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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools 

Overview Information; Readiness and 

Emergency Management for Schools 

Grant Program; Notice Inviting 

Applications for New Awards for Fiscal 

Year (FY) 2007 

Note: The title of the Emergency Response 

and Crisis Management grant program has 

been revised to Readiness and Emergency 

Management for Schools to reflect 

terminology used in the emergency 

management field. Hereafter, the grant 

program under CFDA 84.184E will be 

referred to as the Readiness and Emergency 

Management for Schools grant program. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.184E 

Dates: Applications Available: April 

6, 2007. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: May 21, 2007. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: July 24, 2007. 

Eligible Applicants: Local educational 

agencies (LEAs). 

Note: The Secretary is limiting eligibility 

under the Readiness and Emergency 

Management for Schools grant competition 

(CFDA Number 84.184E) to applicants that 

do not currently have an active grant under 

this program. For the purpose of this 

eligibility requirement, a grant is considered 

active until the end of the grant’s project or 

funding period, including any extensions of 

those periods that extend the grantee’s 

authority to obligate funds (71 FR 70369). 

Estimated Available Funds: 

$24,000,000. Contingent upon the 

availability of funds and the quality of 

applications, the Secretary may make 

additional awards later in FY 2007 and 

in FY 2008 and subsequent years from 

the rank-ordered list of unfunded 

applicants from this competition. 

Estimated Range of Awards: 

$100,000—$500,000. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$100,000 for small districts (1–20 school 

facilities); $250,000 for medium-sized 

districts (21–75 school facilities); and 

$500,000 for large districts (76 or more 

school facilities). 

Estimated Number of Awards: 73. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 18 months. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The Readiness 

and Emergency Management for Schools 

(REMS) grant competition supports 

efforts by LEAs to improve and 

strengthen their school emergency 

management plans, including training 

school personnel and students in 

emergency response procedures; 

communicating emergency plans and 

procedures with parents; and 

coordinating with local law 

enforcement, public safety, public 

health, and mental health agencies. 

Priorities: These priorities are from (1) 

the notice of final priorities and other 

application requirements for this 

program, published in the Federal 

Register on June 21, 2005 (70 FR 35652) 

and (2) the notice of final priorities 

published in the Federal Register on 

May 11, 2006 (71 FR 27576). 

Absolute Priority: For FY 2007 and 

any subsequent year in which we make 

awards based on the list of unfunded 

applications from this competition, this 

priority is an absolute priority. Under 34 

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

applications that meet this priority. 

This priority is: 

Improvement and Strengthening of 

School Emergency Management Plans 

This priority supports local 

educational agency (LEA) projects to 

improve and strengthen emergency 

management plans, at the district and 

school-building level addressing the 

four phases of emergency management: 

Prevention-Mitigation, Preparedness, 

Response, and Recovery. Plans must 

include: (1) Training for school 

personnel and students in emergency 

management procedures; (2) 

Coordination with local law 

enforcement, public safety, public 

health, and mental health agencies; and 

(3) A method for communicating school 

emergency management policies and 

reunification procedures to parents and 

guardians. 

Competitive Preference Priorities: For 

FY 2007, and any subsequent year in 

which we make awards based on the list 

of unfunded applicants from this 

competition, these priorities are 

competitive preference priorities. Under 

34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i) we award an 

additional 10 points to an application 

that meets Priority 1 and we award an 

additional 5 points to an application 

that meets Priority 2. Applications that 

qualify for Priorities 1 and 2 will receive 

points only under Priority 1. 

These priorities are: 

Priority 1—Competitive Preference 

Priority for LEAs That Have Not 

Previously Received a Grant Under 

the REMS Program (CFDA 84.184E) 

and Are Located in an Urban Areas 

Security Initiative Jurisdiction 

Under this priority, we give a 

competitive preference to applications 

from local educational agencies (LEAs) 

that (1) have not yet received a grant 

under this program (CFDA 84.184E) and 

(2) are located in whole or in part 

within Urban Areas Security Initiative 

(UASI) jurisdictions, as determined by 

the U.S. Department of Homeland 

Security (DHS). An applicant must meet 

both of these criteria in order to receive 

the competitive preference. Under a 

consortium application, all members of 

the LEA consortium need to meet both 

criteria to be eligible for the preference. 

Applications submitted by educational 

service agencies (ESAs) are eligible 

under this priority if each LEA to be 

served by the grant is located within a 

UASI jurisdiction and has not received 

funding under this program directly, or 

as the lead agency or as a partner in a 

consortium; however the ESA itself may 

have received a previous grant. 

Because DHS’ determination of UASI 

jurisdictions may change from year to 

year, applicants under this priority must 

refer to the most recent list of UASI 

jurisdictions published by DHS when 

submitting their applications. 

Note: The Governor of each State has 

designated a State Administrative Agency 

(SAA) as the entity responsible for applying 

for, and administering, funds under the 

Department of Homeland Security Grant 

Program (which includes the UASI program). 

The SAA is also responsible for defining the 

geographic borders for jurisdictions included 

in the UASI program. Guidance on 

jurisdiction definitions can be found at: 

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/odp/ 

grants_hsgp.htm. 

Priority 2—Competitive Preference 

Priority for LEAs That Have Not 

Previously Received a Grant Under 

the REMS Program (CFDA 84.184E) 

Under this priority, we give 

competitive preference to applications 

from local educational agencies (LEAs) 

that have not previously received a 

grant under this program (CFDA 

84.184E). Applicants (other than 

educational service agencies (ESAs)) 

that have received funding under this 

program directly, or as the lead agency 

or as a partner in a consortium 

application under this program, will not 


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receive competitive preference under 

this priority. For applications submitted 

by ESAs, each LEA to be served by the 

grant must not have received funding 

under this program directly, or as the 

lead agency, or as a partner in a 

consortium application, in order for the 

ESA to be eligible under this priority; 

however the ESA itself may have 

received a previous grant. 

Other Application Requirements: 

These requirements are from (1) the 

notice of final priorities and other 

application requirements for this 

program, published in the Federal 

Register on June 21, 2005 (70 FR 35652) 

and (2) the notice of final priorities and 

application requirements published in 

the Federal Register on May 11, 2006 

(71 FR 27576). 

1. Partner Agreements. To be 

considered for a grant award, an 

applicant must include in its 

application an agreement that details 

the participation of each of the 

following five community-based 

partners: Law enforcement, public 

safety, public health, mental health, and 

the head of the applicant’s local 

government (for example, the mayor, 

city manager, or county executive). The 

agreement must include a description of 

each partner’s roles and responsibilities 

in improving and strengthening 

emergency management plans at the 

district and school-building level, a 

description of each partner’s 

commitment to the continuation and 

continuous improvement of emergency 

management plans at the district and 

school-building level, and an authorized 

signature representing the LEA and each 

partner acknowledging the agreement. If 

one or more of the five partners listed 

is not present in the applicant’s 

community, or cannot feasibly 

participate, the agreement must explain 

the absence of each missing partner. To 

be considered eligible for funding, 

however, an application must include a 

signed agreement between the LEA, a 

law enforcement partner, and at least 

one of the other required partners 

(public safety, public health, mental 

health, or head of local government). 

Applications that fail to include the 

required agreement, including 

information on partners’ roles and 

responsibilities and on their 

commitment to continuation and 

continuous improvement (with 

signatures and explanations for missing 

signatures as specified above), will not 

be read. 

Although this program requires 

partnerships with other parties, 

administrative direction and fiscal 

control for the project must remain with 

the LEA. 

2. Coordination with State or Local 

Homeland Security Plan. All emergency 

management plans must be coordinated 

with the Homeland Security Plan of the 

State or locality in which the LEA is 

located. All States submitted such a 

plan to the Department of Homeland 

Security on January 30, 2004. To ensure 

that emergency services are coordinated, 

and to avoid duplication of effort within 

States and localities, applicants must 

include in their applications an 

assurance that the LEA will coordinate 

with, and follow, the requirements of its 

State or local Homeland Security Plan 

for emergency services and initiatives. 

3. Implementation of the National 

Incident Management System (NIMS). 

Applicants must agree to implement 

their grant in a manner consistent with 

the implementation of the NIMS in their 

communities. Applicants must include 

in their applications an assurance that 

they have met, or will complete, all 

current NIMS requirements by the end 

of the grant period. 

Because DHS’ determination of NIMS 

requirements may change from year to 

year, applicants must refer to the most 

recent list of NIMS requirements 

published by DHS when submitting 

their applications. In any notice inviting 

applications, the Department will 

provide applicants with information 

necessary to access the most recent DHS 

list of NIMS requirements. Information 

about the FY 2007 NIMS requirements 

for tribal governments and local 

jurisdictions, including LEAs, may be 

found at: http://www.fema.gov/pdf/ 

emergency/nims/imp_mtrx_tribal.pdf. 

Note: An LEA’s NIMS compliance must be 

achieved in close coordination with the local 

government and with recognition of the first 

responder capabilities held by the LEA and 

the local government. As LEAs are not 

traditional response organizations, first 

responder services will typically be provided 

to LEAs by local fire and rescue departments, 

emergency medical service providers, and 

law enforcement agencies. This traditional 

relationship must be acknowledged in 

achieving NIMS compliance in an integrated 

NIMS compliance plan for the local 

government and the LEA. LEA participation 

in the NIMS preparedness program of the 

local government is essential to ensure that 

first responder services are delivered to 

schools in a timely and effective manner. 

Additional information about NIMS 

implementation is available at: http:// 

www.fema.gov/emergency/nims/ 

nims_compliance.shtm. 

4. Individuals with Disabilities. The 

applicant’s plan must demonstrate that 

the applicant has taken into 

consideration the communication, 

transportation, and medical needs of 

individuals with disabilities within the 

school district. 

5. Infectious Disease Plan. To be 

considered for a grant award, applicants 

must agree to develop a written plan 

designed to prepare the LEA for a 

possible infectious disease outbreak, 

such as pandemic influenza. Plans must 

address the four phases of emergency 

management (Mitigation-Prevention, 

Preparedness, Response, and Recovery) 

and include a plan for disease 

surveillance (systematic collection and 

analysis of data that lead to action being 

taken to prevent and control a disease), 

school closure decision-making, 

business continuity (processes and 

procedures established to ensure that 

essential functions can continue during 

and after a disaster), and continuation of 

educational services. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7131. 

Applicable Regulations: (a) The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 

34 CFR parts 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 84, 

85, 97, 98, 99, and 299. (b) The notice 

of final priority and other application 

requirements published in the Federal 

Register on June 21, 2005 (70 FR 35652). 

(c) The notice of final priorities and 

application requirements published in 

the Federal Register on May 11, 2006 

(71 FR 27576). (d) The notice of final 

eligibility requirement for the Office of 

Safe and Drug-Free Schools 

discretionary grant programs published 

in the Federal Register on December 4, 

2006 (71 FR 70369). 

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 79 

apply to all applicants except Federally 

recognized Indian tribes. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary grants. 

Estimated Available Funds: 

$24,000,000. Contingent upon the 

availability of funds and the quality of 

applications, the Secretary may make 

additional awards later in FY 2007 and 

in FY 2008 and subsequent years from 

the rank-ordered list of unfunded 

applicants from this competition. 

Estimated Range of Awards: 

$100,000–$500,000. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$100,000 for small districts (1–20 school 

facilities); $250,000 for medium-sized 

districts (21–75 school facilities); and 

$500,000 for large districts (76 or more 

school facilities). 

Estimated Number of Awards: 73. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 18 months. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: LEAs. 


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Note: The Secretary is limiting eligibility 

under the Readiness and Emergency 

Management for Schools grant competition 

(CFDA 84.184E) to applicants that do not 

currently have an active grant under this 

program. For the purpose of this eligibility 

requirement, a grant is considered active 

until the end of the grant’s project or funding 

period, including any extensions of those 

periods that extend the grantee’s authority to 

obligate funds (71 FR 70369). 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This 

program does not involve cost sharing 

or matching. 

3. Other: 

(a) Equitable Participation by Private 

School Children and Teachers. 

Section 9501 of the Elementary and 

Secondary Education Act of 1965, as 

amended (ESEA), requires that SEAs, 

LEAs, or other entities receiving funds 

under the Safe and Drug-Free Schools 

and Communities Act provide for the 

equitable participation of private school 

children, their teachers, and other 

educational personnel in private schools 

located in areas served by the grant 

recipient. In order to ensure that grant 

program activities address the needs of 

private school children, LEAs must 

engage in timely and meaningful 

consultation with private school 

officials during the design and 

development of the program. This 

consultation must take place before any 

decision is made that affects the 

opportunities of eligible private school 

children, teachers, and other 

educational personnel to participate. 

In order to ensure equitable 

participation of private school children, 

teachers, and other educational 

personnel, an LEA must consult with 

private school officials on issues such 

as: Hazards/vulnerabilities unique to 

private schools in the LEA’s service 

area, training needs, and existing 

emergency management plans and crisis 

response resources already available at 

private schools. 

(b) Maintenance of Effort. 

Section 9521 of the ESEA requires 

that LEAs may receive a grant only if the 

State educational agency finds that the 

combined fiscal effort per student or the 

aggregate expenditures of the LEA and 

the State with respect to the provision 

of free public education by the LEA for 

the preceding fiscal year was not less 

than 90 percent of the combined effort 

or aggregate expenditures for the second 

preceding fiscal year. 

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: 1–301–470–1244. 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 

84.184E. 

You may also access the electronic 

version of the application at the 

following Web sites: http:// 

www.grants.gov or http://www.ed.gov/ 

fund/grant/apply/grantapps/index.html. 

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 program 

contact person listed in this section. 

The public can also obtain 

applications directly from the program 

office: Sara Strizzi, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

room 3E320, Washington, DC. 20202–

6450. Telephone: (202) 708–4850 or by 

e-mail: sara.strizzi@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD), you may call 

the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1–

800–877–8339. 

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. 

3. Submission Dates and Times: 

Applications Available: April 6, 2007. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: May 21, 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 in section VII of this notice. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: July 18, 2007. 

4. Intergovernmental Review: This 

competition 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 

additional 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. 

To comply with the President’s 

management Agenda, we are 

participating as a partner in the 

Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply site. 

The Readiness and Emergency 

Management for Schools grant 

competition, CFDA Number 84.184E, is 

included in this project. We request 

your participation in Grants.gov. 

If you choose to submit your 

application electronically, you must use 

the Governmentwide 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 email an electronic copy of a grant 

application to us. 

You may access the electronic grant 

application for the Readiness and 

Emergency Management for Schools 

grant competition at http:// 

www.Grants.gov. You must search for 

the downloadable application package 

for this competition by the CFDA 

number. Do not include the CFDA 

number’s alpha suffix in your search 

(e.g., search for 84.184, not 84.184E). 

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 date and time stamped. You 

application must be fully uploaded and 

submitted and must be date and 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 and 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 


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rejecting your application because it 

was date and 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 submission 

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 steps 

in the Grants.gov registration process 

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

get_registered.jsp). These steps include 

(1) registering your organization, a 

multi-part process that includes 

registration with the Central Contractor 

Registry (CCR); (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 submit 

successfully an application via 

Grants.gov. In addition you will need to 

update your CCR registration on an 

annual basis. This may take three or 

more business days to complete. 

• 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. 

• If you submit your application 

electronically, you must submit all 

documents electronically, including all 

information you typically provide on 

the following forms: Application for 

Federal Assistance (SF 424), the 

Department of Education Supplemental 

Information for SF 424, Budget 

Information—Non-Construction 

Programs (ED 524), and all necessary 

assurances and certifications. Please 

note that two of these forms—the SF 424 

and the Department of Education 

Supplemental Information for SF 424—

have replaced the ED 424 (Application 

for Federal Education Assistance). 

• If you 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 in this 

paragraph or submit a passwordprotected file, we will not review that 

material. 

• After you electronically submit 

your application, you will receive from 

Grants.gov an automatic notification of 

receipt that contains a Grants.gov 

tracking number. (This notification 

indicates receipt by Grants.gov only, not 

receipt by the Department). The 

Department then will retrieve your 

application from Grants.gov and send a 

second notification to you by e-mail. 

This second notification indicates that 

the Department has received your 

application and has assigned your 

application a PR/Award number (an EDspecified 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 Technical Issues With the 

Grants.gov System: If you are 

experiencing problems submitting your 

application through Grants.gov, please 

contact the Grants.gov Support Desk at 

1–800–518–4726. You must obtain a 

Grants.gov Support Desk Case Number 

and must keep a record of it. 

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 described elsewhere in this 

notice. 

If you submit an application after 4:30 

p.m., Washington, DC time, on the 

application deadline date, please 

contact the person listed elsewhere in 

this notice under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT and provide an 

explanation of the technical problems 

you experienced with Grants.gov, along 

with the Grants.gov Support Desk Case 

Number. 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: The extensions to which we refer 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 

application 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 84.184E), 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 84.184E), 

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. 

(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. 

(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. 


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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 84.184E), 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 11 of the SF 424 the CFDA number, 

including suffix letter, if any, of the 

competition under which you are submitting 

your application; and 

(2) The Application Control Center will 

mail to you a notification of receipt of your 

grant application. If you do not receive this 

notification 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 program are from 34 CFR 

75.210 and are listed in the application 

package. 

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: If funded, you are 

expected to collect data on the key 

Government Performance and Results 

Act (GPRA) performance measures for 

this program and report those data to 

the Department in your interim 

performance report and final 

performance report. At the end of your 

project period, you must submit a final 

performance report, including financial 

information, as directed by the 

Secretary. You must also submit an 

interim report nine months after the 

award date. This report should provide 

the most current performance and 

financial expenditure information as 

specified by the Secretary in 34 CFR 

75.118. We may also require more 

frequent performance reports in 

accordance with 34 CFR 75.720(c). 

4. Performance Measures: We have 

identified the following key GPRA 

performance measures for assessing the 

effectiveness of the Readiness and 

Emergency Management for Schools 

grant program: (1) The percentage of 

Emergency Management Grant sites that 

demonstrate they have increased the 

number of hazards addressed by the 

improved school emergency 

management plan as compared to the 

baseline plan; (2) The percentage of 

Emergency Management Grant sites that 

demonstrate improved knowledge of 

school/and or district emergency 

management policies and procedures by 

school staff with responsibility for 

emergency management functions; and 

(3) The percentage of Emergency 

Management Grant sites that have a plan 

for, and commitment to, the 

sustainability and continuous 

improvement of the school emergency 

management plan by the district and 

community partners beyond the period 

of Federal financial assistance. 

VII. Agency Contact 

For Further Information Contact: Sara 

Strizzi, U.S. Department of Education, 

400 Maryland Ave., SW., room 3E320, 

Washington, DC 20202–6450. 

Telephone: (202) 708–4850 or by e-mail: 

sara.strizzi@ed.gov. 

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 to the program contact person 

listed in this section. 

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. 

You may also view this document in 

text or PDF at the following site: 

http://www.ed.gov/programs/ 

dvpemergencyresponse/index.html 

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: April 3, 2007. 

Deborah A. Price, 

Assistant Deputy Secretary for Safe and DrugFree Schools. 

[FR Doc. E7–6503 Filed 4–5–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Record of Decision, Orlando 

Gasification Project, Orlando, Orange 

County, FL 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Record of Decision. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(DOE) has prepared an environmental 

impact statement (EIS) (DOE/EIS–0383) 

to assess the environmental impacts 

associated with a proposed project that 

would be cost-shared by DOE and 

Southern Company (in partnership with 

the Orlando Utilities Commission) 

(OUC) under DOE’s Clean Coal Power 

Initiative (CCPI) program. The project 

would demonstrate advanced power 

generation systems using Integrated 

Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) 

technology at OUC’s existing Stanton 

Energy Center near Orlando, Florida. 

After careful consideration of the 

potential environmental impacts, along 

with program goals and objectives, DOE 

has decided that it will provide, through 

a cooperative agreement with Southern 

Company, a total of $235 million in 

cost-shared funding (about 41% of the 

total cost of approximately $569 

million) to design, construct, and 

demonstrate the Orlando Gasification 

Project proposed by Southern Company. 

ADDRESSES: The final EIS is available on 

the DOE NEPA Web site at http:// 

www.eh.doe.gov/nepa/ 

documentspub.html and on the DOE 

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