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Rights Act of 1964. See the Ship 

Donation web page for the Civil Rights 

Compliance (Assurance of Compliance) 

Form located as Appendix D to Ship 

Donation Program Manual (NAVSEA 

Instruction 4520.1B), at this link: 

http://teamships.crane.navy.mil/ 

Inactiveships/Donation/ 

applicationinfo.htm; 

b. Executive Summary: The applicant 

shall limit the Executive Summary 

submission to eleven (11) pages total. 

The Executive Summary must address 

the following: 

(1) Organizational Description: 

Provide an overview of the applicant’s 

organizational structure, functional 

components, and names of current key 

leadership and staff positions; 

(2) Market Analysis: Summarize the 

local and regional market demand for 

additional museum/memorial 

attractions. Succinctly define the target 

market. Discuss the available 

demographic information, the existing 

competition in the local and regional 

area for visitor museum/memorial 

attractions, visitor attendance numbers 

for existing area museum/memorial 

attractions, and projected visitor 

attendance for the applicant’s proposal; 

(3) Marketing and Sales Outreach: 

Outline the overarching marketing 

strategy for integrating the proposed 

ship museum/memorial into the local 

and regional community, and how the 

applicant plans to penetrate that market. 

Provide an overview of customer and 

market analysis, marketing 

communications, and sales strategies; 

(4) Museum/Memorial Services 

Assessment: Discuss the benefits the 

proposed ship museum/memorial will 

offer to visitors/customers and the 

community. Identify challenges 

anticipated in establishing a new ship 

museum/memorial. Cite available data/ 

evidence regarding the willingness of a 

defined customer base to pay for the 

services being offered; 

(5) Funding: Provide a Rough Order of 

Magnitude (ROM) cost estimate that the 

applicant anticipates will be required to 

cover all costs associated with the 

acquisition/start-up costs of the 

proposed ship donation transfer, 

including mooring, towing, 

environmental surveys and cleanup, 

dredging, museum development, 

maintenance, refurbishment of the 

vessel to be used as a static public 

display, pier, insurance, legal services, 

etc. Separately provide a ROM cost 

estimate of the annual operational and 

support costs of the proposed ship 

museum/memorial. In addition, provide 

a ROM cost estimate of the applicant’s 

cost of dismantling the vessel in the 

United States upon completion of its 

use as a museum/memorial or in the 

event of bankruptcy or inability to 

properly maintain the vessel to be used 

as a static public display; 

(6) Financial: Provide a summary of 

projected sources of income to support 

both the acquisition/start-up costs and 

the annual operational and support 

costs for the vessel used as a static 

public display; 

(7) Environmental: Discuss the 

challenges anticipated in meeting the 

environmental requirements regarding 

hazardous materials, maintenance of 

polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) 

containing materials, endangered 

species, dredging disposal, and required 

environmental permits from all 

cognizant authorities; 

(8) Mooring: Discuss the approach to 

be proposed for the mooring plan for the 

vessel used as a static public display, 

including location, design, and mooring 

system in accordance with U.S. Coast 

Guard (USCG) requirements; 

(9) Towing: Discuss the approach to 

be proposed for relocating the vessel 

from its current location to the proposed 

permanent berth location in 

conformance with the Navy Tow 

Manual and USCG requirements; 

(10) Maintenance: Discuss the 

challenges in restoring and preserving 

for an indefinite period the steel-hulled 

vessel proposed as a ship museum/ 

memorial; and 

(11) Curatorial/Museum: Discuss the 

approach to be proposed for display and 

interpretation of the vessel used as a 

static public display, including 

collection management procedures. 

The Phase I documentation (Letter of 

Intent and Executive Summary) must be 

submitted to the Navy Inactive Ships 

Program in hard copy and electronically 

on a CD–ROM in either an MS Word 

document or word searchable PDF 

format. The Phase I documentation must 

be mailed to: The Columbia Group, 1201 

M Street, SE., Suite 020, Washington, 

DC 20003; marked for the Ship Donation 

Project Manager (PMS 333). Applicants 

are discouraged from photocopying, 

cutting and pasting, and generally 

providing information which is easily 

accessible via the internet and/or is 

already in the public domain. Original 

content which is specific to the vessel 

being donated is of greatest importance 

to the evaluators. 

If the DoN does not receive 

satisfactory Phase I documentation 

(Letter of Intent and Executive 

Summary) from any applicant, the DoN 

reserves the right to enter into 

discussions with all applicants in an 

effort to achieve at least one acceptable 

submission; or remove the vessel from 

donation consideration and proceed 

with disposal of the vessel. 

Note that any future changes to 

guidelines, policy, and law will be 

reflected in the guidance published on 

the DoN Ship Donation web page 

located at: http:// 

teamships.crane.navy.mil/Inactiveships/ 

Donation. Guidance and requirements 

posted on the Ship Donation Web page 

shall take precedence over the contents 

of the Federal Register notice. 

Applicants are advised to read and 

follow the Web page guidance for the 

most current set of ship donation 

requirements. 

For Further Information and 

Submission of Ship Donation 

Applications, Contact: Ms. Elizabeth 

Freese of the Naval Sea Systems 

Command, Navy Inactive Ships Program 

(PMS 333), telephone number 202–781– 

4423. Mailed correspondence should be 

addressed to: The Columbia Group, 

1201 M Street SE., Suite 020, 

Washington, DC 20003; marked for Ship 

Donation Project Manager (PMS 333). 

Dated: June 8, 2009. 

A.M. Vallandingham, 

Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate 

General’s Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register 

Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–14043 Filed 6–12–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3810–FF–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Postsecondary Education; 

Overview Information; Underground 

Railroad Educational and Cultural 

Program; Notice Inviting Applications 

for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 

2009 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 84.345A. 

Dates: 

Applications Available: June 15, 2009. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: July 30, 2009. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: September 28, 2009. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The purpose of 

the Underground Railroad Educational 

and Cultural (URR) Program is to help 

preserve the Underground Railroad’s 

legacy and to help demonstrate how the 

Underground Railroad’s widespread 

operations network transformed our 

Nation. In addition, the URR also 

promotes the formation of publicprivate partnerships to help disseminate 

information regarding the Underground 

Railroad throughout the United States, 


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including lessons to be drawn from the 

history of the Underground Railroad. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1153. 

Applicable Regulations: The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 

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

85, 86, 97, 98 and 99. 

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: 

$1,945,000. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$500,000–$1,000,000 total for up to 

three years. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 2. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 36 months. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit 

educational organizations that are 

established to research, display, 

interpret, and collect artifacts relating to 

the history of the Underground 

Railroad, including the lessons to be 

drawn from such history. 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching: The 

Federal Government may provide no 

more than 20 percent of the total funds 

for any project funded under this 

competition. See 20 U.S.C. 1153(b)(2). 

Applicants must provide the remaining 

funding from non-Federal public or 

private entities in an amount equal to or 

greater than four times the amount of 

the grant awarded under this section. 

All applicants will be required to 

provide documentation to substantiate 

their ability to meet the cost sharing 

requirement. 

3. Other: 

(a) Each nonprofit educational 

organization awarded a grant under this 

competition must establish a facility 

to— 

(i) House, display, interpret, and 

communicate information regarding the 

artifacts and other materials related to 

the history of the Underground 

Railroad, including the lessons to be 

drawn from such history; 

(ii) Maintain such artifacts and 

materials; 

(iii) Make these efforts, as described 

in paragraph (i), available including 

through electronic means, to elementary 

and secondary schools, institutions of 

higher education, and the general 

public. 

(b) Each grantee must demonstrate 

substantial public and private support 

for the operation of the facility through 

the implementation of a public-private 

partnership between one or more State 

or local public entities and one or more 

private entities. This public-private 

partnership must provide the matching 

funds from non-Federal sources for the 

support of the facility, as described in 

the preceding section on cost sharing or 

matching. 

(c) Each grantee must create an 

endowment to fund any and all 

shortfalls in the costs of the on-going 

facility operations. 

(d) Grantees may establish and 

maintain a network of satellite centers 

throughout the United States to help 

disseminate information regarding the 

Underground Railroad, including the 

lessons to be drawn from the history of 

the Underground Railroad, if such 

satellite centers raise 80 percent of the 

funds required to establish the satellite 

centers from non-Federal public and 

private sources. 

(e) In addition, grantees must 

establish and maintain the capability to 

electronically link the facility with other 

local and regional facilities that have 

collections and programs that interpret 

the history of the Underground 

Railroad, including the lessons to be 

drawn from such history. 

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://egrants.ed.gov. 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 

84.345A. 

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 person or 

team listed under Accessible 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 

competition. 

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 to the equivalent 

of no more than 30 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, except titles, 

headings, footnotes, quotations, 

references, and captions. Charts, tables, 

figures and graphs in the application 

narrative may be single spaced and will 

count toward the page limit. 

• Use a font that is either 12 point or 

larger, or no smaller than 10 pitch 

(characters per inch). However, you may 

use a 10 point font in charts, tables, 

figures, and graphs. 

• 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; the table of contents; the 

project abstract; or the appendix. The 

appendix may include only project 

documentation; one-page re ́sume ́s for 

key personnel; letters of commitment 

from partners, satellite centers, or 

electronic linkage partners; letters from 

professionals who will ensure that the 

applicant creates, designates, or raises 

funds for the required project 

endowment; and bibliographical 

references or citations. 

3. Submission Dates and Times: 

Applications Available: June 15, 2009. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: July 30, 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. Please do not use Grant.gov; 

the Department has moved its grant 

application mechanism to e-Application 

on e-Grants. 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. 


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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 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. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: September 28, 2009. 

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 of 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 

Underground Railroad Educational and 

Cultural Program—CFDA number 

84.345A—must be submitted 

electronically using e-Application, 

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. 

E–Application will not accept an 

application for this 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 

e-Application 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 

e-Application 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 

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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. 

Address and mail or fax your 

statement to: Claire D. Cornell, U.S. 

Department of Education, 1990 K Street, 

NW., room 6145, Washington, DC 

20006–8544. FAX: (202) 502–7877. 

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 84.345A), 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 84.345A, 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 

Selection Criteria: The selection 

criteria for this program are from 34 CFR 

75.210 and include: significance (10 

points); quality of the project design (40 

points); adequacy of resources (20 

points); quality of project personnel (10 

points); and quality of the project 

evaluation (20 points). Additional 

information regarding these criteria is in 

the application package for this 

competition. 

In making grant awards for this 

program, the Department will consider 

information concerning the applicant’s 

performance and use of funds from a 

prior grant in this program, or in any 

other Department program, and will 

consider the applicant’s failure to 

submit an acceptable performance 

report for a grant in this or any other 

Department program. 34 CFR 

75.217(d)(3). 

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 specified by 

the Secretary in 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. 

In the annual and final reports, 

applicants must provide documentation 

of their efforts to collect, research, 

display, and interpret artifacts, digital 

resources, and other materials that 

collect, preserve, and disseminate 

information on the Underground 

Railroad’s history, including the lessons 

to be drawn from such history. If they 

have created or designated satellite 

centers, they must provide 

documentation of their creation or 

designation of satellite centers, an 

account of the satellite centers’ 

activities, and documentation of the 

satellite centers’ 4:1 cost share. Grantees 

must also provide evidence of their 

creation of electronic links to other 

organizations and facilities that have 

collections and programs that interpret 

the history of the Underground Railroad 

and lessons drawn from such history. 

Grantees must document their efforts to 

make their resources and efforts 

available through electronic means, to 

elementary and secondary schools, to 

institutions of higher education, and to 

the general public. Finally, each annual 

report must contain the audited 

financial statement of the organization 

for the preceding fiscal year. 

4. Performance Measures: Under the 

Government Performance and Results 

Act (GPRA), the following measure will 

be used by the Department in assessing 

the performance of the Underground 


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Railroad Educational and Cultural 

Program: The extent to which funded 

projects have been institutionalized and 

are able to continue after URR funding 

ends. 

If funded, you will be asked to collect 

and report data on these measures in 

your project’s annual performance 

report (EDGAR, 34 CFR 75.590). 

VII. Agency Contact 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

Further Information Contact: Claire D. 

Cornell, Underground Railroad 

Educational and Cultural Program, U.S. 

Department of Education, 1990 K Street, 

NW., Room 6145, Washington, DC 

20006–8544. Telephone: (202) 502–7609 

or by e-mail: claire.cornell@ed.gov. The 

agency contact person does not mail 

application materials and does not 

accept applications. 

If you use a TDD, call the Federal 

Relay Service, 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 

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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 of the Assistant 

Secretary for Postsecondary Education. 

Dated: June 9, 2009. 

Daniel T. Madzelan, 

Director, Forecasting and Policy Analysis. 

[FR Doc. E9–13881 Filed 6–12–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

State Energy Advisory Board (STEAB) 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of Open Teleconferences. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces two 

teleconferences of the State Energy 

Advisory Board (STEAB). The Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463; 86 Stat.770) requires that public 

notice of these teleconferences be 

announced in the Federal Register. 

DATES: July 22, 2009, at 2–3 p.m. EDT 

and August 26, 2009, at 2–3 p.m. EDT. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary 

Burch, STEAB Designated Federal 

Officer, Office of Commercialization and 

Project Management, Golden Field 

Office, U.S. Department of Energy, 1617 

Cole Boulevard, Golden, CO 80401, 

Telephone 303–275–4801. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Board: To make 

recommendations to the Assistant 

Secretary for the Office of Energy 

Efficiency and Renewable Energy 

regarding goals and objectives, 

programmatic and administrative 

policies, and to otherwise carry out the 

Board’s responsibilities as designated in 

the State Energy Efficiency Programs 

Improvement Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101– 

440). 

Tentative Agenda: Discuss ways 

STEAB can support DOE’s 

implementation of the Economic 

Recovery Act, support 

commercialization efforts for both 

energy efficiency and renewable energy, 

consider potential collaborative 

activities involving the State Energy 

Offices, and update members on other 

routine business matters. 

Public Participation: The 

teleconferences are open to the public. 

Members of the public who wish to 

make oral statements pertaining to 

agenda items, or who simply want to 

listen to the teleconferences, should 

contact Gary Burch at the address or 

telephone number listed above. 

Requests to make oral comments must 

be received five days prior to the 

teleconferences; reasonable provision 

will be made to include requested 

topic(s) on the agenda. Written 

statements may be filed with the Board 

either before or after the 

teleconferences. The Chair of the Board 

is empowered to conduct the 

teleconferences in a fashion that will 

facilitate the orderly conduct of 

business. 

Minutes: The minutes of the 

teleconferences will be available for 

public review and copying within 60 

days on the STEAB Web site, http:// 

www.steab.org. 

Issued at Washington, DC, on June 10, 

2009. 

Rachel Samuel, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–14001 Filed 6–12–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technical 

Advisory Committee (HTAC) 

AGENCY: Department of Energy, Office of 

Energy Efficiency and Renewable 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Hydrogen and Fuel Cell 

Technical Advisory Committee (HTAC) 

was established under section 807 of the 

Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPACT), 

Public Law 109–58; 119 Stat. 849. The 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public 

Law 92–463, 86 Stat. 770, requires that 

agencies publish notice of an advisory 

committee meeting in the Federal 

Register. To attend the meeting and/or 

to make oral statements during the 

public comment period, please e-mail 

HTAC@nrel.gov at least 5 business days 

before the meeting. Please indicate if 

you will be attending the meeting, 

whether you want to make an oral 

statement on July 15, 2009, and what 

organization you represent (if 

appropriate). 

DATES: Wednesday, July 15, 2009, from 

8:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Hartford/Windsor Marriott, 

28 Day Hill Road, Windsor, CT 06095. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

HTAC@nrel.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Meeting: To provide 

advice, information, and 

recommendations to the Secretary on 

the program authorized by title VIII of 

EPACT. 

Tentative Agenda: (Subject to change; 

updates will be posted on http:// 

hydrogen.energy.gov and copies of the 

final agenda will available the date of 

the meeting). The following items will 

be covered on the agenda: 

• DOE Program Update; 

• Updates on Key Foreign Government 

Programs; 


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