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Dated: January 5, 2007. 

Michelle Walker, 

Chief, Regulatory Branch, Seattle District. 

[FR Doc. E7–632 Filed 1–17–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3710–ER–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

SUMMARY: The IC Clearance Official, 

Regulatory Information Management 

Services, Office of Management invites 

comments on the submission for OMB 

review as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before February 

20, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be addressed to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attention: Rachel Potter, Desk Officer, 

Department of Education, Office of 

Management and Budget, 725 17th 

Street, NW., Room 10222, New 

Executive Office Building, Washington, 

DC 20503 or faxed to (202) 395–6974. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires 

that the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) provide interested 

Federal agencies and the public an early 

opportunity to comment on information 

collection requests. OMB may amend or 

waive the requirement for public 

consultation to the extent that public 

participation in the approval process 

would defeat the purpose of the 

information collection, violate State or 

Federal law, or substantially interfere 

with any agency’s ability to perform its 

statutory obligations. The IC Clearance 

Official, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of 

Management, publishes that notice 

containing proposed information 

collection requests prior to submission 

of these requests to OMB. Each 

proposed information collection, 

grouped by office, contains the 

following: (1) Type of review requested, 

e.g., new, revision, extension, existing 

or reinstatement; (2) Title; (3) Summary 

of the collection; (4) Description of the 

need for, and proposed use of, the 

information; (5) Respondents and 

frequency of collection; and (6) 

Reporting and/or Recordkeeping 

burden. OMB invites public comment. 

Dated: January 11, 2007. 

Angela C. Arrington, 

IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Federal Student Aid 

Type of Review: New. 

Title: FFEL/Direct Loan/Perkins 

Military Deferment Request. 

Frequency: On Occasion. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

household. 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour 

Burden: 

Responses: 16,000. 

Burden Hours: 8,000. 

Abstract: This loan deferment request 

form is the means by which a FFEL, 

Direct Loan, or Perkins Loan program 

borrower will submit a request for a 

deferment of his or her eligible student 

loans while the borrower is performing 

qualifying military or National Guard 

service. 

Requests for copies of the information 

collection submission for OMB review 

may be accessed from http:// 

edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the 

‘‘Browse Pending Collections’’ link and 

by clicking on link number 3259. When 

you access the information collection, 

click on ‘‘Download Attachments’’ to 

view. Written requests for information 

should be addressed to U.S. Department 

of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, 

SW., Potomac Center, 9th Floor, 

Washington, DC 20202–4700. Requests 

may also be electronically mailed to 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed to 202–

245–6623. Please specify the complete 

title of the information collection when 

making your request. 

Comments regarding burden and/or 

the collection activity requirements 

should be electronically mailed to 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Individuals who 

use a telecommunications device for the 

deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–

800–877–8339. 

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services, Overview 

Information; Rehabilitation Training: 

Rehabilitation Long-Term Training 

Notice Inviting Applications for New 

Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2007 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 84.129C and L. 

DATES: Applications Available: January 

18, 2007. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: February 20, 2007. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: April 18, 2007. 

Eligible Applicants: States and public 

or nonprofit agencies and organizations, 

including Indian tribes and institutions 

of higher education. 

Estimated Available Funds: The 

Administration has requested 

$38,438,000 for the Rehabilitation 

Training program for FY 2007, of which 

we intend to use an estimated $800,000 

for this competition. The actual level of 

funding, if any, depends on final 

congressional action. However, we are 

inviting applications to allow enough 

time to complete the grant process if 

Congress appropriates funds for this 

program. 

Estimated Range of Awards: $75,000–

$100,000. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$87,500. 

Maximum Award: We will reject any 

application that proposes a budget 

exceeding $100,000 for Rehabilitation 

Administration (84.129C) and a budget 

exceeding $75,000 for Undergraduate 

Education (84.129L) for a single budget 

period of 12 months. The Assistant 

Secretary for Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services may change the 

maximum amount through a notice 

published in the Federal Register. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 10. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 60 months. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The 

Rehabilitation Long-Term Training 

program provides financial assistance 

for—

(1) Projects that provide basic or 

advanced training leading to an 

academic degree in areas of personnel 

shortages in rehabilitation as identified 

by the Assistant Secretary; 

(2) Projects that provide a specified 

series of courses or program of study 

leading to award of a certificate in areas 

of personnel shortages in rehabilitation 

as identified by the Assistant Secretary; 

and 

(3) Projects that provide support for 

medical residents enrolled in residency 

training programs in the specialty of 

physical medicine and rehabilitation. 

Priorities: In accordance with 34 CFR 

75.105(b)(2)(ii), these priorities are from 

the regulations for this program (34 CFR 

386.1). 

Absolute Priorities: For FY 2007 these 

priorities are absolute priorities. Under 

34 CFR 75.105(c)(3) we consider only 

applications that propose to provide 

training in the priority areas of 


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personnel shortages listed in the 

following chart. 

CFDA No. 

Priority Area (Maximum 

number of awards in parentheses) 

84.129C .............. Rehabilitation Administration (2) 

84.129L .............. Rehabilitation Undergraduate Education (8) 

Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 772. 

Applicable Regulations: (a) The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 

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

84, 85, 86, and 99. (b) The regulations 

for this program in 34 CFR parts 385 

and 386. 

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. 

Estimate Available Funds: The 

Administration has requested 

$38,438,000 for the Rehabilitation 

Training program for FY 2007, of which 

we intend to use an estimated $800,000 

for this competition. The actual level of 

funding, if any, depends on final 

congressional action. However, we are 

inviting applications to allow enough 

time to complete the grant process if 

Congress appropriates funds for this 

program. 

Estimated Range of Awards: $75,000–

$100,000. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$87,000. 

Maximum Award: We will reject any 

application that proposes a budget 

exceeding $100,000 for Rehabilitation 

Administration (84.129C) and a budget 

exceeding $75,000 for Undergraduate 

Education (84.129L) for a single budget 

period of 12 months. The Assistant 

Secretary for Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services may change the 

maximum amount through a notice 

published in the Federal Register. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 10. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 60 months. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: States and 

public or nonprofit agencies and 

organizations, including Indian tribes 

and institutions of higher education. 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching: Cost 

sharing of at least 10 percent of the total 

cost of the project is required of grantees 

under the Rehabilitation Training 

program (34 CFR 386.30). 

Note: Under 34 CFR 75.562(c), an indirect 

cost reimbursement on a training grant is 

limited to the recipient’s actual indirect 

costs, as determined by its negotiated 

indirect cost rate agreement, or eight percent 

of a modified total direct cost base, 

whichever amount is less. Indirect costs in 

excess of the eight percent limit may not be 

charged directly, used to satisfy matching or 

cost-sharing requirements, or charged to 

another Federal award. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Address to Request Application 

Package: 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 

84.129C and L. 

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 

Relay Service (FRS) 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. 

3. Submission Dates and Times: 

Applications Available: January 18, 

2007. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: February 20, 2007. 

Applications for grants under this 

competition must be submitted 

electronically using the Grants.gov 

Apply site (Grants.gov). For information 

(including dates and times) about how 

to submit your application 

electronically, or 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: April 18, 2007. 

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 

competition. 

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. 

a. Electronic Submission of 

Applications. 

Applications for grants under the 

Rehabilitation Training: Rehabilitation 

Long-Term Training program, CFDA 

Number 84.129C and 84.129L must be 

submitted electronically using the 

Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply site 

at http://www.Grants.gov. Through this 

site, you will be able to download a 

copy of the application package, 

complete it offline, and then upload and 

submit your application. You may not email an electronic copy of a grant 

application to us. 

We will reject your application if you 

submit it in paper format unless, as 

described elsewhere in this section, you 

qualify for one of the exceptions to the 

electronic submission requirement and 

submit, no later than two weeks before 

the application deadline date, a written 

statement to the Department that you 

qualify for one of these exceptions. 

Further information regarding 

calculation of the date that is two weeks 

before the application deadline date is 

provided later in this section under 

Exception to Electronic Submission 

Requirement. 

You may access the electronic grant 

application for the Rehabilitation 

Training: Rehabilitation Long-Term 

Training program at http:// 

www.Grants.gov. You must search for 

the downloadable application package 

for this program by the CFDA number. 

Do not include the CFDA number’s 

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

for 84.129, not 84.129C and L). 

Please note the following: 

• When you enter the Grants.gov site, 

you will find information about 


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submitting an application electronically 

through the site, as well as the hours of 

operation. 

• Applications received by 

Grants.gov are date and time stamped. 

Your application must be fully 

uploaded and submitted, and must be 

date and time stamped by the 

Grants.gov system no later than 4:30 

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

application deadline date. Except as 

otherwise noted in this section, we will 

not consider your application if it is 

date and time stamped by the 

Grants.gov system later than 4:30 p.m., 

Washington, DC time, on the 

application deadline date. When we 

retrieve your application from 

Grants.gov, we will notify you if we are 

rejecting your application because it 

was date and time stamped by the 

Grants.gov system after 4:30 p.m., 

Washington, DC time, on the 

application deadline date. 

• The amount of time it can take to 

upload an application will vary 

depending on a variety of factors 

including the size of the application and 

the speed of your Internet connection. 

Therefore, we strongly recommend that 

you do not wait until the application 

deadline date to begin the submission 

process through Grants.gov. 

• You should review and follow the 

Education Submission Procedures for 

submitting an application through 

Grants.gov that are included in the 

application package for this competition 

to ensure that you submit your 

application in a timely manner to the 

Grants.gov system. You can also find the 

Education Submission Procedures 

pertaining to Grants.gov at 

http://e-Grants.ed.gov/help/ 

GrantsgovSubmissionProcedures.pdf. 

• To submit your application via 

Grants.gov, you must complete all steps 

in the Grants.gov registration process 

(see 

http://www.grants.gov/applicants/ 

get_registered.jsp). These steps include 

(1) registering your organization, a 

multi-part process that includes 

registration with the Central Contractor 

Registry (CCR); (2) registering yourself 

as an Authorized Organization 

Representative (AOR); and (3) getting 

authorized as an AOR by your 

organization. Details on these steps are 

outlined in the Grants.gov 3-Step 

Registration Guide (see 

http://www.grants.gov/section910/ 

Grants.govRegistrationBrochure.pdf). 

You also must provide on your 

application the same D–U–N–S Number 

used with this registration. Please note 

that the registration process may take 

five or more business days to complete, 

and you must have completed all 

registration steps to allow you to submit 

successfully an application via 

Grants.gov. In addition you will need to 

update your CCR registration on an 

annual basis. This may take three or 

more business days to complete. 

• You will not receive additional 

point value because you submit your 

application in electronic format, nor 

will we penalize you if you qualify for 

an exception to the electronic 

submission requirement, as described 

elsewhere in this section, and submit 

your application in paper format. 

• You must submit all documents 

electronically, including all information 

you typically provide on the following 

forms: Application for Federal 

Assistance (SF 424), the Department of 

Education Supplemental Information for 

SF 424, Budget Information—NonConstruction Programs (ED 524), and all 

necessary assurances and certifications. 

Please note that two of these forms—the 

SF 424 and the Department of Education 

Supplemental Information for SF 424—

have replaced the ED 424 (Application 

for Federal Education Assistance). 

• You must attach any narrative 

sections of your application as files in 

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

.PDF (Portable Document) format. If you 

upload a file type other than the three 

file types specified in this paragraph or 

submit a password-protected file, we 

will not review that material. 

• Your electronic application must 

comply with any page-limit 

requirements described in this notice. 

• After you electronically submit 

your application, you will receive from 

Grants.gov an automatic notification of 

receipt that contains a Grants.gov 

tracking number. (This notification 

indicates receipt by Grants.gov only, not 

receipt by the Department.) The 

Department then will retrieve your 

application from Grants.gov and send a 

second notification to you by e-mail. 

This second notification indicates that 

the Department has received your 

application and has assigned your 

application a PR/Award number (an EDspecified identifying number unique to 

your application). 

• We may request that you provide us 

original signatures on forms at a later 

date. 

Application Deadline Date Extension 

in Case of Technical Issues with the 

Grants.gov System: If you are 

experiencing problems submitting your 

application through Grants.gov, please 

contact the Grants.gov Support Desk at 

1–800–518–4726. You must obtain a 

Grants.gov Support Desk Case Number 

and must keep a record of it. 

If you are prevented from 

electronically submitting your 

application on the application deadline 

date because of technical problems with 

the Grants.gov system, we will grant you 

an extension until 4:30 p.m., 

Washington, DC time, the following 

business day to enable you to transmit 

your application electronically or by 

hand delivery. You also may mail your 

application by following the mailing 

instructions described elsewhere in this 

notice. 

If you submit an application after 4:30 

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

application deadline date, please 

contact the person listed elsewhere in 

this notice under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT and provide an 

explanation of the technical problem 

you experienced with Grants.gov, along 

with the Grants.gov Support Desk Case 

Number. We will accept your 

application if we can confirm that a 

technical problem occurred with the 

Grants.gov system and that that problem 

affected your ability to submit your 

application by 4:30 p.m., Washington, 

DC time, on the application deadline 

date. The Department will contact you 

after a determination is made on 

whether your application will be 

accepted. 

Note: The extensions to which we refer in 

this section apply only to the unavailability 

of, or technical problems with, the Grants.gov 

system. We will not grant you an extension 

if you failed to fully register to submit your 

application to Grants.gov before the 

application deadline date and time or if the 

technical problem you experienced is 

unrelated to the Grants.gov system. 

Exception to Electronic Submission 

Requirement: You qualify for an 

exception to the electronic submission 

requirement, and may submit your 

application in paper format, if you are 

unable to submit an application through 

the Grants.gov system because—

• You do not have access to the 

Internet; or 

• You do not have the capacity to 

upload large documents to the 

Grants.gov system; and 

• No later than two weeks before the 

application deadline date (14 calendar 

days or, if the fourteenth calendar day 

before the application deadline date 

falls on a Federal holiday, the next 

business day following the Federal 

holiday), you mail or fax a written 

statement to the Department, explaining 

which of the two grounds for an 

exception prevent you from using the 

Internet to submit your application. 

If you mail your written statement to 

the Department, it must be postmarked 

no later than two weeks before the 

application deadline date. If you fax 

your written statement to the 

Department, we must receive the faxed 


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statement no later than two weeks 

before the application deadline date. 

Address and mail or fax your 

statement to: Beverly Steburg, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Avenue, SW., room 5027, Potomac 

Center Plaza, Washington, DC 20202–

2550. FAX: (202) 245–6824. 

Your paper application must be 

submitted in accordance with the mail 

or hand delivery instructions described 

in this notice. 

b. Submission of Paper Applications 

by Mail. 

If you qualify for an exception to the 

electronic submission requirement, you 

may mail (through the U.S. Postal 

Service or a commercial carrier) your 

application to the Department. You 

must mail the original and two copies 

of your application, on or before the 

application deadline date, to the 

Department at the applicable following 

address: 

By mail through the U.S. Postal Service: 

U.S. Department of Education, 

Application Control Center, 

Attention: (CFDA Number 84.129C 

and L), 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 

84.129C and L), 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. 

(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. 

(2) A mail receipt that is not dated by 

the U.S. Postal Service. 

If your application is postmarked after 

the application deadline date, we will 

not consider your application. 

Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not 

uniformly provide a dated postmark. Before 

relying on this method, you should check 

with your local post office. 

c. Submission of Paper Applications 

by Hand Delivery. 

If you qualify for an exception to the 

electronic submission requirement, you 

(or a courier service) may deliver your 

paper application to the Department by 

hand. You must deliver the original and 

two copies of your application by hand, 

on or before the application deadline 

date, to the Department at the following 

address: U.S. Department of Education, 

Application Control Center, Attention: 

(CFDA Number 84.129C and L), 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 11 of the SF 424 

the CFDA number, including suffix 

letter, if any, of the competition under 

which you are submitting your 

application; and 

(2) The Application Control Center 

will mail to you a notification of receipt 

of your grant application. If you do not 

receive this notification within 15 

business days from the application 

deadline date, you should call the U.S. 

Department of Education Application 

Control Center at (202) 245–6288. 

V. Application Review Information 

Selection Criteria: The selection 

criteria for this competition are selected 

from 34 CFR 75.210 of EDGAR. The 

selection criteria to be used in this 

competition will be provided in the 

application package for this 

competition. 

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: The 

Government Performance and Results 

Act of 1993 (GPRA) directs Federal 

departments and agencies to improve 

the effectiveness of their programs by 

engaging in strategic planning, setting 

outcome-related goals for programs, and 

measuring program results against those 

goals. The Rehabilitation Training: 

Rehabilitation Long-Term Training 

program is designed to provide 

academic training in areas of personnel 

shortages. 

The goal of the Rehabilitation 

Services Administration’s (RSA) 

Rehabilitation Training: Rehabilitation 

Long-Term Training program is to 

increase the number of qualified 

vocational rehabilitation personnel 

working in State vocational 

rehabilitation agencies or related 

agencies. At least 75 percent of all grant 

funds must be used for direct payment 

of student scholarships. Each grantee is 

required to track students receiving 

scholarships and must maintain 

information on the cumulative support 

granted to RSA scholars, scholar-debt in 

years, program completion data for each 

scholar, dates each scholar’s work 

begins and is completed to meet his or 

her payback agreement, current home 

address, and the place of employment of 

individual scholars. 

Grantees are required to report 

annually to RSA on these data using the 

RSA Grantee Reporting Form, OMB# 

1820–0617, an electronic reporting 

system. The RSA Grantee Reporting 

Form collects specific data regarding the 

number of RSA scholars entering the 

rehabilitation workforce, in what 

rehabilitation field, and in what type of 

employment (e.g., State agency, 

nonprofit service provider, or practice 

group). This form allows RSA to 

measure results against the goal of 

increasing the number of qualified 

vocational rehabilitation personnel 

working in State vocational 

rehabilitation agencies or related 

agencies. 

VII. Agency Contact 

For Further Information Contact: 

Beverly Steburg, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

Room 5027, Potomac Center Plaza, 

Washington, DC 20202–2550. 


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Telephone: (202) 245–7607 or by e-mail: 

Beverly.Steburg@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. 

VIII. 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: January 8, 2007. 

John H. Hager, 

Assistant Secretary for Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services. 

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Reimbursement for Costs of Remedial 

Action at Active Uranium and Thorium 

Processing Sites 

AGENCY: Office of Environmental 

Management, Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of the acceptance of Title 

X claims for reimbursement in fiscal 

year (FY) 2008. 

SUMMARY: This Notice announces the 

Department of Energy (DOE) acceptance 

of claims in FY 2007 from eligible active 

uranium and thorium processing sites 

for reimbursement under Title X of the 

Energy Policy Act of 1992. For FY 2007, 

DOE requested Congress to appropriate 

$20 million for reimbursement of 

certain costs of remedial action at these 

sites. As of the date of this notice, a final 

appropriation has not been received for 

FY 2007. Therefore, the total amount of 

funds for reimbursing Title X claims in 

FY 2007 is not known. The approved 

amount of claims submitted during FY 

2006 and unpaid approved balances for 

claims submitted in prior years will be 

paid by April 30, 2007, subject to the 

availability of funds. If the available 

funds are less than the total approved 

claims, these payments will be prorated, 

if necessary, based on the amount of 

available FY 2007 appropriations, 

unpaid approved claim balances 

(approximately $2.8 million), and 

claims received in May 2006 

(approximately $25 million). 

DATES: The closing date for the 

submission of claims in FY 2007 is May 

1, 2007. These new claims will be 

processed for payment by April 30, 

2008, together with unpaid approved 

claim balances from prior years, based 

on the availability of funds from 

congressional appropriations. 

ADDRESSES: Claims should be forwarded 

by certified or registered mail, return 

receipt requested, to Mr. David Alan 

Hicks, Title X Program Manager, U.S. 

Department of Energy/EMCBC, @ 

Denver Federal Center, P.O. Box 25547, 

Denver, Colorado 80225–0547. Three 

copies of the claim should be included 

with each submission. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Contact David Mathes at (301) 903–7222 

of the U.S. Department of Energy, Office 

of Environmental Management, Office of 

Disposal Operations. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DOE 

published a final rule under 10 CFR Part 

765 in the Federal Register on May 23, 

1994, (59 FR 26714) to carry out the 

requirements of Title X of the Energy 

Policy Act of 1992 (sections 1001–1004 

of Pub. L. 102–486, 42 U.S.C. 2296a et 

seq.) and to establish the procedures for 

eligible licensees to submit claims for 

reimbursement. DOE amended the final 

rule on June 3, 2003, (68 FR 32955) to 

adopt several technical and 

administrative amendments (e.g., 

statutory increases in the 

reimbursement ceilings). Title X 

requires DOE to reimburse eligible 

uranium and thorium licensees for 

certain costs of decontamination, 

decommissioning, reclamation, and 

other remedial action incurred by 

licensees at active uranium and thorium 

processing sites to remediate byproduct 

material generated as an incident of 

sales to the United States Government. 

To be reimbursable, costs of remedial 

action must be for work which is 

necessary to comply with applicable 

requirements of the Uranium Mill 

Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978 

(42 U.S.C. 7901 et seq.) or, where 

appropriate, with requirements 

established by a State pursuant to a 

discontinuance agreement under section 

274 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 

(42 U.S.C. 2021). Claims for 

reimbursement must be supported by 

reasonable documentation as 

determined by DOE in accordance with 

10 CFR Part 765. Funds for 

reimbursement will be provided from 

the Uranium Enrichment 

Decontamination and Decommissioning 

Fund established at the United States 

Department of Treasury pursuant to 

section 1801 of the Atomic Energy Act 

of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2297g). Payment or 

obligation of funds shall be subject to 

the requirements of the Anti-Deficiency 

Act (31 U.S.C. 1341). 

Authority: Section 1001–1004 of Public 

Law 102–486, 106 Stat. 2776 (42 U.S.C. 

2296a et seq.). 

Issued in Washington DC on this 11th day 

of January, 2007. 

David E. Mathes, 

Office of Disposal Operations, Office of 

Regulatory Compliance. 

[FR Doc. E7–609 Filed 1–17–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[OE Docket No. EA–319] 

Application To Export Electric Energy; 

Fortis Energy Marketing & Trading GP 

AGENCY: Office of Electricity Delivery 

and Energy Reliability, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of application. 

SUMMARY: Fortis Energy Marketing & 

Trading GP (FEMT) has applied for 

authority to transmit electric energy 

from the United States to Canada 

pursuant to section 202(e) of the Federal 

Power Act. 

DATES: Comments, protests, or requests 

to intervene must be submitted on or 

before February 20, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Comments, protests, or 

requests to intervene should be 

addressed as follows: Office of 

Electricity Delivery and Energy 

Reliability, Mail Code: OE–20, U.S. 

Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0350 (Fax 202–

586–5860). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ellen Russell (Program Office) 202–586–

9624 or Michael Skinker (Program 

Attorney) 202–586–2793. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Exports of 

electricity from the United States to a 

foreign country are regulated and 

require authorization under section 

202(e) of the Federal Power Act (FPA) 

(16 U.S.C. 824a(e)). 


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