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mission are proposed for analysis. 

Portions of the Sacramento Mountains 

and foothills are anticipated for infantry 

maneuver and training use, to include 

off-road vehicle maneuver where the 

terrain permits. Additional bivouac/ 

logistics sites are proposed in grasslands 

on the FBTC, including southeast 

McGregor Range and Otero Mesa. 

(3) Facility Improvement: New firing 

ranges necessary to support IBCTs will 

be analyzed as part of the proposed 

action. In addition, the proposed action 

contemplates construction of a rail line 

linking the cantonment area to the 

FBTC, expansion of range camps, and 

construction of Forward Operating 

Bases similar to those used in current 

operations. Cantonment area 

development to support the growth of 

personnel at Fort Bliss will also be 

analyzed. 

Initial screening of the proposed 

action for potentially significant 

environmental impacts suggests the 

following eight resource areas receive 

the greatest scrutiny in this EIS: Land 

use, archaeological resources, Native 

American consultation, natural 

resources, water and wastewater, facility 

construction, population and housing, 

and public services. 

Federal, state, and local agencies, 

Tribal governments and the public are 

invited to participate in the scoping 

process for this EIS through public 

meetings and submission of written 

comments. Notification of times and 

locations for the scoping meetings will 

be published in local newspapers. The 

scoping process will help identify 

alternatives, potential environmental 

impacts, and key issues of concern for 

analysis in the EIS. To ensure scoping 

comments are fully considered in the 

Draft EIS, comments and suggestions 

should be received no later than 45 days 

following publication of this NOI. 

Dated: September 18, 2008. 

Addison D. Davis, IV, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army 

(Environment, Safety, and Occupational 

Health). 

[FR Doc. E8–22478 Filed 9–24–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3710–08–M 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Notice of Waivers for the Rehabilitation 

Training—Rehabilitation Continuing 

Education Program (RCEP) 

AGENCY: Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice of waivers for the 

Rehabilitation Training—Rehabilitation 

Continuing Education Program (RCEP). 

SUMMARY: The Secretary waives the 

requirements in 34 CFR 75.250 and 

75.261(a) and (c)(2) of the Education 

Department General Administrative 

Regulations (EDGAR), respectively, that 

generally prohibit project periods 

exceeding five years and project period 

extensions involving the obligation of 

additional Federal funds. These waivers 

will enable the current RCEP grantees in 

Region II and in Region III to provide 

continuing education to employees of 

vocational rehabilitation (VR) agencies 

and their partners and to continue to 

receive some additional Federal funding 

from October 1 through December 15, 

2008. 

DATES: Effective Date: These waivers are 

effective September 25, 2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christine Marschall. Telephone: (202) 

245–7429 or via Internet: 

Christine.Marschall@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. 

Individuals with disabilities can 

obtain this document in an alternative 

format (e.g., Braille, large print, 

audiotape, or computer diskette) on 

request to the contact person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Supplementary Information 

The RCEPs provide continuing 

education to employees of State VR 

agencies and their partners, as well as 

other rehabilitation services agencies. 

The Rehabilitation Services 

Administration (RSA) in the 

Department’s Office of Special 

Education and Rehabilitative Services is 

in the process of redesigning the RCEPs 

to create and support 10 regional 

Technical Assistance and Continuing 

Education (TACE) centers. To carry out 

this plan, the Department published a 

notice of final priority and a notice 

inviting applications in the Federal 

Register on June 5, 2008 (73 FR 32006.) 

Applications were due on July 31, 2008. 

The Department intends to make awards 

for the TACE centers so that grant 

activities can begin by October 1, 2008. 

However, the Department did not 

receive an eligible application for 

Region II and a fundable application for 

Region III and plans to re-announce the 

priority and notice inviting applications 

for these two regions as soon as 

possible. 

The waivers announced in this notice 

are intended to ensure that services 

provided by the current RCEP grantees 

in Region II and in Region III are 

provided to the extent possible through 

December 15, 2008, the anticipated date 

that the Region II and Region III TACE 

centers will commence their project 

activities. The project period for the 

current RCEP grantee in Region II, The 

State University of New York at Buffalo, 

and in Region III, The George 

Washington University, ends on 

September 30, 2008. Because it would 

be contrary to the public interest to have 

a lapse in continuing education 

activities in Region II and in Region III 

before grants for RSA’s new TACE 

centers for these two regions are 

awarded and implemented, the 

Secretary will provide some additional 

funding to the Region II and Region III 

RCEP grantees referenced in this 

paragraph to allow them to continue 

operating until December 15, 2008. In 

order to do so, the Secretary waives the 

requirements in 34 CFR 75.250 and 

75.261(a) and (c)(2), which generally 

prohibit project periods exceeding five 

years and extensions of project periods 

that involve the obligation of additional 

Federal funds. 

Waiver of Proposed Rulemaking and 

Delayed Effective Date 

Under the Administrative Procedure 

Act (5 U.S.C. 553) (APA) the 

Department generally offers interested 

parties the opportunity to comment on 

an extension of project period and 

waiver under 34 CFR 75.250 and 

75.261(a) and (c)(2). The APA provides 

that an agency is not required to 

conduct notice and comment 

rulemaking when the agency for good 

cause finds that notice and public 

comment are impracticable, 

unnecessary, or contrary to the public 

interest. We have determined that 

conducting rulemaking on the waivers 

of the requirements in 34 CFR 75.250 

and 75.261(a) and (c)(2) for the current 

RCEP grantees in Region II and Region 

III would be impracticable and therefore 

contrary to the public interest because 

there is not adequate time to conduct 

notice and comment rulemaking before 

September 30, 2008, when the funding 

for the current continuing education 

activities in Region II and in Region III 

will end. For this reason and to prevent 

a lapse in these continuing education 

activities, the Department waives the 

APA’s proposed rulemaking 

requirements for the waivers of the 

requirements in 34 CFR 75.250 and 

75.261(a) and (c)(2) that will enable the 

Department to provide some additional 

funding to the current Region II and 

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Region III RCEP grantees to allow them 

to continue operating until December 

15, 2008. 

The APA also provides that a 

substantive rule may not take effect 

within 30 days from publication unless 

the agency for good cause finds that a 

delayed effective date would not be in 

the public interest. For the reasons 

described in the preceding paragraph, 

we also are waiving the APA’s 

requirement that this extension and 

waiver be published at least 30 days 

before the effective date. 

Final Waivers—Rehabilitation 

Continuing Education Program 

The Secretary waives the 

requirements in 34 CFR 75.250 and 

75.261(a) and (c)(2), which prohibit 

project periods exceeding five years and 

extensions of project periods that 

involve the obligation of additional 

Federal funds, for the current RCEP 

grantees in Region II and in Region III 

in the fifth year of their grants. 

Under these waivers, the RCEP 

grantees in Region II and in Region III, 

which have grants ending on September 

30, 2008, are eligible for additional 

funding, as available, to allow them to 

continue activities through December 

15, 2008. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification 

The Secretary certifies that the 

announced waivers would not have a 

significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities. 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

This notice of waivers would 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. 

Electronic Access to This Document 

You may view this document, as well 

as all other Department of Education 

documents 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/index.html. 

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 84.264A, Rehabilitation Continuing 

Education Program) 

Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 772. 

Dated: September 22, 2008. 

Tracy R. Justesen, 

Assistant Secretary for Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services. 

[FR Doc. E8–22565 Filed 9–24–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Agency Information Collection 

Extension; Correction 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Submission for Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) review; 

comment request; correction. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

published a document in the Federal 

Register of September 18, 2008, 

announcing the submission of an 

information request to the OMB for 

extension under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The 

document contained an incorrect OMB 

Control Number. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kathleen M. Binder, Director, Office of 

Conflict Prevention and Resolution, GC– 

12, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585. 

Correction 

In the Federal Register of September 

18, 2008, in FR Doc. E8–21823, on page 

54154, please make the following 

corrections: 

On page 54154 under the heading 

SUMMARY the OMB Control Number is 

1910–5118. Also on page 54154, under 

the heading SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION, the OMB No. should be 

1910–5118. 

Issued in Washington, DC on September 

19, 2008. 

Kathleen M. Binder, 

Director, Office of Conflict Prevention and 

Resolution, Office of General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. E8–22564 Filed 9–24–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Docket No. CP08–472–000] 

Corning Natural Gas Company; Notice 

of Application 

September 18, 2008. 

Take notice that on September 9, 

2008, Corning Natural Gas Company 

(Corning), 330 W. William Street, 

Corning, New York 14830, filed in 

Docket No. CP08–472–000, an 

application pursuant to section 7(f) of 

the Natural Gas Act (NGA) requesting 

the determination of a service area 

within which Corning may, without 

further Commission authorization, 

enlarge or expand its natural gas 

distribution facilities. Corning also 

requests a waiver of the Commission’s 

accounting and reporting requirements 

and other regulatory requirements 

ordinarily applicable to natural gas 

companies under the NGA and the 

NGPA and such further relief the 

Commission may deem appropriate, all 

as more fully set forth in the 

application, which is on file with the 

Commission and open to public 

inspection. The filing may also be 

viewed on the Web at http:// 

www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. 

Enter the docket number excluding the 

last three digits in the docket number 

field to access the document. For 

assistance, contact FERC at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call 

toll-free, (886) 208–3676 or TYY, (202) 

502–8659. 

Corning proposes to connect its 

natural gas distribution system (which 

is entirely within the State of New York) 

to natural gas supplies in Tioga County, 

Pennsylvania, by constructing and 

operating approximately 75 feet of 10- 

inch diameter pipeline and a meter 

station. Corning states that it would not 

distribute, transport, or sell natural gas 

to any customers in the State of 

Pennsylvania as a result of the proposed 

service area determination and 

additional facilities. 

Any questions regarding this 

application should be directed to 

Michael I. German, President and CEO, 

Corning Natural Gas Company, 330 W. 

Williams Street, Corning, New York 

14830, or at (607) 936–3755 (telephone); 

(607) 962–2844 (facsimile); 

mgerman@corninggas.com. 

There are two ways to become 

involved in the Commission’s review of 

this project. First, any person wishing to 

obtain legal status by becoming a party 

to the proceedings for this project 

should, on or before the comment date 

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