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closure actions within the Department 

of Defense. Additionally, Fort Meade 

plans to use the EUL program to 

implement projects that would allow 

the installation to better execute its 

comprehensive master plan and would 

support the proposed BRAC-directed 

projects. The EUL actions are 

considered concurrently with the BRAC 

initiatives at Fort Meade. To implement 

the BRAC Commission recommended 

initiatives, the Army will provide the 

necessary facilities/buildings and infrastructure to support the changes as 

recommended. Permanent facilities will 

be constructed to house the Defense 

Information Systems Agency (DISA), the 

DoD Media Activities (DMA), and the 

Adjudication and Office of Hearing and 

Appeals Offices, which are currently 

located in a mix of leased facilities and 

at government installations. 

To implement the EUL action, Fort 

Meade proposes to lease to a private 

developer approximately 173 acres in 

two parcels for a term of 50 years. The 

installation would receive in-kind 

development of a 367-acre parcel. 

Because the development of these three 

parcels would have potential impacts in 

the same region as the BRAC 

realignment actions, it is considered in 

this DEIS. The two EUL parcels that will 

be leased are located on installation 

property outside the fence line. The 

parcel for in-kind development is 

located within the fence line along the 

perimeter of the installation. 

Following an examination of all 

implementation alternatives, those 

alternatives found not to be viable were 

dropped from further analysis in the 

Fort Meade DEIS. Alternatives carried 

forward include: (1) The Preferred 

BRAC Realignment and EUL Action 

Alternative, (2) BRAC Realignment 

without EUL and associated 

construction, and (3) a No action 

Alternative. The Preferred Alternative 

includes construction and operation of 

proposed facilities to accommodate 

incoming military missions at Fort 

Meade as mandated by the 2005 BRAC 

recommendations and Army EUL 

actions. Alternative siting variations of 

proposed BRAC facilities were also 

evaluated. 

The DEIS analyses indicate that 

implementation of the preferred 

alternative, BRAC and EUL Actions 

Alternative, would have long-term, 

significant impacts on transportation, 

land use, socioeconomics 

(demographics and schools), visual and 

aesthetic resources, biological 

(vegetation and wildlife), utilities 

(wastewater and storm water drainage). 

Implementation of the preferred 

alternative would have short-term 

significant impacts to noise, energy 

sources, and solid waste disposal; and 

short-term minor effects to surface water 

during construction activities. 

Implementation of the preferred 

alternative would have no significant 

impacts to air quality, geology and soils; 

water resources (ground-water, 

floodplains, and coastal zones); 

biological (rare, threatened, and 

endangered species and aquatic 

species); socioeconomics (economic 

development, housing, and law 

enforcement); utilities (potable water, 

energy sources-operations, solid wasteoperations); and hazardous and toxic 

substances. There would be no impacts 

to cultural resources, socioeconomics 

(environmental justice or protection of 

children) from implementation of the 

BRAC and EUL Actions Alternative. 

Alternative siting variations would 

provide similar impacts and benefits as 

compared to the preferred alternative. 

The no action alternative provides the 

baseline conditions for comparison to 

the preferred alternative. 

The Army invites the general public, 

local governments, other Federal 

agencies, and state agencies to submit 

written comments or suggestions 

concerning the alternatives and analyses 

addressed in the DEIS. The public and 

government agencies are invited to 

participate in a public meeting where 

oral and written comments and 

suggestions will be received. The public 

meeting will be held on April 18, 2007 

from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the School-Age 

Services Building, 1900 Reece Road, 

Fort Meade, MD 20755. The DEIS is 

available at http://www.hqda.army.mil/ 

acsimweb/brac/nepa_eis_docs.htm. 

Dated: March 15, 2007. 

Addison D. Davis, IV, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army, 

(Environment, Safety and Occupational 

Health). 

[FR Doc. 07–1394 Filed 3–21–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3710–08–M 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services; Overview 

Information; Technical Assistance and 

Dissemination To Improve Services 

and Results for Children With 

Disabilities—Model Demonstration 

Centers on Early Childhood Language 

Intervention; Notice Inviting 

Applications for New Awards for Fiscal 

Year (FY) 2007 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.326M. 

Dates: 

Applications Available: March 22, 

2007. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: May 7, 2007. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: July 5, 2007. 

Eligible Applicants: State educational 

agencies (SEAs); local educational 

agencies (LEAs); public charter schools 

that are LEAs under State law; 

institutions of higher education (IHEs); 

other public agencies; private nonprofit 

organizations; outlying areas; freely 

associated States; Indian tribes or tribal 

organizations; and for-profit 

organizations. 

Estimated Available Funds: 

$1,200,000. 

Estimated Average Size of Award: 

$400,000. 

Maximum Award: We will reject any 

application that proposes a budget 

exceeding $400,000 for a single budget 

period of 12 months. The Assistant 

Secretary for Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services may change the 

maximum amount through a notice 

published in the Federal Register. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 3. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 48 months. As 

described in the Priority section of this 

notice, the Secretary may fund the 

project for a fifth year to collect and 

analyze data on children’s 

developmental progress following their 

participation in the intervention model. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: This program 

promotes academic achievement and 

improves results for children with 

disabilities by supporting technical 

assistance, model demonstration 

projects, dissemination of useful 

information, and implementation 

activities that are supported by 

scientifically based research. 

Priority: In accordance with 34 CFR 

75.105(b)(2)(v), this priority is from 

allowable activities specified in the 

statute (see sections 663 and 681(d) of 

the Individuals with Disabilities 

Education Act (IDEA)). 

Absolute Priority: For FY 2007 this 

priority is an absolute priority. Under 34 

CFR 75.105(c)(3), we consider only 

applications that meet this priority. 

This priority is: 

Model Demonstration Centers on Early 

Childhood Language Intervention 

Background: 

Children’s ability to communicate and 

the quality of their communication 


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affect their developmental trajectories, 

their learning, their ability to interact 

with and relate to others, and their 

success in school. Communication is 

accomplished through the use of a 

shared code, i.e., language, which can 

be a spoken, written or other symbol 

system. While language development 

typically is a robust process for 

children, there are factors that can 

negatively affect language acquisition 

either by limiting the quality or quantity 

of linguistic input a child receives or by 

interfering with the way in which a 

child processes that input (National 

Research Council, 2000). A language 

disorder is defined as impaired 

comprehension and/or use of language. 

While a language disorder may be a 

child’s primary disability, it may be 

secondary to other disabilities such as 

autism or a hearing impairment 

(including deafness). 

Many young children receiving 

services under IDEA participate in 

speech and language interventions. In 

the National Early Intervention 

Longitudinal Study (NEILS), service 

providers reported that 53 percent of 

infants and toddlers received speech 

and language therapy within the first six 

months of beginning early intervention 

services. Additionally, the 2004 IDEA 

child count data indicate that 47 percent 

of three through five year olds served 

under the Part B program of IDEA have 

speech or language impairments, though 

the actual number is likely to be much 

higher because this number does not 

include children who have speech or 

language impairments but are identified 

as having a developmental delay and 

children with primary disabilities other 

than speech or language impairments 

who also have language disorders. 

Functional or naturalistic language 

interventions have been shown to be 

effective in increasing the overall 

quantity and quality of children’s 

communication and language skills 

(Owens, 2004; Warren, Yoder, & Leew, 

2002). A functional language approach 

to intervention is grounded in the 

principle that language develops for the 

purpose of communicating within a 

social environment. Intervention 

practices or teaching strategies are 

therefore implemented within the 

context of children’s daily activities and 

routines to promote their 

communication and language 

development. This intervention 

approach is child-centered in that it 

focuses on children’s interests and 

supports their attempts to communicate 

within social interactions. A functional 

language approach stresses the 

importance of engaging adults in a 

child’s environment, including family 

members, childcare providers, and 

interventionists as language facilitators 

so that they can use empirically valid 

strategies to support children’s language 

and communication development across 

communicative contexts and partners. A 

functional language approach is 

different from language interventions 

that are directed by an adult and target 

discrete, isolated language skills within 

artificial situations. 

Children with significant language 

disorders are often served by a variety 

of professionals, and it is not 

uncommon for them to receive 

interventions that are based on one 

theoretical and empirical framework for 

the first few years and then transition to 

a program that emphasizes a very 

different approach with divergent 

theoretical underpinnings and empirical 

support. If this shift in intervention 

approaches is dramatic, the child may 

lose skills he or she has acquired under 

the previous approach and family 

members may experience confusion and 

uncertainty about what the child should 

be learning and how they should 

support those experiences. Continuity 

in the interventions that are provided 

across early intervention and preschool 

settings could lessen any confusion and 

uncertainty experienced by families of 

young children with disabilities as they 

transition from one program to another. 

Children with significant language 

disorders are at high risk for social and 

academic difficulties. To support 

infants, toddlers, and preschoolers with 

disabilities in developing the skills they 

will need to communicate competently, 

there is a need for a scientifically based 

evaluation of effective functional 

language intervention models 

implemented within natural settings. 

This need is especially critical for young 

children with significant language 

disorders who are served across both 

early intervention and preschool 

programs. The Department is interested 

in evaluating functional language 

intervention models that address the 

diverse population of infants, toddlers, 

and preschool children served under 

both Part C and Part B of IDEA, 

especially those children who need 

intensive language interventions as a 

result of a specific language disorder, or 

a language disorder that is secondary to 

other disabilities such as autism or a 

hearing impairment (including 

deafness). 

Priority: 

The purpose of this priority is to 

support three (3) Centers to evaluate 

models that incorporate scientifically 

based research related to language 

interventions for children birth through 

five with significant language disorders 

served across the Part C and Part B 

preschool programs under IDEA. Each 

Center will work with no less than three 

sites and will implement the same 

functional language intervention model 

in each of these sites. Each site must 

serve children with disabilities ages 

birth through five, either in separate 

early intervention and preschool 

programs within the same community 

or through a coordinated system that 

serves children with disabilities ages 

birth through five. Each site must 

include both an early intervention 

component and a preschool component 

so that critical elements of the language 

intervention models are consistent as 

children transition from IDEA Part C to 

Part B services. 

Each Center must implement and 

evaluate the functional language 

intervention model in early childhood 

environments, such as child care 

settings, Head Start programs, private or 

public preschools, early childhood 

special education settings, and home/ 

community-based environments to 

determine their usefulness, 

effectiveness, and general applicability 

to these typical settings. 

An applicant must describe, in its 

application—

(a) The proposed model and the 

supporting evidence for the model as a 

whole, including empirical support of 

the critical components that comprise 

the model; 

(b) The knowledge, experience, and 

capabilities of the key staff who will be 

responsible for the development and 

implementation of the functional 

language intervention model across the 

early intervention and preschool 

programs; 

(c) The methods to be used for 

recruiting and selecting sites, and if the 

applicant has identified sites that would 

be willing to participate in the model 

demonstrations, a description of the 

population of children typically served 

by these sites. The final site selection 

will be determined following the first 

cross-project meeting; and 

(d) The partnership that the Center 

has established with local early 

intervention and preschool programs to 

implement the model and to increase 

the likelihood that personnel will 

develop sufficient expertise in order to 

sustain the model after project 

completion. 

To meet the requirements of this 

priority, each Center, at a minimum, 

must—

(1) Conduct a systematic review of the 

research on evidence-based language 

interventions that focuses on functional 

communication within natural settings 

that are appropriate for young children 


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ages birth through five with significant 

language disorders. To the extent 

possible, the Center must use the 

standards established by the What 

Works Clearinghouse, (http:// 

www.whatworks.ed.gov/reviewprocess/ 

study_standards_final/pdf). If it is not 

possible to use these standards, other 

rigorous standards must be used to 

identify evidence-based interventions 

and practices; 

(2) Design and implement a language 

intervention model that: (a) Focuses on 

language development and readiness 

skills for young children ages birth 

through five with significant language 

disorders; (b) is grounded in a 

scientifically based functional approach 

to language intervention that is 

embedded within the context of 

practices that are developmentally 

appropriate and empirically supported; 

(c) takes into account continuity of 

interventions by enrolling children in 

the Part C program and following them 

through the Part B program until the 

completion of the model demonstration 

project; (d) can be adapted based on 

specific characteristics of the child, 

such as age and disability; and (e) is 

designed to lead to improved outcomes 

for young children with significant 

language disorders; 

(3) Provide initial and ongoing 

professional development to early 

interventionists, early childhood special 

educators, related service providers, and 

early care and education personnel in 

the project working with young children 

with disabilities and who are charged 

with implementing the model. Ensure 

that there is a process for providing 

feedback to personnel participating in 

the project on their implementation of 

the language intervention model; 

(4) Implement an evaluation plan that 

includes a detailed description of the 

full model and the critical elements of 

the model, a description of the system 

variables required to implement and 

sustain the model, and the processes for 

collecting and analyzing specific project 

and cross-project data related to: (a) The 

effectiveness of the language 

intervention model, including child 

outcomes; (b) the fidelity of the 

implementation of the model and 

acceptable variations; (c) the continuity 

of the model across the Part C and Part 

B programs; and (d) the effectiveness of 

the professional development provided 

to personnel participating in the model 

demonstrations. Common cross-site data 

to be collected will be determined 

following the first cross-project meeting; 

(5) Document the effects of a 

consistent language intervention 

approach on the transition process as 

children move from the IDEA Part C 

program to the Part B program; 

(6) Identify methods for effectively 

supporting communication and 

collaboration among families, 

community agencies, and program/ 

Center staff to implement the language 

intervention model across the Part C 

and Part B programs; 

(7) Coordinate with the other Centers 

funded under this competition and the 

Model Demonstration Coordination 

Center (MDCC) to determine a crossproject plan for evaluating the impact of 

these models on children’s 

developmental progress and outcomes. 

The MDCC is a separate center funded 

by OSEP that is responsible for 

coordinating implementation and 

analyzing data to determine the 

effectiveness of intervention models. 

The MDCC is developing a data 

coordination plan and cross-site data 

collection instruments and will generate 

common evaluation questions, 

synthesize and analyze data, monitor 

implementation fidelity, ensure data 

reliability, and foster information 

dissemination. As part of cross-site 

coordination, Centers will be asked to 

collect common measures that may or 

may not be the same as those proposed 

by the applicant. Common measures 

may include observations or 

assessments of programs, classrooms, or 

children participating in the language 

intervention model as well as programs, 

classrooms, or children who were not 

part of the language intervention model. 

The purpose of the data is to provide 

general information on the contexts in 

which models are more fully 

implemented and effective; 

(8) Develop regular communication 

with OSEP’s other funded centers, as 

appropriate, to share information 

regarding topics such as successful 

strategies and implementation 

challenges for language interventions for 

children with significant language 

disorders in early childhood 

environments; 

(9) As appropriate, develop and apply 

strategies for disseminating 

implementation information to specific 

audiences, including early 

interventionists, preschool special 

educators, related service providers, 

families, administrators, policymakers, 

and researchers. These dissemination 

strategies must involve collaboration 

with MDCC, and with technical 

assistance providers, including parent 

centers funded by OSEP; 

(10) Prior to developing any new 

product, whether paper or electronic, 

submit for approval a proposal 

describing the content and purpose of 

the product to the Project Officer to be 

designated by OSEP and the document 

review board of OSEP’s Dissemination 

Center; 

(11) Budget for the Center’s project 

director to attend a three-day Project 

Directors’ meeting in Washington, D.C. 

during each year of the project; and one 

additional yearly meeting with OSEP 

and the MDCC (the first meeting to take 

place within one month of the project’s 

January 1, 2008 start date); 

(12) If a Web site is maintained, 

format the information and documents 

on the Web site in a manner that meets 

a government or industry-recognized 

standard for accessibility. 

Fifth Year of the Project: 

In deciding whether to continue 

funding the Center for the fifth year, the 

Secretary will consider the requirements 

of 34 CFR 75.253(a), and in addition—

(a) The timeliness and effectiveness 

with which all requirements of the 

negotiated cooperative agreement have 

been or are being met by the Center; 

(b) The degree to which the Center 

recruited and retained a large enough 

sample of children to allow for 

meaningful data collection and analysis 

of where children were served, the type 

of services they received, and their 

developmental progress and outcomes 

once they exited preschool programs. 

Waiver of Proposed Rulemaking: 

Under the Administrative Procedure Act 

(APA) (5 U.S.C. 553), the Department 

generally offers interested parties the 

opportunity to comment on a proposed 

priority. However, section 681(d) of 

IDEA makes the public comment 

requirements under the APA 

inapplicable to the priority in this 

notice. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1463 and 

1481(d). 

Applicable Regulations: The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 

34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 

84, 85, 86, 97, 98, and 99. 

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 79 

apply to all applicants except federally 

recognized Indian tribes. 

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 

apply only to IHEs. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Cooperative 

agreement. 

Estimated Available Funds: 

$1,200,000. 

Estimated Average Size of Award: 

$400,000. 

Maximum Award: We will reject any 

application that proposes a budget 

exceeding $400,000 for a single budget 

period of 12 months. The Assistant 


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Secretary for Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services may change the 

maximum amount through a notice 

published in the Federal Register. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 3. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 48 months. As 

described in the Priority section of this 

notice, the Secretary may fund the 

project for a fifth year to collect and 

analyze data on children’s 

developmental progress following their 

participation in the intervention model. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: SEAs; LEAs; 

public charter schools that are LEAs 

under State law; IHEs; other public 

agencies; private nonprofit 

organizations; outlying areas; freely 

associated States; Indian tribes or tribal 

organizations; and for-profit 

organizations. 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This 

competition does not involve cost 

sharing or matching. 

3. Other: General Requirements—(a) 

The projects funded under this 

competition must make positive efforts 

to employ and advance in employment 

qualified individuals with disabilities 

(see section 606 of IDEA). 

(b) Applicants and grant recipients 

funded under this competition must 

involve individuals with disabilities or 

parents of individuals with disabilities 

ages birth through 26 in planning, 

implementing, and evaluating the 

projects (see section 682(a)(1)(A) of 

IDEA). 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Address to Request Application 

Package: Education Publications Center 

(ED Pubs), P.O. Box 1398, Jessup, MD 

20794–1398. Telephone (toll free): 1–

877–433–7827. FAX: (301) 470–1244. If 

you use a telecommunications device 

for the deaf (TDD), you may call (toll 

free): 1–877–576–7734. 

You may also contact ED Pubs at its 

Web site: http://www.ed.gov/pubs/ 

edpubs.html or you may contact ED 

Pubs at its e-mail address: 

edpubs@inet.ed.gov. 

If you request an application from ED 

Pubs, be sure to identify this 

competition as follows: CFDA Number 

84.326M. 

Individuals with disabilities may 

obtain a copy of the application package 

in an alternative format (e.g., Braille, 

large print, audiotape, or computer 

diskette) by contacting the Grants and 

Contracts Services Team listed under 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in 

section VII of this notice. 

2. Content and Form of Application 

Submission: Requirements concerning 

the content of an application, together 

with the forms you must submit, are in 

the application package for this 

competition. 

Page Limit: The application narrative 

(Part III of the application) is where you, 

the applicant, address the selection 

criteria that reviewers use to evaluate 

your application. You must limit Part III 

to the equivalent of no more than 70 

pages, using the following standards: 

• A ‘‘page’’ is 8.5′′ x 11′′, on one side 

only, with 1′′ margins at the top, bottom, 

and both sides. 

• Double space (no more than three 

lines per vertical inch) all text in the 

application narrative, including titles, 

headings, footnotes, quotations, 

references, and captions, as well as all 

text in charts, tables, figures, and 

graphs. 

• Use a font that is either 12 point or 

larger or no smaller than 10 pitch 

(characters per inch). 

The page limit does not apply to Part 

I, the cover sheet; Part II, the budget 

section, including the narrative budget 

justification; Part IV, the assurances and 

certifications; the one-page abstract, the 

resumes, the bibliography, the 

references, or the letters of support. 

However, you must include all of the 

application narrative in Part III. 

We will reject your application if—

• You apply these standards and 

exceed the page limit; or 

• You apply other standards and 

exceed the equivalent of the page limit. 

3. Submission Dates and Times: 

Applications Available: March 22, 

2007. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: May 7, 2007. 

Applications for grants under this 

competition may be submitted 

electronically using the Grants.gov 

Apply site (Grants.gov), or in paper 

format by mail or hand delivery. For 

information (including dates and times) 

about how to submit your application 

electronically, or by mail or hand 

delivery, please refer to section IV. 6. 

Other Submission Requirements in this 

notice. 

We do not consider an application 

that does not comply with the deadline 

requirements. 

Individuals with disabilities who 

need an accommodation or auxiliary aid 

in connection with the application 

process should contact the person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: July 5, 2007. 

4. Intergovernmental Review: This 

program is subject to Executive Order 

12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR 

part 79. Information about 

Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs under Executive Order 12372 

is in the application package for this 

competition. 

5. Funding Restrictions: We reference 

regulations outlining funding 

restrictions in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

6. Other Submission Requirements: 

Applications for grants under this 

competition may be submitted 

electronically or in paper format by mail 

or hand delivery. 

a. Electronic Submission of 

Applications. 

We have been accepting applications 

electronically through the Department’s 

e-Application system since FY 2000. In 

order to expand on those efforts and 

comply with the President’s 

Management Agenda, we are continuing 

to participate as a partner in the new 

government wide Grants.gov Apply site 

in FY 2007. The Model Demonstration 

Centers on Early Childhood Language 

Intervention-CFDA Number 84.326M is 

one of the competitions included in this 

project. We request your participation in 

Grants.gov. 

If you choose to submit your 

application electronically, you must use 

the Grants.gov Apply site at http:// 

www.Grants.gov. Through this site, you 

will be able to download a copy of the 

application package, complete it offline, 

and then upload and submit your 

application. You may not e-mail an 

electronic copy of a grant application to 

us. 

You may access the electronic grant 

application for The Model 

Demonstration Centers on Early 

Childhood Language Intervention at: 

http://www.grants.gov. You must search 

for the downloadable application 

package for this program by the CFDA 

number. Do not include the CFDA 

number’s alpha suffix in your search. 

Please note the following: 

• Your participation in Grants.gov is 

voluntary. 

• When you enter the Grants.gov site, you 

will find information about submitting an 

application electronically through the site, as 

well as the hours of operation. 

• Applications received by Grants.gov are 

time and date stamped. Your application 

must be fully uploaded and submitted, and 

must be date/time stamped by the Grants.gov 

system no later than 4:30 p.m., Washington, 

DC time, on the application deadline date. 

Except as otherwise noted in this section, we 

will not consider your application if it is 

date/time stamped by the Grants.gov system 

later than 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on 

the application deadline date. When we 

retrieve your application from Grants.gov, we 

will notify you if we are rejecting your 


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application because it was date/time stamped 

by the Grants.gov system after 4:30 p.m., 

Washington, DC time, on the application 

deadline date. 

• The amount of time it can take to upload 

an application will vary depending on a 

variety of factors including the size of the 

application and the speed of your Internet 

connection. Therefore, we strongly 

recommend that you do not wait until the 

application deadline date to begin the 

application process through Grants.gov. 

• You should review and follow the 

Education Submission Procedures for 

submitting an application through Grants.gov 

that are included in the application package 

for this competition to ensure that you 

submit your application in a timely manner 

to the Grants.gov system. You can also find 

the Education Submission Procedures 

pertaining to Grants.gov at http://eGrants.ed.gov/help/ 

GrantsgovSubmissionProcedures.pdf. 

• To submit your application via 

Grants.gov, you must complete all of the 

steps in the Grants.gov registration process 

(see http://www.grants.gov/applicants/ 

get_registered.jsp). These steps include (1) 

registering your organization, (2) registering 

yourself as an Authorized Organization 

Representative (AOR), and (3) getting 

authorized as an AOR by your organization. 

Details on these steps are outlined in the 

Grants.gov 3-Step Registration Guide (see 

http://www.grants.gov/section910/ 

Grants.govRegistrationBrochure.pdf). You 

also must provide on your application the 

same D–U–N–S Number used with this 

registration. Please note that the registration 

process may take five or more business days 

to complete, and you must have completed 

all registration steps to allow you to 

successfully submit an application via 

Grants.gov. 

• You will not receive additional point 

value because you submit your application in 

electronic format, nor will we penalize you 

if you submit your application in paper 

format. 

• You may submit all documents 

electronically, including all information 

typically included on the Application for 

Federal Education Assistance (ED 424), 

Budget Information—Non-Construction 

Programs (ED 524), and all necessary 

assurances and certifications. If you choose 

to submit your application electronically, 

you must attach any narrative sections of 

your application as files in a .DOC 

(document), .RTF (rich text) or .PDF (Portable 

Document) format. If you upload a file type 

other than the three file types specified above 

or submit a password protected file, we will 

not review that material. 

• Your electronic application must comply 

with any page limit requirements described 

in this notice. 

• After you electronically submit your 

application, you will receive an automatic 

acknowledgment from Grants.gov that 

contains a Grants.gov tracking number. The 

Department will retrieve your application 

from Grants.gov and send you a second 

confirmation by e-mail that will include a 

PR/Award number (an ED-specified 

identifying number unique to your 

application). 

• We may request that you provide us 

original signatures on forms at a later date. 

Application Deadline Date Extension in 

Case of System Unavailability 

If you are prevented from 

electronically submitting your 

application on the application deadline 

date because of technical problems with 

the Grants.gov system, we will grant you 

an extension until 4:30 p.m., 

Washington, DC time, the following 

business day to enable you to transmit 

your application electronically, or by 

hand delivery. You also may mail your 

application by following the mailing 

instructions as described elsewhere in 

this notice. If you submit an application 

after 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on 

the deadline date, please contact the 

person listed elsewhere in this notice 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT, and provide an explanation of 

the technical problem you experienced 

with Grants.gov, along with the 

Grants.gov Support Desk Case Number 

(if available). We will accept your 

application if we can confirm that a 

technical problem occurred with the 

Grants.gov system and that that problem 

affected your ability to submit your 

application by 4:30 p.m., Washington, 

DC time, on the application deadline 

date. The Department will contact you 

after a determination is made on 

whether your application will be 

accepted. 

Note: Extensions referred to in this section 

apply only to the unavailability of or 

technical problems with the Grants.gov 

system. We will not grant you an extension 

if you failed to fully register to submit your 

application to Grants.gov before the deadline 

date and time or if the technical problem you 

experienced is unrelated to the Grants.gov 

system. 

b. Submission of Paper Applications 

by Mail. 

If you submit your application in 

paper format by mail (through the U.S. 

Postal Service or a commercial carrier), 

you must mail the original and two 

copies of your application, on or before 

the application deadline date, to the 

Department at the applicable following 

address: 

By mail through the U.S. Postal Service: 

U.S. Department of Education, 

Application Control Center, 

Attention: (CFDA Number 84.326M), 

400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20202–4260. 

or 

By mail through a commercial carrier: 

U.S. Department of Education, 

Application Control Center—Stop 

4260, Attention: (CFDA Number 

84.326M), 7100 Old Landover Road, 

Landover, MD 20785–1506. 

Regardless of which address you use, 

you must show proof of mailing 

consisting of one of the following: 

(1) A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service 

postmark, 

(2) A legible mail receipt with the 

date of mailing stamped by the U.S. 

Postal Service, 

(3) A dated shipping label, invoice, or 

receipt from a commercial carrier, or 

(4) Any other proof of mailing 

acceptable to the Secretary of the U.S. 

Department of Education. 

If you mail your application through 

the U.S. Postal Service, we do not 

accept either of the following as proof 

of mailing: 

(1) A private metered postmark, or 

(2) A mail receipt that is not dated by 

the U.S. Postal Service. 

If your application is postmarked after 

the application deadline date, we will 

not consider your application. 

Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not 

uniformly provide a dated postmark. Before 

relying on this method, you should check 

with your local post office. 

c. Submission of Paper Applications 

by Hand Delivery. 

If you submit your application in 

paper format by hand delivery, you (or 

a courier service) must deliver the 

original and two copies of your 

application by hand, on or before the 

application deadline date, to the 

Department at the following address: 

U.S. Department of Education, 

Application Control Center, Attention: 

(CFDA Number 84.326M), 550 12th 

Street, SW., Room 7041, Potomac Center 

Plaza, Washington, DC 20202–4260. 

The Application Control Center 

accepts hand deliveries daily between 8 

a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC 

time, except Saturdays, Sundays and 

Federal holidays. 

Note for Mail or Hand Delivery of Paper 

Applications: If you mail or hand deliver 

your application to the Department: 

(1) You must indicate on the envelope 

and—if not provided by the Department—in 

Item 4 of ED 424 the CFDA number—and 

suffix letter, if any—of the competition under 

which you are submitting your application. 

(2) The Application Control Center will 

mail a grant application receipt 

acknowledgment to you. If you do not receive 

the grant application receipt 

acknowledgment within 15 business days 

from the application deadline date, you 

should call the U.S. Department of Education 

Application Control Center at (202) 245–

6288. 

V. Application Review Information 

1. Selection Criteria: The selection 

criteria for this competition are from 34 


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CFR 75.210 and are listed in the 

application package. 

2. Treating A Priority As Two 

Separate Competitions: In the past, 

there have been problems in finding 

peer reviewers without conflicts of 

interest for competitions in which many 

entities throughout the country submit 

applications. The Standing Panel 

requirements under IDEA also have 

placed additional constraints on the 

availability of reviewers. Therefore, the 

Department has determined that, for 

some discretionary competitions, 

applications may be separated into two 

or more groups and ranked and selected 

for funding within the specific group. 

This procedure will ensure the 

availability of a much larger group of 

reviewers without conflicts of interest. It 

also will increase the quality, 

independence and fairness of the review 

process and permit panel members to 

review applications under discretionary 

competitions for which they have also 

submitted applications. However, if the 

Department decides to select for funding 

an equal number of applications in each 

group, this may result in different cutoff points for fundable applications in 

each group. 

VI. Award Administration Information 

1. Award Notices: If your application 

is successful, we notify your U.S. 

Representative and U.S. Senators and 

send you a Grant Award Notification 

(GAN). We may also notify you 

informally. 

If your application is not evaluated or 

not selected for funding, we notify you. 

2. Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements: We identify 

administrative and national policy 

requirements in the application package 

and reference these and other 

requirements in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

We reference the regulations outlining 

the terms and conditions of an award in 

the Applicable Regulations section of 

this notice and include these and other 

specific conditions in the GAN. The 

GAN also incorporates your approved 

application as part of your binding 

commitments under the grant. 

3. Reporting: At the end of your 

project period, you must submit a final 

performance report, including financial 

information, as directed by the 

Secretary. If you receive a multi-year 

award, you must submit an annual 

performance report that provides the 

most current performance and financial 

expenditure information as specified by 

the Secretary in 34 CFR 75.118. 

4. Performance Measures: Under the 

Government Performance and Results 

Act (GPRA), the Department has 

developed measures that will yield 

information on various aspects of the 

Technical Assistance and Dissemination 

to Improve Services and Results for 

Children with Disabilities program. 

These measures focus on: the extent to 

which projects provide high quality 

products and services, the relevance of 

project products and services to 

educational and early intervention 

policy and practice, and the use of 

products and services to improve 

educational and early intervention 

policy and practice. 

Grantees will be required to provide 

information related to these measures. 

Grantees will also be required to 

report information on their projects’

performance in annual reports to the 

Department (34 CFR 75.590). 

VII. Agency Contact 

For Further Information Contact: 

Christy Kavulic, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

room 4057, Potomac Center Plaza, 

Washington, DC 20202–2550. 

Telephone: (202) 245–7359. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD), you may call 

the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1–

800–877–8339. 

Individuals with disabilities may 

obtain this document in an alternative 

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

audiotape, or computer diskette) on 

request by contacting the following 

office: The Grants and Contracts 

Services Team, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

Potomac Center Plaza, Washington, DC 

20202–2550. Telephone: (202) 245–

7363. 

VIII. Other Information 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

You may 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) 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. 

Dated: March 16, 2007. 

John H. Hager, 

Assistant Secretary for Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services. 

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. PR07–9–000] 

Bay Gas Storage Company, Ltd.; 

Notice of Rate Filing 

March 16, 2007. 

Take notice that on March 8, 2007, 

Bay Gas Storage Company, Ltd. (Bay 

Gas) filed a petition for rate approval 

pursuant to section 284.123(b)(2) of the 

Commission’s regulations. Bay Gas 

requests the Commission to approve 

incremental rates for Bay Gas’s mainline 

facilities for firm transportation and 

interruptible transportation services and 

also rates for Bay Gas’s Whistler spur 

facilities for firm transportation and 

interruptible services for transportation 

of natural gas under section 311(a)(2) of 

the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978. In 

addition, Bay Gas proposes a tracking 

methodology for lost-and-unaccountedfor gas volumes cost recovery, and a gas 

quality/interchangeability provision. 

Any person desiring to participate in 

this rate proceeding must file a motion 

to intervene or to protest this filing must 

file in accordance with Rules 211 and 

214 of the Commission’s Rules of 

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 

and 385.214). Protests will be 

considered by the Commission in 

determining the appropriate action to be 

taken, but will not serve to make 

protestants parties to the proceeding. 

Any person wishing to become a party 

must file a notice of intervention or 

motion to intervene, as appropriate. 

Such notices, motions, or protests must 

be filed on or before the date as 

indicated below. Anyone filing an 

intervention or protest must serve a 

copy of that document on the Applicant. 

Anyone filing an intervention or protest 

on or before the intervention or protest 

date need not serve motions to intervene 

or protests on persons other than the 

Applicant. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests and 

interventions in lieu of paper using the 

‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://www.ferc.gov. 

Persons unable to file electronically 

should submit an original and 14 copies 

of the protest or intervention to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 


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