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activities offering a sequence of courses 

that— 

(a) Provides individuals with coherent 

and rigorous content aligned with 

challenging academic standards and 

relevant technical knowledge and skills 

needed to prepare for further education 

and careers in current or emerging 

professions; 

(b) Provides technical skill 

proficiency, an industry-recognized 

credential, a certificate, or an associate 

degree; and 

(c) Includes competency-based 

applied learning that contributes to the 

academic knowledge, higher-order 

reasoning and problem-solving skills, 

work attitudes, general employability 

skills, technical and occupation-specific 

skills, and knowledge of all aspects of 

an industry, including 

entrepreneurship, of an individual. 

Projects may include prerequisite 

courses (other than remedial courses) 

that meet the definitional requirements 

of section 3(5)(A) of the Act (20 U.S.C. 

2302(5)(A)). 

On June 14, 2013, we published in the 

Federal Register (78 FR 35877) a notice 

inviting applications for NHCTEP grants 

(2013 NIA). Although the Secretary 

invited applications with a proposed 

project period of five years in previous 

NHCTEP competitions, in 2013, in 

anticipation of congressional 

reauthorization of the Act, the 

Department invited applications with 

proposed project periods of 24 months. 

The project periods for the NHCTEP 

projects funded under the 2013 NIA are 

scheduled to end in 2015. Because there 

is the potential for changes in the 

authorizing legislation for NHCTEP 

beyond 2015, we do not believe it 

would be in the public interest to hold 

a new NHCTEP competition in FY 2015 

for projects that may then operate for 

just 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 NHCTEP 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 NHCTEP 

project period for up to 24 months. The 

proposed waiver and extension would 

allow the current NHCTEP 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 NHCTEP grantees set forth in 

the 2013 NIA and the requirements in 

34 CFR 75.253 would apply to any 

continuation awards sought by current 

NHCTEP 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 

competition or make new awards in FY 

2015. 

The proposed waiver and project 

period extension would not exempt the 

current NHCTEP 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 

NHCTEP 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. 

The small entities that would be 

affected by this proposed waiver and 

extension are the seven currently 

funded NHCTEP grantees 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 years 

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 NHCTEP 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 the contact person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

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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 

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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 

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have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

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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. 

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AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R09–OAR–2014–0731; FRL–9921–36– 

Region 9] 

Revisions to the California State 

Implementation Plan, Placer County 

Air Pollution Control District, San 

Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution 

Control District 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve 

revisions to the Placer County Air 

Pollution Control District (PCAPCD) and 


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the San Joaquin Valley Unified Air 

Pollution Control District (SJVUAPCD) 

portions of the California State 

Implementation Plan (SIP). These 

revisions concern volatile organic 

compound (VOC) emissions from 

gasoline transfer into stationary storage 

containers, and gasoline transfer into 

vehicle fuel tanks. We are proposing to 

approve local rules to regulate these 

emission sources under the Clean Air 

Act (CAA or the Act). 

DATES: Any comments on this proposal 

must arrive by March 12, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments, 

identified by docket number EPA–R09– 

OAR–2014–0731 by one of the following 

methods: 

1. Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line 

instructions. 

2. Email: steckel.andrew@epa.gov. 

3. Mail or deliver: Andrew Steckel 

(Air-4), U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, 

San Francisco, CA 94105–3901. 

Instructions: All comments will be 

included in the public docket without 

change and may be made available 

online at www.regulations.gov, 

including any personal information 

provided, unless the comment includes 

Confidential Business Information (CBI) 

or other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Information that 

you consider CBI or otherwise protected 

should be clearly identified as such and 

should not be submitted through 

www.regulations.gov or email. 

www.regulations.gov is an ‘‘anonymous 

access’’ system, and EPA will not know 

your identity or contact information 

unless you provide it in the body of 

your comment. If you send email 

directly to EPA, your email address will 

be automatically captured and included 

as part of the public comment. If EPA 

cannot read your comment due to 

technical difficulties and cannot contact 

you for clarification, EPA may not be 

able to consider your comment. 

Electronic files should avoid the use of 

special characters, any form of 

encryption, and be free of any defects or 

viruses. 

Docket: Generally, documents in the 

docket for this action are available 

electronically at www.regulations.gov 

and in hard copy at EPA Region IX, 75 

Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, 

California 94105–3901. While all 

documents in the docket are listed at 

www.regulations.gov, some information 

may be publicly available only at the 

hard copy location (e.g., copyrighted 

material, large maps), and some may not 

be publicly available in either location 

(e.g., CBI). To inspect the hard copy 

materials, please schedule an 

appointment during normal business 

hours with the contact listed in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

James Shears, EPA Region IX, (213) 

244–1810, shears.james@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

proposal addresses the following local 

rules: PCAPCD Rule 213, Gasoline 

Transfer Into Stationary Storage 

Containers, PCAPCD Rule 214, Transfer 

of Gasoline Into Vehicle Fuel Tanks, 

SJVUAPCD Rule 4621, Gasoline 

Transfer Into Stationary Storage 

Containers, Delivery Vessels, and Bulk 

Plants, and SJVUAPCD Rule 4622, 

Gasoline Transfer Into Motor Vehicle 

Fuel Tanks. In the Rules and 

Regulations section of this Federal 

Register, we are approving these local 

rules in a direct final action without 

prior proposal because we believe these 

SIP revisions are not controversial. If we 

receive adverse comments, however, we 

will publish a timely withdrawal of the 

direct final rule and address the 

comments in subsequent action based 

on this proposed rule. Please note that 

if we receive adverse comment on an 

amendment, paragraph, or section of 

this rule and if that provision may be 

severed from the remainder of the rule, 

we may adopt as final those provisions 

of the rule that are not the subject of an 

adverse comment. 

We do not plan to open a second 

comment period, so anyone interested 

in commenting should do so at this 

time. If we do not receive adverse 

comments, no further activity is 

planned. For further information, please 

see the direct final action. 

Dated: December 12, 2014. 

Jared Blumenfeld, 

Regional Administrator, Region IX. 

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[EPA–R06–OAR–2011–0938; FRL–9922–72– 

Region 6] 

Approval and Promulgation of 

Implementation Plans; New Mexico; 

Transportation Conformity and 

Conformity of General Federal Actions 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve 

State Implementation Plan (SIP) 

revisions submitted by the State of New 

Mexico on October 28, 2011, November 

1, 2013, and August 8, 2014 on behalf 

of the New Mexico Environment 

Department (NMED). These revisions 

amend the State transportation 

conformity provisions and remove the 

State general conformity provisions 

from the SIP as allowed by the 2005 

amendments to the Clean Air Act (Act 

or CAA). These revisions also establish 

transportation conformity criteria and 

procedures related to interagency 

consultation and enforceability of 

certain transportation-related control 

measures and mitigation measures. If 

finalized, upon the effective date of this 

final action, the EPA federal rules will 

govern conformity of transportation 

Federal actions and general Federal 

actions within the State of New Mexico. 

This action is being taken in accordance 

with sections 110 and 176 of the Act. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before March 12, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed to 

Mr. Guy Donaldson, Chief, Air Planning 

Section (6PD–L), Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1445 Ross Avenue, 

Suite 1200, Dallas, Texas 75202–2733. 

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: 

Jeffrey Riley, (214) 665–8542, 

riley.jeffrey@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the 

final rules section of this Federal 

Register, EPA is approving the State’s 

SIP submittal as a direct rule without 

prior proposal because the Agency 

views this as noncontroversial submittal 

and anticipates no adverse comments. A 

detailed rationale for the approval is set 

forth in the direct final rule. If no 

relevant adverse comments are received 

in response to this action no further 

activity is contemplated. If EPA receives 

relevant 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. EPA will 

not institute a second comment period. 

Any parties interested in commenting 

on this action should do so at this time. 

For additional information, see the 

direct final rule which is located in the 

rules section of this Federal Register. 


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