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2. Review and Selection Process: We 

remind potential applicants that in 

reviewing applications in any 

discretionary grant competition, the 

Secretary may consider, under 34 CFR 

75.217(d)(3), the past performance of the 

applicant in carrying out a previous 

award, such as the applicant’s use of 

funds, achievement of project 

objectives, and compliance with grant 

conditions. The Secretary may also 

consider whether the applicant failed to 

submit a timely performance report or 

submitted a report of unacceptable 

quality. 

In addition, in making a competitive 

grant award, the Secretary also requires 

various assurances including those 

applicable to Federal civil rights laws 

that prohibit discrimination in programs 

or activities receiving Federal financial 

assistance from the Department of 

Education (34 CFR 100.4, 104.5, 106.4, 

108.8, and 110.23). 

3. Special Conditions: Under 2 CFR 

3474.10, the Secretary may impose 

special conditions and, 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. 

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); or we may send you an email 

containing a link to access an electronic 

version of your 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: (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. 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 

under 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 www.ed.gov/

fund/grant/apply/appforms/

appforms.html. 

4. Performance Measures: Under 

GPRA, the Secretary has established 

four performance measures to assess the 

effectiveness of this program. Projects 

funded under this competition will be 

expected to collect and report to the 

Department data related to these 

measures. Applications should, but are 

not required to, discuss in the 

application narrative how they propose 

to collect these data. The four GPRA 

performance measures are: (1) The total 

number of students who participate in 

standards-based Arts education 

sponsored by the grantee; (2) the 

number of teachers participating in the 

grantee’s program who receive 

professional development that is 

Sustained and Intensive; (3) the total 

number of students from low-income 

families who participate in standardsbased Arts education sponsored by the 

grantee; and (4) the total number of 

students with disabilities who 

participate in standards-based Arts 

education sponsored by the grantee. 

5. Continuation Awards: In making a 

continuation award under 34 CFR 

75.253, the Secretary considers, among 

other things: whether a grantee has 

made substantial progress in achieving 

the goals and objectives of the project; 

whether the grantee has expended funds 

in a manner that is consistent with its 

approved application and budget; and, 

if the Secretary has established 

performance measurement 

requirements, the performance targets in 

the grantee’s approved application. In 

making a continuation grant, the 

Secretary also considers whether the 

grantee is operating in compliance with 

the assurances in its approved 

application, including those applicable 

to Federal civil rights laws that prohibit 

discrimination in programs or activities 

receiving Federal financial assistance 

from the Department (34 CFR 100.4, 

104.5, 106.4, 108.8, and 110.23). 

VII. Agency Contact 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Asheley McBride, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., 

Room 4W, Washington, DC 20202–5950. 

Telephone: (202) 453–6500, or by email: 

AENP15Competition@ed.gov. 

If you use a TDD or a TTY, 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 compact disc) on 

request to the program contact person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT in section VII of this notice. 

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 4, 2015. 

Nadya Chinoy Dabby, 

Assistant Deputy Secretary for Innovation and 

Improvement. 

[FR Doc. 2015–02596 Filed 2–9–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 84.101A.] 

Proposed Waiver and Extension of the 

Project Period for the Native American 

Career and Technical Education 

Program 

AGENCY: Office of Career, Technical, and 

Adult Education, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Proposed waiver and extension 

of the project period. 

SUMMARY: For the Native American 

Career and Technical Education 

Program (NACTEP), the Secretary 


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proposes to: (1) Waive the requirements 

that generally prohibit project period 

extensions involving the obligation of 

additional Federal funds; and (2) extend 

the project periods for current NACTEP 

grantees for up to an additional 24 

months. This proposed extension and 

waiver would enable the 31 current 

NACTEP grantees to request and 

continue to receive Federal funding 

annually for fiscal year (FY) 2016 and 

possibly through FY 2017. 

DATES: We must receive your comments 

on or before March 12, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Address all comments 

regarding this proposed extension and 

waiver to Gwen Washington, Room 

11076, or Linda Mayo, Room 11075, 

U.S. Department of Education, 400 

Maryland Avenue SW., Potomac Center 

Plaza (PCP), Washington, DC 20202– 

7241. 

If you prefer to send your comments 

by email, use one of the following 

addresses: gwen.washington@ed.gov or 

linda.mayo@ed.gov. You must include 

the term ‘‘Proposed Waiver and 

Extension for NACTEP’’ in the subject 

line of your message. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gwen Washington, telephone: (202) 

245–7790, or by email at: 

gwen.washington@ed.gov; or Linda 

Mayo, telephone: (202) 245–7792, or by 

email at: linda.mayo@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 of the project 

period. 

During and after the comment period, 

you may inspect all public comments 

about this proposed waiver and 

extension in room 11076 or Room 

11075, 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 

supply 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. If you want to 

schedule an appointment for this type of 

aid, please contact one of the persons 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

Background 

NACTEP, authorized by section 116 of 

the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical 

Education Act of 2006 (Act), provides 

grants to improve career and technical 

education programs that benefit Native 

Americans and Alaska Natives. The Act 

also provides that NACTEP should 

build on the efforts of States and 

localities to develop challenging 

academic and technical standards and 

to assist students in meeting such 

standards, including preparation for 

high-skill, high-wage, or high-demand 

occupations in emerging or established 

professions (20 U.S.C. 2301(1)). In 

addition, programs are required to 

provide technical assistance that 

promotes leadership, initial preparation, 

and professional development and 

improves the quality of career and 

technical education teachers, faculty, 

administrators, and counselors (20 

U.S.C. 2301(5)). NACTEP programs 

generally support partnerships among 

secondary schools, postsecondary 

institutions, baccalaureate degreegranting institutions, area career and 

technical education schools, local 

workforce investment boards, business 

and industry, and intermediaries, as 

well as provide, in conjunction with 

other education and training programs, 

individuals with opportunities 

throughout their lives to develop the 

knowledge and skills needed to keep the 

United States competitive (20 U.S.C. 

2301(6) and (7)). 

On February 26, 2013, we published 

in the Federal Register (78 FR 13030) a 

notice inviting applications for NACTEP 

grants (2013 NIA) to operate career and 

technical education programs, as 

authorized by section 116(a) through (g) 

of the Act (20 U.S.C. 2326(a)–(g)). 

Although the Secretary invited 

applications with a proposed project 

period of five years in previous 

NACTEP competitions, in 2013, in 

anticipation of congressional 

reauthorization of the Act, the 

Department invited applications with 

proposed project periods of two years. 

The project periods for the 31 NACTEP 

projects funded under the 2013 NIA are 

scheduled to end in FY 2015. Because 

there is the potential for changes in the 

authorizing legislation for NACTEP 

beyond 2015, we do not believe it 

would be in the public interest to hold 

a new competition in FY 2015 for 

projects that may operate for only one 

year or to announce a competition 

under which eligible entities would be 

expected to proceed through the 

application preparation and submission 

process while lacking critical 

information about the future of the 

program. Further, we do not think that 

it would be in the public interest to 

have a lapse in the services currently 

provided by the NACTEP grantees. 

For these reasons, the Secretary 

proposes to waive the requirements of 

34 CFR 75.261(a) and (c)(2) that 

generally prohibit project period 

extensions involving the obligation of 

additional Federal funds. The Secretary 

also proposes to extend the NACTEP 

project period for up to 24 months. The 

proposed waiver and extension would 

allow the current NACTEP grantees to 

request and continue to receive Federal 

funding annually for project periods 

through FY 2016 and possibly through 

FY 2017. We intend to fund the 

extended project period by using funds 

appropriated for FY 2015 or FY 2016, 

depending on whether the grants are 

extended for one or two years. 

If the waiver of the requirements of 34 

CFR 75.261(a) and (c)(2) that we 

propose in this notice is announced by 

a notice of final waiver and extension of 

the project period published in the 

Federal Register: (1) The requirements 

applicable to continuation awards for 

current NACTEP grantees set forth in 

the 2013 NIA and the requirements in 

34 CFR 75.253 would apply to any 

continuation awards sought by current 

NACTEP grantees; (2) we will make 

decisions regarding annual continuation 

awards based on grantee program 

narratives, budgets and budget 

narratives, and performance reports and 

the requirements in 34 CFR 75.253; and 

(3) we will not announce a new grant 

competition or make new awards in FY 

2015. 

The proposed waiver and project 

period extension would not exempt the 

current NACTEP grantees from the 

appropriation account closing 

provisions of 31 U.S.C. 1552(a), nor 

would they extend the availability of 

funds previously awarded to current 

NACTEP grantees. As a result of 31 

U.S.C. 1552(a), appropriations available 

for a limited period may be used for 

payment of valid obligations for only 

five years after the expiration of their 

period of availability for Federal 

obligation. After that time, the 

unexpended balance of those funds is 

canceled and returned to the U.S. 

Department of the Treasury and is 

unavailable for restoration for any 

purpose (31 U.S.C. 1552(b)). 

Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification 

The Secretary certifies that the 

proposed waiver and extension and the 

activities required to support additional 

years of funding would not have a 

significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities. 


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The entities that would be affected by 

the proposed waiver and extension are 

the 31 grantees selected based on the 

2013 NIA and currently receiving 

Federal funds and any other potential 

applicants. 

The Secretary certifies that the 

proposed waiver and extension would 

not have a significant economic impact 

on these entities 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 does not contain any 

information collection requirements. 

Intergovernmental Review 

The NACTEP is not subject to 

Executive Order 12372 and the 

regulations in 34 CFR part 79. 

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 one of the contact persons 

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 this 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 4, 2015. 

Johan E. Uvin, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Career, 

Technical, and Adult Education. 

[FR Doc. 2015–02725 Filed 2–9–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP15–71–000] 

Chesapeake Utilities Corporation; 

Notice of Application 

Take notice that on January 23, 2015, 

Chesapeake Utilities Corporation 

(Chesapeake), 909 Silver Lake Blvd., 

Dover, Delaware 19904, filed an 

application pursuant to section 7(f) of 

the Natural Gas Act (NGA) requesting a 

service area determination within which 

it may enlarge or expand its natural gas 

distribution facilities without further 

Commission authorization. Chesapeake 

also requests a determination that it 

qualifies as a local distribution company 

for purposes of section 311 of the 

Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 (NGPA) 

and a waiver of all reporting, 

accounting, and other rules and 

regulations under the NGA and NGPA 

that are normally applicable to natural 

gas companies. 

Chesapeake received a request for 

service from Warwick Mushroom 

Farms, LLC (WMF) at its existing facility 

in Cecil County, Maryland to displace 

its current use of propane. Chesapeake 

proposes to construct approximately 1.5 

miles of 6-inch diameter pipeline in 

Delaware and approximately 3.9 miles 

of 6-inch diameter pipeline in Maryland 

in order to connect with WMF’s facility, 

all as more fully set forth in the 

application which is on file with the 

Commission and open to public 

inspection. The filing 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 

at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call 

toll-free, (886) 208–3676 or TYY, (202) 

502–8659. 

Any questions regarding the 

application may be directed to William 

Rice, King & Spalding LLP, 1700 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Suite 200, 

Washington, DC 20006, by telephone at 

(202) 626–9602, by facsimile at (202) 

626–3737, or by email at wrice@

kslaw.com. 

Pursuant to section 157.9 of the 

Commission’s rules, 18 CFR 157.9, 

within 90 days of this Notice, the 

Commission staff will either: Complete 

its environmental assessment (EA) and 

place it into the Commission’s public 

record (eLibrary) for this proceeding; or 

issue a Notice of Schedule for 

Environmental Review. If a Notice of 

Schedule for Environmental Review is 

issued, it will indicate, among other 

milestones, the anticipated date for the 

Commission staff’s issuance of the EA 

for this proposal. 

The filing of the EA in the 

Commission’s public record for this 

proceeding or the issuance of a Notice 

of Schedule for Environmental Review 

will serve to notify federal and state 

agencies of the timing for the 

completion of all necessary reviews, and 

the subsequent need to complete all 

federal authorizations within 90 days of 

the date of issuance of the Commission 

staff’s EA. 

There are two ways to become 

involved in the Commission’s review of 

this project. First, any person wishing to 

obtain legal status by becoming a party 

to the proceedings for this project 

should, on or before the comment date 

stated below file with the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, 

a motion to intervene in accordance 

with the requirements of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211) 

and the Regulations under the NGA (18 

CFR 157.10). A person obtaining party 

status will be placed on the service list 

maintained by the Secretary of the 

Commission and will receive copies of 

all documents filed by the applicant and 

by all other parties. A party must submit 

seven copies of filings made in the 

proceeding with the Commission and 

must mail a copy to the applicant and 

to every other party. Only parties to the 

proceeding can ask for court review of 

Commission orders in the proceeding. 

However, a person does not have to 

intervene in order to have comments 

considered. The second way to 

participate is by filing with the 

Secretary of the Commission, as soon as 

possible, an original and two copies of 

comments in support of or in opposition 

to this project. The Commission will 

consider these comments in 

determining the appropriate action to be 

taken, but the filing of a comment alone 

will not serve to make the filer a party 

to the proceeding. The Commission’s 

rules require that persons filing 

comments in opposition to the project 

provide copies of their protests only to 

the party or parties directly involved in 

the protest. 

Persons who wish to comment only 

on the environmental review of this 

project should submit an original and 

two copies of their comments to the 

Secretary of the Commission. 

Environmental commentors will be 

placed on the Commission’s 

environmental mailing list, will receive 


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