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Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification 

The Secretary certifies that this 

waiver and extension of the project 

period would not have a significant 

economic impact on a substantial 

number of small entities. 

The only entity that would be affected 

by this waiver and extension of the 

project period is the current grantee. 

The Secretary certifies that this 

waiver and final extension would not 

have a significant economic impact on 

this entity because the extension of an 

existing project imposes minimal 

compliance costs, and the activities 

required to support the additional year 

of funding would not impose additional 

regulatory burdens or require 

unnecessary Federal supervision. 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

This notice of final waiver and 

extension of the project period does not 

contain any information collection 

requirements. 

Intergovernmental Review 

This program is subject to Executive 

Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 

CFR part 79. One of the objectives of the 

Executive order is to foster an 

intergovernmental partnership and a 

strengthened federalism. The Executive 

order relies on processes developed by 

State and local governments for 

coordination and review of proposed 

Federal financial assistance. This 

document provides early notification of 

our specific plans and actions for this 

program. 

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document in 

an accessible format (e.g., braille, large 

print, audiotape, or compact disc) on 

request to the contact person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

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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 via the Federal Digital System 

at: www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site you 

can 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). To use PDF you must 

have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

available free at the site. 

You may also access documents of the 

Department published in the Federal 

Register by using the article search 

feature at: www.federalregister.gov. 

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your search to documents published by 

the Department. 

Dated: September 13, 2013. 

Sue Swenson, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Special 

Education and Rehabilitative Services, 

delegated the authority to perform the 

functions and duties of the Assistant 

Secretary for Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services. 

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

34 CFR Chapter III 

[Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 84.326A] 

Final Waiver and Extension of the 

Project Period for the Individuals With 

Disabilities Education Act Partnership 

Project 

AGENCY: Office of Special Education 

Programs (OSEP), Office of Special 

Education and Rehabilitative Services, 

Department of Education. 

ACTION: Final waiver and extension of 

the project period. 

SUMMARY: The Secretary waives the 

requirements in the Education 

Department General Administrative 

Regulations that generally prohibit 

project periods exceeding five years and 

extensions of project periods involving 

the obligation of additional Federal 

funds. This waiver and extension of the 

project period enables the currently 

funded Individuals with Disabilities 

Education Act (IDEA) Partnership 

Project (Partnership Project) to receive 

funding from October 1, 2013, through 

September 30, 2014. 

DATES: The waiver and extension of the 

project period are effective September 

18, 2013. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Renee Bradley, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., 

Room 4103, Potomac Center Plaza, 

Washington, DC 20202–2600. 

Telephone: (202) 245–7277. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf or a text telephone, 

call the Federal Relay Service, toll free, 

at 1–800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 

2, 2013, we published a notice in the 

Federal Register (78 FR 46858) 

proposing an extension of project period 

and a waiver of 34 CFR 75.250 and 

75.261(a) and (c)(2) in order to— 

(1) Enable the Secretary to provide 

additional funds to the currently funded 

Partnership Project for an additional 12- 

month period, from October 1, 2013, 

through September 30, 2014; and 

(2) Request comments on the 

proposed extension of project period 

and waiver. 

There are no substantive differences 

between the proposed waiver and 

extension and this final waiver and 

extension. 

Public Comment 

In response to our invitation in the 

notice of proposed waiver and extension 

of the project period, we did not receive 

any substantive comments. Generally, 

we do not address comments that raise 

concerns not directly related to the 

proposed waiver and extension of 

project period. 

Background 

On July 15, 2008, the Department 

published a notice in the Federal 

Register (73 FR 40548) inviting 

applications for new awards for fiscal 

year (FY) 2008 for the Partnership 

Project funded under the Technical 

Assistance and Dissemination to 

Improve Services and Results for 

Children With Disabilities (TA&D) 

program, authorized under section 663 

of IDEA. The Partnership Project is 

intended to provide opportunities for 

national associations to collaborate with 

each other and with their collective 

State and local affiliates to improve the 

implementation of education policies 

and practices in States. The goal of the 

Partnership Project is also intended to 

bridge the gap between research, policy, 

and practice in both special education 

and general education so that the needs 

of all students can be meaningfully 

addressed. The Partnership Project has 

worked to unite multiple national 

associations and their State and local 

affiliates, representing policymakers, 

service providers, local-level 

administrators, and families, to improve 

the implementation of IDEA and 

outcomes for students with disabilities. 

These associations and their State and 

local affiliates need continued support 

to engage in meaningful dialogue, 

continual learning, and problem solving 

that will improve the implementation of 

IDEA and outcomes for students with 

disabilities. 

The Department made one award for 

a period of 60 months to the National 

Association of State Directors of Special 

Education (NASDSE) to establish the 

Partnership Project. The current project 

period is scheduled to end on 

September 30, 2013. 

The Partnership Project links the 

expertise and resources available 

through the OSEP Technical Assistance 

and Dissemination Network with 


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stakeholder organizations to build 

innovative dissemination strategies. The 

Partnership Project has developed and 

enhanced tools and strategies to 

improve the collaboration and 

engagement of stakeholder organizations 

linked with State improvement efforts to 

implement evidence-based practices, 

improve the implementation of IDEA, 

and improve outcomes for children with 

disabilities within general education 

reform efforts. Engagement tools and 

strategies include: (1) Various Dialogue 

Guides, focused on education reform 

efforts such as standards-based 

assessment, college- and careerreadiness, and the school-to-prison 

pipeline; (2) communities of practice 

development and implementation; and 

(3) stakeholder engagement protocols. 

At this time, we do not believe that it 

would be in the public interest to run 

a competition for a new Partnership 

Project because the Department is 

planning to change the organization of 

its technical assistance (TA) activities to 

better meet the needs of States and local 

affiliates and families. We also have 

concluded that it would be contrary to 

the public interest to have a lapse in the 

provision of the TA services currently 

provided by the Partnership Project 

pending the changes to the organization 

of the Department’s TA activities. 

For these reasons, the Secretary 

waives the requirements in 34 CFR 

75.250, which prohibit project periods 

exceeding five years, and waives the 

requirements in 34 CFR 75.261(a) and 

(c)(2), which allow the extension of a 

project period only if the extension does 

not involve the obligation of additional 

Federal funds. The waiver allows the 

Department to issue a continuation 

award in the amount of $1,699,000 to 

NASDSE for an additional 12-month 

period. This continuation award should 

ensure that the Partnership Project’s TA, 

coordinated training, outreach, and 

dissemination of information to the 

partners’ State and local affiliates and 

families will not be interrupted. 

Any activities to be carried out during 

the year of the continuation award 

would have to be consistent with, or be 

a logical extension of, the scope, goals, 

and objectives of the grantee’s 

application as approved in the 2008 

Partnership Project competition. 

The requirements applicable to 

continuation awards for this 

competition set forth in the July 15, 

2008, notice inviting applications and 

the requirements in 34 CFR 75.253 

apply to any continuation awards 

sought by the current IDEA Partnership 

grantee. We base our decisions 

regarding a continuation award on the 

program narrative, budget, budget 

narrative, and program performance 

report submitted by the current grantee, 

as well as the requirements in 34 CFR 

75.253. 

Waiver of Delayed Effective Date 

The Administrative Procedure Act 

requires that a substantive rule must be 

published at least 30 days before its 

effective date, except as otherwise 

provided for good cause (5 U.S.C. 

553(d)(3)). We received no substantive 

comments on the proposed waiver and 

extension of project period, and we have 

not made any substantive changes to the 

proposed waiver and extension of 

project period. The Secretary has made 

a determination to waive the delayed 

effective date to ensure provision of TA 

services currently provided by the 

Partnership Project pending the changes 

to the organization of the Department’s 

TA activities. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification 

The Secretary certifies that this 

waiver and extension of the project 

period would not have a significant 

economic impact on a substantial 

number of small entities. 

The only entity that would be affected 

by this waiver and extension of the 

project period is the current grantee. 

The Secretary certifies that this 

waiver and final extension would not 

have a significant economic impact on 

this entity because the extension of an 

existing project imposes minimal 

compliance costs, and the activities 

required to support the additional year 

of funding would not impose additional 

regulatory burdens or require 

unnecessary Federal supervision. 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

This notice of final waiver and 

extension of the project period does not 

contain any information collection 

requirements. 

Intergovernmental Review 

This program is subject to Executive 

Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 

CFR part 79. One of the objectives of the 

Executive order is to foster an 

intergovernmental partnership and a 

strengthened federalism. The Executive 

order relies on processes developed by 

State and local governments for 

coordination and review of proposed 

Federal financial assistance. This 

document provides early notification of 

our specific plans and actions for this 

program. 

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document in 

an accessible format (e.g., braille, large 

print, audiotape, or compact disc) on 

request to the contact person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

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 via the Federal Digital System 

at: www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site you 

can 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). To use PDF you must 

have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

available free at the site. 

You may also access documents of the 

Department published in the Federal 

Register by using the article search 

feature at: www.federalregister.gov. 

Specifically, through the advanced 

search feature at this site, you can limit 

your search to documents published by 

the Department. 

Dated: September 13, 2013. 

Sue Swenson, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Special 

Education and Rehabilitative Services, 

delegated the authority to perform the 

functions and duties of the Assistant 

Secretary for Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services. 

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R07–OAR–2013–0511; FRL–9901–01– 

Region 7] 

Approval and Promulgation of 

Implementation Plans; State of 

Missouri; Conformity of General 

Federal Actions to State 

Implementation Plan 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Direct final rule. 

SUMMARY: EPA is taking direct final 

action to approve the State 

Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted by 

the state of Missouri on August 12, 

2011. This revision will update the state 

general conformity rule in its entirety to 

bring in into compliance with the 

Federal general conformity rule which 

was updated in the Federal Register on 

April 5, 2010. General conformity 

regulations prohibit Federal agencies 

from taking actions that may cause or 

contribute to violations of the National 

Ambient Air Quality Standards 

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