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synthesized research validated 

information, and to provide national 

technical assistance on issues in the 

area of identification and assessment of 

children with learning disabilities. This 

Center was designed from its inception 

to conduct both research and technical 

assistance activities with a shift over the 

project period from primarily research 

to a larger proportion of dissemination 

and technical assistance activities. 

Extension and Waiver 

The Center’s current project period is 

scheduled to end on September 30, 

2006. However, with the recent release 

of the Federal regulations implementing 

Part B of the Individuals with 

Disabilities Education Act, as 

reauthorized by the Individuals with 

Disabilities Education Improvement Act 

of 2004, there is an urgent need to 

continue certain of the Center’s data 

analysis, dissemination, and technical 

assistance activities for an additional 

year. The new procedures in the 

regulations regarding the identification 

of children with learning disabilities are 

one of the major implementation 

challenges that States and local school 

districts will face in implementing the 

new regulations. In order to ensure that 

continued assistance is available to 

assist States and local school districts, 

the Secretary is waiving the 

requirements in 34 CFR 75.250 and 

75.261(a) and intends to issue a 

continuation award to the existing 

grantee for an additional twelve-month 

period. 

The Center will continue its 

dissemination and technical assistance 

activities, including further 

development and implementation of a 

technical assistance and dissemination 

approach that links research to practice 

and promotes the use of current 

knowledge and ongoing research 

findings. Under this approach, the 

Center works with other Department of 

Education technical assistance 

providers to communicate research 

findings and distribute products; and 

prepares the research findings and 

products in formats that are useful for 

specific audiences, including general 

education researchers, and local, State, 

and national policymakers, as well as 

education practitioners. In addition to 

this broad dissemination of information, 

the Center will continue its work with 

the previously identified 

implementation sites, local schools and 

districts that the Center has been 

working with over the past three years, 

assisting them in their efforts to 

implement response to intervention and 

to evaluate and document progress of 

those efforts. Based on the knowledge 

gained, the Center will continue to 

develop materials to assist in effective 

large-scale implementation of response 

to intervention and the identification of 

children with learning disabilities. The 

Center also will be continuing work to 

develop additional technical assistance 

products on specific learning 

disabilities and complete an 

Implementation Resource Kit on 

Learning Disabilities. 

Finally, the Center will complete final 

analysis of data from the longitudinal 

identification studies in math and 

reading that the Center conducted to 

investigate the impact of various 

identification models on the number of 

students identified with a specific 

learning disability. Data from these 

studies also will be analyzed to inform 

the Center’s development of products to 

assist with the implementation of 

response to intervention and the 

identification of students with learning 

disabilities. 

Waiver of Proposed Rulemaking and 

Delayed Effective Date 

Under the Administrative Procedure 

Act (5 U.S.C. 553) (APA) the 

Department generally offers interested 

parties the opportunity to comment on 

an extension of project period and 

waiver under 34 CFR 75.250 and 

75.261(a). The APA provides that an 

agency is not required to conduct notice 

and comment rulemaking when the 

agency for good cause finds that notice 

and public procedure thereon are 

impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary 

to the public interest. We have 

determined that conducting rulemaking 

on the proposed extension and waiver 

would be impracticable because the 

Department cannot both conduct 

rulemaking and issue a continuation 

award to the Center by September 30, 

2006. Further, it is essential that the 

Department make the continuation 

award to ensure that the critical work 

being conducted by the Center 

continues, including providing 

significant technical assistance to States 

and local school districts as they begin 

implementation of the provisions of 

IDEA and the Part B regulations 

regarding response to intervention and 

the identification of children with 

specific learning disabilities. 

Rulemaking was not conducted on this 

matter at an earlier time because the 

critical need for assistance on this issue 

was not realized until the issuance of 

the Part B regulations on August 3, 2006 

and the subsequent OSEP Leadership 

meeting with all of the State Directors 

of Special Education on August 21–23, 

2006. 

The APA also provides that a 

substantive rule may not take effect 

within 30 days from publication unless 

the agency for good cause finds that a 

delayed effective date would not be in 

the public interest. For the reasons 

described in the preceding paragraph, 

we also are waiving the APA’s 

requirement that this extension and 

waiver be published at least 30 days 

before the effective date. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification 

The Secretary certifies that the 

extension of the project period and 

waiver will not have a significant 

economic impact on a substantial 

number of small entities. The only 

entity that will be affected is the Center 

on Learning Disabilities. 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

This extension of project period and 

waiver does not contain any information 

collection requirements. 

Intergovernmental Review 

This program is not subject to the 

requirements of Executive Order 12372 

and the regulations in 34 CFR part 79. 

Electronic Access to This Document 

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as all other documents of this 

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Register, in text or Adobe Portable 

Document Format (PDF) on the Internet 

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To use PDF you must have Adobe 

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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. 

Dated: September 14, 2006. 

Andrew J. Pepin, 

Executive Administrator, Office of Special 

Education and Rehabilitative Services. 

[FR Doc. E6–15578 Filed 9–19–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Office of Fossil Energy; Methane 

Hydrate Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 


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This notice announces a meeting of 

the Methane Hydrate Advisory 

Committee. Federal Advisory 

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

770) requires that notice of these 

meetings be announced in the Federal 

Register. 

DATES: Wednesday, November 8, 2006, 

8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Thursday, 

November 9, 2006, 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 

p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Marriott West Loop–by the 

Galleria, 1750 West Loop South, 

Houston, TX 77027. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Edith Allison, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Office of Oil and Natural Gas, 

Washington, DC 20585. Phone: 202–

586–1023. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Purpose of 

the Committee: The purpose of the 

Methane Hydrate Advisory Committee 

is to provide advice on potential 

applications of methane hydrate to the 

Secretary of Energy, and assist in 

developing recommendations and 

priorities for the Department of Energy, 

Methane Hydrate Research and 

Development Program. 

Tentative Agenda: 

Wednesday, November 8: 

• Reports on key Department of 

Energy-supported field projects. 

• Report on August Fast Track 

Subcommittee Meeting and Discussion 

of Recommendations. 

• Environmental Aspects of Gas 

Hydrates including Barkley Canyon 

Hydrate Cruise. 

• Report on India Expedition and 

Other International Cooperation. 

• Discussion of Draft Methane 

Hydrate Five-Year Plan. 

Thursday, November 9: 

• Discussion of Recommendations, 

Methane Hydrate Five-Year Plan, and 

2007 Report to Congress. 

• Planning for the Future and Topics 

for April 2007 Methane Hydrate 

Advisory Committee Meeting. 

• Subcommittee Meetings. 

• Wrap-up and Discussion of Action 

Items. 

• Adjourn. 

Public Participation: The meeting is 

open to the public. The Chairman of the 

Committee will conduct the meeting to 

facilitate the orderly conduct of 

business. If you would like to file a 

written statement with the Committee, 

you may do so either before or after the 

meeting. If you would like to make oral 

statements regarding any of the items on 

the agenda, you should contact Edith 

Allison at the address or telephone 

number listed above. You must make 

your request for an oral statement at 

least five business days prior to the 

meeting, and reasonable provisions will 

be made to include the presentation on 

the agenda. Public comment will follow 

the 10 minute rule. 

Minutes: The minutes of this meeting 

will be available for public review and 

copying within 60 days at the Freedom 

of Information Public Reading Room, 

Room 1E–190, Forrestal Building, 1000 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 4 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

Issued at Washington, DC, on September 

14, 2006. 

Rachel Samuel, 

Deputy Advisory Committee, Management 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 06–7807 Filed 9–19–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Combined Notice of Filings #1 

September 13, 2006. 

Take notice that the Commission 

received the following electric corporate 

filings: 

Docket Numbers: EC06–160–000. 

Applicants: Duquesne Light Holdings, 

Inc.; Duquesne Light Company; 

Duquesne Power, LLC; Duquesne, 

Keystone LLC; Duquesne Conemaugh, 

LLC; Monmouth energy, Inc., DQE 

Holdings, LLC; DQE Merger Sub, Inc.; 

DUET Investment Holding; GIF2–MFIT 

United Pty. Limited; Industry Funds 

Management (Nominees) Limited, as 

trustee of the IFM (International 

Infrastructure) Wholesale Trust; CLH 

Holdings, GP. 

Description: Duquesne Light 

Holdings, Inc. et al. submits an 

application requesting authorization for 

merger of Merger Sub with and into DL 

Holdings, which will result in the 

Duquesne Companies becoming whollyowned subsidiaries of Holdings. 

Filed Date: 09/06/2006. 

Accession Number: 20060912–0387. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Tuesday, October 10, 2006. 

Take notice that the Commission 

received the following electric rate 

filings: 

Docket Numbers: ER05–1418–002. 

Applicants: Reliant Energy Wholesale 

Generation, LLC. 

Description: Reliant Energy Wholesale 

Generation, LLC submits its refund 

report pursuant to FERC’s 7/20/06 

order. 

Filed Date: 08/30/2006. 

Accession Number: 20060912–0376. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Wednesday, September 20, 2006. 

Docket Numbers: ER05–1508–002. 

Applicants: Interstate Power and 

Light Company. 

Description: Midwest Independent 

Transmission System Operator, Inc. 

submits an amendment to its 6/21/06 

compliance filing. 

Filed Date: 09/08/2006. 

Accession Number: 20060912–0167. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Friday, September 29, 2006. 

Docket Numbers: ER06–451–009; 

ER06–1467–000. 

Applicants: Southwest Power Pool, 

Inc. 

Description: Southwest Power Pool, 

Inc. submits an errata to its 9/1/06 filing 

of proposed revisions to its OAT Tariff 

relating to its real-time energy 

imbalance service market etc. 

Filed Date: 09/07/2006. 

Accession Number: 20060912–0166. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Friday, September 22, 2006. 

Docket Numbers: ER06–785–002. 

Applicants: Midwest Independent 

Transmission System Operator, Inc.; 

Midwest ISO Transmission Owners. 

Description: Midwest Independent 

Transmission System Operator, Inc. and 

Midwest ISO submit revisions to the 

Midwest ISO Agreement pursuant to 

Commission’s 8/11/06 order. 

Filed Date: 09/08/2006. 

Accession Number: 20060912–0378. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Friday, September 29, 2006. 

Docket Numbers: ER06–1476–000. 

Applicants: Pacific Gas & Electric 

Company. 

Description: Pacific Gas and Electric 

Company submits its Generator Special 

Facilities Agreement and a Generator 

Interconnection Agreement with The 

County of Sonoma. 

Filed Date: 09/07/2006. 

Accession Number: 20060912–0447. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Thursday, September 28, 2006. 

Docket Numbers: ER06–1482–000. 

Applicants: Southern California 

Edison Company. 

Description: Southern California 

Edison Co submits an amended 

Interconnection Facilities Agreement 

with Oasis Power Partners, Service 

Agreement 25, FERC Electric Tariff, 

Second Revised Volume No. 6. 

Filed Date: 09/11/2006. 

Accession Number: 20060912–0375. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Monday, October 02, 2006. 

Docket Numbers: ER06–1485–000. 


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