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This FY 1995 competition supports the

seventh cohort of grants under the

program.

The FY 1994 amendment of the

statute modified the scope of authorized

programs. Projects may now address

violence prevention, in addition to

alcohol and other drug abuse. Such

projects must also serve as models in

the field. This competition is covered by

the scope of the amended statute and

the application procedures in 34 CFR

part 612. In the case of any

inconsistency between the program

regulations and the new statutory

provisions, the statute will control.

Priorities

Absolute Priority: Under 34 CFR

75.105(c)(3) and 34 CFR

612.21(c)(2)(iii)(B) the Secretary gives

an absolute preference to applications

that meet the following priority. The

Secretary funds under this competition

only applications that meet this absolute

priority:

Projects designed to develop,

implement, validate, or disseminate

model programs or strategies that

concentrate on specific approaches to

the prevention of illegal use of alcohol

and other drugs and the prevention of

violent behavior by students.

Invitational Priority: Within the

absolute priority in this notice, the

Secretary is particularly interested in

applications that meet the following

invitational priority. However, under 34

CFR 75.105(c)(1) an application that

meets this invitational priority does not

receive absolute or competitive

preference over other applications:

Applications proposing to develop or

implement higher education consortia

for the prevention of illegal alcohol and

other drug use and the prevention of

violent behavior by students.

Applicants are invited to propose

consortium arrangements to assist either

(a) local IHE alcohol and other drug and

violence professionals, or (b) IHE chief

executive officers and other senior

administrators. In these types of

arrangements, participants would be

expected to meet monthly to work

toward the development,

implementation, validation, or

dissemination of their own

comprehensive, institution-wide

programs to prevent the illegal use of

alcohol and other drugs and the

prevention of violent behavior by

students.

Selection Criteria

In evaluating applications for Specific

Approaches to Prevention grants, the

Secretary uses the selection criteria in

34 CFR 612.23(c)(2)(iii).

The program regulations in 34 CFR

612.22(b) provide that the Secretary may

award up to 100 points for the selection

criteria, including a reserved 15 points.

For this competition the Secretary

distributes the 15 points as follows:

Need (34 CFR 612.23(c)(2)(iii)(A)).

Five points are added to this criterion

for a possible total of 20 points.

Methods and management plan (34

CFR 612.23(c)(2)(iii)(C)). Five points are

added to this criterion for a possible

total of 20 points.

Evaluation (34 CFR

612.23(c)(2)(iii)(E)). Five points are

added to this criterion for a possible

total of 15 points.

For Applications or Information

Contact: FIPSE, FY 1995–D

Competition, U.S. Department of

Education, 600 Independence Avenue,

SW., Washington, DC 20202–5175.

Telephone: (202) 205–0082 to order

applications; or (202) 708–5750 for

information. Individuals who use a

telecommunications device for the deaf

(TDD) may call the Federal Information

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

between the hours of 8 a.m. and 8 p.m.,

Eastern time, Monday through Friday of

each week except Federal holidays.

Information about the Department’s

funding opportunities, including copies

of the application notices for

discretionary grant competitions, can be

viewed on the Department’s electronic

bulletin board (ED Board), telephone

(202) 260–9950; or on the Internet

Gopher Server at gopher.ed.gov (under

Announcements, Bulletins and Press

Releases). However, the official

application notice for a discretionary

grant competition is the notice

published in the Federal Register.

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7132.

Dated: April 17, 1995.

David A. Longanecker,

Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary

Education.

[FR Doc. 95–9850 Filed 4–20–95; 8:45 am]

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Office of Special Education and

Rehabilitative Services; Paperwork

Burden Reduction

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice of Paperwork Burden

Reduction.

SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary,

Office of Special Education and

Rehabilitative Services (OSERS),

provides notice that prior approval is no

longer required for certain categories of

costs for formula grant programs

authorized by the Rehabilitation Act of

1973, as amended (the Rehabilitation

Act) and the Individuals with

Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). This

change is intended to reduce paperwork

burdens on grantees.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This change takes effect

on April 21, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Greg

March, U.S. Department of Education,

600 Independence Avenue, SW, Room

3124 Switzer Building, Washington, DC

20202–2551. Telephone: (202) 205–

8441. 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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Education Department General

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR), in

34 CFR 74.27 and 80.30(b), require prior

approval from the Secretary before

various categories of otherwise

allowable costs may be charged to any

ED grant or subgrant. The following

formula grant programs authorized by

the Rehabilitation Act are covered by

this requirement: Vocational

Rehabilitation (VR) State Grants (Title I);

Client Assistance Program (Title I, Part

B); Innovation and Expansion (Title I,

Part C), which is currently unfunded;

Protection and Advocacy of Individual

Rights (Title V, Section 509); Supported

Employment (Title VI–C); Independent

Living State Grants (Title VII–B);

Centers for Independent Living (Title

VII–C, Section 723); and Independent

Living Services for Older Individuals

Who Are Blind (Title VII, Chapter 2),

once the appropriation level reaches $13

million. The following formula grant

programs authorized by IDEA are also

covered by this requirement: Assistance

to States for the Education of Children

with Disabilities (Part B); Preschool

Grants for Children with Disabilities

(Section 619); and Early Intervention

Program for Infants and Toddlers with

Disabilities (Part H). The Assistant

Secretary, OSERS, believes that it is no

longer necessary to require prior

approval for these formula grant

programs with respect to certain cost

categories and has authority, under a

delegation from the Secretary, to exempt

these programs from this paperwork

requirement. The Assistant Secretary

has decided that the prior approval is no

longer required for seven cost categories

and, under certain conditions, for an

eighth cost category. The seven cost

categories are—(1) Automatic data

processing; (2) Capital expenditures; (3)

Management studies; (4) Professional

services; (5) Building space and related

facilities; (6) Insurance and

indemnification; and (7) Proposal costs.
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An eighth cost category that requires

prior approval is the pre-agreement or

pre-award cost category. The Assistant

Secretary has determined that prior

approval for this cost category is no

longer required to the extent that it does

not create interest liabilities for the

Federal Government under the Cash

Management Improvement Act (CMIA).

Interest liabilities are incurred under the

CMIA when a State disburses its own

funds for Federal program purposes

before the date that Federal funds are

deposited to the State’s bank account for

those obligations. Interest liabilities are

not incurred, however, when a State

uses its own funds to meet a program

matching or maintenance of effort

requirement. Thus, for programs subject

to the CMIA (see the implementing

Treasury Department regulations in 31

CFR part 205, Subpart A and check with

the appropriate CMIA contact person for

the State to determine coverage), the

Assistant Secretary is no longer

requiring prior approval for preagreement costs used to meet matching

or maintenance of effort requirements.

For programs in a State not subject to

CMIA interest liabilities, the Secretary is

no longer requiring prior approval for

any pre-agreement costs.

The Assistant Secretary rarely has

declined to approve requests for prior

approval for these cost categories. Also,

the Assistant Secretary does not believe

that grantees will use grant funds

inappropriately in these categories if

prior approval is no longer required,

and believes that grantees should be

relieved of this paperwork burden.

Under the authority of 34 CFR 74.27 and

80.30(b), the Assistant Secretary

therefore exempts the OSERS formula

grant programs covered by this notice

from the requirement for prior approval

for the eight cost categories as

previously described.

The Assistant Secretary also notes

that this policy change affects only the

requirement to obtain prior approval

from the Department of Education. If,

upon audit or otherwise, it is

determined that the claimed

expenditures do not meet other

requirements or tests for allowability

specified by the applicable cost

principles, such as reasonableness and

necessity, the costs may be disallowed.

(20 U.S.C. 1221e–3 and 3474; OMB Circulars

A–102 and A–110)

Dated: April 14, 1995.

Howard R. Moses,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Special

Education and Rehabilitative Services.

[FR Doc. 95–9849 Filed 4–20–95; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Draft Environmental Impact Statement

on a Proposed Nuclear Weapons

Nonproliferation Policy Concerning

Foreign Research Reactor Spent

Nuclear Fuel

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of availability and

announcement of public hearing

schedule.

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy

(DOE) has completed a draft

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

on a Proposed Nuclear Weapons

Nonproliferation Policy Concerning

Foreign Research Reactor Spent Nuclear

Fuel (DOE/EIS–0218–D). The draft EIS

was prepared in compliance with

requirements established under the

National Environmental Policy Act

(NEPA) of 1969; Council on

Environmental Quality regulations

implementing NEPA, 40 CFR Parts

1500–1508; and DOE NEPA

Implementing Procedures, 10 CFR Part

1021. The Department of State is a

cooperating agency in preparing this

EIS. DOE will conduct public hearings

and receive comments on the draft EIS,

which addresses policy issues and

potential environmental impacts related

to a proposed policy for management of

foreign research reactor spent nuclear

fuel. The draft EIS will be available to

the public in DOE reading rooms and

designated information locations. In

addition, copies of the draft EIS may be

obtained by following instructions given

below under SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION.

DATES: DOE invites interested agencies,

organizations, and the general public to

provide oral and written comments on

the draft EIS. All comments on the draft

EIS are due by June 20, 1995, and those

received by that date will be considered

by DOE in preparation of the final EIS.

Comments received after the close of the

comment period will be considered to

the extent practicable. Written

comments will be accepted at the public

hearings to be held at the times and

locations listed below. Persons desiring

to participate in a hearing are requested

to preregister by calling the toll free

number listed below (see ‘‘Public

Hearing Locations and Schedule’’) no

later than one week prior to the hearing.

In the interest of cost savings, DOE may

cancel hearings for which insufficient

interest is indicated through

preregistration. In any case, written

comments may be submitted to the DOE

Office of Spent Fuel Management at the

address below. More information

regarding the hearing dates may be

found below under ‘‘Public Hearing

Locations and Schedule’’.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be sent to: Public Comments on the draft

FRR SNF EIS, Attention: Charles R.

Head, Office of Spent Fuel Management

(EM–37), United States Department of

Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue,

S.W., Washington, DC 20585–0001.

Addresses of DOE Public Reading

Rooms, and other locations where the

draft EIS will be available for public

review are listed below under

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

Public Hearing Locations and Schedule

Public hearings will be held at each

of the locations listed below, on the

dates indicated. Please call toll free to

(800) 741–0060 to preregister to

participate in one or more of these

public hearings:

1. Charleston, South Carolina on May 8,

1995, from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. at

Mt. Pleasant Municipal Complex,

Council Chamber, 100 Ann Edwards

Lane, Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464 (803)

884–8517

2. North Augusta, South Carolina on

May 9, 1995, from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00

p.m. at North Augusta Community

Center, 495 Brookside Avenue, North

Augusta, SC 29841, (803) 441–4290

3. Savannah, Georgia on May 11, 1995,

from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. at

Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Martin

Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, Savannah,

GA 31401, (912) 651–2849

4. Jacksonville, Florida on May 12,

1995, from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. at

Prime F. Osborn III Convention

Center, 1000 Water Street,

Jacksonville, FL 32204, (904) 630–

4000

5. Norfolk, Virginia on May 15, 1995,

from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. at Old

Dominion University, Webb

University Center, Hampton

Boulevard, Norfolk, VA 23529, (804)

683–3417

6. Galveston, Texas on May 17, 1995,

from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. at

Tremont House, 2300 Ship’s

Mechanic Row, Galveston, TX 77550,

(409) 763–0300

7. Idaho Falls, Idaho on May 18, 1995,

from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. at

Quality Inn, 850 Lindsay Boulevard,

Idaho Falls, ID 83402, (208) 523–6260

8. Concord, California on May 22, 1995

from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. at Centre

Concord, 5298 Clayton Road,

Concord, CA 94521, (510) 671–3466

9. Wilmington, North Carolina on May

22, 1995, from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

at Cape Fear Community College

Auditorium, 411 North Front Street,

Room S002, Wilmington, NC 28401,

(910) 251–5100