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1 Indicator 1: Percent of youth with 

individualized education programs (IEPs) 

graduating from high school with a regular diploma 

(20 U.S.C. 1416 (a)(3)(A)). 

2 Indicator 2: Percent of youth with IEPs dropping 

out of high school (20 U.S.C. 1416 (a)(3)(A)). 

Broadcast Notice to Mariners notifying 

the public when enforcement of the 

safety zone established by this section is 

cancelled. 

Dated: January 11, 2013. 

S.M. Wischmann, 

Captain, U. S. Coast Guard, Captain of the 

Port Buffalo. 

[FR Doc. 2013–03826 Filed 2–19–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–04–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

34 CFR Chapter III 

Proposed Waiver and Extension of the 

Project Period for the National Dropout 

Prevention Center for Students With 

Disabilities 

[Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 84.326W.] 

AGENCY: Office of Special Education 

Programs (OSEP), Office of Special 

Education and Rehabilitative Services 

(OSERS), Department of Education. 

ACTION: Proposed waiver and extension 

of the project period. 

SUMMARY: The Secretary proposes to 

waive the requirements in 34 CFR 

75.250 and 75.261(a) and (c)(2) of the 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations that, 

respectively, generally prohibit project 

periods exceeding five years and project 

period extensions involving the 

obligation of additional Federal funds. 

The proposed waiver and extension of 

the project period would enable the 

currently funded National Dropout 

Prevention Center for Students with 

Disabilities to receive funding from 

October 1, 2013, through September 30, 

2014. 

DATES: We must receive your comments 

on or before March 22, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Address all comments about 

this proposed waiver and extension of 

the project period to Selete Avoke, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Avenue SW., room 4158, Potomac 

Center Plaza (PCP), Washington, DC 

20202–2600. 

If you prefer to send your comments 

by email, use the following address: 

selete.avoke@ed.gov. You must include 

the phrase ‘‘Proposed waiver and 

extension of the project period’’ in the 

subject line of your message. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Selete Avoke. Telephone: (202) 245– 

7260 or by email: selete.avoke@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf or a text telephone, 

call the Federal Relay Service, toll free, 

at 1–800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Invitation to Comment: We invite you 

to submit comments regarding this 

proposed waiver and extension. During 

and after the comment period, you may 

inspect all public comments about this 

proposed waiver and extension of the 

project period in room 4158, PCP, 550 

12th Street, SW., Washington, DC, 

between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:00 

p.m., Washington, DC time, Monday 

through Friday of each week, except 

Federal holidays. 

Assistance to Individuals with 

Disabilities in Reviewing the 

Rulemaking Record: On request, we will 

provide an appropriate accommodation 

or auxiliary aid to an individual with a 

disability who needs assistance to 

review the comments or other 

documents in the public rulemaking 

record for this notice of proposed 

waiver and extension of the project 

period. If you want to schedule an 

appointment for this type of aid, please 

contact the person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Background 

On June 23, 2008, the Department 

published a notice in the Federal 

Register (73 FR 35376) inviting 

applications for new awards for fiscal 

year (FY) 2008 for a National Dropout 

Prevention Center for Students with 

Disabilities (Center). The establishment 

and operation of the Center was funded 

under the Technical Assistance and 

Dissemination to Improve Services and 

Results for Children with Disabilities 

(TA&D) program, authorized under 

section 663 of the Individuals with 

Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Its 

purpose is to provide States and local 

educational agencies (LEAs) with 

technical assistance (TA) on (1) 

implementing and evaluating effective 

comprehensive dropout prevention, 

reentry, and school completion models 

and practices for students with 

disabilities; (2) developing and 

improving data collection systems to 

track students at risk of dropping out; 

and (3) designing training for 

policymakers, administrators, and 

practitioners that will help them 

support efforts to improve dropout 

prevention, reentry, and school 

completion for students with 

disabilities. 

Based on the selection criteria 

published in the 2008 notice inviting 

applications, the Department made one 

award for a period of 60 months to 

Clemson University to establish the 

Center, which is currently known as the 

National Dropout Prevention Center for 

Students with Disabilities. The Center 

has the following four interrelated goals 

that reflect its overarching purpose: 

• Goal 1: Increase the awareness of 

policymakers, administrators, and 

practitioners about dropout prevention, 

reentry, and school completion. 

• Goal 2: Increase the number of 

States that set and meet reasonable and 

rigorous performance targets for State 

Performance Plan Indicators 1 1 and 2.2

• Goal 3: Help State educational 

agencies (SEAs) and 

LEAs develop and improve data 

systems to track students at risk of 

dropping out. 

• Goal 4: Help SEAs and LEAs 

implement and evaluate effective, 

comprehensive school-completion 

models, practices, and systems for 

students with disabilities. 

The Center works to accomplish these 

goals through a combination of activities 

in the following areas: (1) Knowledge 

development activities to synthesize 

what is currently known about dropout 

prevention for students with 

disabilities, and to develop a series of 

high-quality products that can be used 

by States in designing and developing 

effective dropout prevention programs; 

(2) TA to SEAs, LEAs, and organizations 

to increase their capacity to design and 

implement effective dropout prevention, 

reentry, and school completion models 

and practices; (3) collaboration with a 

variety of organizations that provide 

direct program services and TA to 

education agencies that provide 

educational programs and services to 

students with disabilities in order to 

prepare and disseminate information 

and materials that will increase the 

awareness and use of research-validated 

practices by a variety of audiences; and 

(4) dissemination of knowledge and 

information about effective dropout 

prevention programs, policies, and 

resources to SEAs and LEAs. 

The Center’s current project period is 

scheduled to end on September 30, 

2013. We do not believe that it would 

be in the public interest to run a 

competition for a new Center this year 

because the Department is planning to 

change the organization of its TA 

activities to better meet the needs of 

States and LEAs for TA relating to 

transition to college and the workforce, 

including dropout prevention, for 

students with disabilities. We also have 

concluded that it would be contrary to 

the public interest to have a lapse in the 

provision of TA services currently 


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provided by the Center pending the 

changes to the organization of the 

Department’s TA activities. For these 

reasons, the Secretary proposes to waive 

the requirements in 34 CFR 75.250, 

which prohibit project periods 

exceeding five years, and waive the 

requirements in 34 CFR 75.261(a) and 

(c)(2), which limit the extension of a 

project period if the extension involves 

the obligation of additional Federal 

funds. The waiver would allow the 

Department to issue a continuation 

award in the amount of $665,000 to 

Clemson University for an additional 

12-month period, which should ensure 

that the Center’s TA, training, and 

dissemination of information to 

families, SEAs, LEAs, and other State 

agencies will not be interrupted. 

Any activities to be carried out during 

the year of the continuation award 

would have to be consistent with, or be 

a logical extension of, the scope, goals, 

and objectives of the grantee’s 

application as approved in the 2008 

National Dropout Prevention Center for 

Students with Disabilities competition. 

If the proposed waiver and extension 

of the project period are announced in 

a final notice in the Federal Register, 

the requirements applicable to 

continuation awards for this 

competition, set forth in the June 23, 

2008, notice inviting applications, and 

the requirements in 34 CFR 75.253 

would apply to any continuation awards 

sought by the current National Dropout 

Prevention Center for Students with 

Disabilities grantee. If we announce the 

waiver and extension as final, we will 

base our decisions regarding a 

continuation award on the program 

narrative, budget, budget narrative, and 

program performance report submitted 

by the current grantee, and the 

requirements in 34 CFR 75.253. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification 

The Department certifies that the 

proposed waiver and extension of the 

project period would not have a 

significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities. 

The only entity that would be affected 

by the proposed waiver and extension of 

the project period is the current grantee. 

The Secretary certifies that the 

proposed waiver and extension would 

not have a significant economic impact 

on this entity because the extension of 

an existing project imposes minimal 

compliance costs, and the activities 

required to support the additional year 

of funding would not impose additional 

regulatory burdens or require 

unnecessary Federal supervision. 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

This notice of proposed waiver and 

extension of the project period does not 

contain any information collection 

requirements. 

Intergovernmental Review 

This program is subject to Executive 

Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 

CFR part 79. One of the objectives of the 

Executive order is to foster an 

intergovernmental partnership and a 

strengthened federalism. The Executive 

order relies on processes developed by 

State and local governments for 

coordination and review of proposed 

Federal financial assistance. This 

document provides early notification of 

our specific plans and actions for this 

program. 

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document in 

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

print, audiotape, or compact disc) on 

request to the 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 

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 13, 2013. 

Michael Yudin, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Special 

Education and Rehabilitative Services. 

[FR Doc. 2013–03870 Filed 2–19–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R07–OAR–2012–0293; FRL–9781–4] 

Approval and Promulgation of 

Implementation Plans; State of 

Kansas; Idle Reduction of Heavy-Duty 

Diesel Vehicles and Reduction of 

Nitrogen Oxides (NOX) Emissions for 

the Kansas City Ozone Maintenance 

Area 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to approve 

the State Implementation Plan (SIP) 

submitted by the State of Kansas on July 

27, 2010, to add two new rules which 

implement restrictions on the idling of 

heavy duty diesel vehicles and reduce 

nitrogen oxide (NOX) emissions at 

stationary sources in the Kansas portion 

of the Kansas City Maintenance Area for 

ozone. EPA is approving this revision 

because the standards and requirements 

set by the rules will strengthen the 

Kansas SIP. EPA’s approval of this SIP 

revision is being done in accordance 

with the requirements of the Clean Air 

Act (CAA). 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before March 22, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R07– 

OAR–2012–0293, by mail to Lachala 

Kemp, Environmental Protection 

Agency, Air Planning and Development 

Branch, 11201 Renner Boulevard, 

Lenexa, Kansas 66219. Comments may 

also be submitted electronically or 

through hand delivery/courier by 

following the detailed instructions in 

the ADDRESSES section of the direct final 

rule located in the rules section of this 

Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lachala Kemp, Air Planning and 

Development Branch, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency 

Region 7, 11201 Renner Boulevard, 

Lenexa, Kansas 66219, at (913) 551– 

7214 or by email at 

kemp.lachala@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the 

final rules section of the Federal 

Register, EPA is approving the state’s 

SIP revision as a direct final rule 

without prior proposal because the 

Agency views this as a noncontroversial 

revision amendment and anticipates no 

relevant adverse comments to this 

action. A detailed rationale for the 

approval is set forth in the direct final 

rule. If no relevant adverse comments 


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