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Administrator for the Office of Special 

Education and Rehabilitative Services, 

to perform the functions of the Assistant 

Secretary for Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services. 

Dated: July 23, 2009. 

Andrew J. Pepin, 

Executive Administrator for Special 

Education and Rehabilitative Services. 

[FR Doc. E9–17962 Filed 7–27–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

National Institute on Disability and 

Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR)— 

Disability and Rehabilitation Research 

Projects and Centers Program— 

Rehabilitation Research and Training 

Centers (RRTCs)—Enhancing the 

Health and Wellness of Individuals 

With Neuromuscular Diseases (CFDA 

84.133B–10); Correction 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice inviting applications for 

new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2009; 

correction. 

SUMMARY: On July 21, 2009, we 

published in the Federal Register (74 

FR 35855) a notice inviting applications 

for new awards for FY 2009 under 

Disability and Rehabilitation Research 

Projects and Centers Program— 

Rehabilitation Research and Training 

Centers (RRTCs)—Enhancing the Health 

and Wellness of Individuals With 

Neuromuscular Diseases (CFDA 

84.133B–10). 

This document corrects errors in the 

July 21, 2009 notice. 

On page 35855, in the first column, 

correct the date in the ‘‘Date of PreApplication Meeting’’ caption to read 

‘‘August 6, 2009’’. 

On page 35856, in the first column, 

correct the date in the ‘‘Date of PreApplication Meeting’’ caption to read 

‘‘August 6, 2009’’. 

On page 35855, in the first column, 

correct the date in the ‘‘Deadline for 

Transmittal of Applications’’ caption to 

read ‘‘August 20, 2009’’. 

On page 35856, in the first column, 

correct the date in the ‘‘Deadline for 

Transmittal of Applications’’ caption to 

read ‘‘August 20, 2009’’. 

On page 35855, in the second column, 

correct the amount in the ‘‘Estimated 

Available Funds’’ caption to read 

‘‘$800,000’’. 

On page 35855, in the second column, 

correct the amount in the ‘‘Maximum 

Award’’ caption to read ‘‘$800,000’’. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Donna Nangle, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

room 6029, PCP, Washington, DC 20202. 

Telephone: (202) 245–7462 or by e-mail: 

Donna.Nangle@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunication 

device for the deaf (TDD), call the 

Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 

1–800–877–8339. 

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) 

by contacting the Grants and Contracts 

Services Team, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

room 5075, PCP, Washington, DC 

20202–2550. Telephone: (202) 245– 

7363. If you use a TDD, call the FRS, 

toll-free, at 1–800–877–8339. 

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 

Andrew J. Pepin, Executive 

Administrator for the Office of Special 

Education and Rehabilitative Services, 

to perform the functions of the Assistant 

Secretary for Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services. 

Dated: July 23, 2009. 

Andrew J. Pepin, 

Executive Administrator for Special 

Education and Rehabilitative Services. 

[FR Doc. E9–17964 Filed 7–27–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services; Overview 

Information; National Institute on 

Disability and Rehabilitation Research 

(NIDRR)—Disability and Rehabilitation 

Research Projects and Centers 

Program—Rehabilitation Engineering 

Research Centers (RERCs); Notice 

Inviting Applications for New Awards 

for Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Numbers: 84.133E–1, 

84.133E–3, and 84.133E–4. 

DATES: Applications Available: See 

chart. 

Date of Pre-Application Meeting: See 

chart. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: See chart. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The purpose of 

the RERC program is to improve the 

effectiveness of services authorized 

under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as 

amended, by conducting advanced 

engineering research and development 

on innovative technologies that are 

designed to solve particular 

rehabilitation problems, or remove 

environmental barriers. RERCs also 

demonstrate and evaluate such 

technologies, facilitate service delivery 

system changes, stimulate the 

production and distribution of new 

technologies and equipment in the 

private sector, and provide training 

opportunities. 

Additional information on the RERC 

program can be found at: http:// 

www.ed.gov/rschstat/research/pubs/resprogram.html#RERC. 

Priorities: NIDRR has established 

three separate priorities for the three 

competitions announced in this notice. 

The three priorities are from the notice 

of final priorities (NFP) for the 

Disability and Rehabilitation Research 

Projects and Centers program, published 

elsewhere in this issue of the Federal 

Register. 

Absolute Priorities: For FY 2009, these 

priorities are absolute priorities. Under 

34 CFR 75.105(c)(3), for each 

competition (designated by CFDA 

number in the following chart), we 

consider only applications that meet the 

absolute priority designated for that 

competition. 

These priorities are: 

Absolute priority 

Corresponding 

competition 

CFDA No. 

Telerehabilitation ................ 84.133E–1 

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Absolute priority 

Corresponding 

competition 

CFDA No. 

Telecommunication ............. 84.133E–3 

Cognitive Rehabilitation ...... 84.133E–4 

Note: The full text of each of these 

priorities is included in its NFP in the 

Federal Register and in the applicable 

application package. 

Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 762(g) 

and 764(b)(3). 

Applicable Regulations: (a) The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 

34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 80, 81, 82, 84, 

85, 86, and 97. (b) The regulations for 

this program in 34 CFR part 350. (c) The 

NFP for the Disability and 

Rehabilitation Research Projects and 

Centers program, published elsewhere 

in this issue of the Federal Register. 

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 

apply to institutions of higher education 

(IHEs) only. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary grants. 

Estimated Available Funds: 

$2,850,000. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

See chart. 

Maximum Award: See chart. 

Estimated Number of Awards: See 

chart. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: See chart. 

REHABILITATION ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTERS APPLICATION NOTICE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2009 

CFDA Number and name Applications 

available 

Deadline for 

transmittal of 

applications 

Date of 

pre-application 

meeting 

Estimated 

average 

size of 

awards 

Maximum 

award * 

Estimated 

number 

of awards 

Project 

period 

84.133E–1 Telerehabilitation July 28, 2009 ....... August 27, 2009 .. 08/10/09 $950,000 * $950,000 1 Up to 60 mos. 

84.133E–3 Telecommunication............................... .............................. 08/10/09 950,000 * 950,000 1 Up to 60 mos. 

84.133E–4 Cognitive Rehabilitation............................... .............................. 08/10/09 950,000 * 950,000 1 Up to 60 mos. 

* We will reject any application that proposes a budget exceeding the maximum award for a single budget period of 12 months. The Assistant 

Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services may change the maximum amount through a notice published in the Federal 

Register. 

Note: The maximum amount includes 

direct and indirect costs. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: States; public 

or private agencies, including for-profit 

agencies; public or private 

organizations, including for-profit 

organizations; IHEs; and Indian tribes 

and tribal organizations. 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This 

competition does not require cost 

sharing or matching. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Address To Request Application 

Package: Education Publications Center 

(ED Pubs), 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 package 

from ED Pubs, be sure to identify these 

competitions as follows: CFDA numbers 

84.133E–1, 84.133E–3, or 84.133E–4. 

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. We recommend that 

you limit Part III to the equivalent of no 

more than 125 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. Single spacing 

may be used for titles, headings, 

footnotes, quotations, references, and 

captions, as well as all text in charts, 

tables, figures, and graphs. 

• Use a font that is either 12 point or 

larger or no smaller than 10 pitch 

(characters per inch). 

• Use one of the following fonts: 

Times New Roman, Courier, Courier 

New, or Arial. An application submitted 

in any other font (including Times 

Roman or Arial Narrow) will not be 

accepted. 

The recommended page limit does not 

apply to Part I, the cover sheet; Part II, 

the budget section, including the 

narrative budget justification; Part IV, 

the assurances and certifications; or the 

one-page abstract, the resumes, the 

bibliography, or the letters of support. 

However, the recommended page limit 

does apply to all of the application 

narrative section (Part III). 

The application package will provide 

instructions for completing all 

components to be included in the 

application. Each application must 

include a cover sheet (Standard Form 

424); budget requirements (ED Form 

524) and narrative justification; other 

required forms; an abstract, Human 

Subjects narrative, Part III narrative; 

resumes of staff; and other related 

materials, if applicable. 

3. Submission Dates and Times: 

Applications Available: See chart. 

Date of Pre-Application Meeting: See 

chart. 

Interested parties are invited to 

participate in a pre-application meeting 

and to receive information and technical 

assistance through individual 

consultation with NIDRR staff. 

Interested parties may participate in this 

meeting by conference call with NIDRR 

staff from the Office of Special 

Education and Rehabilitative Services 

between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m., Washington, 

DC time. NIDRR staff also will be 

available from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., 

Washington, DC time, on the same day, 

by telephone, to provide information 

and technical assistance through 

individual consultation. For further 

information or to make arrangements to 

participate in the meeting via 

conference call or for an individual 

consultation, contact Donna Nangle, 

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U.S. Department of Education, Room 

6029, Potomac Center Plaza (PCP), 550 

12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20202. Telephone: (202) 245–7462 or by 

e-mail: Donna.Nangle@ed.gov. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: See chart. 

Applications for grants under these 

competitions 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 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. 

4. Intergovernmental Review: This 

program is not subject to Executive 

Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 

CFR part 79. 

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 these 

competitions 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 these 

RERCs competitions—CFDA Numbers 

84.133E–1, 84.133E–3, and 84.133E–4— 

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. EApplication 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 a.m. Monday until 

7 p.m. Wednesday; and 6 a.m. Thursday 

until 8 p.m. Sunday, Washington, DC 

time. Please note that, because of 

maintenance, the system is unavailable 

between 8 p.m. on Sundays and 6 a.m. 

on Mondays, and between 7 p.m. on 

Wednesdays and 6 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 

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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. 

Address and mail or fax your 

statement to: Donna Nangle, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Avenue, SW., Room 6029, PCP, 

Washington, DC 20202–2700. FAX: 

(202) 245–7323. 

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 Numbers 84.133E–1, 84.133E–3, 

or 84.133E–4), 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 Numbers 84.133E–1, 84.133E–3, 

or 84.133E–4), 550 12th Street, SW., 

Room 7041, Potomac Center Plaza, 

Washington, DC 20202–4260. 

The Application Control Center 

accepts hand deliveries daily between 8 

a.m. and 4:30:00 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 competition are from 34 

CFR 350.54 and are listed in the 

application package. 

2. Review and Selection Process: 

Additional factors we consider in 

determining the merits of an application 

are as follows— 

The Secretary is interested in 

outcomes-oriented research or 

development projects that use rigorous 

scientific methodologies. To address 

this interest, applicants are encouraged 

to articulate goals, objectives, and 

expected outcomes for the proposed 

research or development activities. 

Proposals should describe how results 

and planned outputs are expected to 

contribute to advances in knowledge, 

improvements in policy and practice, 

and public benefits for individuals with 

disabilities. Applicants should propose 

projects that are designed to be 

consistent with these goals. We 

encourage applicants to include in their 

application a description of how results 

will measure progress towards 

achievement of anticipated outcomes 

(including a discussion of the proposed 

measures of effectiveness), the 

mechanisms that will be used to 

evaluate outcomes associated with 

specific problems or issues, and how the 

proposed activities will support new 

intervention approaches and strategies. 

Submission of the information 

identified in this section V. 2. Review 

and Selection Process is voluntary, 

except where required by the selection 

criteria listed in the application 

package. 

VI. Award Administration Information 

1. Award Notices: If your application 

is successful, we notify your U.S. 

Representative and U.S. Senators and 

send you a Grant Award Notification 

(GAN). We may notify you informally, 

also. 

If your application is not evaluated or 

not selected for funding, we notify you. 

2. Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements: We identify 

administrative and national policy 

requirements in the application package 

and reference these and other 

requirements in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

We reference the regulations outlining 

the terms and conditions of an award in 

the Applicable Regulations section of 

this notice and include these and other 

specific conditions in the GAN. The 

GAN also incorporates your approved 

application as part of your binding 

commitments under the grant. 

3. Reporting: At the end of your 

project period, you must submit a final 

performance report, including financial 

information, as directed by the 

Secretary. If you receive a multi-year 

award, you must submit an annual 

performance report that provides the 

most current performance and financial 

expenditure information as directed by 

the Secretary under 34 CFR 75.118. The 

Secretary may also require more 

frequent performance reports under 34 

CFR 75.720(c). For specific 

requirements on reporting, please go to 

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

appforms/appforms.html. 

Note: NIDRR will provide information by 

letter to grantees on how and when to submit 

the final performance report. 

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4. Performance Measures: To evaluate 

the overall success of its research 

program, NIDRR assesses the quality of 

its funded projects through a review of 

grantee performance and products. Each 

year, NIDRR examines a portion of its 

grantees to determine: 

• The percentage of NIDRR-supported 

fellows, post-doctoral trainees, and 

doctoral students who publish results of 

NIDRR-sponsored research in refereed 

journals. 

• The number of accomplishments 

(e.g., new or improved tools, methods, 

discoveries, standards, interventions, 

programs, or devices) developed or 

tested with NIDRR funding that have 

been judged by expert panels to be of 

high quality and to advance the field. 

• The average number of publications 

per award based on NIDRR-funded 

research and development activities in 

refereed journals. 

• The percentage of new NIDRR 

grants that assess the effectiveness of 

interventions, programs, and devices 

using rigorous methods. 

• The number of new or improved 

NIDRR-funded assistive and universally 

designed technologies, products, and 

devices transferred to industry for 

potential commercialization. 

Each grantee must annually report its 

performance through NIDRR’s Annual 

Performance Report (APR) form. NIDRR 

uses APR information submitted by 

grantees to assess progress on these 

measures. 

VII. Agency Contact 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Donna Nangle, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

room 6029, PCP, Washington, DC 20202. 

Telephone: (202) 245–7462 or by e-mail: 

Donna.Nangle@ed.gov. 

If you use a TDD, call the Federal 

Relay Service (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) 

by contacting the Grants and Contracts 

Services Team, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

room 5075, PCP, Washington, DC 

20202–2550. Telephone: (202) 245– 

7363. If you use a TDD, call the FRS, toll 

free, at 1–800–877–8339. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

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of Education has delegated authority to 

Andrew J. Pepin, Executive 

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[FR Doc. E9–17925 Filed 7–27–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–R09–OAR–2009–0374; FRL–8936–5] 

Adequacy Status of Motor Vehicle 

Emissions Budgets in Submitted 

Attainment and Reasonable Further 

Progress Plan for Sacramento 8-hour 

Ozone for Transportation Conformity 

Purposes; California 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of adequacy and 

inadequacy. 

SUMMARY: In this notice, EPA is 

notifying the public that the Agency has 

found that the motor vehicle emissions 

budgets for the years 2011, 2014 and 

2017 from the Sacramento Regional 8- 

Hour Ozone Attainment and Reasonable 

Further Progress Plan (‘‘2009 

Sacramento Ozone Plan’’), are adequate 

for transportation conformity purposes. 

In this notice, EPA is also notifying the 

public that the Agency has found that 

the motor vehicle emissions budgets for 

the year 2018 from the 2009 Sacramento 

Ozone Plan are inadequate for 

transportation conformity purposes. The 

2009 Sacramento Ozone Plan was 

submitted to EPA on April 17, 2009 by 

the California Air Resources Board 

(CARB) as a revision to the California 

State Implementation Plan (SIP). As a 

result of our adequacy findings, the 

Sacramento Area Council of 

Governments (SACOG) and the U.S. 

Department of Transportation must use 

the adequate budgets and cannot use the 

inadequate budget in future 

transportation conformity analyses once 

the finding becomes effective. 

DATES: This finding is effective August 

12, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

Kelly, U.S. EPA, Region IX, Air Division 

AIR–2, 75 Hawthorne Street, San 

Francisco, CA 94105–3901; (415) 947– 

4151 or kelly.johnj@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Throughout this document, whenever 

‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’ or ‘‘our’’ is used, we mean 

EPA. 

Today’s notice is simply an 

announcement of a finding that we have 

already made. EPA Region IX sent a 

letter to CARB on July 16, 2009 stating 

that the motor vehicle emissions 

budgets in the submitted 2009 

Sacramento Ozone Plan for the 

reasonable further progress (RFP) 

milestone years of 2011, 2014 and 2017 

are adequate. The finding is available at 

EPA’s conformity Web site: http:// 

www.epa.gov/otaq/stateresources/ 

transconf/adequacy.htm. The adequate 

motor vehicle emissions budgets are 

provided in the following table: 

ADEQUATE MOTOR VEHICLE EMISSIONS BUDGETS

[summer planning] 

Budget year 

Reactive organic 

gases 1

(tons per day) 

Nitrogen oxides 

(tons per day) 

2011 ......................................................................................................................................................... 38 78 

2014 ......................................................................................................................................................... 32 61 

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