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Amendment to the Regulations
The revisions read as follows:
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Final Waiver and Extension of the
Project Period; Community Parent
Resource Centers
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For the reasons stated above, part 181
of title 19 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (19 CFR part 181) is
amended as set forth below.
PART II
PART 181—NORTH AMERICAN FREE
TRADE AGREEMENT
Exceptions
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(i) a non-originating material that is used
in the production of any non-portable gas
stoves or ranges of subheading 7321.11 or
7321.19, subheadings 8415.10, 8415.20
through 8415.83, 8418.10 through 8418.21,
household type refrigerators, other than
electrical absorption type of subheading
8418.29, subheadings 8418.30 through
8418.40, 8421.12, 8422.11, 8450.11 through
8450.20 and 8451.21 through 8451.29 and
tariff items 8479.89.55 (trash compactors)
and 8516.60.40 (electric stoves or ranges);
1. The general and specific authority
citations for part 181 continue to read as
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Authority: 19 U.S.C. 66, 1202 (General
Note 3(i), Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States), 1624, 3314.
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2. In the Appendix to part 181:
a. Part II, Section 5, under the heading
‘‘Exceptions,’’ subsection 4(i) is revised;
■ b. Part III, Section 6, under the
heading ‘‘Net Cost Method Required in
Certain Circumstances,’’ subsection
(6)(d)(iv) is amended by removing
‘‘subheading 8469.11’’ and adding in its
place ‘‘heading 8469’’;
■ c. Part VI, Section 16, under the
heading ‘‘Exceptions for Certain
Goods,’’ subsection (3) is revised;
■ d. In Schedule IV:
■ i. Remove the listing ‘‘8407.34.05,
8407.34.15 and 8407.34.25’’ and add in
its place the listing ‘‘8407.34.05,
8407.34.14, 8407.34.18 and 8407.34.25’’;
■ ii. Remove the listing ‘‘8407.34.35,
8407.34.45 and 8407.34.55’’ and add in
its place the listing ‘‘8407.34.35,
8407.34.44, 8407.34.48 and 8407.34.55’’;
■ iii. Remove the listing ‘‘8519.93’’ and
add in its place the listing ‘‘ex 8519.81’’;
■ iv. Remove the listing ‘‘8708.29.10 ’’;
■ v. Remove the listing ‘‘8708.29.20’’
and add in its place the listing
‘‘8708.29.21 and 8708.29.25’’;
■ vi. Remove the listing ‘‘8708.39’’ and
add in its place the listing ‘‘8708.30’’;
■ vii. Remove the listing ‘‘8708.60’’;
■ viii. Add in numerical order the
listing ‘‘8708.95’’;
■ ix. Remove the listing ‘‘8708.99.09,
8708.99.34 and 8708.99.61’’;
■ x. Remove the listing ‘‘8708.99.12,
8708.99.37 and 8708.99.64’’;
■ xi. Remove the listing ‘‘8708.99.15,
8708.99.40 and 8708.99.67’’ and add in
its place the listing ‘‘8708.99.16,
8708.99.41 and 8708.99.68’’;
■ xii. Remove the listing ‘‘8708.99.18,
8708.99.43 and 8708.99.70’’;
■ xiii. Remove the listing ‘‘8708.99.21,
8708.99.46 and 8708.99.73’’;
■ xiv. Remove the listing ‘‘8708.99.24,
8708.99.49 and 8708.99.80; and
■ xv. Add in numerical order the listing
‘‘8708.99.23, 8708.99.48 and
8708.99.81’’.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Appendix to Part 181—Rules of Origin
Regulations
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SECTION 5. DE MINIMIS
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[Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
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SECTION 16. TRANSSHIPMENT
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Exceptions for Certain Goods
(3) Subsection (1) does not apply with
respect to:
(a) a ‘‘smart card’’ of subheading 8523.52,
containing a single integrated circuit, where
any further production or other operation
that that good undergoes outside the
territories of the NAFTA countries does not
result in a change in the tariff classification
of the good to any other subheading;
(b) a good of any of subheadings 8541.10
through 8541.60 or subheadings 8542.31
through 8542.39, where any further
production or other operation that that good
undergoes outside the territories of the
NAFTA countries does not result in a change
in the tariff classification of the good to a
subheading outside subheadings 8541.10
through 8542.90;
(c) an electronic microassembly of
subheading 8543.70, where any further
production or other operation that that good
undergoes outside the territories of the
NAFTA countries does not result in a change
in the tariff classification of the good to any
other subheading; or
(d) an electronic microassembly of
subheading 8548.90, where any further
production or other operation that that good
undergoes outside the territories of the
NAFTA countries does not result in a change
in the tariff classification of the good to any
other subheading.
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R. Gil Kerlikowske,
Commissioner.
Approved: May 5, 2015.
Timothy E. Skud,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury.
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Office of Special Education
Programs (OSEP), Office of Special
Education and Rehabilitative Services,
Department of Education.
ACTION: Final waiver and extension of
the project period.
AGENCY:
For the nine currently funded
Community Parent Resource Centers
(CPRCs), the Secretary waives the
requirements that generally prohibit
project periods exceeding five years and
extensions of project periods involving
the obligation of additional Federal
funds. This waiver and extension of the
project period enables these nine CPRCs
to receive funding from October 1, 2015,
through September 30, 2016. Further,
the waiver and extension of the project
period mean that we will not announce
a new competition or make new awards
in fiscal year (FY) 2015.
DATES: The waiver and extension of the
project period are effective May 11,
2015.
SUMMARY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Carmen Sanchez, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW.,
Room 4057, Potomac Center Plaza,
Washington, DC 20202–2600.
Telephone: (202) 245–6595.
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: On March
9, 2015, we published a notice in the
Federal Register (78 FR 46860)
proposing an extension of project period
and a waiver of 34 CFR 75.250 and
75.261(a) and (c)(2) in order to—
(1) Enable the Secretary to provide
additional funds to the currently funded
CPRCs for an additional 12-month
project period, from October 1, 2015,
through September 30, 2016; and
(2) Request comments on the
proposed extension of project period
and waiver.
There are no substantive differences
between the proposed waiver and
extension and the final waiver and
extension.
Public Comment
In response to our invitation in the
notice of proposed waiver and extension
of the project period, we did not receive
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any substantive comments. Generally,
we do not address comments that raise
concerns not directly related to the
proposed waiver and extension of
project period.
Background
On May 3, 2010, the Department of
Education (Department) published in
the Federal Register (75 FR 23254) a
notice inviting applications (2010 NIA)
for new awards for FY 2010 for up to 10
CPRCs. The CPRCs are funded under the
Parent Training and Information (PTI)
Program, authorized under sections 672
and 673 of the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).
The purpose of CPRCs is to provide
underserved parents of children with
disabilities in targeted communities—
including low-income parents, parents
of limited English proficient children,
and parents with disabilities—with the
training and information they need to
enable them to participate cooperatively
and effectively in helping their children
with disabilities to—
(1) Meet developmental and
functional goals, as well as challenging
academic achievement standards that
have been established for all children;
and
(2) Be prepared to lead the most
productive, independent adult lives
possible.
The CPRCs provide training and
information to parents of infants,
toddlers, and children, from birth
through age 26, with the full range of
disabilities described in section 602(3)
of IDEA by: (a) Responding to
individual requests for information and
support from parents of children with
disabilities, including parents of
children who may be inappropriately
identified in their targeted communities;
(b) providing training to parents of
children with disabilities; (c) supporting
parents of children with disabilities, as
needed, such as helping them to prepare
for individualized education program or
individualized family service plan
meetings; and (d) maintaining a Web
site and social media presence, as
appropriate, to inform parents in their
targeted communities of appropriate
resources.
Based on the selection criteria in the
2010 NIA, the Department made awards
for a period of 60 months each to 10
organizations, nine of which have
received FY 2014 continuation funding:
Fiesta Educativa in California; Parent to
Parent of Miami, Inc. in Florida; Agenda
for Children/Pyramid Parent Training in
Louisiana; Urban PRIDE in
Massachusetts; SPEAKS Education, Inc.
in Michigan; Education for Parents of
Indian Children with Special Needs in
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New Mexico; Palau Parents Empowered
in Palau; Philadelphia HUNE, Inc. in
Pennsylvania; and Children’s
Disabilities Information Coalition in
Texas.
The 2010 CPRC cohort’s current
project period is scheduled to end on
September 30, 2015. We do not believe
that it would be in the public interest to
run a competition for new CPRCs this
year because the Department is in the
process of changing the competition
schedule for the PTI Program to make
better use of Department resources.
Under the proposed CPRC
competition schedule, instead of
holding three competitions over five
years, each for 10 CPRCs, we would
hold one competition for 30 CPRCs that
will each have a project period of up to
five years. We propose to hold this
competition and fund 30 CPRCs in FY
2016. We also have concluded that it
would be contrary to the public interest
to provide services to fewer underserved
families in order to change the
Department’s competition schedule.
For these reasons, the Secretary
waives the requirements in 34 CFR
75.250, which prohibit project periods
exceeding five years, as well as the
requirements in 34 CFR 75.261(a) and
(c)(2), which allow the extension of a
project period only if the extension does
not involve the obligation of additional
Federal funds. The waiver allows the
Department to issue FY 2015
continuation awards of $100,000 to each
of the nine centers in the FY 2010
cohort.
Any activities carried out during the
12-month period of this continuation
award will have to be consistent with,
or a logical extension of, the scope,
goals, and objectives of the grantee’s
application as approved in the FY 2010
CPRC competition. The requirements
applicable to continuation awards for
this competition set forth in the 2010
NIA and the requirements in 34 CFR
75.253 will apply to any continuation
awards sought by the current CPRC
grantees. We will base our decisions
regarding continuation awards on the
program narratives, budgets, budget
narratives, and program performance
reports submitted by the current
grantees, and the requirements in 34
CFR 75.253.
Waiver of Delayed Effective Date
The Administrative Procedure Act
requires that a substantive rule must be
published at least 30 days before its
effective date, except as otherwise
provided for good cause (5 U.S.C.
553(d)(3)). We received no substantive
comments on the proposed waiver and
extension of project period, and we have
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not made any substantive changes to the
proposed waiver and extension of
project period. The Secretary has made
a determination to waive the delayed
effective date to ensure there is no lapse
in the parent training and information
services currently provided by the
CPRCs.
Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification
The Secretary certifies that this
waiver and extension of the project
period will not have a significant
economic impact on a substantial
number of small entities.
The only entities that will be affected
by this waiver and extension of the
project period are the current grantees
receiving Federal funds and any other
potential applicants.
The Secretary certifies that this
waiver and final extension will not have
a significant economic impact on these
entities because the extension of
existing project periods imposes
minimal compliance costs, and the
activities required to support the
additional year of funding will not
impose additional regulatory burdens or
require unnecessary Federal
supervision.
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
This notice of final waiver and
extension of the 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 part 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.
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 the contact person listed
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
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Dated: May 5, 2015.
Sue Swenson,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Special
Education and Rehabilitative Services.
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Background
We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service and the National
Marine Fisheries Service (collectively,
the Services), are amending the
incidental take statement provisions of
the implementing regulations for section
7 of the Endangered Species Act of
1973, as amended (ESA). The two
primary purposes of the amendments
are to address the use of surrogates to
express the amount or extent of
anticipated incidental take and to refine
the basis for development of incidental
take statements for programmatic
actions. These changes are intended to
improve the clarity and effectiveness of
incidental take statements. The Services
believe these regulatory changes are a
reasonable exercise of their discretion in
interpreting particularly challenging
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aspects of section 7 of the ESA related
to incidental take statements.
DATES: This final rule is effective on
June 10, 2015.
ADDRESSES: This final rule is available
on the internet at https://
www.regulations.gov at Docket No.
FWS–R9–ES–2011–0080. Comments
and materials we received on the
proposed rule, as well as supporting
documentation we used in preparing
this rule, are available for public
inspection at https://
www.regulations.gov. The comments,
materials, and documentation that we
considered in this rulemaking are also
available by appointment, during
normal business hours at: U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, Headquarters office,
5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church,
Virginia 22041, (703) 358–2171, (703)
358–1800 (facsimile); National Marine
Fisheries Service, Headquarters office,
1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring,
Maryland 20910, (301) 427–8405, (301)
713–0376 (facsimile).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Craig Aubrey, Chief, Division of
Environmental Review, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, Department of the
Interior, Washington, DC 20240
(telephone: 703–358–2171); or Cathryn
E. Tortorici, Chief, Endangered Species
Act Interagency Cooperation Division,
Office of Protected Resources, National
Marine Fisheries Service, National
Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, Department of
Commerce, Washington, DC (telephone:
301–427–8400). Persons who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf
(TDD) may call the Federal Information
Relay Service (FIRS) at 800–877–8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Section 9 of the ESA prohibits the
take of fish or wildlife species listed as
endangered with certain exceptions.
Pursuant to section 4(d) of the ESA, the
Services may prohibit the take of fish or
wildlife species listed as threatened.
Under section 3 of the ESA, the term
‘‘take’’ means to ‘‘harass, harm, pursue,
hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture,
or collect, or to attempt to engage in any
such conduct.’’ Section 7 of the ESA
provides for the exemption of incidental
take of listed fish or wildlife species
caused by Federal agency actions that
the Services have found to be consistent
with the provisions of section 7(a)(2).
The Services jointly administer the ESA
via regulations set forth in the Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR). This rule
deals with regulations found in title 50
of the CFR at part 402.
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Under 50 CFR 402.14, Federal
agencies must review their actions at the
earliest possible time to determine
whether any action may affect species
listed under the ESA or their designated
critical habitat. If such a determination
is made, formal consultation with the
appropriate Service is required, unless
one of the exceptions outlined at
§ 402.14(b) applies. Within 45 days after
concluding formal consultation, the
Service delivers a biological opinion to
the Federal agency and any applicant.
The biological opinion states the
opinion of the Service as to whether or
not the Federal action is likely to
jeopardize the continued existence of
listed species or result in the
destruction or adverse modification of
their critical habitat. If a proposed
action is reasonably certain to cause
incidental take of a listed species, the
Services, under 50 CFR 402.14(i), issue
along with the biological opinion an
incidental take statement that specifies,
among other requirements: The impact
of such incidental taking on the listed
species; measures considered necessary
or appropriate to minimize the impact
of such take; terms and conditions
(including reporting requirements) that
implement the specified measures; and
procedures to be used for handling or
disposing of individuals that are taken.
The current regulations at
§ 402.14(i)(1)(i) require the Services to
express the impact of such incidental
taking of the species in terms of amount
or extent. The preamble to the final rule
that set forth the current regulations
discusses the use of a precise number of
individuals or a description of the land
or marine area affected to express the
amount or extent of anticipated take,
respectively (51 FR 19954, June 3,
1986).
Court decisions rendered over the last
decade regarding the adequacy of
incidental take statements have
prompted the Services to clarify two
aspects of the regulations addressing
incidental take statements: (1) The use
of surrogates to express the amount or
extent of anticipated incidental take,
including circumstances where project
impacts to the surrogate are coextensive
with at least one aspect of the project’s
scope; and (2) the circumstances under
which providing an incidental take
statement with a biological opinion on
a programmatic action is appropriate.
Through this final rule, the Services
are establishing prospective standards
regarding incidental take statements.
Consistent with the regulatory language
set forth in the proposed rule, we are
clarifying that the Services formulate an
incidental take statement if such take is
reasonably certain to occur. Nothing in
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
34 CFR Chapter III
Final Waiver and Extension of the Project Period; Community
Parent Resource Centers
[Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.328C]
AGENCY: Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), Office of Special
Education and Rehabilitative Services, Department of Education.
ACTION: Final waiver and extension of the project period.
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SUMMARY: For the nine currently funded Community Parent Resource
Centers (CPRCs), the Secretary waives the requirements that generally
prohibit project periods exceeding five years and extensions of project
periods involving the obligation of additional Federal funds. This
waiver and extension of the project period enables these nine CPRCs to
receive funding from October 1, 2015, through September 30, 2016.
Further, the waiver and extension of the project period mean that we
will not announce a new competition or make new awards in fiscal year
(FY) 2015.
DATES: The waiver and extension of the project period are effective May
11, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carmen Sanchez, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., Room 4057, Potomac Center Plaza,
Washington, DC 20202-2600. Telephone: (202) 245-6595.
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: On March 9, 2015, we published a notice in
the Federal Register (78 FR 46860) proposing an extension of project
period and a waiver of 34 CFR 75.250 and 75.261(a) and (c)(2) in order
to--
(1) Enable the Secretary to provide additional funds to the
currently funded CPRCs for an additional 12-month project period, from
October 1, 2015, through September 30, 2016; and
(2) Request comments on the proposed extension of project period
and waiver.
There are no substantive differences between the proposed waiver
and extension and the final waiver and extension.
Public Comment
In response to our invitation in the notice of proposed waiver and
extension of the project period, we did not receive
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any substantive comments. Generally, we do not address comments that
raise concerns not directly related to the proposed waiver and
extension of project period.
Background
On May 3, 2010, the Department of Education (Department) published
in the Federal Register (75 FR 23254) a notice inviting applications
(2010 NIA) for new awards for FY 2010 for up to 10 CPRCs. The CPRCs are
funded under the Parent Training and Information (PTI) Program,
authorized under sections 672 and 673 of the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).
The purpose of CPRCs is to provide underserved parents of children
with disabilities in targeted communities--including low-income
parents, parents of limited English proficient children, and parents
with disabilities--with the training and information they need to
enable them to participate cooperatively and effectively in helping
their children with disabilities to--
(1) Meet developmental and functional goals, as well as challenging
academic achievement standards that have been established for all
children; and
(2) Be prepared to lead the most productive, independent adult
lives possible.
The CPRCs provide training and information to parents of infants,
toddlers, and children, from birth through age 26, with the full range
of disabilities described in section 602(3) of IDEA by: (a) Responding
to individual requests for information and support from parents of
children with disabilities, including parents of children who may be
inappropriately identified in their targeted communities; (b) providing
training to parents of children with disabilities; (c) supporting
parents of children with disabilities, as needed, such as helping them
to prepare for individualized education program or individualized
family service plan meetings; and (d) maintaining a Web site and social
media presence, as appropriate, to inform parents in their targeted
communities of appropriate resources.
Based on the selection criteria in the 2010 NIA, the Department
made awards for a period of 60 months each to 10 organizations, nine of
which have received FY 2014 continuation funding: Fiesta Educativa in
California; Parent to Parent of Miami, Inc. in Florida; Agenda for
Children/Pyramid Parent Training in Louisiana; Urban PRIDE in
Massachusetts; SPEAKS Education, Inc. in Michigan; Education for
Parents of Indian Children with Special Needs in New Mexico; Palau
Parents Empowered in Palau; Philadelphia HUNE, Inc. in Pennsylvania;
and Children's Disabilities Information Coalition in Texas.
The 2010 CPRC cohort's current project period is scheduled to end
on September 30, 2015. We do not believe that it would be in the public
interest to run a competition for new CPRCs this year because the
Department is in the process of changing the competition schedule for
the PTI Program to make better use of Department resources.
Under the proposed CPRC competition schedule, instead of holding
three competitions over five years, each for 10 CPRCs, we would hold
one competition for 30 CPRCs that will each have a project period of up
to five years. We propose to hold this competition and fund 30 CPRCs in
FY 2016. We also have concluded that it would be contrary to the public
interest to provide services to fewer underserved families in order to
change the Department's competition schedule.
For these reasons, the Secretary waives the requirements in 34 CFR
75.250, which prohibit project periods exceeding five years, as well as
the requirements in 34 CFR 75.261(a) and (c)(2), which allow the
extension of a project period only if the extension does not involve
the obligation of additional Federal funds. The waiver allows the
Department to issue FY 2015 continuation awards of $100,000 to each of
the nine centers in the FY 2010 cohort.
Any activities carried out during the 12-month period of this
continuation award will have to be consistent with, or a logical
extension of, the scope, goals, and objectives of the grantee's
application as approved in the FY 2010 CPRC competition. The
requirements applicable to continuation awards for this competition set
forth in the 2010 NIA and the requirements in 34 CFR 75.253 will apply
to any continuation awards sought by the current CPRC grantees. We will
base our decisions regarding continuation awards on the program
narratives, budgets, budget narratives, and program performance reports
submitted by the current grantees, and the requirements in 34 CFR
75.253.
Waiver of Delayed Effective Date
The Administrative Procedure Act requires that a substantive rule
must be published at least 30 days before its effective date, except as
otherwise provided for good cause (5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3)). We received no
substantive comments on the proposed waiver and extension of project
period, and we have not made any substantive changes to the proposed
waiver and extension of project period. The Secretary has made a
determination to waive the delayed effective date to ensure there is no
lapse in the parent training and information services currently
provided by the CPRCs.
Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification
The Secretary certifies that this waiver and extension of the
project period will not have a significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities.
The only entities that will be affected by this waiver and
extension of the project period are the current grantees receiving
Federal funds and any other potential applicants.
The Secretary certifies that this waiver and final extension will
not have a significant economic impact on these entities because the
extension of existing project periods imposes minimal compliance costs,
and the activities required to support the additional year of funding
will not impose additional regulatory burdens or require unnecessary
Federal supervision.
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
This notice of final waiver and extension of the 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 part 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.
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 the contact person listed
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
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Code of Federal Regulations is available via the Federal Digital System
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by the Department.
Dated: May 5, 2015.
Sue Swenson,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative
Services.
[FR Doc. 2015-11307 Filed 5-8-15; 8:45 am]
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