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worldwide by any means, electronically 

or otherwise. The Grantee may not use 

Federal funds to pay any royalty or 

license fee for use of a copyrighted 

work, or the cost of acquiring by 

purchase a copyright in a work, where 

the Department has a license or rights of 

free use in such work. If revenues are 

generated through selling products 

developed with grant funds, including 

intellectual property, these revenues are 

program income and shall be added to 

the grant and must be expended for 

allowable grant activities. 

Dated: March 3, 2015. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2015–05264 Filed 3–6–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Applications for New Awards; 

Rehabilitation Services 

Administration—Rehabilitation ShortTerm Training Program 

AGENCY: Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

Overview Information: 

Rehabilitation Services 

Administration (RSA)— 

Rehabilitation Short-Term Training 

Program 

Notice inviting applications for new 

awards for fiscal year (FY) 2015. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.246K. 

DATES: 

Applications Available: March 9, 

2015. 

Date of Pre-Application Webinar: 

March 19, 2015. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: April 23, 2015. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: June 22, 2015. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The 

Rehabilitation Short-Term Training 

Program supports special seminars, 

institutes, workshops, and other shortterm courses in technical matters 

relating to vocational, medical, social, 

and psychological rehabilitation 

programs; independent living service 

programs; and client assistance 

programs (CAPs). 

Priority: This notice includes one 

absolute priority. This priority is from 

the notice of final priority for this 

program (NFP), published in the 

Federal Register on February 15, 2000 

(65 FR 7678). 

Absolute Priority: For FY 2015, this 

priority is an absolute priority. Under 34 

CFR 75.105(c)(3) we consider only 

applications that meet this priority. 

This priority is: Client Assistance 

Program. 

Projects that: 

Provide training to Client Assistance 

Program (CAP) personnel on an asneeded basis, including— 

(1) Management training on skills 

needed for strategic and operational 

planning and direction of CAP services; 

(2) Advocacy training on skills and 

knowledge needed by CAP staff to assist 

persons with disabilities to gain access 

to and to use the services and benefits 

available under the Rehabilitation Act of 

1973, as amended (Act), with particular 

emphasis on new statutory and 

regulatory requirements; 

(3) Systemic advocacy training on 

skills and knowledge needed by CAP 

staff to address programmatic issues of 

concern; 

(4) Training and technical assistance 

on CAP best practices; and 

(5) Training on skills and knowledge 

needed by CAP staff to perform 

additional responsibilities required by 

the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, 

as amended. 

Coordinate training efforts with other 

training supported by RSA, as well as 

with the training supported by the 

Center for Mental Health Services and 

the Administration on Developmental 

Disabilities on common areas such as 

protection and advocacy, financial 

management, and trial advocacy. 

Include both national and regional 

training seminars in each project year. 

Note: The Workforce Innovation and 

Opportunity Act of 2014 (WIOA) replaces the 

Workforce Investment Act of 1998, as 

amended (WIA). With regard to paragraph (2) 

of this priority, please note that WIOA 

amended section 112(a) of the Rehabilitation 

Act to emphasize CAP’s role in informing 

and advising clients and client applicants on 

the availability of pre-employment transition 

services under the State Vocational 

Rehabilitation Service program (new section 

113) and on the limited conditions under 

which an individual with a disability who is 

age 24 or younger can be compensated at a 

wage that is less than the Federal minimum 

wage (new section 511). 

With regard to paragraph (5) of this 

priority, please note that while WIA has 

been superseded by the passage of 

WIOA, a CAP’s responsibilities under 

section 112 have not changed. Thus, 

applicants should continue to 

demonstrate how they will provide 

training on such responsibilities not 

covered in paragraphs (1) through (4). 

In addition, the Administration on 

Developmental Disabilities, referenced 

in the priority, is now referred to as the 

Administration on Intellectual and 

Developmental Disabilities. The name 

change was made by amendments to the 

Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended 

by WIOA. 

Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 772. 

Applicable Regulations: (a) The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations in 34 CFR 

parts 75, 77, 79, 81, 82, 84, 86, and 99. 

(b) The OMB Guidelines to Agencies on 

Governmentwide Debarment and 

Suspension (Nonprocurement) in 2 CFR 

part 180, as adopted and amended as 

regulations of the Department in 2 CFR 

part 3485. (c) The Uniform 

Administrative Requirements, Cost 

Principles, and Audit Requirements for 

Federal Awards in 2 CFR part 200, as 

adopted and amended in 2 CFR part 

3474. (d) 34 CFR parts 385 and 390. (e) 

The NFP. 

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 79 

apply to all applicants except federally 

recognized Indian tribes. 

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 

apply only to institutions of higher education 

(IHEs). 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary grant. 

Estimated Available Funds: $200,000. 

Maximum Award: We will reject any 

application that proposes a budget 

exceeding $200,000 for a single budget 

period of 12 months. The Assistant 

Secretary for Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services may change the 

maximum amount through a notice 

published in the Federal Register. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 1. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Note: Under 34 CFR 75.562(c), an indirect 

cost reimbursement on a training grant is 

limited to the recipient’s actual indirect 

costs, as determined by its negotiated 

indirect cost rate agreement, or eight percent 

of a modified total direct cost base, 

whichever amount is less. Indirect costs in 

excess of the limit may not be charged 

directly, used to satisfy matching or costsharing requirements, or charged to another 

Federal award. 

Project Period: Up to 60 months. 

Continuing the Fourth and Fifth Years 

of the Project: 

In deciding whether to continue 

funding the Rehabilitation Short-Term 

Training Program for the fourth and fifth 

years, the Department, as part of the 

review of the application narrative and 

annual performance reports will 

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consider the degree to which the 

program demonstrates— 

(a) Substantial progress in providing 

training to CAP personnel on an asneeded basis in the areas of 

management, advocacy, and systemic 

advocacy; 

(b) Substantial progress in providing 

training and technical assistance on 

CAP best practices; 

(c) Substantial progress in offering 

national and regional training seminars 

each project year; and 

(d) Effective coordination with RSA, 

as well as with training supported by 

the Center on Mental Health Services 

and the Administration on Intellectual 

and Developmental Disabilities on 

common areas such as protection and 

advocacy, financial management, and 

trial advocacy. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: States and 

public or nonprofit agencies and 

organizations, including Indian tribes 

and IHEs. 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching: Cost 

sharing of at least 10 percent of the total 

cost of the project is required of grantees 

under the Rehabilitation Short-Term 

Training Program. The Secretary may 

waive part of the non-Federal share of 

the cost of the project after negotiations 

if the applicant demonstrates that it 

does not have sufficient resources to 

contribute the entire match (34 CFR 

386.30). 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Address to Request Application 

Package: You can obtain an application 

package via the Internet, from the 

Education Publications Center (ED 

Pubs), or from the program office. 

To obtain a copy via the Internet, use 

the following address: www.ed.gov/

fund/grant/apply/grantapps/index.html. 

To obtain a copy from ED Pubs, write, 

fax, or call the following: ED Pubs, U.S. 

Department of Education, P.O. Box 

22207, Alexandria, VA 22304. 

Telephone, toll free: 1–877–433–7827. 

FAX: (703) 605–6794. If you use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) or a text telephone (TTY), call, 

toll free: 1–877–576–7734. 

You can contact ED Pubs at its Web 

site, also: www.EDPubs.gov or at its 

email address: edpubs@inet.ed.gov. 

If you request an application from ED 

Pubs, be sure to identify this 

competition as follows: CFDA number 

84.246K. 

To obtain a copy from the program 

office, contact Kristen RhinehartFernandez, U.S. Department of 

Education, Rehabilitation Services 

Administration, 400 Maryland Avenue 

SW., Room 5027, Potomac Center Plaza 

(PCP), Washington, DC 20202–2800. 

Telephone: (202) 245–6103 or by email: 

kristen.rhinehart@ed.gov. 

Individuals with disabilities can 

obtain a copy of the application package 

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

large print, audiotape, or compact disc) 

by contacting the person or team listed 

under Accessible Format in section VIII 

of this notice. 

2. Content and Form of Application 

Submission: Requirements concerning 

the content of an application, together 

with the forms you must submit, are in 

the application package for this 

competition. 

Page Limit: The application narrative 

(Part III of the application) is where you, 

the applicant, address the selection 

criteria that reviewers use to evaluate 

your application. You must limit the 

application narrative to the equivalent 

of no more than 45 pages using the 

following standards: 

• A ‘‘page’’ is 8.5′′ x 11′′, on one side 

only, with 1′′ margins at the top, bottom, 

and both sides. 

• Double space (no more than three 

lines per vertical inch) all text in the 

application narrative, including titles, 

headings, footnotes, quotations, 

references, and captions, as well as all 

text in charts, tables, figures, and 

graphs. 

• Use a font that is either 12 point or 

larger or no smaller than 10 pitch 

(characters per inch). 

• Use one of the following fonts: 

Times New Roman, Courier, Courier 

New, or Arial. An application submitted 

in any other font (including Times 

Roman or Arial Narrow) will not be 

accepted. 

In addition to the page limit on the 

application narrative section, you must 

limit the abstract to the equivalent of no 

more than two pages. The standards 

listed above, which also are applicable 

to the application narrative, apply to the 

abstract. 

You must limit the resumes to only 

those individuals identified as key 

personnel, not to exceed a total of five 

pages. There are no page standards 

associated with resumes. 

We will reject your application if you 

exceed the page limits, or if you apply 

other standards and exceed the 

equivalent of the page limits. No 

optional materials will be accepted. 

Please note that any funded 

applicant’s application abstract will be 

made available to the public. 

3. Submission Dates and Times: 

Applications Available: March 9, 

2015. 

Date of Pre-Application Webinar: 

Interested parties are invited to 

participate in a pre-application webinar. 

The pre-application webinar with staff 

from the Department will be held at 2:00 

p.m., Washington, DC time, on Tuesday, 

March 19, 2015. The webinar will be 

recorded. For further information about 

the pre-application webinar, contact the 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII of 

this notice. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: April 23, 2015. 

Applications for grants under this 

competition must be submitted 

electronically using the Grants.gov 

Apply site (Grants.gov). For information 

(including dates and times) about how 

to submit your application 

electronically, or in paper format by 

mail or hand delivery if you qualify for 

an exception to the electronic 

submission requirement, please refer to 

section IV. 7. Other Submission 

Requirements of this notice. 

We do not consider an application 

that does not comply with the deadline 

requirements. 

Individuals with disabilities who 

need an accommodation or auxiliary aid 

in connection with the application 

process should contact the person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT in section VII of this notice. If 

the Department provides an 

accommodation or auxiliary aid to an 

individual with a disability in 

connection with the application 

process, the individual’s application 

remains subject to all other 

requirements and limitations in this 

notice. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: June 22, 2015. 

4. Intergovernmental Review: This 

competition is subject to E.O. 12372 and 

the regulations in 34 CFR part 79. 

Information about Intergovernmental 

Review of Federal Programs under E.O. 

12372 is in the application package for 

this competition. 

5. Funding Restrictions: We reference 

regulations outlining funding 

restrictions in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

6. Data Universal Numbering System 

Number, Taxpayer Identification 

Number, and System for Award 

Management: To do business with the 

Department of Education, you must— 

a. Have a Data Universal Numbering 

System (DUNS) number and a Taxpayer 

Identification Number (TIN); 

b. Register both your DUNS number 

and TIN with the System for Award 

Management (SAM) (formerly the 

Central Contractor Registry (CCR)), the 

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Government’s primary registrant 

database; 

c. Provide your DUNS number and 

TIN on your application; and 

d. Maintain an active SAM 

registration with current information 

while your application is under review 

by the Department and, if you are 

awarded a grant, during the project 

period. 

You can obtain a DUNS number from 

Dun and Bradstreet. A DUNS number 

can be created within one to two 

business days. 

If you are a corporate entity, agency, 

institution, or organization, you can 

obtain a TIN from the Internal Revenue 

Service. If you are an individual, you 

can obtain a TIN from the Internal 

Revenue Service or the Social Security 

Administration. If you need a new TIN, 

please allow 2–5 weeks for your TIN to 

become active. 

The SAM registration process can take 

approximately seven business days, but 

may take upwards of several weeks, 

depending on the completeness and 

accuracy of the data entered into the 

SAM database by an entity. Thus, if you 

think you might want to apply for 

Federal financial assistance under a 

program administered by the 

Department, please allow sufficient time 

to obtain and register your DUNS 

number and TIN. We strongly 

recommend that you register early. 

Note: Once your SAM registration is active, 

you will need to allow 24 to 48 hours for the 

information to be available in Grants.gov and 

before you can submit an application through 

Grants.gov. 

If you are currently registered with 

SAM, you may not need to make any 

changes. However, please make certain 

that the TIN associated with your DUNS 

number is correct. Also note that you 

will need to update your registration 

annually. This may take three or more 

business days to complete. 

Information about SAM is available at 

www.SAM.gov. To further assist you 

with obtaining and registering your 

DUNS number and TIN in SAM or 

updating your existing SAM account, 

we have prepared a SAM.gov Tip Sheet, 

which you can find at: http://

www2.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/samfaqs.html. 

In addition, if you are submitting your 

application via Grants.gov, you must (1) 

be designated by your organization as an 

Authorized Organization Representative 

(AOR); and (2) register yourself with 

Grants.gov as an AOR. Details on these 

steps are outlined at the following 

Grants.gov Web page: www.grants.gov/

web/grants/register.html. 

7. Other Submission Requirements: 

Applications for grants under this 

competition must be submitted 

electronically unless you qualify for an 

exception to this requirement in 

accordance with the instructions in this 

section. 

a. Electronic Submission of 

Applications. 

Applications for grants under the 

Rehabilitation Short-Term Training 

Program, CFDA number 84.246K, must 

be submitted electronically using the 

Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply site 

at www.Grants.gov. Through this site, 

you will be able to download a copy of 

the application package, complete it 

offline, and then upload and submit 

your application. You may not email an 

electronic copy of a grant application to 

us. 

We will reject your application if you 

submit it in paper format unless, as 

described elsewhere in this section, you 

qualify for one of the exceptions to the 

electronic submission requirement and 

submit, no later than two weeks before 

the application deadline date, a written 

statement to the Department that you 

qualify for one of these exceptions. 

Further information regarding 

calculation of the date that is two weeks 

before the application deadline date is 

provided later in this section under 

Exception to Electronic Submission 

Requirement. 

You may access the electronic grant 

application for the Rehabilitation ShortTerm Training Program competition at 

www.Grants.gov. You must search for 

the downloadable application package 

for this competition by the CFDA 

number. Do not include the CFDA 

number’s alpha suffix in your search 

(e.g., search for 84.246, not 84.246K). 

Please note the following: 

• When you enter the Grants.gov site, 

you will find information about 

submitting an application electronically 

through the site, as well as the hours of 

operation. 

• Applications received by Grants.gov 

are date and time stamped. Your 

application must be fully uploaded and 

submitted and must be date and time 

stamped by the Grants.gov system no 

later than 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC 

time, on the application deadline date. 

Except as otherwise noted in this 

section, we will not accept your 

application if it is received—that is, date 

and time stamped by the Grants.gov 

system—after 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, 

DC time, on the application deadline 

date. We do not consider an application 

that does not comply with the deadline 

requirements. When we retrieve your 

application from Grants.gov, we will 

notify you if we are rejecting your 

application because it was date and time 

stamped by the Grants.gov system after 

4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on 

the application deadline date. 

• The amount of time it can take to 

upload an application will vary 

depending on a variety of factors, 

including the size of the application and 

the speed of your Internet connection. 

Therefore, we strongly recommend that 

you do not wait until the application 

deadline date to begin the submission 

process through Grants.gov. 

• You should review and follow the 

Education Submission Procedures for 

submitting an application through 

Grants.gov that are included in the 

application package for this competition 

to ensure that you submit your 

application in a timely manner to the 

Grants.gov system. You can also find the 

Education Submission Procedures 

pertaining to Grants.gov under News 

and Events on the Department’s G5 

system home page at www.G5.gov. 

• You will not receive additional 

point value because you submit your 

application in electronic format, nor 

will we penalize you if you qualify for 

an exception to the electronic 

submission requirement, as described 

elsewhere in this section, and submit 

your application in paper format. 

• You must submit all documents 

electronically, including all information 

you typically provide on the following 

forms: The Application for Federal 

Assistance (SF 424), the Department of 

Education Supplemental Information for 

SF 424, Budget Information—NonConstruction Programs (ED 524), and all 

necessary assurances and certifications. 

• You must upload any narrative 

sections and all other attachments to 

your application as files in a PDF 

(Portable Document) read-only, nonmodifiable format. Do not upload an 

interactive or fillable PDF file. If you 

upload a file type other than a readonly, non-modifiable PDF or submit a 

password-protected file, we will not 

review that material. 

• Your electronic application must 

comply with any page-limit 

requirements described in this notice. 

• After you electronically submit 

your application, you will receive from 

Grants.gov an automatic notification of 

receipt that contains a Grants.gov 

tracking number. (This notification 

indicates receipt by Grants.gov only, not 

receipt by the Department.) The 

Department then will retrieve your 

application from Grants.gov and send a 

second notification to you by email. 

This second notification indicates that 

the Department has received your 

application and has assigned your 

application a PR/Award number (an EDspecified identifying number unique to 

your application). 

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• We may request that you provide us 

original signatures on forms at a later 

date. 

Application Deadline Date Extension 

in Case of Technical Issues with the 

Grants.gov System: If you are 

experiencing problems submitting your 

application through Grants.gov, please 

contact the Grants.gov Support Desk, 

toll free, at 1–800–518–4726. You must 

obtain a Grants.gov Support Desk Case 

Number and must keep a record of it. 

If you are prevented from 

electronically submitting your 

application on the application deadline 

date because of technical problems with 

the Grants.gov system, we will grant you 

an extension until 4:30:00 p.m., 

Washington, DC time, the following 

business day to enable you to transmit 

your application electronically or by 

hand delivery. You also may mail your 

application by following the mailing 

instructions described elsewhere in this 

notice. 

If you submit an application after 

4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on 

the application deadline date, please 

contact the person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in 

section VII of this notice and provide an 

explanation of the technical problem 

you experienced with Grants.gov, along 

with the Grants.gov Support Desk Case 

Number. We will accept your 

application if we can confirm that a 

technical problem occurred with the 

Grants.gov system and that that problem 

affected your ability to submit your 

application by 4:30:00 p.m., 

Washington, DC time, on the 

application deadline date. The 

Department will contact you after a 

determination is made on whether your 

application will be accepted. 

Note: The extensions to which we refer in 

this section apply only to the unavailability 

of, or technical problems with, the Grants.gov 

system. We will not grant you an extension 

if you failed to fully register to submit your 

application to Grants.gov before the 

application deadline date and time or if the 

technical problem you experienced is 

unrelated to the Grants.gov system. 

Exception to Electronic Submission 

Requirement: You qualify for an 

exception to the electronic submission 

requirement, and may submit your 

application in paper format, if you are 

unable to submit an application through 

the Grants.gov system because— 

• You do not have access to the 

Internet; or 

• You do not have the capacity to 

upload large documents to the 

Grants.gov system; 

and 

• No later than two weeks before the 

application deadline date (14 calendar 

days or, if the fourteenth calendar day 

before the application deadline date 

falls on a Federal holiday, the next 

business day following the Federal 

holiday), you mail or fax a written 

statement to the Department, explaining 

which of the two grounds for an 

exception prevents you from using the 

Internet to submit your application. 

If you mail your written statement to 

the Department, it must be postmarked 

no later than two weeks before the 

application deadline date. If you fax 

your written statement to the 

Department, we must receive the faxed 

statement no later than two weeks 

before the application deadline date. 

Address and mail or fax your 

statement to: Kristen RhinehartFernandez, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., 

Room 5027, Potomac Center Plaza 

(PCP), Washington, DC 20202–2800. 

FAX: (202) 245–7592. 

Your paper application must be 

submitted in accordance with the mail 

or hand delivery instructions described 

in this notice. 

b. Submission of Paper Applications 

by Mail. 

If you qualify for an exception to the 

electronic submission requirement, you 

may mail (through the U.S. Postal 

Service or a commercial carrier) your 

application to the Department. You 

must mail the original and two copies 

of your application, on or before the 

application deadline date, to the 

Department at the following address: 

U.S. Department of Education, 

Application Control Center, Attention: 

(CFDA Number 84.246K) LBJ Basement 

Level 1, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20202–4260. 

You must show proof of mailing 

consisting of one of the following: 

(1) A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service 

postmark. 

(2) A legible mail receipt with the 

date of mailing stamped by the U.S. 

Postal Service. 

(3) A dated shipping label, invoice, or 

receipt from a commercial carrier. 

(4) Any other proof of mailing 

acceptable to the Secretary of the U.S. 

Department of Education. 

If you mail your application through 

the U.S. Postal Service, we do not 

accept either of the following as proof 

of mailing: 

(1) A private metered postmark. 

(2) A mail receipt that is not dated by 

the U.S. Postal Service. 

If your application is postmarked after 

the application deadline date, we will 

not consider your application. 

Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not 

uniformly provide a dated postmark. Before 

relying on this method, you should check 

with your local post office. 

c. Submission of Paper Applications 

by Hand Delivery. 

If you qualify for an exception to the 

electronic submission requirement, you 

(or a courier service) may deliver your 

paper application to the Department by 

hand. You must deliver the original and 

two copies of your application by hand, 

on or before the application deadline 

date, to the Department at the following 

address: U.S. Department of Education, 

Application Control Center, Attention: 

(CFDA Number 84.246K) 550 12th 

Street SW., Room 7039, Potomac Center 

Plaza, Washington, DC 20202–4260. 

The Application Control Center 

accepts hand deliveries daily between 

8:00 a.m. and 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, 

DC time, except Saturdays, Sundays, 

and Federal holidays. 

Note for Mail or Hand Delivery of Paper 

Applications: If you mail or hand deliver 

your application to the Department— 

(1) You must indicate on the envelope 

and—if not provided by the Department—in 

Item 11 of the SF 424 the CFDA number, 

including suffix letter, if any, of the 

competition under which you are submitting 

your application; and 

(2) The Application Control Center will 

mail to you a notification of receipt of your 

grant application. If you do not receive this 

notification within 15 business days from the 

application deadline date, you should call 

the U.S. Department of Education 

Application Control Center at (202) 245– 

6288. 

V. Application Review Information 

1. Selection Criteria: The selection 

criteria for this competition are from 34 

CFR 75.210 and are listed in the 

application package. 

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). 

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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 that provides cumulative 

performance and financial expenditure 

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 

following quantitative and qualitative 

information must be included in the 

annual performance report: 

i. A description of completed formal 

training activities that occurred during 

each fiscal year from October 1 to March 

31. This includes national or regional 

training seminars. The series of 

trainings may be offered in a traditional 

classroom setting, through distance 

learning, through day or week-long 

institutes, at regional trainings 

throughout the country as an extension 

of national conferences, and through 

other delivery methods, as appropriate, 

to meet the needs of the targeted 

audience. The information contained in 

this description should include, but is 

not limited to, the: Goal of the training; 

training topic or focus area; duration of 

training; targeted audience; total 

number of participants in each training; 

level of participant experience (i.e., 

0–5 years of experience, 5–10 years, 10 

or more years); delivery method of 

training; utilization of existing 

materials, if any to support the training; 

utilization of existing materials or 

development of any new materials, if 

any, to support the training; and number 

of participants who successfully 

completed each training. 

ii. A description of projected formal 

training activities to occur from April 1 

to September 30. The information 

contained in this description should 

include, as available, the following: 

Goal of the training; training topic or 

focus area; duration of training; targeted 

audience; total number of participants 

projected to participate in each training; 

projected level of participant experience 

(i.e., 0–5 years of experience, 5–10 

years, 10 or more years); projected 

delivery method of training; and 

projected number of participants who 

will successfully complete each 

training. For subsequent reporting years, 

the grantee will confirm the information 

contained in the projections. 

iii. A description of technical 

assistance provided during each fiscal 

year from October 1 to March 31. The 

technical assistance may be a formal or 

informal request and is considered a 

non-training activity. A formal request 

may necessitate more in-depth 

involvement and communication. An 

informal request may be made by 

telephone or electronic communication 

and is typically resolved in a short 

period of time. The description may 

include, but is not limited to: The 

estimated number of technical 

assistance requests submitted formally 

and informally; the estimated number of 

formal and informal technical assistance 

requests that were adequately addressed 

during the reporting period; a brief 

summary of the types of formal and 

informal technical assistance requests 

received during the reporting period, 

such as key questions, issues, or topics, 

and noting, where possible, new and 

emerging issues and trends or ongoing 

issues that require further attention and 

input from RSA, and, as applicable, any 

technical assistance materials or formal 

training developed as a result of 

frequently asked questions or issues; indepth technical assistance provided 

over a period of time as a result of 

complex questions or challenges; and 

requests for formal and informal 

technical assistance that were 

incorporated into a needs assessment or 

that contributed to an agenda for a 

national or regional training seminar or 

conference. 

iv. A description of completed 

dissemination activities that occurred 

during each fiscal year from October 1 

to March 31 and projected 

dissemination activities to occur from 

April 1 to September 30. The 

description may include, but is not 

limited to, the: Vehicles used to inform 

CAP staff about formal training; 

strategies used to inform CAP staff of 

technical assistance resources available; 

and steps taken to ensure that all 

materials developed during the 

reporting period for formal training, as 

well as materials that may have been 

developed to respond to frequently 

asked questions or other requests for 

technical assistance, as appropriate, are 

disseminated to all CAP staff in 

accessible formats. For subsequent 

reporting years, the grantee will confirm 

projections made from the prior year. 

v. Other program activities that 

occurred during each fiscal year from 

October 1 to March 31 and project 

program activities to occur from April 1 

to September 30. For subsequent 

reporting years, the grantee will confirm 

projections made from the prior year. 

vii. A description of coordination 

efforts with RSA staff, as well as 

coordination efforts with other training 

supported by RSA and the Center for 

Mental Health Services and the 

Administration on Intellectual and 

Developmental Disabilities. 

viii. A budget and narrative detailing 

expenditures covering the period of 

October 1 through March 31 and 

projected expenditures from April 1 to 

September 30. The budget narrative 

must also verify progress towards 

meeting the 10 percent match 

requirement. For subsequent reporting 

years, the grantee will confirm 

projections made from the prior year. 

ix. Other information, as requested by 

RSA, in order to verify substantial 

progress and effectively report on 

performance measures to Congress and 

key stakeholders. 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: The 

Government Performance and Results 

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1 44 FERC ¶ 62,022, Order Granting Exemption 

From Licensing (5MW or Less) (1988). 

departments and agencies to improve 

the effectiveness of programs by 

engaging in strategic planning, setting 

outcome-related goals for programs, and 

measuring program results against those 

goals. 

The goal of the Rehabilitation ShortTerm Training Program is to upgrade 

the knowledge and skills of staff 

currently employed by CAPs, to educate 

CAP staff on new program 

developments, and to develop staff 

skills in strategic and operational 

planning and direction of CAP services, 

which will ultimately lead to increased 

responsiveness of the vocational 

rehabilitation system in order to better 

assist individuals with disabilities in 

obtaining competitive employment. In 

order to measure the success of the 

grantee in meeting this goal, the CAP 

training grantee is required to conduct 

an evaluation of the training activities 

provided. 

The performance measures for this 

project are: 

• The percentage of CAP personnel 

with zero to five years of experience 

who reported increased or enhanced 

knowledge, skills, or abilities as a result 

of training; 

• The percentage of CAP personnel 

with five to ten years of experience who 

reported increased or enhanced 

knowledge, skills, or abilities as a result 

of training; 

• The percentage of CAP personnel 

with ten or more years of experience 

who reported increased or enhanced 

knowledge, skills, or abilities as a result 

of training; 

• The percentage of CAP personnel 

who reported that the training provided 

was of sufficient quality, relevance, and 

demonstrated usefulness to their work; 

• The percentage of CAP personnel 

who reported that the quality of 

technical assistance, including materials 

provided, were of sufficient quality, 

relevance, and demonstrated usefulness 

to their work; and 

• The percentage of CAP personnel 

who reported that the technical 

assistance received adequately 

addressed their needs. 

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: 

Kristen Rhinehart-Fernandez, U.S. 

Department of Education, Rehabilitation 

Services Administration, 400 Maryland 

Avenue SW., Room 5027, PCP, 

Washington, DC 20202–2800. 

Telephone: (202) 245–6103 or by email: 

kristen.rhinehart@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: March 4, 2015. 

Sue Swenson, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Special 

Education and Rehabilitative Services. 

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 4636–030] 

Fourth Branch Associates; Ampersand 

Long Falls Hydro, LLC; Notice of 

Transfer of Exemption 

1. By letter filed February 12, 2015, 

Ampersand Long Falls Hydro LLC 

informed the Commission that the 

exemption from licensing for the Long 

Falls Project, FERC No. 4636, originally 

issued July 12, 1988,1 has been 

transferred from Fourth Branch 

Associates to Ampersand Long Falls 

Hydro LLC. The project is located on the 

Black River in Jefferson County, New 

York. The transfer of an exemption does 

not require Commission approval. 

2. Ampersand Long Falls Hydro LLC 

is now the exemptee for the Long Falls 

Project, FERC No. 4636. All 

correspondence should be forwarded to: 

Mr. Jason Huang, Project Manager, 

Ampersand Long Falls Hydro LLC, 717 

Atlantic Avenue, Suite 1A, Boston, MA 

02111. 

Dated: March 3, 2015. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2015–05392 Filed 3–6–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. ER15–1080–000] 

Beethoven Wind, LLC; Supplemental 

Notice That Initial Market-Based Rate 

Filing Includes Request for Blanket 

Section 204 Authorization 

This is a supplemental notice in the 

above-referenced proceeding, of 

Beethoven Wind, LLC’s application for 

market-based rate authority, with an 

accompanying rate schedule, noting that 

such application includes a request for 

blanket authorization, under 18 CFR 

part 34, of future issuances of securities 

and assumptions of liability. 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest should file with the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, 

in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 

of the Commission’s Rules of Practice 

and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 

385.214). Anyone filing a motion to 

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