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(5) The applicant’s plans to share the 

results of the research in progress and 

a copy of the dissertation with scholars 

and officials of the host country or 

countries (5 points); and 

(6) The guidance and supervision of 

the dissertation advisor or committee at 

all stages of the project, including 

guidance in developing the project, 

understanding research conditions 

abroad, and acquainting the applicant 

with research in the field (10 points). 

Qualifications of the applicant (40 

points): The Secretary reviews each 

application to determine the 

qualifications of the applicant. The 

Secretary considers— 

(1) The overall strength of the 

applicant’s graduate academic record 

(10 points); 

(2) The extent to which the 

applicant’s academic record 

demonstrates strength in area studies 

relevant to the proposed project (10 

points); 

(3) The applicant’s proficiency in one 

or more of the languages (other than 

English and the applicant’s native 

language) of the country or countries of 

research, and the specific measures to 

be taken to overcome any anticipated 

language barriers (15 points); and 

(4) The applicant’s ability to conduct 

research in a foreign cultural context, as 

evidenced by the applicant’s references 

or previous overseas experience, or both 

(5 points). 

VI. Award Administration Information 

1. Award Notices: If a student 

application is successful, we notify the 

IHE’s U.S. Representative and U.S. 

Senators and send the IHE a Grant 

Award Notice (GAN). We may notify the 

IHE informally, also. 

If a student application is not 

evaluated or not selected for funding, 

we notify the IHE. 

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 in this notice. 

We reference the regulations outlining 

the terms and conditions of an award in 

the Applicable Regulations section in 

this notice and include these and other 

specific conditions in the GAN. The 

GAN also incorporates its approved 

application as part of the binding 

commitments under the grant. 

3. Reporting: At the end of the project 

period, the IHE must submit a final 

performance report, including the final 

reports of all of the IHE’s fellows, and 

financial information, as directed by the 

Secretary. The IHE and fellows are 

required to use the International 

Resource Information System (IRIS) 

electronic reporting system to complete 

the final report. 

4. Performance Measures: Under the 

Government Performance and Results 

Act of 1993, the objective for the 

Fulbright-Hays DDRA Fellowship 

Program is to provide grants to colleges 

and universities to fund individual 

doctoral students to conduct research in 

other countries in modern foreign 

languages and area studies for periods of 

6 to 12 months. 

The Department will use the 

following DDRA measures to evaluate 

its success in meeting this objective: 

Performance Measure 1: The average 

language competency score of FulbrightHays DDRA Fellowship recipients at the 

end of their period of research minus 

their average score at the beginning of 

the period. 

Performance Measure 2: Percentage of 

Fulbright-Hays DDRA projects judged to 

be successful by the program officer, 

based on a review of information 

provided in annual performance reports. 

Efficiency measure: Cost per grantee 

increasing language competency by at 

least one level in at least one area. 

The information provided by grantees 

in their performance report submitted 

via IRIS will be the source of data for 

this measure. Reporting screens for 

institutions and fellows may be viewed 

at: http://iris.ed.gov/iris/pdfs/ 

DDRA_director.pdf. http://iris.ed.gov/ 

iris/pdfs/DDRA_fellows.pdf. 

VII. Agency Contact 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amy Wilson, International Education 

Programs Service, U.S. Department of 

Education, 1990 K Street, NW., Room 

6082, Washington, DC 20006–8521. 

Telephone: (202) 502–7700 or by e-mail: 

amy.wilson@ed.gov. 

If you use a TDD, call the FRS, toll 

free, at 1–800–877–8339. 

VIII. Other Information 

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document 

and a copy of the application package in 

an accessible 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 of 

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. 

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: September 14, 2010. 

Eduardo M. Ochoa, 

Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary 

Education. 

[FR Doc. 2010–23314 Filed 9–16–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Notice Inviting Publishers To Submit 

Tests for a Determination of Suitability 

for Use in the National Reporting 

System for Adult Education 

AGENCY: Office of Vocational and Adult 

Education, U.S. Department of 

Education 

ACTION: Notice inviting publishers to 

submit tests for a determination of 

suitability for use in the National 

Reporting System for Adult Education. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Education 

(Department) announces the date by 

which test publishers must submit tests 

to the Secretary for review and approval 

for use in the National Reporting System 

for Adult Education (NRS). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mike Dean, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

Room 11152, Potomac Center Plaza, 

Washington, DC 20202–7240. 

Telephone: (202) 245–7828 or by e-mail: 

Mike.Dean@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD), call the 

Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1–800– 

877–8339. 

Individuals with disabilities can 

obtain this document in an accessible 

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

audiotape, or computer diskette) on 

request to the contact person listed in 

this section. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department’s Measuring Educational 

Gain in the National Reporting System 

for Adult Education regulations, 34 CFR 

part 462 (NRS regulations), include the 

procedures for determining the 

suitability of tests for use in the NRS. 

Criteria the Secretary uses: In order 

for the Secretary to consider a test 

suitable for use in the NRS, the test 

must meet the criteria and requirements 

established in § 462.13 of the NRS 

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Submission Requirements: 

(a) A test publisher must comply with 

the requirements in § 462.11 of the NRS 

regulations when submitting an 

application. 

(b) In accordance with § 462.10 of the 

NRS regulations, the deadline for 

transmittal of applications is October 1, 

2010. 

(c) Whether you submit your 

application by mail (through the U.S. 

Postal Service or a commercial carrier) 

or you hand deliver (or use a courier 

service) your application, you must mail 

or deliver three copies of your 

application, on or before the deadline 

date, to the following address: NRS 

Assessment Review, c/o American 

Institutes for Research, 1000 Thomas 

Jefferson Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20007. 

(d) If you submit your application by 

mail or commercial carrier, 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. 

(e) 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. 

(f) 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. 

(g) If you submit your application by 

hand delivery, you (or a courier service) 

must deliver three copies of the 

application by hand, on or before 

4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time on 

the application deadline date. 

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. 

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: September 14, 2010. 

Brenda Dann-Messier, 

Assistant Secretary for Vocational and Adult 

Education. 

[FR Doc. 2010–23309 Filed 9–16–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[Docket No. PP–334] 

Notice of Availability of Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement and 

Public Hearings for the Proposed 

Energia Sierra Juarez U.S. 

Transmission Project (ESJ–U.S.) 

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of availability and public 

hearings. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(DOE) announces the availability of the 

‘‘Draft Environmental Impact Statement 

for the Energia Sierra Juarez U.S. 

Transmission Line Project’’ (DOE/EIS– 

0414) for public comment. DOE also 

announces three public hearings to 

receive comments on the Draft EIS. The 

Draft EIS evaluates the environmental 

impacts of DOE’s proposed Federal 

action of issuing a Presidential permit to 

Energia Sierra Juarez U.S. Transmission, 

LLC (ESJ–U.S.), for the construction, 

operation, maintenance, and connection 

of either a double-circuit 230-kilovolt 

(kV) or a single-circuit 500-kV electric 

transmission line that would cross the 

U.S.-Mexico border in the vicinity of 

Jacumba, California. 

DATES: DOE invites interested members 

of Congress, State and local 

governments, other Federal agencies, 

American Indian tribal governments, 

organizations, and members of the 

public to provide comments on the Draft 

EIS during the 45-day public comment 

period. The public comment period 

starts on September 17, 2010, with the 

publication in the Federal Register by 

the U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency of its Notice of Availability of 

the Draft EIS, and will continue until 

November 1, 2010. Written and oral 

comments will be given equal weight 

and all comments received or 

postmarked by that date will be 

considered by DOE in preparing the 

Final EIS. Comments received or 

postmarked after that date will be 

considered to the extent practicable. 

Requests to speak at a specific public 

hearing should be received by Dr. Jerry 

Pell as indicated in the ADDRESSES

section below on or before September 

30, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Requests to speak at the 

public hearings should be addressed to: 

Dr. Jerry Pell, Office of Electricity 

Delivery and Energy Reliability (OE–20), 

U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585; 

Jerry.Pell@hq.doe.gov (preferred); or by 

facsimile to 202–318–7761. Requests to 

speak may also be made at the time of 

registration for the hearing(s). However, 

persons who have submitted advance 

requests to speak will be given priority 

if time should be limited during the 

hearing. 

Written comments on the Draft EIS 

may be provided on the project EIS 

website at http://esjprojecteis.org 

(preferred) or addressed to Dr. Pell as 

indicated. 

The locations, dates, and times of the 

public hearings appear in the Table 

below: 


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