66202 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 214 / Friday, November 3, 2000 / Proposed Rules

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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Number 84.133 for Disability and

Rehabilitation Research: General Provisions)

List of Subjects

34 CFR Part 75

Accounting, Administrative practice

and procedure, Grant programs—

education, Reporting and recordkeeping

requirements.

34 CFR Part 350

Administrative practice and

procedure, Eligibility, Grant

administration.

Dated: October 26, 2000.

Richard W. Riley,

Secretary of Education.

For the reasons discussed in the

preamble, the Secretary proposes to

amend parts 75 and 350 of title 34 of the

Code of Federal Regulations as follows:

PART 75—DIRECT GRANT

PROGRAMS

1. The authority citation for part 75

continues to read as follows:

Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1221e–3 and 3474,

unless otherwise noted.

2. Section 75.210 is amended as

follows:

a. By revising the undesignated

introductory text;

b. Redesignating paragraph (c)(2) as

(c)(3);

c. Adding a new paragraph (c)(2);

d. Revising newly redesignated

paragraph (c)(3) introductory text; and

e. Revising paragraphs (d)(2) and

(e)(2).

The revisions and addition read as

follows:

§ 75.210 General selection criteria.

In determining the selection criteria to

be used in each grant competition, the

Secretary may select one or more of the

following criteria and may select from

among the list of optional factors under

each criterion. However, paragraphs

(c)(2), (d)(2), and (e)(2) of this section

are mandatory factors under their

respective criteria:

* * * * *

(c) * * *

(2) In determining the quality of the

design of the proposed project, the

Secretary considers the extent to which

the application proposes effective steps

to eliminate barriers that may impede

equitable access or participation by

groups that have been traditionally

underrepresented based on race, color,

national origin, gender, age, or

disability.

(3) In addition to paragraph (c)(2) of

this section, the Secretary also considers

one or more of the following factors:

* * * * *

(d) * * *

(2) In determining the quality of the

services to be provided by the proposed

project, the Secretary considers the

quality and effectiveness of the

applicant’s strategies for ensuring equal

access and treatment for eligible project

participants who are members of groups

that have been traditionally

underrepresented based on race, color,

national origin, gender, age, or

disability, including its steps to

overcome barriers to equitable

participation by those eligible

participants.

* * * * *

(e) * * *

(2)(i) In determining the quality of

project personnel—

(A) The Secretary considers the extent

to which the applicant encourages

applications for employment from

persons who are members of groups that

have been traditionally

underrepresented based on race, color,

national origin, gender, or age; and

(B) The Secretary considers the extent

to which an application includes

effective strategies for employing and

advancing in employment qualified

individuals with disabilities in the

proposed project, including the

accessibility of the project’s worksite

and equipment to these individuals.

(ii) In determining the effectiveness of

the strategies under paragraph

(e)(2)(i)(B) of this section, the Secretary,

as appropriate, considers the applicant’s

success, as described in the application,

in employing and advancing in

employment qualified individuals with

disabilities.

* * * * *

PART 350—DISABILITY AND

REHABILITATION RESEARCH

PROJECTS AND CENTERS PROGRAM

3. The authority citation for part 350

continues to read as follows:

Authority: Sec. 204; 29 U.S.C. 761–762,

unless otherwise noted.

4. Section 350.54 is amended by

revising paragraph (n)(2) to read as

follows:

§ 350.54 What selection criteria does the

Secretary use in evaluating an application?

* * * * *

(n) * * *

(2)(i) In determining the quality of

project staff—

(A) The Secretary considers the extent

to which an applicant encourages

applications for employment from

persons who are members of groups that

have been traditionally

underrepresented based on race, color,

national origin, gender, or age; and

(B) The Secretary considers the extent

to which an application includes

effective strategies for employing and

advancing in employment qualified

individuals with disabilities in the

proposed project, including the

accessibility of the project’s worksite

and equipment to these individuals.

(ii) In determining the effectiveness of

the strategies under paragraph

(n)(2)(i)(B) of this section, the Secretary,

as appropriate, considers the applicant’s

success, as described in the application,

in employing and advancing in

employment qualified individuals with

disabilities.

* * * * *

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[CA 241–0244b; FRL–6893–2]

Approval and Promulgation of State

Implementation Plans; California State

Implementation Plan Revision,

Antelope Valley Air Pollution Control

District

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to approve

revisions to the California State

Implementation Plan (SIP) for the

Antelope Valley Air Pollution Control

District (AVAPCD). The revisions

concern the recission and associated

negative declarations for one volatile

organic compound source category and

one oxides of nitrogen source category

for the Antelope Valley Air Pollution

Control District (AVAPCD).

The intended effect of this action is to

bring the AVAPCD SIP up to date in

accordance with the requirements of the

Clean Air Act, as amended in 1990

(CAA or the Act). EPA is finalizing the

approval of these recissions and

associated negative declarations from

the California SIP under provisions of

the CAA regarding EPA action on SIP

submittals, SIPs for national primary

and secondary ambient air quality

standards and plan requirements for

nonattainment areas. EPA is approving

these revisions in accordance with the

requirements of the CAA.

Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 214 / Friday, November 3, 2000 / Proposed Rules 66203

DATES: Comments must arrive by

December 4, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Mail comments to: Andrew

Steckel, Chief, Rulemaking Office (AIR–

4), Air Division, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Region IX, 75

Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA

94105–3901.

You can inspect copies of the

submitted SIP revisions and EPA’s

technical support documents (TSDs) at

our Region IX office during normal

business hours. You may also see copies

of the submitted SIP revisions at the

following locations:

California Air Resources Board,

Stationary Source Division, Rule

Evaluation Section, 2020 ‘‘L’’ Street,

Sacramento, CA 95812.

Antelope Valley Air Pollution Control

District, 43301 Division Street, Suite

206, Lancaster, CA 93539–4409.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie

A. Rose, Rulemaking Office, AIR–4, Air

Division, U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency, Region 9, 75 Hawthorne Street,

San Francisco, CA 94105–3901,

telephone: (415) 744–1184.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The rules

being approved for recission and the

negative declarations being approved for

the Antelope Valley Air Pollution

Control District (AVAPCD) portion of

the California SIP are listed in the

following Table:

SUBMITTED RECISSIONS AND NEGATIVE DECLARATIONS

Rule No. and title Adoption

date

Submittal

date Type of revision

1103, Pharmaceuticals and Cosmetic Manufacturing Operations ................. 01–18–00 03–28–00 Recission and Negative Declaration.

1159, Nitric Acid Units—Oxides of Nitrogen ................................................... 01–18–00 03–28–00 Recission and Negative Declaration.

In the Final Rules section of this

Federal Register, the EPA is approving

the state’s SIP submittal as a direct final

rule without prior proposal because the

Agency views this as a noncontroversial

revision and anticipates no adverse

comments.

A detailed rationale for this approval

is set forth in the direct final rule. If no

adverse comments are received, no

further activity is contemplated. If EPA

receives adverse comments, the direct

final rule will be withdrawn and all

public comments received will be

addressed in a subsequent final rule

based on this proposed rule. The EPA

will not institute a second comment

period. Any parties interested in

commenting should do so at this time.

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.

Dated: October 4, 2000.

Felicia Marcus,

Regional Administrator, Region IX.

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FEDERAL EMERGENCY

MANAGEMENT AGENCY

44 CFR Part 67

[Docket No. FEMA–B–7401]

Proposed Flood Elevation

Determinations

AGENCY: Federal Emergency

Management Agency (FEMA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: Technical information or

comments are requested on the

proposed base (1-percent-annualchance) flood elevations and proposed

base flood elevation modifications for

the communities listed below. The base

flood elevations and modified base

flood elevations are the basis for the

floodplain management measures that

the community is required either to

adopt or to show evidence of being

already in effect in order to qualify or

remain qualified for participation in the

National Flood Insurance Program

(NFIP).

DATES: The comment period is ninety

(90) days following the second

publication of this proposed rule in a

newspaper of local circulation in each

community.

ADDRESSES: The proposed base flood

elevations for each community are

available for inspection at the office of

the Chief Executive Officer of each

community. The respective addresses

are listed in the table below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Matthew B. Miller, P.E., Chief, Hazards

Study Branch, Mitigation Directorate,

500 C Street SW., Washington, DC

20472, (202) 646–3461, or (e-mail)

matt.miller@fema.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Federal Emergency Management Agency

proposes to make determinations of base

flood elevations and modified base

flood elevations for each community

listed below, in accordance with Section

110 of the Flood Disaster Protection Act

of 1973, 42 U.S.C. 4104, and 44 CFR

67.4(a).

These proposed base flood and

modified base flood elevations, together

with the floodplain management criteria

required by 44 CFR 60.3, are the

minimum that are required. They

should not be construed to mean that

the community must change any

existing ordinances that are more

stringent in their floodplain

management requirements. The

community may at any time enact

stricter requirements of its own, or

pursuant to policies established by other

Federal, State, or regional entities.

These proposed elevations are used to

meet the floodplain management

requirements of the NFIP and are also

used to calculate the appropriate flood

insurance premium rates for new

buildings built after these elevations are

made final, and for the contents in these

buildings.

National Environmental Policy Act.

This proposed rule is categorically

excluded from the requirements of 44

CFR Part 10, Environmental

Consideration. No environmental

impact assessment has been prepared.

Regulatory Flexibility Act. The

Associate Director for Mitigation

certifies that this proposed rule is

exempt from the requirements of the

Regulatory Flexibility Act because

proposed or modified Base Flood

Elevations are required by the Flood

Disaster Protection Act of 1973, 42

U.S.C. 4104, and are required to

establish and maintain community

eligibility in the NFIP. No regulatory

flexibility analysis has been prepared.

Regulatory Classification. This

proposed rule is not a significant

regulatory action under the criteria of

Section 3(f) of Executive Order 12866 of

September 30, 1993, Regulatory

Planning and Review, 58 FR 51735.

Executive Order 12612, Federalism.

This proposed rule involves no policies

that have federalism implications under

Executive Order 12612, Federalism,

dated October 26, 1987.

Executive Order 12778, Civil Justice

Reform. This proposed rule meets the

applicable standards of Section 2(b)(2)

of Executive Order 12778.