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TRANSMITTION/RECEPTION//U.S. 

Patent No. 8,355,295: UNDERWATER 

MOBILE SENSING/

COMMUNICATIONS NODE AND 

NETWORK OF SUCH NODES//U.S. 

Patent No. 8,374,054: APPARATUS 

AND METHOD FOR GRAZING ANGLE 

INDEPENDENT SIGNAL DETECTION//

U.S. Patent No. 8,378,671: 

DEPLOYABLE MAGNETOMETER//U.S. 

Patent No. 8,379,087: ATTITUDE 

ESTIMATION USING GROUND 

IMAGERY//U.S. Patent No. 8,379,484: 

APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR 

COMPENSATING IMAGES FOR 

DIFFERENCES IN ASPECT//U.S. Patent 

No. 8,405,574: FACEMASK DISPLAY// 

U.S. Patent No. 8,453,802: CAM 

ACTUATED BRAKE MECHANISM FOR 

ADJUSTABLE BEAM TROLLEY//U.S. 

Patent No. 8,454,400: OUTBOARD 

MOTOR COMPRESSION TRANSOM 

ATTACHMENT ASSEMBLY//U.S. 

Patent No. 8,456,954: HOLOGRAPHIC 

NAVIGATION//U.S. Patent No. 

8,459,279: SPRAY NOZZLE TIP 

ADAPTER AND METHOD OF 

CLEANING PAINT SPRAY NOZZLE//

U.S. Patent No. 8,452,405: HEALTH 

MONITORING SYSTEM FOR 

PERSONNEL ON A HIGH SPEED 

BOAT//U.S. Patent No. 8,534,305: 

REVERSIBLE HEATING/COOLING 

STRUCTURE USABLE AS A POP-UP 

SHELTER. 

ADDRESSES: Requests for copies of the 

patents cited should be directed to 

Office of Counsel, Naval Surface 

Warfare Center Panama City Division, 

110 Vernon Ave., Panama City, FL 

32407–7001. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Brenda Squires, Patent Administration, 

Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama 

City Division, 110 Vernon Ave., Panama 

City, FL 32407–7001, telephone 850– 

234–4646. 

Authority: 35 U.S.C. 207, 37 CFR part 404. 

Dated: August 5, 2014. 

P. A. Richelmi, 

Lieutenant, Office of the Judge Advocate 

General, U.S. Navy, Alternate Federal Register 

Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2014–19233 Filed 8–13–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3810–FF–P 

DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES 

SAFETY BOARD 

Sunshine Act Notice 

AGENCY: Defense Nuclear Facilities 

Safety Board. 

ACTION: Notice of Public Meeting and 

Hearing. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of 

the ‘‘Government in the Sunshine Act’’ 

(5 U.S.C. 552b), and as authorized by 42 

U.S.C. 2286b, notice is hereby given of 

the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety 

Board’s (Board) public meeting and 

hearing described below. The Board 

invites any interested persons or groups 

to present any comments, technical 

information, or data concerning safety 

issues related to the matters to be 

considered. 

TIME AND DATE OF MEETING: Session I: 

9:00 a.m.–11:30 p.m.; Session II: 1:00 

p.m.–4:30 p.m., August 27, 2014. 

PLACE: Defense Nuclear Facilities 

Safety Board, 625 Indiana Avenue NW., 

Suite 352, Washington, DC 20004–2901. 

STATUS: Open. While the Government 

in the Sunshine Act does not require 

that the scheduled discussion be 

conducted in an open meeting, the 

Board has determined that an open 

meeting in this specific case furthers the 

public interests underlying both the 

Government in the Sunshine Act and 

the Board’s enabling legislation. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: This public 

meeting and hearing is the second in a 

series of three hearings the Board will 

convene to address safety culture at 

Department of Energy defense nuclear 

facilities and the Board’s 

Recommendation 2011–1, Safety 

Culture at the Waste Treatment and 

Immobilization Plant. The third hearing 

will be announced by a separate notice 

at a future date. In the first hearing, 

convened on May 28, 2014, the Board 

received testimony from recognized 

industry and federal government experts 

in the field of safety culture, with a 

focus on the tools used for assessing 

safety culture, approaches for 

interpreting the assessment results, and 

how results can be used for improving 

safety culture. This second hearing will 

also address important safety culture 

topics and will occur in two sessions. In 

the morning session, the Board will hear 

from a panel of current and former 

United States Navy officers concerning 

the Navy’s approach to ensuring the 

safety of its nuclear fleet operations. The 

two panelists, the current Commander 

of the Naval Safety Center and the 

former Chief Engineer and Deputy 

Commander for Naval Systems 

Engineering, will focus discussions on 

Navy safety policies and procedures. 

They will also provide testimony on the 

tools, metrics and practices used to 

sustain a strong safety culture, and 

safety culture lessons learned. In the 

afternoon session, the Board will receive 

testimony from a panel of government 

and academic subject matter experts 

concerning the role of organizational 

leaders in establishing and maintaining 

an effective, positive safety culture. The 

afternoon panel will be comprised of a 

Member of the United States Chemical 

Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, 

and experts from Johns Hopkins 

University and the University of 

Southern California. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Mark Welch, General Manager, Defense 

Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, 625 

Indiana Avenue NW., Suite 700, 

Washington, DC 20004–2901, (800) 788– 

4016. This is a toll-free number. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public 

participation in the hearing is invited. 

The Board is setting aside time at the 

end of the hearing for presentations and 

comments from the public. Requests to 

speak may be submitted in writing or by 

telephone. The Board asks that 

commenters describe the nature and 

scope of their oral presentations. Those 

who contact the Board prior to close of 

business on August 22, 2014, will be 

scheduled to speak at the conclusion of 

the hearing, at approximately 4:00 p.m. 

At the beginning of the hearing, the 

Board will post a schedule for speakers 

at the entrance to the hearing room. 

Commenters may also sign up to speak 

the day of the hearing at the entrance to 

the hearing room. Anyone who wishes 

to comment or provide technical 

information or data may do so in 

writing, either in lieu of, or in addition 

to, making an oral presentation. The 

Board Members may question presenters 

to the extent deemed appropriate. 

Documents will be accepted at the 

hearing or may be sent to the Board’s 

Washington, DC office. The Board will 

hold the record open until September 

27, 2014, for the receipt of additional 

materials. The hearing will be presented 

live through Internet video streaming. A 

link to the presentation will be available 

on the Board’s Web site 

(www.dnfsb.gov). A transcript of the 

hearing, along with a DVD video 

recording, will be made available by the 

Board for inspection and viewing by the 

public at the Board’s Washington office 

and at DOE’s public reading room at the 

DOE Federal Building, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20585. The Board specifically 

reserves its right to further schedule and 

otherwise regulate the course of the 

meeting and hearing, to recess, 

reconvene, postpone, or adjourn the 

meeting and hearing, conduct further 

reviews, and otherwise exercise its 

power under the Atomic Energy Act of 

1954, as amended. 


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Dated: August 12, 2014. 

Peter S. Winokur, 

Chairman. 

[FR Doc. 2014–19430 Filed 8–12–14; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 3670–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Applications for New Awards; 

Rehabilitation Services 

Administration—Assistive Technology 

Alternative Financing Program 

AGENCY: Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

Overview Information: 

Rehabilitation Services 

Administration—Assistive Technology 

Alternative Financing Program Notice 

inviting applications for new awards for 

fiscal year (FY) 2014. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 84.224D. 

DATES:

Applications Available: August 14, 

2014. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: September 15, 2014. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The purpose of 

the Assistive Technology (AT) 

Alternative Financing Program (AFP) is 

to support programs that provide for the 

purchase of AT devices, such as a lowinterest loan fund, an interest buy-down 

program, a revolving loan fund, a loan 

guarantee, or an insurance program. The 

Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014 

(the Act) requires applicants for these 

grants to provide an assurance that, and 

information describing the manner in 

which, the AFP will expand and 

emphasize consumer choice and 

control. It also specifies that State 

agencies and community-based 

disability organizations that are directed 

by and operated for individuals with 

disabilities shall be eligible to compete. 

In addition, language in the Manager’s 

Statement accompanying the Act 

provides that applicants should 

incorporate credit-building activities in 

their programs, including financial 

education and information about other 

possible funding sources. Successful 

applicants must emphasize consumer 

choice and control and build programs 

that will provide financing for the full 

array of AT devices and services and 

ensure that all people with disabilities, 

regardless of type of disability or health 

condition, age, level of income, and 

residence, have access to the program. 

Priority: This priority is from the 

notice of final priority for this program, 

published elsewhere in this issue of the 

Federal Register. 

Absolute Priority: For FY 2014 and 

any subsequent year in which we make 

awards from the list of unfunded 

applicants from this competition, this 

priority is an absolute priority. Under 34 

CFR 75.105(c)(3) we consider only 

applications that meet this priority. 

Note: The full text of this priority is 

included in the notice of final priority 

published elsewhere in this issue of the 

Federal Register and in the application 

package for this competition. 

Competitive Preference Priorities: 

Within this absolute priority, we give 

competitive preference to applications 

that address the following priorities. 

These priorities are from the notice of 

final priority for this program, 

published elsewhere in this issue of the 

Federal Register. 

These priorities are: 

Need to Establish an AFP (10 

additional points): This applies to an 

applicant located in a State or outlying 

area where an AFP grant has not been 

previously awarded under title III of the 

AT Act of 1998 or under the 

Appropriations Acts for FYs 2012 and 

2013. 

Need to Expand an AFP (5 additional 

points): This applies to an applicant 

located in a State or outlying area where 

an AFP grant has been previously 

awarded under title III of the AT Act of 

1998 or under the Appropriations Acts 

for FYs 2012 and 2013, but the State or 

outlying area has received less than a 

total of $1 million in Federal grant 

funds for the operation of its AFP under 

title III of the AT Act of 1998 during 

fiscal years 2000 through 2006 and the 

Appropriations Acts for FYs 2012 and 

2013. 

Program Authority: Consolidated 

Appropriations Act, 2014 (Pub. L. 113–76). 

Applicable Regulations: (a) The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 

34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 

84, 86, 97, 98, and 99. (b) The Education 

Department debarment and suspension 

regulations in 2 CFR part 3485. (c) The 

notice of final priority published 

elsewhere in this issue of the Federal 

Register. 

Note: In general, the provisions of EDGAR 

listed above apply to these grants except to 

the extent they are inconsistent with the 

purpose and intent of the requirements in 

this notice. 

Specifically, grantees are exempt from 

34 CFR 80.25(i) regarding interest 

earned on advances, and the addition 

method in 34 CFR 80.25(g)(2) applies to 

program income rather than the 

deduction method in 34 CFR 

80.25(g)(1). Also, 34 CFR 75.560–75.564 

do not apply to the extent that these 

sections of EDGAR are inconsistent with 

the AFP requirement that indirect costs 

cannot exceed 10 percent of the costs to 

administer the program. 

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 to institutions of higher education 

only. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary grants. 

Estimated Available Funds: 

$1,986,000. 

Contingent upon the availability of 

funds and the quality of applications, 

we may make additional awards in FY 

2015 from the list of unfunded 

applicants for this competition. 

Estimated Range of Awards: Up to 

$993,000. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$662,000. 

Maximum Award: We will reject any 

application that proposes a budget 

exceeding $993,000 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: 2 to 4. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 12 months. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: State agencies 

and community-based disability 

organizations that are directed by and 

operated for individuals with 

disabilities shall be eligible to compete. 

Under 34 CFR 75.127(a), eligible parties 

may apply for a grant as a group or 

consortium. 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This 

program does not require cost sharing or 

matching. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Address to Request Application 

Package: You can obtain an application 

package via the Internet or from the 

Education Publications Center (ED 

Pubs). 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 


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