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VI. Award Administration Information 

1. Award Notices: If your application 

is successful, we will 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 will 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. In 

addition, there are a number of ARRA 

requirements that are detailed in the 

ARRA Impact Aid Frequently Asked 

Questions (FAQs), which can be 

accessed at the following site: http:// 

www.ed.gov/policy/gen/leg/recovery/ 

guidance/impactaid.pdf. See for 

example, FAQs 12 through 16 regarding 

reporting, infrastructure investment 

certification, Buy American, and 

National Environmental Protection Act 

provisions, and FAQs 19 through 21 

regarding Davis-Bacon wage, Indian 

Preference contract, and civil rights law 

requirements. We anticipate providing 

further guidance on the infrastructure 

investment certifications at a later time. 

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 the 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). In addition to the 

reporting requirements specified in the 

regulations, there are additional 

reporting requirements for these awards 

as specified under section 1512 of 

ARRA. 

Funds awarded through this program 

were appropriated under the American 

Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) 

of 2009, Public Law 111–5, and are 

subject to additional accountability and 

transparency reporting requirements, 

which are described in section 1512(c) 

of the ARRA. Recipients of ARRA funds 

must submit quarterly reports on the 

expenditure of these funds no later than 

ten days after the end of each calendar 

quarter through a centralized reporting 

Web site administered by the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB): 

http://www.federalreporting.gov. The 

information reported at this Web site 

will be available to the Department, the 

White House, OMB and the public on 

http://www.Recovery.gov. 

At a minimum, an LEA should 

anticipate reporting: 

• The total amounts of ARRA funds 

received and expended or obligated. 

• The name, description, and 

evaluation of the project or activity’s 

completion status. 

• An estimate of the number of jobs 

that were saved or created with the 

funds. 

Recipients will need to maintain 

accurate documentation of all ARRA 

expenditures to ensure that the data 

reported are accurate, complete, and 

reliable. 

Additional guidance providing further 

detail on the quarterly report will be 

provided at a later time. 

4. Performance Measures: The 

condition of school facilities in LEAs 

after completion of projects with grants 

under this program will be compared to 

the reported condition before receipt of 

the grants. This information will be 

obtained from the current Table 10 of 

the section 8003 application, which will 

be required for all grant recipients. The 

measure is currently in place for the 

regular section 8007(b) program. A 

second performance measure will 

identify the proportion of projects 

funded with these grants that are 

completed within 24 months of the 

awards. 

VII. Agency Contact 

For Further Information Contact: 

Kristen Walls-Rivas, Impact Aid 

Program, U.S. Department of Education, 

400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 

3C155, Washington, DC 20202–6244. 

Telephone: (202) 260–3858 or by e-mail: 

Impact.Aid@ed.gov. 

If you use a TDD, call the FRS, toll 

free, at 1–800–877–8339. 

VIII. Other Information 

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document 

and a copy of the application package in 

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

print, audiotape, or compact disc) 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. If you have questions about 

using PDF, call the U.S. Government 

Printing Office (GPO), toll free, at 1– 

888–293–6498; or in the Washington, 

DC, area at (202) 512–1530. 

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. 

Delegation of Authority: The Secretary 

of Education has delegated authority to 

Joseph C. Conaty, Director, Academic 

Improvement and Teacher Quality 

Programs for the Office of Elementary 

and Secondary Education to perform the 

functions of the Assistant Secretary for 

Elementary and Secondary Education. 

Dated: August 12, 2009. 

Joseph C. Conaty, 

Director, Academic Improvement and 

Teacher Quality Programs. 

[FR Doc. E9–19694 Filed 8–14–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Agency Information Collection 

Extension 

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(DOE), pursuant to the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, is amending a 

Federal Register Notice published in 

the March 13, 2009, at 74 FR 10902. 

That Notice informed the public of the 

Department’s intention to extend, for 

three years, an information collection 

request with the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB). Comments were 

invited on: (a) Whether the extended 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

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on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. The Department is 

amending this Notice to increase its 

estimate of the burden of the collection. 

The increase is the result of the 

American Recovery and Reinvestment 

Act (Act). DOE’s original burden 

estimate was based on 24,241 recipients 

with a burden of 239,458 hours. The Act 

will increase the Department’s awards 

of financial assistance by approximately 

$24 billion resulting in a revised 

estimate of 59,215 recipients with a 

burden of approximately 926,022 hours, 

an increase of 686,564 hours. 

DATES: Comments regarding this 

proposed information collection must 

be received on or before August 31, 

2009. If you anticipate difficulty in 

submitting comments within that 

period, contact the person listed below 

as soon as possible. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be sent to the following: Denise Clarke, 

Procurement Analyst, MA–612/L’Enfant 

Plaza Building, U.S. Department of 

Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, 

SW., Washington, DC, 20585–1615, 

deniset.clarke@hq.doe.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Denise Clarke, at the above address, or 

by telephone at (202) 287–1748. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

information collection request contains: 

(1) OMB No. 1910–0400 [Renewal]; (2) 

Information Collection Request Title: 

Financial Assistance Information 

Collection; (3) Purpose: This package 

contains information collections 

necessary for solicitation, award, and 

administration and closeout of grants 

and cooperative agreements; (4) 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

59,215; (6) Estimated Number of Burden 

Hours: 926,022 hours. 

Statutory Authority: Federal Grant and 

Cooperative Agreement Act, 31 U.S.C. 6301– 

6308. 

Issued in Washington, DC on August 10, 

2009. 

Edward R. Simpson, 

Director, Office of Procurement and 

Assistance Management, Department of 

Energy. 

[FR Doc. E9–19710 Filed 8–14–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Hanford 

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), Hanford. 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: Thursday, September 3, 2009, 9 

a.m.–5 p.m.; Friday, September 4, 2009, 

8:30 a.m.–4 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Red Lion Hotel, 1415 5th 

Avenue, Seattle, Washington 98101, 

Phone: (206) 971–8000 or (800) 733– 

5466, Fax: (206) 971–8101. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Paula Call, Federal Coordinator, 

Department of Energy Richland 

Operations Office, 825 Jadwin Avenue, 

P.O. Box 550, A7–75, Richland, WA 

99352; Phone: (509) 376–2048; or Email: Paula_K_Call@rl.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Purpose of 

the Board: The purpose of the Board is 

to make recommendations to DOE in the 

areas of environmental restoration, 

waste management, and related 

activities. 

Tentative Agenda 

• Agency Updates (Department of 

Energy Office of River Protection and 

Richland Operations Office; Washington 

State Department of Ecology; U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency): 

American Recovery and Reinvestment 

Act; Annual Accomplishments and 

Challenges; Proposed Settlement and 

Tri-Party Agreement Changes; and 

Central Plateau Cleanup Strategy. 

• Committee Updates, including: 

Tank Waste Committee; River and 

Plateau Committee; Health, Safety and 

Environmental Protection Committee; 

Public Involvement Committee; and 

Budgets and Contracts Committee. 

• Draft Advice on Fiscal Year 2011 

Budget. 

• Board Business: New Committee 

Leadership, Process Manual Updates, 

Adoption of 2010 Board Priorities, and 

Confirmation of 2010 Board Schedule. 

Public Participation: The meeting is 

open to the public. The EM SSAB, 

Hanford, 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 Paula Call 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 Paula Call at the 

address or telephone number 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 comment will 

be provided a maximum of five minutes 

to present their comments. 

Minutes: Minutes will be available by 

writing or calling Paula Call’s office at 

the address or phone number listed 

above. Minutes will also be available at 

the following Web site: http:// 

www.hanford.gov/ 

?page=413&parent=397. 

Issued at Washington, DC, on August 11, 

2009. 

Rachel Samuel, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–19706 Filed 8–14–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Biological and Environmental 

Research Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Department of Energy; Office of 

Science. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Biological and 

Environmental Research Advisory 

Committee. Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463, 86 Stat. 

770) requires that public notice of these 

meetings be announced in the Federal 

Register. 

DATES: Tuesday, September 1, 2009, 9 

a.m. to 5 p.m. and Wednesday, 

September 2, 2009, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., 

E.D.T. 

ADDRESSES: Gaithersburg Marriott 

Washingtonian Center, 9751 

Washingtonian Blvd., Gaithersburg, MD 

20878. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

David Thomassen (301–903–9817; 

david.thomassen@science.doe.gov) 

Designated Federal Officer, Biological 

and Environmental Research Advisory 

Committee, U.S. Department of Energy, 

Office of Science, Office of Biological 

and Environmental Research, SC–23/ 

Germantown Building, 1000 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–1290. The most 

current information concerning this 

meeting can be found on the Web site: 

http://www.science.doe.gov/ober/berac/ 

announce.html. 

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