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1For purposes of NHCTEP, ‘‘community-based 

organization’’ means a public or private 

organization that provides career and technical 

education, or related services, to individuals in the 

Native Hawaiian community. 

not consider the use of voluntary 

consensus standards. 

14. Environment 

We have analyzed this proposed rule 

under Department of Homeland 

Security Management Directive 023–01 

and Commandant Instruction 

M16475.lD, which guide the Coast 

Guard in complying with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 

(NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321–4370f), and 

have made a preliminary determination 

that this action is one of a category of 

actions that do not individually or 

cumulatively have a significant effect on 

the human environment. This proposed 

rule involves establishing a temporary 

safety zone in the Lower Mississippi 

River, (MM) 745.0 to (MM) 736.0. This 

action is necessary to protect persons 

and property during the full-scale 

exercise. This rule is categorically 

excluded from further review under 

paragraph 34(g) of Figure 2–1 of the 

Commandant Instruction. A preliminary 

environmental analysis checklist 

supporting this determination and a 

Categorical Exclusion Determination are 

available in the docket where indicated 

under ADDRESSES. We seek any 

comments or information that may lead 

to the discovery of a significant 

environmental impact from this 

proposed rule. 

List of Subjects in 33 CFR Part 165 

Marine safety, Navigation (water), 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Waterways. 

For the reasons discussed in the 

preamble, the Coast Guard proposes to 

amend 33 CFR part 165 as follows: 

PART 165—REGULATED NAVIGATION 

AREAS AND LIMITED ACCESS AREAS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 165 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1231; 46 U.S.C. 

Chapter 701, 3306, 3703; 50 U.S.C. 191, 195; 

33 CFR 1.05–1, 6.04–1, 6.04–6, 160.5; Pub. L. 

107–295, 116 Stat. 2064; Department of 

Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1. 

■ 2. A new temporary § 165.T08–1019 is 

added to read as follows: 

§ 165.T08–1019 Safety Zone; Memphis 

Port Area Multiagency Mass Rescue 

Operations and Medical Surge Full-Scale 

Exercise, Lower Mississippi River, Mile 

Marker, (MM) 745.0 to (MM) 736.0, Memphis, 

TN. 

(a) Location. The following area will 

be under a temporary safety zone: 

Waters of the Lower Mississippi River, 

from MM 745.0 to MM 736.0. 

(b) Effective date and times. This 

safety zone will be effective from 9:00 

a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on April 22, 2015. 

(c) Regulations. (1) In accordance with 

the general regulations in § 165.23 of 

this part, entry into this area is 

prohibited unless authorized by the 

Captain of the Port (COTP) Lower 

Mississippi River or a designated 

representative. (2) Spectator vessels may safely 

transit outside the safety zone at a 

minimum safe speed, but may not 

anchor, block, loiter, or impede 

participants or official patrol vessels. (3) Vessels requiring entry into or 

passage through the safety zone must 

request permission from the COTP 

Lower Mississippi River or a designated 

representative. They may be contacted 

on VHF–FM channels 16 or by 

telephone at (901) 521–4822. (4) All vessels shall comply with the 

instructions of the COTP Lower 

Mississippi River and designated 

personnel. Designated personnel 

include commissioned, warrant, and 

petty officers of the U.S. Coast Guard. (d) Informational Broadcasts: The 

Captain of the Port, Lower Mississippi 

River or a designated representative will 

inform the public through broadcast 

notices to mariners (BNM) of the 

effective period for the safety zone and 

of any changes in the effective period, 

enforcement times, or size of the safety 

zone. 

Dated: January 16, 2015. 

T.J. Wendt, 

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

Port, Lower Mississippi River. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

34 CFR Part 75 

Proposed Waiver and Extension of the 

Project Period for the Native Hawaiian 

Career and Technical Education 

Program 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 84.259A. 

AGENCY: Office of Career, Technical, and 

Adult Education, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Proposed waiver and extension 

of the project period. 

SUMMARY: For the Native Hawaiian 

Career and Technical Education 

Program (NHCTEP), the Secretary 

proposes to waive the requirements that 

generally prohibit project period 

extensions involving the obligation of 

additional Federal funds and extend the 

project periods of the seven current 

NHCTEP grants for up to an additional 

24 months. This proposed waiver and 

extension would allow the seven 

current NHCTEP grantees to seek 

continuation awards annually through 

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 Linda Mayo, U.S. Department 

of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue 

SW., Room 11075, Potomac Center Plaza 

(PCP), Washington, DC 20202–7241. 

If you prefer to send your comments 

by email, use the following address: 

linda.mayo@ed.gov. You must include 

the term ‘‘Proposed Waiver and 

Extension for NHCTEP’’ in the subject 

line of your message. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Linda Mayo by telephone at (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 11075, PCP, 550 12th 

Street SW., Washington, DC, between 

the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4 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. If you want to 

schedule an appointment for this type of 

aid, please contact the person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

Background 

NHCTEP, authorized by section 116 of 

the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical 

Education Act of 2006 (Act), supports 

grants to community-based 

organizations primarily serving and 

representing Native Hawaiians.1 Under 

this program, grantees carry out projects 

that provide organized educational 


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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. 

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. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

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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