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Participation Division, Room 3522,

ROB–3, 600 Independence Avenue,

S.W., Washington, D.C. 20202–5323.

An applicant 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 Education.

If an application is sent through the

U.S. Postal Service, the Secretary does

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.

An applicant should note that the

U.S. Postal Service does not uniformly

provide a dated postmark. Before

relying on this method, an applicant

should check with its local post office.

An applicant is encouraged to use

certified or at least first class mail.

Institutions that submit institutional

participation applications and required

documents after the closing date will

not be considered for funding under the

campus-based programs for award year

1996–97.

Applications and Required

Documents Delivered by Hand. An

institutional participation application

and required documents delivered by

hand must be taken to the U.S.

Department of Education, Office of

Postsecondary Education, Institutional

Participation Division, Room 3522,

ROB–3 (GSA Building), 7th and D

Streets, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20407.

We will accept hand-delivered

applications between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30

p.m. (Eastern time) daily, except

Saturdays, Sundays, and Federal

holidays. An institutional participation

application for the 1996–97 award year

that is delivered by hand will not be

accepted after 4:30 p.m. on the closing

date.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the

three campus-based programs, the

Secretary allocates funds to eligible

institutions of higher education. The

Secretary will not allocate funds under

the campus-based programs for award

year 1996–97 to any currently ineligible

institution unless the institution files its

‘‘Application for Institutional

Participation’’ and other required

documents by the closing date. If the

institution submits its institutional

participation application or other

required documents after the closing

date, the Secretary will use this

application in determining the

institution’s eligibility to participate in

the campus-based programs beginning

with the 1997–98 award year.

For purposes of this notice, ineligible

institutions only include:

(1) An institution that has not been

designated as an eligible institution by

the Secretary but has previously filed a

FISAP; or

(2) An additional location of an

eligible institution that is currently not

included in the Department’s eligibility

certification for that eligible institution

but has been included in the

institution’s 1996–97 FISAP.

The Secretary wishes to advise

institutions that the institutional

eligibility form, ‘‘Application for

Institutional Participation,’’ should not

be confused with the FISAP form that

institutions were required to submit

electronically as of September 29, 1995,

in order to be considered for funds

under the campus-based programs for

the 1996–97 award year.

Applicable Regulations

The following regulations apply to the

campus-based programs:

(1) Student Assistance General

Provisions, 34 CFR Part 668.

(2) Federal Perkins Loan Program, 34

CFR Part 674.

(3) Federal Work-Study Program, 34

CFR Part 675.

(4) Federal Supplemental Educational

Opportunity Grant Program, 34 CFR Part

676.

(5) Institutional Eligibility Under the

Higher Education Act of 1965, as

amended, 34 CFR Part 600.

(6) New Restrictions on Lobbying, 34

CFR Part 82.

(7) Governmentwide Debarment and

Suspension (Nonprocurement) and

Governmentwide Requirements for

Drug-Free Workplace (Grants), 34 CFR

Part 85.

(8) Drug-Free Schools and Campuses,

34 CFR Part 86.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

information concerning designation of

eligibility, contact: Karen W.

Kershenstein, Acting Director,

Institutional Participation Division, U.S.

Department of Education, Room 3923,

ROB–3, 600 Independence Avenue,

S.W., Washington, D.C. 20202–5323.

Telephone: (202) 708–4906.

For technical assistance concerning

the FISAP or other operational

procedures of the campus-based

programs, contact: Judy Norris, Acting

Chief, Campus-Based Financial

Operations Branch, Institutional

Financial Management Division, Room

4714, ROB–3, 600 Independence

Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20202–

5458. Telephone: (202) 708–9757.

Individuals who use a

telecommunications device for the deaf

(TDD) may call the Federal Information

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339

between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern time,

Monday through Friday.

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1087aa et seq.; 42

U.S.C. 2751 et seq.; and 20 U.S.C. 1070b et

seq.)

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Numbers: 84.007 Federal Supplemental

Educational Opportunity Grant Program;

84.033 Federal Work-Study Program; 84.038

Federal Perkins Loan Program)

Dated: December 15, 1995.

David A. Longanecker,

Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary

Education.

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Recognition of Accrediting Agencies,

State Agencies for Approval of Public

Postsecondary Vocational Education,

and State Agencies for Approval of

Nurse Education

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Request for Comments on

Agencies applying to the Secretary for

Initial Recognition or Renewal of

Recognition.

DATES: Commentors should submit their

written comments by February 5, 1996

to the address below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Karen W. Kershenstein, Director,

Accreditation and State Liaison

Division, U.S. Department of Education,

600 Independence Avenue, SW., Room

3915 ROB–3, Washington, DC 20202–

5244, telephone: (202) 708–7417.

Individuals who use a

telecommunications device for the deaf

(TDD) may call the Federal Information

Relay Service at 1–800–877–8339

between 8 a.m. and 7 p.m., Eastern time,

Monday through Friday.

SUBMISSION OF THIRD-PARTY COMMENTS:

The Secretary of Education recognizes

as reliable authorities as to the quality

of education offered by institutions or

programs within their scope accrediting

agencies and State approval agencies for

public postsecondary vocational

education and nurse education that

meet certain criteria for recognition. The

purpose of this notice is to invite

interested third parties to present

written comments on the agencies listed

in this notice that have applied for

initial or continued recognition. All

comments received in response to this

notice will be reviewed by Department

staff as part of its evaluation of the

agencies’ compliance with the criteria

for recognition. In order for Department

staff to give full consideration to the
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comments received, the comments must

arrive at the address listed above not

later than (Insert 45 days after date of

publication in the Federal Register).

Comments must relate to the Secretary’s

Criteria for the Recognition of

Accrediting Agencies.

The National Advisory Committee on

Institutional Quality and Integrity (the

‘‘Advisory Committee’’) advises the

Secretary of Education on the

recognition of accrediting agencies and

State approval agencies. The Advisory

Committee is scheduled to meet May

22–24, 1996 in Washington, D.C. All

written comments received by the

Department in response to this notice

will be considered by both the Advisory

Committee and the Secretary. A

subsequent Federal Register notice will

announce the meeting and invite

individuals and/or groups to submit

requests for oral presentation before the

Advisory Committee on the agencies

being reviewed. That notice, however,

does not constitute another call for

written comment. This notice is the

only call for written comment.

The following agencies will be

reviewed during the May 1996 meeting

of the Advisory Committee:

Nationally Recognized Accrediting

Agencies and Associations

Petitions for Initial Recognition

1. American Polygraph Association

(requested scope of recognition: the

accreditation of private, postsecondary,

non-degree-granting institutions that

prepare students to become Polygraph

examiners).

2. National Association of Nurse

Practitioners in Reproductive Health

(requested scope of recognition: the

accreditation of women’s health nurse

practitioner education programs in

reproductive health).

3. Pacific Association of Schools and

Colleges (requested scope of

recognition: the accreditation of smaller

specialized degree-granting institutions

of higher education that specialize in

limited and identified areas of social

sciences and humanities).

4. Respiratory Care Accreditation

Board (requested scope of recognition:

the accreditation of respiratory care

education programs).

Petitions for Renewal of Recognition

1. Commission on Accreditation of

Allied Health Education Programs

(requested scope of recognition: As a

coordinating agency for the

accreditation of institutions and

programs under the following allied

health education committees:

a. Cytotechnology Programs Review

Committee.

b. Joint Review Committee on

Education in Diagnostic Medical

Sonography.

c. Joint Review Committee on

Education in Electroneurodiagnostic

Technology.

d. Joint Review Committee on

Educational Programs for the EMTParamedic

e. Accredition Committee for

Perfusion Education (perfusionist)

f. Accredition Committee for

Education for the Physician

Assistant

g. Joint Review Committee for

Respiratory Therapy Education

h. Accreditation Review Committee

for the Surgical Technologist

The Commission is also requesting an

expansion of scope of recognition to

include the accredition of institutions

and programs under the following allied

health education committee:

i. Joint Review Committee on

Education in Cardiovascular

Technology.

2. Middle States Association of Colleges

and Schools, Commission on

Secondary Schools (requested scope

of recognition: the accreditation and

preaccreditation of public vocational

and technical schools offering nondegree postsecondary education in

Delaware, the District of Columbia,

Maryland, New Jersey, New York,

Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Virgin

Islands)

3. National Accrediting Agency for

Clinical Laboratory Sciences

(requested scope of recognition: the

accreditation of programs for the

histologic technician/technologist)

4. National League for Nursing, Inc.

(requested scope of recognition: the

accredition of programs in practical

nursing, and diploma, associate,

baccalaureate and higher degree nurse

education programs)

Interim Reports (An interim report is

a follow-up report on an accrediting

agency’s compliance with specific

criteria for recognition that was

requested by the Secretary when the

Secretary granted recognition to the

agency)—

1. American Bar Association, Council of

the Section of Legal Education and

Admission to the Bar

2. Accrediting Council for Continuing

Education and Training

3. American Psychological Association,

Committee on Education

4. Commission on Opticianry

Accreditation

5. Distance Education and Training

Council, Accrediting Commission

6. National Environmental Health

Science and Protection Accreditation

Council

State Agencies Recognized for the

Approval of Public Postsecondary

Vocational Education

Petition for Renewal of Recognition—

1. Puerto Rico State Agency for the

Approval of Public Postsecondary

Vocational Technical Education

Institutions and Programs

State Agencies Recognized for the

Approval of Nurse Education

Petition for Renewal of Recognition

1. Montana Board of Nursing

Public Inspection of Petitions and

Third-Party Comments

All petitions and interim reports, and

those third-party comments received in

advance of the meeting, will be

available for public inspection at the

U.S. Department of Education, ROB–3,

Room 3915, 7th and D Streets, S.W.,

Washington, DC 20202–5244, telephone

(202) 708–7417 between the hours of

8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday

through Friday.

Dated: December 18, 1995.

David A. Longanecker,

Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary

Education.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Idaho

National Engineering Laboratory;

Meeting

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act

(Public Law 92–463, 86 Stat. 770) notice

is hereby given of the following

Advisory Committee meeting:

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board (EM SSAB),

Idaho National Engineering Laboratory

(INEL).

DATES: Tuesday, January 16, 1996 from

8:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. Mountain

Standard Time (MST) and Wednesday,

January 17, 1996 from 8:00 a.m. until

5:00 p.m. MST. There will be a public

comment availability session Tuesday,

January 16, 1996 from 5:00 to 6:00 p.m.

MST.

The Board will be participating in a

public outreach program hosted by

Boise State University and the

University of Idaho Engineering

Programs Tuesday afternoon.

ADDRESSES: