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use of goods, products, and materials 

produced in the United States (2 CFR 

200.322); and 

(d) Terminating agreements in whole 

or in part to the greatest extent 

authorized by law if an award no longer 

effectuates the program goals or agency 

priorities (2 CFR 200.340). 

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); or we may send you an email 

containing a link to access an electronic 

version of your GAN. We may notify 

you informally, also. 

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: (a) If you apply for a 

grant under this competition, you must 

ensure that you have in place the 

necessary processes and systems to 

comply with the reporting requirements 

in 2 CFR part 170 should you receive 

funding under the competition. This 

does not apply if you have an exception 

under 2 CFR 170.110(b). 

(b) 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 multiyear award, you must 

submit an annual performance report 

that provides the most current 

performance and financial expenditure 

information as directed by the Secretary 

under 34 CFR 75.118. The Secretary 

may also require more frequent 

performance reports under 34 CFR 

75.720(c). For specific requirements on 

reporting, please go to www.ed.gov/ 

fund/grant/apply/appforms/ 

appforms.html. 

4. Performance Measures: Under the 

Government Performance and Results 

Act of 1993 (GPRA), the objective for the 

Fulbright-Hays DDRA Fellowship 

Program is to provide grants to colleges 

and universities to fund individual 

doctoral students to conduct research in 

other countries in modern foreign 

languages and area studies for periods of 

6 to 12 months. 

The Department will use the 

following measures to evaluate its 

success in meeting this objective: 

DDRA GPRA Measure 1: The 

percentage of DDRA fellows who 

increased their foreign language scores 

in speaking, reading, or writing by at 

least one proficiency level. 

DDRA GPRA Measure 2: The 

percentage of DDRA fellows who 

complete their degree in their program 

of study within four years of receipt of 

the fellowship. 

DDRA GPRA Measure 3: The 

percentage of DDRA fellows who found 

employment that utilized their language 

and area studies skills within eight 

years of receiving their award. 

DDRA GPRA Measure 4: Efficiency 

Measure—The cost per DDRA fellow 

who found employment that utilized 

their language and area studies skills 

within eight years. 

The information provided by grantees 

in their performance report submitted 

via IRIS will be the source of data for 

these measures. Reporting screens for 

institutions and fellows may be viewed 

at: http://iris.ed.gov/iris/pdfs/DDRA_

director.pdf. http://iris.ed.gov/iris/pdfs/ 

DDRA_fellow.pdf. 

VII. Other Information 

Accessible Format: On request to the 

program contact person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONACT, 

individuals with disabilities can obtain 

this document and a copy of the 

application package in an accessible 

format. The Department will provide the 

requestor with an accessible format that 

may include Rich Text Format (RTF) or 

text format (txt), a thumb drive, an MP3 

file, braille, large print, audiotape, or 

compact disc, or other accessible format. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

The official version of this document is 

the document published in the Federal 

Register. You may access the official 

edition of the Federal Register and the 

Code of Federal Regulations at 

www.govinfo.gov. 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 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. 

Tiwanda Burse, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary 

Education. 

[FR Doc. 2021–02339 Filed 2–3–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Application Deadline for Fiscal Year 

2021; Small, Rural School 

Achievement Program 

AGENCY: Office of Elementary and 

Secondary Education, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Under the Small, Rural 

School Achievement (SRSA) program, 

Assistance Listing Number 84.358A, 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 and describe the submission 

procedures for fiscal year (FY) 2021 

SRSA grant applications. This notice 

relates to the approved information 

collection under OMB control number 

1810–0646. 

All LEAs eligible for FY 2021 SRSA 

funds must submit an application 

electronically via the process described 

in this notice by the deadline in this 

notice. 

DATES: Applications Available: February 

10, 2021. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: April 16, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Robert Hitchcock, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, 

Room 3E–218, Washington, DC 20202. 

Telephone: (202) 401–0039. Email: 

reap@ed.gov. 

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: 

I. Award Information 

Type of Award: Formula grant. 

Available Funds: $93,920,000. 

Estimated Range of Awards: $0– 

$60,000. 

Note: Depending on the number of eligible 

LEAs identified in a given year and the 

amount appropriated by Congress for the 

program, some eligible LEAs may receive an 

SRSA allocation of $0 under the statutory 

funding formula. 

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II. Program Authority and Eligibility 

Information 

Under what statutory authority will 

FY 2021 SRSA grant awards be made? 

The FY 2021 SRSA grant awards will 

be made under title V, part B, subpart 

1 of the Elementary and Secondary 

Education Act of 1965, as amended 

(ESEA). 

Which LEAs are eligible for an award 

under the SRSA program? 

For FY 2021, an LEA (including a 

public charter school that meets the 

definition of LEA in section 8101(30) of 

the ESEA) is eligible for an award under 

the SRSA program if it meets both the 

criteria below: 

(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 41, 42, or 43 by the 

Department’s National Center for 

Education Statistics (NCES) or the 

Secretary has determined, based on a 

demonstration by the LEA and 

concurrence of the State educational 

agency, that the LEA is located in an 

area defined as rural by a governmental 

agency of the State. 

The Department provides an 

eligibility spreadsheet containing each 

LEA eligible for FY 2021 SRSA grant 

funds, which is available on the 

Department’s website at: https://

oese.ed.gov/offices/office-of-formulagrants/rural-insular-nativeachievement-programs/rural-educationachievement-program/small-ruralschool-achievement-program/. 

If an LEA on the Department’s list of 

LEAs eligible to receive an FY 2021 

SRSA award will close prior to the 

2021–2022 school year, that LEA is no 

longer eligible to receive an FY 2021 

SRSA award and should not apply. 

Note: The ‘‘Choice of Participation’’ 

provision under section 5225 of the ESEA 

gives an LEA eligible for both SRSA and the 

Rural and Low-Income School (RLIS) 

program authorized under title V, part B, 

subpart 2 of the ESEA the option to 

participate in either the SRSA program or the 

RLIS program. An LEA eligible for both 

SRSA and RLIS is henceforth referred to as 

a ‘‘dual-eligible LEA.’’ 

Which eligible LEAs must submit an 

application to receive an FY 2021 SRSA 

grant award? 

Under 34 CFR 75.104(a), the Secretary 

makes a grant only to an eligible entity 

that submits an application. 

In FY 2021, each LEA eligible to 

receive an SRSA award is required to 

submit an SRSA application in order to 

receive SRSA funds, regardless of 

whether the LEA received an award or 

submitted an application in any 

previous year. This includes each dualeligible LEA that chooses to participate 

in the SRSA program instead of the 

RLIS program, and each SRSA-eligible 

LEA that is a member of an educational 

service agency (ESA) that does not 

receive SRSA funds on the LEA’s behalf. 

In the case of an SRSA-eligible LEA that 

is a member of an SRSA-eligible ESA, 

the LEA and ESA must coordinate 

directly with each other to determine 

which entity will submit an SRSA 

application on the LEA’s behalf, as both 

entities may not apply for or receive 

SRSA funds for the LEA. Additionally, 

pursuant to section 5225 of the ESEA, 

a dual-eligible LEA that applies for 

SRSA funds in accordance with these 

application submission procedures will 

not be considered for an RLIS award. 

As a reminder, each applicant must 

apply with its own unique Data 

Universal Numbering System (DUNS) 

number. We also note that a separate 

application must be submitted for each 

eligible LEA. For example, if a rural 

community has two distinct LEAs—one 

composed of its elementary school(s) 

and one composed of its high 

school(s)—each distinct LEA would 

have to submit its own SRSA 

application with the LEA’s own unique 

DUNS number. 

An LEA eligible to receive FY 2021 

SRSA funds that fails to submit an FY 

2021 SRSA application in accordance 

with the application and submission 

information below is at risk of not 

receiving an FY 2021 SRSA award. Such 

an LEA may receive an award only to 

the extent funds become available after 

awards are made to all eligible LEAs 

that complied with the application 

procedures. 

III. Application and Submission 

Information 

Electronic Submission of Applications 

Using Max.gov: 

The Department will send each LEA 

eligible for FY 2021 SRSA grant funds 

an email with a uniquely identifiable 

application link on February 10, 2021. 

The email will include customized 

instructions for completing the 

electronic application via the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) Max 

Survey platform. 

An eligible LEA must submit an 

electronic application via OMB Max 

Survey by April 16, 2021, to be assured 

of receiving an FY 2021 SRSA grant 

award. The Department may consider 

applications submitted after the 

deadline to the extent practicable and 

contingent upon the availability of 

funding. 

Please note the following: 

• We estimate that it will take 30 

minutes to submit an application. 

However, we strongly recommend that 

you do not wait until the application 

deadline date to begin the application 

process. 

• To better ensure applications are 

processed in a more timely, accurate, 

and efficient manner, if an LEA has not 

submitted an application by March 1, 

2021, we will send the LEA a reminder 

email to submit its application. 

• An application received by OMB 

Max Survey is date and time stamped 

upon submission and an applicant will 

receive a confirmation email after the 

application is submitted. 

• Once an application is submitted 

via OMB Max Survey, the applicant 

must contact the REAP program staff at 

reap@ed.gov to update any information 

in the application if necessary. 

Application Deadline Date Extension 

in Case of Technical Issues With OMB 

Max Survey: 

If you are unable to submit an 

application by April 16, 2021 because of 

problems with OMB Max Survey, 

contact the REAP program staff at reap@

ed.gov within five business days and 

provide an explanation of the technical 

problem you experienced. We will 

accept your late application as having 

met the deadline if we can confirm that 

a technical problem occurred with the 

OMB Max Survey system and that the 

problem affected your ability to submit 

your application by the application 

deadline date. As noted above, if you 

submit your application after the 

deadine and the late submission is not 

due to a technical issue about which 

you have notified the REAP program 

staff, the Department may consider your 

application to the extent practicable and 

contingent upon the availability of 

funding. 

IV. Other Procedural Requirements 

System for Award Management: 

To do business with the Department, 

you must register in the System for 

Award Management (SAM), the 

Government’s primary registrant 

database, using the following 

information: 

a. DUNS number. 

b. Legal business name. 

c. Physical address from your Dun & 

Bradstreet (D&B) record. 

d. Taxpayer identification number 

(TIN). 

e. Taxpayer name associated with 

your TIN. 

f. Bank information to set up 

Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) (i.e., 


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routing number, account number, and 

account type (checking/savings)). 

You can obtain a DUNS number from 

Dun and Bradstreet at: http://

fedgov.dnb.com/webform. A DUNS 

number can be created within one to 

two business days. Entities must have 

an active DUNS registration throughout 

the grant performance period in SAM. 

Information about SAM is available 

at: www.SAM.gov. For further 

information on obtaining and registering 

your DUNS number and TIN in SAM or 

updating your existing SAM account, 

please refer to SAM’s Non-Federal User 

Guide: https://www.sam.gov/SAM/ 

transcript/SAM_Non_Federal_User_

Guide.pdf. 

The SAM registration process can take 

approximately seven business days, but 

may take upwards of several weeks, 

depending on the completeness and 

accuracy of the data you enter into the 

SAM database. Thus, if you think you 

might want to apply for Federal 

financial assistance under a program 

administered by the Department, please 

allow sufficient time to register with 

SAM. 

If you are currently registered with 

SAM, you may need to update your 

DUNS registration. Please make certain 

that the TIN associated with your DUNS 

number is correct. Also note that you 

will need to update your DUNS 

registration if it has expired or will 

expire prior to when you expect to 

receive a SRSA award. A DUNS number 

will expire every 12 months after it has 

been updated. 

You can check your DUNS 

registration status by using the SAM 

Status Tracker at: https://sam.gov/SAM/ 

pages/public/samStatusTracker.jsf. 

Updating your DUNS may take three or 

more business days. 

If you are a corporate entity, agency 

(including an LEA), institution, or 

organization, you can find your taxpayer 

name and TIN in tax documents from 

the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) (such 

as a 1099 or W–2 form) or obtain one 

from the IRS. 

V. Acessibility Information and 

Program Authority 

Accessible Format: On request to the 

program contact person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, 

individuals with disabilities can obtain 

this document and a copy of the 

application package in an accessible 

format. The Department will provide the 

requestor with an accessible format that 

may include Rich Text Format (RTF) or 

text format (txt), a thumb drive, an MP3 

file, braille, large print, audiotape, or 

compact disc, or other accessible format. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

The official version of this document is 

the document published in the Federal 

Register. You may access the official 

edition of the Federal Register and the 

Code of Federal Regulations at: https:// 

www.govinfo.gov/. 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 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. 

Program Authority: Sections 5211– 

5212 of the ESEA, 20 U.S.C. 7345– 

7345a. 

Mark Washington, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of 

Elementary and Secondary Education. 

[FR Doc. 2021–02351 Filed 2–3–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 10481–069] 

Eagle Creek Hydro Power, LLC; Eagle 

Creek Water Resources, LLC; Eagle 

Creek Land Resources, LLC; Notice of 

Application Accepted for Filing, 

Soliciting Motions To Intervene and 

Protests, Ready for Environmental 

Analysis, and Soliciting Comments, 

Recommendations, Preliminary Terms 

and Conditions, and Preliminary 

Fishway Prescriptions 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection. 

a. Type of Application: New Major 

License. 

b. Project No.: 10481–069. 

c. Date Filed: March 31, 2020. 

d. Applicants: Eagle Creek Hydro 

Power, LLC, Eagle Creek Water 

Resources, LLC, and Eagle Creek Land 

Resources, LLC (collectively referred to 

as Eagle Creek). 

e. Name of Project: Mongaup Falls 

Hydroelectric Project (Mongaup Falls 

Project). 

f. Location: The existing project is 

located on the Mongaup River and Black 

Brook in Sullivan County, New York. 

The project does not occupy federal 

lands. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)–825(r). 

h. Applicant Contact: Jody J. Smet, 

Vice President Regulatory Affairs, 116 N 

State Street, P.O. Box 167, Neshkoro, WI 

54960; Telephone (804) 739–0654. 

i. FERC Contact: Nicholas Ettema, 

(312) 596–4447 or nicholas.ettema@

ferc.gov. 

j. Deadline for filing motions to 

intervene and protests, comments, 

recommendations, preliminary terms 

and conditions, and preliminary 

prescriptions: 60 days from the issuance 

date of this notice; reply comments are 

due 105 days from the issuance date of 

this notice. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing. Please file using the 

Commission’s eFiling system at https:// 

ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx. 

Commenters can submit brief comments 

up to 6,000 characters, without prior 

registration, using the eComment system 

at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/ 

QuickComment.aspx. You must include 

your name and contact information at 

the end of your comments. For 

assistance, please contact FERC Online 

Support at FERCOnlineSupport@

ferc.gov, (866) 208–3676 (toll free), or 

(202) 502–8659 (TTY). In lieu of 

electronic filing, you may submit a 

paper copy. Submissions sent via the 

U.S. Postal Service must be addressed 

to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, 

DC 20426. Submissions sent via any 

other carrier must be addressed to: 

Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 

Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 

20852. The first page of any filing 

should include docket number P– 

10481–069. 

The Commission’s Rules of Practice 

require all intervenors filing documents 

with the Commission to serve a copy of 

that document on each person on the 

official service list for the project. 

Further, if an intervenor files comments 

or documents with the Commission 

relating to the merits of an issue that 

may affect the responsibilities of a 

particular resource agency, they must 

also serve a copy of the document on 

that resource agency. 

k. This application has been accepted 

for filing and is now ready for 

environmental analysis. 

The Council on Environmental 

Quality (CEQ) issued a final rule on July 

15, 2020, revising the regulations under 

40 CFR parts 1500–1518 that federal 

agencies use to implement NEPA (see 

Update to the Regulations Implementing 


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