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within the zone and take other actions 

authorized by the Captain of the Port. 

Federal Law Enforcement Officers 

authorized to enforce this section are 

designated as the Official Patrol. 

(5) Public vessel means vessels 

owned, chartered, or operated by the 

United States, or by a State or political 

subdivision thereof. 

(6) Grain-shipment vessel means any 

vessel bound for or departing or having 

previously loaded cargo at any of the 

following waterfront facilities: Columbia 

Grain in Portland, OR, United Grain 

Corporation in Vancouver, WA, Temco 

Irving in Portland, OR, Temco Kalama 

in Kalama, WA, or Louis Dreyfus 

Commodities in Portland, OR. This 

includes any vessel leaving anchor in 

the Columbia and Willamette Rivers 

that is bound for or had previously 

departed from the aforementioned 

waterfront facilities. 

(7) Grain-shipment assist vessel 

means any vessel bound for or departing 

from a grain-shipment vessel to assist it 

in navigation during the movement of 

the grain-shipment vessel in the 

Columbia and Willamette Rivers and 

their tributaries. This includes but is not 

limited to tugs, pilot boats, and 

launches. 

(8) Oregon Law Enforcement Officer 

means any Oregon Peace Officer as 

defined in Oregon Revised Statutes 

section 161.015. 

(9) Washington Law Enforcement 

Officer means any General Authority 

Washington Peace Officer, Limited 

Authority Washington Peace Officer, or 

Specially Commissioned Washington 

Peace Officer as defined in Revised 

Code of Washington section 10.93.020. 

(b) Location. The following areas are 

safety zones: All navigable waters of the 

United States within the Sector 

Columbia River Captain of the Port 

Zone, extending from the surface to the 

sea floor, that are: 

(1) Not more than 500 yards ahead of 

grain-shipment vessels and 200 yards 

abeam and astern of grain-shipment 

vessels underway on the Columbia and 

Willamette Rivers and their tributaries. 

(2) Not more than 100 yards ahead of 

grain-shipment assist vessels and 50 

yards abeam and astern of grainshipment assist vessels underway on the 

Columbia and Willamette Rivers and 

their tributaries. 

(3) Within a maximum 200-yard 

radius of grain-shipment vessels when 

anchored, at any berth, moored, or in 

the process of mooring on the Columbia 

and Willamette Rivers. 

(c) Effective Period. This section is 

effective as to persons with actual notice 

starting August 30, 2013. This rule is 

effective starting on its publication in 

the Federal Register September 18, 2013 

for purposes of 5 U.S.C. 552. This rule 

will be in effect until September 18, 

2015 and will be activated for 

enforcement as described in paragraph 

(d) of this section. 

(d) Notice of Enforcement. (1) The 

Sector Columbia River Captain of the 

Port will cause notice of the 

enforcement of the grain-shipment and 

grain-shipment assist vessels safety zone 

to be made by all appropriate means to 

effect the widest publicity among the 

affected segments of the public as 

practicable, in accordance with 33 CFR 

165.7. This notification of enforcement 

will identify the grain-shipment vessel 

by name and IMO number and the 

grain-shipment assist vessels by name. 

Such means of notification may include, 

but are not limited to, Broadcast Notices 

to Mariners or Local Notices to 

Mariners. The Sector Columbia River 

Captain of the Port will issue a 

Broadcast Notice to Mariners or Local 

Notice to Mariners notifying the public 

when enforcement of the safety zone is 

suspended. 

(2) Upon notice of enforcement by the 

Sector Columbia River Captain of the 

Port, the Coast Guard will enforce the 

safety zone in accordance with rules set 

out in this section. Upon notice of 

suspension of enforcement by the Sector 

Columbia River Captain of the Port, all 

persons and vessels are authorized to 

enter, transit, and exit the safety zone, 

consistent with the Navigation Rules. 

(e) Regulation. (1) In accordance with 

the general regulations in § 165.23 of 

this part, entry into or movement within 

these zones is prohibited unless 

authorized by the Sector Columbia River 

Captain of the Port, the official patrol, 

or other designated representatives of 

the Captain of the Port. 

(2) To request authorization to enter 

or operate within the safety zone contact 

the on-scene official patrol on VHF–FM 

channel 16 or 13, or the Sector 

Columbia River Command Center at 

phone number (503) 861–6211. 

Authorization will be granted based on 

the necessity of access and consistent 

with safe navigation. 

(3) Vessels authorized to enter or 

operate within the safety zone shall 

operate at the minimum speed 

necessary to maintain a safe course and 

shall proceed as directed by the onscene official patrol. The Navigation 

Rules shall apply at all times within the 

safety zone. 

(4) Maneuver-restricted vessels. When 

conditions permit, the on-scene official 

patrol, or a designated representative of 

the Captain of the Port at the Sector 

Columbia River Command Center, 

should: 

(i) Permit vessels constrained by their 

navigational draft or restricted in their 

ability to maneuver to enter or operate 

within the safety zone in order to ensure 

a safe passage in accordance with the 

Navigation Rules; and 

(ii) Permit commercial vessels 

anchored in a designated anchorage area 

to remain at anchor within the safety 

zone; and 

(iii) Permit vessels that must transit 

via a navigable channel or waterway to 

enter or operate within the safety zone 

in order to do so. 

(f) Exemption. Public vessels as 

defined in paragraph (a) of this section 

are exempt from complying with 

paragraph (e) of this section. 

(g) Enforcement. Any Coast Guard 

commissioned, warrant, or petty officer 

may enforce the rules in this section. In 

the navigable waters of the United 

States to which this section applies, 

when immediate action is required and 

representatives of the Coast Guard are 

not present or are not present in 

sufficient force to provide effective 

enforcement of this section, any Federal 

Law Enforcement Officer, Oregon Law 

Enforcement Officer, or Washington 

Law Enforcement Officer may enforce 

the rules contained in this section 

pursuant to 46 U.S.C. 70118. In 

addition, the Captain of the Port may be 

assisted by other federal, state, or local 

agencies in enforcing this section. 

(h) Waiver. The Captain of the Port 

Columbia River may waive any of the 

requirements of this section for any 

vessel or class of vessels upon finding 

that operational conditions or other 

circumstances are such that application 

of this section is unnecessary or 

impractical for the purpose of port 

safety or environmental safety. 

Dated: August 30, 2013. 

B.C. Jones, 

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

Port, Sector Columbia River. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

34 CFR Chapter III 

[Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 84.326Z.] 

Final Waiver and Extension of the 

Project Period for the Technical 

Assistance Coordination Center 

AGENCY: Office of Special Education 

Programs (OSEP), Office of Special 

Education and Rehabilitative Services, 

Department of Education. 


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ACTION: Final waiver and extension of 

the project period. 

SUMMARY: The Secretary waives the 

requirements in the Education 

Department General Administrative 

Regulations that generally prohibit 

project periods exceeding five years and 

extensions of project periods involving 

the obligation of additional Federal 

funds. This waiver and extension of the 

project period enables the currently 

funded Technical Assistance 

Coordination Center (Center) to receive 

funding from October 1, 2013, through 

September 30, 2014. 

DATES: The waiver and extension of the 

project period are effective September 

18, 2013. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David Guardino, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., 

Room 4106, Potomac Center Plaza, 

Washington, DC 20202–2600. 

Telephone: (202) 245–6209. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf or a text telephone, 

call the Federal Relay Service, toll free, 

at 1–800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 

2, 2013, we published a notice in the 

Federal Register (78 FR 46860) 

proposing an extension of project period 

and a waiver of 34 CFR 75.250 and 

75.261(a) and (c)(2) in order to— 

(1) Enable the Secretary to provide 

additional funds to the currently funded 

Center for an additional 12-month 

period, from October 1, 2013, through 

September 30, 2014; and 

(2) Request comments on the 

proposed extension of project period 

and waiver. 

There are no substantive differences 

between the proposed waiver and 

extension and this final waiver and 

extension. 

Public Comment 

In response to our invitation in the 

notice of proposed waiver and extension 

of the project period, we did not receive 

any substantive comments. Generally, 

we do not address comments that raise 

concerns not directly related to the 

proposed waiver and extension of 

project period. 

Background 

On June 5, 2008, the Department 

published a notice in the Federal 

Register (73 FR 32016) inviting 

applications for new awards for fiscal 

year (FY) 2008 for a Technical 

Assistance Coordination Center 

(Center). The Center was funded under 

the Technical Assistance and 

Dissemination to Improve Services and 

Results for Children with Disabilities 

(TA&D) program, authorized under 

section 663 of the Individuals with 

Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Its 

purpose is to support ongoing 

communication, collaboration, and 

coordination among the centers in the 

OSEP-funded TA&D Network, and 

between these centers and other 

relevant federally funded TA&D centers, 

national professional organizations, and 

a broad spectrum of stakeholders. 

Approximately 30 OSEP-funded centers 

comprise the TA&D Network and 

provide technical assistance (TA) 

covering a variety of areas to State 

educational agencies (SEAs), local 

educational agencies (LEAs), Part C 

State lead agencies, early intervention 

service (EIS) programs and providers, 

families of children with disabilities, 

and others to improve services and 

outcomes for children served under Part 

B and Part C of IDEA. 

Based on the selection criteria 

published in the 2008 notice inviting 

applications, the Department made one 

award for a period of 60 months to the 

Academy for Educational Development, 

Inc. (now FHI 360) to establish the 

Center, which is currently known as the 

Technical Assistance Coordination 

Center. 

The Center has two broad goals: 

(1) Create a resource center where the 

various TA&D centers funded by OSEP 

and other Federal agencies that provide 

assistance and support to States, LEAs, 

EIS programs and providers, and 

stakeholders in the field can store and 

share information and resources 

developed by TA providers. 

(2) Support OSEP in developing a 

comprehensive network integrating a 

variety of relevant federally funded 

centers, professional organizations, and 

other stakeholders to collaborate, solve 

problems together, and exchange 

knowledge and expertise. 

The Center accomplishes this work 

by: (a) Creating ongoing opportunities to 

promote coordination, communication, 

and collaboration among OSEP-funded 

TA centers and other federally funded 

TA centers through various workgroups, 

meetings, listservs, and TA 

communities of practice; (b) 

maintaining a Web site that houses tools 

that TA&D Network projects have 

developed or can use in their TA 

delivery (e.g., product database, 

discretionary database, and TA&D 

Network Web site search); and (c) 

sharing knowledge of best practices in 

collaboration with the TA&D Network 

and other federally funded TA centers. 

The Center’s current project period is 

scheduled to end on September 30, 

2013. We do not believe that it would 

be in the public interest to run a 

competition for a new Center this year 

because the Department is planning to 

change the organization of its TA 

activities to better coordinate Federal 

TA activities to meet the needs of 

children with disabilities. We also have 

concluded that it would be contrary to 

the public interest to have a lapse in the 

provision of TA services currently 

provided by the Center pending the 

changes to the organization of the 

Department’s TA activities. For these 

reasons, the Secretary waives the 

requirements in 34 CFR 75.250, which 

prohibit project periods exceeding five 

years, and waives the requirements in 

34 CFR 75.261(a) and (c)(2), which 

allow the extension of a project period 

only if the extension does not involve 

the obligation of additional Federal 

funds. The waiver allows the 

Department to issue a continuation 

award in the amount of $1,299,827 to 

FHI 360 for an additional 12-month 

period, which should ensure that the 

Center’s support of, and collaboration 

and coordination with, the Federal 

TA&D centers will not be interrupted. 

Any activities to be carried out during 

the year of the continuation award 

would have to be consistent with, or be 

a logical extension of, the scope, goals, 

and objectives of the grantee’s 

application as approved in the 2008 

Technical Assistance Coordination 

Center competition. 

The requirements applicable to 

continuation awards for this 

competition, set forth in the June 5, 

2008, notice inviting applications, and 

the requirements in 34 CFR 75.253 

apply to any continuation awards 

sought by the current Technical 

Assistance Coordination Center grantee. 

We base our decisions regarding a 

continuation award on the program 

narrative, budget, budget narrative, and 

program performance report submitted 

by the current grantee, and the 

requirements in 34 CFR 75.253. 

Waiver of Delayed Effective Date 

The Administrative Procedure Act 

requires that a substantive rule must be 

published at least 30 days before its 

effective date, except as otherwise 

provided for good cause (5 U.S.C. 

553(d)(3)). We received no substantive 

comments on the proposed waiver and 

extension of project period, and we have 

not made any substantive changes to the 

proposed waiver and extension of 

project period. The Secretary has made 

a determination to waive the delayed 

effective date to ensure provision of TA 

services currently provided by the 

Center pending the changes to the 

organization of the Department’s TA 

activities. 


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Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification 

The Secretary certifies that this 

waiver and extension of the project 

period would not have a significant 

economic impact on a substantial 

number of small entities. 

The only entity that would be affected 

by this waiver and extension of the 

project period is the current grantee. 

The Secretary certifies that this 

waiver and final extension would not 

have a significant economic impact on 

this entity because the extension of an 

existing project imposes minimal 

compliance costs, and the activities 

required to support the additional year 

of funding would not impose additional 

regulatory burdens or require 

unnecessary Federal supervision. 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

This notice of final waiver and 

extension of the project period does not 

contain any information collection 

requirements. 

Intergovernmental Review 

This program is subject to Executive 

Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 

CFR part 79. One of the objectives of the 

Executive order is to foster an 

intergovernmental partnership and a 

strengthened federalism. The Executive 

order relies on processes developed by 

State and local governments for 

coordination and review of proposed 

Federal financial assistance. This 

document provides early notification of 

our specific plans and actions for this 

program. 

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 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: September 13, 2013. 

Sue Swenson, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Special 

Education and Rehabilitative Services, 

delegated the authority to perform the 

functions and 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: 84.326A] 

Final Waiver and Extension of the 

Project Period for the Individuals With 

Disabilities Education Act Partnership 

Project 

AGENCY: Office of Special Education 

Programs (OSEP), Office of Special 

Education and Rehabilitative Services, 

Department of Education. 

ACTION: Final waiver and extension of 

the project period. 

SUMMARY: The Secretary waives the 

requirements in the Education 

Department General Administrative 

Regulations that generally prohibit 

project periods exceeding five years and 

extensions of project periods involving 

the obligation of additional Federal 

funds. This waiver and extension of the 

project period enables the currently 

funded Individuals with Disabilities 

Education Act (IDEA) Partnership 

Project (Partnership Project) to receive 

funding from October 1, 2013, through 

September 30, 2014. 

DATES: The waiver and extension of the 

project period are effective September 

18, 2013. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Renee Bradley, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., 

Room 4103, Potomac Center Plaza, 

Washington, DC 20202–2600. 

Telephone: (202) 245–7277. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf or a text telephone, 

call the Federal Relay Service, toll free, 

at 1–800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 

2, 2013, we published a notice in the 

Federal Register (78 FR 46858) 

proposing an extension of project period 

and a waiver of 34 CFR 75.250 and 

75.261(a) and (c)(2) in order to— 

(1) Enable the Secretary to provide 

additional funds to the currently funded 

Partnership Project for an additional 12- 

month period, from October 1, 2013, 

through September 30, 2014; and 

(2) Request comments on the 

proposed extension of project period 

and waiver. 

There are no substantive differences 

between the proposed waiver and 

extension and this final waiver and 

extension. 

Public Comment 

In response to our invitation in the 

notice of proposed waiver and extension 

of the project period, we did not receive 

any substantive comments. Generally, 

we do not address comments that raise 

concerns not directly related to the 

proposed waiver and extension of 

project period. 

Background 

On July 15, 2008, the Department 

published a notice in the Federal 

Register (73 FR 40548) inviting 

applications for new awards for fiscal 

year (FY) 2008 for the Partnership 

Project funded under the Technical 

Assistance and Dissemination to 

Improve Services and Results for 

Children With Disabilities (TA&D) 

program, authorized under section 663 

of IDEA. The Partnership Project is 

intended to provide opportunities for 

national associations to collaborate with 

each other and with their collective 

State and local affiliates to improve the 

implementation of education policies 

and practices in States. The goal of the 

Partnership Project is also intended to 

bridge the gap between research, policy, 

and practice in both special education 

and general education so that the needs 

of all students can be meaningfully 

addressed. The Partnership Project has 

worked to unite multiple national 

associations and their State and local 

affiliates, representing policymakers, 

service providers, local-level 

administrators, and families, to improve 

the implementation of IDEA and 

outcomes for students with disabilities. 

These associations and their State and 

local affiliates need continued support 

to engage in meaningful dialogue, 

continual learning, and problem solving 

that will improve the implementation of 

IDEA and outcomes for students with 

disabilities. 

The Department made one award for 

a period of 60 months to the National 

Association of State Directors of Special 

Education (NASDSE) to establish the 

Partnership Project. The current project 

period is scheduled to end on 

September 30, 2013. 

The Partnership Project links the 

expertise and resources available 

through the OSEP Technical Assistance 

and Dissemination Network with 


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