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that the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) provide interested 

Federal agencies and the public an early 

opportunity to comment on information 

collection requests. OMB may amend or 

waive the requirement for public 

consultation to the extent that public 

participation in the approval process 

would defeat the purpose of the 

information collection, violate State or 

Federal law, or substantially interfere 

with any agency’s ability to perform its 

statutory obligations. The Acting 

Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Regulatory 

Information Management Services, 

Office of Management, publishes that 

notice containing proposed information 

collection requests prior to submission 

of these requests to OMB. Each 

proposed information collection, 

grouped by office, contains the 

following: (1) Type of review requested, 

e.g. new, revision, extension, existing or 

reinstatement; (2) Title; (3) Summary of 

the collection; (4) Description of the 

need for, and proposed use of, the 

information; (5) Respondents and 

frequency of collection; and (6) 

Reporting and/or Recordkeeping 

burden. OMB invites public comment. 

The Department of Education is 

especially interested in public comment 

addressing the following issues: (1) Is 

this collection necessary to the proper 

functions of the Department; (2) will 

this information be processed and used 

in a timely manner; (3) is the estimate 

of burden accurate; (4) how might the 

Department enhance the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (5) how might the 

Department minimize the burden of this 

collection on the respondents, including 

through the use of information 

technology. 

Dated: March 25, 2010. 

James Hyler, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Institute of Education Sciences 

Type of Review: New. 

Title: Identifying Potentially 

Successful Approaches to Turning 

Around Chronically Low Performing 

Schools. 

Frequency: Once. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour 

Burden: 

Responses: 1,746. 

Burden Hours: 743. 

Abstract: This study seeks to identify 

schools that have achieved rapid 

improvements in student outcomes in a 

short period of time; illuminate the 

complex range of policies, programs, 

and practices used by these turnaround 

schools; and compare them to strategies 

employed by not improving, chronically 

low-performing schools. The ultimate 

goal of the study is to specify replicable 

policies, programs, and practices that 

hold greatest promise for further 

rigorous analysis. To this end, the study 

will collect data from school principals 

as well as school staff through a webbased and telephone survey and on-site 

interviews in selected schools. The data 

will be used by the U.S. Department of 

Education to identify policies, 

programs, and practices associated with 

school turnaround that can be 

rigorously tested in a future impact 

evaluation study. 

Requests for copies of the proposed 

information collection request may be 

accessed from http://edicsweb.ed.gov, 

by selecting the ‘‘Browse Pending 

Collections’’ link and by clicking on link 

number 4260. When you access the 

information collection, click on 

‘‘Download Attachments’’ to view. 

Written requests for information should 

be addressed to U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

LBJ, Washington, DC 20202–4537. 

Requests may also be electronically 

mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed 

to 202–401–0920. Please specify the 

complete title of the information 

collection when making your request. 

Comments regarding burden and/or 

the collection activity requirements 

should be electronically mailed to 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Individuals who 

use a telecommunications device for the 

deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1– 

800–877–8339. 

[FR Doc. 2010–7090 Filed 3–29–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Elementary and Secondary 

Education; Overview Information; 

Migrant Education Even Start Family 

Literacy Program; Notice Inviting 

Applications for New Awards for Fiscal 

Year (FY) 2010 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 84.214A. 

Dates: 

Applications Available: March 30, 

2010. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: May 14, 2010. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: July 13, 2010. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The Migrant 

Education Even Start (MEES) Family 

Literacy program is intended to help 

break the cycle of poverty and illiteracy 

of migratory agricultural or fishing 

families by improving the educational 

opportunities of these families through 

the integration of early childhood 

education, adult literacy or adult basic 

education, and parenting education into 

a unified family literacy program. This 

program is implemented through 

cooperative activities that build on highquality existing community resources to 

create a new range of educational 

services for the most-in-need migratory 

agricultural or fishing families, promote 

the academic achievement of migratory 

children and adults, assist migratory 

children in meeting challenging State 

content standards and challenging State 

achievement standards, and use 

instructional programs based on 

scientifically based reading research on 

preventing and overcoming reading 

difficulties for children and adults. The 

application package contains a 

description of the 15 program elements 

that MEES projects must implement, as 

required by Title I, Part B, section 1235 

of the Elementary and Secondary 

Education Act of 1965, as amended 

(ESEA). 

Priority: This notice includes one 

competitive preference priority. This 

priority is from the Education 

Department General Administrative 

Regulations (EDGAR) that apply to this 

program (34 CFR 75.225). 

Competitive Preference Priority: For 

FY 2010 and any subsequent year in 

which we make awards from the list of 

unfunded applicants from this 

competition, this priority is a 

competitive preference priority. Under 

34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i), we award an 

additional five points to an application 

that meets this priority. 

This priority is: 

Novice Applicant 

The applicant must be a ‘‘novice 

applicant.’’ Under 34 CFR 75.225 a 

novice applicant is an applicant that has 

never received a grant or subgrant under 

the MEES program; has never been a 

participant in a group application, 

submitted in accordance with §§ 75.127 

through 75.129 of EDGAR, that received 

a grant under the MEES program; and 

has not had an active discretionary grant 

from the Federal Government in the five 

years before the deadline date for 

applications under the MEES program. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 

6381a(a)(1)(A). 


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Applicable Regulations: EDGAR in 34 

CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 84, 

85, 86, 97, 98, and 99. 

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 79 

apply to all applicants except federally 

recognized Indian tribes. 

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 

apply to institutions of higher education 

only. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary grants. 

Estimated Available Funds: 

$1,196,500. 

Contingent upon the availability of 

funds and the quality of applications, 

we may make additional awards in FY 

2011 from the list of unfunded 

applicants from this competition. 

Estimated Range of Awards: 

$250,000–$400,000 per year. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$325,000 per year. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 3. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 48 months. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: Any State or 

local government entity, institution of 

higher education or non-profit 

organization is eligible to apply for a 

grant under the MEES Program. For 

example, the following types of entities 

are eligible to apply: State educational 

agencies (SEAs) that administer migrant 

education programs; local educational 

agencies (LEAs) that have a high 

percentage of migratory students; 

nonprofit community-based 

organizations that work with migratory 

agricultural or fishing families; and 

faith-based organizations that work with 

migratory agricultural or fishing 

families. 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching: See 

section 1234(b) of the ESEA. MEES 

grants are funded for 48 months. The 

matching requirement for a new MEES 

program begins at 10 percent of the total 

cost of the project in the project’s first 

year and increases incrementally as the 

project continues to receive Federal 

support, through 40 percent in its fourth 

budget cycle. Previously funded MEES 

projects may apply for a second 48- 

month cycle, where, in years 5 through 

8, the project must provide a 50 percent 

cost share of the total cost of the project. 

Further, a current or former MEES 

project may apply for a third project 

cycle that would fund their ninth year 

and beyond. Those projects, beginning 

in year 9, must maintain a 65 percent 

cost share of the total cost of the project. 

See ESEA section 1234(b). 

3. Other: Eligible MEES participants 

consist of migratory children and their 

parents who meet the definitions of a 

migratory child, a migratory agricultural 

worker, or a migratory fisher in 34 CFR 

200.81, and who also meet the 

additional conditions specified in 

section 1236(a) of the ESEA. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Address to Request Application 

Package: DonnaMarie Fekete, U.S. 

Department of Education, Office of 

Migrant Education, 400 Maryland 

Avenue, SW., room 3E313, Washington, 

DC 20202–6135. Telephone: (202) 260– 

2815 or by e-mail: 

DonnaMarie.Fekete@ed.gov. 

The application package content also 

can be viewed electronically at the 

following address: http://www.ed.gov/ 

programs/MEES/applicant.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 application package 

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

large print, audiotape, or computer 

diskette) by contacting the program 

contact person listed in this section. 

2. Content and Form of Application 

Submission: Requirements concerning 

the content of an application, together 

with the forms you must submit, are in 

the application package for this 

competition. 

Page Limit: The application narrative 

is where you, the applicant, address the 

selection criteria that reviewers use to 

evaluate your application. You must 

limit the application narrative to no 

more than 30 pages, using 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 

application narrative (Part 4), including 

titles, headings, footnotes, quotations, 

references, and captions. However, you 

may single space all text in charts, 

tables, figures, and graphs. Charts, 

tables, figures, and graphs presented in 

the application narrative count toward 

the page limit. 

• Use a font that is either 12 point or 

larger or no smaller than 10 pitch 

(characters per inch) throughout the 

entire application package. 

Appendices must be limited to a total 

of 20 pages for all content and must 

include the following: Resumes, job 

descriptions of key personnel, and 

citations for the scientifically based 

reading research upon which your 

instructional programs are based. Job 

descriptions must include duties and 

minimum qualifications. Items in the 

appendices will only be used by the 

program office for the purpose of 

approving any future personnel 

changes. 

The 30-page limit for the project 

narrative does not apply to the cover 

sheet; the budget section, including the 

narrative budget justification; the 

assurances and certifications; or the 

one-page abstract. However, the page 

limit does apply to all of the application 

narrative section. 

Our reviewers will not read any pages 

of your application that exceed the page 

limit. 

(3) Additionally, please limit other 

application materials to the specific 

materials indicated in the application 

package and do not include any video 

or other non-print materials. 

3. Submission Dates and Times: 

Applications Available: March 30, 

2010. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: May 14, 2010. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: July 13, 2010. Applications for 

grants under this competition must be 

submitted electronically using the 

Electronic Grant Application System 

(e-Application) accessible through the 

Department’s e-Grants site. For 

information (including dates and times) 

about how to submit your 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 

section IV. 6. 

Other Submission Requirements of 

this notice. 

We do not consider an 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 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT in section VII 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. Intergovernmental Review: This 

program is subject to Executive Order 

12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR 

part 79. Information about 

Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs under Executive Order 12372 

is in the application package for this 

program. 


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5. Funding Restrictions: Recipients of 

a MEES Family Literacy program grant 

may not use funds awarded under this 

competition for the indirect costs of a 

project or claim indirect costs as part of 

the local project share. ((section 

1234(b)(3)) of the ESEA) We reference 

regulations outlining additional funding 

restrictions in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

6. Other Submission Requirements: 

Applications for grants under this 

competition 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 

Applications. 

Applications for grants under the 

MEES Family Literacy Program, CFDA 

number 84.214A, must be submitted 

electronically using e-Application, 

accessible through the Department’s 

e-Grants Web site at: http:// 

e-grants.ed.gov. 

We will reject your 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 two weeks before 

the 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 two weeks 

before the application deadline date is 

provided later in this section under 

Exception to Electronic Submission 

Requirement. 

While completing your electronic 

application, you will be entering data 

online that will be saved into a 

database. You may not e-mail an 

electronic copy of a grant application to 

us. 

Please note the following: 

• You must complete the electronic 

submission of your grant application by 

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

application deadline date. 

E-Application will not accept an 

application for this competition after 

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

application deadline date. Therefore, we 

strongly recommend that you do not 

wait until the application deadline date 

to begin the application process. 

• The hours of operation of the eGrants Web site are 6:00 a.m. Monday 

until 7:00 p.m. Wednesday; and 6:00 

a.m. Thursday until 8:00 p.m. Sunday, 

Washington, DC time. Please note that, 

because of maintenance, the system is 

unavailable between 8:00 p.m. on 

Sundays and 6:00 a.m. on Mondays, and 

between 7:00 p.m. on Wednesdays and 

6:00 a.m. on Thursdays, Washington, 

DC time. Any modifications to these 

hours are posted on the e-Grants Web 

site. 

• You will not receive additional 

point value because you submit your 

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 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 attach any narrative sections 

of your application as files in a .DOC 

(document), .RTF (rich text), or .PDF 

(Portable Document) format. If you 

upload a file type other than the three 

file types specified in this paragraph or 

submit a password protected file, we 

will not review that material. 

• Your electronic application must 

comply with any page limit 

requirements described in this notice. 

• Prior to submitting your electronic 

application, you may wish to print a 

copy of it for your records. 

• After you electronically submit 

your application, you will receive an 

automatic acknowledgment that will 

include a PR/Award number (an 

identifying number unique to your 

application). 

• Within three working days after 

submitting your electronic application, 

fax a signed copy of the SF 424 to the 

Application Control Center after 

following these steps: 

(1) Print SF 424 from e-Application. 

(2) The applicant’s Authorized 

Representative must sign this form. 

(3) Place the PR/Award number in the 

upper-right-hand corner of the hardcopy signature page of the SF 424. 

(4) Fax the signed SF 424 to the 

Application Control Center at (202) 

245–6272. 

• We may request that you provide us 

original signatures on other forms at a 

later date. 

Application Deadline Date Extension 

in Case of e-Application Unavailability: 

If you are prevented from electronically 

submitting your application on the 

application deadline date because eApplication is unavailable, we will 

grant you an extension of one business 

day to enable you to transmit your 

application electronically, by mail, or by 

hand delivery. We will grant this 

extension if— 

(1) You are a registered user of eApplication and you have initiated an 

electronic application for this 

competition; and 

(2) (a) E-Application is unavailable for 

60 minutes or more between the hours 

of 8:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., Washington, 

DC time, on the application deadline 

date; or 

(b) E-Application is unavailable for 

any period of time between 3:30 p.m. 

and 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on 

the application deadline date. 

We must acknowledge and confirm 

these periods of unavailability before 

granting you an extension. To request 

this extension or to confirm our 

acknowledgment of any system 

unavailability, you may contact either 

(1) the person listed elsewhere in this 

notice under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT (see VII. Agency Contact) or (2) 

the e-Grants help desk at 1–888–336– 

8930. If e-Application is unavailable 

due to technical problems with the 

system and, therefore, the application 

deadline is extended, an e-mail will be 

sent to all registered users who have 

initiated an e-Application. Extensions 

referred to in this section apply only to 

the unavailability of e-Application. 

Exception to Electronic Submission 

Requirement: You qualify for an 

exception to the electronic submission 

requirement, and may submit your 

application in paper format, if you are 

unable to submit an application through 

e-Application because— 

• You do not have access to the 

Internet; or 

• You do not have the capacity to 

upload large documents to eApplication; and 

• No later than two weeks before the 

application deadline date (14 calendar 

days or, if the fourteenth calendar day 

before the 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 prevents you from using the 

Internet to submit your application. If 

you mail your written statement to the 

Department, it must be postmarked no 

later than two weeks before the 

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 application deadline date. 

Address and mail or fax your 

statement to: DonnaMarie Fekete, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Avenue, SW., 3E313, Washington, DC 

20202–6135. FAX: (202) 205–0089. 

Your paper application must be 

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or hand delivery instructions described 

in this notice. 

b. Submission of Paper 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 

application to the Department. You 

must mail the original and two copies 

of your application, on or before the 

application deadline date, to the 

Department at the following address: 

U.S. Department of Education, 

Application Control Center, Attention: 

(CFDA Number 84.214A), 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 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 application is postmarked after 

the application deadline date, we will 

not consider your 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 Applications 

by Hand Delivery. 

If you qualify for an exception to the 

electronic submission requirement, you 

(or a courier service) may deliver your 

paper application to the Department by 

hand. You must deliver the original and 

two copies of your application, by hand, 

on or before the application deadline 

date, to the Department at the following 

address: U.S. Department of Education, 

Application Control Center, Attention: 

(CFDA Number 84.214A), 550 12th 

Street, SW., Room 7041, Potomac Center 

Plaza, Washington, DC 20202–4260. 

The Application Control Center 

accepts hand deliveries daily between 

8:00 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 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 application; and 

(2) The Application Control Center will 

mail to you a notification of receipt of your 

grant application. If you do not receive this 

grant notification within 15 business days 

from the application deadline date, you 

should call the U.S. Department of Education 

Application Control Center at (202) 245– 

6288. 

V. Application Review Information 

Selection Criteria: The selection 

criteria for this competition are from 34 

CFR 75.210 of EDGAR and are listed in 

the application package. 

VI. Award Administration Information 

1. Award Notices: If your application 

is successful, we notify your U.S. 

Representative and U.S. Senators and 

send you a Grant Award Notification 

(GAN). We may notify you informally, 

also. 

If your application is not evaluated or 

not selected for funding, we notify you. 

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 your binding 

commitments under the grant. 

3. Reporting: At the end of your 

project period, you must submit a final 

performance report, including financial 

information, as directed by the 

Secretary. If you receive a multi-year 

award, you must submit an annual 

performance report that provides the 

most current performance and financial 

expenditure information as directed by 

the Secretary in 34 CFR 75.118. The 

Secretary may also require more 

frequent performance reports under 34 

CFR 75.720(c). For specific 

requirements on reporting, please go to 

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

appforms/appforms.html. 

4. Performance Measures: The 

Government Performance and Results 

Act (GPRA) directs Federal departments 

and agencies to improve the 

effectiveness of their programs by 

engaging in strategic planning, setting 

outcome-related goals for programs, and 

measuring program results against those 

goals. Program officials must develop 

performance measures for all of their 

grant programs in order to assess their 

performance and effectiveness. The 

Department has established a set of 

measures to assess the effectiveness of 

the Even Start program. The MEES 

Family Literacy projects will report data 

on the following measures: (1) The 

percentage of adults showing significant 

learning gains on measures of reading; 

(2) the percentage of limited English 

proficient (LEP) adults showing 

significant learning gains on measures 

of English language acquisition; (3) the 

percentage of school-age adults who 

earn a high school diploma or GED; (4) 

the percentage of non-school-age adults 

who earn a high school diploma or GED; 

(5) the percentage of children entering 

kindergarten who are achieving 

significant learning gains on measures 

of language development; (6) the 

average number of letters preschool-age 

children can identify; (7) the percentage 

of school-age children who are reading 

on grade level; and (8) percentage of 

parents who show improvement on 

measures of parental support for 

children’s learning in the home, school 

environment, and through interactive 

learning activities. 

VII. Agency Contact 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

DonnaMarie Fekete, U.S. Department of 

Education, Office of Migrant Education, 

400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 

3E313, Washington, DC 20202–6135. 

Telephone Number: (202) 260–2815, or 

by e-mail: DonnaMarie.Fekete@ed.gov. 

If you use a TDD, call the FRS, toll 

free, at 1–800–877–8339. 

VIII. Other Information 

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 computer diskette) 

on request to the program contact 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII of 

this notice. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

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) on the Internet at the 

following site: http://www.ed.gov/news/ 

fedregister. To use PDF you must have 

Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

available free at this site. 

Note: 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 on GPO 

Access at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/ 

index.html. 


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Dated: March 25, 2010. 

Thelma Mele ́ndez de Santa Ana, 

Assistant Secretary for Elementary and 

Secondary Education. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 1267–089] 

Greenwood County, SC; Notice of 

Application for Amendment of License 

and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 

Intervene, and Protests 

March 23, 2010. 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection: 

a. Application Type: Amendment of 

License. 

b. Project No.: 1267–089. 

c. Date Filed: January 26, 2010. 

d. Applicant: Greenwood County, 

South Carolina. 

e. Name of Project: Buzzards Roost 

Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Location: On the Saluda River, in 

Greenwood, Laurens, and Newberry 

Counties, South Carolina. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). 

h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Charles M. 

Watson Jr., County Attorney, County of 

Greenwood, 600 Monument St., Suite 

102, Greenwood, SC 29646, (864) 942– 

3140. 

i. FERC Contact: Christopher Chaney, 

(202) 502–6778, 

christopher.chaney@ferc.gov. 

j. Deadline for filing comments, 

motions to intervene, and protests: April 

21, 2010. 

All documents may be filed 

electronically via the Internet. See 18 

CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the 

instructions on the Commission’s Web 

site (http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

ferconline.asp) under the ‘‘eFiling’’ link. 

For a simpler method of submitting text 

only comments, click on ‘‘Quick 

Comment.’’ For assistance, please 

contact FERC Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov; call tollfree at (866) 208–3676; or, for TTY, 

contact (202) 502–8659. Although the 

Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing, documents may also be 

paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an 

original and eight copies to: Kimberly D. 

Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First 

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

The Commission’s Rules of Practice 

and Procedure require all intervenors 

filing documents with the Commission 

to serve a copy of that document on 

each person whose name appears on the 

official service list for the project. 

Further, if an intervenor files comments 

or documents with the Commission 

relating to the merits of an issue that 

may affect the responsibilities of a 

particular resource agency, they must 

also serve a copy of the document on 

that resource agency. 

k. Description of Application: The 

applicant seeks approval to amend 

Article 407 of its project license to 

revise the schedule for management of 

lake levels (rule curve). Under the 

licensed rule curve, the reservoir level 

is maintained at an elevation of 439 feet 

mean sea level (msl) between April 15 

and August 31 of each year. Beginning 

on September 1, the reservoir level is 

then reduced until it reaches 437 feet 

msl by October 1. The level is 

maintained at 437 feet msl until January 

1, and then is further reduced to 434.5 

feet msl by February 1. At that time, the 

reservoir level starts increasing until it 

reaches 439 feet msl, and the annual 

cycle is repeated. 

Now the licensee proposes to 

maintain the reservoir level at 439 feet 

msl from April 15 until November 1. 

Between November 1 and December 1 

the reservoir level would gradually 

descend to 437 feet msl, then continue 

descending to 434.5 feet msl between 

December 1 and January 15, and be 

maintained at 434.5 feet msl until 

January 31. Between February 1 and 

April 15, the reservoir level would 

gradually increase from 434.5 feet msl to 

439 feet msl. In addition, the reservoir 

levels may be occasionally modified to 

the extent necessary to comply with the 

minimum downstream releases required 

by Article 408. In summary, the licensee 

proposes to maintain the upper 

reservoir level of 439 feet msl for two 

additional months through November 1, 

and to attain the low reservoir level of 

434.5 feet msl by January 15 instead of 

February 1. The licensee states that 

these proposed changes to the operating 

rule curve would allow greater 

recreational access to the lake during 

the fall and, in the winter, allow 

additional time to complete 

maintenance work which requires lower 

water levels. 

l. A copy of the application is 

available for review at the Commission 

in the Public Reference Room or may be 

viewed on the Commission’s Web site at 

http://www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ 

link. Enter the docket number excluding 

the last three digits in the docket 

number field to access the document. 

For assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support. A copy is also available for 

inspection and reproduction at the 

address in item h above. 

You may also register online at 

http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

esubscription.asp to be notified via 

e-mail of new filings and issuances 

related to this or other pending projects. 

For assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support. 

m. Individuals desiring to be included 

on the Commission’s mailing list should 

so indicate by writing to the Secretary 

of the Commission. 

n. Comments, Protests, or Motions to 

Intervene: Anyone may submit 

comments, a protest, or a motion to 

intervene in accordance with the 

requirements of Rules of Practice and 

Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211, .214. 

In determining the appropriate action to 

take, the Commission will consider all 

protests or other comments filed, but 

only those who file a motion to 

intervene in accordance with the 

Commission’s Rules may become a 

party to the proceeding. Any comments, 

protests, or motions to intervene must 

be received on or before the specified 

comment date for the particular 

application. 

Any filings must bear in all capital 

letters the title ‘‘COMMENTS,’’ 

‘‘PROTEST,’’ or ‘‘MOTION TO 

INTERVENE,’’ as applicable, and the 

Project Number of the particular 

application to which the filing refers. A 

copy of any motion to intervene must 

also be served upon each representative 

of the Applicant specified in the 

particular application. 

o. Agency Comments: Federal, State, 

and local agencies are invited to file 

comments on the described application. 

A copy of the application may be 

obtained by agencies directly from the 

applicant. If an agency does not file 

comments within the time specified for 

filing comments, it will be presumed to 

have no comments. One copy of an 

agency’s comments must also be sent to 

the Applicant’s representatives. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

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