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Dated: May 7, 2010. 

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Student Financial Assistance. 

[FR Doc. 2010–11698 Filed 5–14–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

National Institute on Disability and 

Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR)— 

Disability and Rehabilitation Research 

Projects and Centers Program— 

Disability Rehabilitation Research 

Project (DRRP)—Center on Knowledge 

Translation (KT) for Employment 

Research (Center) 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 84.133A–5. 

AGENCY: Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed priority for 

a DRRP. 

SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary for 

Special Education and Rehabilitative 

Services proposes a priority for the 

Disability and Rehabilitation Research 

Projects and Centers Program 

administered by NIDRR. Specifically, 

this notice proposes a priority for a 

DRRP. The Assistant Secretary may use 

this priority for a competition in fiscal 

year (FY) 2010 and later years. We take 

this action to focus research attention on 

areas of national need. We intend this 

priority to improve rehabilitation 

services and outcomes for individuals 

with disabilities. 

DATES: We must receive your comments 

on or before June 16, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Address all comments about 

this notice to Lynn Medley, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Avenue, SW., Room 5140, Potomac 

Center Plaza (PCP), Washington, DC 

20202–2700. 

If you prefer to send your comments 

by e-mail, use the following address: 

Lynn.Medley@ed.gov. You must include 

the term ‘‘Proposed Priority for a DRRP 

on KT for Employment Research 

Findings’’ in the subject line of your 

electronic message. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lynn Medley. Telephone: (202) 245– 

7338 or by e-mail: Lynn.Medley@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD), call the 

Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 

1–800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice of proposed priority is in concert 

with NIDRR’s Final Long-Range Plan for 

FY 2005–2009 (Plan). The Plan, which 

was published in the Federal Register 

on February 15, 2006 (71 FR 8165), can 

be accessed on the Internet at the 

following site: http://www.ed.gov/ 

about/offices/list/osers/nidrr/ 

policy.html. 

Through the implementation of the 

Plan, NIDRR seeks to: (1) Improve the 

quality and utility of disability and 

rehabilitation research; (2) foster an 

exchange of expertise, information, and 

training to facilitate the advancement of 

knowledge and understanding of the 

unique needs of traditionally 

underserved populations; (3) determine 

best strategies and programs to improve 

rehabilitation outcomes for underserved 

populations; (4) identify research gaps; 

(5) identify mechanisms of integrating 

research and practice; and (6) 

disseminate findings. 

Invitation to Comment: 

We invite you to submit comments 

regarding this notice. To ensure that 

your comments have maximum effect in 

developing the notice of final priority, 

we urge you to identify clearly the 

specific topic that each comment 

addresses. 

We invite you to assist us in 

complying with the specific 

requirements of Executive Order 12866 

and its overall requirement of reducing 

regulatory burden that might result from 

this proposed priority. Please let us 

know of any further ways we could 

reduce potential costs or increase 

potential benefits while preserving the 

effective and efficient administration of 

the program. 

During and after the comment period, 

you may inspect all public comments 

about this notice in Room 5142, 550 

12th Street, SW., PCP, Washington, DC, 

between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:00 

p.m., Washington, DC, time, Monday 

through Friday of each week except 

Federal holidays. 

Assistance to Individuals with 

Disabilities in Reviewing the 

Rulemaking Record: On request we will 

provide an appropriate accommodation 

or auxiliary aid to an individual with a 

disability who needs assistance to 

review the comments or other 

documents in the public rulemaking 

record for this notice. If you want to 

schedule an appointment for this type of 

accommodation or auxiliary aid, please 

contact the person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Purpose of Program: The purpose of 

the Disability and Rehabilitation 

Research Projects and Centers Program 

is to plan and conduct research, 

demonstration projects, training, and 

related activities, including 

international activities, to develop 

methods, procedures, and rehabilitation 

technology that maximize the full 

inclusion and integration into society, 

employment, independent living, family 

support, and economic and social selfsufficiency of individuals with 

disabilities, especially individuals with 

the most severe disabilities, and to 

improve the effectiveness of services 

authorized under the Rehabilitation Act 

of 1973, as amended. 

DRRP Program 

The purpose of the DRRP program is 

to improve the effectiveness of services 

authorized under the Rehabilitation Act 

of 1973, as amended, by developing 

methods, procedures, and rehabilitation 

technologies that advance a wide range 

of independent living and employment 

outcomes for individuals with 

disabilities, especially individuals with 

the most severe disabilities. DRRPs 

carry out one or more of the following 

types of activities, as specified and 

defined in 34 CFR 350.13 through 

350.19: research, training, 

demonstration, development, 

dissemination, utilization, and technical 

assistance. An applicant for assistance 

under this program must demonstrate in 

its application how it will address, in 

whole or in part, the needs of 

individuals with disabilities from 

minority backgrounds (34 CFR 

350.40(a)). The approaches an applicant 

may take to meet this requirement are 

found in 34 CFR 350.40(b). In addition, 

NIDRR intends to require all DRRP 


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applicants to meet the requirements of 

the General Disability and 

Rehabilitation Research Projects (DRRP) 

Requirements priority that it published 

in a notice of final priorities in the 

Federal Register on April 28, 2006 (71 

FR 25472). 

Additional information on the DRRP 

program can be found at: http:// 

www.ed.gov/rschstat/research/pubs/ 

res-program.html#DRRP. 

Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 762(g) 

and 764(a). 

Applicable Program Regulations: 34 

CFR part 350. 

Proposed Priority: 

This notice contains one proposed 

priority. 

Center on Knowledge Translation (KT) 

for Employment Research Findings 

(Center). 

Background: 

The employment rate for individuals 

with disabilities is substantially lower 

than the rate for individuals without 

disabilities: 18.6 percent versus 63.3 

percent, respectively, as of December 

2009 (U.S. Department of Labor, 2009). 

This disparity in employment rates is 

across all age groups and for both men 

and women (U.S. Department of Labor, 

2009). 

To improve the employment 

outcomes for individuals with 

disabilities, employers, policy makers, 

vocational rehabilitation (VR) 

practitioners, individuals with 

disabilities, and other stakeholders need 

to make use of the best available 

research to inform practice and policy. 

With the notable exception of a body of 

experimental research that demonstrates 

the effectiveness of one model practice, 

the Individual Placement and Support 

model of supported employment for 

individuals with psychiatric disabilities 

(Bond, 2004; Loprest, 2007), many 

findings from research related to 

improving the employment outcomes of 

individuals with disabilities are 

preliminary in nature. Findings from 

preliminary, non-experimental research 

can, however, appropriately be used to 

guide further research, provide 

preliminary knowledge about a problem 

in the field, or direct resources and 

services to groups of individuals with 

the greatest needs. 

NIDRR has adopted the conceptual 

framework of KT to help guide its effort 

to promote the effective use of research 

findings. KT in the NIDRR context refers 

to a multidimensional, active process of 

ensuring that new knowledge and 

products gained via research and 

development reach practitioners, 

employers, policy makers, and 

individuals with disabilities; are 

understood by these audiences; and are 

used to improve the employment 

outcomes and participation of 

individuals with disabilities in society. 

KT encompasses all steps from the 

creation of new knowledge to the 

synthesis, dissemination, and 

implementation of such knowledge 

(Canadian Institutes of Health Research, 

2004), and is built upon continuing 

interactions and partnerships within 

and between different groups of 

knowledge creators and users. 

Knowledge synthesis is an important 

step within the KT process because it 

provides an understanding of a topic 

based on an integration of the relevant 

body of knowledge rather than a single 

research study. 

Research findings related to 

improving employment outcomes of 

individuals with disabilities have not 

been extensively and systematically 

examined. Appraising and synthesizing 

this research can inform practice by 

providing practitioners information that 

can facilitate their use of currently 

available research findings and help 

them distinguish between promising 

practices and proven interventions. 

Effective research syntheses package 

information in ways that can be 

understood and used appropriately by 

different audiences and end users, and 

educate users about the strengths or 

limitations of specific findings. The 

identification of the best available 

research will also help highlight critical 

research gaps. 

While research investigating effective 

KT methods and strategies has been 

conducted in other contexts such as 

public health and healthcare (Fixsen, 

Naoom, Blase, Friedman, & Wallace, 

2005; Metcalfe et al., 2001; Milner, 

Estabrooks, & Humphrey, 2005; 

Peterson, Rogers, Cunningham-Sabo, & 

Davis, 2007; Van Duyn et al., 2007), 

there has been no previous research 

investigating effective approaches for 

identifying and promoting the use of 

research related to employment of 

individuals with disabilities. 

Determining which approaches and 

strategies are effective will be useful in 

ensuring that employment-related 

knowledge is incorporated into practice 

by individuals with disabilities, policy 

makers, employers, and VR 

practitioners. 

References: 

Bond, G. (2004). Supported Employment: 

Evidence for an Evidence-Based Practice. 

Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 27(4), 

345–359. 

Canadian Institutes of Health Research. 

(2004). Knowledge translation strategy 

2004–2009: Innovation in action. See 

http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/26574.html. 

Fixsen, D.L., Naoom, S.F., Blase, K.A., 

Friedman, R.M., & Wallace, F. (2005). 

Implementation Research: A Synthesis of 

the Literature. Tampa, FL: University of 

South Florida, Louis de la Parte Florida 

Mental Health Institute, The National 

Implementation Research Network 

(FMHI Publication #231). 

Loprest, P. (2007). Strategic assessment of the 

state of the science in research on 

employment for individuals with 

disabilities. Washington, DC: The Urban 

Institute. 

Metcalfe, C., Lewin, R., Wisher, S., Perry, S., 

Bannigan, K., & Moffett, J.K. (2001). 

Barriers to implementing the evidence 

base in four NHS therapies: dietitians, 

occupational therapists, 

physiotherapists, and speech and 

language therapists. Physiotherapy, 

87(8), 433–441. 

Milner, F.M., Estabrooks, C.A., & Humphrey, 

C. (2005). Clinical nurse educators as 

agents for change: Increasing research 

utilization. International Journal of 

Nursing Studies, 42, 899–914. 

Peterson, J.C., Rogers, E.M., CunninghamSabo, L., & Davis, S.M. (2007). A 

framework for research utilization 

applied to seven case studies. American 

Journal of Preventive Medicine, 33 (1S), 

S21–S34. 

U.S. Department of Labor. (2009). Labor force 

statistics from the Current Population 

Survey: Employment status and 

disability status, December 2009. See 

http://www.bls.gov/cps/ 

cpsdisability_122009.htm. 

Van Duyn, M.A.S., McCrae, T., Wingrove, 

B.K., Henderson, K.M., Boyd, J.K., 

Kagawa-Singer, M., et al. (2007). 

Adapting evidence-based strategies to 

increase physical activity among African 

Americans, Hispanics, Hmong, and 

Native Hawaiians: A social marketing 

approach. Preventing Chronic Diseases, 

4(4). See http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/ 

2007/oct/pdf/07_0025.pdf. 

Proposed Priority: 

The Assistant Secretary for Special 

Education and Rehabilitative Services 

proposes a priority for a Disability and 

Rehabilitation Research Project (DRRP) 

to serve as the Center on Knowledge 

Translation (KT) for Employment 

Research (Center). The purpose of the 

Center is to conduct systematic reviews 

of research findings to identify 

evidence-based practices and other 

information that can be used to improve 

employment outcomes for individuals 

with disabilities, to identify research 

gaps, and to investigate and promote 

effective strategies to increase the 

appropriate use of these findings. The 

Center must conduct rigorous and 

relevant research, development, 

technical assistance, dissemination, and 

utilization activities. 

These activities must contribute to: (1) 

Improved knowledge of the state of 

research relevant to improving 

employment outcomes for individuals 

with disabilities; (2) improved 


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knowledge of the findings from highquality research; (3) identification of 

practices that are promising or proven to 

have been effective for specific purposes 

or target audiences; and (4) improved 

knowledge on the part of consumers and 

others not only of the research findings 

but of the strengths of the findings and 

the appropriate use of the research 

information. These outcomes will lead 

to the increased use of research-based 

knowledge related to improving 

employment outcomes for individuals 

with disabilities by the following user 

groups: Individuals with disabilities, 

employers, policy makers, and 

vocational rehabilitation (VR) 

practitioners. The Center must work in 

partnership with organizations 

representing these user groups. These 

user groups must be actively engaged in 

the planning, conduct, and evaluation of 

all project activities. 

Under this priority, the Center must 

contribute to the following outcomes: 

(a) Establishment of available 

employment-related knowledge that can 

be used to inform behavior, practices, or 

policies that improve employment 

outcomes of individuals with 

disabilities. The Center must contribute 

to this outcome by: 

(1) Systematically reviewing existing 

research to identify findings that can be 

used by individuals with disabilities, 

employers, policy makers, and VR 

practitioners to improve the 

employment of individuals with 

disabilities. The Center must conduct 

systematic reviews of individual studies 

to assess their strengths and 

weaknesses; summarize findings; assess 

the appropriate uses of the findings; 

determine the relevance of the findings; 

and make the information publicly 

available. In so doing, the Center must 

take into account the types of research 

and stages of knowledge development 

(i.e., the type of research questions 

being addressed and the methods 

employed) in each area. 

(2) Producing syntheses on topics, 

including promising and proven 

practices, for which the Center 

determines the research to be of 

sufficient quality and relevance 

pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of this 

proposed priority. The Center must use 

standards and methods that are 

appropriate for the type of research, the 

stage of knowledge in the identified 

areas, and its intended use to categorize, 

evaluate, and synthesize the research 

findings identified in paragraph (a)(1) of 

this proposed priority. 

(3) Suggesting priorities for a future 

research agenda based on the knowledge 

gaps discovered through the review of 

existing research findings in paragraph 

(a)(1) of this proposed priority. 

(b) Establishment of effective 

approaches and strategies to promote 

the appropriate use of research findings 

on improving the employment of 

individuals with disabilities, by 

individuals with disabilities, employers, 

policy makers, and VR practitioners. 

The Center must contribute to this 

outcome by: 

(1) Conducting research on factors 

impeding and contributing to the use of 

research findings on employment of 

individuals with disabilities by 

individuals with disabilities, employers, 

policy makers, and VR practitioners. 

(2) Identifying, selecting, refining, and 

testing approaches and strategies that 

can be used to promote the appropriate 

use of research findings on employment 

of individuals with disabilities by 

individuals with disabilities, employers, 

policy makers, and VR practitioners. 

These approaches and strategies must be 

refined and tested within each of the 

user groups. The Center must use at 

least one of the areas of the synthesized 

knowledge from paragraph (a)(2) of this 

proposed priority as a subject for further 

refinement and testing of KT approaches 

and strategies. 

(c) Increased utilization of approaches 

and strategies determined to be effective 

under paragraph (b) of this proposed 

priority to promote the use of research 

findings on employment of individuals 

with disabilities. 

The Center must contribute to this 

outcome by: 

(1) Providing training and technical 

assistance to NIDRR-funded grantees in 

the employment area to facilitate the 

implementation and evaluation of these 

KT approaches and strategies. 

(2) Coordinating KT research and 

development activities with existing 

NIDRR-funded KT and employment 

projects through consultation with 

NIDRR project officers. 

(3) Using appropriate approaches and 

strategies established under paragraph 

(b) of this proposed priority to 

disseminate the synthesized knowledge 

established under paragraph (a) of this 

proposed priority to individuals with 

disabilities, employers, policy makers, 

and VR practitioners. 

(4) Organizing and hosting a state-ofthe-science conference by the end of the 

fourth project year. 

Types of Priorities: 

When inviting applications for a 

competition using one or more 

priorities, we designate the type of each 

priority as absolute, competitive 

preference, or invitational through a 

notice in the Federal Register. The 

effect of each type of priority follows: 

Absolute priority: Under an absolute 

priority, we consider only applications 

that meet the priority (34 CFR 

75.105(c)(3)). 

Competitive preference priority: 

Under a competitive preference priority, 

we give competitive preference to an 

application by (1) awarding additional 

points, depending on the extent to 

which the application meets the priority 

(34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i)); or (2) selecting 

an application that meets the priority 

over an application of comparable merit 

that does not meet the priority (34 CFR 

75.105(c)(2)(ii)). 

Invitational priority: Under an 

invitational priority, we are particularly 

interested in applications that meet the 

priority. However, we do not give an 

application that meets the priority a 

preference over other applications (34 

CFR 75.105(c)(1)). 

Final priority: We will announce the 

final priority in a notice in the Federal 

Register. We will determine the final 

priority after considering responses to 

this notice and other information 

available to the Department. This notice 

does not preclude us from proposing 

additional priorities, requirements, 

definitions, or selection criteria, subject 

to meeting applicable rulemaking 

requirements. 

Note: This notice does not solicit 

applications. In any year in which we choose 

to use this priority, we invite applications 

through a notice in the Federal Register. 

Executive Order 12866: This notice 

has been reviewed in accordance with 

Executive Order 12866. Under the terms 

of the order, we have assessed the 

potential costs and benefits of this 

regulatory action. 

The potential costs associated with 

this proposed regulatory action are 

those resulting from statutory 

requirements and those we have 

determined as necessary for 

administering this program effectively 

and efficiently. 

In assessing the potential costs and 

benefits—both quantitative and 

qualitative—of this proposed regulatory 

action, we have determined that the 

benefits of the proposed priority justify 

the costs. 

Discussion of costs and benefits: 

The benefits of the Disability and 

Rehabilitation Research Projects and 

Centers Programs have been well 

established over the years in that similar 

projects have been completed 

successfully. This proposed priority will 

generate new knowledge through 

research, development, dissemination, 

utilization, and technical assistance 

projects that will enhance the lives of 

individuals with disabilities by 

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Intergovernmental Review: This 

program is not subject to Executive 

Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 

CFR part 79. 

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document in 

an accessible 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, PCP, Washington, DC 

20202–2550. Telephone: (202) 245– 

7363. If you use a TDD, call the FRS, toll 

free, at 1–800–877–8339. 

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index.html. 

Dated: May 12, 2010. 

Alexa Posny, 

Assistant Secretary for Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services. 

[FR Doc. 2010–11716 Filed 5–14–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Notice of Reestablishment of the 

Secretary of Energy Advisory Board 

Pursuant to section 14(a)(2)(A) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act and in 

accordance with title 41 of the Code of 

Federal Regulations, section 102–3, and 

following consultation with the 

Committee Management Secretariat of 

the General Services Administration, 

notice is hereby given that the Secretary 

of Energy Advisory Board (the Board) 

has been reestablished for a two-year 

period. 

The Board will provide independent, 

balanced, and authoritative advice to 

the Secretary of Energy on matters 

concerning the Department’s 

management, basic science, research, 

development and technology activities; 

energy and national security 

responsibilities; environmental cleanup 

activities; energy-related economic 

activities; and the operations of the 

Department. 

The Board members are selected to 

assure well-balanced geographical 

representation and on the basis of their 

broad competence in areas relating to 

quality management, basic science, 

renewable energy, energy policy, 

environmental science, economics, and 

broad public policy interests. 

Membership of the Board will continue 

to be determined in accordance with the 

requirements of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463) and 

implementing regulations. 

The reestablishment of the Board has 

been determined to be in the public 

interest, important and vital to the 

conduct of the Department’s business in 

connection with the performance of 

duties established by statute for the 

Department of Energy. The Board will 

operate in accordance with the 

provisions of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463), the 

General Services Administration Final 

Rule on Federal Advisory Committee 

Management, and other directives and 

instructions issued in implementation 

of those acts. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amy Bodette, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Washington, DC 20585, 

telephone: 202–586–6210. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on May 12, 

2010. 

Carol A. Matthews, 

Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–11723 Filed 5–14–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 13693–000] 

South Dakota Energy, L.L.C.; Notice of 

Preliminary Permit Application 

Accepted for Filing and Soliciting 

Comments, Motions To Intervene, and 

Competing Applications 

May 10, 2010. 

On March 29, 2010, and revised May 

5, 2010, the South Dakota Energy, L.L.C. 

filed an application for a preliminary 

permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the 

Federal Power Act, proposing to study 

the feasibility of the South Dakota 

Energy Hydroelectric Project located on 

the Missouri River in Gregory County, 

South Dakota. The proposed project’s 

existing lower reservoir is owned and 

operated by the U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers (Corps). The sole purpose of 

a preliminary permit, if issued, is to 

grant the permit holder priority to file 

a license application during the permit 

term. A preliminary permit does not 

authorize the permit holder to perform 

any land-disturbing activities or 

otherwise enter upon lands or waters 

owned by others without the owners’ 

express permission. The proposed 

project boundary is partially located on 

Federal lands managed by the Corps. 

The proposed project would consist of 

the following: (1) A new 60-foot-high, 

15,700-foot long earth embankment 

dam, impounding a 450-acre upper 

reservoir, with 25,250 acre-feet of 

storage capacity at a normal elevation of 

2,090 mean sea level; (2) a 30-footdiameter, 700-foot-long vertical shaft 

concrete or steel power tunnel; (3) a 30- 

foot-diameter, 7,100-foot-long concrete 

or steel conduit; (4) an underground 

powerhouse containing four 300- 

megawatt reversible pump-turbine/ 

generator units, discharging into Lake 

Francis Case through a 40-foot-diameter, 

2,200-foot-long discharge tunnel; (5) the 

existing Lake Francis Case lower 

reservoir; (6) a new 20-mile-long, 345- 

kilovolt transmission line to 

interconnect with an existing 

transmission line at the Fort Randall 

generation facility; and (7) appurtenant 

facilities. 

Applicant Contact: Brent Smith, Chief 

Operating Officer, South Dakota Energy, 

L.L.C., 975 South State Highway, Logan, 

UT 84321; phone: (435) 752–2580. 

FERC Contact: Joseph C. Adamson, 

202–502–8085. 

Deadline for filing comments, motions 

to intervene, competing applications 

(without notices of intent), or notices of 

intent to file competing applications: 60 

days from the issuance of this notice. 

Competing applications and notices of 

intent must meet the requirements of 18 

CFR 4.36. Comments, motions to 

intervene, notices of intent, and 

competing applications may be filed 

electronically via the Internet. See 18 

CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the 

instructions on the Commission’s Web 

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

ferconline.asp) under the ‘‘eFiling’’ link. 

For a simpler method of submitting text 

only comments, click on ‘‘Quick 

Comment.’’ For assistance, please 

contact FERC Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov; call tollfree at (866) 208–3676; or, for TTY, 

contact (202) 502–8659. Although the 

Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing, documents may also be 

paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an 

original and eight copies to: Kimberly D. 

Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First 

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

More information about this project, 

including a copy of the application, can 

be viewed or printed on the ‘‘eLibrary’’ 

link of the Commission’s Web site at 

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


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