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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: For the 

purposes of Department reporting under 

34 CFR 75.110, we have established the 

following set of performance measures 

for the Open Textbooks Pilot program 

grants: 

a. The number of students who 

enrolled in courses that use open 

textbooks and/or ancillary materials 

developed through the grant; 

b. The number of students who 

completed courses that used open 

textbooks and/or ancillary materials 

developed through the grant; 

c. The failure rate or withdrawal rate 

in courses that use open textbooks and/ 

or ancillary materials compared with 

equivalent courses that used 

commercial textbooks; 

d. The average grade of students who 

completed a course that used open 

textbooks and/or ancillary materials 

developed through the grant compared 

with the equivalent average grade of 

students who used commercial 

textbooks; 

e. The number of faculty/instructors 

that use open textbooks and/or ancillary 

materials developed through the grant; 

f. The number of institutions within 

the consortium, and the number of 

institutions outside of the consortium, 

that adopted the open textbooks and/or 

ancillary materials developed through 

the grant; 

g. The number of courses among 

consortium members that adopted the 

open textbooks and/or ancillary 

materials developed through the grant, 

compared to those that continued to use 

commercial textbooks; 

h. The number of faculty/instructors 

or institutions that use tools for revising 

and remixing open educational 

resources content to facilitate adoption 

of open textbooks and/or ancillary 

materials developed through the grant; 

i. The average cost savings per 

student; and 

j. The total cost savings for students 

who used open textbooks and/or 

ancillary materials developed through 

the grant compared to students in the 

same course of study who used 

traditional textbooks. 

6. 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: 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 compact disc) on 

request to the program contact person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

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Michelle Asha Cooper, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for the Office of 

Postsecondary Education. 

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Notice of Designation of Commission 

Staff as Non-Decisional 

Under Section 319 of the Federal 

Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 825q–1, the 

primary mission of the Commission’s 

Office of Public Participation (‘‘OPP’’) is 

to coordinate assistance to the public 

with respect to authorities exercised by 

the Commission. The Director shall also 

coordinate assistance available to 

persons intervening or participating or 

proposing to intervene or participate in 

proceedings before the Commission. 

In furtherance of this mission, each 

employee of the Office of Public 

Participation (OPP) is being designated 

as a non-decisional employee of the 


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Commission effective on the day of this 

notice. As such, pursuant to 18 CFR 

385.2202 (2021), no OPP employee shall 

participate or advise as to the findings, 

conclusion or decision of the 

Commission in a proceeding covered by 

such rule. OPP staff will not be involved 

in such Commission decisional 

processes and will not advocate 

positions or conduct investigations for 

the Commission. 

Given the non-decisional status of 

each OPP employee as stated herein, 

communications between employees of 

OPP and parties or members of the 

public as to the merits of a contested onthe-record proceeding will not 

constitute ex parte communications, 18 

CFR 385.2201 (2021). However, no OPP 

employee may share the contents of 

such communications with any 

decisional employee of the Commission, 

unless an established regulatory 

exception applies. 

This designation will remain in effect 

until withdrawn or modified by a 

subsequent notice. 

Dated: May 20, 2022. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2022–11331 Filed 5–25–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Combined Notice of Filings 

Take notice that the Commission has 

received the following Natural Gas 

Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings: 

Filings in Existing Proceedings 

Docket Numbers: RP22–696–000. 

Applicants: Trailblazer Pipeline 

Company LLC. 

Description: Refund Report: TPC 2022 

Annual L&U Cash-Out Refund Report to 

be effective N/A. 

Filed Date: 5/19/22. 

Accession Number: 20220519–5141. 

Comment Date: 5 pm ET 5/31/22. 

Any person desiring to protest in any 

the above proceedings must file in 

accordance with Rule 211 of the 

Commission’s Regulations (18 CFR 

385.211) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern 

time on the specified comment date. 

The filings are accessible in the 

Commission’s eLibrary system (https://

elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/search/ 

fercgensearch.asp) by querying the 

docket number. 

eFiling is encouraged. More detailed 

information relating to filing 

requirements, interventions, protests, 

service, and qualifying facilities filings 

can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/ 

docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For 

other information, call (866) 208–3676 

(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. 

Dated: May 20, 2022. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2022–11332 Filed 5–25–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 77–311] 

Pacific Gas and Electric Company; 

Notice of Application Accepted for 

Filing and Soliciting Comments, 

Motions To Intervene, and Protests 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection: 

a. Application Type: Application for 

Temporary Variance of Flow 

Requirements. 

b. Project No: 77–311. 

c. Date Filed: May 16, 2022. 

d. Applicant: Pacific Gas and Electric 

Company (licensee). 

e. Name of Project: Potter Valley 

Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Location: The project is located on 

the Eel River and East Fork of the 

Russian River in Lake and Mendocino 

counties, California. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act, 16 U.S.C. 791a—825r. 

h. Applicant Contact: Jackie Pope, 

License Coordinator; Pacific Gas and 

Electric Company; Mail Code N11D, 

P.O. Box 770000, San Francisco, CA 

94177; Phone: (530) 245–4007. 

i. FERC Contact: Alicia Burtner, (202) 

502–8038, Alicia.Burtner@ferc.gov. 

j. Deadline for filing comments, 

motions to intervene, and protests: June 

9, 2022. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing. Please file comments, 

motions to intervene, and protests using 

the Commission’s eFiling system at 

http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

efiling.asp. Commenters can submit 

brief comments up to 6,000 characters, 

without prior registration, using the 

eComment system at http://

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

ecomment.asp. You must include your 

name and contact information at the end 

of your comments. For assistance, 

please contact FERC Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866) 

208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659 

(TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, you 

may submit a paper copy. Submissions 

sent via the U.S. Postal Service must be 

addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room 

1A, Washington, DC 20426. 

Submissions sent via any other carrier 

must be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, 

Rockville, Maryland 20852. The first 

page of any filing should include the 

docket number P–77–311. Comments 

emailed to Commission staff are not 

considered part of the Commission 

record. 

The Commission’s Rules of Practice 

and Procedure require all intervenors 

filing documents with the Commission 

to serve a copy of that document on 

each person whose name appears on the 

official service list for the project. 

Further, if an intervenor files comments 

or documents with the Commission 

relating to the merits of an issue that 

may affect the responsibilities of a 

particular resource agency, they must 

also serve a copy of the document on 

that resource agency. 

k. Description of Request: The 

licensee requests a temporary variance 

of its minimum flow requirements in 

the East Fork of the Russian River and 

the maximum irrigation releases to the 

Potter Valley Irrigation District (PVID). 

Due to ongoing drought conditions and 

operating restrictions, the storage in 

Lake Pillsbury is severely depleted and 

is expected to reach critical levels by 

late fall, whereby bank sloughing in the 

vicinity of the outlet works and 

impaired flow releases could occur. In 

order to conserve water and ensure 

project operability, the licensee is 

proposing to reclassify the water year 

type to reduce flow releases to Eel River 

below Scott Dam from the current 

normal water year requirement of 60 cfs 

to a critical water year flow floor set by 

the minimum opening of the low-level 

outlet of approximately 35 cubic feet per 

second (cfs); flow releases to the East 

Fork of the Russian River from normal 

water year requirements of 75 cfs to 

between 5 and 25 cfs based on storage 

projections; and flow releases to the 

PVID from 50 cfs to a demand-based 

schedule not to exceed 50 cfs. The 

licensee additionally requests that 

compliance with flow requirements to 

the East Fork of the Russian River be 

measured as a target flow with no buffer 

versus a minimum flow with a buffer. 

The licensee would operate the project 

to maintain at least 30,000 acre-feet of 

storage in Lake Pillsbury to limit the 

depletion of the cold-water pool for 

salmonid protection. The May 16, 2022 


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