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continuation of the grant would depend 

on the group’s meeting the requirements 

of 34 CFR 75.253. Among other things, 

§ 75.253 conditions continuation of a 

grant on the grantee’s having made 

substantial progress toward meeting the 

objectives in its approved application. 

The grantee also would have to comply 

with any special conditions of the grant 

established by the Department in order 

to receive further continuation funding 

from the FY 2008 or any future 

appropriation. 

The waivers of 34 CFR 75.250 and 

75.261(c)(2) do not exempt the group 

from the account closing provisions of 

31 U.S.C. 1552(a), nor would they 

extend the availability of funds 

previously awarded the group. Under 31 

U.S.C. 1552(a), appropriations available 

for a limited period may be used for 

payment of valid obligations for only 

five years after the expiration of their 

period of availability for Federal 

obligation. After that time, the 

unexpended balance of those funds will 

be canceled and returned to the U.S. 

Treasury Department and will be 

unavailable for restoration for any 

purpose. 

The Department believes that its 

waiver of regulations and continued 

funding of the group application is in 

the best interests of the members of the 

group application and the public 

interest. 

Instructions for Requesting a 

Continuation Award Under EDGAR 

Part 75 

Under applicable EDGAR provisions, 

a grantee wishing to receive an annual 

continuation grant must submit a 

performance report providing the most 

current performance and financial 

expenditure information on its project. 

A grantee must also submit a budget and 

budget narrative each year it requests a 

continuation award. (34 CFR 

75.253(c)(2)). In addition, a grantee must 

submit a program narrative that 

describes the activities it intends to 

carry out with a continuation award. 

The activities described must be 

consistent with, or be a logical 

extension of, the scope, goals, and 

objectives of the grantee’s approved 

application. (34 CFR 75.261(c)(3)). The 

Department will award a continuation 

grant each year only if the grantee 

submits a satisfactory performance 

report, budget and budget narrative, and 

program narrative. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification 

The Secretary certifies that this notice 

of waiver will not have a significant 

economic impact on a substantial 

number of small entities. The only 

entities that would be affected are 

American Samoa Community College; 

Guam Community College; Northern 

Marianas College, the grantee of the 

group; Ministry of Education Republic 

of Palau; and PREL. 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

This notice of waiver does not contain 

any information collection 

requirements. 

Intergovernmental Review 

This program is subject to Executive 

Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 

CFR part 79. One of the objectives of the 

Executive Order is to foster an 

intergovernmental partnership and a 

strengthened federalism. The Executive 

Order relies on processes developed by 

State and local governments for 

coordination and review of proposed 

Federal financial assistance. 

This document provides early 

notification of our specific plans and 

actions for this program. 

Assessment of Educational Impact 

Based on our own review, we have 

determined that this notice of waiver 

does not require transmission of 

information that any other agency or 

authority of the United States gathers or 

makes available. 

Electronic Access to This Document 

You can 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. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Number: 84.002A Outlying Area portion of 

the State Grant Program) 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 9211(e). 

Dated: August 7, 2008. 

Troy R. Justesen, 

Assistant Secretary for Vocational and Adult 

Education. 

[FR Doc. E8–18622 Filed 8–11–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Southwestern Power Administration 

Notice of Re-Opening of Public 

Comment Period for White River 

Minimum Flows—Proposed 

Determination of Federal and NonFederal Hydropower Impacts 

AGENCY: Southwestern Power 

Administration, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of re-opening of public 

comment period. 

SUMMARY: Southwestern Power 

Administration (Southwestern) is reopening the public comment period on 

its proposed determination of the 

Federal and non-Federal hydropower 

impacts of the White River Minimum 

Flows project for an additional 45 days. 

The original notice, issued July 3, 2008, 

provided a 30-day comment period 

ending on August 4, 2008 (73 FR 

38198). Southwestern is re-opening the 

comment period until September 18, 

2008. 

DATES: The public comment period 

closes on September 18, 2008. Written 

comments on Southwestern’s proposed 

determination must be received by that 

date. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be 

submitted to George Robbins, Director, 

Division of Resources and Rates, 

Southwestern Power Administration, 

U.S. Department of Energy, One West 

Third Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

George Robbins, Director, Division of 

Resources and Rates, (918) 595–6680, 

george.robbins@swpa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Southwestern’s draft determination was 

published by Federal Register Notice 

(73 FR 6717) dated February 5, 2008. 

Written comments were invited through 

March 6, 2008. All public comments 

received were considered, and 

Southwestern’s draft determination was 

revised as necessary to incorporate the 

public comments. Since there were 

significant changes to Southwestern’s 

draft determination, Southwestern 

published a proposed determination for 

public review and comment prior to its 

final determination. 

Southwestern’s proposed 

determination was published by Federal 

Register Notice (73 FR 38198) dated July 

3, 2008. Written comments were invited 

through August 4, 2008. Due to requests 

for additional time to provide public 

comments, Southwestern is re-opening 

the public comment period for 45 days. 

Written comments will now be accepted 

through September 18, 2008. Comments 


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1WAPA–120 was approved by the Deputy 

Secretary of Energy on August 11, 2005 (70 FR 

¶ 71280), and confirmed and approved by the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on 

a final basis on August 26, 2005, in Docket No. 

EF05–5091–000 (115 FERC ¶ 61362). 

submitted between August 4, 2008 and 

August 12, 2008 are deemed timely 

submitted. 

Dated: August 4, 2008. 

Jon C. Worthington, 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. E8–18574 Filed 8–11–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Western Area Power Administration 

Boulder Canyon Project 

AGENCY: Western Area Power 

Administration, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of Base Charge and Rates. 

SUMMARY: The Deputy Secretary of 

Energy approved the Fiscal Year (FY) 

2009 Base Charge and Rates (Rates) for 

Boulder Canyon Project (BCP) electric 

service provided by the Western Area 

Power Administration (Western). The 

Rates will provide sufficient revenue to 

pay all annual costs, including interest 

expense, and repay investments within 

the allowable period. 

DATES: The Rates will be effective the 

first day of the first full billing period 

beginning on or after October 1, 2008. 

These Rates will stay in effect through 

September 30, 2009, or until superseded 

by other rates. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Jack Murray, Rates Manager, Desert 

Southwest Customer Service Region, 

Western Area Power Administration, 

P.O. Box 6457, Phoenix, AZ 85005–

6457, (602) 605–2442, e-mail 

jmurray@wapa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Rate 

Schedule BCP–F7, Rate Order No. 

WAPA–120, effective October 1, 2005, 

through September 30, 2010, allows for 

an annual recalculation of the rates.1

Under Rate Schedule BCP–F7, the 

existing composite rate, effective on 

October 1, 2007, was 17.64 mills per 

kilowatthour (mills/kWh). The base 

charge was $66,975,283, the energy rate 

was 8.82 mills/kWh, and the capacity 

rate was $1.63 per kilowattmonth 

(kWmonth). The re-calculated rates for 

BCP electric service, to be effective 

October 1, 2008, will result in an overall 

composite rate of 18.62 mills/kWh. The 

proposed rates were calculated using 

the FY 2009 Final Ten-Year Operating 

Plan. This resulted in an increase of 

approximately 5.56 percent when 

compared with the existing BCP electric 

service composite rate. The increase is 

due to a decrease in the projected 

energy sales and an increase in the 

annual revenue requirement. The FY 

2009 base charge is increasing to 

$70,213,497. The major contributing 

factor to the base charge increase is the 

increase in annual expenses. The FY 

2009 energy rate of 9.31 mills/kWh is 

approximately a 5.56 percent increase 

from the existing energy rate of 8.82 

mills/kWh. The increase in the energy 

rate is due to a decrease in the projected 

energy sales resulting from a decrease in 

projected water releases. The FY 2009 

capacity rate of $1.73/kWmonth reflects 

an increase of approximately 6.13 

percent compared to the existing 

capacity rate of $1.63/kWmonth. The 

increase in the capacity rate is due to 

dropping lake elevations. Another factor 

contributing to the increase in both the 

energy and capacity rates is the increase 

in the annual revenue requirement. 

The following summarizes the steps 

taken by Western to ensure involvement 

of all Interested Parties in determining 

the Rates: 

1. A Federal Register notice was 

published on February 1, 2008 (73 FR 

6177), announcing the proposed rate 

adjustment process, initiating a public 

consultation and comment period, 

announcing public information and 

public comment forums, and presenting 

procedures for public participation. 

2. On February 4, 2008, a letter was 

mailed from Western’s Desert Southwest 

Customer Service Region to the BCP 

Contractors and other Interested Parties 

announcing an informal customer 

meeting and public information and 

comment forums. 

3. Discussion of the proposed Rates 

was initiated at an informal BCP 

Contractor meeting held March 12, 

2008, in Phoenix, Arizona. At this 

informal meeting, representatives from 

Western and the Bureau of Reclamation 

(Reclamation) explained the basis for 

estimates used to calculate the Rates 

and held a question and answer session. 

4. At the public information forum 

held on April 2, 2008, in Phoenix, 

Arizona, Western and Reclamation 

representatives explained the proposed 

Rates for FY 2009 in greater detail and 

held a question and answer session. 

5. A public comment forum held on 

April 23, 2008, in Phoenix, Arizona, 

provided the public an opportunity to 

comment for the record. Three 

individuals commented at this forum. 

6. Western received one comment 

letter during the 90-day consultation 

and comment period. The consultation 

and comment period ended May 1, 

2008. All comments were considered in 

developing the Rates for FY 2009. 

Written comments were received from: 

Irrigation & Electrical Districts 

Association of Arizona, Phoenix, 

Arizona. 

Comments and responses, 

paraphrased for brevity when not 

affecting the meaning of the statements, 

are presented below. 

Rates Stability 

Comment: BCP Contractors expressed 

concern that the composite rate has 

increased from 8.93 mills/kWh in 2000 

to 18.53 mills/kWh in 2009. The BCP 

Contractors further suggested that since 

major projects at Hoover which resulted 

in increased spending are complete and 

Lake Mead water levels continue to be 

low, Western and Reclamation should 

postpone expenditures where possible 

and strive to structure budgets in such 

a way to levelize or reduce rates. 

Response: Western and Reclamation 

appreciate the BCP Contractors’ concern 

over reduced generation and increased 

spending. Much of the increased 

spending is aimed toward maintaining 

the reliability of the Hoover resource 

and achieving maximum energy and 

capacity even as Lake Mead water levels 

decline. However, Western and 

Reclamation will continue to partner 

with the Hoover Contractors, through 

the Engineering and Operating 

Committee and the Technical Review 

Committee, to seek ways to structure 

budgets in such a way to minimize cost 

increases while maintaining the safe 

and reliable operation of the project. 

Security Costs Legislation 

Comment: An Interested Party made a 

statement with regard to Senate Bill S. 

2739. Section 513 of that bill contains 

post-September 11, 2001, security cost 

legislation which specifies the amount 

of security costs which will be 

considered non-reimbursable. The 

Interested Party requested that Western 

and Reclamation adjust their budgets to 

account for the legislation. 

Response: The President of The 

United States signed Senate Bill S.2739 

into law on May 8, 2008 (Pub. L. 110–

229). Reclamation will determine if any 

reimbursable costs in Section 513 will 

be deemed non-reimbursable under this 

new law. If the determination is made 

prior to the finalization of the rate 

package, Western will implement 

appropriate changes, if necessary to the 

FY 2009 Rates. If the determination is 

made after the rate package is finalized, 

then any security costs deemed nonreimbursable will roll into carry over, 

reducing FY 2010 Rates. 


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