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Dated: July 23, 2014. 

Melody Musgrove, 

Director, Office of Special Education 

Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2014–17718 Filed 7–25–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

34 CFR Chapter III 

[Docket ID ED–2014–OSERS–0041] 

Final Priority; National Institute on 

Disability and Rehabilitation 

Research—Research Fellowships 

Program (Also Known as the Mary E. 

Switzer Research Fellowships) 

[CFDA Number: 84.133F–2.] 

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 

Research Fellowships Program 

administered by the National Institute 

on Disability and Rehabilitation 

Research (NIDRR). Specifically, this 

notice announces a priority for a 

Distinguished Residential Disability and 

Rehabilitation Policy Fellowship. We 

take this action to focus attention on an 

area of national need. We intend the 

priority to build research capacity by 

providing support to highly qualified, 

experienced researchers, including 

those who are individuals with 

disabilities, to conduct policy research 

in the areas of disability and 

rehabilitation. 

DATES: Effective Date: This priority is 

effective August 27, 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Patricia Barrett, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., 

Room 5142, Potomac Center Plaza 

(PCP), Washington, DC 20202–2700. 

Telephone: (202) 245–6211 or by email: 

patricia.barrett@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 Research Fellowships Program is to 

build research capacity by providing 

support to experienced, highly qualified 

individuals, including those who are 

individuals with disabilities, to perform 

research on the rehabilitation of 

individuals with disabilities. 

Fellows must conduct original 

research in an area authorized by 

section 204 of the Rehabilitation Act of 

1973, as amended (the Act). Section 204 

of the Act authorizes research, 

demonstration projects, training, and 

related activities, the purposes of which 

are 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 self-sufficiency of individuals 

with disabilities, especially individuals 

with the most significant disabilities, 

and to improve the effectiveness of 

services authorized under the Act. 

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

Applicable Program Regulations: 34 

CFR part 350. 

We published a notice of proposed 

priority (NPP) for this program in the 

Federal Register on June 03, 2014 (79 

FR 31898). That notice contained 

background information and our reasons 

for proposing the particular priority. 

There are no differences between the 

proposed priority and this final priority. 

Public Comment: In response to our 

invitation in the NPP we did not receive 

any comments on the proposed priority. 

Final Priority: 

The Assistant Secretary for Special 

Education and Rehabilitative Services 

proposes a new priority for a 

Distinguished Residential Disability and 

Rehabilitation Policy Fellowship as part 

of NIDRR’s Research Fellowship 

Program (also known as the Mary E. 

Switzer Research Fellowships). The 

goals of this proposed priority are: (1) 

To provide experienced disability and 

rehabilitation researchers with 

opportunities to enhance their 

knowledge and understanding of the 

public policy-making process and the 

effects of public policy on the outcomes 

of individuals with disabilities; (2) to 

enhance the capacity of disability and 

rehabilitation researchers to conduct 

and disseminate relevant disability 

policy research; (3) to increase the 

integration and use of research findings 

in shaping disability-related policy; and 

4) to increase awareness of disabilityrelated issues in public policy 

discussions, formulations, and reviews. 

Consistent with the goals of this 

program, an applicant for a 

Distinguished Residential Disability and 

Rehabilitation Policy Fellowship must 

include: 

(a) An Eligibility Statement that 

demonstrates that you meet the 

eligibility requirements in 34 CFR part 

356.2(c)(1), including relevant 

publications and prior research 

experience; and that provides sufficient 

information in order to evaluate your 

qualifications consistent with 34 CFR 

part 356.30(a). 

(b) A plan for how you will fulfill the 

full-time equivalent requirement for a 

Distinguished Residential Disability and 

Rehabilitation Policy Fellowship and 

the requirement to work a minimum of 

50 percent of the time in an agency or 

office within the Executive or 

Legislative branches of the Federal 

government, in the Washington, DC 

metropolitan area. 

Note: As described in 34 CFR 356.41, 

fellows will work full-time on authorized 

fellowship activities. The application 

package for this priority provides a thorough 

description of how NIDRR defines and 

administers the full-time equivalent 

requirement for this program, as well as the 

50 percent residential requirement. 

(c) A letter of support from a potential 

mentor at an agency or office within the 

Executive or Legislative branches of the 

Federal Government where your 

fellowship will be based. The letter of 

support from the potential mentor 

should indicate the mentor’s capacity 

and willingness to facilitate your 

fellowship placement should you be 

awarded the Distinguished Residential 

Disability and Rehabilitation Policy 

Fellowship. 

(d) An assurance that you will commit 

to spending at least 50 percent of the 

time during the period of the fellowship 

at an agency or office within the 

Executive or Legislative branches of the 

Federal government in the Washington, 

DC metropolitan area, receiving 

orientation, conducting research, and 

providing expertise related to disability 

and rehabilitation research. 

(e) A description of a proposed 

Distinguished Residential Disability and 

Rehabilitation Policy Fellowship 

research project that includes the 

following: 

(1) A brief history or literature review 

of the disability issue, as appropriate; 

identification of the relevant recent 

legislative, regulatory, or administrative 

actions and the policy options related to 

this topic; and a rationale for the 

importance of the topic to improving the 

well-being of individuals with 

disabilities in one or more of NIDRR’s 

primary outcome domains: Community 

Living and Participation, Employment, 

and Health and Function. 

(2) Specific objectives and research 

questions or hypotheses that will guide 

the project, the methods you will use to 

conduct the research, and the proposed 

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(3) A plan for how the results of the 

project will be disseminated and used to 

influence policy. 

Note: Fellows funded under this 

program are responsible for ensuring 

that their conduct does not violate 

Federal anti-lobbying requirements (see 

www.gpo.gov/fdsys/granule/USCODE2011-title18/USCODE-2011-title18- 

partI-chap93-sec1913) during the period 

of their fellowship. 

Note: The costs associated with carrying 

out this residential policy practicum are 

intended to be covered, in full or in part, by 

the Distinguished Residential Disability and 

Rehabilitation Policy Fellowship Award; 

however, the fellow is responsible for paying 

for any costs that exceed the amount of the 

award. 

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 

changing future compliance costs that 

might result from technological 

innovation or anticipated behavioral 

changes.’’ 

We are issuing this final priority only 

on a reasoned determination that its 

benefits justify its costs. In choosing 

among alternative regulatory 

approaches, we selected those 

approaches that 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 Research 

Fellowships Program have been well 

established over the years. Projects 

similar to the Research Fellowships 

Program have been completed 

successfully, and the proposed priority 

will generate new capacity in the area 

of rehabilitation and disability policy 

research. 

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print, audiotape, or compact disc) on 

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Dated: July 23, 2014 

Melody Musgrove, 

Director, Office of Special Education 

Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2014–17707 Filed 7–25–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R03–OAR–2013–0072; FRL–9913–62– 

OAR] 

Approval and Promulgation of Air 

Quality Implementation Plans; 

Maryland; Section 110(a)(2) 

Infrastructure Requirements for the 

2008 Lead National Ambient Air Quality 

Standards 

Correction 

In rule document 2014–16556, 

appearing on pages 41437–41438, in the 

issue of Wednesday, July 16, 2014, make 

the following correction: 

On page 41437, in the first column, 

the subject heading is corrected to read 

as set forth above. 

[FR Doc. C1–2014–16556 Filed 7–25–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 1505–01–D 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Parts 52 and 81 

[EPA–R05–OAR–2013–0791; FRL–9914–22– 

Region–5] 

Approval and Promulgation of Air 

Quality Implementation Plans; Ohio; 

Redesignation of the Bellefontaine 

Area To Attainment of the 2008 Lead 

Standard 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Direct final rule. 

SUMMARY: On October 29, 2013, the 

Ohio Environmental Protection Agency 

(OEPA) submitted a request for the 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

to redesignate the Bellefontaine 

nonattainment area to attainment for the 

2008 national ambient air quality 

standards (NAAQS or standards) for 

lead. EPA determined that the 

Bellefontaine area meets the 

requirements for redesignation and is 

also approving several additional 

related actions. EPA is approving, as 

revisions to the Ohio state 

implementation plan (SIP), the state’s 

plan for maintaining the 2008 lead 

NAAQS through 2025 for the area. EPA 

is approving the 2010 emissions 

inventory for the Bellefontaine area, 

which meet the comprehensive 

emissions inventory requirement of the 

Act. EPA is approving to take these 

actions in accordance with the Clean 

Air Act (CAA or Act) and EPA’s 

implementation regulations regarding 

the 2008 lead NAAQS. 

DATES: This direct final rule is effective 

September 26, 2014, unless EPA 

receives adverse comments by August 

27, 2014. If adverse comments are 

received, EPA will publish a timely 

withdrawal of the direct final rule in the 

Federal Register informing the public 

that the 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R05– 

OAR–2013–0791, by one of the 

following methods: 

1. www.regulations.gov: Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

2. Email: aburano.douglas@epa.gov. 

3. Fax: (312) 408–2279. 

4. Mail: Douglas Aburano, Chief, 

Attainment Planning and Maintenance 

Section, Air Programs Branch (AR–18J), 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 

77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, 

Illinois 60604. 

5. Hand Delivery: Douglas Aburano, 

Chief, Attainment Planning and 

Maintenance Section, Air Programs 

Branch (AR–18J), U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson 

Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604. 

Such deliveries are only accepted 

during the Regional Office normal hours 

of operation, and special arrangements 

should be made for deliveries of boxed 

information. The Regional Office official 

hours of business are Monday through 

Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., excluding 

Federal holidays. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–R05–OAR–2013– 

0791. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change and may be 

made available online at 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Do not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through www.regulations.gov 

or email. The www.regulations.gov Web 

site is an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, 

which means EPA will not know your 

identity or contact information unless 

you provide it in the body of your 

comment. If you send an email 

comment directly to EPA without going 

through www.regulations.gov your email 

address will be automatically captured 

and included as part of the comment 

that is placed in the public docket and 

made available on the Internet. If you 

submit an electronic comment, EPA 

recommends that you include your 

name and other contact information in 

the body of your comment and with any 

disk or CD–ROM you submit. If EPA 

cannot read your comment due to 

technical difficulties and cannot contact 

you for clarification, EPA may not be 

able to consider your comment. 

Electronic files should avoid the use of 

special characters, any form of 

encryption, and be free of any defects or 

viruses. 

Docket: All documents in the docket 

are listed in the www.regulations.gov 

index. Although listed in the index, 

some information is not publicly 

available, e.g., CBI or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Certain other material, such as 

copyrighted material, will be publicly 

available only in hard copy. Publicly 

available docket materials are available 

either electronically in 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 5, Air and Radiation Division, 77 

West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, 

Illinois 60604. This facility is open from 

8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, excluding Federal holidays. We 

recommend that you telephone Sarah 

Arra, Environmental Scientist, at (312) 

886–9401 before visiting the Region 5 

office. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sarah Arra, Environmental Scientist, 

Attainment Planning and Maintenance 

Section, Air Programs Branch (AR–18J), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, 

Chicago, Illinois 60604, (312) 886–9401, 

arra.sarah@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Throughout this document whenever 

‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’ or ‘‘our’’ is used, we mean 

EPA. This supplementary information 

section is arranged as follows: 

I. What actions is EPA taking? 

II. What is the background for these actions? 

III. What are the criteria for redesignation to 

attainment? 

IV. What is EPA’s analysis of the state’s 

request? 

V. What are the effects of EPA’s actions? 

VI. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews 

I. What actions is EPA taking? 

EPA is taking several actions related 

to the redesignation of the Bellefontaine 

area to attainment for the 2008 lead 


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