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2.7. What new technologies might be 

used to disseminate information to 

rehabilitation professionals to keep their 

skills current? 

III. Technical Assistance and 

Continuing Education 

The Department currently funds 10 

regional TACE Centers, each at just 

under $800,000 annually, to provide TA 

and CE to State VR agencies and their 

partners. The Department also supports 

a National Technical Assistance Project 

to provide TA on topics of national 

scope through a variety of methods, 

including conferences and webinars. 

This one-time, two-year grant was 

awarded in FY 2010 for $800,000. The 

following questions are designed to 

obtain information and feedback that 

reflects future delivery and coordination 

of TA and CE that will directly result in 

high-quality employment outcomes for 

individuals with disabilities. 

3.1. How do providers and recipients 

of TA and CE assess TA and CE needs, 

and how can the needs assessment 

process be improved? 

3.2. What are the most important TA 

needs for State VR agencies and other 

grantees, and what are the most effective 

and efficient ways for TA to be 

delivered? 

3.3. What are the most critical CE 

needs of State VR agencies and other 

grantees, and what are the effective and 

efficient ways to provide CE? 

3.4. Are current Federal funding 

levels for addressing TA needs and 

delivering CE adequate? 

3.5. What is the best structure for 

delivering TA and CE (e.g., a system 

comprised of centers providing TA on 

topical areas such as program 

management or quality assurance, a 

system of regional TA Centers, or a 

combination of these or other 

structures)? 

3.6. How can national collaboration 

among all TA and CE providers be 

improved so that the resources devoted 

to TA and CE are efficiently and 

effectively used? 

3.7. How should disability and 

employment research and evaluation on 

promising and evidenced-based 

practices be incorporated into TA and 

CE? 

3.8. What outcomes should we expect 

from a TA and CE delivery system, and 

what performance measures can 

effectively measure these outcomes? 

IV. Use of Section 21 Set-Aside 

Research indicates that individuals 

with disabilities who are members of 

minority groups are less likely to access 

VR services and achieve employment 

outcomes at lower rates than other 

individuals with disabilities. Funds 

made available under section 21 of the 

Rehabilitation Act are intended to 

improve services and outcomes for 

individuals with disabilities who are 

members of minority groups. The statute 

requires that the Department set aside 

for this purpose one percent of all funds 

appropriated for programs authorized 

under each of Titles II, III, VI, and VII. 

In fiscal year 2012 RSA set aside 

approximately $2.1 million for grants 

funded under section 21. 

Currently the Department provides 

section 21 funds to four minority 

institutions of higher education to 

develop rehabilitation training programs 

for individuals wishing to enter the field 

of rehabilitation counseling. In addition, 

the Department funds five grants to 

provide outreach, capacity building, TA, 

and training to minority entities that are 

seeking grants under the Rehabilitation 

Act, including grant-writing workshops 

and training on disability legislation. 

Under the Act, the term minority entity 

means an entity that is a historically 

black college or university, a Hispanicserving institution of higher education, 

an American Indian Tribal college or 

university, or another institution of 

higher education whose minority 

student enrollment is at least 50 

percent. Respondents may use the 

questions below to guide their input on 

how to use the section 21 funds most 

effectively to improve services and 

outcomes for individuals with 

disabilities who are members of 

minority groups. 

4.1. Is the current use of section 21 

funds effective in improving services to 

and outcomes for individuals with 

disabilities who are members of 

minority groups, and if so, what specific 

activities or strategies currently funded 

by section 21 have been most effective? 

4.2. What activities and strategies 

currently funded under section 21 are 

least effective in improving services to 

and outcomes for individuals with 

disabilities who are members of 

minority groups? 

4.3. In what new ways should the 

Department use section 21 funds to 

improve outcomes for individuals with 

disabilities being served by State VR 

agencies who are members of minority 

groups? Are there new or emerging TA 

or training needs that should be 

addressed? 

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. 

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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 

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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 

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Specifically, through the advanced 

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Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 6771. 

Dated: November 5, 2012. 

Michael Yudin, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Special 

Education and Rehabilitative Services. 

[FR Doc. 2012–27332 Filed 11–7–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Nevada 

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), Nevada. 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, November 28, 2012, 

5:00 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: National Atomic Testing 

Museum, 755 E. Flamingo Road, Las 

Vegas, Nevada 89119. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Barbara Ulmer, Board Administrator, 

232 Energy Way, M/S 505, North Las 

Vegas, Nevada 89030. Phone: (702) 630– 

0522; Fax (702) 295–5300 or Email: 

NSSAB@nv.doe.gov. 

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: 


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Tentative Agenda 

1. U–233 Waste Briefing/Update 

2. Site-Wide Environmental Impact 

Statement Briefing/Update 

3. Nye County Drilling Presentation 

4. Industrial Sites-Closing Use 

Restriction Sites Presentation 

Public Participation: The EM SSAB, 

Nevada, 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 Barbara 

Ulmer 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 presentations pertaining to agenda 

items should contact Barbara Ulmer at 

the telephone number listed above. The 

request 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 to Barbara Ulmer at the address 

listed above or at the following Web 

site: http://nv.energy.gov/nssab/ 

MeetingMinutes.aspx. 

Issued at Washington, DC on November 2, 

2012. 

LaTanya R. Butler, 

Acting Deputy Committee Management 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2012–27300 Filed 11–7–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Bonneville Power Administration 

[BPA File No. OS–14] 

Public Hearing and Opportunities for 

Public Review and Comment 

AGENCY: Bonneville Power 

Administration (BPA), Department of 

Energy (DOE). 

ACTION: Notice of Proposed 2014 

Oversupply Rates. 

SUMMARY: On March 6, 2012, BPA filed 

its Oversupply Management Protocol 

with the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission (Docket No. EL11–44) as an 

amendment to BPA’s Open Access 

Transmission Tariff. The protocol 

authorizes BPA to displace generation 

in its balancing authority area with 

Federal hydropower and provide 

compensation to generators for certain 

costs related to the displacement. BPA 

is holding the OS–14 rate proceeding to 

establish a rate to recover the costs 

incurred under the protocol. 

DATES: Persons wishing to intervene and 

become parties to the proceeding must 

file a petition to intervene, via U.S. Mail 

or electronic mail, no later than 5:00 

p.m. on November 15, 2012. A 

prehearing conference will be held at 

9:00 a.m. on November 14, 2012. 

Written comments by non-party 

participants must be received by 

February 15, 2013, to be considered in 

the Administrator’s Record of Decision. 

ADDRESSES: 

1. Petitions to intervene should be 

directed to Hearing Clerk—L–7, 

Bonneville Power Administration, 905 

NE 11th Ave., Portland, Oregon 97232, 

or may be emailed to rateclerk@bpa.gov. 

In addition, copies of the petition must 

be served concurrently on BPA’s 

General Counsel directed to Mr. Allen 

Chan, LT–7, Office of General Counsel, 

905 NE 11th Ave., Portland, Oregon 

97232, or via email to acchan@bpa.gov 

(see section III.A. for more information 

regarding interventions). 

2. Written comments by participants 

should be submitted to the Public 

Engagement Office—DKE–7, Bonneville 

Power Administration, P.O. Box 14428, 

Portland, Oregon 97293. You may also 

email your comments to www.bpa.gov/ 

comment. BPA requests that all 

comments and documents intended to 

be part of the Official Record in this rate 

proceeding contain the designation OS– 

14 in the subject line of the email. 

3. The prehearing conference will be 

held in the BPA Rates Hearing Room, 

2nd floor, 911 NE 11th Ave., Portland, 

Oregon 97232. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Heidi Helwig—DKE–7, Public Affairs 

Specialist, Bonneville Power 

Administration, P.O. Box 3621, 

Portland, Oregon 97208–3621; by 

phone at 503–230–3458 or toll free at 

1–800–622–4519; or via email to 

hyhelwig@bpa.gov. 

Responsible Officials: Mr. Raymond D. 

Bliven, Power Rates Manager, and Ms. 

Rebecca E. Fredrickson, Transmission 

Rates Manager. 

BPA Attorney Advisor: Mr. Allen Chan 

is the principal BPA attorney in this 

matter. Mr. Chan may be contacted by 

U.S. Mail at: Mr. Allen Chan, Office 

of General Counsel, LT–7, Bonneville 

Power Administration, P.O. Box 3621, 

Portland, OR 97208–3621 or via email 

at: acchan@bpa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Part I—Introduction and Procedural 

Background 

The Pacific Northwest Electric Power 

Planning and Conservation Act 

(Northwest Power Act) provides that 

BPA must establish and periodically 

review and revise its rates so that they 

recover, in accordance with sound 

business principles, the costs associated 

with the acquisition, conservation, and 

transmission of electric power, 

including amortization of the Federal 

investment in the Federal Columbia 

River Power System (FCRPS) over a 

reasonable number of years and BPA’s 

other costs and expenses. The 

Northwest Power Act also requires that 

BPA’s rates be established based on the 

record of a formal hearing, and for 

transmission rates only, that the costs of 

the Federal transmission system be 

equitably allocated between Federal and 

non-Federal power utilizing the system. 

This proceeding is being conducted 

under the rule for general rate 

proceedings, section 1010.9 of BPA’s 

Procedures. A proposed schedule for the 

proceeding is provided below. A final 

schedule will be established by the 

Hearing Officer at the prehearing 

conference. 

BPA Direct Case November 14, 2012 

Prehearing Conference November 14, 

2012 

Parties File Petition to Intervene

November 15, 2012 

Motions to Strike December 7, 2012 

Data Request Deadline December 7, 

2012 

Answers to Motions to Strike

December 14, 2012 

Data Response Deadline December 14, 

2012 

Parties file Direct Case January 18, 

2013 

Clarification January 29–February 1, 

2013 

Motions to Strike February 6, 2013 

Data Request Deadline February 6, 

2013 

Answers to Motions to Strike February 

13, 2013 

Data Response Deadline February 13, 

2013 

Close of Participant Comments

February 15, 2013 

Litigants file Rebuttal March 5, 2013 

Clarification March 7–8, 2013 

Motions to Strike March 13, 2013 

Data Request Deadline March 13, 2013 

Answers to Motions to Strike March 

20, 2013 

Data Response Deadline March 20, 

2013 

Cross-Examination March 25–29, 2013 

Initial Briefs Filed April 29, 2013 

Oral Argument May 9, 2013 


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