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Project is being included in the Final 

EIS/EIR in this case. 

The Final EIS/EIR, including the draft 

general conformity determination, is 

available for public review during the 

next 30 days at the Port of Long Beach, 

925 Harbor Plaza, Long Beach, 

California and on the Port’s Web site: 

http://www.portoflosangeles.org. In 

addition, the Final EIS/EIR, including 

the draft general conformity 

determination, is available at the Long 

Beach Public Library, Main Branch, 101 

Pacific Avenue, Long Beach, CA 90822. 

Any comments received by the Corps 

and POLB on the Final EIS/EIR or the 

included draft general conformity 

determination during the next 30 days 

will be considered fully before the 

Corps makes a final general conformity 

determination and finalizes the Record 

of Decision (ROD) for the Federal action 

associated with the Project. The Corps 

will publish a notice of a final general 

conformity determination in the Federal 

Register within 30 days of rendering a 

final decision. The public can request 

from the Corps copies of the ROD, 

which includes responses to comments 

on the Final EIS/EIR, including any on 

the draft general conformity 

determination, following publication of 

a final general conformity determination 

and upon execution of the ROD. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions or comments concerning the 

Final EIS/EIR or the included draft 

general conformity determination 

should be provided by May 3, 2009 to 

Antal Szijj, Senior Project Manager, 

North Coast Branch, Regulatory 

Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 

2151 Alessandro Drive, Suite 110, 

Ventura, California 93001, (805) 585– 

2147. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: None. 

Aaron O. Allen, 

Acting Chief, Regulatory Division, Los 

Angeles District. 

[FR Doc. E9–7524 Filed 4–2–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3710–KF–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Navy 

Notice of Partially Closed Meeting of 

the Secretary of the Navy Advisory 

Panel 

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Secretary of the Navy 

Advisory Panel will meet to receive 

ethics training and discuss top areas of 

concern that the Secretary of the Navy 

should address. The discussion of such 

information would be exempt from 

public disclosure as set forth in section 

552b(c)(5), (6), and (7) of title 5, United 

States Code. For this reason the 

executive session of this meeting will be 

closed to the public. 

DATES: The open session of the meeting 

will be held on Tuesday, April 21, 2009, 

from 8:15 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. The closed 

executive Session will also be held on 

Thursday, April 21, 2009, from 10:30 

a.m. to 2 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in 

the Pentagon Conference Center, Room 

B8, 1000 Navy Pentagon, Washington, 

DC 20350–1000. The meeting will be 

handicap accessible. 

For Access: Public access is limited 

due to the Pentagon Security 

requirements. Any individual wishing 

to attend will need to contact CDR Marc 

Gage at 703–695–3042 or LCDR Victor 

Spears at 703–695–3573 no later than 

April 14, 2009. Members of the public 

who do not have Pentagon access will 

be required to also provide Name, Date 

of Birth and Social Security number by 

April 14, 2009, in order to obtain a 

visitor badge. Public transportation is 

recommended as public parking is not 

available. 

Members of the public wishing to 

attend this event must enter through the 

Pentagon’s Metro Entrance between 8:15 

a.m. and 8:35 a.m. where they will need 

two forms of identification in order to 

receive a visitors badge and meet their 

escort. Members of the Public will then 

be escorted to Pentagon Conference 

Center, Room B8, to attend the open 

sessions of the Advisory Panel. 

Members of the Public shall remain 

with designated escorts at all times 

while on the Pentagon Reservation. 

Members of the public will be escorted 

back to the Pentagon Metro Entrance at 

10:15 a.m. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Colonel Caroline Simkins-Mullins, 

SECNAV Advisory Panel, Office of 

Program and Process Assessment 1000 

Navy Pentagon, Washington, DC 20350, 

telephone: 703–697–9154. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice of meeting is provided per the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended (5 U.S.C. App.). The executive 

session of this meeting will consist of 

discussions of ethics training for the 

Secretary of the Navy Advisory Panel. 

The proposed closed session from 10:15 

a.m. to 2 p.m. will include a discussion 

of top areas of concern that the 

Secretary of the Navy should address. 

Discussion of such information cannot 

be adequately segregated from other 

topic, which precludes opening the 

executive session of this meeting to the 

public. 

Accordingly, the Secretary of the 

Navy has determined in writing that the 

public interest requires that all sessions 

of this meeting be closed to the public 

because it will be concerned with 

matters listed in sections 552b(c)(5), and 

(7) of the title 5, United States Code. 

Dated: March 31, 2009. 

A.M. Vallandingham, 

Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate 

General’s Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register 

Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–7533 Filed 4–2–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3810–FF–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Postsecondary Education; 

Overview Information; American Indian 

Tribally Controlled Colleges and 

Universities (TCCU), and Alaska 

Native-Serving and Native HawaiianServing Institutions (ANNH) Programs; 

Notice Inviting Applications for New 

Awards for Fiscal Year (FY 2009) 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Numbers: 84.031T, 84.031N and 

84.031W. 

DATES: Applications Available: April 3, 

2009. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: May 4, 2009. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: July 2, 2009. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The TCCU and 

the ANNH programs authorized by Title 

III, Part A of the Higher Education Act 

of 1965 (HEA), as amended by the 

Higher Education Opportunity Act of 

2008 (HEOA), Public Law 110–315, 

provide grants to eligible institutions of 

higher education (IHEs) to help them 

become self sufficient and expand their 

capacity to serve low-income students 

by providing funds to improve and 

strengthen their academic quality, 

institutional management and fiscal 

stability. Section 371 of the HEA makes 

funds available in FY 2009 to certain 

minority-serving institutions eligible for 

Title III Part A programs including an 

additional $30 million to the TCCU 

program, of which $7 million is 

available for new awards; and $15 

million to the ANNH program, of which 

$10 million is available for new awards. 

Awards under these programs are 

hereafter referred to as ‘‘TCCU—Section 

371 and ANNH—Section 371.’’ 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1057–1059d 

and Public Law 110–84. 


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Applicable Regulations: (a) The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 

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

84, 85, 86, 97, 98, and 99. (b) The 

regulations for this program in 34 CFR 

Part 607. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary grants. 

TCCU one-year construction grants, 

ANNH five-year individual 

development grants, and ANNH oneyear renovation grants will be awarded 

in FY 2009. Planning grants will not be 

awarded in FY 2009. 

Estimated Available Funds: 

$7,172,000 for the TCCU program and 

$14,345,000 for the ANNH program for 

FY 2009. 

Average Size of Awards: See 

following chart. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

See following chart. 

Estimated Number of Awards: See 

following chart. 

Program name and type of award Maximum 

award amount 

Estimated 

number of 

awards 

Estimated average award 

amount 

Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities Program (84.031T) 

1-year TCCU-Section 371 Construction Grants ................................................................... $1,000,000 7 $1,000,000 

Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Program (84.031N and 84.031W) 

5-year Individual Development Grants ................................................................................. 700,000 7 600,000 

1-year ANNH-Section 371 Renovation Grants .................................................................... 2,000,000 10 1,000,000 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 60 months for 

development and cooperative 

arrangement, and 12 months for oneyear TCCU-Section 371 construction 

grants and ANNH-Section 371 

renovation grants. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: An IHE that 

qualifies as an eligible institution under 

the TCCU and the ANNH programs may 

apply for grants under this notice. These 

programs are authorized by Title III, Part 

A, of the HEA. To qualify as an eligible 

institution under any Title III, Part A 

program, an institution must, among 

other requirements— 

(1) Be accredited or preaccredited by 

a nationally recognized accrediting 

agency or association that the Secretary 

has determined to be a reliable authority 

as to the quality of education or training 

offered; 

(2) Be legally authorized by the State 

in which it is located to be a junior 

college or to provide an educational 

program for which it awards a 

bachelor’s degree; 

(3) Be designated as an ‘‘eligible 

institution’’ by demonstrating that it: (A) 

Has an enrollment of needy students as 

described in 34 CFR 607.3; and (B) has 

low average educational and general 

expenditures per full-time equivalent 

(FTE) undergraduate student as 

described in 34 CFR 607.4. 

Relationship between the Title III, 

Part A programs and the HispanicServing Institutions (HSI) program. 

Note 1: A grantee under the Developing 

Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) program, 

which is authorized under Title V of the 

HEA, may not receive a grant under any 

HEA, Title III, Part A program. The Title III, 

Part A programs include the Strengthening 

Institutions Program (SIP), TCCU and ANNH. 

Further, a current HSI program grantee may 

not give up its HSI grant in order to receive 

a grant under any Title III, Part A program. 

Note 2: An eligible HSI that does not fall 

within the limitation described in Note 1 

(i.e., is not a current grantee under the HSI 

program) may apply for a FY 2009 grant 

under all Title III, Part A programs for which 

it is eligible, as well as receive consideration 

for a grant under the HSI program. However, 

a successful applicant may receive only one 

grant. 

Note 3: An eligible IHE that submits more 

than one application may only be awarded 

one individual development grant or one 

cooperative arrangement development grant 

in a fiscal year. Furthermore, we will not 

award a second cooperative arrangement 

development grant to an otherwise eligible 

IHE for the same award year as the IHE’s 

existing cooperative arrangement 

development grant award. 

Note 4: The Department will make fiveyear awards for individual development 

grants and five-year awards for cooperative 

arrangement development grants in rank 

order from separate funding slates according 

to the average score received from a panel of 

three readers. The Department will make 1- 

year construction grants under the TCCUSection 371 program, and 1-year ANNHSection 371 renovation grants in rank order 

from separate funding slates according to the 

average score received from a panel of three 

readers. 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This 

program does not require cost sharing or 

matching unless the grantee uses a 

portion of its grant for establishing or 

improving an endowment fund. If a 

grantee uses a portion of its grant for 

endowment fund purposes, it must 

match those grant funds with nonFederal funds (20 U.S.C. 1059c(c)(3)(B)). 

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 Darlene B. Collins, U.S. 

Department of Education, 1990 K Street, 

NW., 6th Floor, Washington, DC 20006– 

8513. Telephone: (202) 502–7576 or by 

e-mail: darlene.collins@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD), call the 

Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1–800– 

877–8339. 

Individuals with disabilities may 

obtain a copy of the application package 

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

large print, audiotape, or computer 

diskette) by contacting the program 

contact person 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 these 

programs. 

Page Limits: We have established 

mandatory page limits for the 

applications to be submitted under this 

notice. You must limit your application 

to the equivalent of no more than 50 

pages for an individual development 

grant, 70 pages for a cooperative 

arrangement development grant and 35 

pages for a construction or renovation 

grant under the TCCU or the ANNH 

programs, using the following 

standards: 

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

only, with 1 inch margins at the top, 

bottom, and both sides. Page numbers 

and an identifier may be outside the 1′′ 

margin. 

• Double space (no more than three 

lines per vertical inch) all text in the 


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application narrative, except titles, 

headings, footnotes, quotations, 

references, captions and all text in 

charts, tables, figures, and graphs. 

Charts, tables, figures, and graphs in the 

application narrative may be single 

spaced and will count toward the page 

limit. 

• Use a font that is either 12 point or 

larger, and no smaller than 10 pitch 

(characters per inch). 

• Use one of the following fonts: 

Times New Roman, Courier, Courier 

New or Arial. Applications submitted in 

any other font (including Times Roman 

and Arial Narrow) will not be accepted. 

The page limit does not apply to Part 

I, the cover sheet; Part II, the budget 

section, including the narrative budget 

justification; Part IV, the assurances and 

certifications; or the one-page abstract, 

the resumes, the bibliography, or the 

letters of support. However, the page 

limit does apply to all of the application 

narrative section (Part III), application 

for Federal Assistance face sheet (SF 

424); the supplemental information for 

SF 424 form required by the Department 

of Education; Part II, the Budget 

Information Summary Form (ED Form 

524); and Part IV, the Assurances and 

Certifications. The page limit also does 

not apply to a Table of Contents and the 

Program Abstract. If you include any 

attachments or appendices, these items 

will be counted as part of the Program 

Narrative (Part III of the application) for 

purposes of the page limit requirement. 

You must include your complete 

response to the selection criteria in the 

program narrative. 

We will reject your application if you 

apply these standards and exceed the 

page limit. 

• You apply other standards and 

exceed the equivalent of the page limit. 

3. Submission Dates and Times: 

Applications Available: April 3, 2009. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: May 4, 2009. 

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.6. Other Submission 

Requirements in 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 in 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: July 2, 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 these 

programs. 

5. Funding Restrictions: We reference 

the regulations outlining funding 

restrictions in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

Applicability of Executive Order 

13202. Applicants that apply for 

construction funds under the Title III, 

Part A programs, must comply with 

Executive Order 13202 signed by former 

President George W. Bush on February 

17, 2001, and amended on April 6, 

2001. This Executive Order provides 

that recipients of Federal construction 

funds may not ‘‘require or prohibit 

bidders, offerors, contractors, or 

subcontractors to enter into or adhere to 

agreements with one or more labor 

organizations, on the same or other 

construction project(s)’’ or ‘‘otherwise 

discriminate against bidders, offerors, 

contractors, or subcontractors for 

becoming or refusing to become or 

remain signatories or otherwise adhere 

to agreements with one or more labor 

organizations, on the same or other 

construction project(s).’’ However, the 

Executive Order does not prohibit 

contractors or subcontractors from 

voluntarily entering into these 

agreements. Projects funded under these 

programs that include construction 

activity will be provided a copy of this 

Executive Order and will be asked to 

certify that they will adhere to it. 

6. Other Submission Requirements: 

Applications for grants under the TCCU 

and ANNH programs 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 

TCCU and ANNH programs (CFDA 

numbers 84.031T, 84.031N and 

84.031W), must be submitted 

electronically using the 

Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply site 

at http://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 the TCCU and ANNH 

programs at http://www.Grants.gov. You 

must search for the downloadable 

application package for this program 

competition by the CFDA number. Do 

not include the CFDA number’s alpha 

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

84.031, not 84.031N). 

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. 


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• 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 at http://eGrants.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 

typically provided 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 above 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., please contact the person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT in Section VII in 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 prevent 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: Darlene B. Collins, U.S. 

Department of Education, 1990 K Street, 

NW., 6th floor, Washington, DC 20006– 

8513. 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 84.031T, 84.031N or 

84.031W), 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. 

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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 84.031T, 84.031N or 

84.031W), 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 these programs are in 34 CFR 

607.22(a)–(g). Applicants must address 

each of the following selection criteria 

(separately for each proposed activity). 

The total weight of the selection criteria 

is 100 points; the maximum score for 

each criterion is noted in parentheses. 

(a) Quality of The Applicant’s 

Comprehensive Development Plan 

(Maximum 25 Points). 

(b) Quality of Activity Objectives 

(Maximum 15 Points). 

(c) Quality of Implementation Strategy 

(Maximum 20 Points). 

(d) Quality of Key Personnel 

(Maximum 7 Points). 

(e) Quality of Project Management 

Plan (Maximum 10 Points). 

(f) Quality of Evaluation Plan (Total 

15 Points). 

(g) Budget (Total 8 Points). 

2. Review and Selection Process: For 

five-year individual development grants 

and one-year construction and 

renovation grants, awards will be made 

in rank order according to the average 

score received from a panel of three 

readers. 

Tie-breaker for Development Grants. 

In tie-breaking situations for 

development grants described in 34 CFR 

607.23(b), the regulations for the Title III 

Part A programs require that we award 

one additional point to an application 

from an IHE that has an endowment 

fund or which the current market value, 

per full time equivalent (FTE) enrolled 

student, is less than the comparable 

average current market value of the 

endowment funds, per FTE enrolled 

student at comparable institutions that 

offer similar instruction. We award one 

additional point to an application from 

an IHE that had expenditures for library 

materials per FTE enrolled student that 

are less than the average expenditures 

per FTE enrolled student at comparable 

institutions that offer similar 

instruction. We also add one additional 

point to an application from an IHE that 

proposes to carry out one or more of the 

following activities— 

(i) Faculty development; 

(ii) Funds and administrative 

management; 

(iii) Development and improvement of 

academic programs; 

(iv) Acquisition of equipment for use 

in strengthening management and 

academic programs; 

(v) Joint use of facilities; and 

(vi) Student services. 

For the purpose of these funding 

considerations, we use 2006–2007 data. 

If a tie remains after applying the tiebreaker mechanism above, priority will 

be given in the case of applicants for: 

(a) Individual development grants to 

applicants that have the lowest 

endowment values per FTE student; and 

(b) cooperative arrangement 

development grants to applicants in 

accordance with Section 394(b) of the 

HEA, if the Secretary determines that 

the cooperative arrangement is 

geographically and economically sound 

or will benefit the applicant institution. 

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). 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 in 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 

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 in 34 CFR 75.118 and 34 

CFR 607.31. The Secretary may also 

require more frequent performance 

reports under 34 CFR 75.720. 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 Title III, Part A 

programs: 

a. The number of full-time degreeseeking undergraduates enrolling at 

IHEs. Note that this is a long-term 

measure, which will be used to 

periodically gauge performance, 

beginning in FY 2009; 

b. The percentage of full-time 

undergraduate 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; 

c. The percentage of students enrolled 

at 4-year IHEs graduating within 6 years 

of enrollment; and 

d. The percentage of students enrolled 

at 2-year IHEs graduating within 3 years 

of enrollment. 

VII. Agency Contacts 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Darlene B. Collins, U.S. Department of 

Education, 1990 K Street, NW., 6th 

Floor, Washington, DC 20006–8513. 

Telephone: (202) 502–7576 or by e-mail: 

darlene.collins@ed.gov. 


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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 in Section VII of 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 31, 2009. 

Daniel T. Madzelan, 

Director, Forecasting and Policy Analysis. 

[FR Doc. E9–7532 Filed 4–2–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[ER–FRL–8592–1] 

Environmental Impact Statements and 

Regulations; Availability of EPA 

Comments 

Availability of EPA comments 

prepared pursuant to the Environmental 

Review Process (ERP), under section 

309 of the Clean Air Act and Section 

102(2)(c) of the National Environmental 

Policy Act as amended. Requests for 

copies of EPA comments can be directed 

to the Office of Federal Activities at 

202–564–7146. 

An explanation of the ratings assigned 

to draft environmental impact 

statements (EISs) was published in FR 

dated April 6, 2008 (73 FR 19833). 

Draft EISs 

EIS No. 20080242, ERP No. D–BLM– 

D65040–WV, East Lynn Lake Coal 

Lease Project, Proposal to Lease 

Federal Coal that lies Under Nine 

Tracts of Land for Mining, Wayne 

County, WV. 

Summary: EPA expressed 

environmental objections to adverse 

impacts to water quality and aquatic 

life. EPA recommends consideration of 

an alternative that includes a more 

protective buffer between proposed 

mining operations and the existing 

earthen dam including East Lynn Lake. 

Additionally, the final EIS should 

include information on degradation 

from past mining activities, clarify the 

hydrologic connection between surface 

and ground water, and geological 

conditions in the project area. Rating 

EO2. 

EIS No. 20080279, ERP No. D–FRC– 

D05125–PA, Holtwood Hydroelectric 

Project (Docket No. P–1881–050) 

Application for an Amendment 

License to Increase the Installed 

Capacity, Susquehanna River, 

Lancaster and York Counties, PA. 

Summary: Although EPA 

acknowledged the efforts to address fish 

passage, we expressed environmental 

concerns about potential impacts to 

other resources, including wetlands and 

water quality, and requested that 

information, regarding wetland 

delineation, plans for excavation of 

sediment and bedrock, sediment 

sampling protocols, and a comparison of 

impacts of the excavation and blasting 

plans be included in the FEIS. Rating 

EC2. 

EIS No. 20080393, ERP No. D–NRC– 

D06006–PA, Generic—License 

Renewal of Nuclear Plants, 

Supplement 36 to NUREG–1437, 

Regarding Beaver Valley Power 

Station, Units 1 and 2, Plant Specific, 

Issuing Nuclear Power Plant 

Operating License for an Additional 

20-Year Period, PA. 

Summary: EPA does not object to 

proposed project. Rating LO. 

EIS No. 20080404, ERP No. D–BLM– 

J65526–00, Grand Staircase— 

Escalante National Monument 

(GSENM), Draft Monument 

Management Plan Amendment & 

Draft Rangeland Health, 

Implementation, Portions of Kane and 

Garfield, Utah and Coconino County, 

AZ. 

Summary: EPA expressed 

environmental concerns about the use of 

accurate criteria to measure stream 

riparian health and trends in the grazing 

allotments, and the need to mitigate 

impacts to the impaired reaches of the 

Paria River and the Escalante River. 

Rating EC2. 

EIS No. 20080484, ERP No. D–NOA– 

L91033–AK, Bering Sea Chinook 

Salmon Bycatch Management, 

Establish New Measures to Minimize 

Chinook Salmon Bycatch, to Amend 

the Fishery Management Plan, 

Implementation, Bering Sea Pollock 

Fishery, AK. 

Summary: EPA expressed 

environmental concerns about 

monitoring and enforcement of the 

Bering Sea Chinook Salmon Bycatch 

program, and requested a discussion of 

how climate change may impact the 

proposed action. Rating EC2. 

EIS No. 20080503, ERP No. D–NRC– 

D06007–PA, Generic—License 

Renewal of Nuclear Plants, 

Supplement 37 to NUREG–1437, 

Regarding Three Mile Island Nuclear 

Station, Unit 1, in Londonterry 

Township in Dauphin County, PA. 

Summary: EPA expressed 

environmental concerns about air 

quality impacts associated with the 

steam generator transport process. 

Rating EC2. 

EIS No. 20080513, ERP No. D–AFS– 

L65562–AK, Central Kupreanof 

Timber Harvest Project, Proposes to 

Harvest up to 70.2 Million Board Feet 

of Timber, Kupreanof Island, 

Petersburg Ranger District, Tongass 

National Forest, AK. 

Summary: EPA expressed 

environmental concerns about potential 

adverse impacts to essential fish habitat 

and water quality from increased 

harvest activities. Rating EC2. 

EIS No. 20080521, ERP No. D–NPS– 

J65528–ND, Theodore Roosevelt 

National Park, Elk Management Plan, 

Implementation, Billing and 

McKenzie Counties, ND. 

Summary: EPA does not object to the 

proposed project. Rating LO. 

EIS No. 20080535, ERP No. D–BLM– 

J65529–MT, Indian Creek Mine 

Expansion, Proposed Mine Expansion 

would include Quarry Areas, Mine 

Facilities, Ore Storage Sites, Soil 

Salvage Stockpiles, Haul Roads, and 

Overburden Disposal Areas, Issuing 

Operating Permit #00105 and Plan of 

Operation #MTM78300, Broadwater 

County, MT. 

Summary: EPA expressed 

environmental concerns about potential 

impacts to air quality and nitrate 

contamination of groundwater from 

blasting residue. The final EIS should 


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