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9See, e.g., E.O. 12898, Federal Actions to Address 

Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and 

Low-Income Populations (Feb. 11, 1994); 

Environmental Justice: Guidance Under the 

National Environmental Policy Act (Dec. 10, 1997), 

https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2015-02/ 

documents/ej_guidance_nepa_ceq1297.pdf; 

Promising Practices for EJ Methodologies in NEPA 

Reviews (Mar. 2016), https://www.epa.gov/sites/ 

default/files/2016-08/documents/nepa_promising_

practices_document_2016.pdf. 

10See, e.g., CEQ CCUS Report at 40 (June 2021), 

https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/ 

2021/06/CEQ-CCUS-Permitting-Report.pdf. 

about public health and environmental 

impacts, as well as questions about who 

stands to benefit from the deployment of 

these systems. Responsible CCUS 

projects should engage communities 

and Tribes in co-development of 

projects and approaches; protect 

communities from pollution; and 

incorporate environmental justice and 

equity considerations, especially in 

communities that are already exposed to 

multiple pollution sources. 

CEQ recommends that agencies 

undertake measures to facilitate a 

transparent process and meaningful 

public engagement. In addition to 

developing robust Tribal consultation 

and stakeholder engagement plans and 

conducting regular engagement, 

agencies should prioritize the 

development and application of 

environmental justice best practices for 

CCUS efforts.9 Actions that should be 

taken include: 

• Evaluating the impacts of proposed 

CCUS actions on potential host 

communities early in the planning 

process; 

• Providing information about the 

impacts, costs and benefits of CCUS in 

advance of Tribal consultation and 

stakeholder engagement; 

• Consulting Tribal Nations on 

potential CCUS projects in a manner 

that strengthens Nation-to-Nation 

relationships; 

• Avoiding the imposition of 

additional burdens on overburdened 

and underserved communities, 

including by evaluating direct, indirect, 

and cumulative effects and identifying 

and implementing appropriate 

mitigation and avoidance measures; and 

• Ensuring transparent decisions and 

accountability to Tribes and 

communities with respect to any 

applicable mitigation measures 

designed to reduce environmental 

impacts. 

When feasible, CEQ further 

recommends that agencies with 

substantial CCUS technology 

development and deployment activities 

initiate interdisciplinary RDD&D 

programs and robust community 

engagement in the context of CCUS 

technology deployment. This can help 

to ensure that RDD&D on CCUS is 

informed by diverse academic 

perspectives and aligned with 

community objectives and goals. These 

agencies include DOE, EPA, DOT, and 

the National Science Foundation. The 

White House Office of Science and 

Technology Policy should coordinate 

this interdisciplinary research. 

3. Understanding Environmental 

Impacts 

The CEQ CCUS Report also 

highlighted the need to further assess 

and quantify potential impacts on local 

criteria air pollutants and other 

emissions resulting from carbon capture 

retrofits at industrial facilities in 

response to concerns regarding potential 

cumulative emissions from single and/ 

or multiple sources.10 In addition to 

assessing criteria pollutants associated 

with CCUS activities, agencies should 

also assess carbon dioxide emissions 

from project infrastructure. OCS 

sequestration projects should further 

consider possible impacts on water 

column carbonate chemistry. 

CEQ recommends that agencies, 

including EPA and DOE, collaborate on 

studies regarding the effect of carbon 

capture deployment on air quality in the 

United States. Such studies will be 

coordinated by CEQ, and may include 

evaluating use of air dispersion 

modeling as part of comprehensive air 

quality impacts analysis and will be 

used to develop additional guidance for 

considering air quality impacts as part 

of the planning and permitting process 

for CCUS activities. CEQ also 

recommends that agencies, including 

DOE, EPA, DOI, and NOAA, collaborate 

on additional studies that are needed to 

better monitor and verify CCUS results 

and understand the impacts to living 

marine resources associated with 

geologic sequestration and monitoring 

efforts on the OCS. 

In addition, CEQ recommends that 

agencies share best practices with 

respect to data collection and reporting 

on CCUS projects. For example, DOE 

now requires recipients of funding to 

collect and report data regarding the 

non-carbon dioxide air emissions 

associated with carbon capture projects. 

4. Carbon Capture and Utilization and 

Carbon Dioxide Removal 

Each technical approach for CCU and 

CDR differs in technical maturity, 

market potential, cost, and carbon 

dioxide reduction potential. Each may 

also have different societal and 

environmental impacts and benefits. 

Enabling commercialization of CCU and 

CDR will ultimately require increased 

transparency to build public confidence 

in the emissions reductions associated 

with these projects and their durability. 

Such transparency can be accomplished 

through publicly available analyses, 

such as life-cycle analyses, and/or the 

establishment of standards or 

certification for products. 

Commercialization of CCU and CDR can 

be further expedited through Federal 

procurement and other economic 

incentives. The IIJA supports 

engineered carbon removal, including 

by creating regional DAC hubs. 

Agencies with activities and 

responsibilities for CCU and CDR 

regulations, standards, and greenhouse 

gas reporting, such as EPA, DOE, the 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology, and other relevant 

agencies, should consider consolidating 

and publishing a repository for lifecycle analysis (LCA) methodology, 

results, and information related to CCU 

and CDR, building on existing 

collaboration through the Federal LCA 

Commons. As DOE further develops 

standards and certifications needed to 

facilitate the commercialization of CCU 

technologies as required in the IIJA, 

CEQ recommends that DOE and other 

agencies with equities in CCUS 

standards consider evaluating how 

standards and certifications can increase 

Federal procurement of CCU, CCUS, 

and CDR technologies. 

Brenda Mallory, 

Chair. 

[FR Doc. 2022–03205 Filed 2–15–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3325–F2–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Extension of Application Deadline 

Date; Application for New Awards; 

Statewide Family Engagement Centers 

AGENCY: Office of Elementary and 

Secondary Education, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: On December 20, 2021, the 

Department of Education (Department) 

published in the Federal Register a 

notice inviting applications (NIA) for 

the fiscal year (FY) 2022 Statewide 

Family Engagement Centers (SFEC) 

Program competition, Assistance Listing 

Number 84.310A. Because the SFEC 

application package was not posted on 

Grants.gov until January 10, 2022, we 

are extending the deadline for 

transmittal of applications to March 11, 

2022. We are also extending the 


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1Terms defined in this notice are italicized. 

deadline for intergovernmental review 

until May 10, 2022. 

DATES: 

Deadline for transmittal of 

applications: March 11, 2022. 

Deadline for intergovernmental 

review: May 10, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Beth 

Yeh, U.S. Department of Education, 400 

Maryland Avenue SW, Room 3E335, 

Washington, DC 20202–6135. 

Telephone: (202) 205–5798. Email: 

beth.yeh@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD) or a text 

telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay 

Service (FRS), toll free, at 1–800–877– 

8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

December 20, 2021, the Department 

published an NIA for the SFEC 

competition in the Federal Register (86 

FR 71880). However, the SFEC 

application package was not posted on 

Grants.gov until January 10, 2022. 

Therefore, we are extending the 

deadline for transmittal of applications 

for the competition by 21 days until 

March 11, 2022, at 11:59:59 p.m. Eastern 

Time. This extension will allow 

applicants more time to prepare and 

submit their applications. Applicants 

that have already timely submitted 

applications under the FY 2022 SFEC 

competition may resubmit applications 

but are not required to do so. If a new 

application is not submitted, the 

Department will use the application that 

was submitted by the original deadline. 

If a new application is submitted, the 

Department will consider the 

application that is last submitted and 

timely received. 

All other requirements and conditions 

stated in the NIA remain the same. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7241– 

46. 

Accessible Format: On request to the 

program contact person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, 

individuals with disabilities can obtain 

this document and a copy of the 

application package in an accessible 

format. The Department will provide the 

requestor with an accessible format that 

may include Rich Text Format (RTF) or 

text format (txt), a thumb drive, an MP3 

file, braille, large print, audiotape, or 

compact disc, or other accessible format. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

The official version of this document is 

the document published in the Federal 

Register. You may access the official 

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Code of Federal Regulations at 

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view this document, as well as all other 

documents of this Department 

published in the Federal Register, in 

text or 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. 

Ruth E. Ryder, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and 

Programs Office of Elementary and Secondary 

Education. 

[FR Doc. 2022–03448 Filed 2–15–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Applications for New Awards; Jacob K. 

Javits Gifted and Talented Students 

Education Program 

AGENCY: Office of Elementary and 

Secondary Education, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Education 

(Department) is issuing a notice inviting 

applications for new awards for fiscal 

year (FY) 2022 for the Jacob K. Javits 

Gifted and Talented Students Education 

(Javits) program, Assistance Listing 

Number 84.206A. This notice relates to 

the approved information collection 

under the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) control number 1894– 

0006. 

DATES:

Applications Available: February 16, 

2022. 

Deadline for Notice of Intent To 

Apply: March 8, 2022. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: April 4, 2022. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: June 1, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: For the addresses for 

obtaining and submitting an 

application, please refer to our Common 

Instructions for Applicants to 

Department of Education Discretionary 

Grant Programs, published in the 

Federal Register on December 27, 2021 

(86 FR 73264) and available at 

www.federalregister.gov/d/2021–27979. 

Please note that these Common 

Instructions supersede the version 

published on February 13, 2019, and, in 

part, describe the transition from the 

requirement to register in SAM.gov a 

Data Universal Numbering System 

(DUNS) number to the implementation 

of the Unique Entity Identifier (UEI). 

More information on the phase-out of 

DUNS numbers is available at https://

www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ofo/ 

docs/unique-entity-identifier-transitionfact-sheet.pdf. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: M. 

Jeanette Horner-Smith, U.S. Department 

of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue 

SW, Room 3E252, Washington, DC 

20202–6450. Telephone: (202) 453– 

6661. Email: Mildred.Horner-Smith@

ed.gov or, Jennifer Brianas, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Avenue SW, Room 3E239, Washington, 

DC 20202–6450. Telephone: (202) 401– 

0299. Email: Jennifer.Brianas@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD) or a text 

telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay 

Service (FRS), toll free, at 1–800–877– 

8339. 

Pre-Application Meeting Information: 

The Department will hold a preapplication meeting via Microsoft 

Teams for prospective applicants. For 

information about the pre-application 

meeting, visit the Javits website at: 

https://oese.ed.gov/offices/office-ofdiscretionary-grants-support-services/ 

well-rounded-education-programs/ 

jacob-k-javits-gifted-and-talentedstudents-education-program/. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The Javits 

program supports evidence-based 1

research, demonstration projects, 

innovative strategies, and similar 

activities designed to build and enhance 

the ability of elementary schools and 

secondary schools nationwide to 

identify gifted and talented students 

and meet their special educational 

needs. A major emphasis of the program 

is on identifying and serving students 

traditionally underrepresented in gifted 

and talented programs (including 

economically disadvantaged 

individuals, individuals who are 

English learners, and children with 

disabilities), including the training of 

personnel in the identification and 

education of gifted and talented 

students and in the use, where 

appropriate, of gifted and talented 

services, materials, and methods, for all 

students. 

Background: Through this 

competition, the Department seeks to 

increase the focus on students who are 

traditionally underserved and 

underrepresented in gifted and talented 

programs by funding projects that are 


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