46858 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 149 / Friday, August 2, 2013 / Proposed Rules 

Concerning Regulations That 

Significantly Affect Energy Supply, 

Distribution, or Use. 

13. Technical Standards 

This proposed rule does not use 

technical standards. Therefore, we did 

not consider the use of voluntary 

consensus standards. 

14. Environment 

We have analyzed this proposed rule 

under Department of Homeland 

Security Management Directive 023–01 

and Commandant Instruction 

M16475.lD, which guide the Coast 

Guard in complying with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 

(NEPA)(42 U.S.C. 4321–4370f), and 

have made a preliminary determination 

that this action is one of a category of 

actions that do not individually or 

cumulatively have a significant effect on 

the human environment. This proposed 

rule involves establishing a safety zone. 

This rule may be categorically excluded 

from further review under paragraph 

34(g) of Figure 2–1 of the Commandant 

Instruction. A preliminary 

environmental analysis checklist 

supporting this determination is 

available in the docket where indicated 

under ADDRESSES. We seek any 

comments or information that may lead 

to the discovery of a significant 

environmental impact from this 

proposed rule. 

List of Subjects in 33 CFR Part 165 

Harbors, Marine safety, Navigation 

(water), Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Security measures, 

Waterways. 

For the reasons discussed in the 

preamble, the Coast Guard proposes to 

amend 33 CFR Part 165 as follows: 

PART 165—REGULATED NAVIGATION 

AREA AND LIMITED ACCESS AREAS 

■ 1. The authority citation for Part 165 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1231; 46 U.S.C. 

Chapters 701, 3306, 3703; 50 U.S.C. 191, 195; 

33 CFR 1.05–1, 6.04–1, 6.04–6, and 160.5; 

Pub. L. 107–295, 116 Stat. 2064; Department 

of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1. 

■ 2. Add § 165.T01–0600 to read as 

follows: 

§ 165.T01–0600 Safety Zone; East End 

Maritime Foundation Fireworks Display, 

Greenport Harbor, Greenport, NY. 

(a) Location. The following area is a 

safety zone: All waters of Greenport 

Harbor within a 600-foot radius of the 

fireworks barge located in approximate 

position 41°05′55.00′′ N, 072°21′18.00′′ 

W (NAD 83). 

(b) Effective Period. This section will 

be effective from 8 p.m. on September 

21, 2013, until 10 p.m. on September 22, 

2013. 

(c) Enforcement Period. This section 

will be enforced from 8 p.m. until 10 

p.m. on September 21, 2013. If the event 

is postponed due to inclement weather, 

then this rule will be enforced from 8 

p.m. until 10 p.m. on September 22, 

2013. 

(d) Definitions. The following 

definitions apply to this section: 

(1) Designated Representative. A 

‘‘designated representative’’ is any Coast 

Guard commissioned, warrant or petty 

officer of the U.S. Coast Guard who has 

been designated by the COTP, Sector 

Long Island Sound, to act on his or her 

behalf. The designated representative 

may be on an official patrol vessel or 

may be on shore and will communicate 

with vessels via VHF–FM radio or 

loudhailer. In addition, members of the 

Coast Guard Auxiliary may be present to 

inform vessel operators of this 

regulation. 

(2) Official Patrol Vessels. Official 

patrol vessels may consist of any Coast 

Guard, Coast Guard Auxiliary, state, or 

local law enforcement vessels assigned 

or approved by the COTP Sector Long 

Island Sound. 

(3) Spectators. All persons and vessels 

not registered with the event sponsor as 

participants or official patrol vessels. 

(e) Regulations. The general 

regulations contained in 33 CFR 165.23 

apply. During the enforcement period, 

entering into, transiting through, 

remaining, mooring or anchoring within 

this safety zone is prohibited unless 

authorized by the Captain of the Port 

(COTP) or the designated 

representatives. 

(1) Spectators desiring to enter or 

operate within the regulated area should 

contact the COTP Sector Long Island 

Sound at 203–468–4401 (Sector LIS 

command center) or the designated 

representative via VHF channel 16 to 

obtain permission to do so. Spectators 

given permission to enter or operate in 

the regulated area must comply with all 

directions given to them by the COTP 

Sector Long Island Sound or the 

designated on-scene representative. 

(2) Upon being hailed by an official 

patrol vessel or the designated 

representative, by siren, radio, flashing 

light or other means, the operator of the 

vessel shall proceed as directed. Failure 

to comply with a lawful direction may 

result in expulsion from the area, 

citation for failure to comply, or both. 

(3) Fireworks barges used in this 

location will have a sign on their port 

and starboard side labeled 

‘‘FIREWORKS—STAY AWAY’’. This 

sign will consist of 10 inch high by 1.5 

inch wide red lettering on a white 

background. 

Dated: July 22, 2013. 

H.L. Morrison, 

Commander, U.S. Coast Guard, Acting 

Captain of the Port, Sector Long Island Sound. 

[FR Doc. 2013–18616 Filed 8–1–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–04–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

34 CFR Chapter III 

Proposed Waiver and Extension of the 

Project Period for the Individuals With 

Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) 

Partnership Project 

AGENCY: Office of Special Education 

Programs (OSEP), Office of Special 

Education and Rehabilitative Services 

(OSERS), Department of Education. 

ACTION: Proposed waiver and extension 

of the project period. 

[Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 84.326A.] 

SUMMARY: For the currently funded 

IDEA Partnership Project (Partnership 

Project) grantee, the Secretary proposes 

to waive the requirements that generally 

prohibit project periods exceeding five 

years and project period extensions 

involving the obligation of additional 

Federal funds. The Secretary also 

proposes to extend current project 

period for one year. The proposed 

waiver and extension of the project 

period would enable the currently 

funded Partnership Project grantee to 

receive funding from October 1, 2013, 

through September 30, 2014. 

DATES: We must receive your comments 

on or before September 3, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Address all comments about 

this proposed waiver and extension of 

the project period to Renee Bradley, 

U.S. Department of Education, 400 

Maryland Avenue SW., room 4103, 

Potomac Center Plaza (PCP), 

Washington, DC 20202–2600. 

If you prefer to send your comments 

by email, use the following address: 

renee.bradley@ed.gov. You must 

include the phrase ‘‘Proposed waiver 

and extension of the project period’’ in 

the subject line of your message. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Renee Bradley. Telephone: (202) 245– 

7277, or by email: 

renee.bradley@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD) or a text 

telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay 

Service (FRS), toll free, at 1–800–877– 

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Invitation to Comment: We invite you 

to submit comments regarding this 

proposed waiver and extension. During 

and after the comment period, you may 

inspect all public comments about this 

proposed waiver and extension of the 

project period in room 4103, PCP, 550 

12th Street, SW., Washington, DC, 

between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:00 

p.m., Washington, DC time, Monday 

through Friday of each week, except 

Federal holidays. 

Assistance to Individuals with 

Disabilities in Reviewing the 

Rulemaking Record: On request, we will 

provide an appropriate accommodation 

or auxiliary aid to an individual with a 

disability who needs assistance to 

review the comments or other 

documents in the public rulemaking 

record for this notice. If you want to 

schedule an appointment for this type of 

aid, please contact the person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

Background 

On July 15, 2008, the Department 

published a notice in the Federal 

Register (73 FR 40548) inviting 

applications for new awards for fiscal 

year (FY) 2008 for the Partnership 

Project funded under the Technical 

Assistance and Dissemination to 

Improve Services and Results for 

Children with Disabilities (TA&D) 

program, authorized under section 663 

of IDEA. The Partnership Project is 

intended to provide opportunities for 

national associations to collaborate with 

each other and with their collective 

State and local affiliates to improve the 

implementation of education policies 

and practices in States. The goal of the 

Partnership Project is also intended to 

bridge the gap between research, policy, 

and practice in both special education 

and general education so that the needs 

of all students can be meaningfully 

addressed. The Partnership Project has 

worked to unite multiple national 

associations, and their State and local 

affiliates, representing policymakers, 

service providers, local-level 

administrators, and families to improve 

the implementation of IDEA and 

outcomes for students with disabilities. 

These associations and their State and 

local affiliates need continued support 

to engage in meaningful dialogue, 

continual learning, and problem solving 

that will improve the implementation of 

IDEA and outcomes for students with 

disabilities. 

The Department made one award for 

a period of 60 months to the National 

Association of State Directors of Special 

Education (NASDSE) to establish the 

Partnership Project. The current project 

period is scheduled to end on 

September 30, 2013. 

The Partnership Project links the 

expertise and resources available 

through the OSEP Technical Assistance 

and Dissemination Network with 

stakeholder organizations to build 

innovative dissemination strategies. The 

Partnership Project has developed and 

enhanced tools and strategies to 

improve the collaboration and 

engagement of stakeholder organizations 

linked with State improvement efforts to 

implement evidence-based practices, 

improve the implementation of IDEA, 

and improve outcomes for children with 

disabilities within general education 

reform efforts. Engagement tools and 

strategies include: (1) Various Dialogue 

Guides, focused on education reform 

efforts such as standards-based 

assessment, college- and careerreadiness, and the school-to-prison 

pipeline; (2) communities of practice 

development and implementation; and 

(3) stakeholder engagement protocols. 

At this time, we do not believe that it 

would be in the public interest to run 

a competition for a new Partnership 

Project because the Department is 

planning to change the organization of 

its technical assistance (TA) activities to 

better meet the needs of States and local 

affiliates and families. We also have 

concluded that it would be contrary to 

the public interest to have a lapse in the 

provision of the TA services currently 

provided by the Partnership Project 

pending the changes to the organization 

of the Department’s TA activities. 

For these reasons, the Secretary 

proposes to waive the requirements in 

34 CFR 75.250, which prohibit project 

periods exceeding five years, and waive 

the requirements in 34 CFR 75.261(a) 

and (c)(2), which allow the extension of 

a project period only if the extension 

does not involve the obligation of 

additional Federal funds. The Secretary 

further proposes to issue a continuation 

award in the amount of $1,699,000 to 

NASDSE for an additional 12-month 

period. This continuation award should 

ensure that the Partnership Project’s TA, 

coordinated training, outreach, and 

dissemination of information to the 

partners’ State and local affiliates and 

families will not be interrupted. 

Any activities to be carried out during 

the year of the continuation award 

would have to be consistent with, or be 

a logical extension of, the scope, goals, 

and objectives of the grantee’s 

application as approved in the 2008 

Partnership Project competition. 

If the proposed waiver and extension 

of the project period are announced in 

a final notice in the Federal Register, 

the requirements applicable to 

continuation awards for this 

competition set forth in the July 15, 

2008, notice inviting applications and 

the requirements in 34 CFR 75.253 

would apply to any continuation awards 

sought by the current IDEA Partnership 

grantee. If we announce the waiver and 

extension as final, we will base our 

decisions regarding a continuation 

award on the program narrative, budget, 

budget narrative, and program 

performance report submitted by the 

current grantee, as well as the 

requirements in 34 CFR 75.253. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification 

The Department certifies that the 

proposed waiver and extension of the 

project period would not have a 

significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities. 

The only entity that would be affected 

by the proposed waiver and extension of 

the project period is the current grantee. 

The Secretary certifies that the 

proposed waiver and extension would 

not have a significant economic impact 

on this entity because the proposed 

waiver and extension of the project 

period imposes minimal compliance 

costs, and the activities required to 

support the additional year of funding 

would not impose additional regulatory 

burdens or require unnecessary Federal 

supervision. 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

This notice of proposed waiver and 

extension of the project period does not 

contain any information collection 

requirements. 

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. 

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document in 

an accessible format (e.g., braille, large 

print, audiotape, or compact disc) on 

request to the contact person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

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 


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available via the Federal Digital System 

at: www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site you 

can 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). To use PDF you must 

have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

available free at the site. 

You may also access documents of the 

Department published in the Federal 

Register by using the article search 

feature at: www.federalregister.gov. 

Specifically, through the advanced 

search feature at this site, you can limit 

your search to documents published by 

the Department. 

Dated: July 29, 2013. 

Michael K. Yudin, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Special 

Education and Rehabilitative Services. 

[FR Doc. 2013–18529 Filed 8–1–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

34 CFR Chapter III 

Proposed Waiver and Extension of the 

Project Period for the Technical 

Assistance Coordination Center 

AGENCY: Office of Special Education 

Programs (OSEP), Office of Special 

Education and Rehabilitative Services 

(OSERS), Department of Education. 

ACTION: Proposed waiver and extension 

of the project period. 

[Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 84.326Z.] 

SUMMARY: The Secretary proposes to 

waive the requirements in our 

regulations of the Education Department 

General Administrative Regulations 

that, respectively, generally prohibit 

project periods exceeding five years and 

project period extensions involving the 

obligation of additional Federal funds. 

The proposed waiver and extension of 

the project period would enable the 

currently funded Technical Assistance 

Coordination Center to receive funding 

from October 1, 2013, through 

September 30, 2014. 

DATES: We must receive your comments 

on or before September 3, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Address all comments about 

this proposed waiver and extension of 

the project period to David Guardino, 

U.S. Department of Education, 400 

Maryland Avenue SW., Room 4106, 

Potomac Center Plaza (PCP), 

Washington, DC 20202–2600. 

If you prefer to send your comments 

by email, use the following address: 

david.guardino@ed.gov. You must 

include the phrase ‘‘Proposed waiver 

and extension of the project period’’ in 

the subject line of your message. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David Guardino. Telephone: (202) 245– 

6209, or by email: 

david.guardino@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf or a text telephone, 

call the Federal Relay Service, toll free, 

at 1–800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Invitation to Comment: We invite you 

to submit comments regarding this 

proposed waiver and extension. During 

and after the comment period, you may 

inspect all public comments about this 

proposed waiver and extension of the 

project period in Room 4106, PCP, 550 

12th Street SW., Washington, DC, 

between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:00 

p.m., Washington, DC time, Monday 

through Friday of each week, except 

Federal holidays. 

Assistance to Individuals with 

Disabilities in Reviewing the 

Rulemaking Record: On request, we will 

provide an appropriate accommodation 

or auxiliary aid to an individual with a 

disability who needs assistance to 

review the comments or other 

documents in the public rulemaking 

record for this notice. If you want to 

schedule an appointment for this type of 

aid, please contact the person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

Background 

On June 5, 2008, the Department 

published a notice in the Federal 

Register (73 FR 32016) inviting 

applications for new awards for fiscal 

year (FY) 2008 for a Technical 

Assistance Coordination Center 

(Center). The Center was funded under 

the Technical Assistance and 

Dissemination to Improve Services and 

Results for Children with Disabilities 

(TA&D) program, authorized under 

section 663 of the Individuals with 

Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Its 

purpose is to support ongoing 

communication, collaboration, and 

coordination among the centers in the 

OSEP-funded TA&D Network, and 

between these centers and other 

relevant federally funded TA&D centers, 

national professional organizations, and 

a broad spectrum of stakeholders. 

Approximately 30 OSEP-funded centers 

comprise the TA&D Network and 

provide technical assistance (TA) 

covering a variety of areas to State 

educational agencies (SEAs), local 

educational agencies (LEAs), Part C 

State lead agencies, early intervention 

service (EIS) programs and providers, 

families of children with disabilities, 

and others to improve services and 

outcomes for children served under Part 

B and Part C of IDEA. 

Based on the selection criteria 

published in the 2008 notice inviting 

applications, the Department made one 

award for a period of 60 months to the 

Academy for Educational Development, 

Inc. (now FHI 360) to establish the 

Center, which is currently known as the 

Technical Assistance Coordination 

Center. 

The Center has two broad goals: 

(1) Create a resource center where the 

various TA&D centers funded by OSEP 

and other Federal agencies that provide 

assistance and support to States, LEAs, 

EIS programs and providers, and 

stakeholders in the field can store and 

share information and resources 

developed by TA providers. 

(2) Support OSEP in developing a 

comprehensive network integrating a 

variety of relevant federally funded 

centers, professional organizations, and 

other stakeholders to collaborate, solve 

problems together, and exchange 

knowledge and expertise. 

The Center accomplishes this work 

by: (a) Creating ongoing opportunities to 

promote coordination, communication, 

and collaboration among OSEP-funded 

TA centers and other federally funded 

TA centers through various workgroups, 

meetings, listservs, and TA 

communities of practice; (b) 

maintaining a Web site that houses tools 

that TA&D Network projects have 

developed or can use in their TA 

delivery (e.g., product database, 

discretionary database, and TA&D 

Network Web site search); and (c) 

sharing knowledge of best practices in 

collaboration with the TA&D Network 

and other federally funded TA centers. 

The Center’s current project period is 

scheduled to end on September 30, 

2013. We do not believe that it would 

be in the public interest to run a 

competition for a new Center this year 

because the Department is planning to 

change the organization of its TA 

activities to better coordinate Federal 

TA activities to meet the needs of 

children with disabilities. We also have 

concluded that it would be contrary to 

the public interest to have a lapse in the 

provision of TA services currently 

provided by the Center pending the 

changes to the organization of the 

Department’s TA activities. For these 

reasons, the Secretary proposes to waive 

the requirements in 34 CFR 75.250, 

which prohibit project periods 

exceeding five years, and waive the 

requirements in 34 CFR 75.261(a) and 

(c)(2), which allow the extension of a 

project period only if the extension does 


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