Federal Funding Report

Volume 18, Number 21 (Period of May 19, 2008 -- May 23, 2008)

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**FEDERAL FUNDING REPORT TABLE OF CONTENTS**

This Federal Funding Report is a weekly compilation of items published
in the Federal Register which affect Federal domestic assistance
programs. No attempt is made to include Federal Register notices not
directly related to Grants and Loans programs. The summary consists of
three parts: (1) Federal Register Summary, (2) Early Warning Grants
Report, and (3) Disaster Loan Applications.

Periodically, a Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number
will not be listed in the announcement. There are two (2) basic reasons
for this: 1) a CFDA number has been applied for and not yet received, or
2) the CFDA number has not been put in by the agency yet. Please call
the contact person listed in the Federal Register announcement for the
correct CFDA number. The new number should appear in the next edition of
the CFDA, which is published in June and December of each year.

PART 1. FEDERAL REGISTER SUMMARY

> (Each week, HIR summarizes information from Federal Register
> announcements that may significantly affect grants programs. The
> Federal Register is available online from GPO Access at
> http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces140.html.) The House of
> Representatives\' Federal Funding Report contains the following
> sections:

I.  Availability of Funds - An expansion of the highlights, including
    synopsis on

> Notice, CFDA, and Federal Register references

II\. Notice of Rules - Synopsis of rule-making notices affecting Grants
with CFDA and Federal Register References

> III\. Other Federal Register Notices - For items not falling into the
> Rules or Availability sections

PART 2. EARLY WARNING GRANTS REPORT

(Listing of programs for which applications are being especially
solicited and which have been mentioned in the Federal Register in
recent weeks, listed in order of expiration date).

PART 3. DISASTER LOAN APPLICATIONS

> (Listing of areas for which Disaster Loan Programs are open, those
> with the most immediate closing dates listed first, those with the
> most recent disasters at the end. This part is divided into two
> sections, reflecting type of loan.)

I. Economic Injury Loans - For business losses

> II\. Physical Disaster Loans - For repair and replacement of real and
>
> personal property

VOLUME 18, NUMBER 21, GRANTS AND CONTRACTS INFORMATION SERVICE

HOUSE INFORMATION RESOURCES WEEK OF: May 19, 2008 -- May 23, 2008

**FEDERAL REGISTER SUMMARY**

This section contains summaries of those Federal Register entries
appearing during the last 2 weeks, which may significantly affect
Federal domestic assistance programs. For detailed information about a
specific assistance program, the program can be found in the Catalog of
Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) by looking it up by its 5-digit
program number. Each summary represents H.I.R.\'s interpretation of the
major import of an entry and does not reflect the full content of the
Federal Register announcement. Consult the Federal Register for the full
text of items of interest.

I. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Commerce **CFDA#:** 11.419 **AMOUNT:**
\$15,000,000

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Coastal Zone Management Administration Awards

**FR Date:** 05/23/08 **PAGE:** 30060 **DEADLINE:** 07/23/08

**CONTACT:** Elaine Vaudrevil **TELEPHONE:** 301 713-3155, Ext. 103

**CONTACT:** Elizabeth Morgan **TELEPHONE:** 301 713-3155, Ext. 166

**SUMMARY:** Applications are invited for the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration; Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation
Program (CELCP) -- FY 2009 Competition. The purpose of this document is
to advise eligible coastal states and territories that OCRM is
soliciting coastal and estuarine land conservation project proposals for
competitive funding under the CELCP. States and territories must have
submitted to NOAA a draft CELCP plan on or before May 1, 2008 in order
to be eligible to participate in the FY2009 funding opportunity for (see
Final Guidelines for Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program).
For more information on CELCP plan requirements, available at
<http://coastalmanagement.noaa.gov/land/media/CELCPfinal102Guidelines.pdf>.
Applications may be submitted electronically at
[http://www.grants.gov](http://www.grants.gov/) or by mail to the
address listed in this announcement. Applicants are strongly recommend
to allow sufficient time for delivery of materials, electronically or by
mail, by the July 23, 2008 deadline date.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Transportation **CFDA#:** 20.509
**AMOUNT:** \$12,000,000

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Formula Grants for Other Than Urbanized Areas

**FR Date:** 05/21/08 **PAGE:** 29569 **DEADLINE:** 08/19/08

**CONTACT:** Lorna R. Wilson (for general programs information)
**TELEPHONE:** 202 366-2053

**CONTACT:** FTA Regional Tribal Liaison (application-specific info) See
Fed. Register, 05/21/08, page 29577

**SUMMARY:** Applications are invited for Federal Transit
Administration; Public Transportation on Indian Reservations Program;
Tribal Transit Program; for Fiscal Year (FY) 2008. This program
authorizes direct grants "under such terms and conditions as may be
established by the Secretary" to Indian tribes for any purpose eligible
under FTA's Nonurbanized Area Formula Program, 49 U.S.C. 5311.
Applicants may submit applications in one of three ways: (1) delivering
five hard copies to Federal Transit Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, 20590 Attention: Lorna R. Wilson; (2)
sending by e-mail to <fta.tribalprogram@dot.gov>, or (3) filing
electronically through the grants.gov Web site at
[http://www.grants.gov](http://www.grants.gov/). Applicants applying by
e-mail must fax signature documents to 202-366-7951, Attention: Lorna
Wilson. Applicants should be aware that materials sent through the U.S.
Postal Service are subject to significant delays in delivery due to the
security screening process. Use of courier or express delivery services
is recommended.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Small Business Administration **CFDA#:**
59.002

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Economic Injury Disaster Loans

**FR Date:** 05/19/08 **PAGE:** 28850 **DEADLINE:** 02/09/09

**CONTACT:** A. Escobar, Office of Disaster Assistance, Washington, DC.
**TELEPHONE:** Not Listed

**SUMMARY:** Declaration of Economic Injury Disaster #11242 and #11243
for Aroostook County in the State of Maine; and for the following
contiguous counties of Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset, and Washington,
in the State of Maine, constitute a disaster area due to damage caused
by Severe Storms and Flooding occurring on April 28, 2008, and
continuing.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Small Business Administration **CFDA#:**
59.008

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Physical Disaster Loans

**FR Date:** 05/19/08 **PAGE:** 28850 **DEADLINE:** 07/08/08

**CONTACT:** A. Escobar, Office of Disaster Assistance, Washington, DC.
**TELEPHONE:** Not Listed

**SUMMARY:** Declaration of Physical Disaster #11242 and #11243 for
Aroostook County in the State of Maine, constitute a disaster area due
to damage caused by Severe Storms and Flooding occurring on April 28,
2008, and continuing.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Small Business Administration **CFDA#:**
59.002

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Economic Injury Disaster Loans

**FR Date:** 05/19/08 **PAGE:** 28851 **DEADLINE:** 02/12/09

**CONTACT:** A. Escobar, Office of Disaster Assistance, Washington, DC.
**TELEPHONE:** Not Listed

**SUMMARY:** Declaration of Economic Injury Disaster #11239 and #11240
for Union County in the State of Mississippi; and for the following
contiguous counties of Benton, Lafayette, Lee, Marshall, Pontotoc,
Prentiss, and Tippah, in the State of Mississippi, constitute a disaster
area due to damage caused by Severe Storms and Tornadoes occurred on May
2, 2008.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Small Business Administration **CFDA#:**
59.008

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Physical Disaster Loans

**FR Date:** 05/19/08 **PAGE:** 28851 **DEADLINE:** 07/11/08

**CONTACT:** A. Escobar, Office of Disaster Assistance, Washington, DC.
**TELEPHONE:** Not Listed

**SUMMARY:** Declaration of Physical Disaster #11239 and #11240 for
Union County in the State of Mississippi, constitute a disaster area due
to damage caused by Severe Storms and Tornadoes occurred on May 2, 2008.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Small Business Administration **CFDA#:**
59.008

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Physical Disaster Loans

**FR Date:** 05/19/08 **PAGE:** 28851 **DEADLINE:** 07/08/08

**CONTACT:** A. Escobar, Office of Disaster Assistance, Washington, DC.
**TELEPHONE:** Not Listed

**SUMMARY:** Declaration of Physical Disaster #11244 for Adair, Caddo,
Coal, Delaware, Haskell, Hughes, Johnston, Latimer, Logan, Love, Mayes,
Mcintosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Ottawa, Pawnee, Pittsburg, Pushmataha,
Rogers, Seminole, Sequoyah, and Tillman Counties in the State of
Oklahoma, constitute a disaster area due to damage caused by Severe
Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding occurring on April 9, 2008 through April
28, 2008.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Small Business Administration **CFDA#:**
59.002

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Economic Injury Disaster Loans

**FR Date:** 05/22/08 **PAGE:** 29832 **DEADLINE:** 02/16/09

**CONTACT:** A. Escobar, Office of Disaster Assistance, Washington, DC.
**TELEPHONE:** Not Listed

**SUMMARY:** Declaration of Economic Injury Disaster #11249 and #11250
for Ottawa County in the State of Oklahoma; and for the following
contiguous counties of Craig and Delaware, in the State of Oklahoma;
Cherokee County in the State of Kansas; and McDonald and Newton Counties
in the State of Missouri, constitute a disaster area due to damage
caused by Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding occurring on May 10,
2008, and continuing.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Small Business Administration **CFDA#:**
59.008

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Physical Disaster Loans

**FR Date:** 05/22/08 **PAGE:** 29832 **DEADLINE:** 07/14/08

**CONTACT:** A. Escobar, Office of Disaster Assistance, Washington, DC.
**TELEPHONE:** Not Listed

**SUMMARY:** Declaration of Physical Disaster #11249 and #11250 for
Ottawa County in the State of Oklahoma, constitute a disaster area due
to damage caused by Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding occurring on
May 10, 2008, and continuing.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Small Business Administration **CFDA#:**
59.002

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Economic Injury Disaster Loans

**FR Date:** 05/23/08 **PAGE:** 30184 **DEADLINE:** 02/16/09

**CONTACT:** A. Escobar, Office of Disaster Assistance, Washington, DC.
**TELEPHONE:** Not Listed

**SUMMARY:** Declaration of Economic Injury Disaster #11247 and #11248
for Cleburne County in the State of Alabama; and for the following
contiguous counties of Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Randolph, and Talladega,
in the State of Alabama; and Carroll, Haralson, and Polk Counties in the
State of Georgia, constitute a disaster area due to damage caused by
Severe Storms and Tornadoes, occurred on May 11, 2008.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Small Business Administration **CFDA#:**
59.008

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Physical Disaster Loans

**FR Date:** 05/23/08 **PAGE:** 30184 **DEADLINE:** 07/14/08

**CONTACT:** A. Escobar, Office of Disaster Assistance, Washington, DC.
**TELEPHONE:** Not Listed

**SUMMARY:** Declaration of Physical Disaster #11247 and #11248 for
Cleburne County in the State of Alabama, constitute a disaster area due
to damage caused by Severe Storms and Tornadoes, occurred on May 11,
2008.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Small Business Administration **CFDA#:**
59.002

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Economic Injury Disaster Loans

**FR Date:** 05/23/08 **PAGE:** 30184 **DEADLINE:** 02/16/09

**CONTACT:** A. Escobar, Office of Disaster Assistance, Washington, DC.
**TELEPHONE:** Not Listed

**SUMMARY:** Declaration of Economic Injury Disaster #11251 for City and
Borough of Juneau, in the State of Alaska; and for the following
contiguous counties of Chatham Reaa, and Haines Borough, in the State of
Alaska, constitute a disaster area due to damage caused by Increased
Power Costs Due to Avalanche occurring on April 16, 2008, and
continuing.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Small Business Administration **CFDA#:**
59.002

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Economic Injury Disaster Loans

**FR Date:** 05/23/08 **PAGE:** 30184 **DEADLINE:** 02/16/09

**CONTACT:** A. Escobar, Office of Disaster Assistance, Washington, DC.
**TELEPHONE:** Not Listed

**SUMMARY:** Declaration of Economic Injury Disaster #11245 and #11246
for Torrance County in the State of New Mexico; and for the following
contiguous counties of Bernalillo, San Miguel, Valencia, Guadalupe,
Santa Fe, Lincoln, and Socorro, in the State of New Mexico, constitute a
disaster area due to damage caused by Trigo Fire occurring on April 15,
2008, and continuing.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Small Business Administration **CFDA#:**
59.008

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Physical Disaster Loans

**FR Date:** 05/23/08 **PAGE:** 30184 **DEADLINE:** 07/14/08

**CONTACT:** A. Escobar, Office of Disaster Assistance, Washington, DC.
**TELEPHONE:** Not Listed

**SUMMARY:** Declaration of Physical Disaster #11245 and #11246 for
Torrance County in the State of New Mexico, constitute a disaster area
due to damage caused by Trigo Fire occurring on April 15, 2008, and
continuing.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Education **CFDA#:** 84.051C **AMOUNT:**
\$750,000

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Career and Technical Education -- National Programs

**FR Date:** 05/20/08 **PAGE:** 29121 **DEADLINE:** 07/07/08

**CONTACT:** Scott Hess **TELEPHONE:** 202 245-7772

**SUMMARY:** Applications are invited for the Office of Vocational and
Adult Education; Overview Information; Promoting Rigorous Career and
Technical Education Programs of Study Through Statewide or Multi-State
Articulation Agreements; for New Awards, Using Fiscal Year (FY) 2007
Funds. Purpose, Section 114( c) (1) of the Carl D. Perkins Career and
Technical Education Act of 2006 (Act), 20 U.S.C. 2324( c) (1),
authorizes the Secretary to carry out research, development,
dissemination, evaluation and assessment, capacity building, and
technical assistance with regard to the career and technical education
(CTE) programs under the Act. Notice of Intent to Apply: The Secretary
strongly encourages each potential applicant to notify the Department by
sending a short e-mail message indicating the applicant's intent to
submit an application for funding. The e-mail should include only the
applicant's intent to submit an application; it does not need to include
information regarding the content of the proposed application. This
e-mail notification should be sent no later than May 30, 2008 to Scott
Hess at: <scott.hess@ed.gov>. Applications for grants under this
competition may be submitted electronically using the Grants.gov Apply
site at [http://www.Grants.gov](http://www.Grants.gov/), or in paper
format by mail or hand delivery, on or before the July 7, 2008 deadline
date. Therefore, we strongly recommend that you do not wait until the
application deadline date to begin the application process through
Grants.gov.

II\. NOTICE OF RULES

**[DEPARTMENT]{.underline}**: Housing and Urban Development **CFDA#:**
14.157

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Supportive Housing for the Elderly

**FR Date:** 05/23/08 **PAGE:** 29983

**CONTACT:** Yvonne Jefferson **TELEPHONE:** 202 708-3000

**SUMMARY:** Final rule regarding the Office of the Assistant Secretary
for Housing -- Federal Housing Commissioner; Project Design and Cost
Standards for the Section 202 and Section 811 Programs. This final rule
revises HUD's regulations that govern the Project design and cost
standards for HUD's section 202 supportive housing for the Elderly and
section 811 Persons with Disabilities programs. This rule will also
clarify the applicability of the project design and cost standards to
section 811 group homes.

**[DEPARTMENT]{.underline}**: Housing and Urban Development **CFDA#:**
14.181

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities

**FR Date:** 05/23/08 **PAGE:** 29983

**CONTACT:** Yvonne Jefferson **TELEPHONE:** 202 708-3000

**SUMMARY:** Final rule regarding the Office of the Assistant Secretary
for Housing -- Federal Housing Commissioner; Project Design and Cost
Standards for the Section 202 and Section 811 Programs. This final rule
revises HUD's regulations that govern the Project design and cost
standards for HUD's section 202 supportive housing for the Elderly and
section 811 Persons with Disabilities programs. This rule will also
clarify the applicability of the project design and cost standards to
section 811 group homes.

**[DEPARTMENT]{.underline}**: Labor **CFDA#:** 17.273

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Temporary Labor Certification for Foreign Workers

**FR Date:** 05/22/08 **PAGE:** 29942

**CONTACT:** Sherril Hurd (for H-2B Labor Certification Process)
**TELEPHONE:** 202 693-3700

**CONTACT:** Michael Ginley (for H-2B Enforcement Process info.)
**TELEPHONE:** 202 693-0745

**SUMMARY:** Proposed rule regarding the Employment and Training
Administration; Labor Certification Process and Enforcement for
Temporary Employment in Occupations Other Than Agriculture of Registered
Nursing in the United States (H-2B Workers), and Other Technical
Changes. The Department is proposing changes to modernize procedures for
the issuance of labor certifications issued in connection with H-2B
nonimmigrants admitted to perform temporary nonagricultural labor or
services, and procedures to enforce compliance with attestations made by
sponsoring employers. Specifically, the proposed rule re-engineers the
application filing and review process by centralizing processing and by
enabling employers to conduct pre-filing United States (U.S.) worker
recruitment activities.

**[DEPARTMENT]{.underline}**: Health and Human Services **CFDA#:**
93.773

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Medicare -- Hospital Insurance

**FR Date:** 05/22/08 **PAGE:** 29699

**CONTACT:** Tzvi Hefter, (general information) **TELEPHONE:** 410
786-4487

**CONTACT:** Judy Richter (moratorium & 25 percent patient threshold)
**TELEPHONE:** 410 786-2590

**SUMMARY:** Interim rule regarding the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services; Medicare Program; Changes for Long-Term Care Hospitals
Required by Certain Provisions of the Medicare, Medicaid, SCHIP
Extension Act of 2007; 3-Year Moratorium on the Establishment of New
Long-Term Care Hospitals and Long-Term Care Hospital Satellite
Facilities and Increases in Beds in Existing Long-Term Care Hospitals
and Long-Term Care Hospital Satellite Facilities; and 3-Year Delay in
the Application of Certain Payment Adjustments. This interim final rule
with comment period also implements a 3-year delay in the application of
certain payment policies which apply payment adjustments for discharges
from LTCHs and LTCH satellites that were admitted from certain referring
hospitals in excess of various percentage thresholds.

**[DEPARTMENT]{.underline}**: Health and Human Services **CFDA#:**
93.774

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Medicare -- Supplementary Medical Insurance

**FR Date:** 05/22/08 **PAGE:** 29699

**CONTACT:** Tzvi Hefter, (general information) **TELEPHONE:** 410
786-4487

**CONTACT:** Judy Richter (moratorium & 25 percent patient threshold)
**TELEPHONE:** 410 786-2590

**SUMMARY:** Interim rule regarding the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services; Medicare Program; Changes for Long-Term Care Hospitals
Required by Certain Provisions of the Medicare, Medicaid, SCHIP
Extension Act of 2007; 3-Year Moratorium on the Establishment of New
Long-Term Care Hospitals and Long-Term Care Hospital Satellite
Facilities and Increases in Beds in Existing Long-Term Care Hospitals
and Long-Term Care Hospital Satellite Facilities; and 3-Year Delay in
the Application of Certain Payment Adjustments. This interim final rule
with comment period also implements a 3-year delay in the application of
certain payment policies which apply payment adjustments for discharges
from LTCHs and LTCH satellites that were admitted from certain referring
hospitals in excess of various percentage thresholds.

**[DEPARTMENT]{.underline}**: Health and Human Services **CFDA#:**
93.773

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Medicare -- Hospital Insurance

**FR Date:** 05/23/08 **PAGE:** 30190

**CONTACT:** Morton Marcus **TELEPHONE:** 410 786-4477

**CONTACT:** Donald Romano **TELEPHONE:** 410 786-1401

**SUMMARY:** Final rule regarding the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services; Medicare Program; Provider Reimbursement Determinations and
Appeals. This final rule updates, clarifies, and revises various
provisions of the regulations governing appeals before the
intermediaries (for lesser disputes), and Administrator review of
decisions made by the board.

**[DEPARTMENT]{.underline}**: Health and Human Services **CFDA#:**
93.774

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Medicare -- Supplementary Medical Insurance

**FR Date:** 05/23/08 **PAGE:** 30190

**CONTACT:** Morton Marcus **TELEPHONE:** 410 786-4477

**CONTACT:** Donald Romano **TELEPHONE:** 410 786-1401

**SUMMARY:** Final rule regarding the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services; Medicare Program; Provider Reimbursement Determinations and
Appeals. This final rule updates, clarifies, and revises various
provisions of the regulations governing appeals before the
intermediaries (for lesser disputes), and Administrator review of
decisions made by the board.

**[DEPARTMENT]{.underline}**: Health and Human Services **CFDA#:**
93.778

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Medical Assistance Program

**FR Date:** 05/23/08 **PAGE:** 30030

**CONTACT:** Hunter McKay **TELEPHONE:** 202 205-8999

**SUMMARY:** Proposed rule regarding the Office of the Secretary; Office
of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation; State Long-Term
Care Partnership Program: Reporting Requirements for Insurers. This
proposed rule sets forth proposed reporting requirements for private
insurers that issue qualified long-term care insurance policies in
States participating in the State Long-Term Care Partnership Program
established under the Deficit Reduction Act (DRA) of 2005.

**[DEPARTMENT]{.underline}**: Social Security Administration **CFDA#:**
96.001

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Social Security -- Disability Insurance

**FR Date:** 05/20/08 **PAGE:** 29324

**CONTACT:** Dan O'Brien **TELEPHONE:** 410 597-1632

**SUMMARY:** Final rule regarding the Social Security Administration
(SSA); Amendments to the Ticket To Work and Self-Sufficiency Program. We
are revising our regulations for the Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency
Program (Ticket to Work Program), provides Social Security Disability
Insurance and disabled Supplemental Security Income beneficiaries
expanded options for access to employment services, vocational
rehabilitation services, and other support services. We are revising our
prior rules to improve the overall effectiveness of the program to
maximize the economic self-sufficiency of beneficiaries through work
opportunities.

**[DEPARTMENT]{.underline}**: Social Security Administration **CFDA#:**
96.002

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Social Security -- Retirement Insurance

**FR Date:** 05/20/08 **PAGE:** 29324

**CONTACT:** Dan O'Brien **TELEPHONE:** 410 597-1632

**SUMMARY:** Final rule regarding the Social Security Administration
(SSA); Amendments to the Ticket To Work and Self-Sufficiency Program. We
are revising our regulations for the Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency
Program (Ticket to Work Program), provides Social Security Disability
Insurance and disabled Supplemental Security Income beneficiaries
expanded options for access to employment services, vocational
rehabilitation services, and other support services. We are revising our
prior rules to improve the overall effectiveness of the program to
maximize the economic self-sufficiency of beneficiaries through work
opportunities.

**[DEPARTMENT]{.underline}**: Social Security Administration **CFDA#:**
96.004

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Social Security -- Survivors Insurance

**FR Date:** 05/20/08 **PAGE:** 29324

**CONTACT:** Dan O'Brien **TELEPHONE:** 410 597-1632

**SUMMARY:** Final rule regarding the Social Security Administration
(SSA); Amendments to the Ticket To Work and Self-Sufficiency Program. We
are revising our regulations for the Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency
Program (Ticket to Work Program), provides Social Security Disability
Insurance and disabled Supplemental Security Income beneficiaries
expanded options for access to employment services, vocational
rehabilitation services, and other support services. We are revising our
prior rules to improve the overall effectiveness of the program to
maximize the economic self-sufficiency of beneficiaries through work
opportunities.

**[DEPARTMENT]{.underline}**: Social Security Administration **CFDA#:**
96.006

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Supplemental Security Income

**FR Date:** 05/20/08 **PAGE:** 29324

**CONTACT:** Dan O'Brien **TELEPHONE:** 410 597-1632

**SUMMARY:** Final rule regarding the Social Security Administration
(SSA); Amendments to the Ticket To Work and Self-Sufficiency Program. We
are revising our regulations for the Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency
Program (Ticket to Work Program), provides Social Security Disability
Insurance and disabled Supplemental Security Income beneficiaries
expanded options for access to employment services, vocational
rehabilitation services, and other support services. We are revising our
prior rules to improve the overall effectiveness of the program to
maximize the economic self-sufficiency of beneficiaries through work
opportunities.

III\. OTHER SIGNIFICANT FEDERAL REGISTER HIGHLIGHTS (NOTICES)

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Transportation **CFDA#:** 20.205

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Highway Planning and Construction

**FR Date:** 05/19/08 **PAGE:** 28854

**CONTACT:** Trais Norris, Senior Environmental Planner, Caltrans
**TELEPHONE:** 559 243-8178

**SUMMARY:** Notice regarding the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA),
on behalf of the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), is
issuing this notice to advise the public that a Tier I Environmental
Impact Statement (EIS) will be prepared for the State Route 180 Westside
Expressway Route Adoption Study, located in Fresno County, California.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Transportation **CFDA#:** 20.205

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Highway Planning and Construction

**FR Date:** 05/19/08 **PAGE:** 28855

**CONTACT:** David Scott, FHWA **TELEPHONE:** 608 829-7522

**SUMMARY:** Notice regarding the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA),
in cooperation with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT),
to advise the public that an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) will
be prepared on a proposal to improve the Zoo Interchange (I-94 and
I-894/U.S. 45 interchange) and adjacent interchanges in Milwaukee
County, Wisconsin.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Transportation **CFDA#:** 20.205

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Highway Planning and Construction

**FR Date:** 05/20/08 **PAGE:** 29173

**CONTACT:** Ron Kosinski, Deputy District Director, Caltrans, District
7 **TELEPHONE:** 213 897-0703

**SUMMARY:** Notice regarding the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA);
Limitation on Claims for Judicial Review of Actions by FHWA and Other
Federal Agencies. These Actions relate to a proposed highway project to
add a standard northbound HOV Lane and standardized Northbound
Mixed-Flow Lanes, Median and Shoulder Alternative. Effective July 1,
2007, the FHWA assigned, and the California Department of Transportation
(Caltrans) assumed environmental responsibilities for this project, and
prepared an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on a proposal for a
highway widening improvement project in Los Angeles County, California.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Transportation **CFDA#:** 20.205

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Highway Planning and Construction

**FR Date:** 05/21/08 **PAGE:** 29567

**CONTACT:** Charles J. O'Neill, Planning & Program Management, FHWA
**TELEPHONE:** 615 781-5772

**SUMMARY:** Notice regarding the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA),
in cooperation with the Tennessee Department of Transportation, to
advise the public that an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) will be
prepared for a proposed highway project to construct a bypass around the
City of Greensville, in Greene County, Tennessee.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Transportation **CFDA#:** 20.205

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Highway Planning and Construction

**FR Date:** 05/21/08 **PAGE:** 29567

**CONTACT:** Charles J. O'Neill, Planning & Program Management, FHWA
**TELEPHONE:** 615 781-5772

**SUMMARY:** Notice regarding the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA),
in cooperation with the Tennessee Department of Transportation, is
rescinding the Notice of Intent published on October 28, 1999, to
prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) on the Appalachian
Development Highway System Corridor K (Relocated U.S. 64) project, from
West of the Ocee River to State Route 68 near Ducktown, Polk County
Tennessee. The proposed project was proposed to construct a 20 mile
segment of Corridor K of the Appalachian Highway System (ADHS) in Polk
County, Tennessee.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Transportation **CFDA#:** 20.205

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Highway Planning and Construction

**FR Date:** 05/22/08 **PAGE:** 29837

**CONTACT:** Ken Myers, Planning & Environmental Program Manager, FHWA
**TELEPHONE:** 804 775-3353

**SUMMARY:** Notice regarding the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA);
is issuing this notice to advise the public that FHWA is rescinding the
Notice of Intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for
the following five proposals: (1) Outer Connector in Stafford and
Spotsylvania Counties; (2) I-77/I-81 Improvement Project in Wythe
County; (3) Interstate 66 Multimodal Transportation and Environmental
Study in Fairfax and Prince William Counties; (4) Route 20 South Bypass
Improvement Project near Lynchburg; and (5) Spotsylvania Parkway in
Spotsylvania County, in the State of Virginia.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Education **CFDA#:** 84.133A

**PROGRAM TITLE:** National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation
Research

**FR Date:** 05/20/08 **PAGE:** 29128

**CONTACT:** Donna Nangle **TELEPHONE:** 202 245-7462

**SUMMARY:** Notice regarding the Office of Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services; Disability and Rehabilitation Research Program.
Notice of intent to fund down the grant slate for the Disability and
Rehabilitation Research Projects (DRRP) program for Traumatic Brain
Injury Model Systems (TBIMS). The Secretary intends to use the grant
slate developed for the TBIMS grant competition in fiscal year (FY) 2007
to make new grant awards for TBIMS centers in FY 2008. The Secretary
takes this action because Congress requested that the Secretary fund two
additional TBIMS centers in FY 2008.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Health and Human Services **CFDA#:**
93.567

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Refugee and Entrant Assistance -- Voluntary Agency
Programs

**FR Date:** 05/22/08 **PAGE:** 29773

**CONTACT:** Ronald A. Munia **TELEPHONE:** 202 401-4559

**SUMMARY:** Notice regarding the Administration for Children and
Families; Office of Refugee Resettlement; Grant Notice. Notice is hereby
given that the Office of Resettlement, Division of Community
Resettlement, will award supplemental funds without competition to nine
agencies: Church World Service, Ethiopian Community Development Council,
Episcopal Migration Ministries, Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society,
International Rescue Committee, Lutheran Immigration and Refugee
Services, the United States Committee for Refugees and Immigrants, the
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, and World Relief
Corporation. The cost for these supplemental awards is \$2.17 million to
2008 awards. Project Period: February 15, 2008 to January 31, 2010.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Health and Human Services **CFDA#:**
93.767

**PROGRAM TITLE:** State Children's Insurance Program

**FR Date:** 05/23/08 **PAGE:** 30112

**CONTACT:** Richard Strauss **TELEPHONE:** 410 786-2019

**SUMMARY:** Notice regarding the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services; State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP);
Retrospective Adjustment for Additional Allotments To Eliminate Fiscal
Year (FY) 2007 Funding Shortfalls; Final SCHIP Allotments for FYs 2008
and 2009; Redistribution of Unused SCHIP FY 2005 Allotments To Eliminate
FY 2008 Funding Shortfalls; Additional Allotments To Eliminate FY 2008
Funding Shortfalls; and Provisions for Continued Authority for
Qualifying States To Use a Portion of Certain SCHIP Funds for Medicaid
Expenditures.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Health and Human Services **CFDA#:**
93.778

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Medical Assistance Program

**FR Date:** 05/23/08 **PAGE:** 30112

**CONTACT:** Richard Strauss **TELEPHONE:** 410 786-2019

**SUMMARY:** Notice regarding the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services; State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP);
Retrospective Adjustment for Additional Allotments To Eliminate Fiscal
Year (FY) 2007 Funding Shortfalls; Final SCHIP Allotments for FYs 2008
and 2009; Redistribution of Unused SCHIP FY 2005 Allotments To Eliminate
FY 2008 Funding Shortfalls; Additional Allotments To Eliminate FY 2008
Funding Shortfalls; and Provisions for Continued Authority for
Qualifying States To Use a Portion of Certain SCHIP Funds for Medicaid
Expenditures.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Health and Human Services **CFDA#:**
93.773

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Medicare -- Hospital Insurance

**FR Date:** 05/23/08 **PAGE:** 30107

**CONTACT:** Cindy Melanson **TELEPHONE:** 410 786-0310

**CONTACT:** Patricia Chmielewsi **TELEPHONE:** 410 786-6899

**SUMMARY:** Notice regarding the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services; Medicare and Medicaid Programs; The Joint Commission for
Continued Deeming Authority for Critical Access Hospitals. This proposed
notice with comment period acknowledges the receipt of a deeming
application from the Joint Commission for continued recognition as a
national accrediting organization for critical access hospitals (CAHs)
that wish to participate in the Medicare or Medicaid programs.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Health and Human Services **CFDA#:**
93.774

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Medicare -- Supplementary Medical Insurance

**FR Date:** 05/23/08 **PAGE:** 30107

**CONTACT:** Cindy Melanson **TELEPHONE:** 410 786-0310

**CONTACT:** Patricia Chmielewsi **TELEPHONE:** 410 786-6899

**SUMMARY:** Notice regarding the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services; Medicare and Medicaid Programs; The Joint Commission for
Continued Deeming Authority for Critical Access Hospitals. This proposed
notice with comment period acknowledges the receipt of a deeming
application from the Joint Commission for continued recognition as a
national accrediting organization for critical access hospitals (CAHs)
that wish to participate in the Medicare or Medicaid programs.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Health and Human Services **CFDA#:**
93.778

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Medical Assistance Program

**FR Date:** 05/23/08 **PAGE:** 30107

**CONTACT:** Cindy Melanson **TELEPHONE:** 410 786-0310

**CONTACT:** Patricia Chmielewsi **TELEPHONE:** 410 786-6899

**SUMMARY:** Notice regarding the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services; Medicare and Medicaid Programs; The Joint Commission for
Continued Deeming Authority for Critical Access Hospitals. This proposed
notice with comment period acknowledges the receipt of a deeming
application from the Joint Commission for continued recognition as a
national accrediting organization for critical access hospitals (CAHs)
that wish to participate in the Medicare or Medicaid programs.

**EARLY WARNING GRANTS REPORT**

Below are deadlines for the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
(CFDA) Programs that have appeared in the Federal Register in the past
several weeks.

DEADLINE CFDA NUMBER PROGRAM TITLE

07/07/08 84.051C Career and Technical Education -- National Programs

07/23/08 11.419 Coastal Zone Management Administration Awards

08/19/08 20.509 Formula Grants for Other Than Urbanized Areas

> **DISASTER LOANS**

**59.002 ECONOMIC INJURY DISASTER LOANS** **CLOSING DATE**:

Maine -- various counties 02/09/09

Mississippi -- various counties 02/12/09

Alabama -- various counties 02/16/09

Alaska -- various counties 02/16/09

Georgia -- various counties 02/16/09

Kansas -- Cherokee county 02/16/09

Missouri -- McDonald and Newton counties 02/16/09

New Mexico -- various counties 02/16/09

Oklahoma -- various counties 02/16/09

**59.008 PHYSICAL DISASTER LOANS CLOSING DATE**:

Maine -- Aroostook county 07/08/08

Oklahoma -- various counties 07/08/08

Mississippi -- Union county 07/11/08

Alabama -- Cleburne county 07/14/08

New Mexico -- Torrance county 07/14/08

Oklahoma -- Ottawa county 07/14/08