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paper format by mail or hand delivery 

in accordance with the instructions in 

this notice. 

b. Submission of Paper Applications 

by Mail.

If you submit your application in 

paper format by mail (through the U.S. 

Postal Service or a commercial carrier), 

you must mail the original and two 

copies of your application, on or before 

the application deadline date, to the 

Department at the applicable following 

address: 

By mail through the U.S. Postal 

Service: U.S. Department of Education, 

Application Control Center, Attention: 

(CFDA Number 84.349A), 400 Maryland 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20202–

4260. or 

By mail through a commercial carrier:

U.S. Department of Education, 

Application Control Center—Stop 4260, 

Attention: (CFDA Number 84.349A), 

7100 Old Landover Road, Landover, MD 

20785–1506. 

Regardless of which address you use, 

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, or 

(4) Any other proof of mailing 

acceptable to the Secretary of the U.S. 

Department of Education. 

If you mail your application through 

the U.S. Postal Service, we do not 

accept either of the following as proof 

of mailing: 

(1) A private metered postmark, or 

(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 submit your application in 

paper format by hand delivery, you (or 

a courier service) 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 84.349A), 550 12th 

Street, SW., Room 7041, Potomac Center 

Plaza, Washington, DC 20202–4260. 

The Application Control Center 

accepts hand deliveries daily between 8 

a.m. and 4:30 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 4 of the ED 424 the 

CFDA number—and suffix letter, if 

any—of the competition under which 

you are submitting your application. 

(2) The Application Control Center 

will mail a grant application receipt 

acknowledgment to you. If you do not 

receive the grant application receipt 

acknowledgment 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. 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 Notice (GAN). 

We may also notify you informally. 

If your application is not evaluated or 

not selected for funding, we notify you. 

2. Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements: We identify 

administrative and national policy 

requirements in the application package 

and reference these and other 

requirements in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

We reference the regulations outlining 

the terms and conditions of an award in 

the Applicable Regulations section of 

this notice and include these and other 

specific conditions in the GAN. The 

GAN also incorporates your approved 

application as part of your binding 

commitments under the grant. 

3. Reporting: At the end of your 

project period, you must submit a final 

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 specified by 

the Secretary in 34 CFR 75.118. ECEPD 

program grantees also are required by 

section 2151(e)(6)(B) of the ESEA to 

report annually to the Secretary on the 

partnership’s progress toward attaining 

the achievement indicators referenced 

in section VI. 4. Performance Measures

in this notice. For specific requirements 

on grantee reporting, please go to

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

appforms/appforms.html. 

4. Performance Measures: For FY 

2005, grants under this program will be 

governed by the achievement indicators 

that the Secretary published in the 

Federal Register on March 31, 2003 (68 

FR 15646–15648). These achievement 

indicators are included in the 

application package. 

VI. Agency Contact

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Rosemary Fennell, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., 

Room 3C–100, Washington, DC 20202–

6132. Telephone: (202) 260–0792, or by 

e-mail: eceprofdev@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD), you may call 

the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1–

800–877–8339. 

Individuals with disabilities may 

obtain this document in an alternative 

format (e.g., Braille, large print, 

audiotape, or computer diskette) on 

request to the program contact person 

listed in this section. 

VII. Other Information 

Electronic Access to This Document:

You may 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.

Dated: February 2, 2005. 

Raymond Simon, 

Assistant Secretary for Elementary and 

Secondary Education.

[FR Doc. 05–2438 Filed 2–4–05; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services, Overview 

Information, Recreational Programs 

Notice Inviting Applications for New 

Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2005 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 84.128J. 

Dates:

Applications Available: February 14, 

2005. 

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Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: March 29, 2005. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: May 31, 2005. 

Eligible Applicants: States, public 

agencies, and nonprofit private 

organizations. 

Estimated Available Funds:

$1,027,111. 

Estimated Range of Awards:

$130,000–$140,000. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards:

$130,000. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 8. 

Project Period: Up to 36 months.

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice.

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The purpose of 

the Recreational Programs is to provide 

individuals with disabilities with 

recreational activities and related 

experiences to aid in their employment, 

mobility, socialization, independence, 

and community integration. Recreation 

Programs initiate local recreation 

projects that will continue after Federal 

assistance ends. 

Priority: This priority is from the 

notice of final priority for this program, 

published in the Federal Register on 

April 19, 2001 (66 FR 20176). 

Absolute Priority: For FY 2005 this 

priority is an absolute priority. Under 34 

CFR 75.105(c)(3) we consider only 

applications that meet this priority. 

This priority is: 

Projects must provide recreational 

services to individuals with disabilities. 

Recreational services include, but are 

not limited to, vocational skills 

development, leisure education, leisure 

networking, leisure resource 

development, physical education and 

sports, scouting and camping, 4–H 

activities, music, dancing, handicrafts, 

art, and homemaking. Recreational 

services do not include the construction 

of facilities for aquatic rehabilitation 

therapy. 

Projects must provide recreational 

services to individuals with disabilities 

in settings with peers who are not 

individuals with disabilities. 

Statutory Requirements 

All applicants seeking funding under 

this competition must—

(a) Describe the manner in which the 

applicant will address the needs of 

individuals with disabilities from 

minority backgrounds (section 21(c) of 

the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as 

amended) (the Act); 

(b) Describe the manner in which the 

findings and results of the project to be 

funded under the grant, particularly 

information that facilitates the 

replication of the results of that project, 

will be made generally available 

(section 305(a)(4)(A) of the Act); 

(c) Demonstrate ways in which 

recreational activities assist in 

maximizing the independence and 

integration of individuals with 

disabilities into community-based 

recreational programs (section 

305(a)(1)(C) of the Act);

(d) Assure that the project will 

maintain, at a minimum, the same level 

of services over the three-year project 

period (section 305(a)(5) of the Act); 

(e) Assure that the service program 

funded under the grant will be 

continued after Federal assistance ends 

(section 305(a)(4)(B) of the Act); and 

(f) Provide non-Federal resources (in 

cash or in-kind) to pay the non-Federal 

share cost of the project in year two at 

25 percent of year one Federal grant and 

year three at 50 percent of year one 

Federal grant (section 305(a)(3)(B) of the 

Act). 

Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 775. 

Applicable Regulations: The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 

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

84, 85, and 86.

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 79 

apply to all applicants except federally 

recognized Indian tribes.

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 

apply to institutions of higher education 

only.

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary grants. 

Estimated Available Funds:

$1,027,111. 

Estimated Range of Awards:

$130,000–$140,000. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards:

$130,000. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 8.

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice.

Project Period: Up to 36 months. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: States, public 

agencies, and nonprofit private 

organizations. 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching: The 

Federal share of the cost of a project is 

100 percent in the first year, 75 percent 

in the second year, and 50 percent in 

the third year. The local match may be 

in cash or in-kind contributions. See 

section 305(a)(3) of the Act. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Address to Request Application 

Package: You may obtain an application 

package via Internet or from the 

Education Publications Center (ED 

Pubs). To obtain an application package 

via Internet, use the following address: 

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

grantapps/index.html. To obtain an 

application package from ED Pubs, write 

or call the following: Education 

Publications Center (ED Pubs), P.O. Box 

1398, Jessup, MD 20794–1398. 

Telephone (toll free): 1–877–433–7827. 

FAX: (301) 470–1244. If you use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD), you may call (toll free): 1–877–

576–7734. 

You may also contact ED Pubs at its 

Web site: http://www.ed.gov/pubs/

edpubs.html or you may contact ED 

Pubs at its e-mail address: 

edpubs@inet.ed.gov.

If you request an application from ED 

Pubs, be sure to identify this 

competition as follows: CFDA number 

84.128J. 

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 Grants and 

Contracts Services Team, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Avenue, SW., room 5075, Potomac 

Center Plaza, Washington, DC 20202–

2550. Telephone: (202) 245–7363. If you 

use a telecommunications device for the 

deaf (TDD), you may call the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–

800–877–8339. 

2. Content and Form of Application 

Submission: Requirements concerning 

the content of an application, together 

with the forms you must submit, are in 

the application package for this 

competition. 

Page Limit: The application narrative 

(Part III of the application) is where you, 

the applicant, address the selection 

criteria that reviewers use to evaluate 

your application. We suggest that you 

limit Part III to approximately 35 

double-spaced pages, using the 

following standards: 

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

only, with 1′′ margins at the top, bottom, 

and both sides. 

• Double space (no more than three 

lines per vertical inch) all text in the 

application narrative, including titles, 

headings, footnotes, quotations, 

references, and captions, as well as all 

text in charts, tables, figures, and 

graphs. 

• Use a font that is either 12 point or 

larger or no smaller than 10 pitch 

(characters per inch). 

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The suggested 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, you must include all of the 

application narrative in Part III. 

3. Submission Dates and Times:

Applications Available: February 14, 

2005.

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: March 29, 2005. 

Applications for grants under this 

competition must be submitted 

electronically using the Electronic Grant 

Application System (e-Application) 

available through the Department’s eGrants system. For information 

(including dates and times) about how 

to submit your application 

electronically, or 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. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: May 31, 2005. 

4. Intergovernmental Review: This 

program is subject to Executive Order 

12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR 

part 79. Information about 

Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs under Executive Order 12372 

is in the application package for this 

program. 

5. Funding Restrictions: We reference 

regulations outlining funding 

restrictions in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

6. Other Submission Requirements:

Applications for grants under this 

competition must be submitted 

electronically, unless you qualify for an 

exception to this requirement in 

accordance with the instructions in this 

section. 

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.

a. Electronic Submission of 

Applications.

Applications for grants under the 

Recreational Programs—CFDA Number 

84.128J must be submitted 

electronically using e-Application 

available through the Department’s eGrants system, accessible through the eGrants portal page at: http://egrants.ed.gov.

While completing your electronic 

application, you will be entering data 

online that will be saved into a 

database. You may not e-mail an 

electronic copy of a grant application to 

us. 

Please note the following: 

• You must complete the electronic 

submission of your grant application by 

4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the 

application deadline date. The eApplication system will not accept an 

application for this competition after 

4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the 

application deadline date. Therefore, we 

strongly recommend that you do not 

wait until the application deadline date 

to begin the application process. 

• The regular hours of operation of 

the e-Grants Web site are 6 a.m. Monday 

until 7 p.m. Wednesday; and 6 a.m. 

Thursday until midnight Saturday, 

Washington, DC time. Please note that 

the system is unavailable on Sundays, 

and between 7 p.m. on Wednesdays and 

6 a.m. on Thursdays, Washington, DC 

time, for maintenance. Any 

modifications to these hours are posted 

on the e-Grants Web site. 

• 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 the 

Application for Federal Education 

Assistance (ED 424), Budget 

Information—Non-Construction 

Programs (ED 524, and all necessary 

assurances and certifications. 

• Any narrative sections of your 

application should be attached as files 

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

or .PDF (Portable Document) format. 

• Your electronic application must 

comply with any page limit 

requirements described in this notice. 

• Prior to submitting your electronic 

application, you may wish to print a 

copy of it for your records. 

• After you electronically submit 

your application, you will receive an 

automatic acknowledgement that will 

include a PR/Award number (an 

identifying number unique to your 

application). 

• Within three working days after 

submitting your electronic application, 

fax a signed copy of the ED 424 to the 

Application Control Center after 

following these steps: 

(1) Print ED 424 from e-Application. 

(2) The applicant’s Authorizing 

Representative must sign this form.

(3) Place the PR/Award number in the 

upper right hand corner of the hardcopy signature page of the ED 424. 

(4) Fax the signed ED 424 to the 

Application Control Center at (202) 

245–6272. 

• We may request that you provide us 

original signatures on other forms at a 

later date. 

Application Deadline Date Extension 

in Case of e-Application System 

Unavailability: If you are prevented 

from electronically submitting your 

application on the application deadline 

date because the e-Application system is 

unavailable, we will grant you an 

extension of one business day in order 

to transmit your application 

electronically, by mail, or by hand 

delivery. We will grant this extension 

if—

(1) You are a registered user of eApplication and you have initiated an 

electronic application for this 

competition; and 

(2) (a) The e-Application system is 

unavailable for 60 minutes or more 

between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 3:30 

p.m., Washington, DC time, on the 

application deadline date; or 

(b) The e-Application system is 

unavailable for any period of time 

between 3:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m., 

Washington, DC time, on the 

application deadline date. 

We must acknowledge and confirm 

these periods of unavailability before 

granting you an extension. To request 

this extension or to confirm our 

acknowledgement of any system 

unavailability, you may contact either 

(1) the person listed elsewhere in this 

notice under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT (see VII. Agency Contact) or (2) 

the e-Grants help desk at 1–888–336–

8930. If the system is down and 

therefore the application deadline is 

extended, an e-mail will be sent to all 

registered users who have initiated an eApplication. Extensions referred to in 

this section apply only to the 

unavailability of the Department’s eApplication 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 e-Application system because—

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• You do not have access to the 

Internet; or 

• You do not have the capacity to 

upload large documents to the 

Department’s e-Application 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: Pedro Romero, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Avenue, SW., room 5029, Potomac 

Center Plaza, Washington, DC 20202–

2800. Fax: (202) 245–7645. 

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 any 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 applicable following 

address: 

By mail through the U.S. Postal 

Service: U.S. Department of Education, 

Application Control Center, Attention: 

(CFDA Number 84.128J), 400 Maryland 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20202–

4260; or 

By mail through a commercial carrier:

U.S. Department of Education, 

Application Control Center—Stop 4260, 

Attention: (CFDA Number 84.128J), 

7100 Old Landover Road, Landover, MD 

20785–1506. 

Regardless of which address you use, 

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, or 

(4) Any other proof of mailing 

acceptable to the Secretary of the U.S. 

Department of Education. 

If you mail your application through 

the U.S. Postal Service, we do not 

accept either of the following as proof 

of mailing: 

(1) A private metered postmark, or 

(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 

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 84.128J), 550 12th 

Street, SW., Room 7041, Potomac Center 

Plaza, Washington, DC 20202–4260. 

The Application Control Center 

accepts hand deliveries daily between 8 

a.m. and 4:30 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 4 of the ED 424 the 

CFDA number—and suffix letter, if 

any—of the competition under which 

you are submitting your application. 

(2) The Application Control Center 

will mail a grant application receipt 

acknowledgment to you. If you do not 

receive the grant application receipt 

acknowledgment 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 

Selection Criteria: The selection 

criteria for this competition are in the 

application package.

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 also notify you 

informally. 

If your application is not evaluated or 

not selected for funding, we notify you. 

2. Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements: We identify 

administrative and national policy 

requirements in the application package 

and reference these and other 

requirements in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

We reference the regulations outlining 

the terms and conditions of an award in 

the Applicable Regulations section of 

this notice and include these and other 

specific conditions in the GAN. The 

GAN also incorporates your approved 

application as part of your binding 

commitments under the grant. 

3. Reporting: At the end of your 

project period, you must submit a final 

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 specified by 

the Secretary in 34 CFR 75.118. 

4. Performance Measures: Under the 

Government Performance and Results 

Act (GPRA), a measure has been 

developed for evaluating the overall 

effectiveness of the Recreational 

Programs: the percentage of projects in 

operation one, two, and three years after 

Federal funding ends. The 

Rehabilitation Services Administration 

(RSA) collects data on this measure by 

contacting grantees once a year after the 

project period has ended. All grantees 

will be expected to submit an annual 

performance report documenting their 

success in maintaining the same level of 

service over their three-year project 

period and to provide information to 

RSA when they are contacted about 

their on-going activities after the project 

period has ended. 

VII. Agency Contact

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Pedro Romero, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

room 5029, Potomac Center Plaza, 

Washington, DC 20202–2800. 

Telephone: (202) 245–7645. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD), you may call 

the Federal Information Relay Service 

(FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339. 

Individuals with disabilities may 

obtain this document in an alternative 

format (e.g., Braille, large print, 

audiotape, or computer diskette) on 

request to the program contact person 

listed in this section. 

VIII. Other Information 

Electronic Access to This Document:

You may view this document, as well as 

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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.

Dated: February 2, 2005. 

John H. Hager, 

Assistant Secretary for Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services.

[FR Doc. 05–2310 Filed 2–4–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Meeting of the National Advisory 

Council on Indian Education

AGENCY: National Advisory Council on 

Indian Education (NACIE), U.S. 

Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the 

schedule and proposed agenda of an 

upcoming meeting of the National 

Advisory Council on Indian Education 

(the Council) and is intended to notify 

the general public of their opportunity 

to attend. This notice also describes the 

functions of the Council. Notice of the 

Council’s meetings is required under 

Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act and by the Council’s 

charter. 

Agenda: During the meeting, NACIE 

members will receive an Ethics briefing 

from the Office of the General Counsel’s 

Ethics Division, will discuss the 

upcoming reauthorization of the 

Elementary and Secondary Education 

Act (ESEA), and will be briefed by OGC 

and an outside expert on the legislative 

history of various laws impacting Indian 

education. 

Date and Time: February 17, 2005; 9 

a.m. to 4 p.m. 

Location: The Department of 

Education, Bernard Auditorium, FOB–6, 

400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20202. Note: Attendees 

will be required to show picture 

identification to enter the building.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Bernard Garcia, Group Leader, Office of 

Indian Education, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20202. Telephone: 

202–260–1454. Fax: 202–260–7779.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Council advises the Secretary of 

Education on the funding and 

administration (including the 

development of regulations, and 

administrative policies and practices) of 

any program over which the Secretary 

has jurisdiction and includes Indian 

children or adults as participants or 

programs that may benefit Indian 

children or adults, including any 

program established under Title VII, 

Part A of the ESEA. The Council 

submits to the Congress, not later than 

June 30 of each year, a report on the 

activities of the Council that includes 

recommendations the Council considers 

appropriate for the improvement of 

Federal education programs that include 

Indian children or adults as participants 

or that may benefit Indian children or 

adults, and recommendations 

concerning the funding of any such 

program. 

The general public is welcome to 

attend the February 17, 2005 meeting to 

be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. 

Washington, DC. Individuals who need 

accommodations for a disability in order 

to participate (i.e., interpreting services, 

assistive listening devices, materials in 

alternative format) should notify 

Bernard Garcia at 202–260–1454 by 

February 11, 2005, We will attempt to 

meet requests after this date, but cannot 

guarantee availability of the requested 

accommodation. The meeting site is 

accessible to individuals with 

disabilities. 

A summary of the activities of the 

meeting and other related materials that 

are informative to the public and will be 

available to the public within 14 days 

after the meeting. Records are kept of all 

Council proceedings and are available 

for public inspection at the Office of 

Indian Education, United States 

Department of Education, Room 5C141, 

400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20202.

Margaret Spellings, 

Secretary, U.S. Department of Education.

[FR Doc. 05–2281 Filed 2–4–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Energy Information Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request

AGENCY: Energy Information 

Administration (EIA), Department of 

Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request. 

SUMMARY: The EIA is soliciting 

comments on the proposed three-year 

extension to the EIA–882T, ‘‘Generic 

Clearance for Questionnaire Testing, 

Evaluation, and Research.’’

DATES: Comments must be filed by April 

8, 2005. If you anticipate difficulty in 

submitting comments within that 

period, contact the person listed below 

as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Kara 

Norman. To ensure receipt of the 

comments by the due date, submission 

by FAX (202–287–1705) or e-mail 

(kara.norman@eia.doe.gov) is 

recommended. The mailing address is 

Statistics and Methods Group, EI–70, 

Forrestal Building, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Washington, DC 20585. 

Alternatively, Kara Norman may be 

contacted by telephone at 202–287–

1902.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or 

copies of any forms and instructions 

should be directed to Kara Norman at 

the address listed above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background 

II. Current Actions 

III. Request for Comments

I. Background 

The Federal Energy Administration 

Act of 1974 (Pub. L. 93–275, 15 U.S.C. 

761 et seq.) and the DOE Organization 

Act (Pub. L. 95–91, 42 U.S.C. 7101 et 

seq.) require the EIA to carry out a 

centralized, comprehensive, and unified 

energy information program. This 

program collects, evaluates, assembles, 

analyzes, and disseminates information 

on energy resource reserves, production, 

demand, technology, and related 

economic and statistical information. 

This information is used to assess the 

adequacy of energy resources to meet 

near and longer term domestic 

demands. 

The EIA, as part of its effort to comply 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (Pub. L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 

35), provides the general public and