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For the reasons discussed in the
preamble, the Coast Guard amends 33
CFR part 165 as follows:
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
PART 165—REGULATED NAVIGATION
AREAS AND LIMITED ACCESS AREAS
Final Waiver and Extension of the
Project Periods for the Equity
Assistance Centers Grant Program
1. The authority citation for part 165
continues to read as follows:
AGENCY:
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Authority: 46 U.S.C. 70034, 70051; 33 CFR
1.05–1, 6.04–1, 6.04–6, and 160.5;
Department of Homeland Security Delegation
No. 0170.1.
2. Add § 165.T08–0470 to read as
follows:
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§ 165.T08–0470 Safety Zone; Upper
Mississippi River, Mile Marker 579.7,
Dubuque, IA.
(a) Location. The following area is a
safety zone: All navigable waters of the
Upper Mississippi River at mile marker
579.7 extending 500 feet from the left
decending bank approximately 1,000
feet northwest of the Ulysses S. Grant
Memorial Hwy.
(b) Enforcement period. This section
will be enforced on July 17, 2021, from
9 p.m. through 10:30 p.m.
(c) Regulations. (1) In accordance with
the general regulations in § 165.23,
persons and vessels are prohibited from
entering the safety zone unless
authorized by the Captain of the Port
Sector Upper Mississippi River (COTP)
or a designated representative. A
designated representative is a
commissioned, warrant, or petty officer
of the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) assigned
to units under the operational control of
USCG Sector Upper Mississippi River.
(2) Persons or vessels desiring to enter
into or pass through the zone must
request permission from the COTP or a
designated representative. They may be
contacted on VHF radio Channel 16 or
by telephone at 314–269–2332.
(3) If permission is granted, all
persons and vessels shall comply with
the instructions of the COTP or
designated representative while
navigating in the regulated area.
(d) Informational broadcasts. The
COTP or a designated representative
will inform the public of the
enforcement date and times for this
safety zone, as well as any emergent
safety concerns that may delay the
enforcement of the zone through
Broadcast Notice to Mariners (BNM) and
or Local Notices to Mariners (LNMs).
Dated: July 13, 2021.
C.J. Barger,
Commander, Acting Captain of the Port, U.S.
Coast Guard.
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Office of Elementary and
Secondary Education (OESE),
Department of Education.
ACTION: Final waiver and extension of
project periods.
The Secretary waives 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 waiver and extension enable four
projects under Assistance Listing
Number (ALN) 84.004D to receive
funding for an additional period, not to
exceed September 30, 2022.
DATES: The waiver and extension of the
project periods are effective July 16,
2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ed
Vitelli, U.S. Department of Education,
400 Maryland Avenue SW, Room
3E106, Washington, DC 20202.
Telephone: 202–453–6203. Email:
Edward.Vitelli@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:
SUMMARY:
Background
On July 18, 2016, the Department of
Education (Department) published in
the Federal Register (81 FR 46820) a
notice inviting applications for four
projects for fiscal year (FY) 2016 under
the Equity Assistance Centers (EAC)
program, authorized under title IV of the
Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C.
2000c–2000c–2, 2000c–5.
The purpose of the EAC projects is to
provide technical assistance (including
training) at the request of school boards
and other responsible governmental
agencies in the preparation, adoption,
and implementation of plans for the
desegregation of public schools, and in
the development of effective methods of
coping with special educational
problems occasioned by desegregation.
Desegregation assistance, per 34 CFR
270.4, may include, among other
activities: (1) Dissemination of
information regarding effective methods
of coping with special educational
problems occasioned by desegregation;
(2) assistance and advice in coping with
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these problems; and (3) training
designed to improve the ability of
teachers, supervisors, counselors,
parents, community members,
community organizations, and other
elementary or secondary school
personnel to deal effectively with
special educational problems
occasioned by desegregation. All four
EAC projects provide technical
assistance (including training) in all
four of the desegregation assistance
areas: Race, sex, national origin, and
religion. A table listing the FY 2016
EAC projects follows.
FY 2016 awards under
ALN 84.004D
Project information
S004D160012 .................................
S004D160005 .................................
Mid-Atlantic Equity Consortium, Bethesda, MD, Project: Center for Education Equity.
Intercultural Development Research Association, San Antonio, TX, Project: IDRA Equity Assistance Center
South.
Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, Project: Midwest and Plains Equity Assistance Center.
Metropolitan State University of Denver, Denver, CO, Project: Western Educational Equity Assistance Center (WEEAC).
S004D160011 .................................
S004D160004 .................................
The EACs’ project periods started on
October 1, 2016 and will end on
September 30, 2021.
On January 13, 2021, the Department
published in the Federal Register (86
FR 2653) a notice inviting applications
for an FY 2021 EAC competition (FY
2021 NIA).
However, as the effects of the COVID–
19 pandemic unfolded and as learning
recovery and school reentry efforts
intensified, the Department sought to
ensure the continuity of services
provided by the FY 2016 EAC projects
to vulnerable populations, schools, and
school districts across the country. The
Department also sought to ensure that
the next EAC grant competition is, to
the extent statutorily permitted, aligned
with the Biden Administration’s policy
directives, including, for example, the
Executive orders and memorandum
included in the table below.
Date signed by
President Biden
Title of policy directive
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Executive Order 13985: Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government.
Executive Order 13988: Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation ..
Memorandum: Condemning and Combating Racism, Xenophobia, and Intolerance Against Asian Americans and Pacific
Islanders in the United States.
Executive Order 14012: Restoring Faith in Our Legal Immigration Systems and Strengthening Integration and Inclusion
Efforts for New Americans.
To ensure the continuity of services,
and to allow the Department the
opportunity to consider how best to
align the EAC program with these
Executive orders, to the extent
statutorily permitted, the Department
published on March 4, 2021 in the
Federal Register (86 FR 12664) a notice
withdrawing the FY 2021 NIA and
cancelling the FY 2021 EAC
competition. On March 25, 2021, the
Department published in the Federal
Register (86 FR 15829) a notice of
proposed waiver and extension, in
which it proposed 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 four FY 2016 EAC
projects to receive funding for one
additional period, not to exceed
September 30, 2022.
Public Comment: In response to our
invitation of public comment in the
notice of proposed waiver and
extension, one party submitted a
responsive comment. An analysis of the
comment follows.
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Comment: One commenter stated that
three of the four FY 2016 EAC projects
should not receive a waiver and
extension because they have not
demonstrated transparency and results
related to their work in the EAC
program. With respect to one of these
projects, the commenter cited
transactions that it contended
constituted conflicts of interest or
created the appearance of fiscal
impropriety.
Discussion: The Department
encourages the commenter to visit the
Department’s EAC performance web
page, located at https://oese.ed.gov/
offices/office-of-formula-grants/
program-and-grantee-support-services/
training-and-advisory-services-equityassistance-centers/performancetraining-and-advisory-services-equityassistance-centers/, to find current
performance data for the four FY 2016
EAC projects. In accordance with the
applicable requirements for
continuation funding in 34 CFR 75.253,
the Department monitored and reviewed
the performance of the FY 2016 EAC
projects, which, included, where
appropriate, examining allegations of
potential conflicts of interest and fiscal
impropriety, and determined that all FY
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January 20, 2021.
January 20, 2021.
January 26, 2021.
February 2, 2021.
2016 EAC projects demonstrated that
they made substantial progress in
achieving the goals and objectives of
their grants, and in meeting their
performance measures and targets
within the scope of their approved
projects. The Department also notes that
all FY 2016 EAC projects have made
their most recent single audits publicly
available, in accordance with Federal
grant regulations. Accordingly, the
Department has concluded that
continuation of the projects is in the
best interest of the Federal Government.
Changes: None.
Final Waivers and Extensions
The Department believes it is in the
best interest of the public to extend the
current EAC project periods for one
year. Correspondingly, 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 permit the extension of a
project period only if the extension does
not involve the obligation of additional
Federal funds. The waiver will permit
the Department to issue a FY 2021
continuation award to each of the four
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currently funded EAC projects, as
estimated in the table below.
Estimated
amount
Project information
Mid-Atlantic Equity Consortium, Project: Center for Education Equity ...............................................................................................
Intercultural Development Research Association, Project: IDRA Equity Assistance Center South ...................................................
Indiana University, Project: Midwest and Plains Equity Assistance Center .......................................................................................
Metropolitan State University of Denver, Project: Western Educational Equity Assistance Center (WEEAC) ..................................
Please note that the Department is not
bound by the estimates in this table.
Any activities carried out under these
continuation awards must be consistent
with the scope and objectives of the
grantees’ applications as approved in
the FY 2016 competition. The
requirements for continuation awards
are set forth in 34 CFR 75.253.
Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification
The Secretary certifies that the waiver
and extension of the project period
would not have a significant economic
impact on a substantial number of small
entities. The only entities that would be
affected by the waiver and extension of
the project period are the current
grantees. The Secretary certifies that the
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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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 notification of our
specific plans and actions for this
program.
Accessible Format: On request to the
program contact person listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT,
individuals with disabilities can obtain
this document in an accessible format.
The Department will provide the
requestor with an accessible format that
may include Rich Text Format (RTF) or
text format (txt), a thumb drive, an MP3
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compact disc, or other accessible format.
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the document published in the Federal
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Ian Rosenblum,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and
Programs Delegated the Authority to Perform
the Functions and Duties of the Assistant
Secretary, Office of Elementary and
Secondary Education.
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$1,640,562
1,641,567
1,607,310
1,642,170
Androscoggin, Sagadahoc, Kennebec,
Knox and Lincoln counties (the
Southern Maine Area), which are part of
the Portland and Midcoast Ozone
Maintenance Areas for the 1997 ozone
national ambient air quality standard
(NAAQS). EPA has determined that this
removal of the Federal RFG program for
the Southern Maine Area is consistent
with the applicable provisions of the
Clean Air Act (CAA) and EPA’s
regulations.
The effective date for removal of
the Southern Maine Area from the
Federal RFG program is September 30,
2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mark Coryell, Office of Transportation
and Air Quality, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, 2000 Traverwood,
Ann Arbor, MI 48105; telephone
number: (734) 214–4446; email address:
coryell.mark@epa.gov or Rudy
Kapichak, Office of Transportation and
Air Quality, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, 2000 Traverwood,
Ann Arbor, MI 48105; telephone
number: 734–214–4574; email address:
kapichak.rudolph@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DATES:
I. General Information
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A. Does this action apply to me?
40 CFR Part 80
Entities potentially affected by this
final action are fuel producers and
distributors who do business in the
Southern Maine Area.
[EPA–HQ–OAR–2018–0114; FRL–10025–34–
OAR]
Examples of potentially regulated
entities
Removal of the Federal Reformulated
Gasoline Program From the Southern
Maine Area
Petroleum refineries .....................
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notification of final action on
petition.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is taking final action in
announcing its approval of the petition
by Maine to opt-out of the Federal
reformulated gasoline (RFG) program
and remove the requirement to sell
Federal RFG for York, Cumberland,
SUMMARY:
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Gasoline Retail Stations ...............
Gasoline Transporters ..................
NAICS 1
codes
324110
424710
424720
447110
484220
484230
The above table is not intended to be
exhaustive, but rather provides a guide
for readers regarding entities likely to be
regulated by this action. The table lists
the types of entities of which EPA is
aware that potentially could be affected
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
34 CFR Chapter II
Final Waiver and Extension of the Project Periods for the Equity
Assistance Centers Grant Program
AGENCY: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE), Department
of Education.
ACTION: Final waiver and extension of project periods.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: The Secretary waives 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 waiver and
extension enable four projects under Assistance Listing Number (ALN)
84.004D to receive funding for an additional period, not to exceed
September 30, 2022.
DATES: The waiver and extension of the project periods are effective
July 16, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ed Vitelli, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Room 3E106, Washington, DC 20202.
Telephone: 202-453-6203. 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:
Background
On July 18, 2016, the Department of Education (Department)
published in the Federal Register (81 FR 46820) a notice inviting
applications for four projects for fiscal year (FY) 2016 under the
Equity Assistance Centers (EAC) program, authorized under title IV of
the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. 2000c-2000c-2, 2000c-5.
The purpose of the EAC projects is to provide technical assistance
(including training) at the request of school boards and other
responsible governmental agencies in the preparation, adoption, and
implementation of plans for the desegregation of public schools, and in
the development of effective methods of coping with special educational
problems occasioned by desegregation. Desegregation assistance, per 34
CFR 270.4, may include, among other activities: (1) Dissemination of
information regarding effective methods of coping with special
educational problems occasioned by desegregation; (2) assistance and
advice in coping with
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these problems; and (3) training designed to improve the ability of
teachers, supervisors, counselors, parents, community members,
community organizations, and other elementary or secondary school
personnel to deal effectively with special educational problems
occasioned by desegregation. All four EAC projects provide technical
assistance (including training) in all four of the desegregation
assistance areas: Race, sex, national origin, and religion. A table
listing the FY 2016 EAC projects follows.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
FY 2016 awards under ALN 84.004D Project information
------------------------------------------------------------------------
S004D160012....................... Mid-Atlantic Equity Consortium,
Bethesda, MD, Project: Center for
Education Equity.
S004D160005....................... Intercultural Development Research
Association, San Antonio, TX,
Project: IDRA Equity Assistance
Center South.
S004D160011....................... Indiana University, Indianapolis,
IN, Project: Midwest and Plains
Equity Assistance Center.
S004D160004....................... Metropolitan State University of
Denver, Denver, CO, Project:
Western Educational Equity
Assistance Center (WEEAC).
------------------------------------------------------------------------
The EACs' project periods started on October 1, 2016 and will end
on September 30, 2021.
On January 13, 2021, the Department published in the Federal
Register (86 FR 2653) a notice inviting applications for an FY 2021 EAC
competition (FY 2021 NIA).
However, as the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic unfolded and as
learning recovery and school reentry efforts intensified, the
Department sought to ensure the continuity of services provided by the
FY 2016 EAC projects to vulnerable populations, schools, and school
districts across the country. The Department also sought to ensure that
the next EAC grant competition is, to the extent statutorily permitted,
aligned with the Biden Administration's policy directives, including,
for example, the Executive orders and memorandum included in the table
below.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Title of policy directive Date signed by President Biden
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Executive Order 13985: Advancing January 20, 2021.
Racial Equity and Support for
Underserved Communities Through the
Federal Government.
Executive Order 13988: Preventing and January 20, 2021.
Combating Discrimination on the Basis
of Gender Identity or Sexual
Orientation.
Memorandum: Condemning and Combating January 26, 2021.
Racism, Xenophobia, and Intolerance
Against Asian Americans and Pacific
Islanders in the United States.
Executive Order 14012: Restoring Faith February 2, 2021.
in Our Legal Immigration Systems and
Strengthening Integration and
Inclusion Efforts for New Americans.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
To ensure the continuity of services, and to allow the Department
the opportunity to consider how best to align the EAC program with
these Executive orders, to the extent statutorily permitted, the
Department published on March 4, 2021 in the Federal Register (86 FR
12664) a notice withdrawing the FY 2021 NIA and cancelling the FY 2021
EAC competition. On March 25, 2021, the Department published in the
Federal Register (86 FR 15829) a notice of proposed waiver and
extension, in which it proposed 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 four FY 2016 EAC
projects to receive funding for one additional period, not to exceed
September 30, 2022.
Public Comment: In response to our invitation of public comment in
the notice of proposed waiver and extension, one party submitted a
responsive comment. An analysis of the comment follows.
Comment: One commenter stated that three of the four FY 2016 EAC
projects should not receive a waiver and extension because they have
not demonstrated transparency and results related to their work in the
EAC program. With respect to one of these projects, the commenter cited
transactions that it contended constituted conflicts of interest or
created the appearance of fiscal impropriety.
Discussion: The Department encourages the commenter to visit the
Department's EAC performance web page, located at https://oese.ed.gov/offices/office-of-formula-grants/program-and-grantee-support-services/training-and-advisory-services-equity-assistance-centers/performance-training-and-advisory-services-equity-assistance-centers/, to find
current performance data for the four FY 2016 EAC projects. In
accordance with the applicable requirements for continuation funding in
34 CFR 75.253, the Department monitored and reviewed the performance of
the FY 2016 EAC projects, which, included, where appropriate, examining
allegations of potential conflicts of interest and fiscal impropriety,
and determined that all FY 2016 EAC projects demonstrated that they
made substantial progress in achieving the goals and objectives of
their grants, and in meeting their performance measures and targets
within the scope of their approved projects. The Department also notes
that all FY 2016 EAC projects have made their most recent single audits
publicly available, in accordance with Federal grant regulations.
Accordingly, the Department has concluded that continuation of the
projects is in the best interest of the Federal Government.
Changes: None.
Final Waivers and Extensions
The Department believes it is in the best interest of the public to
extend the current EAC project periods for one year. Correspondingly,
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 permit the extension of a project
period only if the extension does not involve the obligation of
additional Federal funds. The waiver will permit the Department to
issue a FY 2021 continuation award to each of the four
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currently funded EAC projects, as estimated in the table below.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Estimated
Project information amount
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mid-Atlantic Equity Consortium, Project: Center for $1,640,562
Education Equity.......................................
Intercultural Development Research Association, Project: 1,641,567
IDRA Equity Assistance Center South....................
Indiana University, Project: Midwest and Plains Equity 1,607,310
Assistance Center......................................
Metropolitan State University of Denver, Project: 1,642,170
Western Educational Equity Assistance Center (WEEAC)...
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Please note that the Department is not bound by the estimates in
this table.
Any activities carried out under these continuation awards must be
consistent with the scope and objectives of the grantees' applications
as approved in the FY 2016 competition. The requirements for
continuation awards are set forth in 34 CFR 75.253.
Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification
The Secretary certifies that the waiver and extension of the
project period would not have a significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities. The only entities that would be
affected by the waiver and extension of the project period are the
current grantees. The Secretary certifies that the 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 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 notification of our
specific plans and actions for this program.
Accessible Format: On request to the program contact person listed
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, individuals with disabilities
can obtain this document in an accessible format. The Department will
provide the requestor with an accessible format that may include Rich
Text Format (RTF) or text format (txt), a thumb drive, an MP3 file,
braille, large print, audiotape, or compact disc, or other accessible
format.
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
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Ian Rosenblum,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Programs Delegated the
Authority to Perform the Functions and Duties of the Assistant
Secretary, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education.
[FR Doc. 2021-15162 Filed 7-15-21; 8:45 am]
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