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[FR Doc. E7–8576 Filed 5–3–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–C 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Notice of Funding of Continuation 

Grant and Waiver for the Pacific 

Vocational Educational Improvement 

Program (PVEIP) 

AGENCY: Office of Vocational and Adult 

Education, Department of Education. 

SUMMARY: The Secretary waives the 

requirements in 34 CFR 75.250 of the 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) 

that generally prohibit project periods 

exceeding five years and announces the 

funding of a continuation grant for the 

PVEIP. This waiver enables the current, 

single eligible grantee, the Pacific 

Region Educational Laboratory (PREL), 

to continue to receive Federal funding 

beyond the five-year limitation from 

fiscal years (FYs) 2006 and 2007 

appropriations. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: This notice is effective 

June 4, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Laura Karl Messenger, U.S. Department 

of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, 

SW., Room 11028, Potomac Center 

Plaza, Washington, DC 20202–7241. 

Telephone (202) 245–7840. 

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 contact person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

Administrative Procedure Act (APA) (5 

U.S.C. 553), the Department generally 

offers interested parties the opportunity 

to comment on proposed regulations. 

However, on March 9, 2007, in 

accordance with section 553(b) of the 

APA, the Department gave actual notice 

to the current PVEIP single eligible 

grantee and its sub-grantees of, and 

requested comment on, our proposal to 

waive 34 CFR 75.250 and to fund a 

continuation grant instead of requiring 

PREL to submit a new application for a 

new, one-year grant award. This waiver 

and continuation grant enable the 

Secretary to provide additional funds to 

the current, single eligible grantee for 

one additional project period, in 

accordance with the requirements of 

section 115(b)(1) of the Carl D. Perkins 

Career and Technical Education Act of 

2006, Pub.L. 109–270 (Perkins Act). 

There are no substantive differences 

between the actual notice of our 

proposal and this notice of funding of a 

continuation grant and waiver. 

Therefore, all affected parties were 

provided actual notice of the 

Department’s proposal and an 

opportunity to comment in lieu of 

publication of a notice of proposed 

rulemaking in the Federal Register. 

The Perkins Act was signed into law 

on August 12, 2006. The PVEIP is 

authorized by section 115(b)(1) of the 

Perkins Act, which states that, for the 

first fiscal year following the date of 

enactment, i.e., FY 2007, the Secretary 

shall award a grant to PREL to make 

grants for career and technical 

education and training in Guam, 

American Samoa, and the 

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 

Islands, and that, beginning with the 

second fiscal year after enactment, the 

Secretary shall make grants in equal 

proportions to Guam, American Samoa, 

and the Commonwealth of the Northern 

Mariana Islands under section 115(b)(2) 

from the funds that were previously 

reserved for PREL. 

The PVEIP makes grants to Guam, 

American Samoa, and the 

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 

Islands, for the purpose of providing 

direct career and technical educational 

services, including: (A) Teacher and 

counselor training and retraining; (B) 

curriculum development; and (C) the 

improvement of career and technical 

education and training programs in 

secondary schools and institutions of 

higher education or improving 

cooperative education programs 

involving secondary schools and 

institutions of higher education. 

Because the Perkins Act does not 

make any substantive changes to the 

purpose of the PVEIP, and because the 

law specifies that PREL is to receive an 

award during one additional fiscal year 

only, we do not believe it would be in 

the public interest to require PREL to 

submit a new application for a one-year 

grant award. The nature of the PVEIP, in 

which the single eligible applicant, 

PREL, is defined in the law, allowed us 

to provide actual notice in lieu of 

publishing a notice of proposed 

rulemaking, consistent with section 

553(b) of the APA. Pursuant to the 

requirements of section 553(b) of the 

APA, and in order to make a timely 

grant award in FY 2007, on March 9, 

2007, we contacted PREL and its subgrantees directly and provided them 

actual notice of, and requested their 

comments on, our proposal to waive 34 

CFR 75.250 and fund a continuation 

grant. 

In response to the actual notice of 

proposed funding of a continuation 

grant and waiver, and our invitation to 

comment, two parties submitted 

comments supporting the proposed 

waiver and the proposal to fund a 

continuation grant for the current, single 

eligible grantee. We did not receive any 

comments opposing the proposed 

waiver and proposal to fund a 

continuation grant, and, therefore, no 

substantive changes have been made. 

The Secretary waives the 

requirements in 34 CFR 75.250, which 

prohibit project periods exceeding five 

years. With this waiver we can continue 

the PVEIP grant to PREL and award the 

final funding authorized by the Perkins 

Act for PREL from the FY 2006 and FY 

2007 appropriations, in accordance with 

the requirements of section 115(b)(1) of 

the Perkins Act. This waiver of 34 CFR 

75.250 means that: (1) The current 

PVEIP grant will be continued in 

accordance with § 75.253, and (2) we 

will not make a new award in FY 2007. 

The waiver of 34 CFR 75.250 does not 

exempt the current PVEIP grantee from 

the account closing provisions of 31 

U.S.C. 1552(a), nor does it extend the 

availability of funds previously awarded 

to the current PVEIP grantee. As a result 

of 31 U.S.C. 1552(a), appropriations 

available for a limited period may be 

used for payment of valid obligations for 

only five years after the expiration of 

their period of availability for Federal 

obligation. After that time, the 

unexpended balance of those funds is 

canceled and returned to the Treasury 

Department and is unavailable for 

restoration for any purpose. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification 

The Secretary certifies that this notice 

of funding of a continuation grant and 

waiver will not have a significant 

economic impact on a substantial 

number of small entities. The only 

entities that would be affected are the 

current eligible grantee and the three 

eligible PVEIP sub-grantees. 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

This notice of funding of a 

continuation grant and waiver does not 

contain any information collection 

requirements. 

Assessment of Educational Impact 

Based on our own review, we have 

determined that this notice of funding of 

a continuation grant and waiver does 

not require transmission of information 

that any other agency or authority of the 

United States gathers or makes 

available. 


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Electronic Access to This Document 

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To use PDF you must have Adobe 

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using PDF, call the U.S. Government 

Printing Office (GPO), toll free, at 1– 

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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: 84.048B Pacific Vocational 

Education Improvement Program) 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 2325. 

Dated: April 30, 2007. 

Troy R. Justesen, 

Assistant Secretary for Vocational and Adult 

Education. 

[FR Doc. E7–8527 Filed 5–3–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. ER07–764–000] 

Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC; Notice of 

Filing 

April 30, 2007. 

Take notice that on April 30, 2007, 

Duke Energy Carolina, LLC filed a First 

Amended and Restated Agreement with 

Blue Ridge Electric Membership 

Corporation, dated April 16, 2007, to 

become effective May 16, 2007. 

Any person desiring 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, 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 

comment date. On or before the 

comment date, it is not necessary to 

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, 

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 

20426. 

This filing is accessible on-line at 

http://www.ferc.gov, using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for 

review in the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room in Washington, DC. 

There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the 

Web site that enables subscribers to 

receive e-mail notification when a 

document is added to a subscribed 

docket(s). For assistance with any FERC 

Online service, please e-mail 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call 

(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call 

(202) 502–8659. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on May 7, 2007. 

Philis J. Posey, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E7–8537 Filed 5–3–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[ Docket No. RP96–320–073] 

Gulf South Pipeline Company, LP; 

Notice of Negotiated Rate Filing 

April 27, 2007. 

Take notice that on April 20, 2007, 

Gulf South Pipeline Company, LP (Gulf 

South) filed with the Commission an 

amendment to a negotiated rate letter 

agreement between Gulf South and 

Centerpoint Energy Resources Corp. 

(Centerpoint) to correct a typographical 

error for the shoulder MDQ in Paragraph 

1(b). 

Gulf South states that copies of the 

filing has served copies of this filing 

upon all parties on the official service 

list created by the Secretary in this 

proceeding. 

Any person desiring 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 in accordance 

with the provisions of Section 154.210 

of the Commission’s regulations (18 CFR 

154.210). 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, 

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 

20426. 

This filing is accessible on-line at 

http://www.ferc.gov, using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for 

review in the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room in Washington, DC. 

There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the 

Web site that enables subscribers to 

receive e-mail notification when a 

document is added to a subscribed 

docket(s). For assistance with any FERC 

Online service, please e-mail 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call 

(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call 

(202) 502–8659. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E7–8518 Filed 5–3–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[ Docket No. RP07–406–000] 

National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation; 

Notice of Tariff Filing and NonConforming Service Agreement 

April 30, 2007. 

Take notice that on April 23, 2007, 

National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation 

(National Fuel) tendered for filing as 

part of its FERC Gas Tariff, Fourth 

Revised Volume No. 1, Fourteenth 

Revised Sheet No. 478, to become 

effective June 1, 2007. 

National Fuel states that the purpose 

of this filing is to submit for 

Commission review and acceptance a 

non-conforming amendment to a service 

agreement between National Fuel and 

Duferco Farrell Corporation. The 

amendment contains provisions that 


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