54554 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 203 / Thursday, October 22, 2009 / Notices 

Dated: October 19, 2009. 

Angela C. Arrington, 

Director, Information Collection Clearance 

Division, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Federal Student Aid 

Type of Review: Revision. 

Title: National Student Loan Data 

System (NSLDS). 

Frequency: Monthly; Quarterly SemiAnnually; Weekly. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profit; Not-for-profit institutions; 

Private Sector; State, Local, or Tribal 

Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs. 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour 

Burden: 

Responses: 40,872. 

Burden Hours: 157,456. 

Abstract: The U.S. Department of 

Education will collect data from 

postsecondary schools and guaranty 

agencies (GAs) about Federal Perkins, 

Federal Family Education, and William 

D. Ford Direct Student Loans to be used 

to determine eligibility for Title IV 

student financial aid. 

Requests for copies of the proposed 

information collection request may be 

accessed from http://edicsweb.ed.gov, 

by selecting the ‘‘Browse Pending 

Collections’’ link and by clicking on 

link number 4158. When you access the 

information collection, click on 

‘‘Download Attachments’’ to view. 

Written requests for information should 

be addressed to U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

LBJ, Washington, DC 20202–4537. 

Requests may also be electronically 

mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed 

to 202–401–0920. Please specify the 

complete title of the information 

collection when making your request. 

Comments regarding burden and/or 

the collection activity requirements 

should be electronically mailed to 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Individuals who 

use a telecommunications device for the 

deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1– 

800–877–8339. 

[FR Doc. E9–25463 Filed 10–21–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Postsecondary Education; 

Overview Information Student Support 

Services (SSS) Program; Notice 

Inviting Applications for New Awards 

for Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 84.042A 

Dates: 

Applications Available: October 22, 

2009. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: December 7, 2009. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: February 4, 2010. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The purpose of 

the SSS Program is to increase the 

number of disadvantaged low-income 

college students, first generation college 

students, and college students with 

disabilities in the United States who 

successfully complete a program of 

study at the postsecondary level. The 

support services provided should 

increase the retention and graduation 

rates for these students and facilitate 

their transfer from two-year to four-year 

colleges and universities. The support 

services provided should also foster an 

institutional climate supportive of the 

success of students who are limited 

English proficient, students from groups 

that are traditionally underrepresented 

in postsecondary education, students 

with disabilities, students who are 

homeless children and youths, students 

who are in foster care or are aging out 

of the foster care system, and other 

disconnected students. Student Support 

Services should also improve the 

financial and economic literacy of 

students. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1070a– 

11 and 20 U.S.C. 1070a–14. 

Applicable Regulations: (a) The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 

34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 82, 84, 

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

regulations for this program in 34 CFR 

part 646. 

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. 

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 646 

apply to this competition except to the extent 

such regulations conflict with Sections 402A 

and 402D of the Higher Education Act of 

1965, as amended by the Higher Education 

Opportunity Act of 2008 (HEA). 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary grants. 

Estimated Available Funds: The 

Administration has requested 

$848,089,000 to fund the Federal TRIO 

Programs, of which, $268,905,822 has 

been allocated for new awards for the 

SSS Program for FY 2010. The actual 

level of funding, if any, depends on 

final Congressional action. However, we 

are inviting applications to allow 

enough time to complete the grant 

process if Congress appropriates funds 

for the Federal TRIO Programs. 

Estimated Range of Awards: 

$220,000–$360,000. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$308,732. 

Maximum Award: We will reject any 

application that proposes a budget 

exceeding the maximum amount listed 

for a single budget period of 12 months. 

For Applicants Not Currently Receiving 

an SSS Program Grant 

Type of project Maximum 

amount * 

Regular SSS Project Serving a Minimum of 140 Student Participants ........................................................................................ $220,000 

Regular SSS Project Serving a Minimum of 100 Student Participants with Disabilities .............................................................. 220,000 

English as a Second Language (ESL) SSS Project Serving a Minimum of 140 Student Participants ........................................ 220,000 

Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) SSS Project Serving a Minimum of 120 Student Participants ... 220,000 

Health Sciences SSS Project Serving a Minimum of 120 Student Participants ........................................................................... 200,000 

Teacher Preparation SSS Project Serving a Minimum of 140 Student Participants .................................................................... 220,000 

*

Note: For any project that will serve less than the minimum number of student participants identified, the maximum award amount that may be 

requested is an amount equal to $1,500 per student participant. 

For Applicants Currently Receiving an 

SSS Program Grant 

The maximum award amount is the 

greater of: 

(a) $220,000 or 

(b) An amount equal to 103 percent of 

the applicant’s base grant award amount 

for FY 2008 or 2009, whichever is 

greater. 

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time grant aid supplement awarded in FY 

2009 cannot be added to the FY 2009 base 

grant award amount. 

Note 2: For an applicant currently 

receiving an individual SSS Program grant 

that has merged into another institution of 

higher education that is also receiving an 

individual SSS Program grant, the maximum 

award amount for the applicant (the merged 

institution) is an amount equal to 103 percent 

of the combined FY 2008 or FY 2009 base 

grant award amounts for both institutions, 

whichever is greater. 

Estimated Number of New Awards: 

871. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 60 months. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: Institutions of 

higher education or combinations of 

institutions of higher education. 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching: Section 

402D(d)(4) of the HEA requires that all 

successful applicants that use SSS 

Program funds to provide grant aid to 

students pursuant to Section 402D(d)(1) 

of the HEA must provide matching 

funds, in cash, from non-Federal funds, 

in an amount that is not less than 33 

percent of the total amount of the SSS 

Program funds used for this aid. This 

matching requirement does not apply to 

a grant recipient that is an institution of 

higher education eligible to receive 

funds under Part A or Part B of Title III 

or under Title V of the HEA. 

3. Other: An applicant may submit 

multiple applications if each separate 

application describes a project that will 

serve a different campus or a different 

population (Section 402A(c)(5) of the 

HEA). Under section 402A(h)(1) of the 

HEA, the term ‘‘different campus’’ 

means a site of an institution of higher 

education that—(1) is geographically 

apart from the main campus of the 

institution; (2) is permanent in nature; 

and (3) offers courses in educational 

programs leading to a degree, certificate, 

or other recognized educational 

credential (Section 402A(h)(1) of the 

HEA). 

Under Section 402A(h)(2) of the HEA, 

the term ‘‘different population’’ means a 

group of individuals that an eligible 

entity desires to serve through a SSS 

grant that is separate and distinct from 

any other population that the entity has 

applied to serve using Federal TRIO 

Program funds, or, while sharing some 

of the same needs as another population 

that the eligible entity has applied to 

serve using Federal TRIO Program 

funds, has distinct needs for specialized 

services. To implement the requirement 

in Section 402A(h)(2) for this 

competition, the Secretary is 

designating the populations to be served 

as: participants who meet the specific 

requirements for SSS services (‘‘regular 

SSS grants’’), participants with 

disabilities (‘‘disabled grants’’), 

participants who need ESL services 

(‘‘ESL grants’’), participants receiving 

services in the STEM fields (‘‘STEM 

grants’’), participants receiving services 

in the Health Sciences fields (‘‘Health 

Sciences grants’’) and participants 

receiving Teacher Preparation services 

(‘‘Teacher Preparation grants’’). These 

different populations need different 

types of services. Accordingly, as noted 

in the Maximum Award section, the 

Secretary has determined that projects 

serving these different populations 

should be subject to different maximum 

award amounts and different standards 

for the minimum number of 

participants. An applicant may submit 

more than one application as long as 

each application serves a different 

population. Any applicant who submits 

more than one application must submit 

a justification as to why the different 

population of participants cannot be 

served by the project in the applicant’s 

other application(s). 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Address to Request Application 

Package: Deborah Walsh, U.S. 

Department of Education, 1990 K Street, 

NW., Room 7000, Washington, DC 

20006–8510. Telephone: (202) 502–7600 

or by e-mail: TRIO@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 a copy of the application package 

in an accessible format (e.g., braille, 

large print, audiotape, or computer 

diskette) by contacting the program 

contact person listed in this section. 

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 65 pages using the following 

standards: 

• A ‘‘page’’ is 8.5′′ × 11′′, on one side 

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

and both sides. Page numbers and an 

identifier may be within the 1′′ margin. 

• Double space (no more than three 

lines per vertical inch) all text in the 

application narrative, including titles, 

headings, footnotes, quotations, 

references, and captions; however, you 

may single space 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 and Arial Narrow) will not be 

accepted. 

The page limit does not apply to Part 

I, the Application for Federal Assistance 

Face Sheet (SF 424); Part II, the budget 

information summary form (ED Form 

524); SSS Program Profile; the one-page 

Project Abstract narrative; and the 

assurances and certifications. The page 

limit also does not apply to a table of 

contents. If you include any attachments 

or appendices, these items will be 

counted as part of Part III, the 

application narrative, for purposes of 

the page-limit requirement. You must 

include your complete response to the 

selection criteria, which also includes 

the budget narrative in Part III, the 

application narrative. We will reject 

your application if you exceed the page 

limit. 

3. Submission Dates and Times: 

Applications Available: October 22, 

2009. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: December 7, 2009. 

Applications for grants under this 

program must be submitted 

electronically using the Electronic Grant 

Application System (e-Application) 

accessible through the Department’s eGrants site. 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 of 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 

of Section VII of 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. 


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Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: February 4, 2010. 

4. Intergovernmental Review: This 

program 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 

program. 

5. Funding Restrictions: We specify 

unallowable costs in 34 CFR 646.31. We 

reference additional regulations 

outlining restrictions in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

6. Other Submission Requirements: 

Applications for grants under this 

program 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 

Student Support Services Program— 

CFDA Number 84.042A must be 

submitted electronically using eApplication, accessible through the 

Department’s e-Grants Web site at: 

http://e-grants.ed.gov. 

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. 

While completing your electronic 

application, you will be entering data 

online that will be saved into a 

database. You may not e-mail an 

electronic copy of a grant application to 

us. 

Please note the following: 

• You must complete the electronic 

submission of your grant application by 

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

the application deadline date. EApplication will not accept an 

application for this program 

[competition] after 4:30:00 p.m., 

Washington, DC time, on the 

application deadline date. Therefore, we 

strongly recommend that you do not 

wait until the application deadline date 

to begin the application process. 

• The hours of operation of the eGrants Web site are 6:00 a.m. Monday 

until 7:00 p.m. Wednesday; and 6:00 

a.m. Thursday until 8:00 p.m. Sunday, 

Washington, DC time. Please note that, 

because of maintenance, the system is 

unavailable between 8:00 p.m. on 

Sundays and 6:00 a.m. on Mondays, and 

between 7:00 p.m. on Wednesdays and 

6:00 a.m. on Thursdays, Washington, 

DC time. Any modifications to these 

hours are posted on the e-Grants Web 

site. 

• 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: the 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. 

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 

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. 

• Prior to submitting your electronic 

application, you may wish to print a 

copy of it for your records. 

• After you electronically submit 

your application, you will receive an 

automatic acknowledgment that will 

include a PR/Award number (an 

identifying number unique to your 

application). 

• Within three working days after 

submitting your electronic application, 

fax a signed copy of the SF 424 to the 

Application Control Center after 

following these steps: 

(1) Print SF 424 from e-Application. 

(2) The applicant’s Authorizing 

Representative must sign this form. 

(3) Place the PR/Award number in the 

upper right hand corner of the hardcopy signature page of the SF 424. 

(4) Fax the signed SF 424 to the 

Application Control Center at (202) 

245–6272. 

• We may request that you provide us 

original signatures on other forms at a 

later date. 

Application Deadline Date Extension 

in Case of e-Application Unavailability: 

If you are prevented from electronically 

submitting your application on the 

application deadline date because eApplication is unavailable, we will 

grant you an extension of one business 

day to enable you to transmit your 

application electronically, by mail, or by 

hand delivery. We will grant this 

extension if— 

(1) You are a registered user of eApplication and you have initiated an 

electronic application for this 

competition; and 

(2) (a) E-Application is unavailable for 

60 minutes or more between the hours 

of 8:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., Washington, 

DC time, on the application deadline 

date; or 

(b) E-Application is unavailable for 

any period of time between 3:30 p.m. 

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

on the application deadline date. 

We must acknowledge and confirm 

these periods of unavailability before 

granting you an extension. To request 

this extension or to confirm our 

acknowledgment of any system 

unavailability, you may contact either 

(1) the person listed elsewhere in this 

notice under For Further Information 

Contact (see VII. Agency Contact) or (2) 

the e-Grants help desk at 1–888–336– 

8930. If e-Application is unavailable 

due to technical problems with the 

system and, therefore, the application 

deadline is extended, an e-mail will be 

sent to all registered users who have 

initiated an e-Application. Extensions 

referred to in this section apply only to 

the unavailability of e-Application. 

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 

e-Application because— 

• You do not have access to the 

Internet; or 

• You do not have the capacity to 

upload large documents to eApplication; 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 prevents 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. 


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Address and mail or fax your 

statement to: Eileen S. Bland, U.S. 

Department of Education, 1990 K Street, 

NW., Room 7000, Washington, DC 

20006–8510. Fax: (202) 502–7857. 

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 following address: 

U.S. Department of Education, 

Application Control Center, Attention: 

(CFDA Number 84.042A) LBJ Basement 

Level 1, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20202–4260. 

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 84.042A) 550 12th 

Street, SW., Room 7041, Potomac Center 

Plaza, Washington, DC 20202–4260. The 

Application Control Center accepts 

hand deliveries daily between 8:00 a.m. 

and 4:30:00 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 grant notification within 15 

business days from the application 

deadline date, you should call the U.S. 

Department of Education Application 

Control Center at (202) 245–6288. 

V. Application Review Information 

1. Selection Criteria: The selection 

criteria for this program competition are 

in 34 CFR 646.21 and are listed in the 

application package. 

Note: Under the ‘‘Objectives’’ selection 

criterion, 34 CFR 646.21 (b), worth eight (8) 

points, applicants should address the 

standardized objectives in 34 CFR 

646.21(a)(3) related to the participants’ 

academic achievements, including retention, 

grade point average, graduation, and transfer. 

Applicants also should note that the 

graduation objective should be measured by 

cohorts of students who become SSS Program 

participants in each year of the project and 

should be compared to a relevant and valid 

comparison group. The graduation, 

certificate, and transfer rates for two-year 

institutions should be measured over a fouryear period and that of four-year institutions 

should be measured over a six-year period. 

2. Review and Selection Process: A 

panel of non-Federal readers will review 

each application in accordance with the 

selection criteria, pursuant to 34 CFR 

646.21. The individual scores of the 

readers will be added and the sum 

divided by the number of readers to 

determine the reader score received in 

the review process. In accordance with 

34 CFR 646.22, the Secretary will award 

prior experience points to applicants 

that have conducted an SSS Program 

project within the last three fiscal years, 

based on their documented experience. 

Prior experience points, if any, will be 

added to the application’s averaged 

reader score to determine the total score 

for each application. If there are 

insufficient funds for all applications 

with the same total scores, the Secretary 

will choose among the tied applications 

so as to serve geographical areas that 

have been underserved by the SSS 

Program. 

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 success 

of the SSS Program will be measured by 

the rates of SSS Program participants 

persisting in and completing 

postsecondary education at the grantee 

institution. All SSS Program grantees 

will be required to submit an annual 

performance report documenting the 

persistence and degree attainment of 

their participants. Since students may 

take different lengths of time to 

complete their degrees, multiple years 

of performance report data are needed to 

determine the degree completion rates 

of SSS Program participants. The 

Department of Education will aggregate 

the data provided in the annual 

performance reports from all grantees to 

determine the accomplishment level. 

VII. Agency Contacts 

For Further Information Contact: 

Deborah Walsh or, if unavailable, 

contact Lavelle Redmond, U.S. 

Department of Education, 1990 K Street, 

NW., Room 7000, Washington, DC 

20006–8510. Telephone: (202) 502–7600 

or by e-mail: TRIO@ed.gov. 


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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. 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. 

Delegation of Authority: The Secretary 

of Education has delegated authority to 

Daniel T. Madzelan, Director, 

Forecasting and Policy Analysis for the 

Office of Postsecondary Education, to 

perform the functions and duties of the 

Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary 

Education. 

Dated: October 16, 2009. 

Daniel T. Madzelan, 

Director, Forecasting and Policy Analysis. 

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[OE Docket No. EA–64–A] 

Application To Export Electric Energy; 

Basin Electric Power Cooperative 

AGENCY: Office of Electricity Delivery 

and Energy Reliability, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of application. 

SUMMARY: Basin Electric Power 

Cooperative (Basin Electric) has applied 

to amend its authorization to export 

electric energy from the United States to 

Canada issued pursuant to section 

202(e) of the Federal Power Act. 

DATES: Comments, protests, or requests 

to intervene must be submitted on or 

before November 23, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Comments, protests, or 

requests to intervene should be 

addressed as follows: Office of 

Electricity Delivery and Energy 

Reliability, Mail Code: OE–20, U.S. 

Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0350 (FAX 202– 

586–8008). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ellen Russell (Program Office) 202–586– 

9624 or Michael Skinker (Program 

Attorney) 202–586–2793. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Exports of 

electricity from the United States to a 

foreign country are regulated by the 

Department of Energy (DOE) pursuant to 

sections 301(b) and 402(f) of the 

Department of Energy Organization Act 

(42 U.S.C. 7151(b), 7172(f)) and require 

authorization under section 202(e) of 

the FPA (16 U.S.C. 824a(e)). 

On March 6, 1980, DOE issued Order 

No. EA–64 authorizing Basin Electric to 

transmit electric energy from the United 

States to Saskatchewan Power 

Corporation (SaskPower), the provincial 

electric utility of Saskatchewan, Canada, 

using Basin Electric’s international 

transmission facilities known as the 

Tioga-Saskatchewan 230-kV intertie. 

Construction of these facilities was 

authorized by DOE in Presidential 

Permit No. PP–64. Order No. EA–64 

contained limits on the capacity and 

energy that could be exported during 

peak and non-peak times in accordance 

with the 1978 Interconnection and 

Transaction Agreement between Basin 

Electric and SasksPower. For peaking 

exports, Basin Electric was limited to a 

capacity of 100 megawatts with an 

energy limit of 438,000 megawatt hours 

(MWH) in any calendar year. 

On October 13, 2009, Basin Electric 

applied to DOE to amend Order No. EA– 

64 in order to be able to export to 

NorthPoint Energy Solutions, a 

subsidiary of SaskPower, and future 

purchasers inside Canada. In addition, 

Basic Electric seeks to remove the 

438,000–MWH energy limit and 

increase the capacity limit to 165 MW, 

which Basin Electric claims is the 

present total transfer capacity of the 

Tioga-Saskatchewan 230-kV intertie. 

The electric energy which Basin 

Electric proposes to export to Canada 

would be provided from its own 

generation resources or purchased by 

Basin Electric from other sources. 

Procedural Matters: Any person 

desiring to become a party to these 

proceedings or to be heard by filing 

comments or protests to this application 

should file a petition to intervene, 

comment, or protest at the address 

provided above in accordance with 

§§ 385.211 or 385.214 of the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission’s Rules 

of Practice and Procedures (18 CFR 

385.211, 385.214). Fifteen copies of each 

petition and protest should be filed with 

DOE on or before the date listed above. 

Comments on the Basin Electric 

application to export electric energy to 

Canada should be clearly marked with 

Docket No. EA–64–A. Additional copies 

are to be filed directly with Dave Rantz, 

Basin Electric Power Cooperative, 1717 

Interstate Avenue, Bismarck, ND 58503. 

A final decision will be made on this 

application after the environmental 

impacts have been evaluated pursuant 

to the National Environmental Policy 

Act of 1969, and a determination is 

made by DOE that the proposed action 

will not adversely impact on the 

reliability of the U.S. electric power 

supply system. 

Copies of this application will be 

made available, upon request, for public 

inspection and copying at the address 

provided above, by accessing the 

program Web site at http:// 

www.oe.energy.gov/ 

permits_pending.htm, or by e-mailing 

Odessa Hopkins at 

Odessa.hopkins@hq.doe.gov. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on October 16, 

2009. 

Ellen Russell, 

Acting Director, Permitting and Siting, Office 

of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability. 

[FR Doc. E9–25437 Filed 10–21–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[OE Docket No. EA–284–B] 

Application to Export Electric Energy; 

Sempra Energy Solutions LLC 

AGENCY: Office of Electricity Delivery 

and Energy Reliability, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of application. 

SUMMARY: Sempra Energy Solutions LLC 

(SES) applied to renew its authority to 

export electric energy from the United 

States to Mexico for a period of five 

years pursuant to section 202(e) of the 

Federal Power Act. 

DATES: Comments, protests, or requests 

to intervene must be submitted on or 

before November 23, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Comments, protests, or 

requests to intervene should be 

addressed as follows: Office of 

Electricity Delivery and Energy 

Reliability, Mail Code: OE–20, U.S. 

Department of Energy, 1000 


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