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Provision waived: Section 1003(a) of 

the ESEA. 

Waiver Applicants: 

• Texas Education Agency 

• Virginia Department of Education 

VIII. Waivers of the Requirement To 

Make AYP Determinations 

Five Waivers of the Requirement To 

Make AYP Determinations Based on 

Assessment Results 

One-year waiver of the statutory and 

regulatory requirements under Title I, 

Part A of the ESEA that required an LEA 

and an SEA, respectively, to use the 

results from the State’s academic 

assessments to make AYP 

determinations for schools and LEAs. 

Provisions waived: Section 

1116(a)(1)(A) and (c)(1)(A) of the ESEA. 

Waiver Applicants: 

• California Department of Education 

• Montana Office of Public Instruction 

• North Dakota Department of Public 

Instructions 

• Vermont Agency of Education 

• Washington Office of the 

Superintendent of Public Instruction 

IX. Waivers Allowing SEAs To Carry 

Out Significant Education Reforms 

Six Waivers Allowing LEAs To Carry 

Out Significant Education Reforms To 

Improve Student Achievement 

Waivers to carry out significant 

education reforms to improve student 

achievement for school year 2015–2016. 

Provisions waived: Sections 

1113(a)(3)–(4) and (c)(1), 1114(a)(1), 

1116(b) (except (b)(13)) and (c)(7), 

2141(a), and 6123(b)(1), (d)(2), and (e)(1) 

of the ESEA. 

Waiver Applicants: 

• Fresno Unified School District— 

California Office of Reform Education 

(CORE) 

• Los Angeles Unified School District— 

CORE 

• Long Beach Unified School District— 

CORE 

• Oakland Unified School District— 

CORE 

• Santa Ana Unified School District— 

CORE 

• San Francisco Unified School 

District—CORE 

X. Waivers Authorizing SEAs To Waive 

the Carryover Limitation 

Two Waivers Authorizing SEAs To 

Waive the Carryover Limitation for LEAs 

Waivers authorizing SEAs to waive 

the carryover limitation for an LEA that 

needed an additional waiver beyond 

what the SEA was otherwise authorized 

to grant. 

Provision waived: Section 1127(b) of 

the ESEA. 

Waiver Applicant: 

• Michigan Department of Education 

Description of Waiver: One-year 

waiver allowed Michigan to grant five 

LEAs a waiver of the carryover 

limitation with respect to FY 2013 Title 

I, Part A funds even if the LEA received 

a carryover waiver of either its FY 2011 

or FY 2012 Title I, Part A funds from the 

State. 

Waiver Applicant: 

• Washington Office of the 

Superintendent of Public Instruction 

Description of Waiver: One-year 

waiver allowed Washington to grant 

specific LEAs a waiver of the carryover 

limitation with respect to unexpended 

FY 2014 Title I, Part A funds even if an 

LEA received a carryover waiver of 

either its FY 2012 or FY 2013 Title I, 

Part A funds from the State. 

XI. Waiver Regarding Public School 

Choice Notice 

One Waiver Regarding Notification of 

Public School Choice 

Waived the requirement for an LEA to 

provide parents of eligible students with 

notice as to their public school choice 

options at least 14 days before the start 

of the school year. This waiver applied 

only to the notice required for parents 

of children attending the three Title I 

schools that either were newly 

identified for improvement for the 

2015–2016 school year or that could 

have exited improvement, corrective 

action, or restructuring based on the 

assessments administered in the 2014– 

2015 school year, but did not. 

Provisions waived: Section 

1116(b)(1)(E)(i) of the ESEA and 34 CFR 

200.37(b)(4)(iv). 

Waiver Applicant: 

• Wyoming Department of Education 

XII. Waiver Allowing Flexibility in the 

Use of Funds Reserved for State Award 

Programs 

One Waiver Allowing Flexibility in the 

Use of Funds Reserved for State Award 

Programs 

Waiver allowed funds reserved for 

State awards programs to go to any 

reward school and extended the period 

of availability of Wisconsin’s FY 2013 

Title I school rewards programs 

allocation until September 30, 2016. 

Provision waived: Section 

1117(b)(1)(B) of the ESEA. 

Waiver Applicant: 

• Wisconsin Department of Public 

Instruction 

XIII. Waiver Relating to Highly 

Qualified Teachers 

A. One Waiver Allowing Flexibility 

Regarding the Definition of ‘‘Highly 

Qualified Teacher’’ 

A waiver allowing, through the 2018– 

2019 school year, New Mexico’s LEAs to 

apply to use the term ‘‘highly qualified 

teacher’’ to refer to a teacher who 

received a summative rating of 

‘‘effective,’’ ‘‘highly effective,’’ or 

‘‘exemplary’’ and, accordingly, has 

earned at least 50 percent of the possible 

student achievement measures in New 

Mexico’s teacher evaluation and support 

system, in lieu of meeting requirements 

in section 9101(23)(C)(ii) of the ESEA 

regarding subject-matter expertise. 

Provision waived: Section 

9101(23)(C)(ii) of the ESEA. 

Waiver Applicant: 

• New Mexico Public Education 

Department 

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Dated: October 3, 2017. 

Jason Botel, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Elementary and 

Secondary Education. 

[FR Doc. 2017–21619 Filed 10–5–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Bonneville Power Administration 

Availability of the Bonneville 

Purchasing Instructions (BPI) and 

Bonneville Financial Assistance 

Instructions (BFAI) 

AGENCY: Bonneville Power 

Administration (BPA), DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of document availability. 


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SUMMARY: Copies of the Bonneville 

Purchasing Instructions (BPI), which 

contain the policy and establish the 

procedures that BPA uses in the 

solicitation, award, and administration 

of its purchases of goods and services, 

including construction, are available in 

printed form or at the following Internet 

address: http://www.bpa.gov/corporate/ 

business/bpi. 

Copies of the Bonneville Financial 

Assistance Instructions (BFAI), which 

contain the policy and establish the 

procedures that BPA uses in the 

solicitation, award, and administration 

of financial assistance instruments 

(principally grants and cooperative 

agreements), are available in printed 

form or available at the following 

Internet address: http://www.bpa.gov/ 

corporate/business/bfai. 

ADDRESSES: Unbound copies of the BPI 

or BFAI may be obtained by sending a 

request to the Head of the Contracting 

Activity, Routing CGP–7, Bonneville 

Power Administration, P.O. Box 3621, 

Portland, Oregon 97208–3621. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Head of the Contracting Activity (503) 

230–5498. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: BPA was 

established in 1937 as a Federal Power 

Marketing Agency in the Pacific 

Northwest. BPA operations are financed 

from rate payer revenues rather than 

annual appropriations. BPA’s 

purchasing operations are conducted 

under 16 U.S.C. 832 et seq. and related 

statutes. Pursuant to these special 

authorities, the BPI is promulgated as a 

statement of purchasing policy and as a 

body of interpretative regulations 

governing the conduct of BPA 

purchasing activities, and reflects BPA’s 

private sector approach to purchasing 

the goods and services that it requires. 

BPA’s financial assistance operations 

are conducted under 16 U.S.C. 832 et 

seq. and 16 U.S.C. 839 et seq. The BFAI 

express BPA’s financial assistance 

policy. The BFAI also comprise BPA’s 

rules governing implementation of the 

principles set forth in 2 CFR 200. 

BPA’s solicitations and contracts 

include notice of applicability and 

availability of the BPI and the BFAI, as 

appropriate, for offerors to obtain 

information on particular purchases or 

financial assistance transactions. 

Issued in Portland, Oregon, on September 

20, 2017. 

Nicholas M. Jenkins, 

Manager, Purchasing/Property Governance. 

[FR Doc. 2017–21576 Filed 10–5–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Bonneville Power Administration 

Klickitat Hatchery Upgrades 

AGENCY: Bonneville Power 

Administration (BPA), Department of 

Energy (DOE). 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

and notice of floodplain and wetlands 

assessment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA), BPA intends to prepare an EIS 

to determine whether to fund the 

Confederated Tribes of the Yakama 

Nation’s proposal to upgrade facilities at 

the Klickitat Hatchery. The hatchery 

produces spring and fall Chinook 

salmon and coho salmon, and is funded 

by National Marine Fisheries Service 

(NMFS) under the Mitchell Act. It is 

operated jointly by the Yakama Nation 

and Washington Department of Fish and 

Wildlife (WDFW). The hatchery is 

located in Klickitat County on property 

owned by WDFW, about seven miles 

east of Glenwood, Washington. The 

hatchery was built in 1954 and most of 

the facilities have not been renovated 

since then. 

The one-time upgrades would include 

improving surface and groundwater 

water intakes, discharge piping, and 

pumps; rebuilding the pollution 

abatement system; updating sections of 

the hatchery building; and adding 

rearing tanks, a storage building, and 

possibly staff residences. The proposed 

upgrades would update old facilities 

and would facilitate increased 

production of spring Chinook by the 

Yakama Nation. BPA is not proposing to 

fund fish production or to take over any 

Mitchell Act funding for the hatchery. 

NMFS will be a cooperating agency on 

the EIS. 

In accordance with U.S. Department 

of Energy floodplain and wetland 

regulations, BPA will analyze impacts to 

floodplains and wetlands as well as 

measures to avoid or minimize potential 

effects to these resources. The 

assessment will be included in the EIS. 

With this Notice of Intent, BPA is 

initiating the public scoping process for 

the EIS. BPA is requesting comments 

about potential environmental impacts 

that should be considered as an EIS is 

prepared. 

In addition, BPA is also providing 

notice of cancellation of DOE/EIS–0424 

Klickitat Hatchery Complex Program. 

Based on public comments on the 2011 

draft DOE/EIS–0424, as well as changes 

in agencies’ funding of various activities 

described in the EIS, BPA is canceling 

that environmental review process and 

will focus on the proposed Klickitat 

Hatchery Upgrades EIS. 

DATES: Written comments are due to the 

address below no later than November 

27, 2017. Comments may also be made 

at the scoping meeting to be held on 

October 25, 2017 at the address below. 

ADDRESSES: Comments on the proposed 

scope of the Draft EIS and requests to be 

placed on the project mailing list may 

be mailed by letter to Bonneville Power 

Administration, Public Affairs Office— 

DKE–7, P.O. Box 3621, Portland, OR 

97208–3621, or sent by fax to 503–230– 

4019. You may also call BPA’s toll-free 

comment hotline at 1–800–622–4519 

and leave a message (please include the 

name of the project), or submit 

comments online at www.bpa.gov/ 

comment. All comments received will 

be accessible from the project Web site 

at www.bpa.gov/goto/ 

KlickitatHatcheryUpgrades. 

On October 25, 2017, a scoping 

meeting will be held from 6:00 p.m. to 

8:00 p.m. at the Lyle Lions Community 

Center, Highway 14 and Third Street, 

Lyle, Washington 98365. At this 

informal open-house meeting, BPA will 

provide project information and maps 

and will make members of the project 

team available to answer questions and 

accept oral and written comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David Kennedy, Executive Manager 

Environmental Planning and Analysis, 

Bonneville Power Administration, EC– 

4, P.O. Box 3621, Portland, OR 97208– 

3621; toll-free telephone 1–800–282– 

3713; direct telephone 503–230–3769; 

or email dkkennedy@bpa.gov. 

Additional information can be found at 

the project Web site: www.bpa.gov/goto/ 

KlickitatHatcheryUpgrades. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Yakama Nation is proposing the 

Klickitat Hatchery upgrades to update 

old facilities and to facilitate a possible 

increase in production of spring 

Chinook salmon. Although the Klickitat 

population of spring Chinook is not 

listed under the Endangered Species Act 

(ESA), WDFW considers it depressed 

due to chronically low adult returns. On 

average, the Klickitat spring Chinook 

run comprises approximately 75% 

hatchery and 25% natural-origin fish. In 

addition, since 1994, low hatchery 

productivity has limited the average 

annual harvest in sport and Tribal 

fisheries in the Klickitat basin to 840 

fish, although the overall project goal for 

in-basin sport and Tribal harvest is 

3,000 adults annually. 

BPA’s proposed funding of the 

Klickitat Hatchery upgrades would 


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