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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket ID ED–2023–OCTAE–0193]
Proposed Waiver and Extension of the
Project Period for the Tribally
Controlled Postsecondary Career and
Technical Institutions Program
Office of Career, Technical, and
Adult Education, Department of
Education.
ACTION: Proposed waiver and extension
of the 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.
Under the proposed waiver and
extension, for projects funded in fiscal
year (FY) 2019 under the Tribally
Controlled Postsecondary Career and
Technical Institutions Program
(TCPCTIP), Assistance Listing Number
84.245A, the project period would be
extended through FY 2027, if Congress
continues to appropriate funds under
the existing program authority.
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We must receive your comments
on or before January 22, 2024.
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• Postal Mail or Commercial Delivery:
If you mail or deliver your comments,
address them to Hugh Reid, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland
Avenue SW, Room 4A–172,
Washington, DC 20202–7241.
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:
Hugh Reid. Telephone: (202) 245–7491.
Email: hugh.reid@ed.gov.
If you are deaf, hard of hearing, or
have a speech disability and wish to
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Invitation to Comment: We invite you
to submit comments regarding this
proposed waiver and extension. We are
particularly interested in receiving
comments on the potential impact that
the proposed waiver and extension may
have on TCPCTIP and on potential
applicants that may be eligible to apply
for grant awards under any new
TCPCTIP notice inviting applications,
should there be one. Eligible applicants
for TCPCTIP are Tribally controlled
postsecondary career and technical
institutions that do not receive Federal
support under Title I of the Tribally
Controlled College or University
Assistance Act of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 1801
et seq.) or the Navajo Community
College Act (25 U.S.C. 640a et seq.).
We invite you to assist us in
complying with the specific
requirements of Executive Orders
12866, 13563, and 14094 and their
DATES:
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overall requirement of reducing
regulatory burden that might result from
the 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 public comments about the
proposed waiver and extension by
accessing Regulations.gov. To inspect
the public comments in person, please
contact the program contact person
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
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
Section 117 of the Carl D. Perkins
Career and Technical Education Act of
2006 (Pub. L. 115–224) (Perkins V or the
Act), authorizes the Secretary to make
grants to Tribally controlled
postsecondary career and technical
institutions that do not receive Federal
support under Title I of the Tribally
Controlled Colleges and Universities
Assistance Act of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 1802,
et seq.) or the Navajo Community
College Act (Pub. L. 92–189; 85 Stat.
646) for career and technical education
programs for Native American students
and for the institutional support costs of
the grant.
Current TCPCTIP grantees, selected
based on the TCPCTIP notice inviting
applications published in the Federal
Register (84 FR 29854) on June 25, 2019
(NIA), operate career and technical
education programs for Native
American students as authorized by
section 117 of Perkins V (20 U.S.C.
2327). The budget and project period for
the two TCPCTIP grantees is scheduled
to end with funds awarded in FY 2023.
For these projects, the Secretary
proposes to waive the requirements of
34 CFR 75.250 and 34 CFR 75.261(c)(2),
which limit project periods to 60
months and restrict project period
extensions that involve the obligation of
additional Federal funds. The Secretary
makes these proposals because section
117(i) of Perkins V authorizes
appropriations for activities under
section 117 of the Act, through FY 2024
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(20 U.S.C. 2327(i)). The Secretary also
proposes to extend the project period for
the two current TCPCTIP grantees (20
U.S.C. 2327(a)) through FY 2027, if
Congress continues to appropriate funds
under the existing program authority.
The proposed waiver and extension
would enable the two current TCPCTIP
grantees to request and continue to
receive Federal funds beyond the 60month limitation set by 34 CFR 75.250.
Moreover, with the proposed waiver
and extension, the Department would
not announce a new competition or
make new awards until FY 2027, if
Congress continues to authorize and
appropriate funds under the existing
program authority. Instead, current
TCPCTIP projects funded under the NIA
could be continued at least through the
FY 2027 budget and project period, if
Congress continues to appropriate funds
for TCPCTIP under the existing program
authority.
We believe that the proposed waiver
and extension is in the public interest,
given that the Navajo Technical
University and the United Tribes
Technical College are the only two
eligible entities for the TCPCTIP
program, and those entities are the
current grantees. Running another
competition in which the same entities
would receive awards is not an effective
use of Department and grantee
resources. Further, allowing these
grantees to continue their projects
would provide continuity in the current
projects and resources for the current
beneficiaries of the grantees’ programs.
If we announce the proposed waiver
and extension as final, we will base our
decisions regarding annual continuation
awards on the program narratives,
budgets, budget narratives, and program
performance reports, submitted by
current grantees, and the requirements
in 34 CFR 75.253. Any activities to be
carried out during the year or years of
continuation awards would have to be
consistent with, or be a logical
extension of, the scope, goals, and
objectives of each grantee’s application,
as approved following the 2019
TCPCTIP competition. If we publish the
proposed waiver and extension as final,
we would award continuation grants
based on information provided to us by
each grantee, indicating that it is making
substantial progress performing its
TCPCTIP grant activities.
The proposed extension of the project
period and waiver of 34 CFR 75.250 and
75.261(c)(2) would not exempt the
current TCPCTIP 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
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TCPCTIP 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
would be canceled and returned to the
U.S. Treasury Department and be
unavailable for restoration for any
purpose (31 U.S.C. 1552(b)).
Tribal Consultation: On September 5,
2023, the Department solicited Tribal
input 1 on the proposed waiver and
extension for TCPCTIP, pursuant to
Executive Order 13175, Consultation
and Coordination With Indian Tribal
Governments. Tribal members
participated by a video conference
platform. A total of 66 Tribal members
and eight Tribal leaders participated.
None of the participants raised
objections to the proposed waiver and
extension during the consultation or its
written comment period that ended
October 5, 2023.
Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification
The Secretary certifies that the
proposed waiver and extension would
not have a significant economic impact
on a substantial number of small
entities.
The only small entities that would be
affected by the proposed waiver and
extension are the two grantees selected
based on the NIA currently receiving
Federal funds. These are the only
entities eligible to receive a grant under
this program.
The Secretary certifies that the
proposed waiver and extension would
not have a significant economic impact
on these entities because the proposed
waiver and extension would impose
minimal compliance costs to extend
projects already in existence, and the
activities required to support the
additional year or years of funding
would not impose additional regulatory
burdens or require unnecessary Federal
supervision.
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
The proposed waiver and extension
do not contain any information
collection requirements.
Intergovernmental Review
The TCPCTIP is not subject to
Executive Order 12372 and the
regulations in 34 CFR part 79.
Accessible Format: On request to the
program contact person listed under FOR
1 Tribal Consultation on Tribally Controlled
Postsecondary Career and Technical Institutions
Program (TribalConsultationNotice_08172023.pdf
(ed.gov)).
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Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 2327.
Amy Loyd,
Assistant Secretary for Career, Technical, and
Adult Education.
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Energy Information Administration
Agency Information Collection
Proposed Extension
Energy Information
Administration (EIA), Department of
Energy (DOE).
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
EIA invites public comment
on the proposed three-year extension,
with change, of Form EIA–111 Quarterly
Electricity Imports and Exports Report,
as required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995. Form EIA–111 collects
information on U.S. imports and exports
of electricity. Data are used to obtain
estimates on the flows of electricity into
and out of the United States.
DATES: EIA must receive all comments
on this proposed information collection
no later than February 20, 2024. If you
anticipate difficulty in submitting
comments within that period, contact
the person listed in ADDRESSES as soon
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Written comments may only
be sent electronically by email to
EIA111@eia.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Glenn McGrath at (202) 586–4325 or by
email at glenn.mcgrath@eia.gov. The
form and instructions are available at
https://www.eia.gov/survey/changes/
electricity/.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
information collection request contains:
(1) OMB No.: 1905–0208;
(2) Information Collection Request
Title: Quarterly Electricity Imports and
Exports Report;
(3) Type of Request: Three-year
extension with change;
(4) Purpose: Form EIA–111 collects
U.S. electricity import and export data
on a quarterly basis. The data are used
to measure the flow of electricity into
and out of the United States. The import
and export data are reported by U.S.
purchasers, sellers and transmitters of
wholesale electricity, including persons
authorized by Order to export electric
energy from the United States to foreign
countries, persons authorized by
Presidential Permit to construct,
operate, maintain, or connect electric
power transmission lines that cross the
U.S. international border, and U.S.
Balancing Authorities that are directly
interconnected with foreign Balancing
Authorities. Such entities report
monthly flows of electric energy
received or delivered across the border,
the cost associated with the
transactions, and actual and
implemented interchange.
(4a) Proposed Changes to Information
Collection: There is a reduction in the
number of survey respondents required
to file EIA–111 reports. This reduces the
annual estimated responses and
associated burden hours. There is no
change to the content collected on the
EIA–111.
(5) Annual Estimated Number of
Respondents: 153;
(6) Annual Estimated Number of
Total Responses: 612;
(7) Annual Estimated Number of
Burden Hours: 918;
(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $80,196.48
(918 burden hours times $87.36 per
hour). EIA estimates that respondents
will have no additional costs associated
with the surveys other than the burden
hours and maintenance of the
information as part of the normal course
of business.
Comments are invited on whether or
not: (a) The proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of agency functions,
including whether the information will
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have a practical utility; (b) EIA’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used, is accurate; (c) EIA
can improve the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information it will collect;
and (d) EIA can minimize the burden of
the collection of information on
respondents, such as automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Statutory Authority: 15 U.S.C. 772(b)
and 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.
Signed in Washington, DC, on December
18, 2023.
Samson A. Adeshiyan,
Office Director, Office of Statistical Methods
& Research, U.S. Energy Information
Administration.
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[Docket No. IC23–14–000]
Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–717); Comment
Request; Extension
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Notice of extension of
information collection and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission
(‘‘Commission’’ or ‘‘FERC’’) is soliciting
public comment on the extension to the
information collection, FERC–717
(Standards for Business Practices and
Communication Protocols for Public
Utilities) (OMB Control No. 1902–0173),
which will be submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review.
SUMMARY:
Comments on the collection of
information are due [INSERT DATE 30
DAYS AFTER DATE OF PUBLICATION
IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER].
ADDRESSES: Send written comments on
the information collections to OMB
through www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
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Regulatory Commission Desk Officer.
Please identify the OMB Control
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket ID ED-2023-OCTAE-0193]
Proposed Waiver and Extension of the Project Period for the
Tribally Controlled Postsecondary Career and Technical Institutions
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: 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. Under
the proposed waiver and extension, for projects funded in fiscal year
(FY) 2019 under the Tribally Controlled Postsecondary Career and
Technical Institutions Program (TCPCTIP), Assistance Listing Number
84.245A, the project period would be extended through FY 2027, if
Congress continues to appropriate funds under the existing program
authority.
DATES: We must receive your comments on or before January 22, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments through the Federal eRulemaking Portal
or via postal mail or commercial 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 ``FAQ.''
Postal Mail or Commercial Delivery: If you mail or deliver
your comments, address them to Hugh Reid, U.S. Department of Education,
400 Maryland Avenue SW, Room 4A-172, Washington, DC 20202-7241.
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: Hugh Reid. Telephone: (202) 245-7491.
Email: ed.gov">hugh.reid@ed.gov.
If you are deaf, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability and
wish to access telecommunications relay services, please dial 7-1-1.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Invitation to Comment: We invite you to submit comments regarding
this proposed waiver and extension. We are particularly interested in
receiving comments on the potential impact that the proposed waiver and
extension may have on TCPCTIP and on potential applicants that may be
eligible to apply for grant awards under any new TCPCTIP notice
inviting applications, should there be one. Eligible applicants for
TCPCTIP are Tribally controlled postsecondary career and technical
institutions that do not receive Federal support under Title I of the
Tribally Controlled College or University Assistance Act of 1978 (25
U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) or the Navajo Community College Act (25 U.S.C.
640a et seq.).
We invite you to assist us in complying with the specific
requirements of Executive Orders 12866, 13563, and 14094 and their
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overall requirement of reducing regulatory burden that might result
from the 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
public comments about the proposed waiver and extension by accessing
Regulations.gov. To inspect the public comments in person, please
contact the program contact person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
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
Section 117 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education
Act of 2006 (Pub. L. 115-224) (Perkins V or the Act), authorizes the
Secretary to make grants to Tribally controlled postsecondary career
and technical institutions that do not receive Federal support under
Title I of the Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities Assistance
Act of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 1802, et seq.) or the Navajo Community College
Act (Pub. L. 92-189; 85 Stat. 646) for career and technical education
programs for Native American students and for the institutional support
costs of the grant.
Current TCPCTIP grantees, selected based on the TCPCTIP notice
inviting applications published in the Federal Register (84 FR 29854)
on June 25, 2019 (NIA), operate career and technical education programs
for Native American students as authorized by section 117 of Perkins V
(20 U.S.C. 2327). The budget and project period for the two TCPCTIP
grantees is scheduled to end with funds awarded in FY 2023.
For these projects, the Secretary proposes to waive the
requirements of 34 CFR 75.250 and 34 CFR 75.261(c)(2), which limit
project periods to 60 months and restrict project period extensions
that involve the obligation of additional Federal funds. The Secretary
makes these proposals because section 117(i) of Perkins V authorizes
appropriations for activities under section 117 of the Act, through FY
2024 (20 U.S.C. 2327(i)). The Secretary also proposes to extend the
project period for the two current TCPCTIP grantees (20 U.S.C. 2327(a))
through FY 2027, if Congress continues to appropriate funds under the
existing program authority. The proposed waiver and extension would
enable the two current TCPCTIP grantees to request and continue to
receive Federal funds beyond the 60-month limitation set by 34 CFR
75.250.
Moreover, with the proposed waiver and extension, the Department
would not announce a new competition or make new awards until FY 2027,
if Congress continues to authorize and appropriate funds under the
existing program authority. Instead, current TCPCTIP projects funded
under the NIA could be continued at least through the FY 2027 budget
and project period, if Congress continues to appropriate funds for
TCPCTIP under the existing program authority.
We believe that the proposed waiver and extension is in the public
interest, given that the Navajo Technical University and the United
Tribes Technical College are the only two eligible entities for the
TCPCTIP program, and those entities are the current grantees. Running
another competition in which the same entities would receive awards is
not an effective use of Department and grantee resources. Further,
allowing these grantees to continue their projects would provide
continuity in the current projects and resources for the current
beneficiaries of the grantees' programs.
If we announce the proposed waiver and extension as final, we will
base our decisions regarding annual continuation awards on the program
narratives, budgets, budget narratives, and program performance
reports, submitted by current grantees, and the requirements in 34 CFR
75.253. Any activities to be carried out during the year or years of
continuation awards would have to be consistent with, or be a logical
extension of, the scope, goals, and objectives of each grantee's
application, as approved following the 2019 TCPCTIP competition. If we
publish the proposed waiver and extension as final, we would award
continuation grants based on information provided to us by each
grantee, indicating that it is making substantial progress performing
its TCPCTIP grant activities.
The proposed extension of the project period and waiver of 34 CFR
75.250 and 75.261(c)(2) would not exempt the current TCPCTIP 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 TCPCTIP 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 would be canceled and returned to the
U.S. Treasury Department and be unavailable for restoration for any
purpose (31 U.S.C. 1552(b)).
Tribal Consultation: On September 5, 2023, the Department solicited
Tribal input \1\ on the proposed waiver and extension for TCPCTIP,
pursuant to Executive Order 13175, Consultation and Coordination With
Indian Tribal Governments. Tribal members participated by a video
conference platform. A total of 66 Tribal members and eight Tribal
leaders participated. None of the participants raised objections to the
proposed waiver and extension during the consultation or its written
comment period that ended October 5, 2023.
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Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification
The Secretary certifies that the proposed waiver and extension
would not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of
small entities.
The only small entities that would be affected by the proposed
waiver and extension are the two grantees selected based on the NIA
currently receiving Federal funds. These are the only entities eligible
to receive a grant under this program.
The Secretary certifies that the proposed waiver and extension
would not have a significant economic impact on these entities because
the proposed waiver and extension would impose minimal compliance costs
to extend projects already in existence, and the activities required to
support the additional year or years of funding would not impose
additional regulatory burdens or require unnecessary Federal
supervision.
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
The proposed waiver and extension do not contain any information
collection requirements.
Intergovernmental Review
The TCPCTIP is not subject to Executive Order 12372 and the
regulations in 34 CFR part 79.
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Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 2327.
Amy Loyd,
Assistant Secretary for Career, Technical, and Adult Education.
[FR Doc. 2023-28127 Filed 12-20-23; 8:45 am]
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