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BILLING CODE 4000-01-P DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services Overview Information; Personnel Development To Improve Services and Results for Children With Disabilities—Preparation of Leadership Personnel; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year

(FY)2007 *Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

(CFDA)Number:* 84.325D. *Dates: Applications Available:* August 11, 2006. *Deadline for Transmittal of Applications:* October 10, 2006. *Deadline for Intergovernmental Review:* December 11, 2006. *Eligible Applicants:* Institutions of higher education (IHEs). *Estimated Available Funds:* The Administration has requested $90,626,000 for the Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities program for FY 2007, of which we intend to use an estimated $4,800,000 for the Preparation of Leadership Personnel competition. The actual level of funding, if any, depends on final congressional action. However, we are inviting applications to allow enough time to complete the grant process if Congress appropriates funds for this program. *Estimated Range of Awards:* $171,969—200,000. *Estimated Average Size of Awards:* $196,200. *Maximum Award:* We will reject any application that proposes a budget exceeding $200,000 for a single budget period of 12 months. The Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services may change the maximum amount through a notice published in the **Federal Register** . *Estimated Number of Awards:* 24. Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this notice. *Project Period:* Up to 48 months. Full Text of Announcement I. Funding Opportunity Description *Purpose of Program:* The purposes of this program are to

(1)help address State-identified needs for highly qualified personnel—in special education, related services, early intervention, and regular education—to work with infants or toddlers with disabilities, or children with disabilities; and

(2)ensure that those personnel have the skills and knowledge—derived from practices that have been determined through research and experience to be successful—that are needed to serve those children. *Priority:* In accordance with 34 CFR 75.105(b)(2)(v), this priority is from allowable activities specified in the statute (see sections 662(d) and 681(d) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)). *Absolute Priority:* For FY 2007 this priority is an absolute priority. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3) we consider only applications that meet this priority. This priority is: Preparation of Leadership Personnel This priority supports and is limited to projects that train personnel at the preservice doctoral or postdoctoral level in early intervention, special education or related services and at the advanced graduate level (masters and specialists) in special education administration/ supervision. In order to be eligible under this priority, programs must provide training and support for scholars to complete their training within the performance period of the grant. Therefore, only the following types of programs of study will meet the requirements of this priority: 1. A major in special education, related services or early intervention at the doctoral or post-doctoral level; and 2. Training at the advanced graduate level (masters and specialists programs) in special education administration/supervision. **Note:** Training that leads to a Doctor of Audiology (D Aud) degree is not included as part of this priority because training programs that lead to a D Aud degree are eligible to apply for funding under the Combined Priority for Personnel Preparation competition (CFDA 84.325K) announced in a notice inviting applications published elsewhere in this issue of the **Federal Register** . Projects funded under this absolute priority must—

(a)Demonstrate, in the narrative section of the application under “Quality of Project Services,” how—

(1)The program prepares personnel to address the specialized needs of children with disabilities from diverse cultural and language backgrounds, including limited English proficient children with disabilities, by—

(i)Identifying the competencies needed by leadership personnel to understand and work with culturally and linguistically diverse populations (the competencies identified should reflect the current knowledge base); and

(ii)Preparing personnel to use those competencies through early intervention, special education, and related services training programs;

(2)All relevant coursework for the proposed program reflects current research and pedagogy on—

(i)Participation and achievement in the general education curriculum and improved outcomes for children with disabilities; and

(ii)The provision of coordinated services in natural environments to improve outcomes for infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families;

(3)The program offers integrated training and practice opportunities that will enhance the collaborative competencies of all personnel who share responsibility for providing effective services for children with disabilities;

(4)For programs that train personnel in early intervention, special education or related services, the program ensures that scholars are knowledgeable about:

(i)The provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB);

(ii)the IDEA and NCLB requirement that teachers be highly qualified; and

(iii)the need to foster collaboration between regular and special education teachers;

(5)The proposed training program is aligned with State academic content standards for children, if applicable;

(b)Submit annual data on each scholar who receives grant support. Projects funded under this priority must submit this scholar data electronically within 60 days after the end of each grant budget year. Applicants are encouraged to visit the Personnel Prep Data

(c)Budget for a three-day Project Director's meeting in Washington, DC, during each year of the project;

(d)If the project maintains a Web site, include relevant information and documents in a format that meets a government or industry-recognized standard for accessibility;

(e)Provide a detailed description of the program, including the sequence of the courses offered in the program that describes the comprehensive curriculum designed to meet program goals and obtain mastery of the following required professional domains:

(1)Research methodology.

(2)Personnel preparation.

(3)Policy/advocacy or professional practice;

(f)Include, in the application narrative under “Quality of Project Evaluation”, a clear and effective plan for evaluating the extent to which graduates of the training program have the knowledge and competencies necessary to provide research-based instruction and services that result in improved outcomes for children with disabilities;

(g)Communicate the results of the evaluation conducted in accordance with paragraph

(f)of this priority to the Office of Special Education Programs

(OSEP)in required annual performance reports for continuation funding and the project final performance report;

(h)Certify that all scholars will be recruited into the program with the intention of graduating from the program during the performance period of the grant;

(i)Certify that the institution will not require scholars recruited into the program to work as a condition of receiving a scholarship, *e.g.* , as graduate assistants, unless the work is required to complete their training program;

(j)If the program is addressing national or regional needs, demonstrate the existence of the needs through appropriate research data; and

(k)Designate at least 65 percent of the total requested budget for scholarship support or provide justification for any designation less than 65 percent. Examples of sufficient justification for proposing less than 65 percent of the budget for scholarship support might include: • A project servicing rural areas that provides long distance training, and that may require Web Masters, adjunct professors, or mentors to operate effectively. • A project that is expanding or adding a new emphasis area to the program, and as a result of this expansion, may need additional faculty or other resources such as expert consultants, additional training supplies, or equipment that would enhance the program. Please note that projects funded to develop, expand, or add a new area of emphasis to special education or related services programs must provide information on how these new areas will be sustained once Federal funding ends. *Statutory Requirements:* To be considered for an award, an applicant must also satisfy the following requirements contained in section 662(e) through

(h)of IDEA—

(a)Demonstrate that the activities described in the application will address needs identified by the State or States the applicant proposes to serve and that the State or States intend to accept successful completion of the proposed personnel preparation program as meeting State personnel standards or other requirements in State law or regulation for serving children with disabilities or serving infants and toddlers with disabilities (see sections 662(e)(2)(A) and 662(f)(2) of IDEA). Letters from the State or States that the project proposes to serve could be one method for addressing this requirement;

(b)Demonstrate that the applicant will cooperate with one or more State educational agencies—or, if appropriate, State appointed lead agencies responsible for providing early intervention services—or local educational agencies in carrying out and monitoring the proposed project (see section 662(e)(2)(B) of IDEA);

(c)Meet State and professionally recognized standards for the preparation of leadership personnel in special education, related services, or early intervention fields (see section 662(f)(2) of IDEA); and

(d)Ensure that individuals who receive financial assistance under the project agree to pay all or part of the amount of the scholarship, in accordance with section 662(h)(1) of IDEA and 34 CFR part 304. Applicants must describe how they will inform scholarship recipients of this service obligation requirement. *Waiver of Proposed Rulemaking:* Under the Administrative Procedure Act

(APA)(5 U.S.C. 553) the Department generally offers interested parties the opportunity to comment on proposed priorities and requirements. Section 681(d) of the IDEA makes the public comment requirements of the APA inapplicable to the priority in this notice. *Program Authority:* 20 U.S.C. 1462 and 1481. *Applicable Regulations:*

(a)The Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 84, 85, 86, 97, 98, and 99.

(b)Applicants and grant recipients funded under this competition must involve individuals with disabilities or parents of individuals with disabilities ages birth through 26 in planning, implementing, and evaluating the projects (see section 682(a)(1)(A) of IDEA). IV. Application and Submission Information 1. *Address to Request Application Package:* Education Publications Center (ED Pubs), P.O. Box 1398, Jessup, MD 20794-1398. Telephone (toll free): 1-877-433-7827. FAX:

(301)470-1244. If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), you may call (toll free): 1-877-576-7734. You may also contact ED Pubs at its Web site: *http://www.ed.gov/pubs/edpubs.html* or you may contact ED Pubs at its e-mail address: *edpubs@inet.ed.gov* If you request an application from ED Pubs, be sure to identify this competition as follows: CFDA Number 84.325D. Individuals with disabilities may obtain a copy of the application package in an alternative format (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer diskette) by contacting the Grants and Contracts Services Team listed under *For Further Information Contact* in section VII of this notice. 2. *Content and Form of Application Submission:* Requirements concerning the content of an application, together with the forms you must submit, are in the application package for this competition. *Page Limit:* The application narrative (Part III of the application) is where you, the applicant, address the selection criteria that reviewers use to evaluate your application. You must limit Part III to the equivalent of no more than 50 pages, using the following standards: • A “page” is 8.5″ x 11″, on one side only, with 1″ margins at the top, bottom, and both sides. • Double space (no more than three lines per vertical inch) all text in the application narrative, including titles, headings, footnotes, quotations, references, and captions, as well as all text in charts, tables, figures, and graphs. • Use a font that is either 12 point or larger or no smaller than 10 pitch (characters per inch). The page limit does not apply to Part I, the cover sheet; Part II, the budget section, including the narrative budget justification; Part IV, the assurances and certifications; or the one-page abstract, the resumes, the bibliography, the references, or the letters of support. However, you must include all of the application narrative in Part III. We will reject your application if— • You apply these standards and exceed the page limit; or • You apply other standards and exceed the equivalent of the page limit. 3. *Submission Dates and Times:* *Applications Available:* August 11, 2006. *Deadline for Transmittal of Applications:* October 10, 2006. Applications for grants under this competition may be submitted electronically using the *Grants.gov* Apply site ( *Grants.gov* ), or in paper format by mail or hand delivery. For information (including dates and times) about how to submit your application electronically, or by mail or hand delivery, please refer to section IV. 6. *Other Submission Requirements* in this notice. We do not consider an application that does not comply with the deadline requirements. Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: December 11, 2006. 4. *Intergovernmental Review:* This program is subject to Executive Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR part 79. Information about Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs under Executive Order 12372 is in the application package for this competition. 5. *Funding Restrictions:* We reference regulations outlining funding restrictions in the *Applicable Regulations* section of this notice. 6. *Other Submission Requirements:* Applications for grants under this competition may be submitted electronically or in paper format by mail or hand delivery. *a. Electronic Submission of Applications.* We have been accepting applications electronically through the Department's e-Application system since FY 2000. In order to expand on those efforts and comply with the President's Management Agenda, we are continuing to participate as a partner in the new governmentwide *Grants.gov* Apply site in FY 2007. Preparation of Leadership Personnel—CFDA Number 84.325D is one of the competitions included in this project. We request your participation in *Grants.gov.* If you choose to submit your application electronically, you must use the *Grants.gov* Apply site at *http://www.Grants.gov.* Through this site, you will be able to download a copy of the application package, complete it offline, and then upload and submit your application. You may not e-mail an electronic copy of a grant application to us. You may access the electronic grant application for the Preparation of Leadership Personnel competition—CFDA Number 84.325D at: *http://www.grants.gov.* You must search for the downloadable application package for this program by the CFDA number. Do not include the CFDA number's alpha suffix in your search. Please note the following: • Your participation in *Grants.gov* is voluntary. • When you enter the *Grants.gov* site, you will find information about submitting an application electronically through the site, as well as the hours of operation. • Applications received by *Grants.gov* are time and date stamped. Your application must be fully uploaded and submitted, and must be date/time stamped by the *Grants.gov* system no later than 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application deadline date. Except as otherwise noted in this section, we will not consider your application if it is date/time stamped by the *Grants.gov* system later than 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application deadline date. When we retrieve your application from *Grants.gov,* we will notify you if we are rejecting your application because it was date/time stamped by the *Grants.gov* system after 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application deadline date. • The amount of time it can take to upload an application will vary depending on a variety of factors including the size of the application and the speed of your Internet connection. Therefore, we strongly recommend that you do not wait until the application deadline date to begin the application process through *Grants.gov.* • You should review and follow the Education Submission Procedures for submitting an application through *Grants.gov* that are included in the application package for this competition to ensure that you submit your application in a timely manner to the *Grants.gov* system. You can also find the Education Submission Procedures pertaining to *Grants.gov* at *http://e-Grants.ed.gov/help/GrantsgovSubmissionProcedures.pdf.* • To submit your application via *Grants.gov,* you must complete all of the steps in the *Grants.gov* registration process (see *http://www.grants.gov/applicants/get_registered.jsp* ). These steps include

(1)registering your organization,

(2)registering yourself as an Authorized Organization Representative (AOR), and

(3)getting authorized as an AOR by your organization. Details on these steps are outlined in the *Grants.gov* 3-Step Registration Guide (see *http://www.grants.gov/section910/Grants.govRegistrationBrochure.pdf* ). You also must provide on your application the same D-U-N-S Number used with this registration. Please note that the registration process may take five or more business days to complete, and you must have completed all registration steps to allow you to successfully submit an application via *Grants.gov.* • You will not receive additional point value because you submit your application in electronic format, nor will we penalize you if you submit your application in paper format. • You may submit all documents electronically, including all information typically included on the Application for Federal Education Assistance (ED 424), Budget Information—Non-Construction Programs (ED 524), and all necessary assurances and certifications. If you choose to submit your application electronically, you must attach any narrative sections of your application as files in a .DOC (document), .RTF (rich text) or .PDF (Portable Document) format. If you upload a file type other than the three file types specified above or submit a password protected file, we will not review that material. • Your electronic application must comply with any page limit requirements described in this notice. • After you electronically submit your application, you will receive an automatic acknowledgment from *Grants.gov* that contains a *Grants.gov* tracking number. The Department will retrieve your application from *Grants.gov* and send you a second confirmation by e-mail that will include a PR/Award number (an ED-specified identifying number unique to your application). • We may request that you provide us original signatures on forms at a later date. Application Deadline Date Extension in Case of System Unavailability If you are prevented from electronically submitting your application on the application deadline date because of technical problems with the *Grants.gov* system, we will grant you an extension until 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, the following business day to enable you to transmit your application electronically, or by hand delivery. You also may mail your application by following the mailing instructions as described elsewhere in this notice. If you submit an application after 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the deadline date, please contact the person listed elsewhere in this notice under *For Further Information Contact* , and provide an explanation of the technical problem you experienced with *Grants.gov,* along with the *Grants.gov* Support Desk Case Number (if available). We will accept your application if we can confirm that a technical problem occurred with the *Grants.gov* system and that that problem affected your ability to submit your application by 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application deadline date. The Department will contact you after a determination is made on whether your application will be accepted. Note: Extensions referred to in this section apply only to the unavailability of or technical problems with the *Grants.gov* system. We will not grant you an extension if you failed to fully register to submit your application to *Grants.gov* before the deadline date and time or if the technical problem you experienced is unrelated to the *Grants.gov* system. b. *Submission of Paper Applications by Mail.* If you submit your application in paper format by mail (through the U.S. Postal Service or a commercial carrier), you must mail the original and two copies of your application, on or before the application deadline date, to the Department at the applicable following address: *By mail through the U.S. Postal Service:* U.S. Department of Education, Application Control Center, Attention: (CFDA Number 84.325D), 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20202-4260 or *By mail through a commercial carrier:* U.S. Department of Education, Application Control Center—Stop 4260, Attention: (CFDA Number 84.325D), 7100 Old Landover Road, Landover, MD 20785-1506. Regardless of which address you use, you must show proof of mailing consisting of one of the following:

(1)A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service postmark,

(2)A legible mail receipt with the date of mailing stamped by the U.S. Postal Service,

(3)A dated shipping label, invoice, or receipt from a commercial carrier, or

(4)Any other proof of mailing acceptable to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education. If you mail your application through the U.S. Postal Service, we do not accept either of the following as proof of mailing:

(1)A private metered postmark, or

(2)A mail receipt that is not dated by the U.S. Postal Service. If your application is postmarked after the application deadline date, we will not consider your application. Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not uniformly provide a dated postmark. Before relying on this method, you should check with your local post office. c. *Submission of Paper Applications by Hand Delivery.* If you submit your application in paper format by hand delivery, you (or a courier service) must deliver the original and two copies of your application by hand, on or before the application deadline date, to the Department at the following address: US Department of Education, Application Control Center, Attention: (CFDA Number 84.325D), 550 12th Street, SW., Room 7041, Potomac Center Plaza, Washington, DC 20202-4260. The Application Control Center accepts hand deliveries daily between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, except Saturdays, Sundays and Federal holidays. Note: *Note for Mail or Hand Delivery of Paper Applications:* If you mail or hand deliver your application to the Department:

(1)You must indicate on the envelope and—if not provided by the Department—in Item 4 of ED 424 the CFDA number—and suffix letter, if any—of the competition under which you are submitting your application.

(2)The Application Control Center will mail a grant application receipt acknowledgment to you. If you do not receive the grant application receipt acknowledgment within 15 business days from the application deadline date, you should call the U.S. Department of Education Application Control Center at

(202)245-6288. V. Application Review Information 1. *Selection Criteria:* The selection criteria for this competition are from 34 CFR 75.210 and are listed in the application package. 2. *Treating a Priority as Two Separate Competitions:* In the past, there have been problems in finding peer reviewers without conflicts of interest for competitions in which many entities throughout the country submit applications. The Standing Panel requirements under IDEA also have placed additional constraints on the availability of reviewers. Therefore, the Department has determined that, for some discretionary competitions, applications may be separated into two or more groups and ranked and selected for funding within the specific group. This procedure will ensure the availability of a much larger group of reviewers without conflicts of interest. It also will increase the quality, independence and fairness of the review process and permit panel members to review applications under discretionary competitions for which they have also submitted applications. However, if the Department decides to select for funding an equal number of applications in each group, this may result in different cut-off points for fundable applications in each group. VI. Award Administration Information 1. *Award Notices:* If your application is successful, we notify your U.S. Representative and U.S. Senators and send you a Grant Award Notification (GAN). We may also notify you informally. If your application is not evaluated or not selected for funding, we notify you. 2. *Administrative and National Policy Requirements:* We identify administrative and national policy requirements in the application package and reference these and other requirements in the *Applicable Regulations* section of this notice. We reference the regulations outlining the terms and conditions of an award in the *Applicable Regulations* section of this notice and include these and other specific conditions in the GAN. The GAN also incorporates your approved application as part of your binding commitments under the grant. 3. *Reporting:* At the end of your project period, you must submit a final performance report, including financial information, as directed by the Secretary. If you receive a multi-year award, you must submit an annual performance report that provides the most current performance and financial expenditure information as specified by the Secretary in 34 CFR 75.118. In addition, to satisfy the requirements of the priority in this notice, you must submit annual data on each scholar who receives grant support through this program. 4. *Performance Measures:* Under the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (GPRA), the Department has established a set of performance measures that are designed to yield information on the effectiveness of the Personnel Development program. These measures include:

(1)The percentage of projects that incorporate scientifically-or evidence-based practices;

(2)the percentage of scholars who exit training programs prior to completion due to poor academic performance;

(3)the percentage of degree or certification recipients employed upon program completion who are working in the area(s) for which they were trained; and

(4)the percentage of degree or certification recipients employed upon program completion who are working in the area(s) for which they were trained and are fully qualified under IDEA. Grantees will be required to collect and report data on grant-supported scholars through the PPD Web site at *http://www.oespppd.org* (see paragraph

(b)under the *Absolute Priority* section of this notice). The Department also has developed long-term measures that are designed to yield information on various aspects of program quality. These measures include:

(1)The percentage of scholars completing IDEA-funded training programs who are knowledgeable and skilled in scientifically-or evidence-based practices for infants, toddlers, children and youth with disabilities; and

(2)the percentage of program graduates who maintain employment for three or more years in the area(s) for which they were trained). Grantees may be asked to participate in assessing and providing information on such long-term aspects of program quality. VII. Agency Contact *For Further Information Contact:* Robert Gilmore Ph.D., U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 4083, Potomac Center Plaza, Washington, DC 20202-2600. Telephone:

(202)245-7354. If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), you may call the Federal Relay Service

(FRS)at 1-800-877-8339. Individuals with disabilities may obtain this document in an alternative format (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer diskette) on request by contacting the following office: The Grants and Contracts Services Team, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Potomac Center Plaza, Washington, DC 20202-2550. Telephone:

(202)245-7363. VIII. Other Information *Electronic Access to This Document:* You may view this document, as well as all other documents of this Department published in the **Federal Register** , in text or Adobe Portable Document Format

(PDF)on the Internet at the following site: *http://www.ed.gov/news/fedregister* To use PDF you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available free at this site. If you have questions about using PDF, call the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO), toll free, at 1-888-293-6498; or in the Washington, DC, area at

(FY)2007 *Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

(CFDA)Number:* 84.325K. Note: This notice includes one absolute priority with four focus areas, and funding information for each focus area of the competition. *Dates:* Applications Available: August 11, 2006. *Deadline for Transmittal of Applications:* October 10, 2006. *Deadline for Intergovernmental Review:* December 11, 2006. *Eligible Applicants:* Institutions of higher education (IHEs). *Estimated Available Funds:* The Administration has requested $90,626,000 for the Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities program for FY 2007, of which we intend to use an estimated $11,692,000 for the Combined Priority for Personnel Preparation competition. The actual level of funding, if any, depends on final congressional action. However, we are inviting applications to allow enough time to complete the grant process if Congress appropriates funds for this program. For funding information regarding each of the specific focus areas of the absolute priority, see the chart in the Award Information section of this notice. *Estimated Range of Awards:* See chart. *Estimated Average Size of Awards:* See chart. *Maximum Awards:* See chart. *Estimated Number of Awards:* See chart. *Project Period:* Up to 48 months. Full Text of Announcement I. Funding Opportunity Description *Purpose of Program:* The purposes of this program are to

(1)Help address State-identified needs for highly qualified personnel—in special education, related services, early intervention, and regular education—to work with children with disabilities; and

(2)ensure that those personnel have the skills and knowledge—derived from practices that have been determined through research and experience to be successful—that are needed to serve those children. *Priorities:* In this competition, we are establishing one absolute priority (with four focus areas), a competitive preference priority within one of these four focus areas, one separate competitive preference priority, and two invitational priorities. In accordance with 34 CFR 75.105(b)(2)(v), these priorities are from allowable activities specified in the statute (see sections 662 and 681(d) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)). *Absolute Priority:* For FY 2007 this priority is, except as otherwise specified, an absolute priority. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3) we consider only applications that meet this priority. This priority is: *Combined Priority for Personnel Preparation Background:* State agencies, university training programs, local schools, and other community-based entities confirm the importance and difficulty of improving training programs for personnel to serve children with disabilities or infants and toddlers with disabilities. The national demand for fully credentialed special education, related services and early intervention personnel to serve children with disabilities also exceeds available supply. Thus, Federal support is required to improve both the quality and supply of personnel who serve children with disabilities. *Priority:* The purpose of this priority is to increase the number and quality of personnel who are fully credentialed to serve children with disabilities—especially in areas of chronic shortage—by supporting projects that prepare special education, early intervention, and related services personnel at the associate, baccalaureate, master's and specialist levels. In order to be eligible under this priority, programs must provide training and support for students to complete, within the term of the project, a degree, State certification, professional license, or State endorsement in early intervention, special education or related services. Programs preparing students to be special education paraprofessionals, related services assistants or educational interpreters are also eligible under this priority. *Combined Personnel Preparation Priority Requirements:* To be considered for an award under this priority, applicants must—

(a)Demonstrate, in the narrative section of the application under “Quality of Project Services”, how—

(1)Training requirements and required coursework for the proposed training program incorporate research-based practices that improve outcomes for children with disabilities (including relevant research citations);

(2)The program is designed to offer integrated training and practice opportunities that will enhance the skills of appropriate personnel who share responsibility for providing effective services to children with disabilities;

(3)The program prepares personnel to address the specialized needs of children with disabilities from diverse cultural and language backgrounds, including limited English proficient children with disabilities, by—

(i)Identifying the skills that personnel need to work effectively with culturally and linguistically diverse populations; and

(ii)Preparing personnel to use those skills through early intervention, special education, and related services training programs;

(4)If preparing beginning special educators, the program is designed to provide extended clinical learning opportunities, field experiences, or supervised practica (such as an additional year) and ongoing high quality mentoring and induction opportunities;

(5)The program includes field-based training opportunities for scholars (as defined in 34 CFR 304.3(g)) in diverse settings including schools and settings in high-poverty communities, rural areas, and urban areas;

(6)The proposed training program will enable scholars to be highly qualified in accordance with section 602(10) of IDEA in the State(s) to be served by the applicant;

(7)The training program equips scholars with the knowledge and skills necessary to assist children effectively in achieving State learning standards; and

(8)The training program provides student support systems (including tutors, mentors, and other innovative practices) to enhance student retention and success in the program;

(b)Include in the narrative section of the application under “Quality of Project Evaluation”, a clear, effective plan for evaluating the extent to which graduates of the training program have the knowledge and skills necessary to provide scientifically based or evidence-based instruction and services that result in improved outcomes for children with disabilities. Applicants also must clearly describe under “Quality of Project Evaluation” how the project will report these evaluation results to the Office of Special Education Programs

(OSEP)in the grantee's annual performance reports and final performance report;

(c)Meet the following statutory requirements of IDEA:

(1)Demonstrate that the activities described in the application will address needs identified by the State or States the applicant proposes to serve, the impact of the proposed project in meeting the need for personnel identified by the State(s), and that the State or States intend to accept successful completion of the proposed personnel preparation program as meeting State personnel standards, including standards established to implement the IDEA requirement that all teachers be highly qualified, or other requirements in State law or regulations for serving children with disabilities or serving infants and toddlers with disabilities (see sections 662(e)(2)(A), 662(e)(3), and 662(f)(1) and

(2)of IDEA). Letters from one or more States that the project proposes to serve could be one method for addressing these requirements.

(2)Demonstrate that the applicant will cooperate with one or more State educational agencies—or, if appropriate, State appointed lead agencies responsible for providing early intervention services—or local educational agencies in carrying out and monitoring the proposed project (see section 662(e)(2)(B) of IDEA).

(3)Demonstrate how the project involves individuals with disabilities or parents of individuals with disabilities ages birth through 26 in planning, implementing, and evaluating the project (see section 682(a)(1)(A) of IDEA).

(4)Ensure that individuals who receive financial assistance under the project agree to pay all or part of the amount of the scholarship, in accordance with section 662(h)(1) of IDEA and 34 CFR part 304. Applicants must describe how they will inform scholarship recipients of this service obligation requirement; and

(d)Meet the following additional requirements:

(1)Assure that at least 60 percent of the total requested budget per year be used for student training stipends.

(2)Budget for a three-day Project Director's meeting in Washington, DC, during each year of the project.

(3)If the project maintains a Web site, include relevant information and documents in a form that meets a government or industry-recognized standard for accessibility.

(4)Include, in the application appendix, all course syllabi for the proposed training program. Course syllabi must clearly reflect the incorporation of research-based curriculum and pedagogy as required under paragraph

(a)of this priority.

(5)Agree to submit electronically annual data on each scholar who receives grant support within 60 days after the end of each grant budget year. Applicants are encouraged to visit the Personnel Prep Data

(PPD)Web site at *http://www.osepppd.org* for further information. This data collection is in addition to and does not supplant the annual grant performance report required of each grantee for continuation funding (see 34 CFR 75.590). Focus Areas Within this absolute priority, the Secretary intends to support projects under the following four focus areas:

(a)Training Personnel to Serve Infants, Toddlers, and Pre-school Age Children with Disabilities,

(b)Training Personnel to Serve School Age Children with Low Incidence Disabilities,

(c)Training Personnel to Provide Related Services, Speech/Language Services, and Adapted Physical Education to Infants, Toddlers, Children and Youth with Disabilities, and

(d)Training Personnel in Minority Institutions to Serve Infants, Toddlers, Children and Youth with Disabilities. Note: Applicants *must* identify the specific focus area (i.e., (a), (b), (c), or (d), under which they are applying as part of the competition title on the application cover sheet (ED form 424, line 4). Applicants may not submit the same proposal under more than one focus area. *Focus Area a: Training Personnel to Serve Infants, Toddlers, and Pre-school Age Children with Disabilities.* For the purpose of this focus area, early intervention personnel are those who are trained to provide services to infants and toddlers with disabilities ages birth through two, and early childhood personnel are those who are trained to provide services to children with disabilities ages three through five (in States where the age range is other than ages three through five, we will defer to the State's certification for early childhood). In States where certification in early intervention

(EI)is combined with certification in early childhood (EC), applicants may propose a combined EI/EC training project under this focus area. Projects training related services, speech/language, or adapted physical education personnel are not eligible under this focus area (see Focus Area c). *Focus Area b: Training Personnel to Serve School Age Children with Low Incidence Disabilities.* For the purpose of this focus area, low incidence personnel are special education personnel, including paraprofessionals, trained to serve school-age children with low incidence disabilities including visual impairments, hearing impairments, simultaneous vision and hearing impairments, significant cognitive impairments (severe mental retardation), orthopedic impairments, autism, and traumatic brain injury. Programs preparing special education personnel to provide services to visually impaired or blind children that can be appropriately provided in Braille must prepare those individuals to provide those services in Braille. Projects training educational interpreters are eligible under this focus area. Projects training other related services, speech/language or adapted physical education personnel are not eligible under this focus area (see Focus Area c). Projects training special education pre-school personnel are eligible under Focus Area a. *Focus Area c: Training Personnel to Provide Related Services, Speech/Language Services, and Adapted Physical Education to Infants, Toddlers, Children and Youth with Disabilities.* Programs training related services, speech/language or adapted physical education personnel to serve infants, toddlers, children and youth with high-or low incidence disabilities are eligible within this focus area. For the purpose of this focus area, related services include, but are not limited to, psychological services, physical therapy, occupational therapy, therapeutic recreation, social work services, counseling services, audiology services (including personnel trained at the Doctor of Audiology level), and speech/language services. Training programs in States where personnel trained to serve children with speech/language impairments are considered to be special educators are eligible under this focus area. Projects training educational interpreters are not eligible under this focus area, but should apply under Focus Area b. *Focus Area d: Training Personnel in Minority Institutions to Serve Infants, Toddlers, Children and Youth with Disabilities.* Programs in minority institutions that are training special education personnel, including adapted physical education and related services personnel, to serve infants, toddlers, children and youth with high- or low incidence disabilities are eligible within this focus area. Minority institutions include institutions with a minority student enrollment of 25 percent or more, which may include Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Tribal Colleges, and Predominantly Hispanic Serving Colleges and Universities. Within this focus area, institutions that are recommended for funding in FY 2007 and that have not received support under the IDEA Personnel Development Program in FY 2006 will receive 10 competitive preference points. Under Focus Area d, a project may budget for less than the required percentage (60 percent) for student training support if the applicant can provide sufficient justification for any designation less than 60 percent for student scholarships. Sufficient justification for proposing less than 60 percent of the budget for student support would include support for activities such as program development, program expansion, or the addition of a new area of emphasis. Some examples include the following: • A project that is starting a new program may request up to a year for program development and capacity building. In the initial project year, no student support would be required. Instead, a project could hire a new faculty member or a consultant to assist in program development. • A project that is proposing to build capacity may hire a field supervisor so that additional students can be trained. • A project that is expanding or adding a new emphasis area to the program may hire additional faculty or other resources such as expert consultants, additional training supplies, or equipment that would enhance the program. Projects that are funded to develop, expand, or to add a new area of emphasis to special education or related services programs must provide information on how these new areas will be maintained once Federal funding ends. *Competitive Preference Priority:* For FY 2007, this priority is a competitive preference priority. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i) we award up to an additional five points to an application depending on how well the application meets this priority. This competitive preference priority is: *Recruitment of Individuals with Disabilities and Individuals from Underrepresented Groups:* We give competitive preference to IHEs based on the extent to which they successfully recruit individuals with disabilities and individuals from groups that are underrepresented in the profession for which they are preparing individuals. In the case of a new project, the applicant must submit a plan with strategies on how it will meet this competitive preference priority. Note: The statute does not authorize the selection of trainees on the basis of race, ethnicity, gender, or disability status. *Invitational Priorities:* For FY 2007 these priorities are invitational priorities. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(1) we do not give an application that meets these invitational priorities a competitive or absolute preference over other applications. These priorities are:

(1)In Focus Areas b and d, the Secretary is particularly interested in programs that prepare special educators who provide instruction in core academic areas to children with disabilities.

(2)The Secretary is also particularly interested in programs that provide enhanced support for beginning special educators (see section 662(b)(3) of IDEA). *Waiver of Proposed Rulemaking:* Under the Administrative Procedure Act

(APA)(5 U.S.C. 553), the Department generally offers interested parties the opportunity to comment on proposed priorities. However, section 681(d) of the IDEA makes the public comment requirements of the APA inapplicable to the priority in this notice. *Program Authority:* 20 U.S.C. 1462 and 1481. *Applicable Regulations:*

(a)The Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 84, 85, 86, 97, 98, and 99.

(b)The regulations for this program in 34 CFR part 304. II. Award Information *Type of Award:* Discretionary grants. *Estimated Available Funds:* The Administration has requested $90,626,000 for the Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities program for FY 2007, of which we intend to use an estimated $11,692,000 for the Combined Priority for Personnel Preparation competition. The actual level of funding, if any, depends on final congressional action. However, we are inviting applications to allow enough time to complete the grant process if Congress appropriates funds for this program. For funding information regarding each of the specific focus areas of the absolute priority, see the chart in this section of this notice. *Estimated Range of Awards:* See chart. *Estimated Average Size of Awards:* See chart. *Maximum Awards:* See chart. *Estimated Number of Awards:* See chart. *Project Period:* Up to 48 months. Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children With Disabilities Application Notice for Fiscal Year 2007 CFDA Number and name Estimated range of awards Estimated average size of awards Maximum award (per year) * Estimated number of awards 84.325K Combined Priority for Personnel Preparation: Focus Area a: Training Personnel to Serve Infants, Toddlers, and Pre-school Age Children with Disabilities $150,000-$200,000 $175,000 $200,000 13 Focus Area b: Training Personnel to Serve School Age Children with Low Incidence Disabilities $150,000-$200,000 $175,000 $200,000 17 Focus Area c: Training Personnel to Provide Related Services, Speech/Language Services, and Adapted Physical Education to Infants, Toddlers, Children and Youth with Disabilities $150,000-$200,000 $175,000 $200,000 14 Focus Area d: Training Personnel in Minority Institutions to Serve Infants, Toddlers, Children and Youth with Disabilities $150,000-$200,000 $175,000 $200,000 14 * We will reject any application that proposes a budget exceeding the maximum award specified for a single budget period of 12 months. The Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services may change the maximum amount through a notice published in the **Federal Register** . Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this notice. III. Eligibility Information 1. *Eligible Applicants:* IHEs. 2. *Cost Sharing or Matching:* This competition does not involve cost sharing or matching. IV. Application and Submission Information 1. *Address to Request Application Package:* Education Publications Center (ED Pubs), P.O. Box 1398, Jessup, MD 20794-1398. Telephone (toll free): 1-877-433-7827. FAX:

(301)470-1244. If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), you may call (toll free): 1-877-576-7734. You may also contact ED Pubs at its Web site: *http://www.ed.gov/pubs/edpubs.html* or you may contact ED Pubs at its e-mail address: *edpubs@inet.ed.gov.* If you request an application from ED Pubs, be sure to identify this competition as follows: CFDA Number 84.325K. Individuals with disabilities may obtain a copy of the application package in an alternative format (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer diskette) by contacting the Grants and Contracts Services Team listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII of this notice. 2. *Content and Form of Application Submission:* Requirements concerning the content of an application, together with the forms you must submit, are in the application package for this competition. *Page Limit:* The application narrative (Part III of the application) is where you, the applicant, address the selection criteria that reviewers use to evaluate your application. You must limit Part III to the equivalent of no more than 50 pages, using the following standards: • A “page” is 8.5″ x 11″, on one side only, with 1″ margins at the top, bottom, and both sides. • Double space (no more than three lines per vertical inch) all text in the application narrative, including titles, headings, footnotes, quotations, references, and captions, as well as all text in charts, tables, figures, and graphs. • Use a font that is either 12-point or larger or no smaller than 10 pitch (characters per inch). The page limit does not apply to Part I, the cover sheet; Part II, the budget section, including the narrative budget justification; Part IV, the assurances and certifications; or the one-page abstract, the resumes, the bibliography, the references, or the letters of support. However, you must include all of the application narrative in Part III. We will reject your application if— • You apply these standards and exceed the page limit; or • You apply other standards and exceed the equivalent of the page limit. 3. *Submission Dates and Times:* Applications Available: August 11, 2006. Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: October 10, 2006. Applications for grants under this competition may be submitted electronically using the *Grants.gov* Apply site ( *Grants.gov* ), or in paper format by mail or hand delivery. For information (including dates and times) about how to submit your application electronically, or by mail or hand delivery, please refer to section IV.6. *Other Submission Requirements* in this notice. We do not consider an application that does not comply with the deadline requirements. Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: December 11, 2006. 4. *Intergovernmental Review:* This program is subject to Executive Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR part 79. Information about Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs under Executive Order 12372 is in the application package for this competition. 5. *Funding Restrictions:* We reference regulations outlining funding restrictions in the *Applicable Regulations* section of this notice. 6. *Other Submission Requirements:* Applications for grants under this competition may be submitted electronically or in paper format by mail or hand delivery. a. *Electronic Submission of Applications.* We have been accepting applications electronically through the Department's e-Application system since FY 2000. In order to expand on those efforts and comply with the President's Management Agenda, we are continuing to participate as a partner in the new governmentwide *Grants.gov* Apply site in FY 2007. The Combined Priority for Personnel Preparation competition—CFDA Number 84.325K is one of the competitions included in this project. We request your participation in *Grants.gov* . If you choose to submit your application electronically, you must use the *Grants.gov* Apply site at *http://www.Grants.gov* . Through this site, you will be able to download a copy of the application package, complete it offline, and then upload and submit your application. You may not e-mail an electronic copy of a grant application to us. You may access the electronic grant application for the Combined Priority for Personnel Preparation competition—CFDA Number 84.325K at: *http://www.grants.gov* . You must search for the downloadable application package for this program by the CFDA number. Do not include the CFDA number's alpha suffix in your search. Please note the following: • Your participation in *Grants.gov* is voluntary. • When you enter the *Grants.gov* site, you will find information about submitting an application electronically through the site, as well as the hours of operation. • Applications received by *Grants.gov* are time and date stamped. Your application must be fully uploaded and submitted, and must be date/time stamped by the *Grants.gov* system no later than 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application deadline date. Except as otherwise noted in this section, we will not consider your application if it is date/time stamped by the *Grants.gov* system later than 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application deadline date. When we retrieve your application from *Grants.gov* , we will notify you if we are rejecting your application because it was date/time stamped by the *Grants.gov* system after 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application deadline date. • The amount of time it can take to upload an application will vary depending on a variety of factors including the size of the application and the speed of your Internet connection. Therefore, we strongly recommend that you do not wait until the application deadline date to begin the application process through Grants.gov. • You should review and follow the Education Submission Procedures for submitting an application through Grants.gov that are included in the application package for this competition to ensure that you submit your application in a timely manner to the Grants.gov system. You can also find the Education Submission Procedures pertaining to Grants.gov at *http://e-Grants.ed.gov/help/GrantsgovSubmissionProcedures.pdf.* • To submit your application via Grants.gov, you must complete all of the steps in the Grants.gov registration process (see *http://www.grants.gov/applicants/get_registered.jsp* ). These steps include

(1)Registering your organization,

(2)registering yourself as an Authorized Organization Representative (AOR), and

(3)getting authorized as an AOR by your organization. Details on these steps are outlined in the Grants.gov 3-Step Registration Guide (see *http://www.grants.gov/section910/Grants.govRegistrationBrochure.pdf* ). You also must provide on your application the same D-U-N-S Number used with this registration. Please note that the registration process may take five or more business days to complete, and you must have completed all registration steps to allow you to successfully submit an application via Grants.gov. • You will not receive additional point value because you submit your application in electronic format, nor will we penalize you if you submit your application in paper format. • You may submit all documents electronically, including all information typically included on the Application for Federal Education Assistance (ED 424), Budget Information—Non-Construction Programs (ED 524), and all necessary assurances and certifications. If you choose to submit your application electronically, you must attach any narrative sections of your application as files in a .DOC (document), .RTF (rich text) or .PDF (Portable Document) format. If you upload a file type other than the three file types specified above or submit a password protected file, we will not review that material. • Your electronic application must comply with any page limit requirements described in this notice. • After you electronically submit your application, you will receive an automatic acknowledgment from Grants.gov that contains a Grants.gov tracking number. The Department will retrieve your application from Grants.gov and send you a second confirmation by e-mail that will include a PR/Award number (an ED-specified identifying number unique to your application). • We may request that you provide us original signatures on forms at a later date. Application Deadline Date Extension in Case of System Unavailability If you are prevented from electronically submitting your application on the application deadline date because of technical problems with the Grants.gov system, we will grant you an extension until 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, the following business day to enable you to transmit your application electronically, or by hand delivery. You also may mail your application by following the mailing instructions as described elsewhere in this notice. If you submit an application after 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the deadline date, please contact the person listed elsewhere in this notice under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT , and provide an explanation of the technical problem you experienced with Grants.gov, along with the Grants.gov Support Desk Case Number (if available). We will accept your application if we can confirm that a technical problem occurred with the Grants.gov system and that that problem affected your ability to submit your application by 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application deadline date. The Department will contact you after a determination is made on whether your application will be accepted. Note: Extensions referred to in this section apply only to the unavailability of or technical problems with the Grants.gov system. We will not grant you an extension if you failed to fully register to submit your application to Grants.gov before the deadline date and time or if the technical problem you experienced is unrelated to the Grants.gov system. b. *Submission of Paper Applications by Mail* . If you submit your application in paper format by mail (through the U.S. Postal Service or a commercial carrier), you must mail the original and two copies of your application, on or before the application deadline date, to the Department at the applicable following address: *By mail through the U.S. Postal Service:* U.S. Department of Education, Application Control Center, Attention: (CFDA Number 84.325K), 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20202-4260; or *By mail through a commercial carrier:* U.S. Department of Education, Application Control Center—Stop 4260, Attention: (CFDA Number 84.325K), 7100 Old Landover Road, Landover, MD 20785-1506. Regardless of which address you use, you must show proof of mailing consisting of one of the following:

(1)A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service postmark,

(2)A legible mail receipt with the date of mailing stamped by the U.S. Postal Service,

(3)A dated shipping label, invoice, or receipt from a commercial carrier, or

(1)A private metered postmark, or

(2)A mail receipt that is not dated by the U.S. Postal Service. If your application is postmarked after the application deadline date, we will not consider your application. Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not uniformly provide a dated postmark. Before relying on this method, you should check with your local post office. c. *Submission of Paper Applications by Hand Delivery.* If you submit your application in paper format by hand delivery, you (or a courier service) must deliver the original and two copies of your application by hand, on or before the application deadline date, to the Department at the following address: U.S. Department of Education, Application Control Center, Attention: (CFDA Number 84.325K), 550 12th Street, SW., Room 7041, Potomac Center Plaza, Washington, DC 20202-4260. The Application Control Center accepts hand deliveries daily between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, except Saturdays, Sundays and Federal holidays. Note for Mail or Hand Delivery of Paper Applications: If you mail or hand deliver your application to the Department:

(202)245-6288. V. Application Review Information 1. *Selection Criteria:* The selection criteria for this competition are from 34 CFR 75.210 of EDGAR and are listed in the application package. 2. *Treating a Priority as Two Separate Competitions:* In the past, there have been problems in finding peer reviewers without conflicts of interest for competitions in which many entities throughout the country submit applications. The Standing Panel requirements under IDEA also have placed additional constraints on the availability of reviewers. Therefore, the Department has determined that, for some discretionary competitions, applications may be separated into two or more groups and ranked and selected for funding within the specific group. This procedure will ensure the availability of a much larger group of reviewers without conflicts of interest. It also will increase the quality, independence and fairness of the review process and permit panel members to review applications under discretionary competitions for which they have also submitted applications. However, if the Department decides to select for funding an equal number of applications in each group, this may result in different cut-off points for fundable applications in each group. VI. Award Administration Information 1. *Award Notices:* If your application is successful, we notify your U.S. Representative and U.S. Senators and send you a Grant Award Notification (GAN). We may also notify you informally. If your application is not evaluated or not selected for funding, we notify you. 2. *Administrative and National Policy Requirements:* We identify administrative and national policy requirements in the application package and reference these and other requirements in the *Applicable Regulations* section of this notice. We reference the regulations outlining the terms and conditions of an award in the *Applicable Regulations* section of this notice and include these and other specific conditions in the GAN. The GAN also incorporates your approved application as part of your binding commitments under the grant. 3. *Reporting:* At the end of your project period, you must submit a final performance report, including financial information, as directed by the Secretary. If you receive a multi-year award, you must submit an annual performance report that provides the most current performance and financial expenditure information as specified by the Secretary in 34 CFR 75.118. In addition, to satisfy the requirements of the absolute priority in this notice, you must submit annual data on each scholar who receives grant support through your project. 4. *Performance Measures:* Under the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (GPRA), the Department has established a set of performance measures that are designed to yield information on the effectiveness of the Personnel Development program. These measures include:

(1)The percentage of projects that incorporate scientifically-or evidence-based practices,

(2)the percentage of scholars who exit training programs prior to completion due to poor academic performance,

(3)the percentage of degree or certification recipients employed upon program completion who are working in the area(s) for which they were trained,

(4)the percentage of degree or certification recipients employed upon program completion who are working in the area(s) for which they were trained and are fully qualified under IDEA; and

(5)the percentage of degree/certification recipients who maintain employment in the area(s) for which they are trained for three or more years and are fully qualified under IDEA. Grantees will be required to collect and report data on grant-supported scholars through the PPD Web site at *http://www.oespppd.org* (see paragraph (d)(5) under the absolute priority section of this notice). The Department also has developed long-term measures that are designed to yield information on various aspects of program quality. These measures include:

(1)The percentage of scholars completing IDEA-funded training programs who are knowledgeable and skilled in scientifically- or evidence-based practices for infants, toddlers, children and youth with disabilities; and

(2)the percentage of low incidence positions that are filled by personnel who are fully qualified under IDEA. Grantees may be asked to participate in assessing and providing information on these long-term aspects of program quality. VII. Agency Contact *For Further Information Contact:* Maryann McDermott, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Potomac Center Plaza, room 4062, Washington, DC 20202-2600. Telephone:

(202)245-7439 or by e-mail: *maryann.mcdermott@ed.gov.* If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), you may call the Federal Relay Service

(PDF)on the Internet at the following site: *http://www.ed.gov/news/fedregister.* To use PDF you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available free at this site. If you have questions about using PDF, call the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO), toll free, at 1-888-293-6498; or in the Washington, DC, area at

(202)512-1530. Note: The official version of this document is the document published in the **Federal Register** . Free Internet access to the official edition of the **Federal Register** and the Code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO Access at: *http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/index.html.* Dated: August 8, 2006. John H. Hager, Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services. [FR Doc. E6-13213 Filed 8-10-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4000-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. RP03-36-018] Dauphin Island Gathering Partners; Notice of Negotiated Rate August 7, 2006. Take notice that on July 10, 2006, Dauphin Island Gathering Partners (Dauphin Island) tendered for filing as part of its FERC Gas Tariff, First Revised Volume No. 1, the following tariff sheets, with an effective date of August 9, 2006. Twenty-Sixth Revised Sheet No. 9 Twenty-First Revised Sheet No. 10 Eighth Revised Sheet No. 359 Any person desiring to intervene or to protest this filing must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214). Protests will be considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the proceeding. Any person wishing to become a party must file a notice of intervention or motion to intervene, as appropriate. Such notices, motions, or protests must be filed in accordance with the provisions of section 154.210 of the Commission's regulations (18 CFR 154.210). Anyone filing an intervention or protest must serve a copy of that document on the Applicant. Anyone filing an intervention or protest on or before the intervention or protest date need not serve motions to intervene or protests on persons other than the Applicant. The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and interventions in lieu of paper using the “eFiling” link at *http://www.ferc.gov.* Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 14 copies of the protest or intervention to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. This filing is accessible online at *http://www.ferc.gov,* using the “eLibrary” link and is available for review in the Commission's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an “eSubscription” link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov,* or call

(866)208-3676 (toll free). For TTY, call

(202)502-8659. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E6-13146 Filed 8-10-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [El Paso Natural Gas Company] Notice of Report Filing August 7, 2006. Take notice that on August 1, 2006, El Paso Natural Gas Company

(EPNG)submitted an “MDO Report” that details the results of its recently completed open bidding process by which delivery point operators were able to request higher Maximum Daily Obligations

(MDOs)under their related Rate Schedule OPAS agreements. EPNG requests that the Commission substitute this report for the MDO Report filed July 24, 2006 in the above listed proceeding. Any person desiring to protest this filing must file in accordance with Rule 211 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211). Protests to this filing will be considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the proceeding. Such protests must be filed on or before the date as indicated below. Anyone filing a protest must serve a copy of that document on all the parties to the proceeding. The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests in lieu of paper using the “eFiling” link at *http://www.ferc.gov.* Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 14 copies of the protest to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. This filing is accessible on-line at *http://www.ferc.gov,* using the “eLibrary” link and is available for review in the Commission's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an “eSubscription” link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov,* or call

(866)208-3676 (toll free). For TTY, call

(202)502-8659. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on August 15, 2006. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E6-13147 Filed 8-10-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. RP97-81-027] Kinder Morgan Interstate Gas Transmission LLC; Notice of Negotiated Rate August 7, 2006. Take notice that on August 2, 2006 Kinder Morgan Interstate Gas Transmission LLC (KMIGT) tendered for filing as part of its FERC Gas Tariff, Fourth Revised Volume No. 1-A, Seventh Revised Sheet No. 4H, to be effective August 1, 2006. KMIGT states that a copy of this filing has been served upon all parties to this proceeding, KMIGT's customers and affected state commissions. Any person desiring to intervene or to protest this filing must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214). Protests will be considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the proceeding. Any person wishing to become a party must file a notice of intervention or motion to intervene, as appropriate. Such notices, motions, or protests must be filed in accordance with the provisions of Section 154.210 of the Commission's regulations (18 CFR 154.210). Anyone filing an intervention or protest must serve a copy of that document on the Applicant. Anyone filing an intervention or protest on or before the intervention or protest date need not serve motions to intervene or protests on persons other than the Applicant. The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and interventions in lieu of paper using the “eFiling” link at *http://www.ferc.gov.* Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 14 copies of the protest or intervention to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. This filing is accessible on-line at *http://www.ferc.gov,* using the “eLibrary” link and is available for review in the Commission's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an “eSubscription” link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov,* or call

(866)208-3676 (toll free). For TTY, call

(202)502-8659. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E6-13144 Filed 8-10-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [ Docket No. EL06-96-000] Michigan South Central Power Agency; Notice of Filing August 4, 2006. Take notice that on August 1, 2006, pursuant to section 205 of the Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 824d, and 18 CFR Part 35 of the Commission's regulations, Michigan South Central Power Agency filed its revenue requirement and supporting data for the provision of cost-based Reactive Supply and Voltage Control under Schedule 2 of the Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc.'s Transmission and Energy Markets Tariff, to be effective October 1, 2006, pursuant to 18 CFR 35.3 of the Commission's requirements. Any person desiring to intervene or to protest this filing must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). Protests will be considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the proceeding. Any person wishing to become a party must file a notice of intervention or motion to intervene, as appropriate. Such notices, motions, or protests must be filed on or before the comment date. On or before the comment date, it is not necessary to serve motions to intervene or protests on persons other than the Applicant. The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and interventions in lieu of paper using the “eFiling” link at *http://www.ferc.gov.* Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 14 copies of the protest or intervention to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, SE., Washington, DC 20426. This filing is accessible on-line at *http://www.ferc.gov,* using the “eLibrary” link and is available for review in the Commission's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC There is an “eSubscription” link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov,* or call

(866)208-3676 (toll free). For TTY, call

(202)502-8659. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on August 31, 2006. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E6-13140 Filed 8-10-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Public Service Company of Oklahoma, (Docket No. EL06-95-000); Lawton Cogeneration, L.L.C., (Docket No. QF02-16-004); Notice of Filing August 4, 2006. Take notice on August 1, 2006, pursuant to Rule 215(a)(3)(i), Public Service Company of Oklahoma

(PSO)filed an amended motion for revocation of the qualifying facility

(QF)status of the cogeneration facility proposed by Lawton Cogeneration, L.L.C. (Lawton) which was obtained by self recertification and a petition for declaratory order asking the Commission to find: Any further amendments to the QF would render the Lawton Facility a new cogeneration facility pursuant to CFR 292.205(d); if the Lawton Facility does not meet the standards pursuant to § 292.205(a) when it commences operations, PSO will not have to purchase power from the Lawton Facility and cannot be compelled to enter into a contract that requires otherwise; if the Oklahoma Corporation Commission

(OCC)compels PSO to pay Lawton an avoided energy cost based on heat rate of a peaking plant it would be in contravention of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978; and that the OCC has no authority to compel PSO to name Lawton as a designated Network Resource of PSO, as such as is preempted by the Federal Power Act, an in any event Order 888 does not compel utilities to purchase transmission service for any third party. Any person desiring to intervene or to protest this filing must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). Protests will be considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the proceeding. Any person wishing to become a party must file a notice of intervention or motion to intervene, as appropriate. Such notices, motions, or protests must be filed on or before the comment date. Anyone filing a motion to intervene or protest must serve a copy of that document on the Applicant and all the parties in this proceeding. The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and interventions in lieu of paper using the “eFiling” link at *http://www.ferc.gov.* Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 14 copies of the protest or intervention to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. This filing is accessible on-line at *http://www.ferc.gov,* using the “eLibrary” link and is available for review in the Commission's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an “eSubscription” link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov,* or call

(866)208-3676 (toll free). For TTY, call

(202)502-8659. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on August 31, 2006. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E6-13143 Filed 8-10-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. RP06-464-000] Southwest Gas Transmission Company, A Limited Partnership; Notice of Proposed Changes In FERC Gas Tariff August 4, 2006. Take notice that on August 1, 2006, Southwest Gas Transmission Company, A Limited Partnership

(SGTC)tendered for filing as part of its FERC Gas Tariff, First Revised Volume No. 2, First Revised Sheet No. 16, to become effective August 31, 2006. SGTC states that it has served copies of its filing on its affected customer and interested state regulatory commission. Any person desiring to intervene or to protest this filing must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214). Protests will be considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the proceeding. Any person wishing to become a party must file a notice of intervention or motion to intervene, as appropriate. Such notices, motions, or protests must be filed in accordance with the provisions of Section 154.210 of the Commission's regulations (18 CFR 154.210). Anyone filing an intervention or protest must serve a copy of that document on the Applicant. Anyone filing an intervention or protest on or before the intervention or protest date need not serve motions to intervene or protests on persons other than the Applicant. The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and interventions in lieu of paper using the “eFiling” link at *http://www.ferc.gov.* Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 14 copies of the protest or intervention to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. This filing is accessible on-line at *http://www.ferc.gov,* using the “eLibrary” link and is available for review in the Commission's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an “eSubscription” link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov,* or call

(866)208-3676 (toll free). For TTY, call

(202)502-8659. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E6-13142 Filed 8-10-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [ Docket No. RP06-465-000] Texas Eastern Transmission, LP; Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC; Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline, L.L.C.; East Tennessee Natural Gas, LLC; Egan Hub Storage, LLC; Notice Requesting Temporary Waiver of Certain Tariff Provisions and NAESB Standards and Notice of Expedited Comment Period August 4, 2006. Take notice that on August 3, 2006, Texas Eastern Transmission, LP (Texas Eastern), Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC (Algonquin), Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline, L.L.C. (Maritimes), East Tennessee Natural Gas, LLC (East Tennessee) and Egan Hub Storage, LLC (Egan Hub) (together referred to as the “Pipelines”) requested temporary waiver of the following due to the Electronic Bulletin Board (“LINK®”) outages associated with the migration from the legacy computing platform and database: Texas Eastern General Terms and Conditions (“GT&C”): Section 2—Electronic Communications. Section 3.14—Capacity Release. Section 4.1—Scheduling of Storage and Transportation Services. Section 16.1—Informational Postings. Algonquin GT&C: Section 14—Capacity Release. Section 22—Nominations. Section 23.4—Scheduling Penalty. Section 31.2—Penalty Payment. Section 38.3—Informational Postings. Section 40—Electronic Communication. East Tennessee GT&C: Section 15—Scheduling of Receipts and Deliveries. Section 17—Temporary Release or Permanent Assignment of Rights to Firm Transportation Service. Section 18—Temporary Release or Permanent Assignment of Rights to LNG Service. Section 23—Electronic Communication. Section 35.5—Informational Postings. Section 47.6—Unauthorized Delivery Imbalance Charge. Maritimes GT&C: Section 2—Electronic Communication. Section 5—Service Nomination Procedure. Section 9—Capacity Release. Section 25.1—Informational Postings. Egan GT&C: Section 4—Capacity Release. Section 8—Nominations and Scheduling. Section 22.1—Informational Postings. Section 32—Electronic Communications. Flowing Gas Related Standards. Electronic Delivery Mechanism Related Standards. Capacity Release Related Standards. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) Regulations: Section 284.12—Standards for pipeline business operations and communications. Section 284.13—Reporting requirements for interstate pipelines. The Pipelines state that the conversion of LINK® from the current mainframe platform to a client-server platform will cause essentially all functions of LINK® to be unavailable commencing at 5 p.m. CCT on Friday, August 18, 2006 and projected to end at 5 a.m. CCT on Monday, August 21, 2006. Any person desiring to intervene or to protest this filing must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214). Protests will be considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the proceeding. Any person wishing to become a party must file a notice of intervention or motion to intervene, as appropriate. Such notices, motions, or protests must be filed on or before the date as indicated below. Anyone filing an intervention or protest must serve a copy of that document on the Applicant. Anyone filing an intervention or protest on or before the intervention or protest date need not serve motions to intervene or protests on persons other than the Applicant. The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and interventions in lieu of paper using the “eFiling” link at *http://www.ferc.gov* . Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 14 copies of the protest or intervention to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. This filing is accessible on-line at *http://www.ferc.gov,* using the “eLibrary” link and is available for review in the Commission's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an “eSubscription” link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov,* or call

(866)208-3676 (toll free). For TTY, call

(202)502-8659. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time August 9, 2006. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E6-13139 Filed 8-10-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [ Project No. 2145-060] Rocky Reach Hydroelectric Project; Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Rocky Reach Project August 4, 2006. In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or FERC) regulations contained in the Code of Federal Regulations

(CFR)(18 CFR Part 380 [FERC Order No. 486, 52 FR 47897]), the Office of Energy Projects staff (staff) has reviewed the application for a New Major License for the Rocky Reach Project (FERC No. 2145-060), located on the Columbia River in Chelan County, Washington, and has prepared a Final Environmental Impact Statement (final EIS) for the project. The project occupies about 152 acres of Federal lands managed by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service. The final EIS contains staff's analysis of the applicant's proposal and the alternatives for relicensing the Rocky Reach Project. The final EIS documents the views of the Commission staff and of government agencies, non-government organizations, affected Indian tribes, the public, and the license applicant. A copy of the final EIS is available for review in the Commission Public Reference Branch, Room 2A, located at 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. The final EIS may also be viewed on the Commission's Web site at *http://www.ferc.gov* under the eLibrary link. Enter docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket number field to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support at *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov* or toll-free at 1-866-208-3676, or for TTY, 202-502-8659. You may also register online at *http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp* to be notified via e-mail of new filings and issuances related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support. For further information, please contact Kim A. Nguyen at

(202)502-6105 or at *kim.nguyen@ferc.gov.* Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E6-13141 Filed 8-10-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. RM98-1-000] Records Governing Off-the Record Communications; Public Notice August 7, 2006. This constitutes notice, in accordance with 18 CFR 385.2201(b), of the receipt of prohibited and exempt off-the-record communications. Order No. 607 (64 FR 51222, September 22, 1999) requires Commission decisional employees, who make or receive a prohibited or exempt off-the-record communication relevant to the merits of a contested proceeding, to deliver to the Secretary of the Commission, a copy of the communication, if written, or a summary of the substance of any oral communication. Prohibited communications are included in a public, non-decisional file associated with, but not a part of, the decisional record of the proceeding. Unless the Commission determines that the prohibited communication and any responses thereto should become a part of the decisional record, the prohibited off-the-record communication will not be considered by the Commission in reaching its decision. Parties to a proceeding may seek the opportunity to respond to any facts or contentions made in a prohibited off-the-record communication, and may request that the Commission place the prohibited communication and responses thereto in the decisional record. The Commission will grant such a request only when it determines that fairness so requires. Any person identified below as having made a prohibited off-the-record communication shall serve the document on all parties listed on the official service list for the applicable proceeding in accordance with Rule 2010, 18 CFR 385.2010. Exempt off-the-record communications are included in the decisional record of the proceeding, unless the communication was with a cooperating agency as described by 40 CFR 1501.6, made under 18 CFR 385.2201(e)(1)(v). The following is a list of off-the-record communications recently received by the Secretary of the Commission. The communications listed are grouped by docket numbers in ascending order. These filings are available for review at the Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the Commission's Web site at *http://www.ferc.gov* using the eLibrary link. Enter the docket number, excluding the last three digits, in the docket number field to access the document. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov* or toll free at

(866)208-3676, or for TTY, contact

(202)502-8659. Exempt: Docket No. Date received Presenter or requester 1. CP05-420-000 8-1-06 Heinz J. Mueller. 2. CP06-12-000, CP06-13-000 8-1-06 Heinz J. Mueller. 3. CP06-369-000, CP06-275-000 7-27-06 Hon. Tim Murphy. 4. Project No. 1971-000 8-3-06 Donna L. Street. 5. Project No. 12053-000 8-1-06 Cindy Charles. 6. Project No. 12053-001 8-3-06 Alan Mitchnick. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E6-13145 Filed 8-10-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [ER-FRL-6678-2] Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of EPA Comments Availability of EPA comments prepared pursuant to the Environmental Review Process (ERP), under section 309 of the Clean Air Act and Section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental Policy Act as amended. Requests for copies of EPA comments can be directed to the Office of Federal Activities at 202-564-7167. An explanation of the ratings assigned to draft environmental impact statements

(EISs)was published in FR dated April 7, 2006 (71 FR 17845). Draft EISs *EIS No. 20060096, ERP No. D-BOP-B81010-NH,* Berlin, Coos County, Proposed Federal, Correctional Institution, Construction and, Operation, City of Berlin, Coos County, NH. *Summary:* EPA expressed environmental concerns about wetland impacts and mitigation. Rating EC2. *EIS No. 20060143, ERP No. D-NPS-B61025-MA,* Cape Cod National Seashore

(CACO)Hunting Program, General Management Plan, Implementation, Barnstable County, MA. *Summary:* EPA does not object to the proposed project. Rating LO. *EIS No. 20060152, ERP No. D-BLM-K65308-00,* Surprise Field Office Project, Resource, Management Plan, Implementation, Cedarville; Modoc and Lassen, CA and Washoe and Humboldt, Counties, NV. *Summary:* EPA expressed environmental concerns about potential impacts to vegetation, soils, and riparian areas from the Preferred Alternative, and requested that additional mitigation and measures be incorporated. Rating EC2. *EIS No. 20060208, ERP No. D-AFS-K65309-00,* Heavenly Mountain Resort Master Plan Amendment 2005 (MPA 05), Improve and Enhance the Resorts Over Winter and Summer Recreation Opportunities, Special-Use-Permit, Lake Tahoe Basin, El Dorado County, CA and Douglas County, NV. *Summary:* EPA expressed environmental concerns about impacts to water resources, habitat, and old growth forests. Rating EC2. Final EISs *EIS No. 20060107, ERP No. F-AFS-B65013-VT,* Green Mountain National Forest, Propose Revised Land and Resource Management Plan, Implementation, Forest Plan Revision, Addison, Bennington, Rutland, Washington, Windham and Windsor Counties, VT. *Summary:* EPA does not object to the proposed project. *EIS No. 20060291, ERP No. F-NOA-E91016-00,* Consolidated Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Tunas, Swordfish, and Shark and the Atlantic Billfish Fishery Management Plan, Implementation, Atlantic Coast, Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico. *Summary:* EPA does not object to the proposed action. Dated: August 8, 2006. Robert W. Hargrove, Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities. [FR Doc. E6-13160 Filed 8-10-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [ER-FRL-6678-1] Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability *Responsible Agency:* Office of Federal Activities, General Information

(202)564-7167 or *http://www.epa.gov/compliance/nepa/.* Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact Statements Filed 07/31/2006 Through 08/04/2006 Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9. *EIS No. 20060326, Final EIS, BOP, NH* , Berlin, Coos County, Proposed Federal Correctional Institution, Construction and Operation, City of Berlin, Coos County, NH, Wait Period Ends: 09/11/2006, Contact: Pamela J. Chandler 202-514-6470. *EIS No. 20060327, Final Supplement, AFS, CA* , Empire Vegetation Management Project, Additional Information to Clarify Previous Analysis, Vegetation, Fire/Fuels/Air Quality, Wildlife, Watershed, and Botanical Resource/Noxious Weeds, Mount Hough Ranger District, Plumas National Forest, Plumas County, CA, Wait Period Ends: 09/11/2006, Contact: Gary Rotta 530-283-0555. *EIS No. 20060328, Draft EIS, NRS, MA* , Cape Cod Water Resources Restoration Project, Restore Degraded Salt Marshes, Restore Anadromous Fish Passages, and Improve Water Quality for Shellfishing Area, Cape Cod, Barnstable County, MA, Comment Period Ends: 09/25/2006, Contact: Carl Gustafson 413-253-4302. *EIS No. 20060329, Final EIS, NRS, MO* , East Locust Creek Watershed Revised Plan, Installation of Multiple-Purpose Reservoir, Flood Prevention and Watershed Protection, Sullivan and Putnam Counties, MO, Wait Period Ends: 09/11/2006, Contact: Roger A. Hansen 573-876-0901. *EIS No. 20060330, Draft EIS, NOA, CA* , Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary (CINES) Project, Establishment of No-Take and Limited-Take Marine Zones, Protection of Sanctuary Biodiversity, CA, Comment Period Ends: 10/10/2006, Contact: Chris Mobley 805-966-7107. *EIS No. 20060331, Final EIS, FRC, WA* , Rocky Reach Hydroelectric Project, (FERC/DEIS-0184D), Application for a New License for the Existing 865.76 Megawatt Facility, Public Utility District No. 1 (PUD), Columbia River, Chelan County, WA, Wait Period Ends: 09/11/2006, Contact: Todd Sedmak 1-866-208-FERC. *EIS No. 20060332, Final Supplement, NOA, 00* , Amendment 26 to the Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish Fishery Management Plan, Proposed Individual Fishing Quota

(IFQ)Program to Reduce Overcapacity in the Commercial Red Snapper Fishery, Wait Period Ends: 09/11/2006, Contact: Roy E. Crabtree 727-824-5308. *EIS No. 20060333, Draft EIS, USA, MD* , U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), Construction and Operation of New USAMRIID Facilities and Decommissioning and Demolition and/or Re-use of Existing USAMRIID Facilities, Fort Detrick, MD, Comment Period Ends: 09/25/2006, Contact: Dave Hand 410-962-8154. *EIS No. 20060334, Final Supplement, UAF, 00* , Realistic Bomber Training Initiative, Addresses Impacts of Wake Vortices on Surface Structures, Dyess Air Force Base, TX and Barksdale Air Force Base, LA, Wait Period Ends: 09/11/2006, Contact: Sheryl Parker 757-764-9334. Amended Notices *EIS No. 20060318, Draft EIS, FHW, NC* , Greenville Southwest Bypass Study, Transportation Improvements to NC 11 and U.S. 264 Business, U.S. Army COE Section 404 Permit, Pitt County, NC, Comment Period Ends: 09/18/2006, Contact: John F. Sullivan, III 919-856-4346. Revision of FR Notice Published in 08/04/2006: Correction to State from NY to NC. Dated: August 8, 2006. Robert W. Hargrove, Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities. [FR Doc. E6-13207 Filed 8-10-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL-8208-6; Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2004-0002] Draft Toxicological Review of Dichlorobenzenes: In Support of Summary Information on the Integrated Risk Information System

(IRIS)AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of Extension of Public Comment Period and Rescheduled External Peer Review Panel Meeting. SUMMARY: The EPA is extending the public comment period and rescheduling an external peer review panel meeting to review selected sections of the final draft document titled, “Toxicological Review of Dichlorobenzenes: In Support of Summary Information on the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)” (EPA/635/R-03/015), related to the inhalation reference concentration

(RfC)and inhalation cancer assessment for 1,4-dichlorobenzene. The document was prepared by the National Center for Environmental Assessment

(NCEA)within EPA's Office of Research and Development. On July 11, 2006, EPA published a **Federal Register** notice (71 FR 39113) announcing a comment period that ended August 9 and an external peer review panel meeting that was scheduled for August 16. EPA is extending the public comment period to October 10, 2006, in response to requests. The external peer review panel meeting will be held on October 30, 2006. As previously stated in 71 FR 39113, EPA is releasing this draft document solely for the purpose of pre-dissemination peer review under applicable information quality guidelines. This document has not been formally disseminated by EPA. It does not represent and should not be construed to represent any Agency policy or determination. EPA will consider any public comments submitted in accordance with this notice when revising the document. DATES: The period for submission of comments on the final draft document will end on October 10, 2006. Technical comments should be in writing and must be received by EPA by October 10, 2006. Comments submitted to the EPA by October 10, 2006, will be provided to the external peer review panel prior to the teleconference meeting. The peer review panel meeting will be conducted on October 30, 2006, by teleconference and will begin at 1 p.m. and end at 4 p.m. Members of the public may call into the teleconference meeting and are invited to provide oral statements at the commencement of the teleconference. (For more information refer to the instructions for registration provided in the ADDRESSES section of this notice.) ADDRESSES: The external peer review panel meeting will be held by teleconference. Under an Interagency Agreement between EPA and the Department of Energy, the Oak Ridge Institute of Science and Education (ORISE) is organizing, convening, and conducting the peer review panel meeting. To obtain the teleconference call-in number and access code, register by October 10, 2006, by calling ORISE, P.O. Box 117, MS 17, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-0117, at

(865)576-2922 or

(865)241-3168 (facsimile). Interested parties may also register on-line at: *http://www.orau.gov/dichlorobenzene.* The draft “Toxicological Review of Dichlorobenzenes: In Support of Summary Information on the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)” (EPA/635/R-03/015) is available primarily via the Internet on NCEA's home page under the Recent Additions menu at *http://www.epa.gov/ncea* . A limited number of paper copies are available by contacting the IRIS Hotline at

(202)566-1676,

(202)566-1749 (facsimile), or *hotline.iris@epa.gov* . If you are requesting a paper copy, please provide your name, mailing address, the document title, and the EPA number of the requested publication. Copies are not available from ORISE. Copies of the study by Aiso *et al.* (2005), referenced in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice are available from the IRIS Hotline in paper or electronic format. If you are requesting a copy, please provide your name, mailing address or e-mail address, and document citation: Aiso *et al.*

(2005)Carcinogenicity and chronic toxicity in mice and rats exposed by inhalation to para-dichlorobenzene for two years. J Vet Med Sci 67(10):1019-1029. EPA is providing this study in the interest of transparency. EPA does not endorse or support the study or its findings. Technical comments may be submitted electronically via *http://www.regulations.gov* , by mail, by facsimile, or by hand delivery/courier. Please follow the detailed instructions provided in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions regarding registration and logistics for the external peer review panel teleconference should be directed to Margaret Lyday, ORISE, P.O. Box 117, MS 17, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-0117, at

(865)576-2922 or

(865)241-3168 (facsimile), *lydaym@orau.gov* (e-mail). If you have questions about the document, contact Audrey Galizia, Chemical Manager, National Center for Environmental Assessment telephone:

(732)906-6887 facsimile:

(732)452-6429 e-mail: *galizia.audrey@epa.gov* . SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Information About the Document IRIS is a database that contains Agency scientific positions on potential adverse human health effects that may result from chronic (or lifetime) exposure to specific chemical substances found in the environment. The database (available on the Internet at *http://www.epa.gov/iris* ) contains qualitative and quantitative health effects information for more than 500 chemical substances that may be used to support the first two steps (hazard identification and dose-response evaluation) of the risk assessment process. When supported by available data, the database provides oral reference doses

(RfDs)and inhalation reference concentrations

(RfCs)for chronic health effects, and oral slope factors and inhalation unit risks for carcinogenic effects. Combined with specific exposure information, government and private entities use IRIS to help characterize public health risks of chemical substances in a site-specific situation and thereby support risk management decisions designed to protect public health. 1,4-Dichlorobenzene is widely used as a space deodorant for toilets and refuse containers, as a moth repellent in moth balls or crystals, and in other pesticide applications. The current IRIS assessment for 1,4-dichlorobenzene was placed on the database in 1994 and contains an inhalation RfC. A reassessment of the potential health effects of dichlorobenzenes has been undertaken. The draft assessment for dichlorobenzenes (including the 1,2-, 1,3-, and 1,4-isomers) was subject to an external peer review and 30-day public comment period in February 2004 (69 FR 4514, January 30, 2004). The scope of the current external peer review and public comment is limited to the analyses based on a chronic inhalation bioassay of 1,4-dichlorobenzene published in the peer-reviewed literature (Aiso *et al.* , 2005. J Vet Med Sci 67(10):1019-29) that was not included in the February 2004 external peer review draft. This study was identified originally as an unpublished study report by the Japan Bioassay Research Center (JBRC, 1995). Data from Aiso *et al.*

(2005)were used subsequently in the quantitative dose-response assessments for the 1,4-dichlorobenzene RfC and inhalation cancer assessment. II. How To Submit Technical Comments to the Docket at www.regulations.gov Note: The EPA Docket Center suffered damage due to flooding during the last week of June 2006. The Docket Center is continuing to operate. However, during the cleanup, there will be temporary changes to Docket Center telephone numbers, addresses, and hours of operation for people who wish to make hand deliveries or visit the Public Reading Room to view documents. Consult EPA's **Federal Register** notice at 71 FR 38147 (July 5, 2006) or the EPA Web site at *http://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm* for current information on docket operations, locations and telephone numbers. The Docket Center's mailing address for U.S. mail and the procedure for submitting comments to *http://www.regulations.gov* are not affected by the flooding and will remain the same. Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD 2004-0002 by one of the following methods: • *http://www.regulations.gov:* Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. • E-mail: *ORD.Docket@epa.gov* . • Mail: Office of Environmental Information

(OEI)Docket (Mail Code: 2822T), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460. The phone number is

(202)566-1752. • Hand Delivery: The OEI Docket is located in the EPA Headquarters Docket Center, EPA West Building, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Public Reading Room is

(202)566-1744. Such deliveries are only accepted during the docket's normal hours of operation, and special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information. If you provide comments in writing, please submit one unbound original with pages numbered consecutively, and three copies of the comments. For attachments, provide an index, number pages consecutively with the comments, and submit an unbound original and three copies. *Instructions:* Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2004-0002. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the public docket without change and may be made available online at *http://www.regulations.gov* , including any personal information provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be Confidential Business Information

(CBI)or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through *http://www.regulations.gov* or e-mail. The *http://www.regulations.gov* Web site is an “anonymous access” system, which means EPA will not know your identity or contact information unless you provide it in the body of your comment. If you send an e-mail comment directly to EPA without going through *http://www.regulations.gov* , your e-mail address will be automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is placed in the public docket and made available on the Internet. If you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you include your name and other contact information in the body of your comment and with any disk or CD-ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic files should avoid the use of special characters, any form of encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses. For additional information about EPA's public docket visit the EPA Docket Center homepage at *http://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm.* *Docket:* All documents in the docket are listed in the *http://www.regulations.gov* index. Although listed in the index, some information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only in hard copy. Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically in *http://www.regulations.gov* or in hard copy at the OEI Docket in the EPA Headquarters Docket Center. Dated: August 4, 2006. P.W. Preuss, Director, National Center for Environmental Assessment. [FR Doc. E6-13205 Filed 8-10-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL-8209-3] Meeting of the Mobile Sources Technical Review Subcommittee AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of meeting. SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, notice is hereby given that the Mobile Sources Technical Review Subcommittee (MSTRS) will meet on October 4, 2006. This is an open meeting. The meeting will include discussion of current topics and presentations about activities being conducted by EPA's Office of Transportation and Air Quality. The preliminary agenda for the meeting, as well as the minutes from the previous (March 2006) meeting will be posted on the Subcommittee's Web site: *http://www.epa.gov/air/caaac/mobile_sources.html.* MSTRS listserver subscribers will receive notification when the agenda is available on the Subcommittee Web site. To subscribe to the MSTRS listserver, go to *https://lists.epa.gov/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=mstrs.* The site contains instructions and prompts for subscribing to the listserver service. DATES: Wednesday, October 4, 2006 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn Rosslyn/Key Bridge, 1900 North Fort Myer Drive, Arlington, VA. Phone 703-807-2000. The hotel is located one block from the Rosslyn Metro Station, and is approximately 15 minutes from Washington National Airport by taxi. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For technical information: John Guy, Designated Federal Officer, Transportation and Regional Programs Division, Mailcode 6406J, U.S. EPA, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; Ph: 202-343-9276; e-mail, * guy.john@epa.gov.* *For logistical and administrative information:* Ms. Patty Truesdale, U.S. EPA, Transportation and Regional Programs Division, Mailcode 6406J, U.S. EPA, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; 202-343-9401. *Background on the work of the Subcommittee is available at: http://www.epa.gov/air/caaac/mobile_sources.html.* Individuals or organizations wishing to provide comments to the Subcommittee should submit them to Mr. Guy at the address above by September 26, 2006. The Subcommittee expects that public statements presented at its meetings will not be repetitive of previously submitted oral or written statements. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: During the meeting, the Subcommittee may also hear progress reports from some of its workgroups as well as updates and announcements on activities of general interest to attendees. Dated: August 7, 2006. Christopher Grundler, Acting Director, Office of Transportation and Air Quality. [FR Doc. E6-13156 Filed 8-10-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL-8209-1] EPA Science Advisory Board; Notification of Public Meetings of the Integrated Human Exposure and Environmental Health Committees AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency

(EPA)Science Advisory Board

(SAB)Staff Office announces two public meetings of the Integrated Human Exposure Committee

(IHEC)and Environmental Health Committee

(EHC)to conduct a consultation on the efforts of the EPA to improve its risk assessment practices and to update its Exposure Guidelines. DATES: September 6-7, 2006; the meeting regarding the EPA Risk Assessment Principles and Practices will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Eastern Time) on Wednesday, September 6, 2006, and the Guidelines for Exposure Assessment will be held from 9 am to 4 pm (Eastern Time) on Thursday September 7, 2006. *Location:* The meetings will take place at the Science Advisory Board Conference Center, 1025 F St., NW., Washington DC 20004. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public wishing to obtain general information concerning this meeting should contact Dr. Sue Shallal, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), EPA Science Advisory Board (1400F), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; via telephone/voice mail:

(202)343-9977; fax:

(202)233-0643; or e-mail at: *shallal.suhair@epa.gov.* General information concerning the EPA Science Advisory Board can be found on the EPA Web Site at: *http://www.epa.gov/sab.* *Technical Contact:* Any questions concerning the Risk Assessment Principles and Practices Staff Paper should be directed to Dr. William Sette, OSA, at phone:

(202)564-0693, or e-mail: *sette.william@epa.gov.* Any questions concerning the update of the EPA Guidelines for Exposure Assessment should be directed to Mr. Gary Bangs, RAF, at phone:

(202)564-6667 or e-mail: *bangs.gary@epa.gov.* SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, notice is hereby given that the SAB Integrated Human Exposure Committee and the Environmental Health Committee will hold two public meetings to conduct a consultation on the efforts of the EPA to improve its risk assessment practices and to update its Exposure Guidelines. The SAB was established by 42 U.S.C. 4365 to provide independent scientific and technical advice to the Administrator on the technical basis for Agency positions and regulations. The SAB is a Federal Advisory Committee chartered under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), as amended, 5 U.S.C., App. The SAB will comply with the provisions of FACA and all appropriate SAB Staff Office procedural policies. *Background:* In March 2004, EPA issued a staff paper entitled, “An Examination of EPA Risk Assessment Principles and Practices” (available at: *http://www.epa.gov/osa/pdfs/ratf-final.pdf* ). The staff paper presented the perspectives of EPA risk assessors on their understanding of how risk assessments are conducted in EPA and staff recommendations for strengthening and improving its practices. EPA is seeking the SAB's recommendations regarding their current and planned activities to improve risk assessment. In addition, in 1992, EPA's Guidelines for Exposure Assessment (available at: *http://cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/cfm/recordisplay.cfm?deid=15263* ) was published. Exposure assessment has changed significantly with the advancement of probabilistic analyses, human activity factors, and consideration of susceptible populations and life stages. EPA is now seeking advice on the scope and content of this update from the SAB. *Availability of Meeting Materials:* The draft agendas and other materials will be posted on the SAB Web site at: *http://www.epa.gov/sab/* prior to the meetings. *Procedures for Providing Public Input:* Interested members of the public may submit relevant written or oral information for these SAB committees to consider during the consultative process. *Oral Statements:* In general, individuals or groups requesting an oral presentation at a public meeting will be limited to five minutes per speaker, with no more than a total of one hour for all speakers. Interested parties should contact Dr. Sue Shallal, DFO, in writing (preferably via e-mail), by August 29, 2006, at the contact information noted above, to be placed on the public speaker list for this meeting. *Written Statements:* Written statements should be received in the SAB Staff Office by August 25, 2006, so that the information may be made available to the SAB committees for their consideration prior to this meeting. Written statements should be supplied to the DFO in the following formats: one hard copy with original signature, and one electronic copy via e-mail (acceptable file format: Adobe Acrobat PDF, WordPerfect, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, or Rich Text files in IBM-PC/Windows 98/2000/XP format). *Accessibility:* For information on access or services for individuals with disabilities, please contact Dr. Sue Shallal at

(202)343-9977 or *shallal.suhair@epa.gov.* To request accommodation of a disability, please contact Dr. Shallal preferably at least ten days prior to the meeting, to give EPA as much time as possible to process your request. Dated: August 7, 2006. Anthony F. Maciorowski, Associate Director for Science, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office. [FR Doc. E6-13158 Filed 8-10-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0678; FRL-8085-8] Notice of Filing of a Pesticide Petition for Establishment of Regulations for Residues of Acequinocyl and Its Metabolite Acequinocyl-OH in or on Tree Nuts (Crop Group 14) Commodities AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: This notice announces the initial filing of a pesticide petition proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of acequinocyl (3-dodecyl-1,4-dihydro-1,4-dioxo-2-naphthyl acetate) and its metabolite 2-dodecyl-3-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone (acequinocyl-OH) expressed as acequinocyl equivalents in or on tree nuts (Crop Group 14) commodities. DATES: Comments must be received on or before September 11, 2006. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification

(ID)number EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0678 and pesticide petition number

(PP)6F7040, by one of the following methods: • *Federal eRulemaking Portal* : *http://www.regulations.gov* . Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments. • *Mail* : Office of Pesticide Programs

(OPP)Public Regulatory Docket (7502P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001. • *Delivery* : OPP Public Regulatory Docket (7502P), Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA. Deliveries are only accepted during the Docket's normal hours of operation (8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays). Special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information. The Docket telephone number is

(703)305-5805. *Instructions* : Direct your comments to docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0678. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the docket without change and may be made available on-line at *http://www.regulations.gov* , including any personal information provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be Confidential Business Information

(CBI)or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through regulations.gov or e-mail. The Federal regulations.gov website is an “anonymous access” system, which means EPA will not know your identity or contact information unless you provide it in the body of your comment. If you send an e-mail comment directly to EPA without going through regulations.gov, your e-mail address will be automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is placed in the docket and made available on the Internet. If you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you include your name and other contact information in the body of your comment and with any disk or CD-ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic files should avoid the use of special characters, any form of encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses. *Docket* : All documents in the docket are listed in the docket index. Although listed in the index, some information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such as copyrighted material, is not placed on the Internet and will be publicly available only in hard copy form. Publicly available docket materials are available either in the electronic docket at *http://www.regulations.gov* , or, if only available in hard copy, at the OPP Public Regulatory Docket in Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA. The hours of operation of this Docket Facility are from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The Docket telephone number is

(703)305-5805. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marilyn Mautz, Registration Division, (7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number:

(703)305-6785; e-mail address: *mautz.marilyn@epa.gov.* SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. General Information A. Does this Action Apply to Me? You may be potentially affected by this action if you are an agricultural producer, food manufacturer, or pesticide manufacturer. Potentially affected entities may include, but are not limited to: • Crop production (NAICS code 111). • Animal production (NAICS code 112). • Food manufacturing (NAICS code 311). • Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS code 32532). This listing is not intended to be exhaustive, but rather provides a guide for readers regarding entities likely to be affected by this action. Other types of entities not listed in this unit could also be affected. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) codes have been provided to assist you and others in determining whether this action might apply to certain entities. If you have any questions regarding the applicability of this action to a particular entity, consult the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT . B. What Should I Consider as I Prepare My Comments for EPA? 1. *Submitting CBI* . Do not submit this information to EPA through regulations.gov or e-mail. Clearly mark the part or all of the information that you claim to be CBI. For CBI information in a disk or CD ROM that you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the disk or CD ROM as CBI and then identify electronically within the disk or CD ROM the specific information that is claimed as CBI. In addition to one complete version of the comment that includes information claimed as CBI, a copy of the comment that does not contain the information claimed as CBI must be submitted for inclusion in the public docket. Information so marked will not be disclosed except in accordance with procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2. 2. *Tips for preparing your comments* . When submitting comments, remember to: i. Identify the document by docket ID number and other identifying information (subject heading, **Federal Register** date and page number). ii. Follow directions. The Agency may ask you to respond to specific questions or organize comments by referencing a Code of Federal Regulations

(CFR)part or section number. iii. Explain why you agree or disagree; suggest alternatives and substitute language for your requested changes. iv. Describe any assumptions and provide any technical information and/or data that you used. v. If you estimate potential costs or burdens, explain how you arrived at your estimate in sufficient detail to allow for it to be reproduced. vi. Provide specific examples to illustrate your concerns and suggest alternatives. vii. Explain your views as clearly as possible, avoiding the use of profanity or personal threats. viii. Make sure to submit your comments by the comment period deadline identified. II. What Action is the Agency Taking? EPA is printing a summary of each pesticide petition received under section 408 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), 21 U.S.C. 346a, proposing the establishment or amendment of regulations in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of pesticide chemicals in or on various food commodities. EPA has determined that this pesticide petition contains data or information regarding the elements set forth in FFDCA section 408(d)(2); however, EPA has not fully evaluated the sufficiency of the submitted data at this time or whether the data support granting of the pesticide petition. Additional data may be needed before EPA rules on this pesticide petition. Pursuant to 40 CFR 180.7(f), a summary of the petition included in this notice, prepared by the petitioner along with a description of the analytical method available for the detection and measurement of the pesticide chemical residues is available on EPA's Electronic Docket at *http://www.regulations.gov* . To locate this information on the home page of EPA's Electronic Docket, select “Quick Search” and type the OPP docket ID number. Once the search has located the docket, clicking on the “Docket ID” will bring up a list of all documents in the docket for the pesticide including the petition summary. New Tolerance *PP 6F7040.* Arysta LifeScience North America Corporation, 15401 Weston Pkwy., Suite 150, Cary, NC 27513, proposes to establish a tolerance for residues of the insecticide acequinocyl (3-dodecyl-1,4-dihydro-1,4-dioxo-2-naphthyl acetate) and its metabolite 2-dodecyl-3-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone (acequinocyl-OH) expressed as acequinocyl equivalents in or on food commodity tree nuts (Crop Group 14) at 0.02 parts per million (ppm). The analytical method to quantitate residues of acequinocyl and acequinocyl-OH in/on nut crops utilizes high pressure liquid chromatography

(HPLC)using mass spectrometric (MS/MS) detection. The target limit of quantitation

(LOQ)is 0.01 ppm. List of Subjects Environmental protection, Agricultural commodities, Feed additives, Food additives, Pesticides and pests, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements. Dated: August 4, 2006. Donald R. Stubbs, Acting Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs. [FR Doc. E6-13172 Filed 8-10-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0530; FRL-8076-7] Pyridalyl; Receipt of Application for Emergency Exemption, Solicitation of Public Comment AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: EPA has received a specific exemption request from the Georgia Department of Agriculture to use the pesticide pyridalyl (CAS No. 179101-81-6) to treat up to 32,000 acres of Brassica leafy vegetables and turnip greens to control diamondback moth larvae. The Applicant proposes the use of a new chemical which has not been registered by the EPA. EPA is soliciting public comment before making the decision whether or not to grant the exemption. DATES: Comments must be received on or before August 28, 2006. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification

(ID)number EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0530, by one of the following methods: • Federal eRulemaking Portal: *http://www.regulations.gov* . Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments. • *Mail* : Office of Pesticide Programs

(OPP)Regulatory Public Docket (7502P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001. • *Delivery* : OPP Regulatory Public Docket (7502P), Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South Building), 2777 S. Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA. Deliveries are only accepted during the Docket's normal hours of operation (8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays). Special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information. The Docket telephone number is

(703)305-5805. *Instructions* : Direct your comments to docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0530. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the docket without change and may be made available on-line at *http://www.regulations.gov* , including any personal information provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be Confidential Business Information

(CBI)or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through regulations.gov or e-mail. The Federal regulations.gov website is an “anonymous access” system, which means EPA will not know your identity or contact information unless you provide it in the body of your comment. If you send an e-mail comment directly to EPA without going through regulations.gov, your e-mail address will be automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is placed in the docket and made available on the Internet. If you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you include your name and other contact information in the body of your comment and with any disk or CD-ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic files should avoid the use of special characters, any form of encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses. *Docket* : All documents in the docket are listed in the docket index. Although listed in the index, some information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such as copyrighted material, is not placed on the Internet and will be publicly available only in hard copy form. Publicly available docket materials are available either in the electronic docket at *http://www.regulations.gov* , or, if only available in hard copy, at the OPP Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South Building), 2777 S. Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA. The hours of operation of this Docket Facility are from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The Docket telephone number is

(703)305-5805. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrea Conrath, Registration Division (7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number:

(703)308-9356; e-mail address: *conrath.andrea@epa.gov* . SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. General Information A. Does this Action Apply to Me? You may be potentially affected by this action if you are an agricultural producer, food manufacturer, or pesticide manufacturer. Potentially affected entities may include, but are not limited to: • Crop production (NAICS code 111). • Animal production (NAICS code 112). • Food manufacturing (NAICS code 311). • Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS code 32532). This listing is not intended to be exhaustive, but rather provides a guide for readers regarding entities likely to be affected by this action. Other types of entities not listed in this unit could also be affected. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) codes have been provided to assist you and others in determining whether this action might apply to certain entities. If you have any questions regarding the applicability of this action to a particular entity, consult the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT . B. What Should I Consider as I Prepare My Comments for EPA? 1. *Submitting CBI* . Do not submit this information to EPA through www.regulations.gov or e-mail. Clearly mark the part or all of the information that you claim to be CBI. For CBI information in a disk or CD ROM that you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the disk or CD ROM as CBI and then identify electronically within the disk or CD ROM the specific information that is claimed as CBI). In addition to one complete version of the comment that includes information claimed as CBI, a copy of the comment that does not contain the information claimed as CBI must be submitted for inclusion in the public docket. Information so marked will not be disclosed except in accordance with procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2. 2. *Tips for preparing your comments* . When submitting comments, remember to: i. Identify the document by docket ID number and other identifying information (subject heading, **Federal Register** date and page number). ii. Follow directions. The Agency may ask you to respond to specific questions or organize comments by referencing a Code of Federal Regulations

(CFR)part or section number. iii. Explain why you agree or disagree; suggest alternatives and substitute language for your requested changes. iv. Describe any assumptions and provide any technical information and/or data that you used. v. If you estimate potential costs or burdens, explain how you arrived at your estimate in sufficient detail to allow for it to be reproduced. vi. Provide specific examples to illustrate your concerns and suggest alternatives. vii. Explain your views as clearly as possible, avoiding the use of profanity or personal threats. viii. Make sure to submit your comments by the comment period deadline identified. II. Background What Action is the Agency Taking? Under section 18 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) (7 U.S.C. 136p), at the discretion of the Administrator, a Federal or State agency may be exempted from any provision of FIFRA if the Administrator determines that emergency conditions exist which require the exemption. The Georgia Department of Agriculture has requested the Administrator to issue a specific exemption for the use of pyridalyl on Brassica leafy vegetables and turnip greens to control diamondback moth larvae. Information in accordance with 40 CFR part 166 was submitted as part of this request. As part of this request, the Applicant asserts that, the available alternative controls are no longer providing adequate control, and asserts that resistance to some of them may be developing. The Applicant claims that another control chemical is needed to use in rotation with registered materials, to maintain season long control of the diamondback moth in these crops, and that without adequate control, significant economic losses will be suffered. The Applicant proposes to make no more than 4 applications of pyridalyl, at a rate of up to 0.2 lbs. active ingredient (a.i.) per acre (no more than 0.8 lbs. a.i. total), on up to 32,000 acres, to Brassica leafy vegetables (including but not limited to cabbage, collard greens, mustard greens, kale) and turnip greens, in Georgia, for use year round, resulting in use of up to a total of 25,600 lbs. a.i. total. This notice does not constitute a decision by EPA on the application itself. The regulations governing section 18 of FIFRA require publication of a notice of receipt of an application for a specific exemption proposing use of a new chemical (i.e., an active ingredient) which has not been registered by the EPA. The notice provides an opportunity for public comment on the application. The Agency, will review and consider all comments received during the comment period in determining whether to issue the specific exemption requested by the Georgia Department of Agriculture. List of Subjects Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests. Dated: August 2, 2006. Lois Rossi, Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs. [FR Doc. E6-13036 Filed 8-10-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0129; FRL-8071-9] Final NAFTA Guidance for Conducting Terrestrial Field Dissipation Studies AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: Under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), EPA and the Canadian Pest Management Regulatory Agency

(PMRA)have agreed to harmonize their testing guidelines so that one set of tests can be used for the registration of pesticides in Canada and the United States. The NAFTA harmonized guidance for terrestrial field dissipation

(TFD)studies are conducted to demonstrate the transformation, transport, and fate of pesticides under representative actual use conditions. These field studies are needed to substantiate the physicochemical, mobility, and biotransformation data from laboratory studies. Environmental fate studies have shown that pesticide dissipation may proceed at different rates under field conditions and may result in degradates forming at levels different from those observed in laboratory studies. The objective of this guidance document is to help ensure that TFD studies are conducted in a manner that will provide risk assessors and risk managers with more confidence in the data generated and with a better understanding of the assumptions and limitations of the data and estimated half-lives of the pesticide. The proposed guidance document for TFD studies was published in the **Federal Register** on June 15, 2005 (FRL-7713-7). After reviewing the public comments for this Notice, EPA developed a final guidance document, which can be found at: *http://www.epa.gov/oppefed1/ecorisk_ders/terrestrial_field_dissipation_guidance.pdf* . EPA's response to public comments can be found in the public docket: EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0129. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Corbin, Environmental Fate and Effects Division (7507P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number:

(703)605-0033; fax number:

(703)305-6309; e-mail address: *corbin.mark@epa.gov* . SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. General Information A. Does this Action Apply to Me? You may be potentially affected by this action if you are an agricultural producer, food manufacturer, or pesticide manufacturer. Potentially affected entities may include, but are not limited to: • Crop production (NAICS code 111) • Animal production (NAICS code 112) • Food manufacturing (NAICS code 311) • Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS code 32532) This listing is not intended to be exhaustive, but rather provides a guide for readers regarding entities likely to be affected by this action. Other types of entities not listed in this unit could also be affected. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) codes have been provided to assist you and others in determining whether this action might apply to certain entities. If you have any questions regarding the applicability of this action to a particular entity, consult the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT . B. How Can I Get Copies of this Document and Other Related Information? 1. *Docket.* EPA has established a docket for this action under docket identification

(ID)number EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0129. Publicly available docket materials are available either in the electronic docket at *http://www.regulations.gov* , or, if only available in hard copy, at the Office of Pesticide Programs

(OPP)Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South Building), 2777 S. Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA. The hours of operation of this Docket Facility are from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The Docket telephone number is

(703)305-5805. 2. *Electronic access* . You may access this **Federal Register** document electronically through the EPA Internet under the “ **Federal Register** ” listings at *http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr* . II. Background A. What Action is the Agency Taking? The Terrestrial Field Dissipation study has been a basic requirement for registrants of new and existing pesticides since 1982. While laboratory environmental fate studies are designed to address one dissipation process at a time, terrestrial field dissipation studies address pesticide loss as a combined result of chemical and biological processes (e.g., hydrolysis, photolysis, microbial transformation) and physical migration (e.g., volatilization, leaching, plant uptake). Data from these studies can reduce potential overestimation of exposure and risk and can confirm assumptions of low levels of toxic degradates. Results can be used to propose scenario-specific effective risk mitigation. In general, the terrestrial field dissipation study results should allow the risk assessor to: • Compare predicted routes of dissipation identified in the laboratory with those measured in the field; • Characterize the rates of dissipation of the parent compound and formation and decline of the major and/or toxicologically significant transformation products under field conditions; • Characterize the rates and relative importance of the different transport processes, including leaching, runoff, and volatilization; • Establish the distribution of the parent compound and the major transformation products in the soil profile; • Characterize the persistence of the parent compound and major transformation products in soil, including retention and residue carryover in the soil to the following crop season; and • Characterize the effect(s) of different typical pesticide formulation categories, where applicable. EPA and PMRA have developed harmonized guidance for conducting terrestrial field dissipation studies so that one set of tests can be used for registration of a pesticide in Canada, the United States, and Mexico. In developing this guidance document, EPA and PMRA conducted an extensive outreach and review program, soliciting input from stakeholders and the technical community through several forums: Three symposia, one Scientific Advisory Panel

(SAP)meeting, and one workshop. Working closely with its stakeholders, PMRA and EPA developed a conceptual model for designing terrestrial studies that will evaluate the overall dissipation of a pesticide in the field. The conceptual model, which is specific for each pesticide, is based on the chemical's physicochemical properties, laboratory environmental fate studies, formulation type and intended use pattern. On June 15, 2005, the Agency published the draft harmonized guidance and conceptual model in the **Federal Register** and asked for comments. After reviewing all the comments, PMRA and EPA developed the final guidance, which can be found at the following address: *http://www.epa.gov/oppefed1/ecorisk_ders/terrestrial_field_dissipation_guidance.pdf* . B. What is the Agency's Authority for Taking this Action? This action is being taken under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). List of Subjects Environmental protection, Terrestrial field dissipation, NAFTA harmonized guidance. Dated: August 3, 2006. Steven Bradbury, Director, Environmental Fate and Effects Division, Office of Pesticide Programs. FR Doc. E6-13042 Filed 8-10-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL-8208-2] Clean Water Act Section 303(d): Availability of Thirty Oklahoma Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) for Public Comment AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of availability of thirty Oklahoma TMDLs for public comment. SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability for public comment of thirty TMDLs, and their administrative record files prepared by EPA Region 6 for certain waters listed in the Upper Canadian River and Turkey Creek Watersheds of Oklahoma, under section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act (CWA). DATES: Comments must be submitted in writing to EPA on or before September 11, 2006. ADDRESSES: Comments on the thirty TMDLs should be sent to Diane Smith, Environmental Protection Specialist, Water Quality Protection Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 6, 1445 Ross Ave., Dallas, TX 75202-2733 or e-mail: *smith.diane@epa.gov* . For further information, contact Diane Smith at

(214)665-2145 or fax 214-665-7373. The administrative record files for the thirty TMDLs are available for public inspection at this address as well. Documents from the administrative record files may be viewed at *http://www.epa.gov/region6/6wq/npdes/tmdl/index.htm* , or obtained by calling or writing Ms. Smith at the above address. Please contact Ms. Smith to schedule an inspection. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Diane Smith at

(214)665-2145. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 10, 2006, EPA Region 6 made a commitment to the EPA Headquarters Office of Water under EPA's National Water Program Fiscal Year 2006 Guidance for the program activity measure

(PAM)number WQ-12, to establish or approve a total of 188 TMDLs in fiscal year

(FY)2006. Under the PAM number WQ-12, EPA expected the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality

(ODEQ)to develop a total of 87 TMDLs in fiscal year

(FY)2006 and submit them for EPA's approval. By the end of July 2006, ODEQ had submitted two final TMDLs for EPA's approval and 30 draft TMDLs for EPA's review and comments. EPA has approved the two final TMDLs submitted by ODEQ. However, a recent discussion between EPA Region 6 and ODEQ senior managers determined that although substantial progress has been made on the other TMDLs, the remainder of the TMDLs needed to meet the commitment could not be completed by the target date. Accordingly, EPA Region 6 has decided to conduct the public participation process for these thirty TMDLs and establish the final TMDLs on or before September 30, 2006, to meet the FY06 PAM commitment. EPA Seeks Comment on Thirty TMDLs By this notice EPA is seeking public comment on the following thirty TMDLs for certain waters located within Oklahoma's Upper Canadian River and Turkey Creek Watersheds: Segment Waterbody name Pollutant Upper Canadian River Watershed: OK520620010010_00 Canadian River Fecal coliform OK520620010120_00 Bear Creek E. coli, Enterococci, and Fecal coliform OK520620020010_00 Canadian River Enterococci, and Fecal coliform OK520620020090_00 Trail Creek E. coli, Enterococci, and Fecal coliform OK520620030020_00 Lone Creek E. coli and Enterococci OK520620030050_00 Red Trail Creek E. coli, Enterococci, and Fecal coliform OK520620030110_00 Red Creek E. coli, Enterococci, and Fecal coliform OK520620040050_00 Hackberry Creek E. coli and Enterococci OK520620050160_00 Commission Creek E. coli and Enterococci OK520620060010_00 Deer Creek E. coli and Enterococci Turkey Creek Watershed: OK620910060010_00 Turkey Creek Fecal Coliform and turbidity OK620910060020_00 Little Turkey Creek Fecal Coliform and turbidity OK620910060030_00 Buffalo Creek Fecal Coliform and turbidity OK620910060110_00 Clear Creek Fecal Coliform EPA requests that the public provide to EPA any written comments on these thirty TMDLs and any additional water quality related data and information that may be relevant to their establishment. EPA will review all comments, data, and information submitted during the public comment period and will revise the TMDLs where appropriate. EPA will then establish the TMDLs and forward them to the ODEQ. The ODEQ will incorporate the TMDLs into its current water quality management plan. Dated: August 4, 2006. Miguel I. Flores, Director, Water Quality Protection Division (6WQ). [FR Doc. E6-13181 Filed 8-10-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request AGENCY: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). ACTION: Notice of information collections to be submitted to OMB for review and approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. SUMMARY: In accordance with requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 *et seq.* ), the FDIC hereby gives notice that it plans to submit to the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB)a request for OMB review and approval of the information collection systems identified below: 1. Certification of Eligibility Under the Affordable Housing Program (3064-0116); 2. Notice Regarding Unauthorized Access to Customer Information (3064-0145); 3. Mutual-to-Stock Conversions of State Savings Banks (3064-0117); 4. Privacy of Consumer Financial Information (3064-0136); and 5. Applicant Background Questionnaire (3064-0138). DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before September 11, 2006. ADDRESSES: Interested parties are invited to submit written comments by any of the following methods. All comments should refer to the name and number of the collection: • *http://www.FDIC.gov/regulations/laws/federal/propose.html* . • *E-mail: comments@fdic.gov* . Include the name and number of the collection in the subject line of the message. • *Mail:* Steve Hanft (202-898-3907), Paperwork Control Officer, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 550 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20429. • *Hand Delivery:* Comments may be hand-delivered to the guard station at the rear of the 550 17th Street Building (located on F Street), on business days between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. A copy of the comments may also be submitted to the OMB Desk Officer for the FDIC, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steve Hanft, at the address identified above. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Proposal to renew the following currently approved collections of information: 1. *Title:* Certification of Eligibility Under the Affordable Housing Program. *OMB Number:* 3064-0116. *Form Number:* None. *Frequency of Response:* On occasion. *Affected Public:* Individuals wishing to purchase affordable housing properties from the FDIC. *Estimated Number of Respondents:* 12. *Estimated Time per Response:* 1 hour. *Total Annual Burden:* 12 hours. *General Description of Collection:* This collection of information certifies income eligibility under the affordable housing program. The certification assists the FDIC in determining an individual(s eligibility for purchasing affordable housing properties from the FDIC. 2. *Title:* Notice Regarding Unauthorized Access to Customer Information. *OMB Number:* 3064-0145. *Form Number:* None. *Frequency of Response:* On occasion. *Affected Public:* Insured state nonmember banks. * Number of Respondents:* 5,200. * Estimated Time per Response:* *Developing notices:* 24 hrs. × 5,200 = 124,800 hours. * Notifying customers:* 29 hrs. × 91 = 2,639 hours. * Total Estimated Annual Burden:* 127,439 hours. *General Description of Collection:* This collection reflects the FDIC's expectations regarding a response program that financial institutions should develop to address unauthorized access to or use of customer information that could result in substantial harm or inconvenience to a customer. The information collections require financial institutions to:

(1)Develop notices to customers; and

(2)in certain circumstances, determine which customers should receive the notices and send the notices to customers. 3. *Title:* Mutual-to-Stock Conversions of State Savings Banks. *OMB Number:* 3064-0117. *Form Number:* None. *Frequency of Response:* On occasion. *Affected Public:* Insured state chartered savings banks that are not members of the Federal Reserve System proposing to convert from mutual to stock form of ownership. *Estimated Number of Respondents:* 10. *Estimated Time per Response:* 50 hours. *Total Annual Burden:* 500 hours. *General Description of Collection:* 12 CFR 303.161 and 333.4 require state savings banks that are not members of the Federal Reserve System to file with the FDIC a notice of intent to convert to stock form and provide copies of documents filed with State and Federal banking and or securities regulators in connection with the proposed conversion. 4. *Title:* Privacy of Consumer Financial Information. *OMB Number:* 3064-0136. *Form Number:* None. *Frequency of Response:* On occasion. *Affected Public:* Insured state nonmember banks; consumers of financial services. *Estimated annual number of institution respondents:* Initial notice, 208; annual notice and change in terms, 5,138; opt-out notice, 873. *Estimated average time per response per institution:* Initial notice, 80 hours; annual notice and change in terms, 8 hours; opt-out notice, 8 hours. * Subtotal, annual burden hours for institutions:* 64,728 hours. *Estimated annual number of consumer respondents:* 223,475. *Estimated average time per consumer response:* 30 minutes. * Subtotal, annual burden hours for consumers:* 111,738. *Total annual burden:* 176,466 hours. *General Description of Collection:* The elements of this information collection are required under section 504 of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, Public Law 106-102. The collection mandates notice requirements and restrictions on a financial institution's ability to disclose nonpublic personal information about consumers to nonaffiliated third parties. The collection also includes the filing of notices by consumers with their financial institutions. 5. *Title:* Applicant Background Questionnaire. *OMB Number:* 3064-0138. *Form Number:* FDIC 2100/14. *Frequency of Response:* On occasion. *Affected Public:* FDIC job applicants who are not current FDIC employees. *Estimated Number of Respondents:* 10,000. *Estimated Time per Response:* 3 minutes. *Total Annual Burden:* 500 hours. *General Description of Collection:* The FDIC Applicant Background Questionnaire is completed voluntarily by FDIC job applicants who are not current FDIC employees. Responses to questions on the survey provide information on gender, age, disability, race/national origin, and to the applicant's source of vacancy announcement information. The FDIC uses the data to evaluate the effectiveness of various recruitment methods, and to ensure that the agency meets workforce diversity objectives. Request for Comment Comments are invited on:

(a)Whether these collections of information are necessary for the proper performance of the FDIC's functions, including whether the information has practical utility;

(b)the accuracy of the estimates of the burden of the information collections, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used;

(c)ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected;

(d)ways to minimize the burden of the information collections on respondents, including through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology; and

(202)898-3907, or at the address above. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Proposal to renew the following currently approved collection of information: *Title:* Occasional Qualitative Surveys. *OMB Number:* 3064-0127. *Frequency of Response:* On occasion. *Affected Public:* Financial institutions, their customers, and members of the public generally. *Estimated Number of Respondents:* 8,500. *Estimated time per response:* 1 hour. *Estimated Total Annual Burden:* 8,500 hours. *General Description of Collection:* This collection involves the occasional use of qualitative surveys to gather anecdotal information about regulatory burden, bank customer satisfaction, problems or successes in the bank supervisory process (both safety-and-soundness and consumer related), and similar concerns. In general, these surveys would not involve more than 850 respondents, would not require more than one hour per respondent, and would be completely voluntary. It is not contemplated that more than fifteen such surveys would be completed in any given year. Request for Comment Comments are invited on:

(a)Whether the collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the FDIC's functions, including whether the information has practical utility;

(b)the accuracy of the estimates of the burden of the information collection, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used;

(c)ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected;

(d)ways to minimize the burden of the information collection on respondents, including through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology; and

(e)estimates of capital or start up costs and costs of operation, maintenance, and purchase of services to provide the information. At the end of the comment period, the comments and recommendations received will be analyzed to determine the extent to which the collection should be modified prior to submission to OMB for review and approval. Comments submitted in response to this notice also will be summarized or included in the FDIC's requests to OMB for renewal of this collection. All comments will become a matter of public record. Dated at Washington, DC, August 8, 2006. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Robert E. Feldman, Executive Secretary. [FR Doc. E6-13151 Filed 8-10-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6714-01-P FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies The companies listed in this notice have applied to the Board for approval, pursuant to the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 *et seq.* ) (BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR Part 225), and all other applicable statutes and regulations to become a bank holding company and/or to acquire the assets or the ownership of, control of, or the power to vote shares of a bank or bank holding company and all of the banks and nonbanking companies owned by the bank holding company, including the companies listed below. The applications listed below, as well as other related filings required by the Board, are available for immediate inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank indicated. The application also will be available for inspection at the offices of the Board of Governors. Interested persons may express their views in writing on the standards enumerated in the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the proposal also involves the acquisition of a nonbanking company, the review also includes whether the acquisition of the nonbanking company complies with the standards in section 4 of the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1843). Unless otherwise noted, nonbanking activities will be conducted throughout the United States. Additional information on all bank holding companies may be obtained from the National Information Center website at *www.ffiec.gov/nic/* . Unless otherwise noted, comments regarding each of these applications must be received at the Reserve Bank indicated or the offices of the Board of Governors not later than September 7, 2006. **A. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston** (Richard Walker, Community Affairs Officer) P.O. Box 55882, Boston, Massachusetts 02106-2204: *1. Webster Financial Corporation* , Waterbury, Connecticut; to merge with NewMil Bancorp, Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire NewMil Bank, both of New Milford, Connecticut. **B. Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco** (Tracy Basinger, Director, Regional and Community Bank Group) 101 Market Street, San Francisco, California 94105-1579: *1. The Industrial Bank of Taiwan Co., Ltd.* , Taipei, Taiwan, and IBT Holdings Corp., Cerritos, California; to become bank holding companies by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of EverTrust Bank, City of Industry, California. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, August 8, 2006. Robert deV. Frierson, Deputy Secretary of the Board. [FR Doc. E6-13137 Filed 8-10-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6210-01-S FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM Notice of Proposals to Engage in Permissible Nonbanking Activities or to Acquire Companies that are Engaged in Permissible Nonbanking Activities The companies listed in this notice have given notice under section 4 of the Bank Holding Company Act (12 U.S.C. 1843) (BHC Act) and Regulation Y (12 CFR Part 225) to engage *de novo* , or to acquire or control voting securities or assets of a company, including the companies listed below, that engages either directly or through a subsidiary or other company, in a nonbanking activity that is listed in § 225.28 of Regulation Y (12 CFR 225.28) or that the Board has determined by Order to be closely related to banking and permissible for bank holding companies. Unless otherwise noted, these activities will be conducted throughout the United States. Each notice is available for inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank indicated. The notice also will be available for inspection at the offices of the Board of Governors. Interested persons may express their views in writing on the question whether the proposal complies with the standards of section 4 of the BHC Act. Additional information on all bank holding companies may be obtained from the National Information Center website at *www.ffiec.gov/nic/* . Unless otherwise noted, comments regarding the applications must be received at the Reserve Bank indicated or the offices of the Board of Governors not later than September 7, 2006. **A. Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland** (Douglas A. Banks, Vice President) 1455 East Sixth Street, Cleveland, Ohio 44101-2566: *1. National City Corporation* , Cleveland, Ohio; to acquire Fidelity Federal Bank & Trust, and Fidelity Bankshares, Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire Fidelity Realty & Appraisal Services, Inc., all of West Palm Beach, Florida, and engage in real estate appraisal services and operating a savings association, pursuant to sections 225.28(b)(2)(i) and (b)(4)(ii), of Regulation Y. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, August 8, 2006. Robert deV. Frierson, Deputy Secretary of the Board. [FR Doc.E6-13136 Filed 8-11-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6210-01-S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Administration for Children and Families Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request Proposed Projects *Title:* Compassion Capital Fund Evaluation—Intermediary Survey. *OMB No.:* New Collection. *Description:* This proposed information collection activity is for a survey to be completed by Compassion Capital Fund intermediary grantees as a part of the outcome and impact study components of the Compassion Capital Fund Evaluation. The Compassion Capital Fund Evaluation is a multi-component study designed to examine the effectiveness of the Compassion Capital Fund

(CCF)in meeting its objective of improving the organizational capacity of faith-based and community organizations. The CCF program works through intermediary organizations to provide capacity building assistance to interested faith-based and community organizations. The purpose of this data collection activity is to obtain more detailed information about the management processes and service delivery and monitoring approaches used by CCF intermediaries in providing technical and financial assistance to increase the organizational capacity of faith-based and community organizations. *Respondents:* CCF intermediary grantees. Annual Burden Estimates Instrument Number of respondents Number of responses per respondent Average burden hours per response Total burden hours Intermediary survey 60 1 .5 30 Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: In compliance with the requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Administration for Children and Families is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the information collection described above. Copies of the proposed collection of information can be obtained and comments may be forwarded by writing to the Administration for Children and Families, Office of Administration, Office of Information Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW., Washington, DC 20447. Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Office. E-mail address: *infocollection@acf.hhs.gov.* All requests should be identified by the title of the information collection. The Department specifically requests comments on:

(a)Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical utility;

(b)the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information;

(c)the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and

(d)ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents. Consideration will be given to comments and suggestions submitted within 60 days of this publication. Dated: August 4, 2006. Robert Sargis, Reports Clearance Officer. [FR Doc. 06-6841 Filed 8-10-06; 8:45 am]

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