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(2) This safety zone is closed to all 

vessel traffic, excepted as may be 

permitted by the Captain of the Port, 

Lake Michigan or his designated 

representative. All persons and vessels 

must comply with the instructions of 

the Coast Guard Captain of the Port or 

his designated representative. Upon 

being hailed by the U.S. Coast Guard by 

siren, radio, flashing light or other 

means, the operator of a vessel shall 

proceed as directed. 

(3) All vessels must obtain permission 

from the Captain of the Port or his 

designated representative to enter, move 

within, or exit the safety zone 

established in this section when this 

safety zone is enforced. Vessels and 

persons granted permission to enter the 

safety zone must obey all lawful orders 

or directions of the Captain of the Port 

or a designated representative. 

(d) Notice of Enforcement or 

Suspension of Enforcement. The safety 

zone established by this section will be 

enforced only upon notice of the 

Captain of the Port. The Captain of the 

Port will cause notice of enforcement of 

the safety zone established by this 

section to be made by all appropriate 

means to the affected segments of the 

public including publication in the 

Federal Register as practicable, in 

accordance with 33 CFR 165.7(a). Such 

means of notification may also include, 

but are not limited to Broadcast Notice 

to Mariners or Local Notice to Mariners. 

(e) Exemption. Public vessels, as 

defined in paragraph (b) of this section, 

are exempt from the requirements in 

this section. 

(f) Waiver. For any vessel, the Captain 

of the Port Lake Michigan or his 

designated representative may waive 

any of the requirements of this section, 

upon finding that operational 

conditions or other circumstances are 

such that application of this section is 

unnecessary or impractical for the 

purposes of public or environmental 

safety. 

Dated: July 1, 2013. 

M.W. Sibley, 

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

Port, Lake Michigan. 

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BILLING CODE 9110–04–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

34 CFR Chapter III 

[CFDA Number: 84.133B–11] 

Final Priority; National Institute on 

Disability and Rehabilitation 

Research—Rehabilitation Research 

and Training Centers 

AGENCY: Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Final priority. 

SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary for 

Special Education and Rehabilitative 

Services announces a priority for the 

Disability and Rehabilitation Research 

Projects and Centers Program 

administered by the National Institute 

on Disability and Rehabilitation 

Research (NIDRR). Specifically, we 

announce a priority for a Rehabilitation 

Research and Training Center (RRTC) on 

Community Living Policy. The Assistant 

Secretary may use this priority for 

competitions in fiscal year (FY) 2013 

and later years. We take this action to 

focus research attention on areas of 

national need. We intend this priority to 

improve outcomes among individuals 

with disabilities. 

DATES: Effective Date: This priority is 

effective August 19, 2013. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Marlene Spencer, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., 

Room 5133, PCP, Washington, DC 

20202–2700. Telephone: (202) 245–7532 

or by email: marlene.spencer@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD) or a text 

telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay 

Service (FRS), toll free, at 1–800–877– 

8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of Program: The purpose of 

the Disability and Rehabilitation 

Research Projects and Centers Program 

is to plan and conduct research, 

demonstration projects, training, and 

related activities, including 

international activities, to develop 

methods, procedures, and rehabilitation 

technology that maximize the full 

inclusion and integration into society, 

employment, independent living, family 

support, and economic and social selfsufficiency of individuals with 

disabilities, especially individuals with 

the most severe disabilities, and to 

improve the effectiveness of services 

authorized under the Rehabilitation Act 

of 1973, as amended (Rehabilitation 

Act). 

Rehabilitation Research and Training 

Centers 

The purpose of the RRTCs, which are 

funded through the Disability and 

Rehabilitation Research Projects and 

Centers Program, is to achieve the goals 

of, and improve the effectiveness of 

services authorized under, the 

Rehabilitation Act through advanced 

research, training, technical assistance, 

and dissemination activities in general 

problem areas, as specified by NIDRR. 

These activities are designed to benefit 

rehabilitation service providers, 

individuals with disabilities, and the 

family members or other authorized 

representatives of individuals with 

disabilities. Additional information on 

the RRTC program can be found at: 

www.ed.gov/rschstat/research/pubs/resprogram.html#RRTC. 

Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 762(g) 

and 764(b)(2). 

Applicable Program Regulations: 34 

CFR part 350. 

We published a notice of proposed 

priority in the Federal Register on May 

15, 2013 (78 FR 28543). That notice 

contained background information and 

our reasons for proposing the priority. 

There are differences between the 

proposed priority and the final priority 

as discussed under Analysis of 

Comments and Changes. 

Public Comment: In response to our 

invitation in the notice of proposed 

priority, two parties submitted 

comments on the proposed priority. 

Generally, we do not address 

technical and other minor changes or 

suggested changes the law does not 

authorize us to make under the 

applicable statutory authority. In 

addition, we do not address general 

comments that raised concerns not 

directly related to the proposed priority. 

Analysis of Comments and Changes: 

An analysis of the comments and of any 

changes in the priority since publication 

of the proposed priority follows. 

Comment: One commenter noted that 

there are few Federal and State efforts 

to collect data on long-term services and 

supports for individuals with 

disabilities, relative to data collection 

efforts that focus on acute health care 

services. In this context, the commenter 

recommended that NIDRR expand 

paragraph (a) to require the RRTC to 

work with NIDRR and the 

Administration for Community Living 

to propose and develop new data 

resources, such as additional measures 

to be included in existing surveys, or to 

create new data sets and surveys. 

Discussion: NIDRR agrees with the 

commenter that additional data 

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term services and supports. However, 

we also recognize that the RRTC budget, 

the limited availability of other Federal 

and State resources, and the grantee’s 

lack of authority to shape government 

data collection practices, are likely to 

limit the RRTC’s ability to propose and 

develop additional data resources. To 

help move the field toward the 

development of better data resources in 

this area, NIDRR is modifying the 

priority to require the RRTC to identify 

gaps in available data and informational 

resources and to recommend strategies 

to fill these gaps. 

Changes: NIDRR has added a third 

task to paragraph (a) that requires the 

RRTC to identify gaps in available data 

and informational resources and to 

identify strategies to fill these gaps. 

Comment: One commenter noted that 

paragraph (f)(ii) is focused on the 

provision of training to improve services 

to individuals who are aging with longterm physical disabilities, while all 

other sections of the priority state the 

target population more broadly as 

individuals with disabilities. This 

commenter recommends modifying the 

language in paragraph (f)(ii) to reflect 

the broad target population of 

individuals with disabilities. Similarly, 

a second commenter suggested that the 

priority clearly state that the new RRTC 

is to address the needs of people with 

disabilities of all ages. 

Discussion: NIDRR agrees with the 

commenters and intends this RRTC to 

focus broadly on long-term services and 

supports for individuals with 

disabilities of all ages. 

Changes: NIDRR has modified 

paragraph (f)(ii) to describe the target 

population more broadly as individuals 

with disabilities. To address the second 

commenter’s point, we have modified 

the second sentence of the priority’s 

opening paragraph to state that the 

target population is individuals with 

disabilities of all ages. 

Comment: One commenter 

recommended that NIDRR modify 

paragraph (f)(ii) to specifically mention 

providers of long-term services and 

supports as targets of training to be 

provided by the RRTC. 

Discussion: Paragraph (f)(ii) allows 

applicants to propose training to a broad 

variety of disability service providers, 

which may include providers of longterm services and supports. Nothing in 

the priority precludes applicants from 

proposing to provide training to 

providers of long-term services and 

supports. However, we do not want to 

preclude applications from 

organizations that are not planning to 

provide training to these providers. The 

peer review process will determine the 

merits of each proposal. 

Changes: None. 

Comment: One commenter 

recommended that NIDRR require the 

RRTC to include providers of home- and 

community-based long-term services 

and supports, and advocates for people 

with disabilities, as integral members of 

the RRTC staff. 

Discussion: Paragraph (c) requires the 

RRTC to identify and involve key 

stakeholders in its work, including 

individuals with disabilities and their 

families and service providers. Further, 

nothing in the priority precludes 

applicants from proposing to include 

providers of home- and communitybased long-term services and supports, 

or disability advocates as members of 

their RRTC staff. However, we do not 

want to preclude applications from 

organizations that are not planning to 

include these specific stakeholders as 

part of their proposed staff. The peer 

review process will determine the 

merits of each proposal. 

Changes: None. 

Comment: As a means of encouraging 

innovation and competitive pricing in 

the area of community living policy, one 

commenter suggested that the priority 

incorporate performance-based 

acquisition principles outlined in the 

May 22, 2007, Office of Management 

and Budget Memorandum for Chief 

Acquisition Officers and Senior 

Procurement Executives, titled ‘‘Using 

Performance-Based Acquisition to Meet 

Program Needs—Performance Goals, 

Guidance, and Training.’’ 

Discussion: Nothing in the priority 

precludes applicants from proposing to 

use performance-based acquisition 

principles in designing an approach to 

this priority. NIDRR does not, however, 

have a basis for requiring that all 

applicants do this. The peer review 

process will determine the merits of 

each proposal. 

Change: None. 

Final Priority 

Background 

This final priority is in concert with 

NIDRR’s Long-Range Plan for Fiscal 

Years 2013–2017 (Plan). The Plan, 

which was published in the Federal 

Register on April 4, 2013 (78 FR 20299), 

can be accessed on the Internet at the 

following site: www.ed.gov/about/ 

offices/list/osers/nidrr/policy.html. 

Through the implementation of the 

Plan, NIDRR seeks to improve the health 

and functioning, employment, and 

community living and participation of 

individuals with disabilities through 

comprehensive programs of research, 

engineering, training, technical 

assistance, and knowledge translation 

and dissemination. The Plan reflects 

NIDRR’s commitment to quality, 

relevance, and balance in its programs 

to ensure appropriate attention to all 

aspects of well-being of individuals 

with disabilities and to all types and 

degrees of disability, including lowincidence and severe disability. 

Priority—RRTC on Community Living 

Policy 

The Assistant Secretary for Special 

Education and Rehabilitative Services, 

in collaboration with the 

Administration on Community Living 

(ACL), establishes a priority for an 

RRTC on Community Living Policy. The 

RRTC will engage in research, statistical 

analyses and modeling, knowledge 

translation, development of 

informational products, and 

dissemination to contribute to increased 

access to, and improved quality of, longterm services and supports (LTSS) for 

individuals with disabilities of all ages. 

The RRTC’s work is intended to inform 

the design, implementation, and 

continuous improvement of Federal and 

State policies and programs related to 

LTSS for individuals with disabilities. 

The RRTC will identify and develop 

information for individuals with 

disabilities and their family members to 

guide their informed choice of 

community service and support options 

that best meet their needs. 

The RRTC must be designed to 

contribute to improved community 

living and participation outcomes of 

individuals with disabilities. The RRTC 

must contribute to these outcomes by: 

(a) Establishing a long-term research 

plan related to community living policy. 

This plan, once implemented, must 

contribute relevant and high-quality 

data and information that will serve as 

an empirical foundation for improving 

community living policies and programs 

for individuals with disabilities. This 

task includes: 

(i) Developing and prioritizing a list of 

research questions and evaluation topics 

that, when addressed, will lead to 

research-based information that can be 

used to improve community living 

policies, programs, and outcomes; 

(ii) Working with NIDRR and ACL to 

identify relevant data sets and 

informational resources that can be 

analyzed to address the questions and 

topics in the research plan; and 

(iii) Working with NIDRR and ACL to 

identify gaps in data and information 

resources that are available to address 

the questions and topics in the research 

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(b) Conducting research and research 

syntheses to identify and evaluate 

promising practices that States have 

used and could adopt as part of their 

State systems for the provision of LTSS. 

This task includes: 

(i) Identifying components of national 

or State standards for ‘‘model’’ LTSS 

State systems; and 

(ii) Identifying and assessing methods 

for monitoring, tracking, and evaluating 

States’ LTSS systems. 

(c) Identifying and involving key 

stakeholders in the research and 

research planning activities conducted 

under paragraphs (a) and (b) to 

maximize the relevance and usefulness 

of the research products being 

developed. Stakeholders must include, 

but are not limited to, individuals with 

disabilities and their families, national, 

State, and local-level policymakers, 

service providers, and relevant 

researchers in the field of disability and 

rehabilitation research. 

(d) Identifying, evaluating, and 

disseminating accessible information at 

the national, State, and provider levels 

on topics of importance to the 

development and implementation of 

high-quality community living policies 

and programs. These topics include, but 

are not limited to: Transitions from feefor-service to integrated/managed LTSS 

systems and associated outcomes and 

costs; transitions from agency-directed 

to consumer-directed services and 

associated outcomes and costs; costs 

and benefits of various supports for 

individuals and families, such as care 

coordination, respite care, and remote 

monitoring; and other topics to be 

determined in collaboration with key 

stakeholders and NIDRR and ACL 

representatives. 

(e) Establishing a network of technical 

assistance providers and advocacy 

entities to assist in synthesizing and 

disseminating information related to 

implementing high-quality community 

living policies, programs, and practices 

for individuals with disabilities. 

Network members may include, but are 

not limited to: The Americans with 

Disabilities Act National Network 

Regional Centers, the Aging and 

Disability Resource Centers, the 

Governor’s Planning Councils on 

Developmental Disabilities, the Money 

Follows the Person Technical 

Assistance Center, Client Assistance 

Programs, and Protection and Advocacy 

Programs. 

(f) Serving as a national resource 

center related to community living 

policy by: 

(i) Providing information and 

technical assistance to service 

providers, individuals with disabilities 

and their representatives, and other key 

stakeholders; and 

(ii) Providing training, including 

graduate, pre-service, and in-service 

training, to rehabilitation providers, 

rehabilitation research personnel, and 

other disability service providers, to 

facilitate more effective delivery of 

services to individuals with disabilities. 

This training may be provided through 

conferences, workshops, public 

education programs, in-service training 

programs, and similar activities. 

Types of Priorities: 

When inviting applications for a 

competition using one or more 

priorities, we designate the type of each 

priority as absolute, competitive 

preference, or invitational through a 

notice in the Federal Register. The 

effect of each type of priority follows: 

Absolute priority: Under an absolute 

priority, we consider only applications 

that meet the priority (34 CFR 

75.105(c)(3)). 

Competitive preference priority: 

Under a competitive preference priority, 

we give competitive preference to an 

application by (1) awarding additional 

points, depending on the extent to 

which the application meets the priority 

(34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i)); or (2) selecting 

an application that meets the priority 

over an application of comparable merit 

that does not meet the priority (34 CFR 

75.105(c)(2)(ii)). 

Invitational priority: Under an 

invitational priority, we are particularly 

interested in applications that meet the 

priority. However, we do not give an 

application that meets the priority a 

preference over other applications (34 

CFR 75.105(c)(1)). 

This notice does not preclude us from 

proposing additional priorities, 

requirements, definitions, or selection 

criteria, subject to meeting applicable 

rulemaking requirements. 

Note: This notice does not solicit 

applications. In any year in which we choose 

to use this priority, we invite applications 

through a notice in the Federal Register. 

Executive Orders 12866 and 13563 

Regulatory Impact Analysis 

Under Executive Order 12866, the 

Secretary must determine whether this 

regulatory action is ‘‘significant’’ and, 

therefore, subject to the requirements of 

the Executive order and subject to 

review by the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB). Section 3(f) of Executive 

Order 12866 defines a ‘‘significant 

regulatory action’’ as an action likely to 

result in a rule that may— 

(1) Have an annual effect on the 

economy of $100 million or more, or 

adversely affect a sector of the economy, 

productivity, competition, jobs, the 

environment, public health or safety, or 

State, local, or tribal governments or 

communities in a material way (also 

referred to as an ‘‘economically 

significant’’ rule); 

(2) Create serious inconsistency or 

otherwise interfere with an action taken 

or planned by another agency; 

(3) Materially alter the budgetary 

impacts of entitlement grants, user fees, 

or loan programs or the rights and 

obligations of recipients thereof; or 

(4) Raise novel legal or policy issues 

arising out of legal mandates, the 

President’s priorities, or the principles 

stated in the Executive order. 

This final regulatory action is not a 

significant regulatory action subject to 

review by OMB under section 3(f) of 

Executive Order 12866. 

We have also reviewed this final 

regulatory action under Executive Order 

13563, which supplements and 

explicitly reaffirms the principles, 

structures, and definitions governing 

regulatory review established in 

Executive Order 12866. To the extent 

permitted by law, Executive Order 

13563 requires that an agency— 

(1) Propose or adopt regulations only 

upon a reasoned determination that 

their benefits justify their costs 

(recognizing that some benefits and 

costs are difficult to quantify); 

(2) Tailor its regulations to impose the 

least burden on society, consistent with 

obtaining regulatory objectives and 

taking into account—among other things 

and to the extent practicable—the costs 

of cumulative regulations; 

(3) In choosing among alternative 

regulatory approaches, select those 

approaches that maximize net benefits 

(including potential economic, 

environmental, public health and safety, 

and other advantages; distributive 

impacts; and equity); 

(4) To the extent feasible, specify 

performance objectives, rather than the 

behavior or manner of compliance a 

regulated entity must adopt; and 

(5) Identify and assess available 

alternatives to direct regulation, 

including economic incentives—such as 

user fees or marketable permits—to 

encourage the desired behavior, or 

provide information that enables the 

public to make choices. 

Executive Order 13563 also requires 

an agency ‘‘to use the best available 

techniques to quantify anticipated 

present and future benefits and costs as 

accurately as possible.’’ The Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs of 

OMB has emphasized that these 

techniques may include ‘‘identifying 

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might result from technological 

innovation or anticipated behavioral 

changes.’’ 

We are issuing this final priority only 

upon a reasoned determination that its 

benefits would justify its costs. In 

choosing among alternative regulatory 

approaches, we selected those 

approaches that would maximize net 

benefits. Based on the analysis that 

follows, the Department believes that 

this regulatory action is consistent with 

the principles in Executive Order 13563. 

We also have determined that this 

regulatory action does not unduly 

interfere with State, local, and tribal 

governments in the exercise of their 

governmental functions. 

In accordance with both Executive 

orders, the Department has assessed the 

potential costs and benefits, both 

quantitative and qualitative, of this 

regulatory action. The potential costs 

are those resulting from statutory 

requirements and those we have 

determined as necessary for 

administering the Department’s 

programs and activities. 

The benefits of the Disability and 

Rehabilitation Research Projects and 

Centers Program have been well 

established over the years, as projects 

similar to the one envisioned by the 

final priority have been completed 

successfully. The new RRTC will 

generate and promote the use of new 

knowledge that will improve outcomes 

for individuals with disabilities in the 

area of community living and 

participation. 

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 program 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: July 15, 2013. 

Michael K. Yudin, 

Delegated the authority to perform the 

functions and the 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: 84.264A] 

Final Extension of Project Period and 

Waiver; Rehabilitation Continuing 

Education Program for the Technical 

Assistance and Continuing Education 

Centers (TACE Centers) 

AGENCY: Rehabilitation Services 

Administration, Office of Special 

Education and Rehabilitative Services, 

Department of Education. 

ACTION: Final extension of project period 

and waiver. 

SUMMARY: The Secretary waives the 

requirements that generally prohibit 

project periods exceeding five years and 

extensions of project periods involving 

the obligation of additional Federal 

funds. This extension and waiver 

enables the currently funded TACE 

Centers to receive funding through 

September 30, 2014. 

DATES: The extension of the project 

period and waiver are effective July 18, 

2013. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

RoseAnn Ashby, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., 

Room 5055, Potomac Center Plaza, 

Washington, DC 20202–2800. 

Telephone: (202) 245–7258. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD) or a text 

telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay 

Service (FRS), toll-free, at 1–800–877– 

8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 

15, 2013, the Department published a 

notice in the Federal Register (78 FR 

16447) proposing an extension of 

project period and a waiver of 34 CFR 

75.250 and 34 CFR 75.261(c)(2) in order 

to— 

(1) Enable the Secretary to provide 

additional funds to eight of the 

currently funded TACE Centers for an 

additional 12-month period, from 

October 1, 2013, through September 30, 

2014, and to provide additional funds to 

two of the TACE Centers from December 

22, 2013, through September 30, 2014; 

and 

(2) Invite comments on the proposed 

extension of project period and waiver. 

There are no substantive differences 

between the proposed extension and 

waiver and this final extension and 

waiver. 

Public Comment 

In response to our invitation in the 

proposed extension of project period 

and waiver, seven parties submitted 

comments. All of the commenters 

supported the Department’s proposed 

extension and waiver, to permit eight of 

the TACE Centers to receive Federal 

funds from October 1, 2013, through 

September 30, 2014, and to permit two 

of the TACE Centers to receive funds 

from December 22, 2013, through 

September 30, 2014. 

Generally, we do not address 

technical and other minor changes. In 

addition, we do not address general 

comments that raise concerns not 

directly related to the proposed 

extension and waiver. 

Analysis of Comments and Changes: 

An analysis of the comments and of any 

changes in the extension and waiver 

since publication of the proposed 

extension and waiver follows. 

Comment: Seven commenters 

supported extending the TACE Centers’ 

project period for another year to avoid 

a disruption in the technical assistance 

(TA) and continuing education (CE) 

provided to State vocational 

rehabilitation (VR) agencies and their 

partners in the ten Federal regions. 

Discussion: We appreciate the 

commenters’ support. 

Changes: None. 

Background 

On June 5, 2008, and October 20, 

2008, the Department published notices 

in the Federal Register (73 FR 32006, 73 

FR 62263) inviting applications for new 

awards for fiscal years (FYs) 2008 and 

2009 for TACE Centers to be funded 

under the Rehabilitation Training 

Program, authorized under Section 302 

of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as 

amended. The Department awarded 

grants to a total of 10 TACE Centers— 

eight in FY 2008 and two in early FY 

2009—for a period of 60 months. All 10 

projects are scheduled to end in 

calendar year 2013. 

The purpose of these centers is to 

improve the quantity and quality of 

employment outcomes for individuals 

with disabilities through enhanced 

technical assistance (TA) and 

continuing education (CE) for State VR 

agencies and agency partners that 

cooperate with State VR agencies in 


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