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to provide an opportunity for interested 

individuals and organizations to submit 

comments on the revised ‘‘Principles 

and Standards’’. Using these comments 

and those from the National Academy of 

Sciences, CEQ will lead an interagency 

effort to finalize the Principles and 

Standards and draft the Procedures 

sections of the Principles and 

Guidelines. 

Draft Document For Review: The draft 

‘‘Principles and Standards’’ for review 

can be accessed on the Internet at 

http://www.whitehouse.gov/ 

administration/eop/ceq/initiatives/ 

PandG/ or, upon request, will be 

provided by mail or e-mail. 

DATES: CEQ is extending the written 

comments period, they will be accepted 

through April 5, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted in writing to the Council on 

Environmental Quality, Attn: Terry 

Breyman, 722 Jackson Place, NW., 

Washington, DC 20503, via e-mail to 

P&G@ceq.eop.gov, FAX 202–456–6546, 

or submitted via the CEQ Web page at 

http://www.whitehouse.gov/ 

administration/eop/ceq/initiatives/ 

PandG/. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Terry Breyman, Deputy Associate 

Director for Natural Resources, at 202– 

456–9721. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Council on Environmental Quality in 

conjunction with the Office of 

Management and Budget is seeking 

comments on the revised draft of the 

‘‘Principles and Standards’’ (Chapter I of 

the 1983 P&G) which is the first phase. 

Revision of Chapters II through IV of the 

Procedures will be initiated at a later 

date. Written comments should be 

submitted to Terry Breyman, 722 

Jackson Place, NW., Washington, DC 

20503 or via e-mail to P&G@ceq.eop.gov 

or FAX 202–456–6546. Comments may 

also be submitted directly to the Council 

of Environmental Quality Web page at 

http://www.whitehouse.gov/ 

administration/eop/ceq/initiatives/ 

PandG/. To help understand the 

changes, the following background 

documents will be made available by 

mail or e-mail or they may be accessed 

at the Internet addresses indicated: 

‘‘Economic and Environmental 

Principles and Guidelines for Water and 

Related Land Resources Implementation 

Studies dated March 10, 1983 (http:// 

www.usace.army.mil/CECW/ 

PlanningCOP/Documents/library/ 

Principles_Guidelines.pdf) Water 

Resources Development Act of 2007 

(Pub. L. 110–114) at http:// 

www.usace.army.mil/CECW/ 

PlanningCOP/Documents/library/ 

hr1495_pl110–114.pdf. 

Dated: February 26, 2010. 

Nancy H. Sutley, 

Chair, Council on Environmental Quality. 

[FR Doc. 2010–4501 Filed 3–3–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3125–W0–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Innovation and Improvement; 

Overview Information Magnet Schools 

Assistance Program; Notice Inviting 

Applications for New Awards for Fiscal 

Year (FY) 2010 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.165A. 

Dates: 

Applications Available: March 8, 

2010. 

Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply: 

April 5, 2010. 

Date of Pre-Application Meeting: 

March 26, 2010. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: May 3, 2010. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: July 2, 2010. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The Magnet 

Schools Assistance Program (MSAP) 

provides grants to eligible local 

educational agencies (LEAs) and 

consortia of LEAs to support magnet 

schools that are part of an approved 

desegregation plan. Through the 

implementation of magnet schools, 

these program resources can be used in 

pursuit of the objectives of the 

Elementary and Secondary Education 

Act (ESEA), which supports State and 

local efforts to enable all elementary and 

secondary students to achieve to high 

standards and holds schools, LEAs, and 

States accountable for ensuring that 

their students do so. In particular, the 

MSAP provides an opportunity for 

eligible entities to focus on expanding 

their capacity to provide public school 

choice to students who attend schools 

identified for improvement, corrective 

action, or restructuring under Title I, 

Part A of the ESEA. 

Priorities: This competition includes 

four competitive preference priorities 

which are explained in the following 

paragraphs. 

Competitive Preference Priorities: In 

accordance with 34 CFR 75.105(b)(2)(ii), 

Priorities 1, 2, and 3 are from the 

regulations for this program (34 CFR 

280.32). Priority 4 is from the notice of 

final priority for this program, 

published in the Federal Register on 

March 9, 2007 (72 FR 10729). 

For FY 2010, these priorities are 

competitive preference priorities. Under 

34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i) we award up to 

an additional 40 points to an 

application, depending on how well the 

application meets these priorities. The 

maximum possible points for each 

priority are indicated in parentheses 

following the title of the competitive 

preference priority. These points are in 

addition to any points the application 

earns under the selection criteria. 

These priorities are: 

Priority 1—Need for assistance (up to 

10 additional points). The Secretary 

evaluates the applicant’s needs for 

assistance under the MSAP regulations 

in 34 CFR part 280, by considering— 

(a) The costs of fully implementing 

the magnet schools project as proposed; 

(b) The resources available to the 

applicant to carry out the project if 

funds under the program were not 

provided; 

(c) The extent to which the costs of 

the project exceed the applicant’s 

resources; and 

(d) The difficulty of effectively 

carrying out the approved plan and the 

project for which assistance is sought, 

including consideration of how the 

design of the magnet schools project— 

e.g., the type of program proposed, the 

location of the magnet school within the 

LEA—impacts on the applicant’s ability 

to carry out the approved plan 

successfully. 

Priority 2—New or revised magnet 

school projects (up to 10 additional 

points). The Secretary determines the 

extent to which the applicant proposes 

to carry out new magnet schools 

projects or significantly revise existing 

magnet schools projects. 

Priority 3—Selection of students (up 

to 10 additional points). The Secretary 

determines the extent to which the 

applicant proposes to select students to 

attend magnet schools by methods such 

as lottery, rather than through academic 

examination. 

Priority 4—Expanding Capacity to 

Provide Choice (up to 10 additional 

points). This priority supports projects 

that will— 

(1) Help parents whose children 

attend low-performing schools (that is, 

schools that have been identified for 

school improvement, corrective action, 

or restructuring under Title I of the 

Elementary and Secondary Education 

Act of 1965, as amended) by— 

(a) Selecting schools identified for 

school improvement, corrective action, 

or restructuring under Title I as magnet 

schools to be funded under this project 

and improving the quality of teaching 

and instruction in these schools; or 

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(b) Maximizing the opportunity for 

students in low-performing schools to 

attend higher-performing magnet 

schools funded under the project and 

thereby reduce minority group isolation 

in the low-performing sending schools; 

and 

(2) Effectively inform parents whose 

children attend low-performing schools 

about choices that are available to them 

in the magnet schools funded under the 

project. 

Note 1: For the purpose of this priority, 

school improvement has the meaning given 

in 34 CFR 200.32(a)(1), corrective action has 

the meaning given in 34 CFR 200.33(a), and 

restructuring has the meaning given in 34 

CFR 200.34(a). 

Note 2: Priority 4 provides for an applicant 

to earn up to 10 priority points. To earn a 

maximum of 10 points an applicant must 

meet both paragraph (1)(a) and (1)(b) and 

paragraph (2) of the priority. An applicant 

proposing only to use the approach in 

paragraph 1(a) in one or more schools in the 

district and that meets paragraph (2) would 

earn up to 5 points. Similarly, an applicant 

proposing only to use the approach in 

paragraph 1(b) in one or more other schools 

in the district and that meets paragraph (2) 

would earn up to 5 additional points. 

Applicants proposing to use one or both 

approaches must also meet paragraph (2) in 

order to receive points under this priority. 

Background for Priority 4: Paragraph 

1(a) supports eligible applicants that 

propose to convert one or more schools 

identified for improvement, corrective 

action, or restructuring under Title I 

into magnet schools. Paragraph 1(b) 

supports eligible applicants that would 

use higher-performing schools as 

magnet schools and, by doing so, 

significantly increase the opportunity 

for students attending schools identified 

for school improvement, corrective 

action, or restructuring to participate in 

public school choice by attending a 

higher-performing school. Under 

paragraph 1(b), an eligible applicant 

would need to ensure that the magnet 

school would have sufficient space 

available to accommodate students who 

would likely be interested in 

transferring from schools identified for 

school improvement, corrective action, 

or restructuring. Additionally, the 

applicant would need to show how the 

enrollment of the magnet and/or 

sending schools (i.e., the schools 

identified for school improvement, 

corrective action, or restructuring from 

which students would transfer) would 

change in a manner that resulted in the 

elimination, reduction, or prevention of 

minority group isolation in those 

sending schools. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7231– 

7231j. 

Applicable Regulations: (a) The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 

34 CFR parts 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 84, 

85, 97, 98, and 99. (b) The regulations 

for this program in 34 CFR part 280 as 

amended by the interim final 

regulations published elsewhere in this 

issue of the Federal Register. (c) The 

notice of final priority for the MSAP, 

published in the Federal Register on 

March 9, 2007 (72 FR 10729). 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary grants. 

Estimated Available Funds: 

$100,000,000. 

Estimated Range of Awards: 

$350,000–$4,000,000 per year. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$2,500,000 per year. 

Maximum Award: We will not fund 

any application at an amount exceeding 

the maximum amount of $4,000,000 per 

year specified in section 5309(c) of the 

Elementary and Secondary Education 

Act of 1965, as amended (ESEA), for a 

single fiscal year. We may choose not to 

further consider or review applications 

with budget requests for any 12-month 

budget period that exceed this amount, 

if we conclude, during our initial review 

of the application, that the proposed 

goals and objectives cannot be obtained 

with the specified maximum amount. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 40. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 36 months. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: LEAs or 

consortia of LEAs. 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This 

program does not require cost sharing or 

matching. 

3. Other: Applicants must submit 

with their applications one of the 

following types of desegregation plans 

to establish eligibility to receive MSAP 

assistance: (a) A desegregation plan 

required by a court order; (b) a 

desegregation plan required by a State 

agency or an official of competent 

jurisdiction; (c) a desegregation plan 

required by the Office for Civil Rights 

(OCR), United States Department of 

Education (Department), under Title VI 

of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VI 

plan); or (d) a voluntary desegregation 

plan adopted by the applicant and 

submitted to us for approval as part of 

the application. Under the MSAP 

regulations, applicants are required to 

provide all of the information required 

in 34 CFR 280.20(a) through (g), as 

amended by the interim final 

regulations published elsewhere in this 

issue of the Federal Register, in order to 

satisfy the civil rights eligibility 

requirements found in 34 CFR 

280.2(a)(2) and (b). 

In addition to the particular data and 

other items for required and voluntary 

desegregation plans described in the 

application package, an application 

must include— 

Signed civil rights assurances 

(included in the application package); 

A copy of the applicant’s 

desegregation plan; and 

An assurance that the desegregation 

plan is being implemented or will be 

implemented if the application is 

funded. 

Required Desegregation Plans 

1. Desegregation plans required by a 

court order. An applicant that submits 

a desegregation plan required by a court 

order must submit complete and signed 

copies of all court or State documents 

demonstrating that the magnet schools 

are a part of the approved desegregation 

plan. Examples of the types of 

documents that would meet this 

requirement include— 

A Federal or State court order that 

establishes or amends a previous order 

or orders by establishing additional or 

different specific magnet schools; 

A Federal or State court order that 

requires or approves the establishment 

of one or more unspecified magnet 

schools or that authorizes the inclusion 

of magnet schools at the discretion of 

the applicant. 

2. Desegregation plans required by a 

State agency or official of competent 

jurisdiction. An applicant submitting a 

desegregation plan ordered by a State 

agency or official of competent 

jurisdiction must provide 

documentation that shows that the 

desegregation plan was ordered based 

upon a determination that State law was 

violated. In the absence of this 

documentation, the applicant should 

consider its desegregation plan to be a 

voluntary plan and submit the data and 

information necessary for voluntary 

plans. 

3. Title VI required desegregation 

plans. An applicant that submits a 

desegregation plan required by OCR 

under Title VI must submit a complete 

copy of the desegregation plan 

demonstrating that magnet schools are 

part of the approved plan. 

4. Modifications to required 

desegregation plans. A previously 

approved desegregation plan that does 

not include the magnet school or 

program for which the applicant is now 

seeking assistance must be modified to 

include the magnet school component. 

The modification to the desegregation 

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plan must be approved by the court, 

agency, or official that originally 

approved the plan. An applicant that 

wishes to modify a previously approved 

OCR Title VI desegregation plan to 

include different or additional magnet 

schools must submit the proposed 

modification for review and approval to 

the OCR regional office that approved 

its original plan. 

An applicant should indicate in its 

application if it is seeking to modify its 

previously approved plan. However, all 

applicants must submit proof of 

approval of all modifications to their 

desegregation plans to the Department 

by June 2, 2010. Proof of plan 

modifications should be mailed to the 

person and address identified under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in 

section VII of this notice. 

Voluntary Desegregation Plans 

A voluntary desegregation plan must 

be approved by ED each time an 

application is submitted for funding. 

Even if ED has approved a voluntary 

desegregation plan in an LEA in the 

past, the plan must be resubmitted for 

approval as part of the application. 

The enrollment and other information 

as required by the regulations in 34 CFR 

280.20(f) and (g) for applicants with 

voluntary desegregation plans (specific 

requirements are detailed in the 

application package) are critical to our 

determination of an applicant’s 

eligibility under a voluntary 

desegregation plan. 

The purposes of the MSAP include 

the reduction, elimination, or 

prevention of minority group isolation. 

All voluntary desegregation plans 

proposed in an LEA’s application must 

be adequate under Title VI. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Address To Request Application 

Package: You can obtain an application 

package via the Internet, from the 

Education Publications Center (ED 

Pubs), or from the program office. 

To obtain a copy via the Internet, use 

the following address: http:// 

www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/ 

grantapps/index.html. 

To obtain a copy from ED Pubs, write, 

fax, or call the following: U.S. 

Department of Education—ED Pubs— 

NTIS, P.O. Box 22207, Alexandria, VA 

22304. Telephone, toll free: 1–877–433– 

7827. FAX: (703) 605–6791. If you use 

a telecommunications device for the 

deaf (TDD), call, toll free: 1–877–576– 

7734. 

You can contact ED Pubs at its Web 

site, also: http://www.ed.gov/pubs/ 

edpubs.html or at its e-mail address: 

edpubs@inet.ed.gov. 

If you request an application from ED 

Pubs, be sure to identify this program as 

follows: CFDA number 84.165A. 

To obtain a copy from the program 

office, contact: Rosie Kelley, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Avenue, SW., Room 4W221, 

Washington, DC 20202–6450. 

Telephone: (202) 260–1108 or by e-mail: 

FY10MSAPCOMP@ed.gov. If you use a 

TDD, call the Federal Relay Service 

(FRS), toll free, at 1–800–877–8339. 

Individuals with disabilities can 

obtain a copy of the application package 

in an accessible format (e.g., Braille, 

large print, audiotape, or computer 

diskette) by contacting the 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. 

Notice of Intent To Apply: The 

Department will be able to develop a 

more efficient process for reviewing 

grant applications if it has a better 

understanding of the number of entities 

that intend to apply for funding under 

this competition. Therefore, 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 need not include 

information regarding the content of the 

proposed application, only the 

applicant’s intent to submit it. This email notification should be sent to 

FY10MSAPCOMP@ed.gov. Applicants 

that do not provide this e-mail 

notification may still apply for funding. 

Page Limit: The application narrative 

is where you, the applicant, address the 

selection criteria and two of the 

competitive preference priorities that 

reviewers use to evaluate your 

application. The two competitive 

preference priorities that must be 

addressed in the application narrative 

are Competitive Preference Priority 1— 

Need for Assistance; and Competitive 

Preference Priority 4—Expanding 

Capacity to Provide Choice. You must 

limit the application narrative to the 

equivalent of no more than 100 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). 

• Use one of the following fonts: 

Times New Roman, Courier, Courier 

New, or Arial. An application submitted 

in any other font (including Times 

Roman or Arial Narrow) will be not 

accepted. 

The page limit does not apply to the 

cover sheet; the budget section, 

including the narrative budget 

justification; the assurances, 

certifications, the desegregation plan 

and related information; the forms used 

to respond to Competitive Preference 

Priority 2—New or revised magnet 

schools projects and Competitive 

Preference Priority 3—Selection of 

students; or the one-page abstract, the 

resumes, or letters of support. However, 

the page limit does apply to all of the 

application narrative. 

Our reviewers will not read any pages 

of your application that— 

• Exceed the page limit; or 

• Exceed the equivalent of the page 

limit if you apply other standards. 

3. Submission Dates and Times: 

Applications Available: March 8, 

2010. 

Date of Pre-Application Meeting: The 

Department will hold a pre-application 

meeting for prospective applicants on 

Friday, March 26, 2010, from 1:30 p.m. 

to 3:30 p.m. at the U.S. Department of 

Education, Barnard Auditorium, 400 

Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington, 

DC. Interested parties are invited to 

participate in this meeting to discuss the 

purpose of the MSAP, competitive 

preference priorities, selection criteria, 

application content, submission 

requirements, and reporting 

requirements. Interested parties may 

participate in this meeting either by 

conference call or in person. This site is 

accessible by Metro on the Blue, Orange, 

Green, and Yellow lines at the Seventh 

Street and Maryland Avenue exit of the 

L’Enfant Plaza station. After the 

meeting, MSAP staff also will be 

available from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on 

that same day to provide information 

and technical assistance through 

individual consultation. 

Individuals interested in attending 

this meeting are encouraged to preregister by e-mailing their name, 

organization, and contact information 

with the subject heading PRE– 

APPLICATION MEETING to 

FY10MSAPCOMP@ed.gov. There is no 

registration fee for attending this 

meeting. For further information contact 

Rosie Kelley, U.S. Department of 

Education, Office of Innovation and 

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Improvement, room 4W221, 400 

Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington, 

DC 20202. Telephone: (202) 260–0911 

or by e-mail: FY10MSAPCOMP@ed.gov. 

Assistance to Individuals With 

Disabilities at the Pre-Application 

Meeting 

The meeting site is accessible to 

individuals with disabilities. If you will 

need an auxiliary aid or service to 

participate in the meeting (e.g., 

interpreting service, assistive listening 

device, or materials in an accessible 

format), notify the contact person listed 

in this notice at least two weeks before 

the scheduled meeting date. Although 

we will attempt to meet a request we 

receive after that date, we may not be 

able to make available the requested 

auxiliary aid or service because of 

insufficient time to arrange it. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: May 3, 2010. 

Applications for grants under this 

competition must be submitted 

electronically using the Electronic Grant 

Application System (e-Application) 

accessible through the Department’s eGrants site. For information (including 

dates and times) about how to submit 

your application electronically, or in 

paper format 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 of 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 in section VII of this notice. If 

the Department provides an 

accommodation or auxiliary aid to an 

individual with a disability in 

connection with the application 

process, the individual’s application 

remains subject to all other 

requirements and limitations in this 

notice. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: July 2, 2010. 

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 specify 

unallowable costs in 34 CFR 280.41. 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 

Magnet Schools Assistance Program— 

CFDA Number 84.165A must be 

submitted electronically using eApplication, accessible through the 

Department’s e-Grants Web site at: 

http://e-grants.ed.gov. 

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. 

While completing your electronic 

application, you will be entering data 

online that will be saved into a 

database. You may not e-mail an 

electronic copy of a grant application to 

us. 

Please note the following: 

• You must complete the electronic 

submission of your grant application by 

4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on 

the application deadline date. E– 

Application will not accept an 

application for this competition after 

4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on 

the application deadline date. 

Therefore, we strongly recommend that 

you do not wait until the application 

deadline date to begin the application 

process. 

• The hours of operation of the eGrants Web site are 6:00 a.m. Monday 

until 7:00 p.m. Wednesday; and 6:00 

a.m. Thursday until 8:00 p.m. Sunday, 

Washington, DC time. Please note that, 

because of maintenance, the system is 

unavailable between 8:00 p.m. on 

Sundays and 6:00 a.m. on Mondays, and 

between 7:00 p.m. on Wednesdays and 

6:00 a.m. on Thursdays, Washington, 

DC time. Any modifications to these 

hours are posted on the e-Grants Web 

site. 

• 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: the Application for Federal 

Assistance (SF 424), the Department of 

Education Supplemental Information for 

SF 424, Budget Information—NonConstruction Programs (ED 524), and all 

necessary assurances and certifications. 

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. 

• Prior to submitting your electronic 

application, you may wish to print a 

copy of it for your records. 

• After you electronically submit 

your application, you will receive an 

automatic acknowledgment that will 

include a PR/Award number (an 

identifying number unique to your 

application). 

• Within three working days after 

submitting your electronic application, 

fax a signed copy of the SF 424 to the 

Application Control Center after 

following these steps: 

(1) Print SF 424 from e-Application. 

(2) The applicant’s Authorizing 

Representative must sign this form. 

(3) Place the PR/Award number in the 

upper right hand corner of the hardcopy signature page of the SF 424. 

(4) Fax the signed SF 424 to the 

Application Control Center at (202) 

245–6272. 

• We may request that you provide us 

original signatures on other forms at a 

later date. 

Application Deadline Date Extension 

in Case of e-Application Unavailability: 

If you are prevented from electronically 

submitting your application on the 

application deadline date because eApplication is unavailable, we will 

grant you an extension of one business 

day to enable you to transmit your 

application electronically, by mail, or by 

hand delivery. We will grant this 

extension if— 

(1) You are a registered user of eApplication and you have initiated an 

electronic application for this 

competition; and 

(2) (a) E-Application is unavailable for 

60 minutes or more between the hours 

of 8:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., Washington, 

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DC time, on the application deadline 

date; or 

(b) E-Application is unavailable for 

any period of time between 3:30 p.m. 

and 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, 

on the application deadline date. 

We must acknowledge and confirm 

these periods of unavailability before 

granting you an extension. To request 

this extension or to confirm our 

acknowledgment of any system 

unavailability, you may contact either 

(1) the person listed elsewhere in this 

notice under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT (see VII. Agency Contact) or (2) 

the e-Grants help desk at 1–888–336– 

8930. If e-Application is unavailable 

due to technical problems with the 

system and, therefore, the application 

deadline is extended, an e-mail will be 

sent to all registered users who have 

initiated an e-Application. Extensions 

referred to in this section apply only to 

the unavailability of e-Application. 

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 

e-Application because— 

• You do not have access to the 

Internet; or 

• You do not have the capacity to 

upload large documents to eApplication; 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 prevents 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: Rosie Kelley, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Avenue, SW., room 4W221, 

Washington, DC 20202. FAX: (202) 260– 

1108. 

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 following address: 

U.S. Department of Education, 

Application Control Center, Attention: 

(CFDA Number 84.165A), LBJ Basement 

Level 1, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20202–4260. 

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 84.165A), 550 12th 

Street, SW., Room 7041, Potomac Center 

Plaza, Washington, DC 20202–4260. 

The Application Control Center 

accepts hand deliveries daily between 

8:00 a.m. and 4:30:00 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; and 

(2) The Application Control Center will 

mail to you a notification of receipt of your 

grant application. If you do not receive this 

grant 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 program are from 34 CFR 

75.210 (Quality of Project Services) and 

34 CFR 280.31 (Quality of personnel, 

Quality of project design, Budget and 

resources, Evaluation plan, 

Commitment and capacity). The quality 

of project design criterion is based on 

sections 5305(b)(1)(A), 5305(b)(1)(B), 

5305(b)(1)(D)(i), 5305(b)(2)(D) and 

5307(b) of the ESEA, in accordance with 

34 CFR 75.209 and 280.30. All of the 

selection criteria are listed in this 

section and in the application package. 

The maximum score for all the 

selection criteria is 100 points. The 

maximum score for each criterion is 

included in parentheses. Each criterion 

also includes the factors that reviewers 

will consider in determining whether an 

application meets the criterion. 

Points awarded under these selection 

criteria are in addition to any points an 

applicant earns under the competitive 

preference priorities in this notice. The 

maximum score an application may 

receive based on the priority points and 

the selection criteria is 140 points. 

The selection criteria are as follows: 

(a) Quality of project services. (25 

points) 

(1) The Secretary considers the 

quality of the services to be provided by 

the proposed project. 

(2) In determining the quality of the 

services to be provided by the proposed 

project, the Secretary considers the 

quality and sufficiency of strategies for 

ensuring equal access and treatment for 

eligible project participants who are 

members of groups that have 

traditionally been underrepresented 

based on race, color, national origin, 

gender, age, or disability. 

(3) In addition, the Secretary 

considers one or more of the following 

factors: 

(i) The extent to which the services to 

be provided by the proposed project are 

appropriate to the needs of the intended 

recipients or beneficiaries of those 

services. 

(iii) The extent to which the services 

to be provided by the proposed project 

reflect up-to-date knowledge from 

research and effective practice. 

(iv) The likely impact of the services 

to be provided by the proposed project 

on the intended recipients of those 

services. 

(v) The extent to which the training or 

professional development services to be 

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provided by the proposed project are of 

sufficient quality, intensity, and 

duration to lead to improvements in 

practice among the recipients of those 

services. 

(vii) The likelihood that the services 

to be provided by the proposed project 

will lead to improvements in the 

achievement of students as measured 

against rigorous academic standards. 

(ix) The extent to which the services 

to be provided by the proposed project 

involve the collaboration of appropriate 

partners for maximizing the 

effectiveness of project services. 

(b) Quality of personnel. (15 points) 

(1) The Secretary reviews each 

application to determine the 

qualifications of the personnel the 

applicant plans to use on the project. 

(2) The Secretary determines the 

extent to which— 

(i) The project director (if one is used) 

is qualified to manage the project; 

(ii) Other key personnel are qualified 

to manage the project; 

(iii) Teachers who will provide 

instruction in participating magnet 

schools are qualified to implement the 

special curriculum of the magnet 

schools; and 

(iv) The applicant, as part of its 

nondiscriminatory employment 

practices will ensure that its personnel 

are selected for employment without 

regard to race, religion, color, national 

origin, sex, age, or disability. 

(3) To determine personnel 

qualifications, the Secretary considers 

experience and training in fields related 

to the objectives of the project, 

including the key personnel’s 

knowledge of and experience in 

curriculum development and 

desegregation strategies. 

(c) Quality of project design. (25 

points) 

(1) The Secretary reviews each 

application to determine the quality of 

the project design based on sections 

5305(b)(1)(A), 5305(b)(1)(B), 

5305(b)(1)(D)(i), 5305(b)(2)(D) and 

5307(b) of the ESEA. 

(2) The Secretary determines the 

extent to which each magnet school for 

which funding is sought will— 

(i) Promote desegregation, including 

how each proposed magnet school 

program will increase interaction among 

students of different social, economic, 

ethnic and racial backgrounds. 

(ii) Improve student academic 

achievement for all students attending 

each magnet school program, including 

the manner and extent to which each 

magnet school program will increase 

student academic achievement in the 

instructional area or areas offered by the 

school; 

(iii) Implement high-quality activities 

that are directly related to improving 

student academic achievement based on 

the State’s challenging academic content 

standards and student academic 

achievement standards or directly 

related to improving students’ reading 

skills or knowledge of mathematics, 

science, history, geography, English, 

foreign languages, art, or music, or to 

improving vocational, technological, 

and professional skills; and 

(iv) Carry out a high-quality education 

program that will encourage greater 

parental decision-making and 

involvement. 

(d) Budget and resources. (10 points) 

The Secretary reviews each 

application to determine the adequacy 

of the resources and the costeffectiveness of the budget for the 

project, including— 

(1) The adequacy of the facilities that 

the applicant plans to use; 

(2) The adequacy of the equipment 

and supplies that the applicant plans to 

use; and 

(3) The adequacy and reasonableness 

of the budget for the project in relation 

to the objectives of the project. 

(e) Evaluation plan. (10 points) 

The Secretary determines the extent 

to which the evaluation plan for the 

project— 

(1) Includes methods that are 

appropriate to the project; 

(2) Will determine how successful the 

project is in meeting its intended 

outcomes, including its goals for 

desegregating its students and 

increasing student achievement; and 

(3) Includes methods that are 

objective and that will produce data that 

are quantifiable. 

(f) Commitment and capacity. (15 

points) 

(1) The Secretary reviews each 

application to determine whether the 

applicant is likely to continue the 

magnet school activities after assistance 

under the regulations is no longer 

available. 

(2) The Secretary determines the 

extent to which the applicant— 

(i) Is committed to the magnet schools 

project; and 

(ii) Has identified other resources to 

continue support for the magnet school 

activities when assistance under this 

program is no longer available. 

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 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: 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 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 

http://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/ 

appforms/appforms.html. 

4. Performance Measures: We have 

established five performance measures 

for the MSAP, four annual measures and 

two long-term measures: 

(a) The percentage of magnet schools 

whose student applicant pool reduces, 

eliminates or prevents minority group 

isolation. 

(b) Percentage of magnet schools 

whose students from major racial and 

ethnic groups meet or exceed State 

annual progress standards in reading/ 

language arts. 

(c) Percentage of magnet schools 

whose students from major racial and 

ethnic groups meet or exceed State 

annual progress standards in 

mathematics. 

(d) The cost per Student in a Magnet 

School. 

(e) Percentage of magnet schools that 

received assistance that are still 

operating magnet school programs 3 

years after Federal funding ends. 

(f) Percentage of magnet schools that 

received assistance that meet State 

standards at least 3 years after Federal 

funding ends. 

VII. Agency Contact 

For Further Information Contact: 

Anna Hinton, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

Room 4W229, Washington, DC 20202– 

5970. Telephone: (202) 260–1108 or by 

e-mail: FY10MSAPCOMP@ed.gov. If you 

use a TDD, call the FRS, at 1–800–877– 

8339. 

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VIII. Other Information 

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document in 

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

print, audiotape, or computer diskette) 

on request to the program contact 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII of 

this notice. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

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) 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. 

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: February 25, 2010. 

James H. Shelton III, 

Assistant Deputy Secretary for Innovation and 

Improvement. 

[FR Doc. 2010–4416 Filed 3–3–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Savannah 

River Site 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Environmental 

Management Site-Specific Advisory 

Board (EM SSAB), Savannah River Site. 

The Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463, 86 Stat. 770) requires 

that public notice of this meeting be 

announced in the Federal Register. 

DATES: Monday, March 22, 2010 1 p.m.– 

5 p.m. Tuesday, March 23, 2010 8:30 

a.m.–4 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Embassy Suites, 200 

Stoneridge Drive, Columbia, SC 29210. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sheron Smith, Office of External Affairs, 

Department of Energy, Savannah River 

Operations Office, P.O. Box A, Aiken, 

SC 29802; Phone: (803) 952–9480. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Board: The purpose of 

the Board is to make recommendations 

to DOE–EM and site management in the 

areas of environmental restoration, 

waste management, and related 

activities. 

Tentative Agenda 

Monday, March 22, 2010 

1 p.m. Combined Committee Session 

5 p.m. Adjourn 

Tuesday, March 23, 2010 

8:30 a.m. Approval of Minutes, Agency 

Updates 

Public Comment Session 

Chair and Facilitator Updates 

Waste Management Committee Report 

Public Comment Session 

12 p.m. Lunch Break 

1 p.m. Strategic and Legacy 

Management Committee Report 

Facility Disposition and Site 

Remediation Committee Report 

Nuclear Materials Committee Report 

Administrative Committee Report 

Public Comment Session 

4 p.m. Adjourn 

If needed, time will be allotted after 

public comments for items added to the 

agenda and administrative details. A 

final agenda will be available at the 

meeting on Monday, March 22, 2010. 

Public Participation: The EM SSAB, 

Savannah River Site, welcomes the 

attendance of the public at its advisory 

committee meetings and will make 

every effort to accommodate persons 

with physical disabilities or special 

needs. If you require special 

accommodations due to a disability, 

please contact Sheron Smith at least 

seven days in advance of the meeting at 

the phone number listed above. Written 

statements may be filed with the Board 

either before or after the meeting. 

Individuals who wish to make oral 

statements pertaining to agenda items 

should contact Sheron Smith’s office at 

the address or telephone listed above. 

Requests must be received five days 

prior to the meeting and reasonable 

provision will be made to include the 

presentation in the agenda. The Deputy 

Designated Federal Officer is 

empowered to conduct the meeting in a 

fashion that will facilitate the orderly 

conduct of business. Individuals 

wishing to make public comments will 

be provided a maximum of five minutes 

to present their comments. 

Minutes: Minutes will be available by 

writing or calling Sheron Smith at the 

address or phone number listed above. 

Minutes will also be available at the 

following website: http://www.srs.gov/ 

general/outreach/srs-cab/srs-cab.html. 

Issued at Washington, DC on March 1, 

2010. 

Rachel Samuel, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–4515 Filed 3–3–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Environmental Management Advisory 

Board Meeting 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Environmental 

Management Advisory Board (EMAB). 

The Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463, 86 Stat. 770) requires 

that public notice of this meeting be 

announced in the Federal Register. 

DATES: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 

9 a.m.–5 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Crystal Gateway Marriott, 

1700 Jefferson Davis Highway, 

Arlington, Virginia 22202. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Terri Lamb, Designated Federal Officer, 

EMAB (EM–42), U.S. Department of 

Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, 

SW., Washington, DC 20585. Phone 

(202) 586–9007; fax (202) 586–0293 or email: terri.lamb@em.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Board: The purpose of 

EMAB is to provide the Assistant 

Secretary for Environmental 

Management (EM) with advice and 

recommendations on corporate issues 

confronting the EM program. EMAB will 

contribute to the effective operation of 

the program by providing individual 

citizens and representatives of 

interested groups an opportunity to 

present their views on issues facing EM 

and by helping to secure consensus 

recommendations on those issues. 

Tentative Agenda Topics 

• EM Program Update 

• Energy Park Initiative 

• Acquisition, Project Management 

and Quality Assurance 

• American Recovery and 

Reinvestment Act and Strategic 

Planning 

• EM Human Capital 

• Board Business and Subcommittee 

Updates 

Public Participation: EMAB welcomes 

the attendance of the public at its 

advisory committee meetings and will 

make every effort to accommodate 

persons with physical disabilities or 

special needs. If you require special 

accommodations due to a disability, 

please contact Terri Lamb at least seven 

days in advance of the meeting at the 

phone number listed above. Written 

statements may be filed with the Board 

either before or after the meeting. 

Individuals who wish to make oral 

statements pertaining to the agenda 

should contact Terri Lamb at the 

address or telephone number listed 

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