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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. 

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 on 

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: 

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 15, 2009. 

Andrew J. Pepin, 

Executive Administrator for Special 

Education and Rehabilitative Services. 

[FR Doc. E9–17231 Filed 7–20–09; 8:45 am] 

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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) Catalog of Federal 

Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 

84.133B. 

AGENCY: Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services (OSERS), 

Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice of final priorities. 

SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary for 

Special Education and Rehabilitative 

Services announces two priorities under 

the RRTC program administered by 

NIDRR. The Assistant Secretary may use 

one or both of these priorities for 

competitions in fiscal year (FY) 2009 

and later years. We take this action to 

focus research attention on areas of 

national need. We intend these 

priorities to improve rehabilitation 

services and outcomes for individuals 

with disabilities. 

DATES: Effective Date: These priorities 

are effective August 20, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Donna Nangle, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

Room 6029, Potomac Center Plaza 

(PCP), Washington, DC 20202–2700. 

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

donna.nangle@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. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice of final priorities is in concert 

with NIDRR’s Final Long-Range Plan for 

FY 2005–2009 (Plan). The Plan, which 

was published in the Federal Register 

on February 15, 2006 (71 FR 8165), can 

be accessed on the Internet at the 

following site: http://www.ed.gov/ 

about/offices/list/osers/nidrr/ 

policy.html. 

Through the implementation of the 

Plan, NIDRR seeks to: (1) Improve the 

quality and utility of disability and 

rehabilitation research; (2) foster an 

exchange of expertise, information, and 

training to facilitate the advancement of 

knowledge and understanding of the 

unique needs of traditionally 

underserved populations; (3) determine 


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what are the best strategies and 

programs to improve rehabilitation 

outcomes for underserved populations; 

(4) identify research gaps; (5) identify 

mechanisms of integrating research and 

practice; and (6) disseminate findings. 

Purpose of Program: The purpose of 

the Disability and Rehabilitation 

Research Projects and Centers Program 

is to plan and conduct research, 

demonstration projects, training, and 

related activities, including 

international activities, to develop 

methods, procedures, and rehabilitation 

technology, that maximize the full 

inclusion and integration into society, 

employment, independent living, family 

support, and economic and social selfsufficiency of individuals with 

disabilities, especially individuals with 

the most severe disabilities, and to 

improve the effectiveness of services 

authorized under the Rehabilitation Act 

of 1973, as amended. 

RRTC Program 

The purpose of the RRTC program is 

to improve the effectiveness of services 

authorized under the Rehabilitation Act 

of 1973, as amended, through advanced 

research, training, technical assistance, 

and dissemination activities in general 

problem areas, as specified by NIDRR. 

Such activities are designed to benefit 

rehabilitation service providers, 

individuals with disabilities, and the 

family members or other authorized 

representatives of individuals with 

disabilities. In addition, NIDRR intends 

to require all RRTC applicants to meet 

the requirements of the General 

Rehabilitation Research and Training 

Centers (RRTC) Requirements priority 

that it published in a notice of final 

priorities in the Federal Register on 

February 1, 2008 (73 FR 6132). 

Additional information on the RRTC 

program can be found at: http:// 

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

Statutory and Regulatory Requirements 

of RRTCs 

RRTCs must— 

• Carry out coordinated advanced 

programs of rehabilitation research; 

• Provide training, including 

graduate, pre-service, and in-service 

training, to help rehabilitation 

personnel more effectively provide 

rehabilitation services to individuals 

with disabilities; 

• Provide technical assistance to 

individuals with disabilities, their 

representatives, providers, and other 

interested parties; 

• Disseminate informational materials 

to individuals with disabilities, their 

representatives, providers, and other 

interested parties; and 

• Serve as centers of national 

excellence in rehabilitation research for 

individuals with disabilities, their 

representatives, providers, and other 

interested parties. 

Applicants for RRTC grants must also 

demonstrate in their applications how 

they will address, in whole or in part, 

the needs of individuals with 

disabilities from minority backgrounds. 

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

and 764(b)(2). 

Applicable Program Regulations: 34 

CFR part 350. 

We published a notice of proposed 

priorities (NPP) for NIDRR’s Disability 

and Rehabilitation Research Projects 

and Centers Program in the Federal 

Register on August 31, 2007 (72 FR 

50516). The NPP included a background 

statement that described our rationale 

for each priority proposed in that notice, 

including the two priorities announced 

in this notice. 

There are no differences between the 

two final priorities announced in this 

notice and the version of these priorities 

proposed in the NPP. 

Public Comment: In response to our 

invitation in the NPP, 90 parties 

submitted comments on the proposed 

priorities. Because none of these 

comments involved the two priorities 

announced in this notice, we do not 

address any comments here. (In a notice 

of final priorities, published in the 

Federal Register on February 1, 2008 

(73 FR 6132), the Department responded 

to all comments on priorities from the 

NPP that were included in that February 

1, 2008 notice.) 

Final Priorities: 

Priority 1—Enhancing the Health and 

Wellness of Individuals With 

Neuromuscular Diseases. 

The Assistant Secretary for Special 

Education and Rehabilitative Services 

establishes a priority for a Rehabilitation 

Research and Training Center (RRTC) on 

Enhancing the Health and Wellness of 

Persons with Neuromuscular Diseases 

(NMDs). This RRTC must conduct 

rigorous research, training, technical 

assistance, and dissemination activities 

to improve rehabilitation outcome 

measures and rehabilitation 

interventions that can be applied in 

clinical or community-based settings. 

In doing so, the RRTC must focus on 

no more than two of the following 

dimensions: Prevention or reduction of 

secondary conditions (e.g., pain, fatigue, 

muscle weakness, associated sleep 

disorders, metabolic complications); 

improved mobility; emotional wellbeing; and access to community-based 

health promotion services and programs 

(e.g., fitness, recreation, and nutrition). 

Under this priority, the RRTC must be 

designed to contribute to the following 

outcomes: 

(a) Improved outcome measures for 

use with individuals with NMDs. The 

RRTC must contribute to this outcome 

by identifying or developing and testing 

methods and measures to assess health 

and rehabilitation outcomes, 

participation in community-based 

programs, or both. 

(b) Improved medical rehabilitation or 

community-based rehabilitation 

interventions. The RRTC must 

contribute to this outcome by 

identifying or developing and testing 

new rehabilitation interventions, 

replicating promising practices or 

programs, or both. 

Priority 2—Enhancing the Health and 

Wellness of Individuals With Arthritis. 

The Assistant Secretary for Special 

Education and Rehabilitative Services 

establishes a priority for a Rehabilitation 

Research and Training Center (RRTC) on 

Enhancing the Health and Wellness of 

Individuals with Arthritis. This RRTC 

must conduct rigorous research, 

training, technical assistance, and 

dissemination activities to improve 

rehabilitation outcome measures and 

rehabilitation interventions that can be 

applied in clinical or community-based 

settings. 

In doing so, the RRTC must focus on 

no more than two of the following 

dimensions: Prevention or reduction of 

secondary conditions (e.g., pain, fatigue, 

depression); improved mobility; 

emotional well-being; and access to 

community-based health promotion 

services and programs (e.g., fitness, 

recreation, and nutrition). Under this 

priority, the RRTC must be designed to 

contribute to the following outcomes: 

(a) Improved outcome measures for 

use with persons with arthritis. The 

RRTC must contribute to this outcome 

by identifying or developing and testing 

methods and measures to assess health 

and rehabilitation outcomes, 

participation in community-based 

programs, or both. 

(b) Improved medical rehabilitation or 

community-based rehabilitation 

interventions. The RRTC must 

contribute to this outcome by 

identifying or developing and testing 

new rehabilitation interventions, 

replicating promising practices or 

programs, or both. 

Types of Priorities: 

When inviting applications for a 

competition using one or more 

priorities, we designate the type of each 

priority as absolute, competitive 

preference, or invitational through a 


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notice in the Federal Register. The 

effect of each type of priority follows: 

Absolute priority: Under an absolute 

priority, we consider only applications 

that meet the priority (34 CFR 

75.105(c)(3)). 

Competitive preference priority: 

Under a competitive preference priority, 

we give competitive preference to an 

application by (1) awarding additional 

points, depending on the extent to 

which the application meets the priority 

(34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i)); or (2) selecting 

an application that meets the priority 

over an application of comparable merit 

that does not meet the priority (34 CFR 

75.105(c)(2)(ii)). 

Invitational priority: Under an 

invitational priority, we are particularly 

interested in applications that meet the 

priority. However, we do not give an 

application that meets the priority a 

preference over other applications (34 

CFR 75.105(c)(1)). 

This notice does not preclude us from 

proposing additional priorities, 

requirements, definitions, or selection 

criteria, subject to meeting applicable 

rulemaking requirements. 

Note: This notice does not solicit 

applications. In any year in which we choose 

to use these priorities, we invite applications 

through a notice in the Federal Register. 

Executive Order 12866: This notice 

has been reviewed in accordance with 

Executive Order 12866. Under the terms 

of the order, we have assessed the 

potential costs and benefits of this final 

regulatory action. 

The potential costs associated with 

this final regulatory action are those 

resulting from statutory requirements 

and those we have determined as 

necessary for administering this 

program effectively and efficiently. 

In assessing the potential costs and 

benefits—both quantitative and 

qualitative—of this final regulatory 

action, we have determined that the 

benefits of the final priorities justify the 

costs. 

We have determined, also, that this 

final regulatory action does not unduly 

interfere with State, local, and tribal 

governments in the exercise of their 

governmental functions. 

Summary of potential costs and 

benefits: 

The benefits of the RRTC program 

have been well-established over the 

years in that other RRTC projects have 

been completed successfully. The 

priorities announced in this notice will 

generate new knowledge through 

research and development activities. 

Another benefit of these final 

priorities is that establishing new 

RRTCs will improve the lives of 

individuals with disabilities. These new 

RRTCs will generate, disseminate, and 

promote the use of new information that 

will improve the options for individuals 

with disabilities to achieve improved 

education, employment, and 

independent living outcomes. 

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document 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 15, 2009. 

Andrew J. Pepin, 

Executive Administrator for Special 

Education and Rehabilitative Services. 

[FR Doc. E9–17233 Filed 7–20–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[Case No. CAC–015] 

Energy Conservation Program for 

Consumer Products: Notice of 

Modification of Petition for Waiver and 

Interim Waiver of Mitsubishi Electric 

From the Department of Energy 

Commercial Package Water-Source 

Heat Pump Test Procedure, and 

Modification of Interim Waiver 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of modification of 

interim waiver; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: Today’s notice announces 

receipt of and publishes a revised list of 

model numbers for which Mitsubishi 

Electric & Electronics USA, Inc. 

(‘‘Mitsubishi’’) received an interim 

waiver of the test procedures applicable 

to commercial package water-source 

heat pumps. In addition, Mitsubishi has 

proposed that the definition of ‘‘tested 

combination,’’ used in the alternate test 

procedure, be refined based upon the 

AHRI Draft Standard 1230. Through this 

document, DOE is soliciting comments 

with respect to the Mitsubishi Petition. 

DATES: DOE will accept comments, data, 

and information with respect to the 

Mitsubishi Petition until, but no later 

than August 20, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by case number ‘‘CAC–015,’’ 

by any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• E-mail: 

AS_Waiver_Requests@ee.doe.gov. 

Include either the case number [CAC– 

015], and/or ‘‘Mitsubishi Petition’’ in 

the subject line of the message. 

• Mail: Ms. Brenda Edwards, U.S. 

Department of Energy, Building 

Technologies Program, Mailstop EE–2J/ 

1000 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0121. 

Telephone: (202) 586–2945. Please 

submit one signed original paper copy. 

• Hand Delivery/Courier: Ms. Brenda 

Edwards, U.S. Department of Energy, 

Building Technologies Program, 950 

L’Enfant Plaza SW., Suite 600, 

Washington, DC 20024. Please submit 

one signed original paper copy. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and case 

number for this proceeding. Submit 

electronic comments in WordPerfect, 

Microsoft Word, Portable Document 

Format (PDF), or text (American 

Standard Code for Information 

Interchange (ASCII)) file format and 


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