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(a)(1) under ‘‘Quality of proposed 

project’’ (20 points) will be used as the 

tiebreaker. A final tiebreaker, should it 

become necessary, will use the average 

score assigned for the ‘‘Qualifications of 

the applicant’’ selection criterion. 

3. Risk Assessment and Specific 

Conditions: Consistent with 2 CFR 

200.206, before awarding grants under 

this competition, the Department 

conducts a review of the risks posed by 

applicants. Under 2 CFR 200.208, the 

Secretary may impose specific 

conditions and, under 2 CFR 3474.10, in 

appropriate circumstances, high-risk 

conditions on a grant if the applicant or 

grantee is not financially stable; has a 

history of unsatisfactory performance; 

has a financial or other management 

system that does not meet the standards 

in 2 CFR part 200, subpart D; has not 

fulfilled the conditions of a prior grant; 

or is otherwise not responsible. 

4. Integrity and Performance System: 

If you are selected under this 

competition to receive an award that 

over the course of the project period 

may exceed the simplified acquisition 

threshold (currently $250,000), under 2 

CFR 200.206(a)(2) we must make a 

judgment about your integrity, business 

ethics, and record of performance under 

Federal awards—that is, the risk posed 

by you as an applicant—before we make 

an award. In doing so, we must consider 

any information about you that is in the 

integrity and performance system 

(currently referred to as the Federal 

Awardee Performance and Integrity 

Information System (FAPIIS)), 

accessible through the System for 

Award Management. You may review 

and comment on any information about 

yourself that a Federal agency 

previously entered and that is currently 

in FAPIIS. 

Please note that, if the total value of 

your currently active grants, cooperative 

agreements, and procurement contracts 

from the Federal Government exceeds 

$10,000,000, the reporting requirements 

in 2 CFR part 200, Appendix XII, 

require you to report certain integrity 

information to FAPIIS semiannually. 

Please review the requirements in 2 CFR 

part 200, Appendix XII, if this grant 

plus all the other Federal funds you 

receive exceed $10,000,000. 

5. In General: In accordance with the 

Office of Management and Budget’s 

guidance located at 2 CFR part 200, all 

applicable Federal laws, and relevant 

Executive guidance, the Department 

will review and consider applications 

for funding pursuant to this notice 

inviting applications in accordance 

with— 

(a) Selecting recipients most likely to 

be successful in delivering results based 

on the program objectives through an 

objective process of evaluating Federal 

award applications (2 CFR 200.205); 

(b) Prohibiting the purchase of certain 

telecommunication and video 

surveillance services or equipment in 

alignment with section 889 of the 

National Defense Authorization Act of 

2019 (Pub. L. 115—232) (2 CFR 

200.216); 

(c) Providing a preference, to the 

extent permitted by law, to maximize 

use of goods, products, and materials 

produced in the United States (2 CFR 

200.322); and 

(d) Terminating agreements in whole 

or in part to the greatest extent 

authorized by law if an award no longer 

effectuates the program goals or agency 

priorities (2 CFR 200.340). 

VI. Award Administration Information 

1. Award Notices: If your application 

is successful, we notify the IHE’s U.S. 

Representative and U.S. Senators and 

send the IHE a Grant Award Notification 

(GAN). We may also notify the IHE 

informally. 

If a faculty application is not 

evaluated or not selected for funding, 

we notify the IHE. 

2. Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements: We identify 

administrative and national policy 

requirements in the application package 

and reference these and other 

requirements in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

We reference the regulations outlining 

the terms and conditions of an award in 

the Applicable Regulations section of 

this notice and include these and other 

specific conditions in the GAN. The 

GAN also incorporates your approved 

application as part of its binding 

commitments under the grant. 

3. Reporting: (a) If you apply for a 

grant under this competition, you must 

ensure that you have in place the 

necessary processes and systems to 

comply with the reporting requirements 

in 2 CFR part 170 should you receive 

funding under the competition. This 

does not apply if you have an exception 

under 2 CFR 170.110(b). 

(b) At the end of your project period, 

you must submit a final performance 

report, including financial information, 

as directed by the Secretary. The 

Secretary may also require more 

frequent performance reports under 34 

CFR 75.720(c). For specific 

requirements on reporting, please go to 

www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/ 

appforms/appforms.html. 

4. Performance Measure: For the 

purpose of Department reporting under 

34 CFR 75.110, the Department will use 

the following performance measure: 

FRA Measure: The percentage of 

Fulbright-Hays FRA fellows who 

increased their foreign language scores 

in speaking, reading, or writing by at 

least one proficiency level. 

VII. Other Information 

Accessible Format: On request to the 

program contact person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, 

individuals with disabilities can obtain 

this document and a copy of the 

application package in an accessible 

format. The Department will provide the 

requestor with an accessible format that 

may include Rich Text Format (RTF) or 

text format (txt), a thumb drive, an MP3 

file, braille, large print, audiotape, or 

compact disc, or other accessible format. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

The official version of this document is 

the document published in the Federal 

Register. You may access the official 

edition of the Federal Register and the 

Code of Federal Regulations at 

www.govinfo.gov. 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 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. 

Nasser H. Paydar, 

Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary 

Education. 

[FR Doc. 2024–03156 Filed 2–22–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Paducah 

AGENCY: Office of Environmental 

Management, Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Environmental 

Management Site-Specific Advisory 

Board (EM SSAB), Paducah. The 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

requires that public notice of this 

meeting be announced in the Federal 

Register. 

DATES: Thursday, March 21, 2024; 5:30 

p.m.–7 p.m. CDT. 


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ADDRESSES: West Kentucky Community 

and Technical College, Emerging 

Technology Center, Room 215, 5100 

Alben Barkley Drive, Paducah, 

Kentucky 42001. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert ‘‘Buz’’ Smith, Federal 

Coordinator, by Phone: (270) 441–6821 

or Email: Robert.Smith@pppo.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Board: The purpose of 

the Board is to provide advice and 

recommendations concerning the 

following EM site-specific issues: cleanup activities and environmental 

restoration; waste and nuclear materials 

management and disposition; excess 

facilities; future land use and long-term 

stewardship. The Board may also be 

asked to provide advice and 

recommendations on any EM program 

components. 

Tentative Agenda: 

• Review of Agenda 

• Administrative Activities 

• Public Comment Period 

Public Participation: The meeting is 

open to the public. The EM SSAB, 

Paducah, welcomes the attendance of 

the public at its advisory committee 

meetings and will make every effort to 

accommodate persons with physical 

disabilities or special needs. If you 

require special accommodations due to 

a disability, please contact Robert ‘‘Buz’’ 

Smith as soon as possible in advance of 

the meeting at the telephone number 

listed above. Written statements may be 

filed with the Board either before or 

after the meeting. Comments received 

by no later than 5 p.m. CDT on Monday, 

March 18, 2024 will be read aloud 

during the meeting. Comments will also 

be accepted after the meeting, by no 

later than 5 p.m. CDT on Friday, March 

29, 2024. Please submit comments to 

Robert ‘‘Buz’’ Smith at the 

aforementioned email address. Please 

put ‘‘Public Comment’’ in the subject 

line. Individuals who wish to make oral 

statements pertaining to agenda items 

should contact Robert ‘‘Buz’’ Smith at 

the telephone number listed above. 

Requests must be received as soon as 

possible prior to the meeting and 

reasonable provision will be made to 

include the presentation in the agenda. 

The Deputy Designated Federal Officer 

is empowered to conduct the meeting in 

a fashion that will facilitate the orderly 

conduct of business. Individuals 

wishing to make public comments will 

be provided a maximum of five minutes 

to present their comments. The EM 

SSAB, Paducah, will hear public 

comments pertaining to its scope (cleanup standards and environmental 

restoration; waste management and 

disposition; stabilization and 

disposition of non-stockpile nuclear 

materials; excess facilities; future land 

use and long-term stewardship; risk 

assessment and management; and cleanup science and technology activities). 

Comments outside of the scope may be 

submitted via written statement as 

directed above. 

Minutes: Minutes will be available by 

writing or calling Eric Roberts, Board 

Support Manager, Emerging Technology 

Center, Room 221, 4810 Alben Barkley 

Drive, Paducah, KY 42001; Phone: (270) 

554–3004. Minutes will also be 

available at the following website: 

https://www.energy.gov/pppo/pgdp-cab/ 

listings/meeting-materials. 

Signing Authority: This document of 

the Department of Energy was signed on 

February 16, 2024, by David Borak, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer, 

pursuant to delegated authority from the 

Secretary of Energy. That document 

with the original signature and date is 

maintained by DOE. For administrative 

purposes only, and in compliance with 

requirements of the Office of the Federal 

Register, the undersigned DOE Federal 

Register Liaison Officer has been 

authorized to sign and submit the 

document in electronic format for 

publication, as an official document of 

the Department of Energy. This 

administrative process in no way alters 

the legal effect of this document upon 

publication in the Federal Register. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on February 20, 

2024. 

Treena V. Garrett, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. 

Department of Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2024–03685 Filed 2–22–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Combined Notice of Filings 

Take notice that the Commission has 

received the following Natural Gas 

Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings: 

Filings Instituting Proceedings 

Docket Numbers: RP24–403–000. 

Applicants: National Fuel Gas Supply 

Corporation. 

Description: Compliance filing: Fuel 

Tracker Filing GT&C Sec 41 (2024) to be 

effective 4/1/2024. 

Filed Date: 2/16/24. 

Accession Number: 20240216–5026. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 2/28/24. 

Docket Numbers: RP24–404–000. 

Applicants: Empire Pipeline, Inc. 

Description: 4(d) Rate Filing: Empire 

Fuel Tracker Per GT&C 23.3 (2024) to be 

effective 4/1/2024. 

Filed Date: 2/16/24. 

Accession Number: 20240216–5046. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 2/28/24. 

Docket Numbers: RP24–405–000. 

Applicants: MountainWest Overthrust 

Pipeline, LLC. 

Description: 4(d) Rate Filing: 

Statement of Negotiated Rates V19, TSA 

No. 6345 Correction to be effective 3/18/ 

2024. 

Filed Date: 2/16/24. 

Accession Number: 20240216–5058. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 2/28/24. 

Any person desiring to intervene, to 

protest, or to answer a complaint in any 

of the above proceedings must file in 

accordance with Rules 211, 214, or 206 

of the Commission’s Regulations (18 

CFR 385.211, 385.214, or 385.206) on or 

before 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on the 

specified comment date. Protests may be 

considered, but intervention is 

necessary to become a party to the 

proceeding. 

The filings are accessible in the 

Commission’s eLibrary system (https://

elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/search/

fercgensearch.asp) by querying the 

docket number. 

eFiling is encouraged. More detailed 

information relating to filing 

requirements, interventions, protests, 

service, and qualifying facilities filings 

can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/ 

docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For 

other information, call (866) 208–3676 

(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. 

The Commission’s Office of Public 

Participation (OPP) supports meaningful 

public engagement and participation in 

Commission proceedings. OPP can help 

members of the public, including 

landowners, environmental justice 

communities, Tribal members and 

others, access publicly available 

information and navigate Commission 

processes. For public inquiries and 

assistance with making filings such as 

interventions, comments, or requests for 

rehearing, the public is encouraged to 

contact OPP at (202) 502–6595 or OPP@

ferc.gov. 

Dated: February 16, 2024. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–03701 Filed 2–22–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 


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