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who are employed in government or 

international service. 

2. Percentage of Institute for 

International Public Policy program 

participants who complete a master’s 

degree within six years of enrolling in 

the program. 

3. Federal cost per Institute for 

International Public Policy graduates 

employed in government or 

international service. 

The Department will use information 

provided by grantees in their 

performance reports submitted via IRIS 

as the source of data for this measure. 

Reporting screens for applicants can be 

viewed at: http://www.ieps-iris.org/iris/ 

pdfs/IIPP.pdf. 

VII. Agency Contact 

For Further Information Contact: 

Tanyelle Richardson, International 

Education Programs Service, U.S. 

Department of Education, 1990 K Street, 

NW., room 6017, Washington, DC 

20006–8521. Telephone: (202) 502–7626 

or by e-mail: 

tanyelle.richardson@ed.gov. 

If you use a TDD, 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 computer diskette) 

on request to the program contact 

person listed under For Further 

Information Contact in section VII in 

this notice. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

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), on the Internet at the 

following site: http://www.ed.gov/news/ 

fedregister. 

To use PDF, you must have Adobe 

Acrobat Reader, which is available free 

at this site. If you have questions about 

using PDF, call the U.S. Government 

Printing Office (GPO), toll free, at 1– 

888–293–6498; or in the Washington, 

DC, area at (202) 512–1530. 

Note: 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 on GPO 

Access at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/ 

index.html. 

Delegation of Authority: The Secretary 

of Education has delegated authority to 

Daniel T. Madzelan, Director, 

Forecasting and Policy Analysis for the 

Office of Postsecondary Education, to 

perform the functions of the Assistant 

Secretary for Postsecondary Education. 

Dated: March 27, 2009. 

Daniel T. Madzelan, 

Director, Forecasting and Policy Analysis. 

[FR Doc. E9–7303 Filed 3–31–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Postsecondary Education; 

Overview Information; Minority 

Science and Engineering Improvement 

Program (MSEIP); Notice Inviting 

Applications for New Awards for Fiscal 

Year (FY) 2009 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.120A. 

Dates: 

Applications Available: April 1, 2009. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: May 1, 2009. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: June 30, 2009. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The MSEIP is 

designed to effect long-range 

improvement in science and 

engineering education at predominantly 

minority institutions and to increase the 

flow of underrepresented ethnic 

minorities, particularly minority 

women, into scientific and 

technological careers. 

Priorities: In accordance with 34 CFR 

75.105(b)(2)(iv), these priorities are from 

allowable activities specified in section 

352 of the Higher Education Act of 

1965, as amended (HEA) (20 U.S.C. 

1067b(b)). 

Competitive Preference Priorities: For 

FY 2009, three priorities are competitive 

preference priorities based on 34 CFR 

637.31(c). Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i) 

we award an additional five (5) points 

to an application that meets Competitive 

Preference Priority 1. Under 34 CFR 

75.105(c)(2)(ii) we give preference to an 

application that meets Competitive 

Preference Priority 2 and Competitive 

Preference Priority 3 over an application 

of comparable merit that does not meet 

these priorities. 

These priorities are: 

Competitive Preference Priority 1. 

Applications from institutions that have 

not received a MSEIP grant within five 

years prior to this competition. 

Competitive Preference Priority 2. 

Applications from previous grantees 

with a proven record of success. 

Competitive Preference Priority 3. 

Applications that contribute to 

achieving balance among funded 

projects with respect to—(a) geographic 

region; (b) academic discipline; and (c) 

project type. 

Invitational Priorities: For FY 2009, 

three priorities are invitational 

priorities. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(1) we 

do not give an application that meets 

these invitational priorities a 

competitive or absolute preference over 

other applications. 

These priorities are: 

Invitational Priority 1. Applications 

that focus on the development of bridge 

or articulation programs that target prefreshmen entering into the science, 

technology, engineering, or mathematics 

(STEM) fields. 

Invitational Priority 2. Applications 

that focus directly on student learning 

and encourage and facilitate 

implementation of pedagogical 

approaches that have been proven 

effective in increasing student retention 

and achievement in STEM fields. 

Invitational Priority 3. Applications 

that focus on mentoring programs 

designed to increase the number of 

underrepresented students who 

graduate with STEM undergraduate 

degrees. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1067– 

1067k. 

Applicable Regulations: (a) The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 

34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 82, 84, 85, 

86, 97, 98, and 99. (b) The regulations 

for this program in 34 CFR part 637. 

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: 

$2,907,826. 

Estimated Range of Awards: 

Institutional Project Grants: $100,000– 

$200,000. Special Project Grants: 

$35,000–$100,000. Cooperative Project 

Grants: $135,000–$300,000. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

Institutional Project Grants: $150,000. 

Special Project Grants: $75,000. 

Cooperative Project Grants: $220,000. 

Maximum Awards: Institutional 

Project Grants: $200,000. Special Project 

Grants: $100,000. Cooperative Project 

Grants: $300,000. For each type of grant, 

we will not fund any application at an 

amount exceeding the specified 

maximum amount for a single budget 

period of 12 months. We may choose 

not to further consider or review 

applications with budgets that exceed 

the maximum amounts if we conclude, 

during our initial review of the 

application, that the proposed goals and 

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objectives cannot be obtained with the 

specified maximum amount. The 

Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary 

Education may change the maximum 

amounts through a notice published in 

the Federal Register. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 

Institutional Project Grants: nine. 

Special Project Grants: three. 

Cooperative Project Grants: four. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 36 months. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: The eligibility 

of an applicant is dependent on the type 

of MSEIP project. There are four types 

of MSEIP projects: institutional projects, 

design projects, special projects, and 

cooperative projects. We will not award 

Design Project Grants in the FY 2009 

competition. 

A. For institutional and special 

projects described in 34 CFR 637.12 

through 637.14, eligible applicants 

include public and private nonprofit 

minority institutions of higher 

education as specified in section 361(1) 

and (2) of the HEA. 

B. For special projects described in 34 

CFR 637.14(b) and (c), eligible 

applicants are, in addition to those 

described in paragraph (A) of this 

section, nonprofit science-oriented 

organizations, professional scientific 

societies, institutions of higher 

education that award baccalaureate 

degrees and meet the requirements of 

section 361(3) of the HEA, and consortia 

of organizations that meet the 

requirements of section 361(4) of the 

HEA. 

C. For cooperative projects described 

in 34 CFR 637.15, eligible applicants are 

groups of nonprofit accredited colleges 

and universities whose primary fiscal 

agent is an eligible minority institution 

as defined in 34 CFR 637.4(b). 

Note: As defined in 34 CFR 637.4(b), a 

minority institution means an accredited 

college or university whose enrollment of a 

single minority group or a combination of 

minority groups exceeds 50 percent of the 

total enrollment. 

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 

via the Internet using the following 

address: http://www.grants.gov. If you 

do not have access to the Internet, 

please contact Bernadette M. Hence, 

Yolande Badarou, or Matthew Willis, 

U.S. Department of Education, 1990 K 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20006– 

8517. Telephone: (202) 502–7777, or by 

e-mail: bernadette.hence@ed.gov; 

yolande.badarou@ed.gov; or 

matthew.willis@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD), call the 

Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 

1–800–877–8339. 

Individuals with disabilities can 

obtain a copy of the application package 

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

large print, audiotape, or computer 

diskette) by contacting the program 

contact persons listed in this section. 

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 

program. 

Page Limit: The application narrative 

is where you, the applicant, address the 

selection criteria that reviewers use to 

evaluate your application. We have 

established a mandatory page limit for 

the narrative portion for each type of 

project application. The page limits are 

as follows: 

Institutional Project Grant 

Application: 40 pages. 

Special Project Grant Application: 35 

pages. 

Cooperative Project Grant 

Application: 50 pages. 

You must limit the application 

narrative (Part III) to the equivalent of 

no more than these page limits, 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. Page numbers and a 

document identifier may be within the 

1’’ margin. 

• Double space (no more than three 

lines per vertical inch) all text in the 

application narrative, except titles, 

headings, footnotes, quotations, 

references, captions, and all text in 

charts, tables, and graphs. These items 

may be single spaced; however, they 

will count toward the page limit. 

• 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. 

The page limit does not apply to Part 

I, the cover sheet; Part II, the budget 

information summary form (ED 524); or 

Part IV, the assurances and 

certifications. The page limit also does 

not apply to an abstract, the table of 

contents, the MSEIP Eligibility 

Certification Form, one letter of 

commitment, and evidence of 

partnerships. If you include any 

attachments or appendices not 

specifically requested, these items will 

be counted as part of the application 

narrative (Part III) for purposes of the 

page limit requirement. You must 

include your complete responses to the 

selection criteria in the application 

narrative. 

We will reject your application if you 

exceed the page limit or if you apply 

other standards and exceed the 

equivalent of the page limit. We will 

also reject your application if you fail to 

provide the MSEIP Eligibility 

Certification Form. 

3. Submission Dates and Times: 

Applications Available: April 1, 2009. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: May 1, 2009. 

Applications for grants under this 

program 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. 6. 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 persons 

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 30, 2009. 

4. Intergovernmental Review: This 

program is subject to Executive Order 

12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR 

part 79. Information about 

Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs under Executive Order 12372 

is in the application package for this 

program. 

5. Funding Restrictions: We reference 

regulations outlining funding 

restrictions in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

6. Other Submission Requirements: 

Applications for grants under this 

program must be submitted 

electronically unless you qualify for an 

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exception to this requirement in 

accordance with the instructions in this 

section. 

a. Electronic Submission of 

Applications. 

Applications for grants under the 

Minority Science and Engineering 

Improvement Program (MSEIP), CFDA 

number 84.120A, 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 e-mail 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 MSEIP at http:// 

www.Grants.gov. You must search for 

the downloadable application package 

for this program by the CFDA number. 

Do not include the CFDA number’s 

alpha suffix in your search (e.g., search 

for 84.120, not 84.120A). 

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 program 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 at http://e-Grants.ed.gov/ 

help/ 

GrantsgovSubmissionProcedures.pdf. 

• To submit your application via 

Grants.gov, you must complete all steps 

in the Grants.gov registration process 

(see http://www.grants.gov/applicants/ 

get_registered.jsp). These steps include 

(1) registering your organization, a 

multi-part process that includes 

registration with the Central Contractor 

Registry (CCR); (2) registering yourself 

as an Authorized Organization 

Representative (AOR); and (3) getting 

authorized as an AOR by your 

organization. Details on these steps are 

outlined in the Grants.gov 3–Step 

Registration Guide (see http:// 

www.grants.gov/section910/ 

Grants.govRegistrationBrochure.pdf). 

You also must provide on your 

application the same D–U–N–S Number 

used with this registration. Please note 

that the registration process may take 

five or more business days to complete, 

and you must have completed all 

registration steps to allow you to submit 

successfully an application via 

Grants.gov. In addition, you will need to 

update your CCR registration on an 

annual basis. This may take three or 

more business days to complete. 

• 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: 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 attach any narrative 

sections of your application as files in 

a .DOC (document), .RTF (rich text), or 

.PDF (Portable Document) format. If you 

upload a file type other than the three 

file types specified in this paragraph 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 e-mail. 

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). 

• 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 persons 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 

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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: Karen W. Johnson, U.S. 

Department of Education, 1990 K Street, 

NW., room 6032, Washington, DC 

20006–8517. FAX: (202) 502–7861. 

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 84.120A) 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 84.120A) 550 12th 

Street, SW., Room 7041, 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 program are from 34 CFR 

637.32(a) through (j), and are as follows: 

(a) Identification of need for the 

project (Total 10 points). 

(b) Plan of operation (Total 15 points). 

(c) Quality of key personnel (Total 5 

points). 

(d) Budget and cost effectiveness 

(Total 5 points). 

(e) Evaluation plan (Total 10 points). 

(f) Adequacy of resources (Total 5 

points). 

(g) Potential institutional impact of 

the project (Total 10 points). 

(h) Institutional commitment to the 

project (Total 10 points). 

(i) Expected Outcomes (Total 15 

points). 

(j) Scientific and educational value of 

the proposed project (Total 15 points). 

Applicants must address each of the 

selection criteria. The total weight of the 

selection criteria is 100 points; the 

weight of each criterion is noted in 

parentheses. 

2. Review and Selection Process: 

Additional factors we consider in 

selecting an application for an award are 

in 34 CFR 75.217. 

Tiebreaker for Institutional Project 

Grants, Special Project Grants, and 

Cooperative Project Grants. If there are 

insufficient funds for all applications 

with the same total scores, applications 

will receive preference in the following 

order: first, applications that satisfy the 

requirement of Competitive Preference 

Priority 1; second, applications that 

satisfy the requirements of both 

Competitive Preference Priority 2 and 

Competitive Preference Priority 3; and 

third, applications that satisfy the 

requirements of Competitive Preference 

Priority 2. 

VI. Award Administration Information 

1. Award Notices: If your application 

is successful, we will notify your U.S. 

Representative and U.S. Senators and 

send you a Grant Award Notification 

(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: At the end of your 

project period, you must submit a final 

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performance report, including financial 

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 

Secretary may also require more 

frequent performance reports under 34 

CFR 75.720(c). For specific 

requirements on reporting, please go to 

http://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/ 

appforms/appforms.html. 

4. Performance Measures: The 

Secretary has established the following 

key performance measures for assessing 

the effectiveness of the MSEIP program: 

(1) The percentage change in the 

number of full-time, degree-seeking 

minority undergraduate students at 

grantee institutions enrolled in the 

fields of engineering or physical or 

biological sciences, compared to the 

average minority enrollment in the same 

fields in the three-year period 

immediately prior to the beginning of 

the current grant; (2) the percentage of 

full-time undergraduate minority 

students who were in their first year of 

postsecondary enrollment in the 

previous year and are enrolled in the 

current year at the same institution in 

the fields of engineering or physical or 

biological sciences; and (3)(a) in fouryear grantee institutions, the percentage 

of minority students who enrolled in the 

fields of engineering or physical or 

biological sciences who graduate within 

six years of enrollment; or (b) in twoyear grantee institutions, the percentage 

of minority students enrolled in the 

fields of engineering or physical or 

biological sciences who graduate within 

three years of enrollment. 

VII. Agency Contacts 

For Further Information Contact: 

Bernadette M. Hence, Yolande Badarou, 

or Matthew Willis, U.S. Department of 

Education, 1990 K Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20006–8517. 

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Accessible Format: Individuals with 

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and a copy of the application package in 

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print, audiotape, or computer diskette) 

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INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII of 

this notice. 

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Delegation of Authority: The Secretary 

of Education has delegated authority to 

Daniel T. Madzelan, Director, 

Forecasting and Policy Analysis for the 

Office of Postsecondary Education, to 

perform the functions of the Assistant 

Secretary for Postsecondary Education. 

Dated: March 27, 2009. 

Daniel T. Madzelan, 

Director, Forecasting and Policy Analysis. 

[FR Doc. E9–7306 Filed 3–31–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 13349–000] 

Square Butte Hydro, LLC; Notice of 

Preliminary Permit Application 

Accepted for Filing and Soliciting 

Comment, Motions To Intervene, and 

Competing Applications 

March 25, 2009. 

On December 23, 2008, Square Butte 

Hydro, LLC (Butte Hydro), filed an 

application for a preliminary permit, 

pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal 

Power Act, proposing to study the 

feasibility of the Square Butte Pumped 

Storage Project (project). The proposed 

project would be located near Great 

Falls, Cascade County, Montana. The 

sole purpose of the preliminary permit, 

if issued, is to grant the permit holder 

priority to file a license application 

during the permit term. A preliminary 

permit does not authorize the permit 

holder to perform any land-disturbing 

activities or otherwise enter upon lands 

or waters owned by others without the 

owners’ expressed permission. 

The proposed project would consist 

of: (1) A proposed upper earthen dam 

7,870-foot-long, 110-foot-high with 

approximately 9,540-acre-foot storage 

reservoir, having a surface area of 

approximately 152 acres with a normal 

maximum surface elevation of 4,760 feet 

mean sea level; (2) a proposed lower 

earthen dam 7,940-foot-long, 130-foothigh with approximately 10,550-acrefoot storage reservoir, having a surface 

area of approximately 151 acres with a 

normal maximum surface elevation of 

3,740 feet mean sea level; (3) a proposed 

4,650-foot-long, 31-foot-diameter steel 

penstock; (4) a proposed 500-foot-long, 

120-foot-wide, 80-foot-high powerhouse 

containing 10–103-megawatt generating 

units; (5) a proposed 20.4-mile-long, 

500-kV transmission line, and (6) 

appurtenant facilities. The project 

would have an average annual 

generation of approximately 2,150,000 

megawatt-hours. 

Applicant Contact: Square Butte 

Hydro, LLC, 975 South State Highway, 

Logan, Utah 84321, phone (435) 752– 

2580, Agent: Mr. Brent L. Smith, COO, 

Symbiotics, LLC, P.O. Box 535, Rigby, 

Idaho 83442, (208) 745–0834. 

FERC Contact: Gaylord Hoisington, 

(202) 502–6032. 

Deadline for filing comments, motions 

to intervene, competing applications 

(without notices of intent), or notices of 

intent to file competing applications: 60 

days from the issuance of this notice. 

Comments, motions to intervene, 

notices of intent, and competing 

applications may be filed electronically 

via the Internet. See 18 CFR 

385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions 

on the Commission’s Web site under the 

‘‘e-Filing’’ link. If unable to be filed 

electronically, documents may be paperfiled. To paper-file, an original and eight 

copies should be mailed to: Kimberly D. 

Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First 

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. For 

more information on how to submit 

these types of filings please go to the 

Commission’s Web site located at http:// 

www.ferc.gov/filing-comments.asp. 

More information about this project can 

be viewed or printed on the ‘‘eLibrary’’ 

link of Commission’s Web site at http:// 

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 

Enter the docket number (P–13349) in 

the docket number field to access the 

document. For assistance, call toll-free 

1–866–208–3372. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

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