[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 18 (Thursday, January 28, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 4400]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-2018]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


Impact Aid

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice extending the application deadline date for Impact Aid 
fiscal year (FY) 1999 section 8002 grants and FY 2000 section 8003 
grants.

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SUMMARY: The Secretary extends the deadline date for the submission of 
applications for Impact Aid FY 1999 section 8002 grants and FY 2000 
section 8003 grants to March 1, 1999. Impact Aid regulations at 34 CFR 
222.3 specify that the annual application deadline is January 31. Due 
to unavoidable delays in the production and the distribution of the 
application packages, the Secretary extends the deadline for the 
potential applicants under sections 8002 and 8003 for Impact Aid 
assistance for the respective years specified. Section 8003 applicants 
should use a survey date for their student counts that is at least 
three days after the start of the 1998-99 school year and before the 
extended deadline of March 1, 1999.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This notice extending the application deadline date to 
March 1, 1999, for Impact Aid FY 1999 section 8002 grants and FY 2000 
section 8003 grants is effective January 28, 1999.

DEADLINE DATE FOR TRANSMITTAL OF APPLICATIONS: : March 1, 1999. The 
Secretary will also accept and approve for payment any otherwise 
approvable application that is received on or before the 60th calendar 
day after March 1, 1999, which is April 30, 1999. However, any 
applicant meeting the conditions of the preceding sentence will have 
its payment reduced by 10 percent of the amount it would have received 
had its application been filed by March 1, 1999.

DEADLINE DATE FOR INTERGOVERNMENTAL REVIEW: The deadline date for the 
transmittal of comments on those applications by State educational 
agencies is March 16, 1999.

FOR APPLICATIONS OR INFORMATION CONTACT: Impact Aid Program, U.S. 
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20202-
6244. Telephone: (202) 260-3858. Individuals who use a 
telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339 between 8 a.m. and 8 
p.m., Eastern time, Monday through Friday.
    Waiver of rulemaking: Currently, 34 CFR 222.3, which establishes 
the annual January 31 Impact Aid application deadline, is in effect. 
However, due to unavoidable delays in the production and distribution 
of the application packages, applicants may not have sufficient time to 
comply with that annual deadline. Because this amendment makes a 
procedural change for this year only as a result of unique 
circumstances, proposed rulemaking is not required under 5 U.S.C. 
553(b)(A). In addition, the Secretary has determined under 5 U.S.C. 
553(b)(B) that proposed rulemaking on this one-time suspension of the 
regulatory deadline date is impracticable, unnecessary, and contrary to 
the public interest.

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    Anyone may also view these documents in text copy on an electronic 
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free 1-800-222-4922. The documents are located under Option G--Files/
Announcements, Bulletins and Press Releases.

    Note: The official version of a document is the document 
published in the Federal Register.

    Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7705.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number 84.041)

    Dated: January 22, 1999.
Richard W. Riley,
Secretary of Education.
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