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DENALI COMMISSION FY2022 FUNDING SUMMARY—Continued 

Source Available for program 

activities 

Grand Total ............................................................................................................................................................... 13,800,000 

Notes: 

1 If the final appropriation is less than $15 million the Federal Co-Chair shall reduce investments to balance the FY 2022 Work Plan. 

Base TAPL Total 

Energy Reliability and Security: 

Diesel Power Plants and Interties ...................................................................... $2,900,000 .............................. $2,900,000 

Wind, Hydro, Biomass, Other Proven Renewables and Emerging Technologies ........................................................................................................... 750,000 .............................. 750,000 

Audits, TA, & Community Energy Efficiency Improvements .............................. 375,000 .............................. 375,000 

RPSU Maintenance and Improvement Projects ................................................ 900,000 .............................. 900,000 

Subtotal ....................................................................................................... 4,925,000 .............................. 4,925,000 

Bulk Fuel Safety and Security: 

New/Refurbished Facilities ................................................................................. .............................. $1,500,000 1,500,000 

Maintenance and Improvement Projects ............................................................ .............................. 700,000 700,000 

Subtotal ....................................................................................................... 0 2,200,000 2,200,000 

Village Infrastructure Protection ................................................................................ 500,000 .............................. 500,000 

Transportation ............................................................................................................ 500,000 .............................. 500,000 

Sanitation: 

Village Water, Wastewater and Solid Waste ..................................................... 1,500,000 .............................. 1,500,000 

Subtotal ....................................................................................................... 1,500,000 .............................. 1,500,000 

Health Facilities ......................................................................................................... 500,000 .............................. 500,000 

Housing ...................................................................................................................... 500,000 .............................. 500,000 

Broadband ................................................................................................................. 250,000 .............................. 250,000 

Workforce Development: 

Energy and Bulk Fuel ......................................................................................... .............................. 600,000 600,000 

Other ................................................................................................................... 1,000,000 .............................. 1,000,000 

Subtotal ....................................................................................................... 1,000,000 600,000 1,600,000 

Flexible Funding ........................................................................................................ 1,325,000 .............................. 1,325,000 

Totals .................................................................................................................. 11,000,000 2,800,000 13,800,000 

Authority: Pub. L. 105–277 section 

304(b)(1). 

John Whittington, 

General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2022–09862 Filed 5–6–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3300–01–P 

DENALI COMMISSION 

Denali Commission Infrastructure 

Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) Draft 

Work Plan 

AGENCY: Denali Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Denali Commission 

(Commission) is an independent Federal 

agency based on an innovative federalstate partnership designed to provide 

critical utilities, infrastructure and 

support for economic development and 

training in Alaska by delivering federal 

services in the most cost-effective 

manner possible. This Federal Register 

notice serves to announce the 30-day 

opportunity for public comment on the 

Denali Commission IIJA Draft Work 

Plan. 

DATES: Comments and related material 

to be received by, June 9, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments to the 

Denali Commission, Attention: Elinda 

Hetemi, 510 L Street, Suite 410, 

Anchorage, AK 99501. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Elinda Hetemi, Denali Commission, 510 

L Street, Suite 410, Anchorage, AK 

99501. Telephone: (907) 271–3415. 

Email: ehetemi@denali.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: The Denali 

Commission’s mission is to partner with 

tribal, federal, state, and local 

governments and collaborate with all 

Alaskans to improve the effectiveness 

and efficiency of government services, 

to build and ensure the operation and 

maintenance of Alaska’s basic 

infrastructure, and to develop a welltrained labor force employed in a 

diversified and sustainable economy. 

On November 15, 2021 the IIJA was 

signed by President Biden. In the IIJA 

the Denali Commission was allocated 

$75 million. The law left it to the 

Commission to determine how best to 

spend these funds. Through a series of 

informational meetings the 

Commissioners reviewed the needs of 


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rural Alaska and decided to allocate the 

IIJA funds as follows: 

—FY 2022 Workplan Amounts: In the 

FY 2022 Workplan the Commission 

noted that if additional funds became 

available then $5,000,000 would be 

allocated to Village Infrastructure 

Protection Program (VIP); $250,000 to 

Broadband and $2,000,000 for 

Workforce Development. The 

Commissioners decided to allocate 

$7,250,000 of the $75 million IIJA 

funds to these programs consistent 

with the FY 2022 Workplan. 

—5% of the $75 million ($3.75 million) 

will be allocated to cover 

administrative costs. This amount 

includes 0.5% of the funds being set 

aside for the Inspector General. 

—The remaining $64 million will be 

divided into a five year spend down 

plan in the following categories with 

yearly amounts of $1 million for 

Energy Reliability and Security; $1 

million for VIP; $1 million for 

Workforce Development; $10 million 

for the Infrastructure Fund and 

$550,000 set aside for Emergency 

situations. 

The Infrastruture Fund is a new 

process for the Commission. The 

Commission will use a public Funding 

Opportunity Announcement (FOA) to 

seek applications for funding projects 

across a wide range of program 

categories including Energy, 

Transportation, Healthcare and 

Community Wellness, VIP, Sanitation, 

Housing, Broadband, Economic 

Development and Workforce 

Development. Applications will be 

reviewed and ranked according to 

published criteria with the highest 

scoring applications receiving funding. 

The Commission used the following 

process to create the IIJA Workplan: 

• The Commissioners held several 

work sessions where they were briefed 

by program partners on specific program 

category areas to identify unmet needs 

in specific programs. 

• At a meeting of the Denali 

Commissioners the Commissioners 

voted to adopt the IIJA Workplan. 

• The work plan was published on 

Denali.gov for review by the public in 

advance of public testimony. 

• A public hearing was held to record 

public comments and recommendations 

on the preliminary draft work plan. 

• No public comments were received. 

• The Federal Co-Chair prepared the 

draft work plan for publication in the 

Federal Register providing a 30-day 

period for public review and written 

comment. During this time, the draft 

work plan will also be disseminated to 

Commission program partners 

including, but not limited to, the Bureau 

of Indian Affairs (BIA), the Economic 

Development Administration (EDA), 

Department of Agriculture—Rural 

Utilities Service (USDA/RUS), and the 

State of Alaska. 

• At the conclusion of the Federal 

Register Public comment period 

Commission staff will provide the 

Federal Co-Chair with a summary of 

public comments and 

recommendations, if any, on the draft 

work plan. 

• If no revisions are made to the draft, 

the Federal Co-Chair will provide notice 

of approval of the work plan to the 

Commissioners, and forwards the work 

plan to the Secretary of Commerce for 

approval; or, if there are revisions the 

Federal Co-Chair provides notice of 

modifications to the Commissioners for 

their consideration and approval, and 

upon receipt of approval from 

Commissioners, forwards the work plan 

to the Secretary of Commerce for 

approval. 

• The Secretary of Commerce 

approves the work plan. 

• The Federal Co-Chair then approves 

grants and contracts based upon the 

approved work plan. 

FY 2022 commitments Yearly amount Total amount 

Village Infrastructure Protection .............................................................................................................................. ........................ $5,000,000 

Broadband ............................................................................................................................................................... ........................ 250,000 

Workforce Development .......................................................................................................................................... ........................ 2,000,000 

Five Year Spend-down Plan: 

Energy Reliability and Security ........................................................................................................................ $1,000,000 5,000,000 

Village Infrastructure Protection ....................................................................................................................... 1,000,000 5,000,000 

Workforce Development ................................................................................................................................... 250,000 1,250,000 

Infrastruture Fund ............................................................................................................................................. 10,000,000 50,000,000 

Emergy Fund .................................................................................................................................................... 550,000 2,750,000 

Administrative Costs ......................................................................................................................................... 750,000 3,750,000 

Total ........................................................................................................................................................... 12,800,000 75,000,000 

Authority: Pub. L. 105–277 section 

304(b)(1). 

John Whittington, 

General Counsel. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2022–SCC–0063] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; Foreign 

Schools Eligibility Criteria Apply To 

Participate in Title IV HEA Programs 

AGENCY: Federal Student Aid (FSA), 

Department of Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is 

proposing an extension without change 

of a currently approved collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before July 8, 

2022. 

ADDRESSES: To access and review all the 

documents related to the information 

collection listed in this notice, please 

use http://www.regulations.gov by 

searching the Docket ID number ED– 

2022–SCC–0063. Comments submitted 

in response to this notice should be 

submitted electronically through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov by selecting the 

Docket ID number or via postal mail, 

commercial delivery, or hand delivery. 

If the regulations.gov site is not 

available to the public for any reason, 

ED will temporarily accept comments at 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. 

Please include the docket ID number 

and the title of the information 

collection request when requesting 

documents or submitting comments. 

Please note that comments submitted by 

fax or email and those submitted after 

the comment period will not be 

accepted. Written requests for 

information or comments submitted by 

postal mail or delivery should be 

addressed to the PRA Coordinator of the 

Strategic Collections and Clearance 

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