for FY 2015 or FY 2016, depending on whether the grants
are extended for one or two years.
If the waiver of the requirements of 34 CFR 75.261(a) and (c)(2)
that we propose in this notice is announced by a notice of final waiver
and extension of the project period published in the Federal Register:
(1) The requirements applicable to continuation awards for current
NACTEP grantees set forth in the 2013 NIA and the requirements in 34
CFR 75.253 would apply to any continuation awards sought by current
NACTEP grantees; (2) we will make decisions regarding annual
continuation awards based on grantee program narratives, budgets and
budget narratives, and performance reports and the requirements in 34
CFR 75.253; and (3) we will not announce a new grant competition or
make new awards in FY 2015.
The proposed waiver and project period extension would not exempt
the current NACTEP grantees from the appropriation account closing
provisions of 31 U.S.C. 1552(a), nor would they extend the availability
of funds previously awarded to current NACTEP grantees. As a result of
31 U.S.C. 1552(a), appropriations available for a limited period 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 is canceled and
returned to the U.S. Department of the Treasury and is unavailable for
restoration for any purpose (31 U.S.C. 1552(b)).
Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification
The Secretary certifies that the proposed waiver and extension and
the activities required to support additional years of funding would
not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small
entities.
[[Page 7441]]
The entities that would be affected by the proposed waiver and
extension are the 31 grantees selected based on the 2013 NIA and
currently receiving Federal funds and any other potential applicants.
The Secretary certifies that the proposed waiver and extension
would not have a significant economic impact on these entities because
the extension of an existing project imposes minimal compliance costs,
and the activities required to support the additional year of funding
would not impose additional regulatory burdens or require unnecessary
Federal supervision.
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
This notice of proposed waiver and extension does not contain any
information collection requirements.
Intergovernmental Review
The NACTEP is not subject to Executive Order 12372 and the
regulations in 34 CFR part 79.
Accessible Format: Individuals with disabilities can obtain this
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Dated: February 4, 2015.
Johan E. Uvin,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Career, Technical, and Adult Education.
[FR Doc. 2015-02725 Filed 2-9-15; 8:45 am]
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