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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XB314] 

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Science and Statistical 

Committee (SSC) of the Mid-Atlantic 

Fishery Management Council (Council) 

will hold a meeting. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Tuesday, September 7, 2021, starting at 

9 a.m. and continue through 1 p.m. on 

Wednesday, September 8, 2021. See 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for agenda 

details. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place 

over webinar using the Webex platform 

with a telephone-only connection 

option. Details on how to connect to the 

webinar by computer and by telephone 

will be available at: http://

www.mafmc.org/ssc. 

Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council, 800 N. State 

Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; 

telephone: (302) 674–2331; website: 

www.mafmc.org. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive 

Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council, telephone: (302) 

526–5255. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of this meeting is to make 

multi-year acceptable biological catch 

(ABC) recommendations for Atlantic 

Mackerel based on the results of the 

recently completed management track 

stock assessment. The SSC will 

recommend 2022–23 ABC specifications 

for Atlantic Mackerel rebuilding 

alternatives identified by the Council. 

The SSC will also review the most 

recent survey and fishery data and the 

previously recommended 2022 ABC for 

Spiny Dogfish and Chub Mackerel. The 

SSC will discuss recent research that 

evaluates the monitoring and science 

implications and fishery interactions 

associated with offshore wind 

development. The SSC will review and 

provide comment on the following 

documents: A draft exempted fishing 

permit (EFP) application for thread 

herring, and the NMFS National 

Standard 1 Technical Guidance 

document on data-limited annual catch 

limits (ACLs). The SSC will also receive 

updates from the SSC economic work 

group, the SSC ecosystem work group, 

and future stock assessment schedules. 

In addition, the SSC may take up any 

other business as necessary. 

A detailed agenda and background 

documents will be made available on 

the Council’s website (www.mafmc.org) 

prior to the meeting. 

Special Accommodations 

The meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aid should be directed to 

Shelley Spedden, (302) 526–5251, at 

least 5 days prior to the meeting date. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. 

Dated: August 9, 2021. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2021–17274 Filed 8–11–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Applications for New Awards; Impact 

Aid Discretionary Construction Grant 

Program 

AGENCY: Office of Elementary and 

Secondary Education, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Education 

(Department) is issuing a notice inviting 

applications for fiscal year (FY) 2021 for 

the Impact Aid Discretionary 

Construction Grant Program, Assistance 

Listing Number 84.041C. This notice 

relates to the approved information 

collection under OMB control number 

1810–0657. 

DATES:

Applications Available: August 12, 

2021. 

Date of Pre-Application Webinar: The 

Department will hold a pre-application 

meeting via webinar for prospective 

applicants on August 19, 2021. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: September 13, 2021. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: November 10, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: For the addresses for 

obtaining and submitting an 

application, please refer to our Common 

Instructions for Applicants to 

Department of Education Discretionary 

Grant Programs, published in the 

Federal Register on February 13, 2019 

(84 FR 3768) and available at 

www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019- 

02-13/pdf/2019-02206.pdf. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jacqueline Edwards, Impact Aid 

Program, U.S. Department of Education, 

400 Maryland Avenue SW, Room 

3C121, Washington, DC 20202–6244. 

Telephone: 202–260–3858. Email: 

Jacqueline.Edwards@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD) or a text 

telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay 

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

8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The Impact Aid 

Discretionary Construction Grant 

Program provides grants for emergency 

repairs and modernization of school 

facilities to certain local educational 

agencies (LEAs) that receive Impact Aid 

formula funds. 

Background: The Impact Aid 

Discretionary Construction Program 

provides grants to eligible Impact Aid 

school districts to assist in addressing 

their school facility emergency and 

modernization needs. The eligible 

Impact Aid school districts have a 

limited ability to raise revenues for 

capital improvements because they have 

large areas of Federal land within their 

boundaries. As a result, these districts 

find it difficult to respond when their 

school facilities are in need of 

emergency repairs. 

The Department recognizes that 

students, and the school districts that 

support them, need safe facilities to 

learn and to prevent the spread of 

COVID–19 and mitigate its impact. 

School facility emergencies that are 

consistent with 34 CFR 222.172(a) and 

222.173 may be proposed. Funded 

Impact Aid emergency repair grants will 

be used to repair, renovate, or alter a 

public elementary or secondary school 

facility to ensure the health, safety, and 

well-being of students and school 

personnel. 

Priority: In accordance with 34 CFR 

75.105(b)(2)(ii) and (iv), this priority is 

from section 7007(b)(2)(A) of the 

Elementary and Secondary Education 

Act of 1965, as amended (Act) (20 

U.S.C. 7707(b)), and the regulations for 

this program in 34 CFR 222.177. 

Absolute Priority: For FY 2021 and 

any subsequent year in which we make 

awards from the list of unfunded 

applications from this competition, this 

priority is an absolute priority. Under 34 

CFR 75.105(c)(3) we consider only 

applications that meet this priority and 

otherwise follow the applicable funding 

provisions in 34 CFR 222.189. 

This priority is: 

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An LEA is eligible to be considered 

for an emergency grant under this 

priority if it— 

(a) Is eligible to receive formula 

construction funds for the fiscal year 

under section 7007(a) of the Act (20 

U.S.C. 7707(a)); 

(b)(1) Has no practical capacity to 

issue bonds; 

(2) Has minimal capacity to issue 

bonds and has used at least 75 percent 

of its bond limit; or 

(3) Is eligible to receive funds for the 

fiscal year for heavily impacted districts 

under section 7003(b)(2) of the Act (20 

U.S.C. 7707(b)(2)); and 

(c) Has a school facility emergency 

that the Secretary has determined, 

consistent with 34 CFR 222.172(a) and 

222.173, poses a health or safety hazard 

to students and school personnel. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7707(b). 

Note: Projects will be awarded and must be 

operated in a manner consistent with the 

nondiscrimination requirements contained in 

Federal civil rights laws. 

Applicable Regulations: (a) The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 

34 CFR parts 75 (except for 34 CFR 

75.600 through 75.617), 77, 79, 82, 84, 

97, 98, and 99. (b) The Office of 

Management and Budget Guidelines to 

Agencies on Governmentwide 

Debarment and Suspension 

(Nonprocurement) in 2 CFR part 180, as 

adopted and amended as regulations of 

the Department in 2 CFR part 3485. (c) 

The Uniform Administrative 

Requirements, Cost Principles, and 

Audit Requirements for Federal Awards 

in 2 CFR part 200, as adopted and 

amended as regulations of the 

Department in 2 CFR part 3474. (d) The 

regulations for this program in 34 CFR 

part 222. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary grants. 

Estimated Available Funds: 

$17,400,000. 

Contingent upon the availability of 

funds and the quality of applications, 

we may make additional awards in 

subsequent years from the list of 

unfunded applications from this 

competition. 

Estimated Range of Awards: $60,000– 

$6,000,000. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$2,175,000. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 8. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 60 months. We 

will determine each project period 

based on the nature of the project 

proposed and the time needed to 

complete it. We will specify this period 

in the Grant Award Notification (GAN). 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: An LEA is 

eligible to apply for an emergency grant 

under the absolute priority if it— 

(a) Is eligible to receive formula 

construction funds for the fiscal year 

under section 7007(a) of the Act (20 

U.S.C. 7707(a)) because it enrolls a high 

percentage (at least 50 percent) of 

federally connected children in average 

daily attendance (ADA) who either 

reside on Indian lands or who have a 

parent on active duty in the U.S. 

uniformed services; 

(b)(1) Has no practical capacity to 

issue bonds (as defined in 34 CFR 

222.176); 

(2) Has minimal capacity to issue 

bonds (as defined in 34 CFR 222.176) 

and has used at least 75 percent of its 

bond limit; or 

(3) Is eligible to receive funds for the 

fiscal year for heavily impacted districts 

under section 7003(b)(2) of the Act (20 

U.S.C. 7703(b)(2)); and 

(c) Has a school facility emergency 

that the Secretary has determined, 

consistent with 34 CFR 222.172(a) and 

222.173, poses a health or safety hazard 

to students and school personnel. 

2. a. Cost Sharing or Matching: In 

reviewing proposed awards, the 

Secretary considers the funds available 

to the grantee from other sources, 

including local, State, and other Federal 

funds. See 20 U.S.C. 7707(b)(5)(A)(iii) 

and 34 CFR 222.174 and 222.191 

through 222.193. Consistent with 34 

CFR 222.192, an applicant will be 

required to submit its most recently 

available audited financial reports for 

three consecutive fiscal years, showing 

closing balances for all school funds. If 

significant balances (as detailed in 34 

CFR 222.192) are available at the close 

of the applicant’s FY 2020, or its most 

recently audited year, that are not 

obligated for other purposes, those 

funds will be considered available for 

the proposed emergency repair project. 

Available balances may reduce the 

amount of funds that may be awarded 

or eliminate the applicant’s eligibility 

for an emergency grant award under this 

competition. 

b. Supplement-Not-Supplant: This 

competition involves supplement-notsupplant funding requirements. As 

outlined in 34 CFR 222.174, grant funds 

under this competition may not be used 

to supplant or replace other available 

non-Federal construction money. 

c. Administrative Cost Limitation: 

3. Subgrantees: A grantee under this 

competition may not award subgrants to 

entities to directly carry out project 

activities described in its application. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Application Submission 

Instructions: Applicants are required to 

follow the Common Instructions for 

Applicants to Department of Education 

Discretionary Grant Programs, 

published in the Federal Register on 

February 13, 2019 (84 FR 3768) and 

available at www.govinfo.gov/content/ 

pkg/FR-2019-02-13/pdf/2019-02206.pdf, 

which contain requirements on how to 

submit an application. 

2. Intergovernmental Review: This 

competition 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 

competition. 

3. Funding Restrictions: Except for 

applicants with no practical capacity to 

issue bonds, as defined in 34 CFR 

222.176, an eligible applicant’s award 

amount may not be more than 50 

percent of the total cost of an approved 

project and the total amount of grant 

funds may not exceed $4 million during 

any four-year period. See 34 CFR 

222.193. For example, an LEA that is 

awarded $4 million in the first year may 

not receive any additional funds for the 

following three years. Applicants may 

submit only one application for one 

educational facility as provided by 34 

CFR 222.183. If an applicant submits 

more than one application, the 

Department will consider only the first 

submission, as determined by the 

Grants.gov system, unless an applicant 

contacts the Department prior to the 

closing date to indicate a different 

submission should be the single 

submission considered for that entity. 

Grant recipients must, in accordance 

with Federal, State, and local laws, use 

emergency grants for permissible 

construction activities at public 

elementary and secondary school 

facilities. The scope of the project for a 

selected facility will be identified as 

part of the final grant award conditions. 

A grantee must also ensure that its 

construction expenditures under this 

program meet the requirements of 34 

CFR 222.172 (allowable program 

activities) and 34 CFR 222.173 

(prohibited activities). 

We reference additional regulations 

outlining funding restrictions in the 

Applicable Regulations section of this 

notice. 


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V. Application Review Information 

1. Selection Criteria: Consistent with 

34 CFR 75.209, the selection criteria for 

this competition are from the applicable 

statutory and regulatory provisions as 

indicated after each criterion. The 

maximum score for each criterion is 

indicated in parentheses. Within each 

criterion, the Secretary evaluates each 

factor equally, unless otherwise 

specified. The maximum score that an 

application may receive is 100 points. 

(a) Severity of the school facility 

problem to be addressed by the 

proposed project (34 CFR 222.189(a)(1)) 

(Up to 30 points). 

(i) Justification that the proposed 

emergency project will address a 

deficiency that poses a health or safety 

hazard to occupants of the facility, and 

consistency of the emergency 

description and the proposed project 

with the certifying local official’s 

statement (34 CFR 222.185(a) and (c)) 

(Up to 15 points). 

(ii) Impact of the emergency condition 

on the health and safety of the building 

occupants and how free public 

education program delivery in the 

instructional school facility is adversely 

affected (34 CFR 222.172, 222.173, 

222.176, and 222.185(b)). Applicants 

should describe: the systems or areas of 

the facility involved (e.g., HVAC, roof, 

floor, windows; the type of space 

affected, such as instructional, resource, 

food service, recreational, general 

support, or other areas); the percentage 

of building occupants affected by the 

emergency; and the importance of the 

facility or affected area to the 

instructional program (Up to 15 points). 

(b) Project urgency (Up to 28 points). 

(i) Risk to occupants if the facility 

condition is not addressed (34 CFR 

222.176, definition of ‘‘emergency’’). 

Applicants should describe: projected 

increased future costs; the anticipated 

effect of the proposed project on the 

useful life of the facility or the need for 

major construction; and the age and 

condition of the facility and date of last 

renovation of affected areas (Up to 14 

points). 

(ii) The justification for rebuilding, if 

proposed (34 CFR 222.172(c)) (Up to 14 

points). 

(c) Effects of Federal presence (section 

7007(b)(4)(B) and (C) and 34 CFR 

222.184(b)) (Up to 30 points). 

(i) Amount of non-taxable Federal 

property in the applicant LEA 

(percentage of Federal property divided 

by 10) (Up to 10 points). 

(ii) The number of federally 

connected children identified in section 

7003(a)(1)(A), (B), (C), and (D) of the Act 

in the LEA (percentage of identified 

children in LEA divided by 10) (Up to 

10 points). 

(iii) The number of federally 

connected children identified in section 

7003(a)(1)(A), (B), (C), and (D) of the Act 

in the school facility (percentage of 

identified children in school facility 

divided by 10) (Up to 10 points). 

(d) Ability to respond or pay (section 

7007(b)(4)(A)) (Up to 12 points). 

(i) The percentage of its bonding 

capacity used by the LEA. Four points 

will be distributed based on this 

percentage such that: four points will be 

given to an LEA that has used 75 

percent or more of its bonding capacity; 

three points will be given to an LEA that 

has used 50 percent to 74 percent of its 

bonding capacity; two points will be 

given to an LEA that has used 25 

percent to 49 percent of its bonding 

capacity; and one point will be given to 

an LEA that has used less than 25 

percent of its bond limit. LEAs that do 

not have limits on bonded indebtedness 

established by their States will be 

evaluated by assuming that their bond 

limit is 10 percent of the assessed value 

of real property in the LEA. LEAs 

deemed to have no practical capacity to 

issue bonds will receive all four points 

(Up to 4 points). 

(ii) Assessed value of real property 

per student (applicant LEA’s total 

assessed valuation of real property per 

pupil as a percentile ranking of all LEAs 

in the State). Points will be distributed 

by providing all four points to LEAs in 

the State’s poorest quartile and only one 

point to LEAs in the State’s wealthiest 

quartile (Up to 4 points). 

(iii) Total tax rate for capital or school 

purposes (applicant LEA’s tax rate for 

capital or school purposes as a 

percentile ranking of all LEAs in the 

State). If the State authorizes a tax rate 

for capital expenditures, then these data 

must be used; otherwise, data on the 

total tax rate for school purposes are 

used. Points will be distributed by 

providing all four points to LEAs in the 

State’s highest-taxing quartile and only 

one point to LEAs in the State’s lowesttaxing quartile (Up to 4 points). 

2. Review and Selection Process: (a) 

We remind potential applicants that in 

reviewing applications in any 

discretionary grant competition, the 

Secretary may consider, under 34 CFR 

75.217(d)(3), the past performance of the 

applicant in carrying out a previous 

award, such as the applicant’s use of 

funds, achievement of project 

objectives, and compliance with grant 

conditions. The Secretary may also 

consider whether the applicant failed to 

submit a timely performance report or 

submitted a report of unacceptable 

quality. 

In addition, in making a competitive 

grant award, the Secretary requires 

various assurances including those 

applicable to Federal civil rights laws 

that prohibit discrimination in programs 

or activities receiving Federal financial 

assistance from the Department (34 CFR 

100.4, 104.5, 106.4, 108.8, and 110.23). 

(b) Upon receipt, Impact Aid program 

staff will screen all applications to 

eliminate any applications that do not 

meet the eligibility standards, are 

incomplete, or are late. Applications 

that do not include a signed 

independent emergency certification on 

the application deadline are considered 

incomplete and will not be considered 

for funding. Program staff will also 

calculate the scores for each application 

under criteria (c) and (d). Panel 

reviewers will assess the applications 

under criteria (a) and (b). 

(c) Applications are ranked based on 

the total number of points received 

during the review process. Those with 

the highest scores will be at the top of 

the funding slate. 

3. Risk Assessment and Specific 

Conditions: Consistent with 2 CFR 

200.206, before awarding grants under 

this program the Department conducts a 

review of the risks posed by applicants. 

Under 2 CFR 200.208, the Secretary may 

impose specific conditions and, under 2 

CFR 3474.10, in appropriate 

circumstances, high-risk conditions on a 

grant if the applicant or grantee is not 

financially stable; has a history of 

unsatisfactory performance; has a 

financial or other management system 

that does not meet the standards in 2 

CFR part 200, subpart D; has not 

fulfilled the conditions of a prior grant; 

or is otherwise not responsible. 

4. Integrity and Performance System: 

If you are selected under this 

competition to receive an award that 

over the course of the project period 

may exceed the simplified acquisition 

threshold (currently $250,000), under 2 

CFR 200.206(a)(2) we must make a 

judgment about your integrity, business 

ethics, and record of performance under 

Federal awards—that is, the risk posed 

by you as an applicant—before we make 

an award. In doing so, we must consider 

any information about you that is in the 

integrity and performance system 

(currently referred to as the Federal 

Awardee Performance and Integrity 

Information System (FAPIIS)), 

accessible through the System for 

Award Management. You may review 

and comment on any information about 

yourself that a Federal agency 

previously entered and that is currently 

in FAPIIS. 

Please note that, if the total value of 

your currently active grants, cooperative 


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agreements, and procurement contracts 

from the Federal Government exceeds 

$10,000,000, the reporting requirements 

in 2 CFR part 200, Appendix XII, 

require you to report certain integrity 

information to FAPIIS semiannually. 

Please review the requirements in 2 CFR 

part 200, Appendix XII, if this grant 

plus all the other Federal funds you 

receive exceed $10,000,000. 

5. In General: In accordance with the 

Office of Management and Budget’s 

guidance located at 2 CFR part 200, all 

applicable Federal laws, and relevant 

Executive guidance, the Department 

will review and consider applications 

for funding pursuant to this notice 

inviting applications in accordance 

with: 

(a) Selecting recipients most likely to 

be successful in delivering results based 

on the program objectives through an 

objective process of evaluating Federal 

award applications (2 CFR 200.205); 

(b) Prohibiting the purchase of certain 

telecommunication and video 

surveillance services or equipment in 

alignment with section 889 of the 

National Defense Authorization Act of 

2019 (Pub. L. 115–232) (2 CFR 200.216); 

(c) Providing a preference, to the 

extent permitted by law, to maximize 

use of goods, products, and materials 

produced in the United States (2 CFR 

200.322); and 

(d) Terminating agreements in whole 

or in part to the greatest extent 

authorized by law if an award no longer 

effectuates the program goals or agency 

priorities (2 CFR 200.340). 

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 GAN; or we may send you 

an email containing a link to access an 

electronic version of your GAN. We may 

notify you informally, also. 

If your application is not evaluated or 

not selected for funding, we notify you. 

2. Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements: We identify 

administrative and national policy 

requirements in the application package 

and reference these and other 

requirements in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

We reference the regulations outlining 

the terms and conditions of an award in 

the Applicable Regulations section of 

this notice and include these and other 

specific conditions in the GAN. The 

GAN also incorporates your approved 

application as part of your binding 

commitments under the grant. 

3. Open Licensing Requirements: 

Unless an exception applies, if you are 

awarded a grant under this competition, 

you will be required to openly license 

to the public grant deliverables created 

in whole, or in part, with Department 

grant funds. When the deliverable 

consists of modifications to pre-existing 

works, the license extends only to those 

modifications that can be separately 

identified and only to the extent that 

open licensing is permitted under the 

terms of any licenses or other legal 

restrictions on the use of pre-existing 

works. Additionally, a grantee or 

subgrantee that is awarded competitive 

grant funds must have a plan to 

disseminate these public grant 

deliverables. This dissemination plan 

can be developed and submitted after 

your application has been reviewed and 

selected for funding. For additional 

information on the open licensing 

requirements please refer to 2 CFR 

3474.20. 

4. Reporting: (a) If you apply for a 

grant under this competition, you must 

ensure that you have in place the 

necessary processes and systems to 

comply with the reporting requirements 

in 2 CFR part 170 should you receive 

funding under the competition. This 

does not apply if you have an exception 

under 2 CFR 170.110(b). 

(b) At the end of your project period, 

you must submit a final performance 

report, including financial information, 

as directed by the Secretary. If you 

receive a multiyear 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 www.ed.gov/ 

fund/grant/apply/appforms/ 

appforms.html. 

5. Performance Measures: The 

Department has established the 

following performance measure for this 

program: an increasing percentage of 

LEAs receiving Impact Aid Construction 

funds will report that the overall 

condition of their school buildings is 

adequate. Data for this measure will be 

reported to the Department on the 

application for Impact Aid Section 7003 

Basic Support Payments. 

6. Feasibility Study: For applicants 

that request funding for new 

construction and that are selected for 

funding, the Department will require a 

feasibility of construction study prior to 

making an award determination. This 

independent third-party study must 

demonstrate that the chosen 

construction site is viable and the 

infrastructure will be able to sustain the 

new facility or addition. 

7. Continuation Awards: In making a 

continuation award under 34 CFR 

75.253, the Secretary considers, among 

other things, whether a grantee has 

made substantial progress in achieving 

the goals and objectives of the project; 

whether the grantee has expended funds 

in a manner that is consistent with its 

approved application and budget; and, 

if the Secretary has established 

performance measurement 

requirements, whether the grantee has 

made substantial progress in achieving 

the performance targets in the grantee’s 

approved application. 

In making a continuation award, the 

Secretary also considers whether the 

grantee is operating in compliance with 

the assurances in its approved 

application, including those applicable 

to Federal civil rights laws that prohibit 

discrimination in programs or activities 

receiving Federal financial assistance 

from the Department (34 CFR 100.4, 

104.5, 106.4, 108.8, and 110.23). 

VII. Other Information 

Accessible Format: On request to the 

program contact person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, 

individuals with disabilities can obtain 

this document and a copy of the 

application package in an accessible 

format. The Department will provide the 

requester with an accessible format that 

may include Rich Text Format (RTF) or 

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

file, braille, large print, audiotape, or 

compact disc, or other accessible format. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

The official version of this document is 

the document published in the Federal 

Register. You may access the official 

edition of the Federal Register and the 

Code of Federal Regulations at 

www.govinfo.gov. At this site you can 

view this document, as well as all other 

documents of this Department 

published in the Federal Register, in 

text or Portable Document Format 

(PDF). To use PDF you must have 

Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

available free at the site. 

You may also access documents of the 

Department published in the Federal 

Register by using the article search 

feature at: www.federalregister.gov. 

Specifically, through the advanced 

search feature at this site, you can limit 

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1 15 U.S.C. 717f(c)(1)(B) (2018). 

2 18 CFR 157.17 (2020). 

3Spire STL Pipeline LLC, 164 FERC ¶ 61,085 

(2018) (Certificate Order), order amending 

certificate, 169 FERC ¶ 61,074, order on reh’g, 169 

FERC ¶ 61,134 (2019) (Rehearing Order). 

4Environmental Defense Fund v. FERC, 2 F.4th 

953 (D.C. Cir. 2021). 

5This document is available on eLibrary under 

the following accession number: 20210806–3036. 

To view this document visit: https://

elibrary.ferc.gov/eLibrary/filedownload?fileid=

15841891. 

6 18 CFR 385.102(d). 

7 18 CFR 385.214. 

8 18 CFR 157.10. 

Ian Rosenblum, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and 

Programs, Delegated the Authority to Perform 

the Functions and Duties of the Assistant 

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP17–40–007] 

Spire STL Pipeline LLC; Notice of 

Application and Establishing 

Intervention Deadline 

Take notice that on July 26, 2021, 

Spire STL Pipeline, LLC (Spire), 700 

Market Street, St. Louis, Missouri 

63101, filed an application under 

section 7(c)(1)(B) of the Natural Gas Act 

(NGA),1 and Part 157 of the 

Commission’s regulations 2 requesting 

that the Commission issue a temporary 

certificate of public convenience and 

necessity for the Spire STL Pipeline 

Project (STL Pipeline) 3 to assure 

maintenance of service to Spire’s 

customers while the Commission 

addresses the issues on remand from the 

U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of 

Columbia Circuit’s June 22, 2021 

decision in Environmental Defense 

Fund v. FERC.4 In the alternative, Spire 

requests that the Commission issue a 

limited-term certificate, extending 

through the remand proceedings. 

In addition to publishing the full text 

of this document in the Federal 

Register, the Commission provides all 

interested persons an opportunity to 

view and/or print the contents of this 

document via the internet through the 

Commission’s Home Page (http:// 

ferc.gov) using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. 

Enter the docket number excluding the 

last three digits in the docket number 

field to access the document. At this 

time, the Commission has suspended 

access to the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room, due to the 

proclamation declaring a National 

Emergency concerning the Novel 

Coronavirus Disease (COVID–19), issued 

by the President on March 13, 2020. For 

assistance, contact the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call 

toll-free, (886) 208–3676 or TYY, (202) 

502–8659. 

Any questions regarding the proposed 

project should be directed to Sean P. 

Jamieson, General Counsel, Spire STL 

Pipeline LLC, 3773 Richmond Ave., 

Suite 300, Houston, Texas 77046 or by 

phone at (346) 308–7555 or email at 

Sean.Jamieson@SpireEnergy.com. 

Public Participation 

There are two ways to become 

involved in the Commission’s review of 

this application: You can file comments 

on Spire’s application, and you can file 

a motion to intervene in the proceeding. 

There is no fee or cost for filing 

comments or intervening. The deadline 

for filing a motion to intervene is 5:00 

p.m. Eastern Time on September 7, 

2021. 

Comments 

Any person wishing to comment on 

Spire’s application may do so. 

Comments may include statements of 

support or objections to the application. 

You are also encouraged to review the 

data request issued by the Commission 

in this proceeding on August 6, 2020, 

and include in your filing any 

comments responding to the questions 

raised in the data request.5 The deadline 

for submitting initial comments is 

September 7, 2021, with reply 

comments due by October 5, 2021. 

There are three methods you can use 

to submit your comments to the 

Commission. In all instances, please 

reference the project docket number 

(CP17–40–007) in your submission. 

(1) You may file your comments 

electronically by using the eComment 

feature, which is located on the 

Commission’s website at www.ferc.gov 

under the link to Documents and 

Filings. Using eComment is an easy 

method for interested persons to submit 

brief, text-only comments on a project; 

(2) You may file your comments 

electronically by using the eFiling 

feature, which is located on the 

Commission’s website (www.ferc.gov) 

under the link to Documents and 

Filings. With eFiling, you can provide 

comments in a variety of formats by 

attaching them as a file with your 

submission. New eFiling users must 

first create an account by clicking on 

‘‘eRegister.’’ You will be asked to select 

the type of filing you are making; first 

select ‘‘General’’ and then select 

‘‘Comment on a Filing’’; or 

(3) You can file a paper copy of your 

comments by mailing them to the 

following address below. Your written 

comments must reference the Project 

docket number (CP17–40–007). 

To mail via USPS, use the following 

address: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 

20426. 

To mail via any other courier, use the 

following address: Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, 

Rockville, MD 20852. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic filing of comments (options 1 

and 2 above) and has eFiling staff 

available to assist you at (202) 502–8258 

or FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. 

The Commission considers all 

comments received about the project in 

determining the appropriate action to be 

taken. However, the filing of a comment 

alone will not serve to make the filer a 

party to the proceeding. To become a 

party, you must intervene in the 

proceeding. For instructions on how to 

intervene, see below. 

Interventions 

Any person, which includes 

individuals, organizations, businesses, 

municipalities, and other entities,6 has 

the option to file a motion to intervene 

in this proceeding. Only intervenors 

have the right to request rehearing of 

Commission orders issued in this 

proceeding and to subsequently 

challenge the Commission’s orders in 

the U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal. 

To intervene, you must submit a 

motion to intervene to the Commission 

in accordance with Rule 214 of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure 7 and the regulations under 

the NGA 8 by the intervention deadline 

for the project, which is September 7, 

2021. As described further in Rule 214, 

your motion to intervene must state, to 

the extent known, your position 

regarding the proceeding, as well as 

your interest in the proceeding. For an 

individual, this could include your 

status as a landowner, ratepayer, 

resident of an impacted community, or 

recreationist. You do not need to have 

property directly impacted by the 

project in order to intervene. For more 

information about motions to intervene, 

refer to the FERC website at https://

www.ferc.gov/resources/guides/how-to/ 

intervene.asp. 

There are two ways to submit your 

motion to intervene. In both instances, 


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