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interfere with State, local, and tribal 

governments in the exercise of their 

governmental functions. 

Intergovernmental Review 

This program is subject to Executive 

Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 

CFR part 79. One of the objectives of the 

Executive order is to foster an 

intergovernmental partnership and a 

strengthened federalism. The Executive 

order relies on processes developed by 

State and local governments for 

coordination and review of proposed 

Federal financial assistance. 

This document provides early 

notification of our specific plans and 

actions for this program. 

Applicability of Education Department 

General Administrative Regulations 

(EDGAR) to AFP 

In general, EDGAR would apply to 

this grant except to the extent it is 

inconsistent with the purpose of and 

intent of section 4(b)(2)(D) of the AT 

Act. Specifically, grantees would be 

exempt from section 80.21(i) regarding 

interest earned on advances and the 

addition method in section 80.25(g)(1). 

Also, sections 75.560–75.564 would not 

apply to the extent that these sections of 

EDGAR are inconsistent with the AFP 

requirement that indirect costs cannot 

exceed 10 percent. 

Electronic Access to This Document 

You may view this document, as well 

as all other Department of Education 

documents published in the Federal 

Register, in text or Adobe Portable 

Document Format (PDF) on the Internet 

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

news/fedregister. 

To use PDF you must have Adobe 

Acrobat Reader, which is available free 

at this site. If you have questions about 

using PDF, call the U.S. Government 

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

888–293–6498; or in the Washington, 

DC, area at (202) 512–1530. 

Note: The official version of this document 

is the document published in the Federal 

Register. Free Internet access to the official 

edition of the Federal Register and the Code 

of Federal Regulations is available on GPO 

Access at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/ 

index.html. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Number 84.224C Assistive Technology 

Alternative Financing Programs) 

Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 3001 et seq. 

Dated: May 9, 2007. 

Andrew J. Pepin, 

Executive Administrator, Office of Special 

Education and Rehabilitative Services. 

[FR Doc. E7–9222 Filed 5–11–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Advisory Committee on Student 

Financial Assistance: Hearing 

AGENCY: Advisory Committee on 

Student Financial Assistance, 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice of an opening hearing. 

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the 

schedule and proposed agenda of a 

forthcoming hearing of the Advisory 

Committee on Student Financial 

Assistance (The Advisory Committee). 

This notice also describes the functions 

of the Advisory Committee. Notice of 

this hearing is required under Section 

10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act. This document is 

intended to notify the general public. 

DATE AND TIME: Tuesday, June 5, 2007, 

beginning at 9 a.m. and ending at 

approximately 5 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Holiday Inn on the Hill, 

Federal North Room, 415 New Jersey 

Avenue, NW., Washington DC 20001. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Michelle Asha Cooper, Deputy Director, 

Advisory Committee on Student 

Financial Assistance, Capitol Place, 80 F 

Street, NW, Suite 413, Washington DC 

20202–7582, (202) 219–2099. 

Individuals who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Advisory Committee on Student 

Financial Assistance is established 

under Section 491 of the Higher 

Education Act of 1965 as amended by 

Public Law 100–50 (20 U.S.C. 1098). 

The Advisory Committee serves as an 

independent source of advice and 

counsel to the Congress and the 

Secretary of Education on student 

financial aid policy. Since its inception, 

the congressional mandate requires the 

Advisory Committee to conduct 

objective, nonpartisan, and independent 

analyses on important aspects of the 

student assistance programs under Title 

IV of the Higher Education Act, and to 

make recommendations that will result 

in the maintenance of access to 

postsecondary education for low- and 

middle-income students. In addition, 

Congress expanded the Advisory 

Committee’s mission in the Higher 

Education Amendments of 1998 to 

include several important areas: access, 

Title IV modernization, distance 

education, and early information and 

needs assessment. Specifically, the 

Advisory Committee is to review, 

monitor and evaluate the Department of 

Education’s progress in these areas and 

report recommended improvements to 

Congress and the Secretary. 

The Advisory Committee has 

scheduled this one-day hearing to 

discuss release of its new report related 

to its congressionally requested study to 

make textbooks more affordable 

(Textbook Study). This one-year study, 

was requested by the U.S. House of 

Representatives Committee on 

Education and Labor (formerly 

Education and the Workforce) to 

investigate further the problem of rising 

textbook prices and determine the 

impact of rising textbook prices on 

students’ ability to afford a 

postsecondary education. In addition, 

other discussions will focus on two 

components of the Advisory 

Committee’s three-year Innovative 

Pathways Study: Expected Family 

Contribution and early financial aid 

information. 

The proposed agenda includes expert 

testimony and discussions by prominent 

higher education community leaders, 

Congressional staff, state 

representatives, and institutions on (a) 

the Advisory Committee’s Textbook 

Study recommendations; (b) legislative 

efforts to simplify the student aid 

application and delivery process; and 

(c) the National Advising Corps. The 

Advisory Committee will also conduct a 

public comment and discussion session. 

Individuals who will need 

accommodations for a disability in order 

to attend the hearing (i.e., interpreting 

services, assistive listening devices, 

and/or materials in alternative format) 

should notify the Advisory Committee 

no later than Tuesday, May 29, 2007 by 

contacting Ms. Hope Gray at (202) 219–

2099 or via e-mail at hope.gray@ed.gov. 

We will attempt to meet requests after 

this date, but cannot guarantee 

availability of the requested 

accommodation. The hearing site is 

accessible to individuals with 

disabilities. 

The Advisory Committee invites the 

public to submit written comments on 

the agenda topics to the following 

e-mail address: ACSFA@ed.gov. 

Information regarding the topics 

covered at the hearing will also be 

available on the Advisory Committee’s 

Web site, http://www.ed.gov/ACSFA. 

We must receive your comments on or 

before Tuesday, May 29, 2007 to be 

included in the hearing materials. 

Space for the hearing is limited and 

you are encouraged to register early if 

you plan to attend. You may register by 

sending an email to the following 

address: ACSFA@ed.gov or 

Tracy.Deanna.Jones@ed.gov. Please 

include your name, title, affiliation, 

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and email address, if available), and 

telephone and fax numbers. If you are 

unable to register electronically, you 

may fax your registration information to 

the Advisory Committee staff office at 

(202) 219–3032. You may also contact 

the Advisory Committee staff directly at 

(202) 219–2099. The registration 

deadline is Tuesday, May 29, 2007. 

Records are kept for Advisory 

Committee proceedings, and are 

available for inspection at the Office of 

the Advisory Committee on Student 

Financial Assistance, Capitol Place, 80 F 

Street, NW.—Suite 413, Washington, DC 

from the hours of 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. Information regarding the 

Advisory Committee is available on the 

Committee’s Web site, http:// 

www.ed.gov/ACSFA. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

You may view this document, as well as 

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/index.html. 

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 

of the Federal Register and the Code of 

Federal Regulations is available on GPO 

Access at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/ 

index.html. 

Dated: May 9, 2007. 

William J. Goggin, 

Executive Director, Advisory Committee on 

Student Financial Assistance. 

[FR Doc. E7–9218 Filed 5–11–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP07–207–000] 

Colorado Interstate Gas Company; 

Notice of Application 

May 7, 2007. 

Take notice that on April 27, 2007, 

Colorado Interstate Gas Company (CIG), 

Post Office Box 1087, Colorado Springs, 

Colorado 80944, filed an application in 

Docket No. CP07–207–000, pursuant to 

section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act for 

a certificate of public convenience and 

necessity authorizing its High Plains 

Expansion Project which consists of 

approximately 164 miles of 24- and 30- 

inch diameter pipeline, in four related 

pipeline segments, and metering 

facilities, with appurtenances, to be 

located in Adams, Morgan, and Weld 

Counties, Colorado. As part of the 

project, CIG is seeking authorization to 

implement new services and rates, and 

gas quality control rates and fuel 

charges. When completed, the pipeline 

facilities will transport and deliver up to 

899,000 Dth per day of natural gas, all 

as more fully set forth in the application 

which is on file with the Commission 

and open for public inspection. This 

filing is available for review at the 

Commission in the Public Reference 

Room or may be viewed on the 

Commission’s Web site at http:// 

www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. 

Enter the docket number excluding the 

last three digits in the docket number 

field to access the document. For 

assistance, please contact FERC Online 

Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll 

free at (866)208–3676, or for TTY, 

contact (202) 502–8659. 

Any questions regarding this 

Application should be directed to 

Richard Derryberry, Director, Regulatory 

Affairs, Colorado Interstate Gas 

Company, P. O. Box 1087, Colorado 

Springs, Colorado, 80944 at (719) 520–

3788 or by fax at (719) 667–7534 or 

Craig V. Richardson, Vice President and 

General Counsel, Colorado Interstate 

Gas Company, P. O. Box 1087, Colorado 

Springs, Colorado, 80944 at (719)520–

4829 or by fax at (719)520–4898. 

On October 6, 2006, the Commission 

staff granted CIG’s request to utilize the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) Pre-Filing Process and assigned 

Docket No. PF06–36–000 to staff 

activities involving the CIG’s expansion 

project. Now, as of the filing of CIG’s 

application on April 27, 2007, the NEPA 

Pre-Filing Process for this project has 

ended. From this time forward, CIG’s 

proceeding will be conducted in Docket 

No. CP07–207–000, as noted in the 

caption of this Notice. 

Pursuant to section 157.9 of the 

Commission’s rules, 18 CFR 157.9, 

within 90 days of this Notice the 

Commission staff will either: Complete 

its environmental assessment (EA) and 

place it into the Commission’s public 

record (eLibrary) for this proceeding, or 

issue a Notice of Schedule for 

Environmental Review. If a Notice of 

Schedule for Environmental Review is 

issued, it will indicate, among other 

milestones, the anticipated date for the 

Commission staff’s issuance of the final 

environmental impact statement (FEIS) 

or EA for this proposal. The filing of the 

EA in the Commission’s public record 

for this proceeding or the issuance of a 

Notice of Schedule for Environmental 

Review will serve to notify federal and 

state agencies of the timing for the 

completion of all necessary reviews, and 

the subsequent need to complete all 

federal authorizations within 90 days of 

the date of issuance of the Commission 

staff’s FEIS or EA. 

There are two ways to become 

involved in the Commission’s review of 

this project. First, any person wishing to 

obtain legal status by becoming a party 

to the proceedings for this project 

should, on or before the below listed 

comment date, file with the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street, NE., Washington, DC. 

20426, a motion to intervene in 

accordance with the requirements of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211) 

and the Regulations under the NGA (18 

CFR 157.10). A person obtaining party 

status will be placed on the service list 

maintained by the Secretary of the 

Commission and will receive copies of 

all documents filed by the applicant and 

by all other parties. A party must submit 

14 copies of filings made with the 

Commission and must mail a copy to 

the applicant and to every other party in 

the proceeding. Only parties to the 

proceeding can ask for court review of 

Commission orders in the proceeding. 

However, a person does not have to 

intervene in order to have comments 

considered. The second way to 

participate is by filing with the 

Secretary of the Commission, as soon as 

possible, an original and two copies of 

comments in support of or in opposition 

to this project. The Commission will 

consider these comments in 

determining the appropriate action to be 

taken, but the filing of a comment alone 

will not serve to make the filer a party 

to the proceeding. The Commission’s 

rules require that persons filing 

comments in opposition to the project 

provide copies of their protests only to 

the party or parties directly involved in 

the protest. 

Persons who wish to comment only 

on the environmental review of this 

project should submit an original and 

two copies of their comments to the 

Secretary of the Commission. 

Environmental commenters will be 

placed on the Commission’s 

environmental mailing list, will receive 

copies of the environmental documents, 

and will be notified of meetings 

associated with the Commission’s 

environmental review process. 

Environmental commenters will not be 

required to serve copies of filed 


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