9936 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 43 / Tuesday, March 6, 2007 / Notices 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 2005, 

Naval Station Pascagoula, including the 

Lakeside Manor and Sandhill Landing 

Housing areas, was designated for 

closure under the authority of the 

Defense Base Closure and Realignment 

Act of 1990, Public Law 101–510, as 

amended (the Act). On May 10, 2006, 

the Department of the Navy (DON) 

published a Notice in the Federal 

Register (71 FR 27237 and 27238) that 

land and facilities at this installation 

were declared surplus to the needs of 

the Federal Government. Land and 

facilities previously reported as surplus 

are now required by the Federal 

Government to satisfy military housing 

requirements in the Gulf Coast region. 

Notice of Surplus Property. Pursuant 

to paragraph (7)(B) of Section 2905(b) of 

the Act, as amended by the Base Closure 

Community Redevelopment and 

Homeless Assistance Act of 1994, the 

following information regarding the 

withdrawal of previously reported 

surplus property at Naval Station 

Pascagoula, MS, is provided. 

Withdrawn Property Description. The 

surplus determination for the following 

land and facilities at Naval Station 

Pascagoula, MS, is withdrawn. 

a. Land. Naval Station Pascagoula, 

MS, Sandhill Landing housing area 

consists of approximately 73 acres of 

improved fee simple land located 

within Jackson County and the City of 

Gautier. 

b. Buildings. The following is a 

summary of the buildings and other 

improvements located on the abovedescribed land that will also be 

withdrawn: 

(1) Housing units (160 units). 

Comments: 94 three-bedroom 

townhouse apartments and 66 fourbedroom apartments. 

(2) Paved areas. Comments: 

Approximately 16,443 square yards of 

roads, parking lots, sidewalks, etc. 

(3) Recreational facilities include 

basketball and tennis courts, tot lots, 

picnic areas, and playgrounds. 

Comments: Measuring systems vary. 

Dated: February 27, 2007. 

M.A. Harvison, 

Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate 

General’s Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register 

Liaison Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Centers for Independent Living 

Program—Training and Technical 

Assistance 

AGENCY: Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed priorities. 

SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary for 

the Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) 

proposes two priorities under the 

Centers for Independent Living (CIL) 

Program—Training and Technical 

Assistance. The Assistant Secretary may 

use one or more of these priorities for 

competitions in fiscal year (FY) 2007 

and in later years. We take this action 

to improve the efficiency, quality of 

evaluation, and outcomes for 

individuals with significant disabilities 

as a result of the delivery of 

independent living services of the CILs 

and to improve the performance of 

Statewide Independent Living Councils 

(SILCs). 

DATES: We must receive your comments 

on or before April 5, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Address all comments about 

these proposed priorities to Sean 

Barrett, U.S. Department of Education, 

400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Room 5042, 

Potomac Center Plaza, Washington, DC 

20202–2800. If you prefer to send your 

comments through the Internet, use the 

following address: sean.barrett@ed.gov. 

You must include the term ‘‘IL 

T&TA’’ in the subject line of your 

electronic message. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sean Barrett. Telephone: (202) 245–7604 

or via Internet: sean.barrett@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD), you may call 

(866) 889–6737. 

Individuals with disabilities may 

obtain this document in an alternative 

format (e.g., Braille, large print, 

audiotape, or computer diskette) on 

request to the contact person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Invitation To Comment 

We invite you to submit comments 

regarding these proposed priorities. To 

ensure that your comments have 

maximum effect in developing the 

notice of final priorities, we urge you to 

identify clearly the specific proposed 

priority that each comment addresses. 

We invite you to assist us in 

complying with the specific 

requirements of Executive Order 12866 

and its overall requirement of reducing 

regulatory burden that might result from 

these proposed priorities. Please let us 

know of any further opportunities we 

should take to reduce potential costs or 

increase potential benefits while 

preserving the effective and efficient 

administration of the program. 

During and after the comment period, 

you may inspect all public comments 

about these proposed priorities in Room 

5042, Potomac Center Plaza, 550 12th 

Street, SW., Washington, DC, between 

the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4 p.m., 

Eastern time, Monday through Friday of 

each week except Federal holidays. 

Assistance to Individuals With 

Disabilities in Reviewing the 

Rulemaking Record 

On request, we will supply an 

appropriate aid, such as a reader or 

print magnifier, to an individual with a 

disability who needs assistance to 

review the comments or other 

documents in the public rulemaking 

record for these proposed priorities. If 

you want to schedule an appointment 

for this type of aid, please contact the 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

We will announce the final priorities 

in a notice in the Federal Register. We 

will determine the final priorities after 

considering responses to this notice and 

other information available to the 

Department. This notice does not 

preclude us from proposing or using 

additional priorities, subject to meeting 

applicable rulemaking requirements. 

Note: This notice does not solicit 

applications. In any year in which we choose 

to use one or more of these proposed 

priorities, we invite applications through a 

notice in the Federal Register. When inviting 

applications, we designate each priority as 

absolute, competitive preference, or 

invitational. 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 

either (1) awarding additional points, 

depending on how well or the extent to 

which the application meets the competitive 

preference priority (34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i)); 

or (2) selecting an application that meets the 

competitive preference 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 invitational 

priority. However, we do not give an 

application that meets the invitational 

priority a competitive or absolute preference 

over other applications (34 CFR 75.105(c)(1)). 


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Training and Technical Assistance 

Under the CIL Program 

Under the CIL Program, the 

Department currently funds two training 

and technical assistance grants: one that 

supports training and technical 

assistance to CILs and SILCs on the 

issue of service delivery to young 

people with disabilities as they 

transition from school to living 

independently and one that provides 

general, comprehensive training and 

technical assistance to both CILs and 

SILCs. 

The two priorities proposed in this 

notice would be used for competitions 

in which the Department would make 

awards to applicants to provide general, 

comprehensive training and technical 

assistance to CILs and to SILCs. Rather 

than requiring all applicants to 

demonstrate how they will meet the 

training and technical assistance needs 

of both CILs and SILCs, we believe that 

it would be a better use of funds to 

establish two separate priorities and 

award separate grants—one under the 

Centers for Independent Living (CILs) 

Training and Technical Assistance 

Center priority that would focus on the 

training and technical assistance needs 

of CILs and one under the Statewide 

Independent Living Councils (SILCs) 

Training and Technical Assistance 

Center priority that would focus on the 

training and technical assistance needs 

of SILCs. We believe that this approach 

would encourage applicants to address 

completely and comprehensively the 

unique training and technical assistance 

needs of CILs and of SILCs. 

We have determined from our annual 

survey of CILs and SILCs, and from our 

ongoing monitoring and technical 

assistance activities, that a significant 

proportion of CILs and SILCs require 

intensive training and technical 

assistance on the most fundamental 

organizational and operational aspects 

of program compliance, as well as on 

issues related to improved performance. 

The training and technical assistance 

needs of CILs and SILCs differ widely 

because their program responsibilities 

and challenges are distinct. We believe 

that conducting competitions using two 

separate priorities would allow both 

CILs and SILCs to obtain the intensive, 

specialized assistance they need by 

focusing applicants on the particular 

training and technical assistance needs 

of each. 

In addition to the difference in the 

character of the training and technical 

assistance required by CILs and SILCs, 

there would be a significant difference 

in the number of CILs and SILCs 

receiving the training under the two 

priorities. Under the CILs Training and 

Technical Assistance Center priority, a 

grantee would provide training and 

technical assistance to over 330 CILs 

across the country and any eligible 

agencies, defined in section 726 of the 

Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, 

who request training and technical 

assistance. The grantee under the SILC 

Training and Technical Assistance 

Center priority, on the other hand, 

would serve 56 SILCs. We believe that 

two competitions may encourage a 

greater number of applicants with 

varied experience in the operation of 

CILs to apply and permit us to 

maximize the innovative ideas, 

approaches and organizational strengths 

offered by applicants. 

Priorities 

Proposed Priority 1—Centers for 

Independent Living (CILs) Training and 

Technical Assistance Center 

Background 

Centers for independent living (CILs) 

are consumer-controlled, communitybased, cross-disability, nonresidential 

private nonprofit agencies that are 

designed and operated within a local 

community by individuals with 

disabilities and provide an array of 

independent living services, including 

the core services of information and 

referral, advocacy, peer support, and 

independent living skills building. The 

training and technical assistance needs 

of CILs are ongoing and evolve as new 

centers are funded, existing centers 

expand and change, and personnel at 

existing centers change. 

The training and technical assistance 

needs of CILs are identified through CIL 

responses to a survey in their annual 

performance reports and through the 

Department’s monitoring and technical 

assistance efforts. These training and 

technical assistance needs include 

needs in areas that are critical for all 

CILs as well as needs in areas that are 

center-specific. 

Priority 

This priority supports a CILs Training 

and Technical Assistance Center (CILs 

T&TA Center) to improve the 

performance of CILs by providing 

training and technical assistance to the 

CILs on the programmatic and financial 

aspects of their operations, including 

information on effective practices and 

proven solutions to common problems. 

CILs are distributed across the Nation 

and vary in size, stage of development, 

service area characteristics, and urgency 

of need for training and technical 

assistance. Therefore, the training and 

technical assistance provided by the 

CILs T&TA Center must be sensitive to 

this diversity and must encompass a 

broad range of topics. 

The CILs T&TA Center must make 

available to all CILs a broad array of 

resources, training, and technical 

assistance. In addition, the CILs T&TA 

Center must address the specific needs 

of CILs by providing those CILs that 

require it with intensive, 

individualized, on-site training and 

technical assistance that meets their 

needs. In this regard, the CILs T&TA 

Center must be prepared to respond 

promptly to the Department’s 

identification of particular training and 

technical assistance needs in general 

and those of particular CILs. 

In coordination with the Department, 

the CILs T&TA Center must—

(a) Develop and provide training and 

technical assistance, based on the CILs’

annual performance report survey and 

other available data, on topics related to 

the provision and expansion of 

independent living (IL) services 

(primarily the IL core services), fiscal 

and management practices, compliance 

with CIL standards and assurances, 

increased program efficiency, rigorous 

evaluation, and improved outcomes as 

measured by long-term goals and 

indicators; 

(b) Develop and implement a plan to 

ensure that training and technical 

assistance efforts will reach all federally 

funded CILs and other eligible agencies; 

(c) Refer CILs and eligible agencies to 

non-IL specific training and technical 

assistance available through government 

or non-government resources; 

(d) Utilize a broad range of available, 

accessible technologies and 

methodologies to provide training and 

technical assistance to CILs and eligible 

agencies in the most effective and cost 

efficient manner; 

(e) Provide focused, intensive and 

rapid training and technical assistance 

to CILs identified by the Department as 

needing, or to CILs requesting, such 

assistance; 

(f) Identify and develop accessible 

training and technical assistance 

materials and disseminate these 

materials to CILs and eligible agencies; 

and 

(g) Coordinate and collaborate with 

other training projects funded by the 

Department to ensure that training 

activities are complementary and nonduplicative and that dissemination 

activities are effective and efficient. At 

a minimum, the CILs T&TA Center must 

coordinate with any SILC Training and 

Technical Assistance Center funded 

under the Statewide Independent Living 

Councils (SILCs) Training and 

Technical Assistance Center priority. 


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Proposed Priority 2—Statewide 

Independent Living Councils (SILCs) 

Training and Technical Assistance 

Center 

Background 

States are required to establish a 

Statewide Independent Living Council 

(SILC) in order to receive Federal 

funding to support and coordinate 

independent living (IL) services in the 

State. A SILC’s duties include jointly 

developing and signing the State Plan 

for Independent Living (SPIL) with the 

designated State unit; monitoring, 

reviewing, and evaluating the 

implementation of the SPIL; and 

coordinating activities with the State 

Rehabilitation Council and other 

councils addressing the needs of 

specific disability populations and 

issues under other Federal law. A 

majority of a SILC’s members are 

individuals with disabilities who are 

not employed by a CIL or a State agency; 

other members include centers for 

independent living (CIL) 

representatives, State agency 

representatives, and other appropriate 

individuals. 

SILC members are appointed on a 

rotating basis, serve in a volunteer 

capacity, often maintain other 

employment, and have widely varying 

experiences with disability programs. In 

addition, SILCs typically experience a 

significant amount of membership 

turnover. The training and technical 

assistance needs of SILCs are identified 

through SILC responses to a survey in 

their annual performance reports and 

through the Department’s monitoring 

and technical assistance efforts. These 

training and technical assistance needs 

include needs in areas that are critical 

for all SILCs as well as needs in areas 

that are SILC specific. 

Priority 

This priority supports a SILCs 

Training and Technical Assistance 

Center (SILCs T&TA Center) to improve 

the performance of SILCs through 

greater access to timely and relevant 

training and technical assistance 

regarding SILC duties and operation. 

In coordination with the Department, 

the SILCs T&TA Center must—

(a) Develop and provide training and 

technical assistance, based on the SILCs’

annual performance report survey and 

other available data, on topics directly 

related to SILC legal responsibilities, 

including SILC organization and 

operation and the development of the 

SPIL; 

(b) Develop and implement a plan to 

provide to all SILCs the training and 

technical assistance identified in 

paragraph (a) of this priority; 

(c) Refer SILCs to non-IL specific 

training and technical assistance 

available through government or nongovernment resources; 

(d) Utilize a broad range of available, 

accessible technologies and 

methodologies to provide training and 

technical assistance to SILCs in the most 

effective and cost efficient manner; 

(e) Identify and develop accessible 

training and technical assistance 

materials and disseminate these 

materials to the SILCs; 

(f) Provide technical assistance to 

SILCs to enhance SILC partnerships 

with State vocational rehabilitation 

agencies, CILs, and other organizations, 

with a focus on sharing successful 

operational experiences of other SILCs; 

(g) Coordinate and collaborate with 

other training projects funded by the 

Department to ensure that training 

activities are complementary and nonduplicative and dissemination activities 

are effective and efficient. At a 

minimum, the SILCs T&TA Center must 

coordinate with any CILs Training and 

Technical Assistance Center funded 

under the Centers for Independent 

Living (CILs) Training and Technical 

Assistance Center priority. 

Executive Order 12866 

This notice of proposed priorities has 

been reviewed in accordance with 

Executive Order 12866. Under the terms 

of the order, we have assessed the 

potential costs and benefits of this 

regulatory action. 

The potential costs associated with 

the notice of proposed priorities are 

those resulting from statutory 

requirements and those we have 

determined as necessary for 

administering this program effectively 

and efficiently. 

In assessing the potential costs and 

benefits—both quantitative and 

qualitative—of this notice of proposed 

priorities, we have determined that the 

benefits of the proposed priorities 

justify the costs. 

We have also determined that this 

regulatory action does not unduly 

interfere with State, local, and tribal 

governments in the exercise of their 

governmental functions. 

Summary of Potential Costs and 

Benefits 

Because the Department is proposing 

two priorities that may be used in two 

competitions, rather than one, the 

potential for increased application costs 

exists for an applicant that chooses to 

apply for both grants under both 

priorities. However, both priorities 

share the same overall objective—

improved performance in the CIL 

program—and applications under both 

priorities would likely include common 

elements. This may minimize any 

increased costs associated with the two 

priorities. 

For an applicant that chooses to apply 

for only one grant, the two-priority 

approach would have the potential of 

reducing the application costs. The 

Department believes that the potential 

benefits to the CIL program from a more 

focused, specialized approach to 

training and technical assistance for 

CILs and SILCs would outweigh any 

possible increase in associated 

application costs. 

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. 

Applicable Program Regulations: 34 

CFR part 366. 

Electronic Access to This Document 

You may view this document, as well 

as all other Department of Education 

documents published in the Federal 

Register, in text or Adobe Portable 

Document Format (PDF) on the Internet 

at the following site: http://www.ed.gov/ 

news/fedregister. 

To use PDF you must have Adobe 

Acrobat Reader, which is available free 

at this site. If you have questions about 

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. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Number 84.132B, Independent Living 

Program—Training and Technical Assistance 

Center) 

Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 796f(b). 

Dated: February 28, 2007. 

John H. Hager, 

Assistant Secretary for Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services. 

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