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receiving comments regarding the best
way to support the work of the State VR
agencies in the Client Assistance
Program (84.263D); assisting and
supporting individuals with disabilities
pursuing self-employment, business
ownership, and telecommuting
(84.263E); and field-initiated projects
related to VR (84.263F); and whether the
activities identified reflect the greatest
needs in the field.
Clarity of the Regulations
Executive Order 12866 and the
Presidential memorandum ‘‘Plain
Language in Government Writing’’
require each agency to write regulations
that are easy to understand.
The Secretary invites comments on
how to make these proposed priorities
easier to understand, including answers
to questions such as the following:
• Are the requirements in the
proposed regulations clearly stated?
• Do the proposed regulations contain
technical terms or other wording that
interferes with their clarity?
• Does the format of the proposed
regulations (grouping and order of
sections, use of headings, paragraphing,
etc.) aid or reduce their clarity?
• Would the proposed regulations be
easier to understand if we divided them
into more (but shorter) sections?
• Could the description of the
proposed regulations in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
this preamble be more helpful in
making the proposed regulations easier
to understand? If so, how?
• What else could we do to make the
proposed regulations easier to
understand?
To send any comments that concern
how the Department could make these
proposed regulations easier to
understand, see the instructions in the
ADDRESSES section.
Regulatory Flexibility Act
Certification: The Secretary certifies that
this proposed regulatory action would
not have a significant economic impact
on a substantial number of small
entities. The U.S. Small Business
Administration Size Standards define
‘‘small entities’’ as for-profit or
nonprofit institutions with total annual
revenue below $7,000,000 or, if they are
institutions controlled by small
governmental jurisdictions (that are
comprised of cities, counties, towns,
townships, villages, school districts, or
special districts), with a population of
less than 50,000.
The small entities that this proposed
regulatory action would affect are public
or private nonprofit agencies and
organizations, including Indian Tribes
and institutions of higher education that
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may apply. We believe that the costs
imposed on an applicant by the
proposed priorities would be limited to
paperwork burden related to preparing
an application and that the benefits of
these proposed priorities would
outweigh any costs incurred by the
applicant. There are very few entities
who could provide the type of technical
assistance required under the proposed
priorities. For these reasons these
proposed priorities would not impose a
burden on a significant number of small
entities.
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995:
The proposed priorities contain
information collection requirements that
are approved by OMB under OMB
control number 1820–0018.
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.
Assessment of Educational Impact
In accordance with section 411 of the
General Education Provisions Act, 20
U.S.C. 1221e–4, the Secretary
particularly requests comments on
whether these proposed regulations
would require transmission of
information that any other agency or
authority of the United States gathers or
makes available.
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 program contact person
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
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Administration. Delegated the authority to
perform the functions and duties of the
Assistant Secretary for the Office of Special
Education and Rehabilitative Services.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
34 CFR Chapter III
[Docket ID ED–2019–OSERS–0044]
Proposed Waiver and Extension of the
Project Period for a Grant That
Provides Rehabilitation Short-Term
Training to the Client Assistance
Program (CAP)
Office of Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services (OSERS),
Department of Education.
ACTION: Proposed waiver and extension
of project period.
AGENCY:
The Secretary proposes to
waive the requirements in the Education
Department General Administrative
Regulations that generally prohibit
project periods exceeding five years and
project period extensions involving the
obligation of additional Federal funds.
The proposed waiver and extension
would enable the Rehabilitation ShortTerm Training to the CAP under Catalog
of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA)
number 84.246K to receive funding for
an additional performance period of one
year, not to exceed September 30, 2021.
DATES: We must receive your comments
on or before May 27, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments
through the Federal eRulemaking Portal
or via postal mail, commercial delivery,
or hand delivery. We will not accept
comments submitted by fax or by email
or those submitted after the comment
period. To ensure that we do not receive
duplicate copies, please submit your
comments only once. In addition, please
include the Docket ID at the top of your
comments.
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
www.regulations.gov to submit your
comments electronically. Information
on using Regulations.gov, including
instructions for accessing agency
documents, submitting comments, and
viewing the docket, is available on the
site under ‘‘How to use
Regulations.gov’’ in the Help section.
• Postal Mail, Commercial Delivery,
or Hand Delivery: If you mail or deliver
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your comments about the proposed
waiver and extension, address them to
Felipe Lulli, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW,
Room 5101, Potomac Center Plaza,
Washington, DC 20202–2800.
Privacy Note: The Department’s
policy is to make all comments received
from members of the public available for
public viewing in their entirety on the
Federal eRulemaking Portal at
www.regulations.gov. Therefore,
commenters should be careful to
include in their comments only
information that they wish to make
publicly available.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Contact Felipe Lulli, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW,
Room 5101, Potomac Center Plaza,
Washington, DC 20202–2800.
Telephone: 202–245–7425. Email:
felipe.lulli@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD) or a text
telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay
Service (FRS), toll free, at 1–800–877–
8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Invitation to Comment: We invite you
to submit comments regarding this
proposed waiver and extension.
We invite you to assist us in
complying with the specific
requirements of Executive Orders
12866, 13563, and 13771 and their
overall requirement of reducing
regulatory burden that might result from
this proposed waiver and extension.
Please let us know of any further ways
we could reduce potential costs or
increase potential benefits while
preserving the effective and efficient
administration of the program.
During and after the comment period,
you may inspect all public comments
about this proposed waiver and
extension in Room 5059, 550 12th Street
SW, Washington, DC, between the hours
of 8:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Eastern
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
84.246K ........
Background
We are proposing to extend the
Rehabilitation Short-Term Training—
Client Assistance Program (CAP) for an
additional year to assess and enhance
the Department’s CAP training and
technical assistance approaches in light
of (a) the expanded quality employment
opportunities for individuals with
disabilities promoted by the Workforce
Innovation and Opportunity Act
(WIOA) (29 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.); (b)
promising employment initiatives
advanced by the Rehabilitation Service
Administration’s (RSA’s) Vocational
Rehabilitation Technical Assistance
Centers, consistent with WIOA; and (c)
new training delivery platforms and
methodologies that could be applied to
this CAP training program. In short, the
waiver and extension will allow RSA to
design a new, innovative training
program that, consistent with WIOA,
would maximize the capacity of CAP
personnel to inform, advise, and
advocate for individuals with
disabilities and facilitate their access to
expanded quality employment
opportunities in their States through
services and supports available under
the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as
amended by WIOA (Rehabilitation Act).
These services and supports may
include (a) pre-employment transition
services and the limitations on the use
of subminimum wages under sections
113 and 511 of the Rehabilitation Act;
(b) career-focused credentials
attainment and measurable skill gains;
and (c) career exploration and career
advancement strategies such as workbased learning, apprenticeships,
customized employment, and career
pathways.
The Rehabilitation Act authorizes the
Short-Term Training Program under
section 302 (29 U.S.C. 772) to train CAP
personnel authorized under section 112
of the Rehabilitation Act (29 U.S.C.
732).
In September 2015, RSA awarded a
60-month grant to the National
Disability Rights Network under the
Rehabilitation Short-Term Training to
the CAP to provide training and
technical instruction to the 57 CAP
grantees on the statutory and regulatory
requirements governing the provision of
vocational rehabilitation (VR) and other
services under the Rehabilitation Act.
The National Disability Rights
Network’s capacity-building activities
address CAP management and
operations, individual and systems
advocacy, data collection and reporting,
and specific provisions such as preemployment transition services and
limitations on the use of subminimum
wages. Its training and technical
instruction vehicles include an annual
VR orientation meeting, a fiscal
management conference, webinars, onsite visits, ongoing web resources and
alerts, specialized institutes, and an
annual conference, among other
activities. The current project period
ends on September 30, 2020.
Waivers and Extensions
The Department will not be running
a Rehabilitation Short-Term Training to
the CAP competition in FY 2020.
Rather, the Department will be
including the CAP as one of the topic
areas under the Innovative
Rehabilitation Training program. The
Department has concluded that it would
not be in the public interest to have a
lapse in the critically needed resources
currently provided by the Rehabilitation
Short-Term Training to the CAP.
Allowing training and technical
instruction to lapse while the
Department establishes its innovative
CAP training program would reduce the
capacity of the 57 CAP grantees
nationwide to provide information to,
and advocate on behalf of, individuals
with disabilities seeking or receiving
services from the VR and other
programs under the Rehabilitation Act
critical to their achievement of highquality employment, independent
living, and self-sufficiency.
For these reasons, 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(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 would allow
the Department to issue a one-time FY
2020 continuation award to the
Rehabilitation Short-Term Training to
the CAP, as follows.
Rehabilitation Short-Term Training to the CAP ........................................................................................................
Any activities carried out during the
year of this continuation award must be
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The requirements for continuation
awards are set forth in 34 CFR 75.253.
Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification
The Secretary certifies that the
proposed waiver and extension of the
project period would not have a
significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities.
The only entity that would be affected
by the proposed waiver and extension of
the project period is the current grantee
and any other potential applicant.
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 period 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.
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Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
This notice of proposed 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.
Electronic Access to This Document:
The official version of this document is
the document published in the Federal
Register. You may access the official
edition of the Federal Register and the
Code of Federal Regulations at
www.govinfo.gov. 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 Portable Document Format
(PDF). To use PDF, you must have
Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is
available free at the site.
You may also access documents of the
Department published in the Federal
Register by using the article search
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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.
Mark Schultz,
Commissioner, Rehabilitation Services
Administration, Delegated the authority to
perform the functions and duties of the
Assistant Secretary for the Office of Special
Education and Rehabilitative Services.
[FR Doc. 2020–08172 Filed 4–22–20; 4:15 pm]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA–R04–OAR–2019–0638; FRL–10008–
00–Region 4]
Air Plan Approval; North Carolina;
Miscellaneous Permit Provisions
Revisions
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve
State Implementation Plan (SIP)
revisions submitted by the State of
North Carolina, through the North
Carolina Department of Environmental
Quality, Division of Air Quality (DAQ),
with letters dated September 18, 2009,
September 16, 2016, and July 10, 2019.
These SIP revisions amend several of
North Carolina’s rules regarding
construction and operating permits.
This action is being proposed pursuant
to the Clean Air Act (CAA or Act).
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before May 27, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R04–
OAR–2019–0638 at
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
Once submitted, comments cannot be
edited or removed from Regulations.gov.
EPA may publish any comment received
to its public docket. Do not submit
electronically any information you
consider to be Confidential Business
Information (CBI) or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
Multimedia submissions (audio, video,
etc.) must be accompanied by a written
comment. The written comment is
considered the official comment and
should include discussion of all points
you wish to make. EPA will generally
not consider comments or comment
contents located outside of the primary
submission (i.e., on the web, cloud, or
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other file sharing system). For
additional submission methods, the full
EPA public comment policy,
information about CBI or multimedia
submissions, and general guidance on
making effective comments, please visit
www2.epa.gov/dockets/commentingepa-dockets.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Evan Adams, Air Regulatory
Management Section, Air Planning and
Implementation Branch, Air and
Radiation Division, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth
Street SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30303–8960.
The telephone number is (404) 562–
9009. Mr. Adams can also be reached
via electronic mail at adams.evan@
epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. What action is EPA proposing?
North Carolina has a SIP-approved
combined construction and operating
permit program for minor sources, and
the program’s regulations include
requirements for obtaining
preconstruction and operating permits
for different types of minor sources. The
program covers ‘‘true minor’’ sources,
which have the potential to emit (PTE)
certain pollutants below major source
thresholds for new sources and
modifications. The SIP-approved minor
source permitting program also includes
provisions for issuing permits that
establish federally enforceable emission
limits to restrict the PTE of certain
pollutants below major source and
major modification applicability
thresholds, referred to as ‘‘synthetic
minor’’ sources in the North Carolina
SIP. These program rules also specify
exemptions from the requirement to
obtain construction and operating
permits.
North Carolina’s September 18,
2009,1 2 submittal revises rule 15A
North Carolina Administrative Code
(NCAC) 02Q .0304, Applications, to
make clarifying and ministerial edits.
The September 16, 2016,3 4 submittal
revises 15A NCAC 02D .0101,
Definitions, and 15A NCAC 02Q .0101,
Required Air Quality Permits; .0103,
Definitions; and .0104, Where to Obtain
and File Permit Applications, to make
1 EPA received the submittal on September 22,
2009.
2 EPA received a supplemental submittal of
corrected redline/strikeout changes for 02Q Section
.0304 on June 7, 2019. See the docket for this
action.
3 EPA received the submittal on October 4, 2016.
4 EPA notes Section 02Q .0203,—‘‘Permit and
Application Fees’’ was submitted as well. However,
this Section is not approved into the SIP, and is not
appropriate for the SIP. EPA will therefore not take
action on this Section.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
34 CFR Chapter III
[Docket ID ED-2019-OSERS-0044]
Proposed Waiver and Extension of the Project Period for a Grant
That Provides Rehabilitation Short-Term Training to the Client
Assistance Program (CAP)
AGENCY: Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
(OSERS), Department of Education.
ACTION: Proposed waiver and extension of project period.
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SUMMARY: The Secretary proposes to waive the requirements in the
Education Department General Administrative Regulations that generally
prohibit project periods exceeding five years and project period
extensions involving the obligation of additional Federal funds. The
proposed waiver and extension would enable the Rehabilitation Short-
Term Training to the CAP under Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
(CFDA) number 84.246K to receive funding for an additional performance
period of one year, not to exceed September 30, 2021.
DATES: We must receive your comments on or before May 27, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments through the Federal eRulemaking Portal
or via postal mail, commercial delivery, or hand delivery. We will not
accept comments submitted by fax or by email or those submitted after
the comment period. To ensure that we do not receive duplicate copies,
please submit your comments only once. In addition, please include the
Docket ID at the top of your comments.
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to www.regulations.gov to
submit your comments electronically. Information on using
Regulations.gov, including instructions for accessing agency documents,
submitting comments, and viewing the docket, is available on the site
under ``How to use Regulations.gov'' in the Help section.
Postal Mail, Commercial Delivery, or Hand Delivery: If you
mail or deliver
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your comments about the proposed waiver and extension, address them to
Felipe Lulli, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW,
Room 5101, Potomac Center Plaza, Washington, DC 20202-2800.
Privacy Note: The Department's policy is to make all comments
received from members of the public available for public viewing in
their entirety on the Federal eRulemaking Portal at
www.regulations.gov. Therefore, commenters should be careful to include
in their comments only information that they wish to make publicly
available.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Felipe Lulli, U.S. Department
of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Room 5101, Potomac Center Plaza,
Washington, DC 20202-2800. Telephone: 202-245-7425. Email:
[email protected].
If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) or a text
telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 1-
800-877-8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Invitation to Comment: We invite you to submit comments regarding
this proposed waiver and extension.
We invite you to assist us in complying with the specific
requirements of Executive Orders 12866, 13563, and 13771 and their
overall requirement of reducing regulatory burden that might result
from this proposed waiver and extension. Please let us know of any
further ways we could reduce potential costs or increase potential
benefits while preserving the effective and efficient administration of
the program.
During and after the comment period, you may inspect all public
comments about this proposed waiver and extension in Room 5059, 550
12th Street SW, Washington, DC, between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:00
p.m., Eastern 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. If you
want to schedule an appointment for this type of aid, please contact
the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Background
We are proposing to extend the Rehabilitation Short-Term Training--
Client Assistance Program (CAP) for an additional year to assess and
enhance the Department's CAP training and technical assistance
approaches in light of (a) the expanded quality employment
opportunities for individuals with disabilities promoted by the
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) (29 U.S.C. 3101 et
seq.); (b) promising employment initiatives advanced by the
Rehabilitation Service Administration's (RSA's) Vocational
Rehabilitation Technical Assistance Centers, consistent with WIOA; and
(c) new training delivery platforms and methodologies that could be
applied to this CAP training program. In short, the waiver and
extension will allow RSA to design a new, innovative training program
that, consistent with WIOA, would maximize the capacity of CAP
personnel to inform, advise, and advocate for individuals with
disabilities and facilitate their access to expanded quality employment
opportunities in their States through services and supports available
under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended by WIOA
(Rehabilitation Act). These services and supports may include (a) pre-
employment transition services and the limitations on the use of
subminimum wages under sections 113 and 511 of the Rehabilitation Act;
(b) career-focused credentials attainment and measurable skill gains;
and (c) career exploration and career advancement strategies such as
work-based learning, apprenticeships, customized employment, and career
pathways.
The Rehabilitation Act authorizes the Short-Term Training Program
under section 302 (29 U.S.C. 772) to train CAP personnel authorized
under section 112 of the Rehabilitation Act (29 U.S.C. 732).
In September 2015, RSA awarded a 60-month grant to the National
Disability Rights Network under the Rehabilitation Short-Term Training
to the CAP to provide training and technical instruction to the 57 CAP
grantees on the statutory and regulatory requirements governing the
provision of vocational rehabilitation (VR) and other services under
the Rehabilitation Act. The National Disability Rights Network's
capacity-building activities address CAP management and operations,
individual and systems advocacy, data collection and reporting, and
specific provisions such as pre-employment transition services and
limitations on the use of subminimum wages. Its training and technical
instruction vehicles include an annual VR orientation meeting, a fiscal
management conference, webinars, on-site visits, ongoing web resources
and alerts, specialized institutes, and an annual conference, among
other activities. The current project period ends on September 30,
2020.
Waivers and Extensions
The Department will not be running a Rehabilitation Short-Term
Training to the CAP competition in FY 2020. Rather, the Department will
be including the CAP as one of the topic areas under the Innovative
Rehabilitation Training program. The Department has concluded that it
would not be in the public interest to have a lapse in the critically
needed resources currently provided by the Rehabilitation Short-Term
Training to the CAP. Allowing training and technical instruction to
lapse while the Department establishes its innovative CAP training
program would reduce the capacity of the 57 CAP grantees nationwide to
provide information to, and advocate on behalf of, individuals with
disabilities seeking or receiving services from the VR and other
programs under the Rehabilitation Act critical to their achievement of
high-quality employment, independent living, and self-sufficiency.
For these reasons, 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(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 would allow the
Department to issue a one-time FY 2020 continuation award to the
Rehabilitation Short-Term Training to the CAP, as follows.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
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84.246K.................. Rehabilitation Short-Term $200,000
Training to the CAP.
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Any activities carried out during the year of this continuation
award must be consistent with the scope, goals, and objectives of the
grantee's application as approved in the FY 2015 competition.
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The requirements for continuation awards are set forth in 34 CFR
75.253.
Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification
The Secretary certifies that the proposed waiver and extension of
the project period would not have a significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities. The only entity that would be
affected by the proposed waiver and extension of the project period is
the current grantee and any other potential applicant.
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 period 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 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.
Electronic Access to This Document: The official version of this
document is the document published in the Federal Register. You may
access the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of
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Mark Schultz,
Commissioner, Rehabilitation Services Administration, Delegated the
authority to perform the functions and duties of the Assistant
Secretary for the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative
Services.
[FR Doc. 2020-08172 Filed 4-22-20; 4:15 pm]
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