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ACTION: Notice of Intent. 

SUMMARY: The Albuquerque District, 

Corps of Engineers (Corps) is preparing 

a draft Supplemental Environmental 

Impact Statement (SEIS) on the findings 

of an ongoing flood risk management 

study along the Rio Grande from San 

Acacia downstream to San Marcial in 

Socorro County, New Mexico. The 

purpose of the study is to reevaluate the 

plan of flood protection authorized by 

the Flood Control Act of 1948 (Pub. L. 

80–858) in light of recent changes in 

levee design parameters and 

environmental resources in the study 

area. The tentatively proposed plan is to 

replace the existing embankment 

between the Low Flow Conveyance 

Channel and the Rio Grande with a 

structurally competent levee capable of 

containing high-volume, long-duration 

flows. This engineered levee would 

substantially reduce the risk of damage 

from floods emanating from the Rio 

Grande. The local cost-sharing sponsors 

of the proposed project are the Middle 

Rio Grande Conservancy District and 

the New Mexico Interstate Stream 

Commission. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions or comments regarding the 

draft SEIS can be answered by: William 

DeRagon, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 

4101 Jefferson Plaza NE., Albuquerque, 

New Mexico 87109; telephone: (505) 

342–3358; email: 

william.r.deragon@usace.army.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Previously, an environmental impact 

statement and two supplements have 

been published regarding this project. A 

final environmental impact statement 

addressing a recommendation to 

construct flood and sediment control 

dams on the Rio Puerco and Rio Salado 

was filed with the Council on 

Environmental Quality in 1977. An SEIS 

evaluating the effects of the alternative 

to rehabilitate the existing spoil-bank 

levee system was filed with the Council 

on Environmental Quality in 1992. In 

May 1997, a draft SEIS evaluating the 

revised design of the proposed levee to 

withstand long-duration floods and 

evaluating effects to recently listed 

endangered species was filed with the 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; 

however, a final SEIS was not prepared. 

Currently, a new draft SEIS is being 

developed to evaluate effects of revised 

levee design and additional alternatives. 

The draft SEIS will be integrated with 

a draft General Reevaluation Report, and 

the integrated document is hereafter 

referred to as the draft GRR/SEIS–II. 

Alternatives Considered: Alternatives 

developed and evaluated during the 

current effort and previous studies 

consist of levee reconstruction; flood 

and sediment control dams; local levees; 

intermittent levee replacement; 

watershed land treatment; floodproofing 

of buildings; levee-alignment setbacks; 

and no action. 

Public Involvement: Coordination is 

ongoing with both public and private 

entities having jurisdiction or an 

interest in land and resources in the 

middle Rio Grande valley of New 

Mexico. These entities include the 

general public, local governments, the 

U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, the U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service, the New 

Mexico Department of Game and Fish, 

and the New Mexico State Historic 

Preservation Officer. Coordination will 

continue throughout the development of 

the draft GRR/SEIS–II. 

Significant Issues To Be Analyzed: 

Issues to be analyzed in the 

development of the draft GRR/SEIS–II 

include the effect of alternatives on 

flood risk, floodplain development, 

water quality, ecological resources, 

endangered species, wildlife refuge 

objectives, social welfare, human safety, 

cultural resources, and aesthetic 

qualities. Development and 

implementation of mitigation measures 

will be undertaken for unavoidable 

effects. 

Public Review: It is estimated that the 

draft GRR/SEIS–II will be circulated for 

public review in April 2012. All 

interested parties including Federal, 

state, and public entities will be invited 

to submit comments on the draft GRR/ 

SEIS–II when it is circulated for review. 

A public meeting will be held during 

the public review period in Socorro, 

New Mexico. An announcement of the 

exact date and location of the public 

meeting will be published in the 

Federal Register, and in Socorro and 

Albuquerque newspapers. 

Jason D. Williams, 

Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, District Engineer. 

[FR Doc. 2012–5091 Filed 3–1–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Upward Bound Program; Reopening 

the Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 Competition 

for Certain Applicants To Submit 

Amended Applications; Catalog of 

Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) 

Number 84.047A 

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary 

Education, Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Education 

is reopening the Upward Bound (UB) 

program FY 2012 competition and 

accepting amended applications for new 

awards for the UB program FY 2012 

competition from a limited number of 

applicants that may have been affected 

by incorrect information provided by 

the Department regarding Competitive 

Preference Priority 1—Persistently 

Lowest-Achieving Schools. 

DATES: 

Applications Available: March 2, 

2012. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: March 16, 2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ken 

Waters, Upward Bound Program, U.S. 

Department of Education, 1990 K Street 

NW., Room 7000, Washington, DC 

20006–8510. Telephone: (202) 502– 

7586, or by email: Ken.Waters@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: On 

December 19, 2011, we published a 

notice in the Federal Register (76 FR 

78621) inviting applications for new 

awards for FY 2012 for the UB Program 

(NIA). On January 25, 2012, we 

published a second notice in the 

Federal Register (77 FR 3751) extending 

the deadline date for the transmittal of 

applications to February 1, 2012, and 

extending the deadline date for 

Intergovernmental Review to April 2, 

2012. 

Shortly before the revised application 

deadline date, it came to the 

Department’s attention that some 

informational materials made available 

on a Department Web site contained an 

error that may have led some applicants 

to incorrectly respond to one of the 

competitive preference priorities. 

Following a review of the nature and 

extent of the error and concerns about 

its potential effects on applicants’ 

scores, the Department is reopening the 

competition for two weeks to provide 

time for applicants that submitted 

timely applications under the February 

1, 2012, deadline and that may have 

been affected by this error to submit 

amended applications. 

This opportunity will be limited to a 

specific subset of applicants that meet 

certain demonstrated criteria. The 

Department will compare amended 

applications submitted in accordance 

with this notice with the original 

submissions to ensure the applicant 

satisfies the criteria for a resubmission. 

The Department will not accept any 

amended application that fails to meet 

the criteria set forth in this notice. 


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In the NIA, the Department 

announced three competitive preference 

priorities to which potential applicants 

could respond. This notice reopens the 

competition for applicants that 

addressed Competitive Preference 

Priority 1—Turning Around Persistently 

Lowest-Achieving Schools. The priority 

provided additional points for 

applicants proposing to serve 

persistently lowest-achieving schools. 

This priority was from the notice of 

final supplemental priorities and 

definitions for discretionary grant 

programs, published in the Federal 

Register on December 15, 2010 (75 FR 

78486), and corrected on May 12, 2011 

(76 FR 27637) and includes a regulatory 

definition for the term ‘‘persistently 

lowest-achieving schools.’’ 

A frequently asked questions 

document (FAQ) posted on the 

Department’s Web site provided a link 

to the Department’s Web page for the 

School Improvement Grants program 

where applicants could go to obtain a 

list of persistently lowest-achieving 

schools. This list, however, was 

outdated, and the FAQ incorrectly 

stated that schools listed as ‘‘Tier III’’ on 

the list would be considered 

persistently lowest-achieving schools. 

So that applicants that submitted an 

application on or before the February 1, 

2012, application deadline date and 

addressed Competitive Preference 

Priority 1 are not disadvantaged by the 

Department’s error, we are reopening 

the application period for this group of 

applicants. 

To assist these applicants in correctly 

responding to Competitive Preference 

Priority 1, we are publishing a revised 

and up-to-date list of those schools that 

the Department considers persistently 

lowest-achieving schools for purposes of 

this Competitive Preference Priority. 

This list does not include Tier III 

schools, which are not persistently 

lowest-achieving schools. Only schools 

identified on this list as Tier I or Tier 

II schools are considered by the 

Department to be persistently lowestachieving schools for the purposes of 

scoring responses to Competitive 

Preference Priority 1. This list can be 

found at http://www2.ed.gov/programs/ 

sif/index.html. 

Applicants that successfully 

submitted an application on or before 

the February 1, 2012, application 

deadline date and addressed 

Competitive Preference Priority 1 will 

have until March 16, 2012 to submit an 

amended application. However, because 

the Department is offering this 

opportunity solely to correct a specific 

error, we will only accept applications 

from applicants that meet the following 

criteria. An applicant must: 

• Have submitted a timely 

application on or before the application 

deadline date of February 1, 2012. 

• Have addressed Competitive 

Preference Priority 1—Turning Around 

Persistently Lowest-Achieving Schools 

in that application. 

• Submit an amended application 

that, as compared to its original 

application, proposes to serve a 

different set of target schools or a 

different distribution of students within 

the target schools identified in its 

original application. 

Because the Department is reopening 

the competition to a limited number of 

applicants who may have been 

disadvantaged by the Department’s error 

in responding to Competitive Preference 

Priority 1, applicants that submit an 

amended application should limit their 

amendments to making changes that are 

needed as a result of adjusting the 

schools they are proposing to serve or 

the distribution of the students they are 

proposing to serve within their target 

schools. Applicants should not make 

changes to their applications that are 

not related to adjusting their target 

schools or their distribution of students 

within target schools in response to the 

information provided in this notice on 

how to correctly respond to Competitive 

Preference Priority 1. 

In addition, we note that there is no 

requirement that an applicant that 

addressed Competitive Preference 

Priority 1 amend its application. If an 

applicant chooses not to amend its 

application, or does not meet the third 

criterion for submitting an amended 

application, the application it originally 

submitted will be reviewed and scored. 

We are not reopening the application 

period for any other applicants. Thus, 

applications that were not timely 

submitted may not be submitted as part 

of this reopening. In addition, 

applications that were timely submitted 

but did not address Competitive 

Preference Priority 1 are not affected by 

this error and may not be amended. 

All information in the December 19, 

2011, notice, as amended by the January 

25, 2012, notice, remains the same for 

any amendments to applications that are 

submitted in response to this reopening 

notice, except for the updates to the 

DATES section, the specific criteria 

provided in this notice, and the 

following instructions for submitting 

amended applications. 

1. Address to Request the Application 

Package: You can obtain an application 

package via the Internet by downloading 

the package from the program Web site 

at: http://www2.ed.gov/programs/ 

trioupbound/index.html. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD), call the 

Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 

1–800–877–8339. 

Individuals with disabilities can 

obtain a copy of the original application 

package in an accessible format (e.g., 

braille, large print, audiotape, or 

compact disc) by contacting the program 

contact person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

2. Content and Form of Application 

Submission: Requirements concerning 

the content of an amended application, 

together with the forms you must 

submit, are in the application package 

for this program. 

Page Limit: The application narrative 

is where you, the applicant, address the 

selection criteria that reviewers use to 

evaluate your amended application. You 

must limit the amended application 

narrative (Part III) to no more than 60 

pages. However, any amended 

application addressing the competitive 

preference priorities may include up to 

four additional pages for each priority 

addressed (a total of 12 pages if all three 

priorities are addressed) in a separate 

section of the amended application 

submission to discuss how the amended 

application meets the competitive 

preference priority or priorities. These 

additional pages cannot be used for or 

transferred to the project narrative. 

Partial pages will count as a full page 

toward the page limit. For purpose of 

determining compliance with the page 

limit, each page on which there are 

words will be counted as one full page. 

Applicants must use the following 

standards: 

• A ‘‘page’’ is 8.5′′ x 11′′, on one side 

only, with 1′′ margins at the top, bottom, 

and both sides. 

• Double space (no more than three 

lines per vertical inch) all text in the 

amended application narrative, except 

titles, headings, footnotes, quotations, 

references, and captions, as well as all 

text in charts, tables, figures, and 

graphs. 

• Use a font that is either 12 point or 

larger. 

• Use one of the following fonts: 

Times New Roman, Courier, Courier 

New, or Arial. An amended application 

submitted in any other font (including 

Times Roman and Arial Narrow) will 

not be accepted. 

The page limits do not apply to Part 

I, the Application for Federal Assistance 

(SF 424); Part II, the budget information 

summary form (ED Form 524); the 

assurances and certifications; the UB 

Program Profile; or the one-page Project 

Abstract narrative. If you include any 


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attachments or appendices, these items 

will be counted as part of Part III, the 

amended application narrative, for 

purposes of the page-limit requirement. 

You must include your complete 

response to the selection criteria, which 

also includes the budget narrative, in 

Part III, the amended application 

narrative. 

We will reject your amended 

application if you exceed the page limit. 

3. Submission Dates and Times: 

Applications Available: March 2, 

2012. 

Deadline for Transmittal of Amended 

Applications: March 16, 2012. 

Amended applications for grants 

under this program must be submitted 

electronically using the Grants.gov 

Apply site (Grants.gov). For information 

(including dates and times) about how 

to submit your amended application 

electronically, or in paper format by 

mail or hand delivery if you qualify for 

an exception to the electronic 

submission requirement, please refer to 

the Other Submission Requirements 

section of this notice. 

We do not consider an amended 

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 the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section of this notice. If the 

Department provides an accommodation 

or auxiliary aid to an individual with a 

disability in connection with the 

application process, the individual’s 

application remains subject to all other 

requirements and limitations in this 

notice. 

4. Data Universal Numbering System 

Number, Taxpayer Identification 

Number, and Central Contractor 

Registry: To do business with the 

Department of Education, you must— 

a. Have a Data Universal Numbering 

System (DUNS) number and a Taxpayer 

Identification Number (TIN); 

b. Register both your DUNS number 

and TIN with the Central Contractor 

Registry (CCR), the Government’s 

primary registrant database; 

c. Provide your DUNS number and 

TIN on your application; and 

d. Maintain an active CCR registration 

with current information while your 

amended application is under review by 

the Department and, if you are awarded 

a grant, during the project period. 

5. Other Submission Requirements: 

Amended applications for grants under 

this program must be submitted 

electronically unless you qualify for an 

exception to this requirement in 

accordance with the instructions in this 

section. 

a. Electronic Submission of Amended 

Applications. 

Amended applications for grants 

under the Upward Bound Grant 

Competition, CFDA number 84.047A, 

must be submitted electronically using 

the Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply 

site at www.Grants.gov. Through this 

site, you will be able to download a 

copy of the original application package, 

complete it offline, and then upload and 

submit your amended application. You 

may not email an electronic copy of a 

grant application to us. 

We will reject your amended 

application if you submit it in paper 

format unless, as described elsewhere in 

this section, you qualify for one of the 

exceptions to the electronic submission 

requirement and submit, no later than 

one week before the amended 

application deadline date, a written 

statement to the Department that you 

qualify for one of these exceptions. 

Further information regarding 

calculation of the date that is one week 

before the amended application 

deadline date is provided later in this 

section under Exception to Electronic 

Submission Requirement. 

You may access the original electronic 

grant application for the Upward Bound 

Grant competition at 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 84.047, not 

84.047A). 

Please note the following: 

• 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. Your 

amended application must be fully 

uploaded and submitted and must be 

date and time stamped by the 

Grants.gov system no later than 4:30:00 

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

amended application deadline date. 

Except as otherwise noted in this 

section, we will not accept your 

amended application if it is received— 

that is, date and time stamped by the 

Grants.gov system—after 4:30:00 p.m., 

Washington, DC time, on the amended 

application deadline date. We do not 

consider an amended application that 

does not comply with the deadline 

requirements. When we retrieve your 

amended application from Grants.gov, 

we will notify you if we are rejecting 

your amended application because it 

was date and time stamped by the 

Grants.gov system after 4:30:00 p.m., 

Washington, DC time, on the amended 

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 amended 

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 amended 

application in a timely manner to the 

Grants.gov system. You can also find the 

Education Submission Procedures 

pertaining to Grants.gov under News 

and Events on the Department’s G5 

system home page at http://www.G5.gov. 

• You will not receive additional 

point value because you submit your 

amended application in electronic 

format, nor will we penalize you if you 

qualify for an exception to the electronic 

submission requirement, as described 

elsewhere in this section, and submit 

your amended application in paper 

format. 

• You must submit all documents 

electronically, including all information 

you typically provide on the following 

forms: The Application for Federal 

Assistance (SF 424), the Department of 

Education Supplemental Information for 

SF 424, Budget Information—NonConstruction Programs (ED 524), and all 

necessary assurances and certifications. 

• You must upload any narrative 

sections and all other attachments to 

your amended application as files in a 

.PDF (Portable Document) read-only, 

non-modifiable format. Do not upload 

an interactive or fillable .PDF file. If you 

upload a file type other than a readonly, non-modifiable .PDF or submit a 

password-protected file, we will not 

review that material. 

• Your electronic amended 

application must comply with any pagelimit requirements described in this 

notice. 

• After you electronically submit 

your amended 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 amended application from 

Grants.gov and send a second 

notification to you by email. This 

second notification indicates that the 

Department has received your amended 


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application and has assigned your 

amended application a PR/Award 

number (an ED-specified identifying 

number unique to your amended 

application). 

• We may request that you provide us 

original signatures on forms at a later 

date. 

Amended Application Deadline Date 

Extension in Case of Technical Issues 

with the Grants.gov System: If you are 

experiencing problems submitting your 

amended application through 

Grants.gov, please contact the 

Grants.gov Support Desk, toll free, 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 amended 

application on the amended application 

deadline date because of technical 

problems with the Grants.gov system, 

we will grant you an extension until 

4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, the 

following business day to enable you to 

transmit your amended application 

electronically or by hand delivery. You 

also may mail your amended 

application by following the mailing 

instructions described elsewhere in this 

notice. 

If you submit an amended application 

after 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, 

on the amended application deadline 

date, please contact the person listed in 

the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section of this notice and provide an 

explanation of the technical problem 

you experienced with Grants.gov, along 

with the Grants.gov Support Desk Case 

Number. We will accept your amended 

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 

amended application by 4:30:00 p.m., 

Washington, DC time, on the amended 

application deadline date. The 

Department will contact you after a 

determination is made on whether your 

amended 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. 

Exception to Electronic Submission 

Requirement: You qualify for an 

exception to the electronic submission 

requirement, and may submit your 

amended application in paper format, if 

you are unable to submit an amended 

application through the Grants.gov 

system because— 

• You do not have access to the 

Internet; or 

• You do not have the capacity to 

upload large documents to the 

Grants.gov system; 

and 

• No later than one week before the 

amended application deadline date 

(seven calendar days or, if the seventh 

calendar day before the amended 

application deadline date falls on a 

Federal holiday, the next business day 

following the Federal holiday), you mail 

or fax a written statement to the 

Department, explaining which of the 

two grounds for an exception prevent 

you from using the Internet to submit 

your amended application. 

If you mail your written statement to 

the Department, it must be postmarked 

no later than one week before the 

revised application deadline date. If you 

fax your written statement to the 

Department, we must receive the faxed 

statement no later than two weeks 

before the amended application 

deadline date. 

Address and mail or fax your 

statement to: Ken Waters, U.S. 

Department of Education, 1990 K St. 

NW., Room 7000, Washington, DC 

20006–8510. FAX: (202) 502–7857. 

Your paper revised application must 

be submitted in accordance with the 

mail or hand delivery instructions 

described in this notice. 

b. Submission of Paper Amended 

Applications by Mail. 

If you qualify for an exception to the 

electronic submission requirement, you 

may mail (through the U.S. Postal 

Service or a commercial carrier) your 

amended application to the Department. 

You must mail the original and two 

copies of your amended application, on 

or before the amended application 

deadline date, to the Department at the 

following address: U.S. Department of 

Education, Application Control Center, 

Attention: (CFDA Number 84.047A), LBJ 

Basement Level 1, 400 Maryland 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20202– 

4260. 

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 amended 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 amended application is 

postmarked after the amended 

application deadline date, we will not 

consider your amended 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. 

c. Submission of Paper Amended 

Applications by Hand Delivery. 

If you qualify for an exception to the 

electronic submission requirement, you 

(or a courier service) may deliver your 

paper amended application to the 

Department by hand. You must deliver 

the original and two copies of your 

amended application by hand, on or 

before the amended application 

deadline date, to the Department at the 

following address: U.S. Department of 

Education, Application Control Center, 

Attention: (CFDA Number 84.047A), 

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 4:30:00 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 amended 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 amended 

application; and 

(2) The Application Control Center 

will mail to you a notification of receipt 

of your grant amended application. If 

you do not receive this notification 

within 15 business days from the 

amended application deadline date, you 

should call the U.S. Department of 

Education Application Control Center at 

(202) 245–6288. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1070a– 

11 and 20 U.S.C. 1070a–13. 

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document 

and a copy of the application package in 

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

print, audiotape, or compact disc) on 

request to the program 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 


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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 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: February 28, 2012. 

Eduardo M. Ochoa, 

Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary 

Education. 

[FR Doc. 2012–5165 Filed 3–1–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Advanced Scientific Computing 

Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Department of Energy, Office of 

Science. 

ACTION: Notice of Open Meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Advanced Scientific 

Computing Advisory Committee 

(ASCAC). 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: Tuesday, March 27, 2012; 

9 a.m.–5 p.m. and Wednesday, March 

28, 2012; 9 a.m.–12 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: American Geophysical 

Union (AGU), 2000 Florida Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC 20009–1277. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Melea Baker, Office of Advanced 

Scientific Computing Research, SC–21/ 

Germantown Building, U.S. Department 

of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue 

SW., Washington, DC 20585–1290, 

Telephone (301) 903–7486. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Purpose of 

the Meeting: The purpose of this 

meeting is to provide advice and 

guidance to the Department of Energy 

on scientific priorities within the field 

of advanced scientific computing 

research. 

Tentative Agenda Topics 

• View from Washington 

• View from Germantown 

• Update on Exascale 

• ARRA projects—Magellan final 

report, Advanced Networking update 

• Status from Computer Science COV 

• Early Career technical talks 

• Summary of Applied Math and 

Computer Science Workshops 

• ASCR’s new SBIR awards 

• Data-intensive Science 

• Public Comment (10-minute rule) 

Public Participation: The meeting is 

open to the public. A webcast of this 

meeting may be available. Please check 

the Committee’s Web site below for 

updates and information on how to 

view the meeting. 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 

the items on the agenda, you should 

contact Melea Baker at (301) 903–7486 

or by email: 

Melea.Baker@science.doe.gov. You must 

make your request for an oral statement 

at least 5 business days prior to 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 this meeting 

will be available for viewing on the U.S. 

Department of Energy’s Office of 

Advanced Scientific Computing Web 

site at: www.sc.doe.gov/ascr/ascac/. 

Issued at Washington, DC, on February 27, 

2012. 

LaTanya R. Butler, 

Acting Deputy Committee Management 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2012–5147 Filed 3–1–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Energy Information Administration 

Solicitation of Comments on a 

Proposed Change to the Disclosure 

Limitation Policy for Information 

Reported on Form EIA–819 ‘‘Monthly 

Oxygenate Report’’ 

AGENCY: Energy Information 

Administration (EIA), Department of 

Energy (DOE). 

ACTION: Notice of solicitation of 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The EIA is requesting 

comments on a proposal to change the 

data protection policy for information 

reported on fuel ethanol production 

capacity, (both nameplate and 

maximum sustainable capacity) and 

make this information publicly 

available. The data protection policy for 

all other information reported on Form 

EIA–819 ‘‘Monthly Oxygenate Report’’ 

will remain the same. 

DATES: Comments must be filed by April 

2, 2012. If you anticipate difficulty in 

submitting comments within that 

period, contact the person listed below 

as soon as possible. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to John 

Duff. To ensure receipt of the comments 

by the due date, submission by Fax 

(202–586–4913) or email (john.duff@eia. 

gov) is recommended. The mailing 

address is John Duff, EI–25, Forrestal 

Building, U.S. Department of Energy, 

1000 Independence Ave. SW., 

Washington, DC 20585. Alternatively, 

John Duff may be contacted by 

telephone at 202–586–9612. The EIA– 

819 Forms and Instructions are available 

at: http://www.eia.gov/survey/#eia-819. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information 

should be directed to John Duff at the 

address listed above. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

II. Current Actions 

III. Request for Comments 

I. Background 

The Form EIA–819, ‘‘Monthly 

Oxygenate Report’’ collects data on 

oxygenate inputs, production, and endof-month stocks. The form is required to 

be completed by the operators of all 

facilities that produce (manufacture or 

distill) oxygenates (including MTBE 

plants, petrochemical plants, and 

refineries) as part of their operations 

located in the 50 States and the District 

of Columbia. EIA stated in its survey 

instructions that it would protect the 

information to the extent that it satisfied 

the criteria for exemption under the 

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 

5 U.S.C. 552, the Department of Energy 

(DOE) regulations, 10 CFR 1004.11 

implementing the FOIA, and the Trade 

Secrets Act, 18 U.S.C. 1905. EIA now 

proposes to amend the instructions to 

state that EIA intends to treat all 

information reported on fuel ethanol 

production capacity, (both nameplate 

and maximum sustainable capacity) on 

Form EIA–819 as public information. 

II. Current Actions 

Beginning with the collection of July 

2012 data, EIA proposes to treat all 

information reported on fuel ethanol 

production capacity, (both nameplate 

and maximum sustainable capacity) on 

Form EIA–819 as public information 

and release it on EIA’s Web site. EIA 

will signify this change by amending the 


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