Notices. Notice announcing application deadline

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BILLING CODE 3710-GW-M DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests AGENCY: Department of Education. SUMMARY: The IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of Management, invites comments on the proposed information collection requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before May 22, 2007. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires that the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB)provide interested Federal agencies and the public an early opportunity to comment on information collection requests. OMB may amend or waive the requirement for public consultation to the extent that public participation in the approval process would defeat the purpose of the information collection, violate State or Federal law, or substantially interfere with any agency's ability to perform its statutory obligations. The IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of Management, publishes that notice containing proposed information collection requests prior to submission of these requests to OMB. Each proposed information collection, grouped by office, contains the following:

(1)Type of review requested, *e.g.* new, revision, extension, existing or reinstatement;

(2)Title;

(3)Summary of the collection;

(4)Description of the need for, and proposed use of, the information;

(5)Respondents and frequency of collection; and

(6)Reporting and/or Recordkeeping burden. OMB invites public comment. The Department of Education is especially interested in public comment addressing the following issues:

(1)Is this collection necessary to the proper functions of the Department;

(2)will this information be processed and used in a timely manner;

(3)is the estimate of burden accurate;

(4)how might the Department enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and

(5)how might the Department minimize the burden of this collection on the respondents, including through the use of information technology. Dated: March 19, 2007. Angela C. Arrington, IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of Management. Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services *Type of Review:* New. *Title:* Annual Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers Program Performance Report. *Frequency:* Annually. *Affected Public:* Not-for-profit institutions; State, Local, or Tribal Gov't, SEAs or LEAs. *Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden:* *Responses:* 13. *Burden Hours:* 208. *Abstract:* The Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers Program has been instructed to develop this performance report by the Department's own regulations and the Government Performance and Results Act and under the PART. Program specific needs have been added to a standard government form in order to make compliance easier for the public. Requests for copies of the proposed information collection request may be accessed from *http://edicsweb.ed.gov* , by selecting the “Browse Pending Collections” link and by clicking on link number 3294. When you access the information collection, click on “Download Attachments” to view. Written requests for information should be addressed to U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Potomac Center, 9th Floor, Washington, DC 20202-4700. Requests may also be electronically mailed to *ICDocketMgr@ed.gov* or faxed to 202-245-6623. Please specify the complete title of the information collection when making your request. Comments regarding burden and/or the collection activity requirements should be electronically mailed to *ICDocketMgr@ed.gov* . Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf

(TDD)may call the Federal Information Relay Service

(FIRS)at 1-800-877-8339. [FR Doc. E7-5346 Filed 3-22-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4000-01-P DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests AGENCY: Department of Education. SUMMARY: The IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of Management, invites comments on the proposed information collection requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before May 22, 2007. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires that the Office of Management and Budget

(1)Type of review requested, e.g. new, revision, extension, existing or reinstatement;

(2)Title;

(3)Summary of the collection;

(4)Description of the need for, and proposed use of, the information;

(5)Respondents and frequency of collection; and

(6)Reporting and/or Recordkeeping burden. OMB invites public comment. The Department of Education is especially interested in public comment addressing the following issues:

(1)Is this collection necessary to the proper functions of the Department;

(2)will this information be processed and used in a timely manner;

(3)is the estimate of burden accurate;

(4)how might the Department enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and

(PAAT)Program. *Frequency:* Annually. *Affected Public:* Not-for-profit institutions; State, Local, or Tribal Gov't, SEAs or LEAs. *Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden:* *Responses:* 57. *Burden Hours:* 9. *Abstract:* This information collection instrument will be used by grantees to request funds to carry out the PAAT program. PAAT is mandated by the Assistive Technology Act of 1998, to provide protection and advocacy services to individuals with disabilities for the purposes of assisting in the acquisition, utilization, or maintenance of assistive technology or assistive technology services. Requests for copies of the proposed information collection request may be accessed from *http://edicsweb.ed.gov* , by selecting the “Browse Pending Collections” link and by clicking on link number 3293. When you access the information collection, click on “Download Attachments” to view. Written requests for information should be addressed to U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Potomac Center, 9th Floor, Washington, DC 20202-4700. Requests may also be electronically mailed to *ICDocketMgr@ed.gov* or faxed to 202-245-6623. Please specify the complete title of the information collection when making your request. Comments regarding burden and/or the collection activity requirements should be electronically mailed to *ICDocketMgr@ed.gov* . Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf

(TDD)may call the Federal Information Relay Service

(FIRS)at 1-800-877-8339. [FR Doc. E7-5347 Filed 3-22-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4000-01-P DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION [CFDA No. 84.358A] Small, Rural School Achievement Program AGENCY: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of Education. ACTION: Notice announcing application deadline. SUMMARY: Under the Small, Rural School Achievement

(SRSA)Program, the U.S. Department of Education (Department) awards grants on a formula basis to eligible local educational agencies

(LEAs)to address the unique needs of rural school districts. In this notice, we establish the deadline for submission of fiscal year

(FY)2007 SRSA grant applications. If an eligible LEA submitted an application for SRSA grant funds in a prior year, it is considered to have met the application requirement based on its previously submitted application and does not have to submit a new application to the Department to receive its FY 2007 SRSA grant award. An eligible LEA that is required to submit an application (in other words, an LEA that did not submit an application in a prior year) must do so by the deadline in this notice in order to receive its grant award by September 30, 2007. An eligible LEA that is required to submit an application and does not do so by the deadline in this notice might not receive its grant award until after September 30, 2007. *Application Deadline:* June 1, 2007, 4:30 p.m. Eastern time. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Which LEAs are eligible for an award under the SRSA program? An LEA is eligible for an award under the SRSA program if—

(a)The total number of students in average daily attendance at all of the schools served by the LEA is fewer than 600, *or* each county in which a school served by the LEA is located has a total population density of fewer than 10 persons per square mile; *and*

(b)All of the schools served by the LEA are designated with a school locale code of 7 or 8 by the Department's National Center for Education Statistics, *or* the Secretary has determined, based on a demonstration by the LEA and concurrence of the SEA, that the LEA is located in an area defined as rural by a governmental agency of the State. Which eligible LEAs need not submit an additional application to receive a FY 2007 SRSA grant award? Under the regulations in 34 CFR 75.104(a), the Secretary makes grants only to an eligible party that submits an application. Given the limited purpose served by an application under this program, the Secretary considers this requirement to be met if the LEA submitted an SRSA application for a prior year. In this circumstance, unless the LEA advises the Secretary by the application deadline that it is withdrawing its application, the Secretary deems the application that the LEA previously submitted to remain in effect for FY 2007 funding, and the LEA does not have to submit an additional application. All other eligible LEAs must submit a new application to receive a FY 2007 grant award. We intend to provide, by May 1, 2007, a list of LEAs eligible for FY 2007 funds on the Department's Web site at *http://www.ed.gov/programs/reapsrsa/index.html.* The Web site will also indicate which of these eligible LEAs must submit a new application to the Department to receive their FY 2007 SRSA grant award, and which eligible LEAs are considered already to have met the application requirement. Eligible LEAs that must submit a new application in order to receive FY 2007 SRSA funding must do so electronically by the deadline established in this notice in order to receive their grant by September 30, 2007. *Electronic Submission of Applications:* Unless it is listed on the Department's Web site as not required to submit a new application, an eligible LEA that seeks FY 2007 SRSA funding must submit an electronic application by June 1, 2007, 4:30 p.m. Eastern time in order to receive its grant award by September 30, 2007. Submission of an electronic application involves the use of the Department's Electronic Grant Application System (e-Application) available through the Department's e-GRANTS system. You can access the electronic application for the SRSA Program at: *http://e-grants.ed.gov.* Once you access this site, you will receive specific instructions regarding the information to include in your application. The regular hours of operation of the e-Grants Web site are 6 a.m. Monday until 7 p.m. Wednesday; and 6 a.m. Thursday until midnight, Saturday (Washington, DC time). Please note that the system is unavailable on Sundays, Federal holidays, and after 7 p.m. on Wednesdays for maintenance (Washington, DC time). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Robert Hitchcock, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 3E243, Washington, DC 20202. *Telephone:*

(202)401-0039 or via Internet: *reap@ed.gov.* 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 notice in an alternative format (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer diskette) on request to the contact person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT . *Electronic Access To This Document:* You may view this document, as well as other Department of Education documents 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

(202)512-1530. Note: The official version of this document is the document published in the **Federal Register** . Free Internet access to the official version of the **Federal Register** and the Code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO Access at: *http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/index.html.* Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7345-7345b. Dated: March 20, 2007. Kerri Briggs, Acting Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education. [FR Doc. E7-5373 Filed 3-22-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4000-01-P DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office of Elementary and Secondary Education Overview Information; Native Hawaiian Education Program; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year

(FY)2007 *Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

(CFDA)Number:* 84.362A. *Dates:* *Applications Available:* March 23, 2007. *Deadline for Transmittal of Applications:* May 7, 2007. *Eligible Applicants:* Native Hawaiian educational organizations; Native Hawaiian community-based organizations; public and private nonprofit organizations, agencies, and institutions with experience in developing or operating Native Hawaiian programs or programs of instruction in the Native Hawaiian language, and consortia of the previously mentioned organizations, agencies, and institutions. *Estimated Available Funds:* $3,800,000. Contingent upon the availability of funds and quality of applications, the Secretary may make additional awards for FY 2008 from the list of unfunded applicants from this competition. *Estimated Range of Awards:* $250,000-$650,000. *Estimated Average Size of Awards:* $425,000. *Estimated Number of Awards:* 9. Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this notice. *Project Period:* Up to 36 months. Full Text of Announcement I. Funding Opportunity Description *Purpose of Program:* The purpose of the Native Hawaiian Education program is to support innovative projects that enhance the educational services provided to Native Hawaiian children and adults. These projects may include those activities authorized under section 7205(a)(3) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended (ESEA). *Priorities:* In accordance with 34 CFR 75.105(b)(2)(iv), competitive preference priorities

(a)through

(d)are from section 7205(a)(2) of the ESEA and competitive preference priority

(e)is from the notice of final priorities for discretionary grant programs published in the **Federal Register** on October 11, 2006 (71 FR 60045). *Competitive Preference Priorities:* For FY 2007, and any subsequent year in which we make awards based on the list of unfunded applicants from this competition, these priorities are competitive preference priorities. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i) we award a maximum of 5 points (total) to an application, depending on the extent to which the application meets one or more of these priorities. The Secretary will give a competitive preference to applicants proposing projects that are designed to address one or more of the following:

(a)Beginning reading and literacy among students in kindergarten through third grade;

(b)The needs of at-risk children and youth;

(c)The needs in fields or disciplines in which Native Hawaiians are underemployed;

(d)The use of the Hawaiian language in instruction; and

(e)Projects that support activities and interventions aimed at improving the academic achievement of secondary school students who are at greatest risk of not meeting challenging State academic standards and not completing high school. Note: In order to receive additional points under a competitive preference priority, an application should provide adequate and sufficient information that clearly substantiates its claim that it meets each priority addressed. *Program Authority:* 20 U.S.C. 7511-7517; Revised Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007 (Pub. L. 110-5). *Applicable Regulations:*

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

(b)The notice of final priorities for discretionary grant programs published in the **Federal Register** on October 11, 2006 (71 FR 60045). Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 apply to institutions of higher education only. II. Award Information *Type of Award:* Discretionary grant. *Estimated Available Funds:* $3,800,000. Contingent upon the availability of funds and quality of applications, the Secretary may make additional awards for FY 2008 from the list of unfunded applicants from this competition. *Estimated Range of Awards:* $250,000-$650,000. *Estimated Average Size of Awards:* $425,000. *Estimated Number of Awards:* 9. Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this notice. *Project Period:* Up to 36 months. III. Eligibility Information 1. *Eligible Applicants:* Native Hawaiian educational organizations; Native Hawaiian community-based organizations; public and private nonprofit organizations, agencies, and institutions with experience in developing or operating Native Hawaiian programs or programs of instruction in the Native Hawaiian language; and consortia of the previously mentioned organizations, agencies, and institutions. 2. *Cost Sharing or Matching:* This competition does not involve cost sharing or matching requirements, but the program does have a supplement-not-supplant funding requirement. Funds made available under this program may be used only to supplement and expand programs and authorities in the area of education to further the purposes of the Native Hawaiian Education program (section 7203(3) of the ESEA). IV. Application and Submission Information 1. *Address to Request Application Package:* To obtain a copy of the application package via the Internet use the following address: *http://www.ed.gov/programs/nathawaiian/applicant.html.* Individuals may also obtain a copy of the application package by contacting the program contact persons listed in this section. *Address and mail your request for information to:* Francisco Ramirez, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Ave., SW., room 3W237, Washington, DC 20202-6200. Telephone:

(202)260-1541 or by e-mail: *francisco.ramirez@ed.gov* or Beth Fine, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Ave., SW., room 3W223, Washington, DC 20202-6200. *Telephone:*

(202)260-1091 or by e-mail: *beth.fine@ed.gov* . 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 a copy of the application package in an alternative format ( *e.g.* , Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer diskette) by contacting the program person listed in this section. 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 is where you, the applicant, address the selection criteria that reviewers use to evaluate your application. Applicants are strongly encouraged to limit the application narrative (text plus all figures, charts, tables, and diagrams) to the equivalent of no more than 25 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, except titles, headings, footnotes, quotations, references, captions, and all text in charts, tables, and graphs. • Use one of the following fonts: Times New Roman, Courier, Courier New, or Arial. • Use size 12-point font. • Begin numbering at the right bottom of the first page in Arabic numerals (“1”) and number the pages consecutively throughout the document. • Include all critical information in the program narrative. The recommended page limit does not apply to the cover sheet; the budget section, including the budget narrative justification; the assurances and certifications; the project abstract; the resumes; and the appendices. 3. *Submission Dates and Times:* *Applications Available:* March 23, 2007. *Deadline for Transmittal of Applications:* May 7, 2007. Applications for grants under this competition must be submitted electronically using the Grants.gov Apply site (Grants.gov). For information (including dates and times) about how to submit your application electronically, or by mail or hand delivery if you qualify for an exception to the electronic submission requirement, 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. Individuals with disabilities who need an accommodation or auxiliary aid in connection with the application process should contact the person listed under *For Further Information Contact* . 4. *Intergovernmental Review:* This competition is not subject to Executive Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR part 79. 5. *Funding Restrictions:* This program has a statutory requirement prohibiting the use of Federal funds to supplant non-Federal funds. Under 34 CFR 75.563, if a grantee decides to charge indirect costs to a program with this type of statutory requirement, the grantee must use a restricted indirect cost rate computed under 34 CFR 76.564 through 76.569. Also, under section 7205(b) of the ESEA, not more than five percent of funds provided to a grantee under this competition for any fiscal year may be used for administrative purposes. We reference additional regulations outlining funding restrictions in the *Applicable Regulations* section of this notice. 6. *Other Submission Requirements:* Applications for grants under this competition must be submitted electronically unless you qualify for an exception to this requirement in accordance with the instructions in this section. a. *Electronic Submission of Applications.* Applications for grants under the Native Hawaiian Education Program, CFDA Number 84.362A must be submitted electronically using the Governmentwide 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. We will reject your application if you submit it in paper format unless, as described elsewhere in this section, you qualify for one of the exceptions to the electronic submission requirement *and* submit, no later than two weeks before the application deadline date, a written statement to the Department that you qualify for one of these exceptions. Further information regarding calculation of the date that is two weeks before the application deadline date is provided later in this section under *Exception to Electronic Submission Requirement.* You may access the electronic grant application for the Native Hawaiian Education Program at *http://www.Grants.gov* . You must search for the downloadable application package for this program or competition by the CFDA number. Do not include the CFDA number's alpha suffix in your search (e.g., search for 84.362, not 84.362A). Please note the following: • 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 date and time stamped. Your application must be fully uploaded and submitted, and must be date and 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 and 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 and 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 submission 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 steps in the Grants.gov registration process (see *http://www.grants.gov/applicants/get_registered.jsp* ). These steps include

(1)Registering your organization, a multi-part process that includes registration with the Central Contractor Registry (CCR);

(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 submit successfully an application via Grants.gov. In addition you will need to update your CCR registration on an annual basis. This may take three or more business days to complete. • You will not receive additional point value because you submit your application in electronic format, nor will we penalize you if you qualify for an exception to the electronic submission requirement, as described elsewhere in this section, and submit your application in paper format. • You must submit all documents electronically, including all information you typically provide on the following forms: Application for Federal Assistance (SF 424), the Department of Education Supplemental Information for SF 424, Budget Information—Non-Construction Programs (ED 524), and all necessary assurances and certifications. Please note that two of these forms—the SF 424 and the Department of Education Supplemental Information for SF 424—have replaced the ED 424 (Application for Federal Education Assistance). • 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 in this paragraph 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 from Grants.gov an automatic notification of receipt that contains a Grants.gov tracking number. (This notification indicates receipt by Grants.gov only, not receipt by the Department.) The Department then will retrieve your application from Grants.gov and send a second notification to you by e-mail. This second notification indicates that the Department has received your application and has assigned your application 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 Technical Issues with the Grants.gov System:* If you are experiencing problems submitting your application through Grants.gov, please contact the Grants.gov Support Desk at 1-800-518-4726. You must obtain a Grants.gov Support Desk Case Number and must keep a record of it. 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 described elsewhere in this notice. If you submit an application after 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application 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. 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: The extensions to which we refer 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 application deadline date and time or if the technical problem you experienced is unrelated to the Grants.gov system. *Exception to Electronic Submission Requirement:* You qualify for an exception to the electronic submission requirement, and may submit your application in paper format, if you are unable to submit an application through the Grants.gov system because— • You do not have access to the Internet; or • You do not have the capacity to upload large documents to the Grants.gov system; *and* • No later than two weeks before the application deadline date (14 calendar days or, if the fourteenth calendar day before the application deadline date falls on a Federal holiday, the next business day following the Federal holiday), you mail or fax a written statement to the Department, explaining which of the two grounds for an exception prevent you from using the Internet to submit your application. If you mail your written statement to the Department, it must be postmarked no later than two weeks before the application deadline date. If you fax your written statement to the Department, we must receive the faxed statement no later than two weeks before the application deadline date. Address and mail or fax your statement to: Francisco Ramirez, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Ave., SW., room 3W237, Washington, DC 20202-6200. *FAX:*

(202)260-8969 or Beth Fine, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Ave., SW., room 3W223, Washington, DC 20202-6200 *FAX:*

(202)260-8969. Your paper application must be submitted in accordance with the mail or hand delivery instructions described in this notice. b. *Submission of Paper Applications by Mail.* If you qualify for an exception to the electronic submission requirement, you may mail (through the U.S. Postal Service or a commercial carrier) your application to the Department. 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 84.362A), 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 84.362A), 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.

(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.

(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 qualify for an exception to the electronic submission requirement, you (or a courier service) may deliver your paper application to the Department by hand. You 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 84.362A), 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—

(1)You must indicate on the envelope and—if not provided by the Department—in Item 11 of the SF 424 the CFDA number, including suffix letter, if any, of the competition under which you are submitting your application.

(2)The Application Control Center will mail to you a notification of receipt of your grant application. If you do not receive this notification 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 *Selection Criteria:* The selection criteria for this competition are from 34 CFR 75.210 of EDGAR and are listed below and in the application package. The maximum possible score for this competition is 105 points (100 points under the selection criteria and 5 points under the competitive preference). *The maximum possible points for each criterion are as follows:* a. Significance and Need for Project (10 points). b. Quality of the Project Design and Services (40 points). c. Quality of Project Personnel (10 points). d. Quality of the Management Plan (20 points). e. Quality of the Project Evaluation (20 points). 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. For specific requirements on grantee reporting, please go to the ED Performance Report Form 524B at *http://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/appforms/appforms.html.* 4. *Performance Measures:* Under the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA), the Department has developed three measures for evaluating the overall effectiveness of the Native Hawaiian Education Program—(1) Increasing the percentage of teachers who participate in professional development activities under the program that address the unique educational needs of program participants;

(2)Increasing the percentage of Native Hawaiian children who participate in early education programs and improve on measures of school readiness and literacy; and

(3)Increasing the percentage of students participating in the program who will meet or exceed proficiency standards in mathematics, science, or reading. All grantees will be expected to submit an annual performance report addressing these performance measures, to the extent that they apply to the grantee's project. VII. Agency Contacts *For Further Information Contact:* Francisco Ramirez, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Ave., SW., room 3W237, Washington, DC 20202-6200. *Telephone:*

(202)260-1541 or by e-mail: *francisco.ramirez@ed.gov* or Beth Fine, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Ave., SW., room 3W223, Washington, DC 20202-6200. *Telephone:*

(202)260-1091 or by e-mail: *beth.fine@ed.gov* 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 to the program contact persons listed in this section. 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:* 84.128G. *Dates:* *Applications Available:* March 23, 2007. *Deadline for Transmittal of Applications:* May 7, 2007. *Deadline for Intergovernmental Review:* July 6, 2007. *Eligible Applicants:* State designated agencies (interpreted to mean designated State agencies as defined in section 7(8) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended); nonprofit agencies working in collaboration with a State designated agency; and local agencies working in collaboration with a State designated agency. *Estimated Available Funds:* $851,200. Contingent upon the availability of funds and the quality of applications, the Secretary may make additional awards in FY 2008 from the list of unfunded applicants from this competition. *Estimated Range of Awards:* $170,000-$220,000. *Estimated Average Size of Awards:* $212,800. *Estimated Number of Awards:* 4. Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this notice. *Project Period:* Up to 60 months. Full Text of Announcement I. Funding Opportunity Description *Purpose of Program:* The purpose of this program is to provide grants for vocational rehabilitation services to individuals with disabilities who are migrant and seasonal farmworkers, (individuals who have been determined in accordance with rules prescribed by the Secretary of Labor), and to the family members who are residing with those individuals (whether or not those family members are individuals with disabilities). *Priority:* In accordance with 34 CFR 75.105(b)(2)(ii), this priority is from the Education Department General Administrative Regulations (34 CFR 75.225). *Competitive Preference Priority:* For FY 2007 and any subsequent year in which we make awards based on the list of unfunded applications from this competition, this priority is a competitive preference priority. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i) we will award five additional points to an application, depending on the extent to which the application meets this priority. *This priority is:* Novice Applicant The applicant must be a novice applicant. Novice applicant means any applicant for a grant from the Department that: 1. Has never received a grant or subgrant under the Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers program; 2. Has never been a member of a group application, submitted in accordance with §§ 75.127-75.129, that received a grant under the Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers program; and 3. Has not had an active discretionary grant from the Federal Government in the five years before the deadline date for applications under the Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers program. *Program Authority:* 29 U.S.C. 774. *Applicable Regulations:*

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

(b)The regulations in 34 CFR part 369. Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 79 apply to all applicants except federally recognized Indian tribes. Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 apply to institutions of higher education only. II. Award Information *Type of Award:* Discretionary grants. *Estimated Available Funds:* $851,200. Contingent upon the availability of funds and the quality of applications, the Secretary may make additional awards in FY 2008 from the list of unfunded applicants from this competition. *Estimated Range of Awards:* $170,000-$220,000. *Estimated Average Size of Awards:* $212,800. *Estimated Number of Awards:* 4. Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this notice. *Project Period:* Up to 60 months. III. Eligibility Information 1. *Eligible Applicants:* State designated agencies (interpreted to mean designated State agencies as defined in section 7(8) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended); nonprofit agencies working in collaboration with a State designated agency; and local agencies working in collaboration with a State designated agency. 2. *Cost Sharing or Matching:* Cost sharing of at least 10 percent of the total cost of the project is required of grantees under the Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers Program. See 29 U.S.C. 774(a)(1). 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:*

(202)245-7363. If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), you may call the Federal Relay Service

(FRS)at 1-800-877-8339. 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 program. 3. *Submission Dates and Times:* *Applications Available:* March 23, 2007. *Deadline for Transmittal of Applications:* May 7, 2007. Applications for grants under this competition must be submitted electronically using the Grants.gov Apply site (Grants.gov). For information (including dates and times) about how to submit your application electronically or by mail or hand delivery if you qualify for an exception to the electronic submission requirement, 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. Individuals with disabilities who need an accommodation or auxiliary aid in connection with the application process should contact the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT . Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: July 6, 2007. 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 must be submitted electronically unless you qualify for an exception to this requirement in accordance with the instructions in this section. a. *Electronic Submission of Applications.* Applications for grants under the Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers Program-CFDA Number 84.128G must be submitted electronically using the Governmentwide 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. We will reject your application if you submit it in paper format unless, as described elsewhere in this section, you qualify for one of the exceptions to the electronic submission requirement *and* submit, no later than two weeks before the application deadline date, a written statement to the Department that you qualify for one of these exceptions. Further information regarding calculation of the date that is two weeks before the application deadline date is provided later in this section under *Exception to Electronic Submission Requirement.* You may access the electronic grant application for the Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers Program 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 (e.g., search for 84.128, not 84.128G). Please note the following: • 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 date and time stamped. Your application must be fully uploaded and submitted, and must be date and 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 and 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 and 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 steps in the Grants.gov registration process (see *http://www.grants.gov/applicants/get_registered.jsp* ). These steps include

(1)Registering your organization, a multi-part process that includes registration with the Central Contractor Registry (CCR);

(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 submit successfully an application via Grants.gov. In addition you will need to update your CCR registration on an annual basis. This may take three or more business days to complete. • You will not receive additional point value because you submit your application in electronic format, nor will we penalize you if you qualify for an exception to the electronic submission requirement, as described elsewhere in this section, and submit your application in paper format. • You must submit all documents electronically, including all information you typically provide on the following forms: Application for Federal Assistance (SF 424), the Department of Education Supplemental Information form SF 424, Budget Information—Non-Construction Programs (ED 524), and all necessary assurances and certifications. Please note that two of these forms—the SF 424 and the Department of Education Supplemental Information form SF 424—have replaced the ED 424 (Application for Federal Education Assistance). • 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 in this paragraph 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 from Grants.gov an automatic notification of receipt that contains a Grants.gov tracking number. (This notification indicates receipt by Grants.gov only, not receipt by the Department.) The Department then will retrieve your application from Grants.gov and send a second notification to you by e-mail. This second notification indicates that the Department has received your application and has assigned your application 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 Technical Issues with the Grants.gov System:* If you are experiencing problems submitting your application through Grants.gov, please contact the Grants.gov Support Desk at 1-800-518-4726. You must obtain a Grants.gov Support Desk Case Number and must keep a record of it. 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 application 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. 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: The extensions to which we refer 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 application deadline date and time or if the technical problem you experienced is unrelated to the Grants.gov system. *Exception to Electronic Submission Requirement:* You qualify for an exception to the electronic submission requirement, and may submit your application in paper format, if you are unable to submit an application through the Grants.gov system because— • You do not have access to the Internet; or • You do not have the capacity to upload large documents to the Grants.gov system; *and* • No later than two weeks before the application deadline date (14 calendar days or, if the fourteenth calendar day before the application deadline date falls on a Federal holiday, the next business day following the Federal holiday), you mail or fax a written statement to the Department, explaining which of the two grounds for an exception prevent you from using the Internet to submit your application. If you mail your written statement to the Department, it must be postmarked no later than two weeks before the application deadline date. If you fax your written statement to the Department, we must receive the faxed statement no later than two weeks before the application deadline date. Address and mail or fax your statement to: Sonja T. Turner, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 5019, Potomac Center Plaza, Washington, DC 20202-2740. *FAX:*

(202)245-7593. Your paper application must be submitted in accordance with the mail or hand delivery instructions described in this notice. b. *Submission of Paper Applications by Mail.* If you qualify for an exception to the electronic submission requirement, you may mail (through the U.S. Postal Service or a commercial carrier) your application to the Department. 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 84.128G), 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 84.128G), 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.

(1)A private metered postmark.

(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 qualify for an exception to the electronic submission requirement, you (or a courier service) may deliver your paper application to the Department by hand. You 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 84.128G), 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:

(GPRA)directs Federal departments and agencies to improve the effectiveness of their programs by engaging in strategic planning, setting outcome-related goals for programs, and measuring program results against those goals. Program officials must develop performance measures for all their grant programs to assess their performance and effectiveness. The Rehabilitation Services Administration

(RSA)has established the following performance measure for the Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers Program and will use this measure to assess the effectiveness of the program. • Percentage of individuals served who were placed in employment. Each grantee must annually report on this measure in its annual performance report. In addition, the Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers Program is part of the Administration's job training and employment common measures initiative. The common measures for job training and employment programs targeting adults are: entered employment (percentage employed in the first quarter after program exit); retention in employment (percentage of those employed in the first quarter after exit that were still employed in the second and third quarter after program exit); earnings increase (percentage change in earnings pre-registration to post-program and first quarter after exit to third quarter after exit); and efficiency (annual cost per participant). The Department is currently working toward the implementation of these common measures. Each grantee will be required to collect and report data for the common measures when they are implemented. In addition, the Department will modify the annual performance reporting form that grantees use for progress reporting to ensure that grantees separately report information for individuals served exclusively by their project. Grantees will report—(1) The number of individuals served exclusively by the project who achieved successful employment outcomes;

(2)the number of individuals served by the project who did not achieve employment outcomes; and

(3)the number of individuals served by both the State designated agency and the project. We anticipate that this modified performance reporting form will be published for public comment in March 2007. VII. Agency Contact For Further Information Contact: Sonja T. Turner, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 5019, Potomac Center Plaza, Washington, DC 20202-2649. Telephone:

(202)245-7557 or by e-mail: *Sonja.Turner@ed.gov.* 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 to the program contact person listed in this section. 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:* 84.128J. *Dates:* *Applications Available:* March 23, 2007. *Deadline for Transmittal of Applications:* May 22, 2007. *Deadline for Intergovernmental Review:* July 23, 2007. *Eligible Applicants:* States, public agencies, and nonprofit private organizations. *Estimated Available Funds:* $1,078,665. Contingent upon the availability of funds and the quality of applications, the Secretary may make additional awards in FY 2008 from the list of unfunded applicants from this competition. *Estimated Range of Awards:* $130,000-$140,000. *Estimated Average Size of Awards:* $130,000. *Estimated Number of Awards:* 8. Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this notice. *Project Period:* Up to 36 months. Full Text of Announcement I. Funding Opportunity Description *Purpose of Program:* The purpose of the Recreational Programs is to provide individuals with disabilities with recreational activities and related experiences to aid in their employment, mobility, socialization, independence, and community integration. Recreational Programs initiate local recreation projects that will continue after Federal assistance ends. Statutory Requirements for Program All applicants seeking funding under this competition must—

(a)Describe the manner in which the applicant will address the needs of individuals with disabilities from minority backgrounds (section 21(c) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended (the Act));

(b)Describe the manner in which the findings and results of the project to be funded under the grant, particularly information that facilitates the replication of the results of that project, will be made generally available (section 305(a)(4)(A) of the Act);

(c)Demonstrate ways in which recreational activities assist in maximizing the independence and integration of individuals with disabilities into community-based recreational programs (section 305(a)(1)(C) of the Act);

(d)Assure that the project will maintain, at a minimum, the same level of services over the three-year project period (section 305(a)(5) of the Act);

(e)Assure that the service program funded under the grant will be continued after Federal assistance ends (section 305(a)(4)(B) of the Act); and

(f)Provide non-Federal resources (in cash or in-kind) to pay the non-Federal share cost of the project in year two at 25 percent of the year one Federal grant and in year three at 50 percent of the year one Federal grant (section 305(a)(3)(B) of the Act). *Priorities:* This competition includes one absolute priority and one competitive preference priority. In accordance with 34 CFR 75.105(b)(1), the absolute priority is from the notice of final priority for this program, published in the **Federal Register** on April 19, 2001 (66 FR 20176). The competitive preference priority is from section 75.225 of the Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR). *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: Projects must provide recreational services to individuals with disabilities. Recreational services include, but are not limited to, vocational skills development, leisure education, leisure networking, leisure resource development, physical education and sports, scouting and camping, 4-H activities, music, dancing, handicrafts, art, and homemaking. Recreational services do not include the construction of facilities for aquatic rehabilitation therapy. Projects must provide recreational services to individuals with disabilities in settings with peers who are not individuals with disabilities. *Competitive Preference Priority:* For FY 2007 this priority is a competitive preference priority. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i) we award an additional five points to an application that meets this priority. This priority is: The applicant must be a novice applicant. Novice applicant means any applicant for a grant from the Department that—

(a)Has never received a grant or subgrant under the Recreational Programs;

(b)Has never been a member of a group application, submitted in accordance with section 75.127 through 75.129, that received a grant under the Recreational Programs; and

(c)Has not had an active discretionary grant from the Federal Government in the five years before the deadline date for applications under the Recreational Programs. *Program Authority:* 29 U.S.C. 775. *Applicable Regulations:*

(a)EDGAR in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 84, 85, and 86.

(b)The regulations in 34 CFR part 369.

(c)The notice of final priority published in the **Federal Register** on April 19, 2001 (66 FR 20176). Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 79 apply to all applicants except federally recognized Indian tribes. Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 apply to institutions of higher education only. II. Award Information *Type of Award:* Discretionary grants. *Estimated Available Funds:* $1,078,665. Contingent upon the availability of funds and the quality of applications, the Secretary may make additional awards in FY 2008 from the list of unfunded applicants from this competition. *Estimated Range of Awards:* $130,000-$140,000. *Estimated Average Size of Awards:* $130,000. *Estimated Number of Awards:* 8. Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this notice. *Project Period:* Up to 36 months. III. Eligibility Information 1. *Eligible Applicants:* States, public agencies, and nonprofit private organizations. 2. *Cost Sharing or Matching:* The Federal share of the cost of a project is 100 percent in the first year, 75 percent in the second year, and 50 percent in the third year. The local match may be in cash or in-kind contributions. See section 305(a)(3) of the Act. 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:

(202)245-7363. 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. 3. *Submission Dates and Times:* *Applications Available:* March 23, 2007. *Deadline for Transmittal of Applications:* May 22, 2007. Applications for grants under this competition must be submitted electronically using the Grants.gov Apply site (Grants.gov). For information (including date and times) about how to submit your application electronically, or by mail or hand delivery if you qualify for an exception to the electronic submission requirement, 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:* July 23, 2007. Individuals with disabilities who need an accommodation or auxiliary aid in connection with the application process should contact the person listed under *For Further Information Contact* . 4. *Intergovernmental Review:* This competition 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 must be submitted electronically unless you qualify for an exception to this requirement in accordance with the instructions in this section. a. *Electronic Submission of Applications* . Applications for grants under the Recreational Programs, CFDA Number 84.128J must be submitted electronically using the Governmentwide 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. We will reject your application if you submit it in paper format unless, as described elsewhere in this section, you qualify for one of the exceptions to the electronic submission requirement *and* submit, no later than two weeks before the application deadline date, a written statement to the Department that you qualify for one of these exceptions. Further information regarding calculation of the date that is two weeks before the application deadline date is provided later in this section under *Exception to Electronic Submission Requirement* . You may access the electronic grant application for Recreational Programs at *http://www.Grants.gov* . You must search for the downloadable application package for this competition by the CFDA number. Do not include the CFDA number's alpha suffix in your search ( *e.g.* , search for 84.128, not 84.128J). Please note the following: • 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 date and time stamped. Your application must be fully uploaded and submitted, and must be date and 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 and 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 and 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 submission 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 steps in the Grants.gov registration process (see *http://www.grants.gov/applicants/get_registered.jsp* ). These steps include

(1)Registering your organization, a multi-part process that includes registration with the Central Contractor Registry (CCR);

(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 submit successfully an application via Grants.gov. In addition you will need to update your CCR registration on an annual basis. This may take three or more business days to complete. • You will not receive additional point value because you submit your application in electronic format, nor will we penalize you if you qualify for an exception to the electronic submission requirement, as described elsewhere in this section, and submit your application in paper format. • You must submit all documents electronically, including all information you typically provide on the following forms: Application for Federal Assistance (SF 424), the Department of Education Supplemental Information for SF 424, Budget Information—Non-Construction Programs (ED 524), and all necessary assurances and certifications. Please note that two of these forms—the SF 424 and the Department of Education Supplemental Information for SF 424—have replaced the ED 424 (Application for Federal Education Assistance). • 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 in this paragraph 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 from Grants.gov an automatic notification of receipt that contains a Grants.gov tracking number. (This notification indicates receipt by Grants.gov only, not receipt by the Department.) The Department then will retrieve your application from Grants.gov and send a second notification to you by e-mail. This second notification indicates that the Department has received your application and has assigned your application 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 Technical Issues with the Grants.gov System:* If you are experiencing problems submitting your application through Grants.gov, please contact the Grants.gov Support Desk at 1-800-518-4726. You must obtain a Grants.gov Support Desk Case Number and must keep a record of it. 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 described elsewhere in this notice. If you submit an application after 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application 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. 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: The extensions to which we refer 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 application deadline date and time or if the technical problem you experienced is unrelated to the Grants.gov system. *Exception to Electronic Submission Requirement:* You qualify for an exception to the electronic submission requirement, and may submit your application in paper format, if you are unable to submit an application through the Grants.gov system because— • You do not have access to the Internet; or • You do not have the capacity to upload large documents to the Grants.gov system; *and* • No later than two weeks before the application deadline date (14 calendar days or, if the fourteenth calendar day before the application deadline date falls on a Federal holiday, the next business day following the Federal holiday), you mail or fax a written statement to the Department, explaining which of the two grounds for an exception prevent you from using the Internet to submit your application. If you mail your written statement to the Department, it must be postmarked no later than two weeks before the application deadline date. If you fax your written statement to the Department, we must receive the faxed statement no later than two weeks before the application deadline date. Address and mail or fax your statement to: Ed Hofler, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 5065, Potomac Center Plaza, Washington, DC 20202-2800. FAX:

(202)245-7592. Your paper application must be submitted in accordance with the mail or hand delivery instructions described in this notice. b. *Submission of Paper Applications by Mail* . If you qualify for an exception to the electronic submission requirement, you may mail (through the U.S. Postal Service or a commercial carrier) your application to the Department. 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 84.128J), 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 84.128J), 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.

(1)A private metered postmark.

(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 qualify for an exception to the electronic submission requirement, you (or a courier service) may deliver your paper application to the Department by hand. You 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 84.128J), 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 *Selection Criteria:* The selection criteria for this competition are in the application package. 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. 4. *Performance Measures:* Under the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (GPRA), a measure has been developed for evaluating the overall effectiveness of the Recreational Programs: the percentage of projects in operation one, two, and three years after Federal funding ends. The Rehabilitation Services Administration

(RSA)collects data on this measure by contacting grantees once a year after the project period has ended. All grantees will be expected to submit an annual performance report documenting their success in maintaining the same level of service over their three-year project period and to provide information to RSA when they are contacted about their on-going activities after the project period has ended. VII. Agency Contact *For Further Information Contact:* Ed Hofler, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 5065, Potomac Center Plaza, Washington, DC 20202-2800. Telephone:

(202)245-7377 or by e-mail: *ed.hofler@ed.gov.* 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 to the program contact person listed in this section. VIII. Other Information *Electronic Access to This Document:* You may view this document, as well 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:* 84.326B. *Dates:* *Applications Available:* March 23, 2007. *Deadline for Transmittal of Applications:* May 7, 2007. *Deadline for Intergovernmental Review:* July 6, 2007. *Eligible Applicants:* State educational agencies (SEAs); local educational agencies (LEAs); public charter schools that are LEAs under State law; institutions of higher education (IHEs); other public agencies, such as lead agencies, public early intervention service programs and public early intervention service providers under Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA); private nonprofit organizations; outlying areas; freely associated States; Indian tribes or tribal organizations; and for-profit organizations. *Estimated Available Funds:* $700,000. *Maximum Award:* We will reject any application that proposes a budget exceeding $700,000 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** . *Number of Awards:* 1. Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this notice. *Project Period:* Up to 60 months. Full Text of Announcement I. Funding Opportunity Description *Purpose of Program:* This program promotes academic achievement and improves results for children with disabilities by supporting technical assistance, model demonstration projects, dissemination of useful information, and implementation activities that are supported by scientifically based research. *Priority:* In accordance with 34 CFR 75.105(b)(2)(v), this priority is from allowable activities specified in the statute (see sections 663 and 681(d) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), 20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.). *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: Technical Assistance Center for Evidence-Based Practices To Improve the Social-Emotional Development of Young Children With or At Risk of Disabilities *Background:* The early years in a child's life set the foundation for everything that follows. The social-emotional development of the young child is grounded in the interaction of early experiences and feelings with emerging intellectual, linguistic, sensory, and physical abilities. The formation of healthy personalities, appropriate emotions, mutually reinforcing relationships, and constructive behaviors establishes the framework for all other areas of growth, learning, and expression. Young children with or at risk of disabilities, along with their families, have special needs for additional or different supports and guidance. These supports are necessary to ensure the healthy development of the child in affective, physical, and cognitive domains. Service providers, policymakers, and other early childhood experts are becoming increasingly aware of the need for early intervention to support healthy social-emotional development in young children. Children from birth through two years old have the highest rates of abuse and neglect, in comparison to children in older age groups, and the highest rates of death from victimization (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2004). In the spring of 2005, a national study conducted at Yale University (Gilliam, 2005) reported that preschool children, aged three through five years old, had the highest expulsion rates in the United States, three times that of school-aged children. These removals from services were primarily associated with “behavioral” issues. National survey data have documented that 10 to 25 percent of children in low-income families present problem behaviors in preschool settings, and their teachers have indicated that these disruptive behavior problems are the most challenging issues they face (Webster-Stratton & Hammond, 1998; Joseph & Strain, 2003). Research has documented both short- and long-term benefits from early childhood interventions that promote positive social-emotional skills and address challenging behaviors. Specifically, evidence-based early interventions have been shown to decrease withdrawal, aggression, non-compliance, and disruption (Strain & Timm, 2001). Early interventions also foster positive peer relationships, understanding, friendship, cooperation, and sharing (Denham & Burton, 1998), as well as improvement in self-control, self-awareness, and self-satisfaction (Webster-Stratton, 1990). Research also has shown that children's social-emotional competence is associated with later academic success or failure in elementary and secondary schools (Walker, et al., 1998; Reynolds, et al., 2001; Strain & Timm, 2001). In addition, early interventions that promote healthy social-emotional behavior are tied to long-term achievement in the post-secondary education and employment arenas (Barnett, 1993; Karoly, et al., 1998). In response to findings that abused and neglected children under the age of three may be eligible for, and benefit from, early intervention services under Part C of IDEA, Congress amended the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) in June, 2003, to require State CAPTA agencies to have policies for the referral to the Part C program of children under the age of three who are involved in a substantiated case of abuse or neglect (CAPTA children). In December, 2004, section 637(a)(6) of IDEA was amended to require the Part C program lead agencies to have policies and procedures regarding the referral to the Part C program of children under the age of three who are CAPTA children, as well as those who are identified as affected by illegal substance abuse, or withdrawal symptoms resulting from prenatal drug exposure. To further encourage a focus on the social-emotional development of infants, toddlers, and other young children receiving services under IDEA, and as part of the State Performance Plan

(SPP)and Annual Performance Report

(APR)reporting requirements, the Office of Special Education Programs

(OSEP)requires States to report the percent of young children, birth through five years old, receiving services under Parts B and C of IDEA, who show improvement in positive social-emotional skills (including positive social relationships). Specialized technical assistance is needed to ensure that early intervention and early childhood service providers have the knowledge needed to support positive social-emotional development in infants, toddlers, and other young children (birth through five) receiving services under IDEA. *Priority:* This priority supports the establishment and operation of a Technical Assistance Center for Evidence-Based Practices to Improve the Social-Emotional Development of Young Children With or At Risk of Disabilities (Center). This Center must identify, disseminate, and assist in the implementation of the most successful, evidence-based practices available to improve the social, emotional, and behavioral functioning of young children with disabilities. For purposes of this priority, “young children with disabilities” means infants and toddlers from birth through age two with or at risk for developmental delays or disabilities, and young children ages three through five with or at risk for developmental delays or disabilities. In carrying out its knowledge development activities, the Center must develop the conceptual framework and research base for intervention practices and a cohesive decision-making model related to implementing those practices. The Center's knowledge development activities must include, but are not limited to—

(a)Developing a conceptual framework for the work of the Center that includes evidence-based practices that have been shown to improve early social-emotional outcomes in the context of general learning and development, and a cohesive decision-making model related to implementing those practices. The model must incorporate and distinguish, where appropriate, specific practices targeted toward infants, toddlers, and preschool-aged children with disabilities; and

(b)In year one of the project period, identifying or conducting syntheses of research on evidence-based interventions or practices that have been shown to improve social-emotional outcomes for young children with disabilities, thereby increasing the likelihood that these children will enter school ready to succeed and participate in classrooms with their typically developing peers. To the extent possible, the Center must use the standards established by the What Works Clearinghouse ( *http://www.whatworks.ed.gov/reviewprocess/study_standards_final/pdf* ). If it is not possible to use these standards, other rigorous standards must be used to identify evidence-based interventions and practices. The research syntheses must at a minimum address—

(1)Developmentally appropriate practices for providers of early intervention and other services to young children with disabilities that target the critical components of social-emotional development, such as social skills and peer interactions, relationships with adults, recognizing and communicating emotions and desires, problem solving, and adaptive skills including self-regulation (controlling anger and impulse);

(2)Evidence-based intervention methods, materials, and curricula designed for young children that include a focus on social-emotional development and how these methods and materials can be successfully modified, adapted, or individualized for young children with disabilities;

(3)The delivery of evidence-based interventions targeting social-emotional development in a variety of inclusive settings and natural environments;

(4)The delivery of family-centered early intervention services that promote the social-emotional development of infants, toddlers, and other young children with disabilities eligible for services under Part C of IDEA;

(5)Empirically-based assessments, including valid and reliable instruments, for measuring social-emotional development, monitoring individual growth and progress, supporting data-based decision making, aggregating individual child data to evaluate program efforts, and aligning assessments with State early learning, early child development, or school readiness standards and State reporting requirements. Assessments also should cover such areas as self-regulation, response to directions, communication/language, adaptive functioning, autonomy, affect, and social interaction; and

(6)Effective technical assistance

(TA)strategies that lead to knowledge utilization, sustainable changes in practice, and improved outcomes. The Center's TA and dissemination activities must include, but are not limited to—

(a)Developing and coordinating a national TA network comprised of a cadre of experts that the Center will use to provide TA to States in early social-emotional development for young children with disabilities. In their applications, applicants must describe their proposal for this network and identify the cadre of experts;

(b)Providing general TA and information on evidence-based practices that promote the development of social-emotional skills for young children with disabilities to SEAs, lead agencies and other public agencies, service providers, and other stakeholders in all States. This TA and information must reflect the on-going work of the Center to provide up-to-date information on practices that enhance early social-emotional development of young children with disabilities. TA and information must be provided through a variety of vehicles (e.g., Web site; listserv; presentations at national, regional, or State conferences; and conducting national training institutes). The Center's TA and information must be designed to develop the capacity of service providers to use high quality, evidence-based practices in the various inclusive settings and natural environments in which young children with disabilities are served, including the home, community-based settings and programs for typically developing children, other early intervention settings (if identified as appropriate for infants and toddlers), and, for preschool children aged three through five, inclusive or other appropriately-identified preschool, early childhood special education, and related service settings. With respect to children receiving services under Part C of IDEA, the TA and information must include identification of family-centered early intervention services that promote children's social and emotional development. The application must describe the approaches being proposed to provide general TA and information;

(c)In years one and two of the project period, identifying or developing and evaluating models that are based on evidence-based or promising practices and interventions, and that include assessments that promote the development of social-emotional competence in young children with disabilities in a minimum of five local communities of different types (rural, urban, suburban, etc.) serving children from diverse backgrounds in a variety of settings (such as Head Start Programs, early childhood special education programs, home-based programs, State-funded pre-kindergarten programs, etc). While the critical elements of the models should be consistent across the five settings, the models may contain modifications or adaptations that are based on the setting context. Models must be identified or developed for providers and programs serving young children with disabilities under Part C and Part B of IDEA. Models must include the creation and implementation of professional development plans that enhance early childhood professionals' implementation of evidence-based and high quality interventions and practices. Professional development plans must include early intervention and early childhood special education providers and may include other early care and education providers serving young children with disabilities, such as providers in Head Start/Early Head Start, child care, school-based preschools funded under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended (ESEA), and State-funded pre-kindergarten programs. The Center must document factors that facilitate fidelity of implementation and are necessary to sustain the model;

(d)In years three, four, and five of the project period, facilitating the development of State-wide or regional TA networks specifically focused on increasing the use of evidence-based practices that improve social-emotional outcomes of young children with disabilities by scaling-up models identified and/or developed and evaluated in years one and two in accordance with paragraph (c). These TA networks must include systems for training and supporting State-funded or program-funded “coaches” who will provide TA to regional, State, and local early intervention and early childhood special education programs and providers, and other early childhood professionals and agencies serving young children with disabilities (such as Head Start/Early Head Start, child care, school-based preschool programs funded under Title I of the ESEA, and State-funded pre-kindergarten programs). These TA networks also must include State and local early childhood program administrators (Part C early intervention lead agency staff and early intervention service providers, Part B early childhood staff, section 619 IDEA coordinators, child care administrators, Head Start administrators, and pre-kindergarten administrators), families, early childhood professional development experts (including experts from community colleges and other IHEs), researchers, early childhood TA experts, and others. The Center must allocate sufficient resources and time to develop strong TA networks and must give priority to working with States or regions most in need. Applicants must describe in their applications the process for creating sustainable networks and criteria for choosing the States or regions with whom they will work, including child outcome data reported on State Annual Performance Reports. This State selection process must involve consultation with OSEP; and

(e)Developing and implementing a plan for involving and communicating with families on the work of the Center. This plan must be developed in collaboration with OSEP-funded parent programs, including representatives from both the Parent Training and Information Centers and the Community Parent Resource Centers funded by the Department, and must include strategies to ensure involvement and communication with diverse and hard-to-reach families;

(f)Coordinating the Center's and the TA networks' activities with other IDEA-funded early intervention and early childhood special education TA centers. For example, the Center must build on the work of other federally funded early childhood projects where applicable, such as the Research and Training Center in Early Childhood Development and the Center for Evidence-Based Practice: Young Children with Challenging Behavior. The Center must coordinate activities with the National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (NECTAC), the Regional Resource Centers (RRCs), and the Early Childhood Outcomes

(ECO)Center;

(g)Coordinating the Center's and the TA networks' activities with other national, regional, State, and local early childhood training and TA efforts, including but not limited to efforts that target Head Start/Early Head Start, child care, school-based preschool programs under Title I of the ESEA, and State-funded pre-kindergarten programs. The Center should coordinate with the Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (CSEFEL), a joint project of the Office of Head Start and the Child Care Bureau in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services;

(h)Evaluating the Center's and TA networks' activities by measuring the impact of TA activities on early childhood program and service professionals and families of young children with disabilities. Specifically, the Center must document what these practitioners and families learned and how TA affected their use of evidence-based practices that promote positive social-emotional development in young children with disabilities; and

(i)Maintaining a Web site that is available to early childhood professionals and families and includes all TA materials prepared by the Center in a format that meets a government or industry-recognized standard for accessibility. The Center also must—

(a)Establish, maintain, and meet at least annually with a national advisory group that includes families of young children with disabilities, early intervention service providers and early childhood special education providers, experts in early childhood psychology and development, national early childhood organizations, and community members involved with young children with disabilities. The national advisory group will be responsible for providing annual feedback on the plans, activities, and accomplishments of the Center;

(b)Maintain ongoing communication with the OSEP Project Officer, including monthly conference calls. Budget for a three-day Project Directors' meeting in Washington, DC during each year of the project, plus one additional two-day trip annually to Washington, DC to attend additional national meetings and to meet and collaborate with the OSEP Project Officer and other funded projects for purposes of cross-project collaboration and information exchange; and

(c)Budget five percent of the grant amount annually to support emerging needs as identified jointly through consultation with the OSEP project officer. *Fourth and Fifth Years of the Project:* In deciding whether to continue funding the Center for the fourth and fifth years, the Secretary will consider the requirements of 34 CFR 75.253(a), and in addition—

(a)The recommendation of a review team consisting of experts selected by the Secretary, which review will be conducted during the last half of the project's second year in Washington, DC. Projects must budget for travel expenses associated with this one-day intensive review;

(b)The timeliness and effectiveness with which all requirements of the negotiated cooperative agreement have been or are being met by the Center; and

(c)The degree to which the project promotes best practices in the area of IDEA and other services to young children with disabilities. *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 a proposed priority. However, section 681(d) of IDEA makes the public comment requirements under the APA inapplicable to the priority in this notice. *Program Authority:* 20 U.S.C. 1463 and 1481(d). *Applicable Regulations:* 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. Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 79 apply to all applicants except federally recognized Indian tribes. Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 apply to IHEs only. References Barnett, W.S. (1993). Benefit-cost analysis of preschool education: Findings from a 25-year follow-up. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 63, 500-508. Denham, S.A., & Burton, R. (1996). A social-emotional intervention for at-risk 4-year-olds. Journal of School Psychology, 34, 225-245. Gilliam, W.S. (2005). Prekindergarteners left behind: Expulsion rates in state prekindergarten systems. Amherst: Yale (Retrieved July 20, 2005, from *http://www.fcd-us.org/PDFs/National PreKExpulsionPaper03.02_new.pdf* ) Joseph, G.E., & Strain, P.S. (2003). Comprehensive evidence-based social emotional curricula for young children: An analysis of efficacious adoption potential. Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 23, 65-76. Karoly, L.A., Greenwood, P.W., Everingham, S.S., Hoube, J., Kilburn, M.R., Rydell, C.P., Sanders, M., & Chiesa, J. (1998). Investing in our children: What we know and don't know about the costs and benefits of early childhood interventions. Santa Monica, CA: Rand. Reynolds, A.J., Temple, J.A., Robertson, D.L., & Mann, E.A. (2001). Long-term effects of an early childhood intervention on educational achievement and juvenile arrest: A 15-year follow-up of low-income children in public schools. Journal of the American Medical Association, 285, 2339-2346. Strain, P.S., & Timm, M.A. (2001). Remediation and prevention of aggression: An evaluation of the Regional Intervention Program over a quarter of a century. Behavioral Disorders, 26, 297-313. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on Children, Youth and Families. Child Maltreatment 2004 (Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2006). Walker, H.M., Kavanagh, K., Stiller, B., Golly, A., Severson, H.H., & Feil, E.G. (1998). First Step to Success: An early intervention approach for preventing school antisocial behavior. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 6, 66-80. Webster-Stratton, C. (1990). Long-term follow-up of families with young conduct-problem children: From preschool to grade school. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 19, 144-149. Webster-Stratton, C. & Hammond, M. (1998). Conduct problems and level of social competence in Head Start children: Prevalence, pervasiveness, and associated risk factors. Clinical Child Psychology, 65, 93-109. II. Award Information *Type of Award:* Cooperative agreement. *Estimated Available Funds:* $700,000. *Maximum Award:* We will reject any application that proposes a budget exceeding $700,000 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** . *Number of Awards:* 1. Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this notice. *Project Period:* Up to 60 months. III. Eligibility Information 1. *Eligible Applicants:* SEAs; LEAs; public charter schools that are LEAs under State law; IHEs; other public agencies, such as lead agencies, public early intervention service programs and public early intervention service providers under Part C of IDEA; private nonprofit organizations; outlying areas; freely associated States; Indian tribes or tribal organizations; and for-profit organizations. 2. *Cost Sharing or Matching:* This competition does not involve cost sharing or matching. 3. *Other: General Requirements* —(a) The projects funded under this competition must make positive efforts to employ and advance in employment qualified individuals with disabilities (see section 606 of IDEA).

(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 project (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 84.326B. 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 70 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 coversheet; 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, 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: March 23, 2007. Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: May 7, 2007. 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. Individuals with disabilities who need an accommodation or auxiliary aid in connection with the application process should contact the person listed under *For Further Information Contact* . Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: July 6, 2007. 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 government wide Grants.gov Apply site in FY 2007. The Technical Assistance Center for Evidence-Based Practices to Improve the Social-Emotional Development of Young Children With or At Risk of Disabilities, CFDA Number 84.326B, is one of the programs 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 Technical Assistance Center for Evidence-Based Practices to Improve the Social-Emotional Development of Young Children With or At Risk of Disabilities 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 Assistance (SF 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 84.326B), 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 84.326B), 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 84.326B), 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:

(1)You must indicate on the envelope and—if not provided by the Department—in Item 11 of the Application for Federal Assistance (SF 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 *Selection Criteria:* The selection criteria for this competition are from 34 CFR 75.210 and are listed in the application package. 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. 4. *Performance Measures:* Under the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (GPRA), the Department has developed measures that will yield information on various aspects of the Technical Assistance and Dissemination to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities program. These measures focus on: the extent to which projects provide high quality products and services, the relevance of project products and services to educational and early intervention policy and practice, and the use of products and services to improve educational and early intervention policy and practice. Grantees will be required to provide information related to these measures. Grantees also will be required to report information on their projects' performance in annual reports to the Department (34 CFR 75.590). VII. Agency Contact *For Further Information Contact:* Dr. Beth Caron, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Room 4066, Potomac Center Plaza, Washington, DC 20202-2550. Telephone:

(202)245-7293. 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)2006 *Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

(CFDA)Number:* 84.101. *Dates:* *Applications Available:* March 23, 2007. *Deadline for Transmittal of Applications:* May 7, 2007. *Eligible Applicants:*

(a)The following entities are eligible for an award under NACTEP:

(i)A federally recognized Indian tribe.

(ii)A tribal organization.

(iii)An Alaska Native entity.

(iv)A Bureau-funded school, except for a Bureau-funded school proposing to use its award to support secondary school career and technical education programs.

(b)Any tribe, tribal organization, Alaska Native entity, or eligible Bureau-funded school may apply individually or as part of a consortium with one or more eligible tribes, tribal organizations, Alaska Native entities, or eligible Bureau-funded schools. (Eligible applicants seeking to apply for funds as a consortium must meet the requirements in 34 CFR 75.127-75.129, which apply to group applications.) Note: An applicant must include documentation in its application showing that it and, if appropriate, consortium members are eligible according to the requirements in paragraphs

(a)and

(b)of the *Eligible Applicants* section of this notice. Note: In accordance with the definition of the term “tribal organization” in the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (ISDEA) (25 U.S.C. 450b(l)), any tribal organization proposing to provide NACTEP services for the benefit of more than one Indian tribe must first obtain the approval of each Indian tribe it proposes to serve and must submit documentation of such approval with its application. Documentation of tribal approval is a prerequisite to the awarding of a NACTEP grant to any tribal organization proposing to serve more than one Indian tribe. *Estimated Available Funds:* $14,632,000 for the first 12 months of the project period. Funding for years two through five is subject to the availability of funds and to a grantee meeting the requirements of 34 CFR 75.253. FY 2006 funds will be used for new awards under this competition. *Estimated Range of Awards:* $300,000 to $600,000 for the first 12 months. *Estimated Average Size of Awards:* $400,000. *Estimated Number of Awards:* 36. Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this notice. *Project Period:* Up to 60 months. I. Funding Opportunity Description *Purpose of Program:* The Native American Career and Technical Education Program (NACTEP), formerly known as the Native American Vocational and Technical Education Program (NAVTEP), provides grants to improve career and technical education programs that are consistent with the purposes of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (the Act) and that benefit Native Americans and Alaska Natives. Background Information This notice invites applications for a NACTEP competition that implements section 116 of the Act, enacted August 12, 2006. As was previously the case with NAVTEP, section 116 of the Act continues to authorize the Secretary to award grants, cooperative agreements, or enter into contracts with Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and Alaska Native entities to operate career and technical education projects that improve career and technical education for Native American and Alaska Native students. Under section 116 of the Act, Bureau-funded schools proposing to fund secondary programs are not eligible to receive an award directly from the Secretary. However, an Indian tribe, tribal organization, Alaska Native entity, or Bureau-funded school may use its award to assist a secondary school operated or supported by the U.S. Department of the Interior to carry out career and technical education programs. A Bureau-funded school that is not proposing a secondary program is eligible for assistance under NACTEP. For the convenience of applicants, we describe in this notice the major statutory changes made to the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998 (Perkins III), which was amended by the Act, that affect NACTEP. Statutory Changes Affecting NACTEP

(a)*Purpose.* In the Act, Congress has expanded and added elements to the statement of purpose, most significantly by stating that, among other statutory purposes, programs should build on the efforts of States and localities to develop challenging academic and technical standards and to assist students in meeting such standards, including in preparation for high-skill, high-wage, or high-demand occupations in emerging or established professions. (20 U.S.C. 2301(1)) Congress has also added to the statement of purpose the requirement that programs provide technical assistance that promotes leadership, initial preparation, professional development and improves the quality of, career and technical education teachers, faculty, administrators, and counselors. (20 U.S.C. 2301(5)) Additionally, the Act's purpose section has been amended to include supporting partnerships among secondary schools, postsecondary institutions, baccalaureate degree-granting institutions, area career and technical education schools, local workforce investment boards, business and industry, and intermediaries, as well as providing in conjunction with other education and training programs, individuals with opportunities throughout their lives to develop the knowledge and skills needed to keep the United States competitive. (20 U.S.C. 2301(6) and (7))

(b)*Definitions.* In the Act, Congress has amended the definitions of certain terms that affect NACTEP. Most significantly, the term “career and technical education” has replaced the term “vocational and technical education” throughout the Act. Thus, in this notice we use the term “career and technical education.” Moreover, under the new definition of career and technical education, the sequence of courses provided as part of a career and technical education program must provide students with coherent and rigorous content aligned with challenging academic standards and relevant technical knowledge and skills needed to prepare for further education and careers in current or emerging professions. (20 U.S.C. 2302(5)(A)(i))

(c)*Special Populations.* Paragraph

(F)of the definition of “Special Populations” in section 3(29) of the Act uses the phrase “individuals with limited English proficiency” instead of the phrase “individuals with other barriers to educational achievement, including individuals with limited English proficiency” that was used in Perkins III. (20 U.S.C. 2302(29)(F)) Although the Act no longer includes, within the definition of “special populations,” the phrase “individuals with other barriers to educational achievement,” under section 324 of the Act NACTEP students with other barriers to educational achievement may receive assistance such as tuition and fees, dependent care, transportation, books, and supplies, that are necessary for a student to participate in a project funded under this program. (20 U.S.C. 2414(b)) Note: Refer to the *Direct assistance to students* and *Student stipends* sections of this notice for guidance on providing financial assistance for tuition, dependent care, transportation, books, supplies, and stipends. Authorized Programs, Services and Activities

(a)*Authorized programs.* Section 116(e) of the Act requires the Secretary to ensure that activities funded under NACTEP “will improve career and technical education programs.” (20 U.S.C. 2326(e)) This requirement, first introduced in NAVTEP, continues to align NACTEP with other programs authorized under the Act that require recipients of funds under the Act to develop challenging academic standards and improve career and technical education. Under this competition the Secretary awards grants to carry out projects that—

(i)Propose organized educational activities offering a sequence of courses that

(1)provides individuals with coherent and rigorous content aligned with challenging academic standards and relevant technical knowledge and skills needed to prepare for further education and careers in current or emerging professions;

(2)provides technical skill proficiency, an industry-recognized credential, a certificate, or an associate degree; and

(3)includes competency-based applied learning that contributes to the academic knowledge, higher-order reasoning and problem-solving skills, work attitudes, general employability skills, technical skills, and occupation-specific skills, and knowledge of all aspects of an industry, including entrepreneurship, of an individual. Projects may include prerequisite courses (other than remedial courses) that meet the definitional requirements of section 3(5) of the Act. (20 U.S.C. 2302(5)) In addition, at the secondary level, coherent and rigorous academic curriculum must be aligned with challenging academic content standards and student academic achievement standards in reading/language arts and mathematics that the State in which the applicant is located has established under the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB). (20 U.S.C. 6301) Contacts for State NCLB programs may be found on the Internet at: *http://www.ed.gov/about/contacts/State/index.html.*

(ii)Develop new programs, services, or activities or improve or expand existing programs, services, or activities that are consistent with the purposes of the Act. In other words, the Department will support “expansions” or “improvements” that include, but are not limited to, the expansion of effective programs or practices; upgrading of activities, equipment, or materials; increasing staff capacity; adoption of new technology; modification of curriculum; or implementation of new policies to improve program effectiveness and outcomes.

(iii)Fund a career and technical education program, service, or activity that—

(1)Is a new program, service, or activity that was not provided by the applicant during the instructional term (a defined period, such as a semester, trimester, or quarter, within the academic year) that preceded the request for funding under NACTEP;

(2)Will improve or expand an existing career and technical education program; or

(3)Inherently improves career and technical education. **Note:** A program, service, or activity “inherently improves career and technical education” if it—

(i)Develops new career and technical education programs of study that will be approved by the appropriate accreditation agency;

(ii)Strengthens the rigor of the academic and career and technical components of funded programs;

(iii)Uses curriculum that is aligned with industry-recognized standards and will result in students attaining industry-recognized credentials, certificates, or degrees;

(iv)Integrates academics (other than remedial courses) with career and technical education programs through a coherent sequence of courses to ensure learning in the core academic and career and technical subjects;

(v)Links career and technical education at the secondary level with career and technical education at the postsecondary level and facilitates students' pursuit of a baccalaureate degree;

(vi)Expands the scope, depth, and relevance of curriculum, especially content that provides students with a comprehensive understanding of all aspects of an industry and a variety of hands-on, job-specific experiences; and

(vii)Offers—

(1)Work-related experience, internships, cooperative education, school-based enterprises, entrepreneurship, community service learning, and job shadowing that are related to career and technical education programs;

(2)Coaching/mentoring, support services, and extra help for students after school, on the weekends, and/or during the summers so they can meet higher standards;

(3)Career guidance and academic counseling for students participating in career and technical education programs;

(4)Placement services for students who have successfully completed career and technical education programs and attained a technical skill proficiency that is aligned with industry-recognized standards;

(5)Professional development programs for teachers, counselors, and administrators; and

(6)Strong partnerships among grantees and local educational agencies, postsecondary institutions, community leaders, adult education providers, and, as appropriate, other entities, such as employers, labor organizations, parents, and local partnerships, to enable students to achieve State academic standards and career and technical skills;

(7)The use of student assessment and evaluation data to improve continually instruction and staff development with the goal of increasing student achievement in career and technical education programs; or

(8)Research, development, demonstration, dissemination, evaluation and assessment, capacity building, and technical assistance, related to career and technical education programs.

(b)*Assistance to Bureau-funded secondary schools.* An Indian tribe, a tribal organization, or an Alaska Native entity, that receives funds through a NACTEP grant or contract may use the funds to provide assistance to a secondary school operated or supported by the U.S. Department of the Interior to enable such school to carry out career and technical education programs.

(c)*Student stipends.* A portion of an award under this program may be used to provide stipends to a student to help meet the costs of participation in a NACTEP project.

(i)To be eligible for a stipend a student must—

(1)Be enrolled in a career and technical education project funded under this program;

(2)Be in regular attendance in a NACTEP project and meet the training institution's attendance requirement;

(3)Maintain satisfactory progress in his or her program of study according to the training institution's published standards for satisfactory progress; and

(4)Have an acute economic need that—

(A)Prevents participation in a project funded under this program without a stipend; and

(B)Cannot be met through a work-study program.

(ii)The amount of a stipend is the greater of either the minimum hourly wage prescribed by State or local law or the minimum hourly wage established under the Fair Labor Standards Act.

(iii)A grantee may only award a stipend if the stipend combined with other resources the student receives does not exceed the student's financial need. A student's financial need is the difference between the student's cost of attendance and the financial aid or other resources available to defray the student's cost of participating in a NACTEP project.

(iv)To calculate the amount of a student's stipend, a grantee would multiply the number of hours a student actually attends career and technical education instruction by the amount of the minimum hourly wage that is prescribed by State or local law, or by the minimum hourly wage that is established under the Fair Labor Standards Act. *Example:* If a grantee uses the Fair Labor Standards Act minimum hourly wage of $5.15 and a student attends classes for 20 hours a week, the student's stipend would be $103 for the week during which the student attends classes ($5.15 × 20 = 103). Note: Grantees must maintain records that fully support their decisions to award stipends and the amounts that are paid, such as proof of a student's enrollment in a NACTEP project, stipend applications, timesheets showing the number of attendance hours confirmed in writing by an instructor, student financial status information, and evidence that a student would not be able to participate in the NACTEP project without a stipend. (20 U.S.C. 1232f; 34 CFR 75.700-75.702; 75.730; and 75.731)

(v)An eligible student may receive a stipend when taking a course for the first time. However, generally a stipend may not be provided to a student who has already taken, completed, and had the opportunity to benefit from a course and is merely repeating the course.

(vi)An applicant must include in its application the procedure it intends to use to determine student eligibility for stipends and stipend amounts, and its oversight procedures for the awarding and payment of stipends.

(d)*Direct assistance to students.* A grantee may provide direct assistance to a student if the following conditions are met:

(i)The recipient of the direct assistance is an individual who is a member of a special population and who is participating in a NACTEP project.

(ii)The direct assistance is needed to address barriers to the individual's successful participation in a NACTEP project.

(iii)The direct assistance is part of a broader, more generally focused program or activity to address the needs of an individual who is a member of a special population. Note: Direct assistance to individuals who are members of special populations is not, by itself, a “program or activity for special populations.”

(iv)The grant funds used for direct assistance must be expended to supplement, and not supplant, assistance that is otherwise available from non-Federal sources. For example, generally, a postsecondary educational institution could not use NACTEP funds to provide child care for single parents if non-Federal funds previously were made available for this purpose, or if non-Federal funds are used to provide child care services for single parents participating in non-career and technical education programs and these services otherwise would have been available to career and technical education students in the absence of NACTEP funds.

(v)In determining how much of the NACTEP grant funds it will use for direct assistance to an eligible student, a grantee must consider whether the specific services to be provided are a reasonable and necessary cost of providing career and technical education programs for special populations. However, the Secretary does not envision a circumstance in which it would be a reasonable and necessary expenditure of NACTEP project funds for a grantee to utilize a majority of a project's budget to pay direct assistance to students, in lieu of providing the students served by the project with career and technical education. Additional Program Requirements

(a)*Appeal process.* Any applicant denied funding under this NACTEP competition may request a hearing to review the Secretary's decision not to make the award. The Secretary will implement the appeal process in accordance with the procedures set forth in 34 CFR 401.23. In accordance with those procedures, any applicant denied funding will have 30 calendar days to make a written request to the Secretary for a hearing to review the Secretary's decision.

(b)*Career and technical education agreement.* Any applicant that is not proposing to provide career and technical education directly to its students and proposes instead to use NACTEP funds to pay one or more qualified educational entities to provide education to its students must include with its application a written career and technical education agreement between the applicant and that entity. The written agreement must describe the commitment between the applicant and the educational entity and must include, at a minimum, a statement of the responsibilities of the applicant and the entity. The agreement must be signed by the appropriate individuals on behalf of each party, such as the authorizing official or president of a tribe or tribal organization, a college president, or a college dean.

(c)*Limitation on services.* Section 315 of the Act prohibits the use of funds received under the Act to provide career and technical education programs to students prior to the seventh grade.

(d)*Supplement-Not-Supplant.* In accordance with section 311(a) of the Act, funds under this program may not be used to supplant non-Federal funds used to carry out career and technical education activities and tech-prep activities. Further, the prohibition against supplanting also means that grantees are required to use their negotiated restricted indirect cost rates under this program. (34 CFR 75.563) The Secretary cautions applicants not to plan to use funds under NACTEP to replace otherwise available non-Federal funding for “direct assistance to students” and family assistance programs. For example, NACTEP funds must not be used to supplant tribal and other non-Federal funds with Federal funds in order to pay the costs of students' tuition, dependent care, transportation, books, supplies, and other costs associated with participation in a career and technical education program. Further, the Secretary is concerned that funds under NACTEP may be used to replace Federal student financial aid. The Secretary wishes to highlight that the Act does not authorize the Secretary to fund projects that serve primarily as entities through which students may apply for and receive tuition and other financial assistance. Evaluation Requirements To ensure the high quality of NACTEP projects and the achievement of the goals and purposes of section 116(e) of the Act, each grantee must budget for and conduct an ongoing evaluation of the effectiveness of its program. An independent evaluator must conduct the evaluation. The evaluation must—

(a)Be appropriate for the project and be both formative and summative in nature;

(b)Include—

(i)The performance measures for NACTEP that are identified in the *Performance Measures* section of this notice;

(ii)Qualitative and quantitative data with respect to—

(1)Academic and career and technical competencies demonstrated by the participants and the number and kinds of academic and work credentials acquired by individuals, including participation in programs providing skill proficiency assessments, industry certifications, or training at the associate degree level that is articulated with an advanced degree option;

(2)Enrollment, completion, and placement of participants by gender for each occupation for which training was provided;

(3)Job or work skill attainment or enhancement, including participation in apprenticeship and work-based learning programs, and student progress in achieving technical skill proficiencies necessary to obtain employment in the field for which the student has been prepared, including attainment or enhancement of technical skills in the industry the student is preparing to enter;

(4)Activities during the formative stages of the project to help guide and improve the project, as well as a summative evaluation that includes recommendations for disseminating information on project activities and results;

(5)The number and percentage of students that obtained industry-recognized credentials, certificates, or degrees;

(6)The outcomes of students' technical assessments, by type and scores, if available; and

(7)The rates of attainment of a proficiency credential or certificate, in conjunction with a secondary school diploma;

(c)Measure the effectiveness of the project, including a comparison between the intended and observed results, and a demonstration of a clear link between the observed results and the specific treatment given to project participants;

(d)Measure the extent to which information about or resulting from the project was disseminated at other sites, such as through the grantee's development and use of guides or manuals that provide step-by-step directions for practitioners to follow when initiating similar efforts; and

(e)Measure the long-term impact of the project, e.g., follow-up data on students' employment, sustained employment, promotions, and further/continuing education or training, or the impact the project had on tribal economic development or career and technical education activities offered by tribes. Integration of Services

(a)A tribe, tribal organization, or Alaska Native entity receiving financial assistance under this program may integrate those funds with assistance received from related programs in accordance with the provisions of Public Law 102-477, the Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Demonstration Act of 1992 (25 U.S.C. 3401 *et seq.* ).

(b)A tribe, tribal organization, or Alaska Native entity wishing to integrate funds must have a plan that meets the requirements of the Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Demonstration Act and is acceptable to the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Education. For further information on the integration of grant funds under this and related programs contact Lynn Forcia, Chief, Division of Workforce Development, Office of Indian Energy and Economic Development, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1951 Constitution Avenue, NW., Mailstop 20 SIB, Washington, DC 20245. Telephone:

(202)219-5270. E-mail address: *ieed@bia.edu.* Fax:

(202)208-6991. Indian Self-Determination Contracts Section 116(b)(2) of the Act provides that grants or contracts awarded under section 116 of the Act are subject to the terms and conditions of section 102 of the ISDEA (25 U.S.C. 450f) and must be conducted in accordance with the provisions of sections 4, 5, and 6 of the Act of April 16, 1934 (25 U.S.C. 455-457), that are relevant to the programs administered under section 116(b) of the Act. Section 102 of the ISDEA authorizes Indian tribes to request self-determination contracts. Accordingly, an Indian tribe or tribal organization that has applied to the Secretary for financial assistance under NACTEP and has been notified of its selection to be a recipient of financial assistance may submit a request to operate its NACTEP project through a section 102 Indian self-determination contract. In accordance with section 102(a) of the ISDEA, any Indian tribe or tribal organization requesting to operate its project under an Indian self-determination contract must do so by tribal resolution. After successful applicants are selected under this NACTEP competition, the Secretary will review any requests to operate a project under an Indian self-determination contract pursuant to the ISDEA. If a request for an Indian self-determination contract is approved, the Indian tribe or tribal organization submitting the request will be required, to the extent possible, to operate its project in accordance with the ISDEA, the Act, and the non-statutory program requirements established in this notice. As with grants under NACTEP, self-determination contracts under NACTEP are limited to a 60-month project period and are subject to the availability of funds. The career and technical education programs, services, and activities provided through an Indian self-determination contract would have to be essentially the same as were proposed in the initial application and approved by the Department. Any Indian tribe or tribal organization that is selected to receive funding under this competition, but whose request for an Indian self-determination contract is denied, may appeal the denial to the Secretary. If you have questions about ISDEA self-determination contracts, please contact the persons listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice. Definitions *Act of April 16, 1934* means the Federal law commonly known as the “Johnson-O'Malley Act” that authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to enter into contracts for the education of Indians and other purposes. (25 U.S.C. 455-457) *Acute economic need* means an income that is at or below the national poverty level according to the latest available data from the U.S. Department of Commerce or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Poverty Guidelines. *Alaska Native or Native* means a citizen of the United States who is a person of one-fourth degree or more Alaska Indian (including Tsimshian Indians not enrolled in the Metlakta Indian Community) Eskimo, or Aleut blood, or a combination thereof. The term includes—

(a)Any Native, as so defined, either or both of whose adoptive parents are not Natives; and

(b)In the absence of proof of a minimum blood quantum, any citizen of the United States who is regarded as an Alaska Native by the Native village or Native group of which he or she claims to be a member and whose father or mother is (or, if deceased, was) regarded as Native by any village or group. Any decision of the Secretary of the Interior regarding eligibility for enrollment will be final. (20 U.S.C. 2326(a)(1); 43 U.S.C. 1602(b)) *Alaska Native entity* means an entity such as an Alaska Native village, group, or regional or village corporation. *Alaska Native group* means any tribe, band, clan, village, community, or village association of Natives in Alaska composed of less than twenty-five Natives, who comprise a majority of the residents of the locality. (43 U.S.C. 1602(d)) *Alaska Native village* means any tribe, band, clan, group, village, community, or association in Alaska—

(a)Listed in sections 1610 and 1615 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act; or

(b)That meets the requirements of chapter 33 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act; and

(c)That the Secretary of the Interior determines was, on the 1970 census enumeration date (as shown by the census or other evidence satisfactory to the Secretary of the Interior, who shall make findings of fact in each instance), composed of twenty-five or more Natives. (43 U.S.C. 1602(c)) *Alaska regional corporation* means an Alaska Native regional corporation established under the laws of the State of Alaska in accordance with the provisions of chapter 33 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. (43 U.S.C. 1602(g)) *Alaska village corporation* means an Alaska Native Village Corporation organized under the laws of the State of Alaska as a business for profit or nonprofit corporation to hold, invest, manage and/or distribute lands, property, funds, and other rights and assets for and on behalf of an Alaska Native village in accordance with the terms of chapter 33 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. (43 U.S.C. 1602(j)) *Bureau* means the Bureau of Indian Affairs of the U.S. Department of the Interior. (25 U.S.C. 2021(2)) *Bureau-funded school* means—

(a)A Bureau-operated elementary or secondary day or boarding school or Bureau-operated dormitory for students attending a school other than a Bureau school. (25 U.S.C. 2021(3) and (4));

(b)An elementary school, secondary school, or dormitory, that receives financial assistance for its operation under a contract, grant, or agreement with the Bureau under section 102, 103(a), or 208 of ISDEA (25 U.S.C. 450f, 450h(a), or 458d) or under the Tribally Controlled Schools Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2504 *et seq.* ). (25 U.S.C. 2021(3) and (5)); or

(c)A school for which assistance is provided under the Tribally Controlled Schools Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2501 *et seq.* ). (25 U.S.C. 2021) *Career and technical education* means organized educational activities that—

(a)Offer a sequence of courses that—

(1)Provides individuals with coherent and rigorous content aligned with challenging academic standards and relevant technical knowledge and skills needed to prepare for further education and careers in current or emerging professions;

(2)Provides technical skills proficiency, an industry-recognized credential, a certificate, or an associate degree; and

(3)May include prerequisite courses (other than remedial courses) that meet the requirements of this definition; and

(b)Include competency-based applied learning that contributes to the academic knowledge, higher-order reasoning and problem-solving skills, work attitudes, general employability skills, technical skills, and occupation-specific skills, and knowledge of all aspects of an industry, including entrepreneurship, of the individual. (20 U.S.C. 2302(5)) *Coherent sequence of courses* means a series of courses in which career and academic education is integrated, and that directly relates to, and leads to, both academic and occupational competencies. The term includes competency-based education and academic education, and adult training or retraining, including sequential units encompassed within a single adult retraining course, that otherwise meet the requirements of this definition. *Direct assistance to students* means tuition, dependent care, transportation, books, and supplies that are necessary for a student to participate in a project funded under this program. *Indian* means a person who is a member of an Indian tribe. (20 U.S.C. 2326(a)(3); 25 U.S.C. 450b(d)) *Indian tribe* means any Indian tribe, band, nation, or other organized group or community, including any Alaska Native village or regional or village corporation as defined in or established pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 *et seq.* ), that is recognized as eligible for the special programs and services provided by the United States to Indians because of their status as Indians. (20 U.S.C. 2326(a)(3); 25 U.S.C. 450b(e)) *Institution of higher education* means—

(a)An educational institution in any State that—

(1)Admits as regular students only persons having a certificate of graduation from a school providing secondary education, or the recognized equivalent of such a certificate;

(2)Is legally authorized within such State to provide a program of education beyond secondary education;

(3)Provides an educational program for which the institution awards a bachelor's degree or provides not less than a 2-year program that is acceptable for full credit toward such a degree;

(4)Is a public or other nonprofit institution; and

(5)Is accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or association or, if not so accredited, is an institution that has been granted preaccreditation status by such an agency or association that has been recognized by the Secretary of the Education for the granting of preaccreditation status, and the Secretary of Education has determined that there is satisfactory assurance that the institution will meet the accreditation standards of such an agency or association within a reasonable time.

(b)The term also includes—

(1)Any school that provides not less than a 1-year program of training to prepare students for gainful employment in a recognized occupation and that meets the provisions of paragraphs (a)(1), (2),

(4)and

(5)of this definition.

(2)A public or nonprofit private educational institution in any State that, in lieu of the requirement in paragraph (a)(1) of this definition, admits as regular students persons who are beyond the age of compulsory school attendance in the State in which the institution is located. (20 U.S.C. 1001 and 2302(18)) *Special populations* means—

(a)Individuals with disabilities;

(b)Individuals from economically disadvantaged families, including foster children;

(c)Individuals preparing for nontraditional training fields;

(d)Single parents, including single pregnant women;

(e)Displaced homemakers; and

(f)Individuals with limited English proficiency. (20 U.S.C. 2302(29)) *Stipend* means a subsistence allowance for a student that is necessary for the student to participate in a project funded under this program. *Support services* means services related to curriculum modification, equipment modification, classroom modification, supportive personnel, and instructional aids and devices. (20 U.S.C. 2302(31)) *Tribal organization* means the recognized governing body of any Indian tribe; any legally established organization of Indians that is controlled, sanctioned, or chartered by such governing body or that is democratically elected by the adult members of the Indian community to be served by the organization and that includes the maximum participation of Indians in all phases of its activities, provided that, in any case where a contract is let or grant made to an organization to perform services benefiting more than one Indian tribe, the approval of each such Indian tribe shall be a prerequisite to the letting or making of such contract or grant. (20 U.S.C. 2326(a)(3); 25 U.S.C. 450b(l)) *Tribally Controlled College or University* means an institution of higher education that is formally controlled, or has been formally sanctioned or chartered, by the governing body of an Indian tribe or tribes, except that no more than one such institution will be recognized with respect to any such tribe. (20 U.S.C. 2302(33) and 25 U.S.C. 1801(a)(4)) *Waiver of Proposed Rulemaking:* Under the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 553), the Department generally offers interested parties the opportunity to comment on proposed non-statutory requirements, definitions, and selection criteria. However, section 437(d)(1) of the General Education Provisions Act

(GEPA)(20 U.S.C. 1232(d)(1)), allows the Secretary to exempt from rulemaking requirements, non-statutory requirements, definitions, and selection criteria governing the first grant competition under a new or substantially revised program authority. This is the first grant competition for this program under section 116 of the Act and, therefore, qualifies for this exemption. In order to ensure timely grant awards, the Secretary has decided to forgo public comment on the non-statutory requirements, definitions, and selection criteria under the authority of section 437(d)(1) of GEPA. These non-statutory requirements, definitions, and selection criteria will apply to the FY 2006 competition only. *Program Authority:* The Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (Pub. L. 109-270, 20 U.S.C. 2301, *et seq.* ), in particular, section 116. (20 U.S.C. 2326(a)-(g)). *Applicable Regulations:* The Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 80, 81, 82, 84, 85, 86, 97, 98, and 99. Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 apply to institutions of higher education only. II. Award Information *Type of Award:* Discretionary grants. *Estimated Available Funds:* $14,632,000 for the first 12 months of the project period. Funding for years two through five is subject to the availability of funds and to a grantee meeting the requirements of 34 CFR 75.253. Fiscal Year 2006 funds will be used for new awards under this competition. *Estimated Range of Awards:* $300,000 to $600,000. *Estimated Average Size of Awards:* $400,000. *Estimated Number of Awards:* 36. Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this Notice. *Project Period:* Up to 60 months. III. Eligibility Information 1. *Eligible Applicants:*

(a)The following entities are eligible for an award under NACTEP:

(i)A federally recognized Indian tribe.

(ii)A tribal organization.

(iii)An Alaska Native entity.

(iv)A Bureau-funded school, except for a Bureau-funded school proposing to use its award to support secondary school career and technical education programs.

(a)and

(b)of the *Eligible Applicants* section of this notice. Note: In accordance with the definition of the term “tribal organization” in ISDEA (25 U.S.C. 450b(l)), any tribal organization proposing to provide NACTEP services for the benefit of more than one Indian tribe must first obtain the approval of each Indian tribe it proposes to serve and must submit documentation of such approval with its application. Documentation of tribal approval is a prerequisite to the awarding of a NACTEP grant to any tribal organization proposing to serve more than one Indian tribe. 2. *Cost Sharing or Matching:* This program does not involve cost sharing or matching requirements, but does involve supplement-not-supplant funding provisions. IV. Application and Submission Information 1. *Address To Request Application Package:* Linda Mayo or Gwen Washington, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 11075, Potomac Center Plaza, Washington, DC 20202-7241. *Telephone:*

(202)245-7792 or

(202)245-7790. *Fax:*

(202)245-7170. *E-Mail:* *ashi.mayo@ed.gov* or *gwen.washington@ed.gov* . You may also obtain an application package via the Internet from the following address: *http://www.ed.gov/GrantApps/.* 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 notice in an alternate format (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer diskette) by contacting the program contact persons listed in this section. 2. *Content and Form of Application Submission:* Requirements concerning the content of the application, together with the forms you must submit, are in the application package and notice for this competition. 3. *Submission Dates and Times:* Applications Available: March 23, 2007. *Deadline for Transmittal of Applications:* May 7, 2007. Applications for grants under this program 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. Individuals with disabilities who need an accommodation or auxiliary aid in connection with the application process should contact the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT . 4. *Intergovernmental Review:* This program is not subject to Executive Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR part 79. 5. *Funding Restrictions:* We reference regulations outlining funding restriction 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.* To comply with the President's Management Agenda, we are participating as a partner in the Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply site. NACTEP, CFDA Number 84.101, is included in this project. We request your participation in Grants.gov. If you choose to submit your application electronically, you must use the Governmentwide 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 NACTEP at *http://www.Grants.gov* . You must search for the downloadable application package for this competition by the CFDA number. Do not include the CFDA number's alpha suffix in your search ( *e.g.* , search for 84.101, not 84.101A). 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 date and time stamped. Your application must be fully uploaded and submitted and must be date and 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 and 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 and 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 submission 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 steps in the Grants.gov registration process (see *http://www.grants.gov/applicants/get_registered.jsp* ). These steps include

(1)Registering your organization, a multi-part process that includes registration with the Central Contractor Registry (CCR);

(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 submit successfully an application via Grants.gov. In addition you will need to update your CCR registration on an annual basis. This may take three or more business days to complete. • 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. • If you submit your application electronically, you must submit all documents electronically, including all information you typically provide on the following forms: Application for Federal Assistance (SF 424), the Department of Education Supplemental Information for SF 424, Budget Information—Non-Construction Programs (ED 524), and all necessary assurances, certifications, and approvals from tribal entities. Please note that two of these forms—the SF 424 and the Department of Education Supplemental Information for SF 424—have replaced the ED 424 (Application for Federal Education Assistance). • If you 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 in this paragraph 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 from Grants.gov an automatic notification of receipt that contains a Grants.gov tracking number. (This notification indicates receipt by Grants.gov only, not receipt by the Department.) The Department then will retrieve your application from Grants.gov and send a second notification to you by e-mail. This second notification indicates that the Department has received your application and has assigned your application 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 Technical Issues with the Grants.gov System:* If you are experiencing problems submitting your application through Grants.gov, please contact the Grants.gov Support Desk at 1-800-518-4726. You must obtain a Grants.gov Support Desk Case Number and must keep a record of it. 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 described elsewhere in this notice. If you submit an application after 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application 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. 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: The extensions to which we refer 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 application 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 84.101), 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 84.101), 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.

(1)A private metered postmark.

(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 84.101), 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 program are as follows. The maximum score for each criterion is indicated in parentheses.

(a)*Need for project.* (5 points) In determining the need for the proposed project, we consider the extent of the need for the services to be provided or the activities to be carried out by the proposed project, as evidenced by data such as local labor market demand or occupational trends, or from surveys, recommendations from accrediting agencies, or tribal economic development plans.

(b)*Significance.* (15 points) In determining the significance of the proposed project, we consider the following factors:

(i)The potential contribution of the proposed project toward increasing the understanding of educational needs, issues, or strategies for providing career and technical education to American Indians and Alaska Natives. (5 points)

(ii)The likelihood that the proposed project will result in system change or improvement in the applicant's educational program as evidenced by the types of training and activities identified in the project application. (5 points)

(iii)The extent to which the proposed project is likely to build local capacity to provide, improve, or expand services that address the career and technical needs of the target population. (5 points)

(c)*Quality of the project design.* (25 points) In determining the quality of the design of the proposed project, we consider the following factors:

(i)The extent to which goals, objectives, and outcomes are clearly specified and measurable ( *e.g.* , identification of the requirements for each course of study to be provided under the project, the technical skill proficiencies to be taught and industry-recognized standards or competency assessments to be used, including related training areas and a description of the industry certifications, credentials, certificates, or degrees that students may earn; expected enrollments, completions, and student placements in jobs, military specialties, and continuing education/training opportunities in each career training area; the number of teachers, counselors, and administrators to be trained). (10 points)

(ii)The extent to which the design of the proposed project is appropriate to, and will successfully address, the needs of the target population or other identified needs, as evidenced by the applicant's description of programs and activities that align with the target population's needs. (5 points)

(iii)The extent to which the design for implementing and evaluating the proposed project plans for and is likely to result in the development of information to guide possible dissemination of information on project practices, activities or strategies, including information about the effectiveness of the approach or strategies employed by the project, planned dissemination activities, the kind of practices, activities, or strategies to be disseminated, the target audience for the dissemination of such practices, activities, or strategies, and the proposed uses for such disseminated practices, activities, or strategies. (5 points)

(iv)The extent to which the proposed project will establish linkages with or will be coordinated with similar or related efforts, and with community, State, or Federal resources, as appropriate. (5 points)

(d)*Quality of project services.* (20 points) In determining the quality of the services to be provided by the proposed project, we consider the following factors:

(i)The extent to which the training or professional development services to be provided by the proposed project are of sufficient quality, intensity, and duration to lead to improvements in practice among the project staff and instructors, including the extent to which the proposed training and professional development plans address ways in which learning gaps will be addressed and how continuous review of performance will be conducted to identify training needs. (5 points)

(ii)The extent to which the services to be provided by the proposed project will create opportunities for students to receive an industry-recognized credential; become employed in high-skill, high-wage, and high-demand occupations; or both. (5 points)

(iii)The extent to which the services proposed in the project will create opportunities to acquire technical skill proficiencies, industry certifications, or the skills identified by State or industry-recognized career and technical education programs or professions. In describing the services, there must be a clear link between the services and the skill proficiencies, industry certifications, credentials, certificates, or degrees that students may earn. (10 points)

(e)*Quality of project personnel.* (15 points) In determining the quality of project personnel, we consider the following factors:

(i)The extent to which the applicant encourages applications for employment from persons who are members of groups that have traditionally been underrepresented based on color, national origin, gender, age, or disability. (5 points)

(ii)The qualifications, including relevant training, expertise, and experience, of the project director, key personnel, and project consultants. (5 points)

(iii)The extent to which the project will use instructors who are certified to teach in the field in which they will provide instruction. (5 points)

(f)*Adequacy of resources.* (20 points) In determining the adequacy of resources for the proposed project, we consider the following factors:

(i)The adequacy of support, including facilities, equipment, supplies, and other resources, from the applicant organization(s) and the tribal entity or entities to be served. (5 points)

(ii)The extent to which the budget is adequate and costs are reasonable in relation to the objectives of the proposed project. (5 points)

(iii)The relevance and demonstrated commitment (e.g., through written career and technical education agreements, memoranda of understanding, letters of support and commitment, or commitments to employ project participants, as appropriate) of the applicant, members of the consortium, local employers, or tribal entities to be served by the project. (5 points)

(iv)The potential for continued support of the project after Federal funding ends. (5 points)

(g)*Quality of the management plan.* (15 points) In determining the quality of the management plan for the proposed project, we consider the following factors:

(i)The adequacy of the management plan to achieve the objectives of the proposed project on time and within budget, including clearly defined responsibilities, timelines, and the milestones and performance standards for accomplishing project tasks. (5 points)

(ii)The extent to which the time commitments of the project director and other key project personnel are appropriate and adequate to meet the objectives of the proposed project. (5 points)

(iii)The adequacy of mechanisms for ensuring high-quality products and services from the proposed project. (5 points)

(h)*Quality of the project evaluation.* (25 points) In determining the quality of the evaluation, we consider the following factors:

(i)The extent to which the methods of evaluation proposed by the grantee are thorough, feasible, and appropriate to the goals, objectives, and outcomes of the proposed project. (5 points)

(ii)The extent to which the methods of evaluation include the use of objective performance measures that are clearly related to the intended outcomes of the project and the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993

(GPRA)performance measures discussed elsewhere in this notice, and will produce quantitative and qualitative data, to the extent possible. (5 points)

(iii)The extent to which the methods of the evaluation include processes that consider the validity and integrity of data collection and analysis; accessibility of appropriate and timely data; accurate descriptions of performance; collection processes that yield unbiased, unprejudiced, and impartial data results; and the extent to which representation of the data clearly communicates an accurate picture of performance. (5 points)

(iv)The extent to which the methods of evaluation will provide performance feedback and continuous improvement toward achieving intended outcomes. (5 points)

(v)The quality of the evaluation to be conducted by an external evaluator with the necessary background and technical expertise to carry out the evaluation. (5 points) 2. *Review and Selection Process:* In addition to the points to be awarded to applicants based on the selection criteria, under section 116(e) of the Act the Secretary awards—

(a)Up to 10 points to applications that propose exemplary approaches that involve, coordinate with, or encourage tribal economic development plans; and

(b)Five points to applications from tribally controlled colleges or universities that—

(i)Are accredited or are candidates for accreditation by a nationally recognized accreditation organization as an institution of postsecondary career and technical education; or

(ii)Operate career and technical education programs that are accredited or are candidates for accreditation by a nationally recognized accreditation organization and issue certificates for completion of career and technical education programs. (20 U.S.C. 2326(e)) 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 a 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 74.51, 75.118 and 80.40. 4. *Performance Measures:* Under GPRA, Federal departments and agencies must clearly describe the goals and objectives of their programs, identify resources and actions needed to accomplish these goals and objectives, develop a means of measuring progress made, and regularly report on their achievement. One important source of program information on successes and lessons learned is the project evaluation conducted under individual grants. The Department has developed the following core factors and measures for evaluating the overall effectiveness of NACTEP projects:

(a)At the secondary level: An increase in the percentage of career and technical education students who—

(i)Attain academic proficiency, as demonstrated by meeting academic content standards and student academic achievement standards that meet challenging State defined academic standards for reading/language arts and mathematics;

(ii)Attain career and technical skill proficiencies, including student achievement on technical assessments that are aligned with industry-recognized standards;

(iii)Attain a secondary school diploma;

(iv)If a credential, certificate, or degree is offered by the State in which the project operates, in conjunction with a secondary school diploma, attain a proficiency credential, certificate, or degree in conjunction with a secondary school diploma; and

(v)Are placed in—

(1)Postsecondary education or advanced training;

(2)Military service; or

(3)Employment.

(b)At the postsecondary level: An increase in the percentage of career and technical education students who—

(i)Attain challenging career and technical skill proficiencies, including student achievement on technical assessments that are aligned with industry-recognized standards;

(ii)Attain an industry-recognized credential, a certificate, or a degree;

(iii)Are retained in postsecondary education or transfer to a baccalaureate degree program;

(iv)Are placed in—

(1)Military service; or

(2)Apprenticeship programs; and

(v)Are placed or have been retained in employment, including in high-skill, high-wage, or high-demand occupations or professions.

(c)At the adult education level: An increase in the percentage of participating adult career and technical education students who—

(i)Enroll in a postsecondary education or training program;

(ii)Attain career and technical education skill proficiencies aligned with industry-recognized standards;

(iii)Receive industry-recognized credentials or certificates; and

(iv)Are placed in a job, upgraded in a job, or retain employment. Note: All grantees will be expected to submit an annual performance report addressing these performance measures, to the extent feasible and to the extent that they apply to each grantee's NACTEP project. VII. Agency Contacts *For Further Information Contact:* Linda Mayo or Gwen Washington, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 11075, Potomac Center Plaza, Washington, DC 20202-7241. Telephone:

(202)245-7792 or

(202)245-7790, respectively, or by e-mail: *linda.mayo@ed.gov, gwen.washington@ed.gov.* 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 notice in an alternative format (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer diskette) on request to the program contact persons listed in this section. *Electronic Access to This Document:* You may view this document, as well as all other documents of the 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

(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: March 19, 2007. Troy R. Justesen, Assistant Secretary for Vocational and Adult Education. [FR Doc. E7-5372 Filed 3-22-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4000-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. RP07-349-000] Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff March 19, 2007. Take notice that on March 14, 2007, Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation (Columbia) tendered for filing as part of its FERC Gas Tariff, Second Revised Volume No. 1, Sixteenth Revised Sheet No. 500B, to be effective April 2, 2007. Columbia also tendered for filing the following non-conforming Service Agreement for consideration and approval: FTS Service Agreement No. 92368, Between Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation and Fortuna Energy, Inc. Dated: March 6, 2007. 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. Philis J. Posey, Acting Secretary. [FR Doc. E7-5324 Filed 3-22-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. RP07-350-000] Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation; Notice of Filing March 19, 2007. Take notice that on March 14, 2007 Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation (Columbia) tendered for filing as part of its FERC Gas Tariff, Second Revised Volume No. 1, Seventeenth Revised Sheet No. 500B, with an effective date of April 2, 2007. Columbia also tendered for filing the following non-conforming Service Agreement for consideration and approval: SST Service Agreement No. 92527, Between Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation and Stand Energy Corporation. Dated: March 2, 2007. 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. Philis J. Posey, Acting Secretary. [FR Doc. E7-5325 Filed 3-22-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. RP07-351-000] Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff March 19, 2007. Take notice that on March 14, 2007 Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation (Columbia) tendered for filing to become part of its FERC Gas Tariff, Second Revised Volume No. 1, the tariff sheets listed on Appendix A to the filing, with a proposed effective date of April 13, 2007. Columbia states that it is making this filing to incorporate the policies stated in the Commission's June 16, 2005, Policy Statement on Creditworthiness Issues for Interstate Natural Gas Pipelines and Order Withdrawing Rulemaking Proceeding in Docket Nos. PL05-8-000 and RM04-4-000. 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. Philis J. Posey, Acting Secretary. [FR Doc. E7-5326 Filed 3-22-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. RP07-348-000] Columbia Gulf Transmission Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff March 19, 2007. Take notice that on March 14, 2007, Columbia Gulf Transmission Company (Columbia Gulf) filed the following revised tariff sheets to its FERC Gas Tariff, Second Revised Volume No. 1, Second Revised Sheet No. 171A, to be effective April 13, 2007. Columbia Gulf states that it is making this filing to specify the amount of credit assurance applicable to non-firm Shippers. 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. Philis J. Posey, Acting Secretary. [FR Doc. E7-5323 Filed 3-22-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. RP07-346-000] Eastern Shore Natural Gas Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff March 19, 2007. Take notice that on March 14, 2007 Eastern Shore Natural Gas Company (Eastern Shore) tendered for filing revised tariff sheets, proposed to be effective April 1, 2007: Sixty-Fourth Revised Sheet No. 7 Sixty-Fourth Revised Sheet No. 8 Eastern Shore states that the purpose of this instant filing is to track rate changes attributable to storage services purchased from Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation (Transco) under their Rate Schedules GSS and LSS. The costs of the above referenced storage services comprise the rates and charges payable under ESNG's Rate Schedules GSS and LSS. This tracking filing is being made pursuant to section 3 of ESNG's Rate Schedules GSS and LSS. 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. Philis J. Posey, Acting Secretary. [FR Doc. E7-5321 Filed 3-22-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. RP07-347-000] Eastern Shore Natural Gas Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff March 19, 2007. Take notice that on March 14, 2007 Eastern Shore Natural Gas Company (Eastern Shore) tendered for filing revised tariff sheets, proposed to be effective March 1, 2007: Sixty-Third Revised Sheet No. 7 Sixty-Third Revised Sheet No. 8 Eastern Shore states that the purpose of this instant filing is to track rate changes attributable to storage services purchased from Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation (Transco) under their Rate Schedules GSS and LSS. The costs of the above referenced storage services comprise the rates and charges payable under ESNG's Rate Schedules GSS and LSS. This tracking filing is being made pursuant to section 3 of ESNG's Rate Schedules GSS and LSS. 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. Philis J. Posey, Acting Secretary. [FR Doc. E7-5322 Filed 3-22-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. PR07-10-000] Kinder Morgan Texas Pipeline, L.P.; Notice of Petition for Rate Approval March 19, 2007. Take notice that on March 7, 2007, Kinder Morgan Texas Pipeline, L.P. filed a petition for rate approval for NGPA section 311 maximum transportation rates for firm and interruptible transportation services, pursuant to section 284.123(b)(1)(i)(A) of the Commission's regulations. Any person desiring to participate in this rate proceeding must file a motion 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 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. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time March 28, 2007. Philis J. Posey, Acting Secretary. [FR Doc. E7-5320 Filed 3-22-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. ID-5192-000] Powell, Fred G.; Notice of Filing March 19, 2007. Take notice that on March 8, 2007, Fred G. Powell filed an application for authority to hold interlocking positions pursuant to Section 305(b) of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 825d(b)), 18 CFR 45.8 of the Commission's Rules and Regulations, and Order No. 664. 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, 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 April 9, 2007. Philis J. Posey, Acting Secretary. [FR Doc. E7-5318 Filed 3-22-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. ID-5193-000] Smith, William Harold; Notice of Filing March 19, 2007. Take notice that on March 8, 2007, William Harold Smith filed an application for authority to hold interlocking positions pursuant to Section 305(b) of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 825d(b)), 18 CFR 45.8 of the Commission's Rules and Regulations, and Order No. 664. 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, 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 April 9, 2007. Philis J. Posey, Acting Secretary. [FR Doc. E7-5319 Filed 3-22-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Combined Notice of Filings # 1 March 19, 2007. Take notice that the Commission received the following electric corporate filings: *Docket Numbers:* EC07-68-000. *Applicants:* Raven One, LLC; Raven Two, LLC; Raven Three, LLC; Constellation Energy Commodities Group. *Description:* Raven One, LLC et al. submit an application for order authorizing the disposition of jurisdictional facilities. *Filed Date:* 3/14/2007. *Accession Number:* 20070316-0085. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, April 4, 2007. Take notice that the Commission received the following electric rate filings: *Docket Numbers:* ER03-114-004; ER04-183-003. *Applicants:* Great Bay Power Marketing, Inc.; Great Bay Hydro Corporation. *Description:* Great Bay Power Marketing, Inc. et al submit their amended Rate Tariffs to be included with their Triennial Updated Market Report Analyses submitted on 2/12/07. *Filed Date:* 3/15/2007. *Accession Number:* 20070319-0035. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, April 5, 2007. *Docket Numbers:* ER04-657-008; ER04-994-003; ER04-660-008; ER04-659-008; ER99-3168-007. *Applicants:* Mystic I, LLC; Boston Generating, LLC; Mystic Development, LLC; Fore River Development, LLC; Astoria Generating Company, L.P. *Description:* Boston Generating, LLC, *et al.* submit a notification of change in status and request to synchronize triennial filings and on 3/15/07 submit an original signed, notarized affidavit. *Filed Date:* 3/13/2007; 3/15/07. *Accession Number:* 20070316-0205. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, April 3, 2007. *Docket Numbers:* ER05-1178-009; ER05-1191-009. *Applicants:* Gila River Power, L.P.; Union Power Partners, L.P. *Description:* Gila River Power, LP and Union Power Partners, LP submit a notice of non-material change in status relating to their upstream ownership structure. *Filed Date:* 3/15/2007. *Accession Number:* 20070319-0034. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, April 5, 2007. *Docket Numbers:* ER06-1488-003. *Applicants:* Oklahoma Gas & Electric Company. *Description:* Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company submits its First Revised Sheet 92A et al, Third Revised Volume 2, to its OATT pursuant to the Commission Order issued 1/31/07. *Filed Date:* 3/06/2007. *Accession Number:* 20070316-0206. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, March 27, 2007. *Docket Numbers:* ER07-326-002. *Applicants:* California Independent System Operator Corporation. *Description:* California Independent System Operator Corp submits its compliance filing, pursuant to FERC's 2/13/07 Order. *Filed Date:* 3/15/2007. *Accession Number:* 20070319-0024. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, April 5, 2007. *Docket Numbers:* ER07-404-001. *Applicants:* Florida Power & Light Company. *Description:* Florida Power & Light Company submits its Substitute Original Service Agreement 253 to FERC Electric Tariff, 2nd Revised Volume 6, pursuant to FERC's order issued 3/2/07. *Filed Date:* 3/14/2007. *Accession Number:* 20070316-0091. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, April 4, 2007. *Docket Numbers:* ER07-520-002. *Applicants:* Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc. *Description:* Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc. submits a Substitute First Revised Amended and Restated Interconnection Agreement with the City of Lebanon, Ohio *et al.* *Filed Date:* 3/15/2007. *Accession Number:* 20070319-0025. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, April 5, 2007. *Docket Numbers:* ER07-620-000. *Applicants:* Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation. *Description:* Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation dba National Grid submits its First Revised Service Agreement 301 w/ International Paper Company. *Filed Date:* 3/14/2007. *Accession Number:* 20070316-0197. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, April 4, 2007. *Docket Numbers:* ER07-621-000. *Applicants:* Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation. *Description:* Niagara Mohawk Power Corp dba National Grid submits an Original Service Agreement 926 with Hollingsworth and Vose. *Filed Date:* 3/14/2007. *Accession Number:* 20070316-0210. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, April 4, 2007. *Docket Numbers:* ER07-622-000. *Applicants:* Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation. *Description:* Niagara Mohawk Power Corp dba National Grid submits an Original Service Agreement 927 with Hollingsworth and Vose. *Filed Date:* 3/14/2007. *Accession Number:* 20070316-0202. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, April 4, 2007. *Docket Numbers:* ER07-623-000. *Applicants:* Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation. *Description:* Niagara Mohawk Power Corp dba National Grid submits an Original Service Agreement 925 with Hollingsworth and Vose. *Filed Date:* 3/14/2007. *Accession Number:* 20070316-0201. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, April 4, 2007. *Docket Numbers:* ER07-624-000. *Applicants:* Western Systems Power Pool. *Description:* Western Systems Power Pool, Inc submits proposed modifications to Section C-3.8

(c)of Service Schedule C of the WSPP Agreement. *Filed Date:* 3/9/2007. *Accession Number:* 20070316-0200. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, March 30, 2007. *Docket Numbers:* ER07-625-000. *Applicants:* Arizona Public Service Company. *Description:* Arizona Public Service Company submits an executed transmission interconnection and operating agreement with with the M-S-R Public Power Agency et al. *Filed Date:* 3/13/2007. *Accession Number:* 20070316-0199. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, April 3, 2007. *Docket Numbers:* ER07-626-000. *Applicants:* American Electric Power Service Corporation. *Description:* American Electric Power System submits Fifth Revised Sheet 252 et al to FERC Electric Tariff, Third Revised Volume 6 of its OATT. *Filed Date:* 3/14/2007. *Accession Number:* 20070316-0198. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, April 4, 2007. *Docket Numbers:* ER07-627-000. *Applicants:* American Electric Power Service Corporation. *Description:* American Electric Power Service Corp agent for Indiana Michigan Power Co submits its Interconnection and Local Delivery Service Agreement No. 1449 w/ the Joint Operating Group etc. *Filed Date:* 3/15/2007. *Accession Number:* 20070319-0027. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, April 5, 2007. *Docket Numbers:* ER07-629-000. *Applicants:* Entergy Services, Inc. *Description:* Entergy Arkansas, Inc submits its 2007 Wholesale Formula Rate Update in accordance with the Power Coordination, Interchange and Transmission Service Agreements with Arkansas Electric Coop Corp. *Filed Date:* 3/13/2007. *Accession Number:* 20070319-0029. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, April 3, 2007. *Docket Numbers:* ER07-630-000. *Applicants:* Entergy Services, Inc. *Description:* Entergy Arkansas, Inc submits its 2007 Wholesale Formula Rate Update in accordance with the Power Coordination, Interchange and Transmission Service Agreements with City of Osceola, Arkansas. *Filed Date:* 3/13/2007. *Accession Number:* 20070319-0030. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, April 3, 2007. *Docket Numbers:* ER07-631-000. *Applicants:* Portland Generation Electric Company and PacifiCorp. *Description:* Portland General Electric Company et al submit an executed version of the South of Allston Transmission Path Allocation Agreement w/ the Dept of Energy, et al. *Filed Date:* 3/15/2007. *Accession Number:* 20070319-0026. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, April 5, 2007. Any person desiring to intervene or to protest in any of the above proceedings 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) on or before 5 p.m. Eastern time on the specified comment date. It is not necessary to separately intervene again in a subdocket related to a compliance filing if you have previously intervened in the same docket. 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. Anyone filing a motion to intervene or protest must serve a copy of that document on the Applicant. In reference to filings initiating a new proceeding, interventions or protests submitted on or before the comment deadline need not be served on persons other than the Applicant. The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and interventions in lieu of paper, using the FERC Online links at *http://www.ferc.gov.* To facilitate electronic service, persons with Internet access who will eFile a document and/or be listed as a contact for an intervenor must create and validate an eRegistration account using the eRegistration link. Select the eFiling link to log on and submit the intervention or protests. Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 14 copies of the intervention or protest to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First St., NE., Washington, DC 20426. The filings in the above proceedings are accessible in the Commission's eLibrary system by clicking on the appropriate link in the above list. They are also 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. Philis J. Posey, Acting Secretary. [FR Doc. E7-5327 Filed 3-22-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 1971-079 Idaho/Oregon] Idaho Power Company; Notice of Tribal Consultation Meetings March 14, 2007. The Commission will hold a series of meetings with the Indian Tribes potentially affected by the relicensing of the Hells Canyon Project, to discuss issues addressed in the draft environmental impact statement (EIS). The meetings will be held as follows: March 29, 2007 Burns Paiute Tribe, Boise, Idaho (location and time to be announced). March 30, 2007 Shoshone-Paiute Tribes, 10 a.m., Tribal Headquarters, Duck Valley Indian Reservation, Owyhee, Nevada. Interested parties may attend as observers. The meetings will be transcribed by a court reporter, so that the transcript can be placed in the record of this proceeding. Individuals interested in attending the meetings can contact Alan Mitchnick at

(202)502-6074 or *alan.mitchnick@ferc.gov,* for the time and location of the meetings or for more information. Philis J. Posey, Acting Secretary. [FR Doc. E7-5349 Filed 3-22-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [ER-FRL-6685-3] 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 (97 FR 27647). Draft EISs *EIS No. 20060300, ERP No. D-AFS-J65469-CO,* White River National Forest Travel Management Plan, To Accommodate and Balance Transportation Needs, Implementation, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison, Mesa, Moffat, Pitkin, Rio Blanco, Routt and Summit Counties, CO. *Summary:* EPA expressed environmental concerns about the potential for adverse impacts to water quality from non-system roads and from roads needing repair or maintenance. The final EIS should address the strategy for implementing effective enforcement and compliance with new road designations and restrictions, as well as repairing and maintaining existing roads. Rating EC2. *EIS No. 20070016, ERP No. D-COE-F36167-OH,* Dover Dam Safety Assurance Program Project, Modifications and Upgrades, Funding, Muskingum River Basin, Tscarawas County, OH. *Summary:* EPA expressed environmental concerns about the proposed approach to remediate potential hazardous wastes that may be present in the project area, and recommended that a detailed evaluation and remediation plan be developed and included in the Final EIS. Rating EC2. Final EISs *EIS No. 20060459, ERP No. F-NPS-J61108-SD,* Badlands National Park/North Unit General Management Plan, Implementation, Jackson, Pennington and Shananon Counties, SD. *Summary:* The final EIS addressed EPA's concerns about impacts on water quality and ripairian habitiat; however, EPA continues express concerns about the downward trend in air quality, which is beleived to be due to human-caused sources and fires within and outside of the Park. EPA encourages the NPS to continue taking actions to mitigate these sources of air pollution in and around the Park. *EIS No. 20060470, ERP No. F-FHW-J40170-CO,* I-25 Valley Highway Project, Transportation Improvement from Logan to U. S. 6, Denver County, CO. *Summary:* EPA does not object to the proposed project. *EIS No. 20070022, ERP No. F-AFS-F−5062-MN,* Echo Trail Area Forest Management Project, Forest Vegetation Management and Related Transportation System, Superior National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan, Implementation, Lacroix Ranger District and Kawishiwi Ranger District, St. Louis and Lake Counties, MN. *Summary:* The final EIS addressed concerns regarding mitigation for impacts to water quality and operational maintenance of logging equipment; therefore, EPA does not object to the proposed project. *EIS No. 20070037, ERP No. F-FHW-J40165-MT,* U.S. Highway 89, Improvements, from Browning to Hudson Bay Divide, Endangered Species Act, NPDES Permit and U.S. Army COE Section 404 Permit, Glacier County, MT. *Summary:* EPA expressed environmental concerns about impacts to water quality, wetlands, and aquatic habitat, as well as impacts to wildlife. *EIS No. 20070040, ERP No. F-DOD-A10076-00,* PROGRAMMATIC— Missile Defense Agency, To Incrementally Develop, Test, Deploy, and Plan for Decommissioning of the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS). *Summary:* No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency. *EIS No. 20070086, ERP No. F-USA-D15000-VA,* Fort Lee, Virginia and Fort A. P. Hill, Virginia Project, Implementation of Base Closure and Realignment

(BRAC)Recommendations and Other Army Actions, Prince George County, Petersburg, Virginia Hopewell, Virginia; Caroline County, Essex County, VA. *Summary:* EPA does not object to the proposed project. Dated: March 20, 2007. Robert W. Hargrove, Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities. [FR Doc. E7-5356 Filed 3-22-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [ER-FRL-6685-2] Environmental Impacts 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 3/12/2007 through 3/16/2007 pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9. *EIS No. 20070099, Final EIS, SFW, CA,* San Joaquin Valley Operations and Maintenance Program Habitat Conservation Plan, Application for Incidental Take Permits, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Merced, Fresno, Kings, Kern Mariposa, Madera and Tulare Counties, CA, Wait Period Ends: 4/23/2007, Contact: Lori Rinek, 916-414-6600. *EIS No. 20070100, Final EIS, AFS, UT,* West Bear Vegetation Management Project, Timber Harvesting, Prescribed Burning, Roads Construction, Township 1 North, Range 9 East, Salt Lake Principle Meridian, Evanston Ranger District, Wasatch-Cache National Forest, Summit County, UT, Wait Period Ends: 4/23/2007, Contact: Larry Johnson, 307-789-3194. *EIS No. 20070101, Final EIS, FHW, IN,* US-31 Kokomo Corridor Project, Preferred Alternative is J, Transportation Improvement between IN-26 and US 35 Northern Junction, City of Kokomo and Center Township, Howard and Tipton Counties, IN, Wait Period Ends: 4/23/2007, Contact: Larry Heil, 317-226-7480. *EIS No. 20070102, Final Supplement, COE, NM,* PROGRAMMATIC—Fort Bliss Texas and New Mexico Mission and Master Plan, To Modify Current Land Use, El Paso, TX and Dona Ana and Otero Counties, NM, Wait Period Ends: 4/23/2007, Contact: John Barrera, 915-568-3908. *EIS No. 20070103, Draft EIS, FHW, NY,* Kosciuszko Bridge Project, Propose Rehabilitation or Replacement a 1.1 mile Segment Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (-278) from Morgan Avenue in Brooklyn and the Long Island Expressway

(1495)in Queens, Kings and Queens Counties, NY, Comment Period Ends: 5/25/2007, Contact: Robert Arnold, 518-431-4127. *EIS No. 20070104, Draft EIS, AFS, CO,* Deer Creek Shaft and E Seam Methane Drainage Wells Project, Construct, Operate and Reclaim up to 137 Methane Drainage Well, Federal Coal lease, Paonia Ranger District, Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests, Delta and Gunnison Counties, CO, Comment Period Ends: 5/7/2007. Contact: Niccole Mortenson, 970-874-6616. *EIS No. 20070105, Draft EIS, USA, MD,* Fort George G. Meade Base Realignment and Closure 2005 and Enhanced Use Lease

(EUL)Actions, Implementation, Anne Arundel, Howard, Montgomery, Prince George's Counties, MD, Comment Period Ends: 5/7/2007, Contact: Karen Wilson, 703-602-2861. *EIS No. 20070106, Final EIS, FRC, 00,* Rockies Express Western Phase Project, Construction and Operation for the Natural Gas Pipeline Facilities: Rockies Express (CP06-354-000), TransColorado (CP06-401-000) and Overthrust (CP06-423-000), CO, WY, NE, KS, MO and NM, Wait Period Ends: 4/23/2007, Contact: David Swearingen, 202-502-6173. *EIS No. 20070107, Final EIS, USA, TX,* Fort Sam Houston, Texas Project, Base Realignment and Closure

(BRAC)Actions and Other Transformation Activities, Implementation, City of Sam Antonio, TX, Wait Period Ends: 4/23/2007, Contact: Karen Wilson, 703-602-2861. Amended Notices *EIS No. 20070089, Draft EIS, MMS, 00,* PROGRAMMATIC—Alternative Energy Development and Production and Alternate Use of Facilities on the Outer Continental Shelf, Implementation, Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, Pacific and Alaska, Comment Period Ends: 5/21/2007, Contact: Mary Boatman, 703-787-1662. Revision FR Notice Published 3/23/2007: Extending Comment Period from 5/15/2007 to 5/21/2007. Dated: March 20, 2007. Robert W. Hargrove, Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities. [FR Doc. E7-5354 Filed 3-22-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA-HQ-OPP-2002-0302; FRL-8120-7] Dichlorvos (DDVP); Notice of Receipt of Request to Amend to Terminate Uses of Certain Pesticide Registrations AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: In accordance with section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended, EPA is issuing a notice of receipt of a request by the registrant to amend their registrations to terminate uses of certain products containing the pesticide DDVP. The request would terminate DDVP use in dry bait formulations and in impregnated resin cat and dog flea collars. The request would not terminate the last DDVP products registered for use in the U.S. EPA intends to grant this request at the close of the comment period for this announcement unless the Agency receives substantive comments within the comment period that would merit its further review of the request, or unless the registrant withdraws their request within this period. Upon acceptance of this request, any sale, distribution, or use of products listed in this notice will be permitted only if such sale, distribution, or use is consistent with the terms as described in the final order. DATES: Comments must be received on or before April 23, 2007. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification

(ID)number EPA-HQ-OPP-2002-0302, 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 Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Dr., 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-2002-0302. 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 available in regulations.gov. To access the electronic docket, go to *http://www.regulations.gov* , select “Advanced Search,” then “Docket Search.” Insert the docket ID number where indicated and select the “Submit” button. Follow the instructions on the regulations.gov web site to view the docket index or access available documents. 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 Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Dr., 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: Dayton Eckerson, Special Review and Reregistration Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number:

(703)308-8038; fax number:

(703)308-8005; e-mail address: *eckerson.dayton@epa.gov.* SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. General Information A. Does this Action Apply to Me? This action is directed to the public in general, and may be of interest to a wide range of stakeholders including environmental, human health, and agricultural advocates; the chemical industry; pesticide users; and members of the public interested in the sale, distribution, or use of pesticides. Since others also may be interested, the Agency has not attempted to describe all the specific entities that may be affected by this action. 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. Background on the Receipt of Requests to Cancel and/or Amend Registrations to Delete Uses This notice announces receipt by EPA of a request from registrant Amvac Chemical Corporation to amend to terminate uses of DDVP product registrations. DDVP is an organophosphate insecticide and fumigant registered for use in controlling flies, mosquitoes, gnats, cockroaches, fleas, and other insect pests. Formulations of DDVP include pressurized liquid, granular, emulsifiable concentrate, total release aerosol, and impregnated material. DDVP is applied with aerosols and fogging equipment, with ground spray equipment, and through slow release from impregnated materials, such as resin strips. DDVP is registered to control insect pests on agricultural sites; commercial, institutional and industrial sites; and for domestic use in and around homes (i.e., resin strips). DDVP is used preplant in mushroom houses, and postharvest in storage areas for bulk, packaged and bagged raw and processed agricultural commodities, food manufacturing/processing plants, animal premises, and non-food areas of food-handling establishments. It is also registered for direct dermal pour-on treatment of cattle and poultry, and swine. DDVP is not registered for direct use on any field grown commodities. In letters dated March 2, 2007 and March 8, 2007, Amvac Chemical Corporation requested EPA to amend to terminate uses of pesticide product registrations identified in this notice (Table 1). Specifically, the request would terminate DDVP use in dry bait formulations and in impregnated resin cat and dog flea collars. The request would not terminate the last DDVP products registered for use in the U.S. III. What Action is the Agency Taking? This notice announces receipt by EPA of a request from a registrant to amend to terminate uses of DDVP product registrations. The affected products and the registrants making the requests are identified in Tables 1 and 2 of this unit. Under section 6(f)(1)(A) of FIFRA, registrants may request, at any time, that their pesticide registrations be canceled or amended to terminate one or more pesticide uses. Section 6(f)(1)(B) of FIFRA requires that before acting on a request for voluntary cancellation, EPA must provide a 30-day public comment period on the request for voluntary cancellation or use termination. In addition, section 6(f)(1)(C) of FIFRA requires that EPA provide a 180-day comment period on a request for voluntary cancellation or termination of any minor agricultural use before granting the request, unless: 1. The registrants request a waiver of the comment period, or 2. The Administrator determines that continued use of the pesticide would pose an unreasonable adverse effect on the environment. The DDVP registrant has requested that EPA waive the 180-day comment period. EPA will provide a 30-day comment period on the proposed requests. Unless a request is withdrawn by the registrant within 30 days of publication of this notice, or if the Agency determines that there are substantive comments that warrant further review of this request, an order will be issued amending the affected registrations. **Table 1.—DDVP Product Registrations with Pending Requests for Amendment** Registration No. Product name Company 5481-9 ALCO FLY FIGHTER FLY BAIT Amvac Chemical Corporation 5481-96 DDVP TECHNICAL GRADE Amvac Chemical Corporation 5481-341 ALCO FLEA COLLAR FOR DOGS — BLACK Amvac Chemical Corporation 5481-342 ALCO FLEA COLLAR FOR CATS — WHITE Amvac Chemical Corporation 5481-343 ALCO FLEA COLLAR FOR DOGS — CLEAR Amvac Chemical Corporation 5481-345 ALCO FLEA COLLAR FOR CATS — CLEAR Amvac Chemical Corporation 5481-346 ALCO FLEA COLLAR FOR DOGS — GLITTERS Amvac Chemical Corporation 5481-347 ALCO FLEA COLLAR FOR CATS — GLITTERS Amvac Chemical Corporation 5481-461 AMVOS RESTECH Amvac Chemical Corporation Table 2 of this unit includes the name and address of record for the registrant of the products listed in Table 1 of this unit. **Table 2.—Registrant Requesting Voluntary Amendments** EPA Company No. Company name and address 5481 Amvac Chemical Corporation, 4695 MacArthur Court, Suite 1250, Newport Beach, CA 92660 IV. What is the Agency's Authority for Taking this Action? Section 6(f)(1) of FIFRA provides that a registrant of a pesticide product may at any time request that any of its pesticide registrations be canceled or amended to terminate one or more uses. FIFRA further provides that, before acting on the request, EPA must publish a notice of receipt of any such request in the **Federal Register** . Thereafter, following the public comment period, the Administrator may approve such a request. V. Procedures for Withdrawal of Request and Considerations for Reregistration of Dichlorvos (DDVP). Registrants who choose to withdraw a request for cancellation must submit such withdrawal in writing to the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT . Such withdrawal must be received on or before April 23, 2007. This written withdrawal of the request for cancellation will apply only to the applicable FIFRA section 6(f)(1) request listed in this notice. If the products have been subject to a previous cancellation action, the effective date of cancellation and all other provisions of any earlier cancellation action are controlling. VI. Provisions for Disposition of Existing Stocks Existing stocks are those stocks of registered pesticide products which are currently in the United States and which were packaged, labeled, and released for shipment prior to the effective date of the cancellation action. Amvac has indicated that there are no existing stocks of the products identified in Table 1; therefore, the Agency proposes to include the following provisions for the treatment of existing stocks of the products identified or referenced in Table 1: The prohibition on sales, distribution and use, except for proper disposal or export consistent with the requirements of section 17 of FIFRA, is effective immediately. List of Subjects Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests. Dated: March 16, 2007. Robert McNally, Acting Director, Special Review and Reregistration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs. [FR Doc. E7-5260 Filed 3-22-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL-8291-2; Docket ID No. ORD-2005-0001] Draft of Part 2 of the 2007 Release of the Causal Analysis/Diagnosis Decision Information System (CADDIS) AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of External Review Draft for Public Review and Comment. SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is announcing a 30-day public review and comment period for the external review draft of Part 2 of the 2007 release of the EPA Web site titled, “Causal Analysis/Diagnosis Decision Information System (CADDIS).” The CADDIS Web site was developed and prepared by EPA's National Center for Environmental Assessment

(NCEA)in the Office of Research and Development (ORD). NCEA will consider public comments received in accordance with this notice when revising the CADDIS Web site. EPA is releasing the draft CADDIS 2007 Web site solely for the purpose of pre-dissemination peer review under applicable information quality guidelines. The draft CADDIS 2007 Web site 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 30-day public comment period begins March 23, 2007, and ends April 23, 2007. Technical comments should be in writing and must be submitted electronically or postmarked by April 23, 2007. ADDRESSES: The draft CADDIS 2007 Web site can be accessed via the Internet at *http://caddis.tetratech-ffx.com* . Enter the username “public” and the password “public.” Comments may be submitted electronically to the EPA's e-docket, by mail, by facsimile, or by hand delivery/courier. Additional instructions for providing comments and a description of the portions of the Web site that are available for review are provided at the top of the home page of the CADDIS Web site and in the section of this notice entitled, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION . FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on the public comment period, contact the Office of Environmental Information Docket; telephone: 202-566-1752; facsimile: 202-566-1753; or e-mail: *ORD.Docket@epa.gov* . For technical information, contact Vic Serveiss, NCEA, via phone: 202-564-3251, facsimile: 202-564-2018, or e-mail: *serveiss.victor@epa.gov.* SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Information About the Project/Document Over 2800 water bodies in the United States are listed by states as biologically impaired. For many of these sites, the cause of impairment is reported as “unknown.” To formulate appropriate management actions for impaired water bodies, it is important to identify the causes of biological impairment ( *e.g.* , excess fine sediments, nutrients, or toxic substances). Effective causal analyses call for knowledge of the mechanisms, symptoms, and stressor-response relationships for various stressors, as well as the ability to use that knowledge to draw appropriate, defensible conclusions. To aid in these causal analyses, NCEA developed CADDIS. CADDIS is a Web-based decision support system that will help regional, State, and tribal scientists find, access, organize, and share information useful for causal evaluations of impairment in aquatic systems. It is based on EPA's Stressor Identification process, which is an EPA-recommended method for identifying causes of impairments in aquatic environments. EPA released the first version of CADDIS earlier in 2006, after addressing comments from the public and independently selected peer reviewers. Current features of CADDIS include a step-by-step guide to conducting causal analysis, downloadable worksheets and examples, a library of conceptual models, and links to useful information sources. Two sets of modules are being added to the CADDIS Web site in preparation for release of a major revision in September 2007 (CADDIS 2007). On January 17, 2007, the draft of the first of the two sets of modules was released for external peer review and public comment. This first set of draft modules included information on six candidate causes: metals, sediments, nutrients, dissolved oxygen, thermal alteration, and ionic strength. This notice invites comment on the second set of draft modules being developed for CADDIS 2007. Specifically, comment is invited on two additional candidate cause models, altered flow rates and toxic substances; an interactive conceptual model for phosphorus; and added analytical methods, tools, and databases. Descriptive information on ten analytical methods have been added to CADDIS 2007 including scatter plots, linear regression, predicting environmental conditions from biological observations, and species sensitivity distributions. The principal analytical tool added to CADDIS is CADStat; a downloadable software package for analyzing data using a variety of exploratory and statistical approaches. New analytical databases include a stressor-response gallery for metals and a tolerance value database. These additions improve the capability of CADDIS to diagnose the causes of biological impairments in streams. II. How to Submit Technical Comments to the Docket at www.regulations.gov Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2005-0001 by one of the following methods: • *http://www.regulations.gov:* Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments. • *E-mail: ORD.Docket@epa.gov.* • *Fax:* 202-566-1753. • *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, Room 3334, 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 by mail or hand delivery, please submit 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-2005-0001. Please ensure that your comments are submitted within the specified comment period. Comments received after the closing date will be marked “late,” and may only be considered if time permits. It is EPA's policy to include all comments it receives in the public docket without change and to make the comments available online at *http://www.regulations.gov* , including any personal information provided, unless a 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 *www.regulations.gov* or e-mail. The *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 *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:* Documents in the docket are listed in the *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 materials, such as copyrighted material, are publicly available only in hard copy. Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically in *www.regulations.gov* or in hard copy at the OEI Docket in the EPA Headquarters Docket Center. Dated: March 20, 2007. George Alapas, Director, National Center for Environmental Assessment. [FR Doc. E7-5358 Filed 3-22-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCE BOARD Sunshine Act Meeting Notice; Announcing a Partially Open Meeting of the Board of Directors Time and Date: The open meeting of the Board of Directors is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, March 27, 2007. The closed portion of the meeting will follow immediately the open portion of the meeting. Place: Board Room, First Floor, Federal Housing Finance Board, 1625 Eye Street, NW., Washington, DC 20006. Status: The first portion of the meeting will be open to the public. The final portion of the meeting will be closed to the public. Matters to be Considered at the Open Portion: Final Rule: Federal Home Loan Bank Appointive Directors. Proposed Rule: Financial Interests of Appointive Directors. Matter to be Considered at the Closed Portion: Periodic Update of Examination Program Development and Supervisory Findings. Contact Person for More Information: Shelia Willis, Paralegal Specialist, Office of General Counsel, at 202-408-2876 or *williss@fhfb.gov.* Dated: March 20, 2007. By the Federal Housing Finance Board. Neil R. Crowley, Acting General Counsel. [FR Doc. 07-1453 Filed 3-21-07; 9:19 am]

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