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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Tribally Controlled Postsecondary 

Career and Technical Institutions 

Program; Proposed Waivers and 

Extension of the Project Period; CFDA 

Number 84.245A 

AGENCY: Office of Vocational and Adult 

Education, Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: For 60-month projects funded 

in fiscal year (FY) 2007 under the 

Tribally Controlled Postsecondary 

Career and Technical Institutions 

Program (TCPCTIP), the Secretary 

proposes to waive the regulations that 

generally limit project periods to 60 

months and that restrict project period 

extensions involving the obligation of 

additional Federal funds. The Secretary 

also proposes to extend the project 

period for current TCPCTIP grantees 

through FY 2013, or longer, if Congress 

continues to appropriate funds under 

the existing program authority. The 

proposed waivers and extension would 

enable the two current TCPCTIP 

grantees to request and continue to 

receive Federal funding beyond the 60- 

month limitation contained in the 

Department’s regulations, so long as the 

grantees are meeting the TCPCTIP 

requirements. Further, the waivers and 

extension, as proposed, would mean 

that we would not announce a new 

competition in FY 2012 or make new 

awards in that year, or in future years, 

if Congress continues to appropriate 

funds under the existing program 

authority. 

DATES: We must receive your comments 

on or before March 19, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit all comments on 

this notice to Gwen Washington, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Avenue SW., room 11076, Potomac 

Center Plaza, Washington, DC 20202– 

7241. 

If you prefer to send your comments 

by email, use the following address: 

gwen.washington@ed.gov. You must 

include the term ‘‘Proposed Waivers 

and Extension for TCPCTIP’’ in the 

subject line of your message. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gwen Washington. Telephone: (202) 

245–7792, or by email: 

gwen.washington@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD), call the 

Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 

1–800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Invitation to Comment: We invite you 

to submit comments regarding this 

notice. We are particularly interested in 

receiving comments on the potential 

impact that these proposed waivers and 

extension may have on TCPCTIP and on 

potential applicants that may be eligible 

to apply for grant awards under any new 

TCPCTIP notice inviting applications, 

should there be one. 

Eligible applicants for TCPCTIP are 

tribally controlled postsecondary career 

and technical institutions that do not 

receive Federal support under the 

Tribally Controlled College or 

University Assistance Act of 1978 (25 

U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) or the Navajo 

Community College Act (25 U.S.C. 640a 

et seq.). 

During and after the comment period, 

you may inspect all public comments 

about these proposed waivers and 

extension for TCPCTIP in room 11076, 

Potomac Center Plaza, 550 12th Street, 

SW., Washington, DC, between the 

hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4 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 of proposed 

waivers and extension. If you want to 

schedule an appointment for this type of 

aid, please contact the person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

Background 

Current TCPCTIP grantees, selected 

based on the May 15, 2007, TCPCTIP 

notice inviting applications published 

in the Federal Register (72 FR 27297) 

(May 15, 2007, notice), operate career 

and technical education programs as 

authorized by section 117 of the Carl D. 

Perkins Career and Technical Education 

Act of 2006 (Perkins Act or Act) (20 

U.S.C. 2327). 

The project period for the two 

TCPCTIP grantees is scheduled to end 

in FY 2012. For these projects, the 

Secretary proposes to waive the 

requirements of 34 CFR 75.250 and 34 

CFR 75.261(c)(2), which limit project 

periods to 60 months and restrict project 

period extensions that involve the 

obligation of additional Federal funds. 

The Secretary also proposes to extend 

the project period for the two current 

TCPCTIP grantees through FY 2013, or 

longer, if Congress continues to 

appropriate funds under the existing 

program authority. The proposed 

waivers and extension would enable the 

two current TCPCTIP grantees to request 

and continue to receive Federal funds 

beyond the 60-month limitation set by 

34 CFR 75.250. 

The Secretary makes these proposals 

because section 117(i) of the Perkins Act 

authorizes appropriations for activities 

under section 117 of the Act, through 

FY 2012 (20 U.S.C. 2327(i)). With the 

potential for changes in the authorizing 

legislation for the TCPCTIP beyond 

2012, we do not believe it would be 

advisable to hold a new TCPCTIP 

competition in FY 2012 for projects that 

may then operate for just one year. We 

are generally reluctant to announce a 

competition under which eligible 

entities would be expected to proceed 

through the application process while 

lacking critical information about the 

future of the program, and we do not 

think that it would be in the public 

interest to do so in this case. 

Rather than holding a new 

competition in FY 2012, we believe that 

it is in the public interest and preferable 

for TCPCTIP for us to review requests 

for continuation awards from the two 

grantees based on the May 15, 2007, 

notice and extend the currently funded 

projects through FY 2013, or longer, if 

Congress continues to appropriate funds 

for TCPCTIP under the existing program 

authority. In lieu of announcing new 

competitions for TCPCTIP in FY 2012, 

the Secretary proposes to waive the 

requirement in 34 CFR 75.250, which 

limits project periods to 60 months, and 

in 34 CFR 75.261(c)(2), which restricts 

project period extensions involving the 

obligation of additional Federal funds. 

With these proposed waivers and 

extension, current TCPCTIP grantees 

selected based on the May 15, 2007, 

notice inviting applications could be 

continued at least through the FY 2013 

budget and project periods, or longer, if 

Congress continues to appropriate funds 

for TCPCTIP under the existing program 

authority. 

If these proposed waivers and 

extension are announced by us in a final 

notice, the requirements applicable to 

continuation awards for current 

TCPCTIP grantees selected based on the 

May 15, 2007, notice inviting 

applications and the requirements in 34 

CFR 75.253 would apply to any 

continuation awards sought by current 

TCPCTIP grantees. If we announce these 

proposed waivers and extension as 

final, we will base our decisions 

regarding annual continuation awards 

on the program narratives, budgets, 

budget narratives, and program 

performance reports, submitted by 

current grantees, and the requirements 

in 34 CFR 75.253. Any activities to be 

carried out during the year or years of 

continuation awards would have to be 


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consistent with, or be a logical 

extension of, the scope, goals, and 

objectives of each grantee’s application, 

as approved following the 2007 

TCPCTIP competition. If we publish the 

proposed waivers and extension as 

final, we would award continuation 

grants based on information provided to 

us by each grantee, indicating that it is 

making substantial progress performing 

its TCPCTIP grant activities. 

The proposed extension of the project 

period and waivers of 34 CFR 75.250 

and 75.261(c)(2) would not exempt the 

current TCPCTIP grantees from the 

appropriation account-closing 

provisions of 31 U.S.C. 1552(a), nor 

would they extend the availability of 

funds previously awarded to current 

TCPCTIP grantees. 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 U.S. 

Treasury Department and is unavailable 

for restoration for any purpose (31 

U.S.C. 1552(b)). 

Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification 

The Secretary certifies that the 

proposed waivers and extension would 

not have a significant economic impact 

on a substantial number of small 

entities. 

The small entities that would be 

affected by these proposed waivers and 

extension are the two grantees selected 

based on the May 15, 2007, notice 

currently receiving Federal funds. 

The Secretary certifies that the 

proposed waivers and extension would 

not have a significant economic impact 

on these entities because the proposed 

waivers and extension impose minimal 

compliance costs to extend projects 

already in existence, and the activities 

required to support the additional year 

or years of funding would not impose 

additional regulatory burdens or require 

unnecessary Federal supervision. 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

This notice of proposed waivers and 

extension does not contain any 

information collection requirements. 

Intergovernmental Review 

The TCPCTIP is not subject to 

Executive Order 12372 and the 

regulations in 34 CFR part 79. 

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 

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 this 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. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 2327. 

Dated: February 13, 2012. 

Brenda Dann-Messier, 

Assistant Secretary for Vocational and Adult 

Education. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

DOE/NSF Nuclear Science Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: Department of Energy, Office of 

Science. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the DOE/NSF Nuclear 

Science Advisory Committee (NSAC). 

The Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463, 86 Stat. 770) requires 

that public notice of these meetings be 

announced in the Federal Register. 

DATES: Friday, March 9, 2012, 9 a.m.–5 

p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Marriott Bethesda North 

Hotel & Conference Center, 5701 

Marinelli Road, North Bethesda, 

Maryland 20852, (301) 822–9200. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brenda L. May, U.S. Department of 

Energy; SC–26/Germantown Building, 

1000 Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–1290; 

Telephone: (301) 903–0536 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of Meeting: To provide 

advice and guidance to the Department 

of Energy and the National Science 

Foundation on scientific priorities 

within the field of basic nuclear science 

research. 

Tentative Agenda: Agenda will 

include discussions of the following: 

Friday, March 9, 2012 

• Perspectives from Department of 

Energy and National Science 

Foundation 

• Update from the Department of 

Energy and National Science 

Foundation’s Nuclear Physics Office’s 

• Presentation of Plans for a Charge for 

Nuclear Science Community Planning 

• Report on the Fundamental Physics at 

the Intensity Frontier Workshop 

• Status on the Creation of a Strategic 

Plan on Accelerator Science 

• Report on National Ignition Facility 

Workshop 

• Public Comment (10-minute rule) 

Public Participation: The meeting is 

open to the public. If you would like to 

file a written statement with the 

Committee, you may do so either before 

or after the meeting. If you would like 

to make oral statements regarding any of 

these items on the agenda, you should 

contact Brenda L. May, (301) 903–0536 

or by email at: 

Brenda.May@science.doe.gov. You must 

make your request for an oral statement 

at least 5 business days before the 

meeting. Reasonable provision will be 

made to include the scheduled oral 

statements on the agenda. The 

Chairperson of the Committee will 

conduct the meeting to facilitate the 

orderly conduct of business. Public 

comment will follow the 10-minute 

rule. 

Minutes: The minutes of the meeting 

will be available on the Nuclear Science 

Advisory Committee Web site at: 

http://www.science.energy.gov/np/nsac. 

Issued at Washington, DC, on February 10, 

2012. 

LaTanya Butler, 

Acting Deputy Committee Management 

Officer. 

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Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Oak Ridge 

Reservation 

AGENCY: Department of Energy, DoE. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Environmental 

Management Site-Specific Advisory 

Board (EM SSAB), Oak Ridge 

Reservation. The Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463, 86 Stat. 


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