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then northerly to 47°03′15′′ N, 

122°54′21′′ W, which is the approximate 

300 feet north along the shoreline; then 

westerly to 47°03′15′′ N, 122°54′26′′ W; 

then southerly to 47°03′06′′ N, 

122°54′26′′ W; then southeasterly to 

47°03′03′′ N, 122°54′20′′ W, which is 

approximately the end of the T-shaped 

pier; then north to 47°03′01′′ N, 

122°54′21′′ W, which is approximately 

the southwestern corner of berth 1; then 

northerly along the shoreline to the 

point of origin. [Datum: NAD 1983.]

* * * * *

Dated: September 22, 2004. 

Danny Ellis, 

Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the 

Port, Puget Sound.

[FR Doc. 04–22744 Filed 10–8–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–15–P

CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND 

COMMUNITY SERVICE 

45 CFR Chapter XXV 

Notice Inviting Preliminary Informal 

Public Input in Advance of Learn and 

Serve America Program Changes

AGENCY: Corporation for National and 

Community Service.

ACTION: Request for comments and 

notice of meetings. 

SUMMARY: The Corporation for National 

and Community Service (the 

Corporation) invites the public to share 

its views during two scheduled 

conference calls and two scheduled 

public meetings on issues related to 

Learn and Serve America. In response to 

Executive Order 13331, the 

Corporation’s Board of Directors Grants 

Management Task Force Report, and in 

preparation for the expected round of 

new funding in 2006, Learn and Serve 

America is considering combining grant 

guidelines, provisions, and regulations 

into a single, streamlined document. We 

are interested in public views about the 

future of Learn and Serve America 

programs and the ways in which those 

programs have an impact on students, 

communities, and the institutions that 

operate programs. Some issues under 

consideration include: Learn and Serve 

America grant selection criteria, 

intensity and duration of a participant’s 

community service, the role of Learn 

and Serve America grantees within 

Unified State Plans, timing and 

substance of Learn and Serve America 

grant applications, and definitions of 

key terms. The Corporation is also 

interested in receiving input on 

allowable subgrant types, project 

expenditures, performance indicators 

and evaluation requirements, grantee 

reporting, intergenerational 

participation, and program 

sustainability and institutionalization.

DATES: Please submit written input to 

the Corporation as soon as possible. We 

will consider input as we begin 

consideration of possible revisions to 

the Learn and Serve America guidelines, 

provisions and regulations and during 

the drafting of a Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking. In addition, the 

Corporation will hold two toll-free 

conference calls and two public input 

meetings. See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION for conference call and 

input meeting information.

ADDRESSES: You may submit written 

input to the Corporation by any of the 

following methods: 

(1) Electronically through the 

Corporation’s e-mail address system to 

LSADirections@cns.gov.

(2) By fax to (202) 565–2787, 

Attention Amy Cohen, Director, Learn 

and Serve America. 

(3) By mail sent to: Corporation for 

National and Community Service, Attn: 

Amy Cohen, Director, Learn and Serve 

America, 1201 New York Avenue NW., 

Room 9609, Washington, DC 20525. 

(4) By hand delivery or by courier to 

the Corporation’s mailroom at Room 

6010 at the mail address given in 

paragraph (3) above, between 9 a.m. and 

4 p.m. Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

Due to continued delays in the 

Corporation’s receipt of mail, we 

strongly encourage responses via e-mail 

or fax.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information about the substance 

of this notice or to request this notice in 

an alternative format for the visually 

impaired, contact Amy Cohen at (202) 

606–5000, ext. 484; acohen@cns.gov.

For further information about the 

conference calls, please refer to our 

National Service-Learning 

Clearinghouse Web site at http://

www.servicelearning.org or call Pat 

Carpenter at (202) 606–5000, ext. 209; 

pcarpenter@cns.gov. The TDD/TTY 

number is (800) 833–3722.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For more 

information on the Corporation, please 

visit our Web site at http://

www.nationalservice.org. When 

providing oral or written input on the 

issues outlined above, please especially 

consider the following questions: 

Leveraging Corporation assistance:

How can we ensure that as many 

educational institutions as possible 

realize the benefits of community 

service-learning through the programs 

and services of the Corporation, and in 

general improve the cost effectiveness 

and efficiency of Corporation grants and 

technical assistance? Should we grant 

competitive preferences to organizations 

that have never before received Learn 

and Serve America funds? How should 

these questions apply to grantees that 

operate local programs directly and to 

grantees that provide subgrants to others 

to operate local programs? 

Sustainability and 

institutionalization: How can the 

Corporation ensure that appropriate 

steps are being taken to build servicelearning into the fabric of the 

educational or community organization? 

How can we ensure that Learn and 

Serve America grantee and subgrantee 

programs can continue to be successful 

without Federal support? What are 

appropriate components of grantee 

‘‘sustainability plans?’’ How should 

these questions apply to grantees that 

operate local programs directly; to 

grantees that provide subgrants to others 

to operate local programs? 

Focusing on community needs: How 

can the Corporation ensure that Federal 

funds are used most effectively to meet 

community needs and that all Learn and 

Serve America participants make a 

positive impact on community problems 

and needs? 

Duration and Intensity of service:

What policies should be adopted 

concerning the intensity (i.e., service 

hours per time period) and duration of 

community service expected of Learn 

and Serve America participants? 

Selection Criteria: What criteria 

should the Corporation use in selecting 

grantees in its competitive Learn and 

Serve America programs? Should Learn 

and Serve America have two sets of 

grant application and selection criteria: 

one for consortia and grant 

intermediaries (State Education 

Agencies, Grant Making Entities, and 

Higher Education Consortia), and one 

for local programs? If so, what should 

such separate criteria include? 

Subgrants: What policies should 

govern sub-granting? Should there be 

limits on duration or on type of 

subgrant? How many levels of 

subgranting should be allowed? 

Grant application and process: For 

how many months before commencing 

or continuing a project does a grantee 

need to know that its application is 

approved? For how many months before 

commencing or continuing a project 

does a grantee need to know that its 

grant is awarded? What is a reasonable 

amount of time needed to prepare an 

application? In general, how can the 

Corporation simplify and streamline its 

grant application documents and 

processes? In particular, can we

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simplify the application and process for 

the second and third year grant 

continuations?

Definitions: How should we define 

‘‘community needs?’’ How should we 

define a Learn and Serve America 

‘‘participant’’ for elementary/secondary 

education and for higher education 

programs? How should we define a 

‘‘service hour?’’ How should we clarify 

the definition of ‘‘youth and adult 

volunteers’’ who provide service along 

with Learn and Serve America program 

participants? How should we define a 

‘‘subgrantee?’’ Should Grant Making 

Entities (grantees that must serve 

multiple states in order to be eligible for 

funding) be defined as providing service 

in two or more states from the beginning 

of the grant, or prospectively at any 

point during the grant period? Should 

this definition be the same for Schoolbased and Community-based grantee 

organizations? 

Teacher Education Grants: Should we 

require that Learn and Serve America 

grantee teacher education programs 

prepare prospective teachers to use 

service-learning in their classroom/

teaching practices? 

Intergenerational Activities: How 

should the Corporation promote the use 

of service-learning practices and models 

that utilize multiple generations? For 

example, should we require that Learn 

and Serve America higher education 

programs serving children include a 

component in which children serve 

with higher education student 

participants? 

Adult and Youth Volunteers: How 

should the Corporation promote the 

recruitment of adult and youth 

volunteers who work with Learn and 

Serve America participant students in 

meeting community needs? How should 

we encourage the participation of adult 

volunteers who have particular 

expertise in meeting the community 

needs focused on by the Learn and 

Serve America projects? How should we 

encourage the participation of 

elementary/secondary student 

participants’ family members? 

Community Organization 

Partnerships: What steps should the 

Corporation take to strengthen the role 

of community organizations as partners 

in Learn and Serve America projects? 

What steps should we take to promote 

greater participation of faith-based and 

small community organizations? 

Project Expenditures: Should Learn 

and Serve America grantees be required 

to include evaluation funding in their 

project budgets, along with stipulation 

of the scope and method of evaluations? 

Should we require that web 

conferencing capabilities be included in 

the grant budget? 

Performance measures and 

evaluation: How can the Corporation 

and its Learn and Serve America 

grantees ensure that all Learn and Serve 

America programs are setting and 

achieving appropriate, measurable 

performance outcome goals? Should we 

require that Learn and Serve America 

grantees and subgrantees establish and 

meet a common set of outcome 

measures? How can the Corporation 

ensure that its grantees regularly and 

effectively evaluate their servicelearning programs? 

Unified State Plans: What role, if any, 

should Learn and Serve America 

grantees and subgrantees play within 

the Corporation’s Unified State Plans? 

How should Learn and Serve America 

grantees and subgrantees be encouraged 

to participate in Unified State Plans and 

state-wide service conferences? 

Conference Calls and Public Input 

Meetings 

The Corporation is planning two 

conference calls and two public input 

meetings in October. Please check our 

National Service-Learning 

Clearinghouse Web site at http://

www.servicelearning.org for further 

information regarding these conference 

calls and public input meetings or 

contact Pat Carpenter at (202) 606–5000, 

ext. 209 (pcarpenter@cns.gov).

Conference Calls 

October 14—10:30 a.m. 

October 15—3:30 p.m. 

To register for the calls, please contact 

Pat Carpenter at pcarpenter@cns.gov.

The time for both calls is eastern time. 

Public Input Meetings 

October 13 from 2–4 p.m. Rabb Room, 

University College of Citizenship and 

Public Service, Tufts University, 

Medford, MA. 

October 14 from noon–2 p.m. One 

Dupont Circle, Conference Room C, 

Level 1B, Washington, DC. 

The time for both meetings is eastern 

time. We strongly encourage you to 

attend in person if you are in the Boston 

and DC areas, and ask that you RSVP to 

Pat Carpenter at pcarpenter@cns.gov.

Dated: October 7, 2004. 

Frank R. Trinity, 

General Counsel.

[FR Doc. 04–22951 Filed 10–8–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6050–$$–U

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

47 CFR Part 73 

[DA 04–3055; MB Docket No. 04–380; RM–

11069] 

Radio Broadcasting Services; Corydon 

and Lanesville, IN

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: This document requests 

comments on a petition for rulemaking 

filed by Blue Chip Broadcasting 

Licenses II, Ltd., licensee of Station 

WGZB–FM, Corydon, Indiana proposing 

the reallotment of Channel 243A from 

Corydon, Indiana to Lanesville, Indiana, 

as the community’s first local 

transmission service, and the 

modification of the license for Station 

WGZB–FM to reflect the changes. The 

coordinates for Channel 243A at 

Lanesville are 38–12–52 NL and 86–01–

00 WL, the same as those currently used 

by WGZB–FM at Corydon.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or 

before November 18, 2004, and reply 

comments on or before December 3, 

2004.

ADDRESSES: Secretary, Federal 

Communications Commission, 445 

Twelfth Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20554. In addition to filing comments 

with the FCC, interested parties should 

serve the petitioner’s counsel as follows: 

Evan S. Henschel, Esq., Wiley Rein & 

Fielding LLP, 1776 K Street NW., 

Washington, DC 20006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Helen McLean, Media Bureau, (202) 

418–2738.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

synopsis of the Commission’s Notice of 

Proposed Rule Making, MB Docket No. 

04–380, adopted September 23, 2004, 

and released September 27, 2004. The 

full text of this Commission decision is 

available for inspection and copying 

during normal business hours in the 

FCC’s Reference Information Center at 

Portals II, CY–A257, 445 Twelfth Street, 

SW., Washington, DC. This document 

may also be purchased from the 

Commission’s duplicating contractors, 

Best Copy and Printing, Inc., 445 12th 

Street, SW., Room CY–B402, 

Washington, DC 20554, telephone 1–

800–378–3160 or http://

www.BCPIWEB.com.

Provisions of the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act of 1980 do not apply to 

this proceeding. 

Members of the public should note 

that from the time a Notice of Proposed