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such widespread reliance in the 

continued absence of specific criteria for 

the design and operation of such 

systems. At this time, DOE’s fire 

protection guidance documents do not 

provide design and operational criteria 

for fire protection systems designated as 

safety-class or safety-significant. This 

lack of guidance makes design of new 

facilities more difficult and timeconsuming and renders problematic the 

assessment of proposed enhancements 

to fire protection systems in existing 

facilities. In the latter case, possible 

upgrades to existing systems can be 

evaluated using a procedure developed 

by the Energy Facility Contractors 

Group (EFCOG), Safety System Design 

Adequacy (August 2004). Proper 

application of this procedure demands 

that an existing system be compared 

with ‘‘a set of appropriate design, 

quality, or maintenance requirements, 

specifically including applicable current 

codes and standards.’’ At present, DOE 

does not have a set of requirements that 

would permit use of the EFCOG 

procedure. 

Lack of suitable requirements and 

guidance does not pose an immediate 

safety issue, because each separate 

project listed above can be evaluated on 

an ad hoc basis both by DOE and by the 

Board. However, this unstructured 

approach is wasteful of DOE and Board 

resources and prevents the sharing of 

technical knowledge and engineering 

solutions throughout the complex. More 

importantly, the Board’s enabling 

legislation, 42 U.S.C. 2286a(a)(1) 

requires that it 

* * * recommend to the Secretary of 

Energy those specific measures that should 

be adopted to ensure that public health and 

safety are adequately protected. The Board 

shall include in its recommendations 

necessary changes in the content and 

implementation of such standards, as well as 

matters on which additional data or 

additional research is needed. 

Because the Department has chosen to 

increase its reliance on fire protection 

systems as primary safety systems, the 

Board concludes that the Department 

should without delay develop standards 

in this area. These standards should be 

sufficiently specific to guide both the 

design of new fire protection systems 

and the reclassification of existing 

systems. All of the necessary attributes 

of a safety-class or safety-significant fire 

protection system should be identified, 

leaving room for engineering judgment 

and innovative approaches in achieving 

high reliability and quality. 

The Board observes that work on 

revising a key fire protection directive, 

DOE–STD–1066–99, Fire Protection 

Design Criteria, is expected to 

commence early in 2008 and be 

completed by the end of the year. 

Incorporation of suitable guidance for 

safety classification of fire protection 

systems in this standard would be a 

good starting point for carrying out the 

purposes of this Recommendation. 

Other guides that may need 

enhancement or revision include DOE 

Guide 420.1–1, Nonreactor Nuclear 

Safety Design Criteria and Explosives 

Safety Criteria, and DOE Guide 420.1–

3, Implementation Guide for DOE Fire 

Protection and Emergency Services 

Programs. Safety classification of fire 

protection systems may necessitate 

changes to other DOE orders or 

directives. 

Pursuant to its statutory mandate to 

recommend needed changes in DOE’s 

standards for safety at defense nuclear 

facilities, the Board recommends that 

DOE: 

1. Develop design and operational 

criteria for safety-class and safetysignificant fire protection systems. 

2. Use the revision of DOE–STD–

1066–99, Fire Protection Design Criteria, 

as a starting point to provide suitable 

guidance for safety classification of fire 

protection systems. The revision to this 

standard must incorporate: 

a. Design approaches for a variety of 

fire protection systems, e.g., automatic 

sprinklers, gaseous suppression, alarm, 

detection, and passive barriers, that can 

be used to achieve safety-class or safetysignificant designation. 

b. Guidance on technical safety 

requirements and administrative 

controls, in areas such as maintenance, 

tests, and configuration control, so as to 

ensure the operability of safety-class 

and safety-significant fire protection 

systems. 

3. Identify design codes and standards 

for safety-class and safety-significant 

fire protection systems and their 

components, and incorporate them into 

DOE Guide 420.1–1, Nonreactor 

Nuclear Safety Design Criteria and 

Explosives Safety Criteria. 

4. Modify other DOE directives and 

standards as necessary to ensure 

consistency with the new guidance for 

fire protection systems. 

A.J. Eggenberger, 

Chairman. 

[FR Doc. E8–2185 Filed 2–5–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3670–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Elementary and Secondary 

Education; Overview Information; 

Indian Education—Demonstration 

Grants for Indian Children; Notice 

Inviting Applications for New Awards 

for Fiscal Year (FY) 2008 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 84.299A. 

DATES: Applications Available: February 

6, 2008. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: March 7, 2008. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: April 7, 2008. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The purpose of 

the Demonstration Grants for Indian 

Children program is to provide financial 

assistance to projects that develop, test, 

and demonstrate the effectiveness of 

services and programs to improve the 

educational opportunities and 

achievement of preschool, elementary, 

and secondary Indian students. 

Priorities: This competition contains 

two absolute priorities and two 

competitive preference priorities. In 

accordance with 34 CFR 75.105(b)(2)(ii), 

the absolute priorities are from the 

regulations for this program (34 CFR 

263.21(c)(1) and (3)). In accordance with 

34 CFR 75.105(b)(2)(iv), the competitive 

preference priorities are from sections 

7121 and 7143 of the Elementary and 

Secondary Education Act of 1965, as 

amended (ESEA) (20 U.S.C. 

7441(d)(1)(B) and 7473). 

Absolute Priorities: For FY 2008 these 

priorities are absolute priorities. Under 

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

applications that meet one or both of the 

following priorities. 

These priorities are: 

Absolute Priority One 

School readiness projects that provide 

age appropriate educational programs 

and language skills to three- and fouryear-old Indian students to prepare 

them for successful entry into school at 

the kindergarten school level. 

Absolute Priority Two 

College preparatory programs for 

secondary school students designed to 

increase competency and skills in 

challenging subject matters, including 

math and science, to enable Indian 

students to transition successfully to 

postsecondary education. 

Competitive Preference Priorities: For 

FY 2008, these priorities are competitive 

preference priorities. Under 34 CFR 

75.105(c)(2)(i) we award up to an 


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additional 10 points to an application, 

depending on how well the application 

meets one or both of these priorities. 

These priorities are: 

Competitive Preference Priority One 

We award five competitive preference 

priority points to an applicant that 

presents a plan for combining two or 

more of the activities described in 

section 7121(c) of the ESEA over a 

period of more than one year. 

Note: For Competitive Preference Priority 

One, the combination of activities is limited 

to the activities described in the Absolute 

Priorities section of this notice. 

Competitive Preference Priority Two 

We award five competitive preference 

priority points to an application 

submitted by an Indian tribe, Indian 

organization, or Indian institution of 

higher education, including a 

consortium of any of these entities with 

other eligible entities. An application 

from a consortium of eligible entities 

that meets the requirements of 34 CFR 

75.127 through 75.129 and includes an 

Indian tribe, Indian organization, or 

Indian institution of higher education 

will be considered eligible to receive the 

five competitive preference points. 

These competitive preference points are 

in addition to the five competitive 

preference points that may be given 

under Competitive Preference Priority 

One. 

Note: A consortium agreement, signed by 

all parties, must be submitted with the 

application in order for the application to be 

considered a consortium application. Letters 

of support do not meet the requirement for 

a consortium agreement. We will reject any 

application from a consortium that does not 

meet this requirement. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7441. 

Applicable Regulations: (a) The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 

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

84, 85, 86, 97, 98, and 99. (b) The 

regulations for this program in 34 CFR 

part 263. 

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. 

Estimated Available Funds: 

$1,600,000. 

Estimated Range of Awards: 

$100,000–$300,000. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$229,000. 

Maximum Award: We will reject any 

application that proposes a budget 

exceeding $300,000 for a single budget 

period of 12 months. The Assistant 

Secretary for Elementary and Secondary 

Education may change the maximum 

amount through a notice published in 

the Federal Register. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 7. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 48 months. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: Eligible 

applicants for this program are State 

educational agencies (SEAs); local 

educational agencies (LEAs), including 

charter schools that are considered 

LEAs under State law; Indian tribes; 

Indian organizations; federally 

supported elementary or secondary 

schools for Indian students; Indian 

institutions (including Indian 

institutions of higher education); or a 

consortium of any of these entities. 

An application from a consortium of 

eligible entities must meet the 

requirements of 34 CFR 75.127 through 

75.129. An application from a 

consortium of eligible entities must 

include a signed consortium agreement 

with the application. Letters of support 

do not meet the requirement for a 

consortium agreement. 

Applicants applying in consortium 

with or as an ‘‘Indian organization’’

must demonstrate eligibility by showing 

how the ‘‘Indian organization’’ meets all 

the criteria outlined in 34 CFR 263.20. 

The term ‘‘Indian institution of higher 

education’’ means an accredited college 

or university within the United States 

cited in section 532 of the Equity in 

Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 

1994 (7 U.S.C. 301 note), any other 

institution that qualifies for funding 

under the Tribally Controlled College or 

University Assistance Act of 1978 (25 

U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), and Dine College 

(formerly Navajo Community College), 

authorized in the Navajo Community 

College Assistance Act of 1978 (25 

U.S.C. 640a et seq.). 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This 

competition does not require cost 

sharing or matching. 

3. Other: Projects funded under this 

competition must plan to budget for a 

two-day Project Directors’ meeting in 

Washington, DC during each year of the 

project period. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Address to Request Application 

Package: You can obtain an application 

package via the Internet or from the 

Education Publications Center (ED 

Pubs). To obtain a copy via the Internet, 

use the following address: http:// 

www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/ 

grantapps/index.html. 

To obtain a copy from ED Pubs, write, 

fax, or call the following: Education 

Publications Center, 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), call, toll free: 

1–877–576–7734. 

You can contact ED Pubs at its Web 

site, also: http://www.ed.gov/pubs/ 

edpubs.html or at its e-mail address: 

edpubs@inet.ed.gov. 

If you request an application from ED 

Pubs, be sure to identify this program or 

competition as follows: CFDA number 

299A. 

Individuals with disabilities can 

obtain a copy of the application package 

in an alternative format (e.g., Braille, 

large print, audiotape, or computer 

diskette) by contacting the person or 

team listed under Alternative Format in 

section VIII of this notice. 

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 

program. 

Page Limit: The application narrative 

(Part III of the application) is where you, 

the applicant, address the selection 

criteria that reviewers use to evaluate 

your application. You must limit the 

application narrative (Part III) to no 

more than 35 pages, using the following 

standards: 

• A page is 8.5′′ x 11′′, on one side 

only, with 1′′ margins at the top, bottom, 

and both sides. 

• Double space (no more than three 

lines per vertical inch) all text in the 

application narrative, including titles, 

headings, footnotes, quotations, 

references, and captions, as well as all 

text in charts, tables, figures, and 

graphs. 

• Use a font that is either 12 point or 

larger or no smaller than 10 pitch 

(characters per inch). 

• Use one of the following fonts: 

Times New Roman, Courier, Courier 

New, or Arial. An application submitted 

in any other font (including Times 

Roman or Arial Narrow) will not be 

accepted. 

The page limit does not apply to Part 

I, the cover sheet; Part II, the budget 

section, including the narrative budget 

justification; Part IV, the assurances and 

certifications; or the one-page abstract, 

the resumes, the bibliography, or the 

letters of support. However, you must 


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include all of the application narrative 

in Part III. 

We will reject your application if you 

apply these standards and exceed the 

page limit; or if you apply other 

standards and exceed the equivalent of 

the page limit. 

3. Submission Dates and Times: 

Applications Available: February 6, 

2008. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: March 7, 2008. 

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 in paper format 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. 

Individuals with disabilities who 

need an accommodation or auxiliary aid 

in connection with the application 

process should contact the person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT in section VII in this notice. If 

the Department provides an 

accommodation or auxiliary aid to an 

individual with a disability in 

connection with the application 

process, the individual’s application 

remains subject to all other 

requirements and limitations in this 

notice. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: April 7, 2008. 

4. Intergovernmental Review: This 

competition 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 in 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 

Demonstration Grants for Indian 

Children competition, CFDA Number 

84.299A, 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 Demonstration Grants for 

Indian Children at http:// 

www.Grants.gov. You must search for 

the downloadable application package 

for this competition by the CFDA 

number. Do not include the CFDA 

number’s alpha suffix in your search 

(e.g., search for 84.299, not 84.299A). 

Please note the following: 

• When you enter the Grants.gov site, 

you will find information about 

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://eGrants.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 


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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 (with the exception of consortium 

agreements which must be submitted 

within the electronic application, if 

applicable). 

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, 

toll-free, 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 under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in 

section VII in this notice 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 

statement no later than two weeks 

before the application deadline date. 

Address and mail or fax your 

statement to: Lana Shaughnessy, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Avenue, SW., Room 5C152, 

Washington, DC 20202–6335. FAX: 

(202) 260–7779. 

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 84.299A), 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 84.299A), 

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 84.299A), 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 

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Department of Education Application 

Control Center at (202) 245–6288. 

V. Application Review Information 

Selection Criteria: The selection 

criteria for this competition are from 34 

CFR 75.210 and are listed in the 

application package. 

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 notify you informally, 

also. 

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 directed by 

the Secretary under 34 CFR 75.118. The 

Secretary may also require more 

frequent performance reports under 34 

CFR 75.720(c). For specific 

requirements on reporting, please go to 

http://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/ 

appforms/appforms.html. 

4. Performance Measures: The 

Secretary has established the following 

key performance measures for assessing 

the effectiveness of the Demonstration 

Grants for Indian Children program: (1) 

The percentage of 3- and 4-year-old 

American Indian and Alaska Native 

children achieving gains of a 

predetermined magnitude, at a 

minimum, on an approved assessment 

of language and communication 

development as evidenced by a pre- and 

post-test each project year; (2) the 

percentage of 3- and 4-year-old 

American Indian and Alaska Native 

children achieving gains of a 

predetermined magnitude, at a 

minimum, on an approved assessment 

of cognitive skills and conceptual 

knowledge as evidenced by a pre- and 

post-test each project year; (3) the 

percentage of 3- and 4-year-old 

American Indian and Alaska Native 

children achieving gains of a 

predetermined magnitude, on an 

approved assessment of social 

development as evidenced by a pre- and 

post-test each project year; (4) the 

percentage of high school American 

Indian and Alaska Native students 

successfully completing (as defined by a 

passing grade of C or better) at least 3 

years of challenging core courses 

(English, mathematics, science, and 

social studies) by the end of their fourth 

year in high school; and (5) the 

percentage of American Indian and 

Alaska Native students who graduate 

with their incoming 9th grade cohort 

(not counting those who transfer to 

another school). 

We encourage applicants to 

demonstrate a strong capacity to provide 

reliable data on these measures in their 

responses to the selection criteria 

‘‘Quality of project services’’ and 

‘‘Quality of the project evaluation.’’ All 

grantees will be expected to submit, as 

part of their performance report, 

information with respect to these 

performance measures. 

VII. Agency Contact 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lana Shaughnessy, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

Room 5C152, Washington, DC 20202–

6335. Telephone: (202) 205–2528 or by 

e-mail: Indian.education@ed.gov. 

If you use a TDD, call the Federal 

Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 1–800–

877–8339. 

VIII. Other Information 

Alternative Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document 

and a copy of the application package in 

an alternative format (e.g., Braille, large 

print, audiotape, or computer diskette) 

on request to the program contact 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII in 

this notice. 

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. 

Dated: February 1, 2008. 

Kerri L. Briggs, 

Assistant Secretary for Elementary and 

Secondary Education. 

[FR Doc. E8–2154 Filed 2–5–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[FE Docket No. 08–01–PO] 

Notice of Procedural Order Eliminating 

Quarterly Reporting Requirement and 

Amending Monthly Reporting 

Requirement for Natural Gas and 

Liquefied Natural Gas Import/Export 

Authorization Holders 

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy (FE), 

Department of Energy (DOE). 

ACTION: Notice of Procedural Order 

Amending Natural Gas Import and 

Export Orders. 

SUMMARY: DOE has issued the attached 

Procedural Order eliminating the 

quarterly reporting requirement and 

modifying the current monthly 

reporting requirement for existing and 

future orders authorizing the import and 

export of natural gas and liquefied 

natural gas (LNG). The Procedural Order 

includes the background and basis for 

the reporting and the new monthly 

requirement as modified. 

DATES: The first monthly report, for the 

reporting period January 1, 2008 

through January 31, 2008, required by 

the Procedural Order shall be filed no 

later than February 29, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: All monthly filings required 

by the Procedural Order shall be made 

to U.S. Department of Energy (FE–34), 

Office of Fossil Energy, Office of Natural 

Gas Regulatory Activities, P.O. Box 

44375, Washington, DC 20026–4375, 

Attention: Ms. Yvonne Caudillo. 

Reports may be e-mailed to Ms. Caudillo 

at yvonne.caudillo@hq.doe.gov or 

ngreports@hq.doe.gov. Reports may be 

faxed to Ms. Caudillo at (202) 585–6050. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Yvonne Caudillo, U.S. Department of 

Energy (FE–34), Office of Fossil Energy, 

Office of Natural Gas Regulatory 

Activities, P.O. Box 44375, Washington, 

DC 20026–4375, (202) 586–4587, 

yvonne.caudillo@hq.doe.gov. 


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