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at-risk group of transition-age youth 

with disabilities. In evaluating the 

promising practice or practices, the 

DRRP must use scientifically based 

research, as defined in section 9101(37) 

of the Elementary and Secondary 

Education Act of 1965, as amended (20 

U.S.C. 7801(37)). Applicants must 

identify the specific at-risk group or 

groups of transition-age youth with 

disabilities they propose to study, 

provide evidence that the selected 

population or populations are, in fact, at 

risk for poor employment outcomes, and 

explain how the proposed practices are 

expected to address the needs of the 

population or populations. 

(c) Enhancement of the knowledge 

base of policy makers, State VR 

personnel, and personnel of other 

programs serving transition-age youth 

with disabilities. The DRRP must 

contribute to this outcome by 

conducting targeted dissemination of 

results from research conducted under 

paragraphs (a) and (b). 

• In addition, through coordination 

with the NIDRR Project Officer, the 

DRRP must contribute to this outcome 

by: 

(1) Collaborating with relevant 

technical assistance grantees from the 

Rehabilitation Services Administration, 

such as the Technical Assistance and 

Continuing Education (TACE) Centers; 

and 

(2) Collaborating with relevant 

technical assistance grantees from the 

Office of Special Education Programs, 

such as the National Secondary 

Transition Technical Assistance Center. 

Types of Priorities: 

When inviting applications for a 

competition using one or more 

priorities, we designate the type of each 

priority as absolute, competitive 

preference, or invitational through a 

notice in the Federal Register. The 

effect of each type of priority follows: 

Absolute priority: Under an absolute 

priority, we consider only applications 

that meet the priority (34 CFR 

75.105(c)(3)). 

Competitive preference priority: 

Under a competitive preference priority, 

we give competitive preference to an 

application by (1) awarding additional 

points, depending on the extent to 

which the application meets the priority 

(34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i)); or (2) selecting 

an application that meets the priority 

over an application of comparable merit 

that does not meet the priority (34 CFR 

75.105(c)(2)(ii)). 

Invitational priority: Under an 

invitational priority, we are particularly 

interested in applications that meet the 

priority. However, we do not give an 

application that meets the priority a 

preference over other applications (34 

CFR 75.105(c)(1)). 

Note: This notice does not solicit 

applications. In any year in which we choose 

to use this priority, we invite applications 

through a notice in the Federal Register. 

Executive Order 12866: This notice 

has been reviewed in accordance with 

Executive Order 12866. Under the terms 

of the order, we have assessed the 

potential costs and benefits of this 

regulatory action. 

The potential costs associated with 

this final regulatory action are those 

resulting from statutory requirements 

and those we have determined as 

necessary for administering this 

program effectively and efficiently. 

In assessing the potential costs and 

benefits—both quantitative and 

qualitative—of this final regulatory 

action, we have determined that the 

benefits of the final priority justify the 

costs. 

Discussion of costs and benefits: 

The benefits of the Disability and 

Rehabilitation Research Projects and 

Centers Programs have been well 

established over the years in that similar 

projects have been completed 

successfully. This final priority will 

generate new knowledge about 

transition to employment for youth with 

disabilities, through research, 

development, dissemination, utilization, 

or technical assistance projects. 

Another benefit of this final priority is 

that the establishment of a new DRRP 

will improve the lives of individuals 

with disabilities. The new DRRP will 

generate, disseminate, and promote the 

use of new information about transition 

to employment for youth with 

disabilities. This information will 

improve the options for youth with 

disabilities as they transition into 

adulthood and employment activities. 

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document in 

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

print, audiotape, or computer diskette) 

by contacting the Grants and Contracts 

Services Team, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

room 5075, PCP, Washington, DC 

20202–2550. Telephone: (202) 245– 

7363. If you use a TDD, call the FRS, 

toll-free, at 1–800–877–8339. 

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. 

Dated: April 27, 2010. 

Alexa Posny, 

Assistant Secretary for Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services. 

[FR Doc. 2010–10183 Filed 4–29–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Notice 

AGENCY: U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of Virtual Public Forum 

for EAC Standards Board. 

DATE AND TIME: Monday, May 17, 2010, 

9 a.m. EDT through Tuesday, June 1, 

2010, 9 p.m. EDT. 

PLACE: EAC Standards Board Virtual 

Meeting Room at http://www.eac.gov. 

Once at the main page of EAC’s Web 

site, viewers should click the link to the 

Standards Board Virtual Meeting Room. 

The virtual meeting room will open on 

Monday, May 17, 2010, at 9 a.m. EDT 

and will close on Tuesday, June 1, 2010, 

at 9 p.m. EDT. The site will be available 

24 hours per day during that 16-day 

period. 

PURPOSE: The EAC Standards Board will 

review and provide comment on three 

draft chapters of the Election 

Management Guidelines. The draft 

chapters contain best practices and 

recommendations regarding: 

Accessibility, Elections Office 

Administration, and Technology in 

Elections. 

The EAC Standards Board Virtual 

Meeting Room was established to enable 

the Standards Board to conduct 

business in an efficient manner in a 

public forum, including being able to 

review and discuss draft documents, 

when it is not feasible for an in-person 

board meeting. The Standards Board 

will not take any votes or propose any 

resolutions during the 16-day forum of 

May 17–June 1, 2010. Members will 

post comments about the three draft 

chapters of the Election Management 

Guidelines. 

This activity is open to the public. 

The public may view the proceedings of 

this special forum by visiting the EAC 

Standards Board Virtual Meeting Room 

at http://www.eac.gov at any time 

between Monday, May 17, 2010, 9 a.m. 

EDT and Tuesday, June 1, 2010, 9 p.m. 


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1See 71 FR 45047 (August 6, 2006). 

2See 72 FR 56992 (October 5, 2007). 

EDT. The public also may view the 

three draft chapters of the election 

management guidelines, which will be 

posted on EAC’s Web site beginning 

May 17, 2010. The public may file 

written statements to the EAC Standards 

Board at standardsboard@eac.gov and 

by copying Sharmili Edwards at 

sedwards@eac.gov. Data on EAC’S Web 

site is accessible to visitors with 

disabilities and meets the requirements 

of section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act. 

PERSON TO CONTACT FOR INFORMATION: 

Bryan Whitener, Telephone: (202) 566– 

3100. 

Gineen Bresso Beach, 

Commissioner, U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2010–10208 Filed 4–28–10; 11:15 am] 

BILLING CODE 6820–KF–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

National Electric Transmission 

Congestion Study 

AGENCY: Office of Electricity Delivery 

and Energy Reliability (OE), Department 

of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability of 2009 

National Electric Transmission 

Congestion Study and Request for 

Comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(the ‘‘Department’’) gives notice that it 

has issued a National Electric 

Transmission Congestion Study (2009 

Congestion Study) and is seeking 

comments on all aspects of the study. 

The full text of the 2009 Congestion 

Study is available at http:// 

www.oe.energy.gov. 

DATES: Written comments may be filed 

electronically in MS Word and PDF 

formats. Comments regarding the 2009 

Congestion Study should be emailed to 

congestion09.@anl.gov. Comments 

should be received no later than 5 p.m. 

EDT June 29, 2010. Also, comments can 

be filed by mail at the address listed 

below. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments via mail 

should be submitted to: Office of 

Electricity Delivery and Energy 

Reliability, OE–10, Attention: 1221 

Comments, U.S. Department of Energy, 

Forrestal Building, Room 6H050, 1000 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585. 

Note: Delivery of U.S. Postal Service mail 

sent to the Department continues to be 

delayed by several weeks due to security 

screening procedures. Electronic submission 

of comments is therefore encouraged. Copies 

of written comments received and other 

relevant documents and information may be 

reviewed at http:// 

www.congestion09.anl.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

David Meyer, Office Electricity Delivery 

and Energy Reliability, OE–10, U.S. 

Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586–1411, 

David.Meyer@hq.doe.gov, or Lot Cooke, 

Office of General Counsel, GC–76, 1000 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586–0503, 

Lot.Cooke@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

1221(a) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 

(EPAct) directed the Secretary of Energy 

to conduct periodic nationwide studies 

of electric transmission congestion. The 

initial study was to be completed within 

one year of enactment of the EPAct with 

subsequent studies every three years 

thereafter. The American Reinvestment 

and Recovery Act of 2009 (Recovery 

Act) further directed the Secretary to 

include in the 2009 Congestion Study 

an analysis of significant potential 

sources of renewable energy that are 

constrained by lack of adequate 

transmission capacity. Based on the 

Congestion Study, and comments 

concerning it from states and other 

stakeholders, the Secretary of Energy 

may designate any geographic area 

experiencing electric transmission 

capacity constraints or congestion as a 

national interest electric transmission 

corridor (National Corridor). 

In August 2006, the Department 

published its first National Electric 

Transmission Congestion Study.1 In 

2007, based in part on the findings of 

that study and after considering the 

comments of stakeholders, the Secretary 

designated two National Corridors, one 

in the Mid-Atlantic area and one 

covering portions of southern California 

and western Arizona, reflecting the high 

impacts of transmission congestion in 

each area.2

The 2009 Congestion Study has been 

completed and issued by the 

Department. The study is available for 

review at the website listed above. 

Based on the study, the Department 

found three classes of congestion areas 

that merit further federal attention: 

Critical Congestion Areas, Congestion 

Areas of Concern, and a Conditional 

Constrained Area. 

The Department stated when it 

announced the beginning of its work on 

the 2009 Congestion Study that the 

study would focus on the identification 

of existing electric transmission-level 

congestion based on publicly available 

historic information and data related to 

transmission congestion. The 

information and data used by DOE in 

conducting the analysis in the 2009 

Congestion Study was that which was 

available through May 2009. As a result 

the study does not address the possible 

impacts of the recent recession on 

congestion, or any other recent events, 

reports, or other developments affecting 

congestion. 

The Department is seeking comments 

from interested persons on the 2009 

Congestion Study, and on future steps 

for identifying and addressing electric 

transmission congestion, including the 

possible designation of National 

Corridors. Commenters may address any 

aspect of this study they consider 

appropriate. The Department intends to 

update, or issue an addendum to, this 

study in which it may consider the 

effect of the recession on congestion 

identified in the study, comments 

received on this version of the study, 

and the implications of additional data 

or information that has become 

available since May 2009. The 

Department invites commenters to 

direct it to data, publications, or other 

information that they believe relevant to 

this additional analysis. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on April 26, 

2010. 

Patricia A. Hoffman, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, 

Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability. 

[FR Doc. 2010–10110 Filed 4–29–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 13652–000–Montana] 

Gary E. Hall and Rita Hall; Notice of 

Availability of Environmental 

Assessment 

April 22, 2010. 

In accordance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as 

amended, and the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission’s 

(Commission’s) regulations (18 CFR Part 

380), Commission staff has reviewed the 

application for exemption from 

licensing for the 50-watt Potter Creek 

Hydroelectric Project, located in 

Flathead County, Montana, and has 

prepared an Environmental Assessment 

(EA). The proposed project would be 

built on private lands owned by the 

applicant and on 0.51 acres of U.S. 

Forest Service land in the Flathead 

National Forest. The EA contains the 


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