National Board for Education Sciences, 32900-32901 [E9-16256]

Download as PDF 32900 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 130 / Thursday, July 9, 2009 / Notices Reporting and/or recordkeeping burden. OMB invites public comment. The Department of Education is especially interested in public comment addressing the following issues: (1) Is this collection necessary to the proper functions of the Department; (2) will this information be processed and used in a timely manner; (3) is the estimate of burden accurate; (4) how might the Department enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (5) how might the Department minimize the burden of this collection on the respondents, including through the use of information technology. rmajette on DSK29S0YB1 with NOTICES Dated: July 6, 2009. James Hyler, Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of Management. Office of Vocational and Adult Education Type of Review: New. Title: Strengthening America’s Competitiveness through Math Instruction—Teacher Training Field Test. Frequency: Once. Affected Public: Individuals or households. Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden: Responses: 67. Burden Hours: 67. Abstract: This initiative involves three Adult Numeracy Instruction (ANI) Professional Development Institutes. Twenty teachers and ten program administrators from ten adult education programs from each of two states will participate in a field test of the Professional Development Institutes. The goals of the Institutes are to: • Enhance teacher knowledge and use of research-based adult education mathematics standards. • Increase and deepen mathematics content knowledge among teacher participants. • Increase the repertoire of instructional skills among teachers working with adults in ABE, pre-GED, and GED classes. • Increase state capacity to support teachers in the area of mathematics instruction. The study will involve the administration of the following instruments: • Pre/Post surveys of participants. • Pre/Post administration of a cognitive assessment to participating teachers. • Post-professional development interviews with participating teachers and program administrators. Requests for copies of the proposed information collection request may be VerDate Nov<24>2008 17:33 Jul 08, 2009 Jkt 217001 accessed from https://edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the ‘‘Browse Pending Collections’’ link and by clicking on link number 4022. When you access the information collection, click on ‘‘Download Attachments’’ to view. Written requests for information should be addressed to U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., LBJ, Washington, DC 20202–4537. Requests may also be electronically mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed to 202–401–0920. Please specify the complete title of the information collection when making your request. Comments regarding burden and/or the collection activity requirements should be electronically mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339. [FR Doc. E9–16229 Filed 7–8–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4000–01–P DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION National Board for Education Sciences AGENCY: Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences. ACTION: Notice of an Open Meeting and Partially Closed Session. SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of an upcoming meeting of the National Board for Education Sciences. The notice also describes the functions of the Committee. Notice of this meeting is required by Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act and is intended to notify the public of their opportunity to attend the open portion of the meeting. DATES: July 27, 2009. Time: Open meeting, 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.; closed session, 4:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. ADDRESSES: 80 F Street, NW., Room 100, Washington, DC 20208 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Norma Garza, Executive Director, National Board for Education Sciences, 555 New Jersey Ave., NW., Room 627H, Washington, DC 20208; phone: (202) 219–2195; fax: (202) 219–1466; e-mail: Norma.Garza@ed.gov. Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877– 8339. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Board for Education Sciences is authorized by Section 116 of the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 (ESRA). The Board advises the Director PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 of the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) on the establishment of activities to be supported by the Institute, on the funding for applications for grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements for research after the completion of peer review, and reviews and evaluates the work of the Institute. At this time, the Board consists of only six of fifteen appointed members due to the expirations of the terms of nine members. The Board shall meet and can carry out official business because the ESRA states that a majority of the voting members serving at the time of a meeting constitutes a quorum. On July 27 from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., the Board will receive a briefing on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), conduct an overview of its interactions with IES, and discuss its annual report. At 4:30 p.m., the meeting will be closed to the public to discuss possible candidates to serve as Commissioners for the IES Centers. Because this discussion involves a discussion of individuals’ qualifications to serve, it will be closed under exemptions (2) and (6) of Section 552b(c) of Title 5 U.S.C. This portion of the meeting must be held in closed session because the meeting concerns the internal personnel practices of an agency and would disclose information of a personal nature where disclosure would constitute an invasion of personal privacy if it were to be held in open session. A final agenda will be available from Norma Garza (see contact information above) on July 20. Individuals who will need accommodations for a disability in order to attend the meeting (e.g., interpreting services, assistance listening devices, or materials in alternative format) should notify Norma Garza no later than July 20. We will attempt to meet requests for accommodations after this date but cannot guarantee their availability. The meeting site is accessible to individuals with disabilities. Records are kept of all Committee proceedings and are available for public inspection at 555 New Jersey Ave., NW., Room 627H, Washington, DC 20208, from the hours of 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Eastern Standard Time Monday through Friday. Electronic Access to This Document: You may 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: https://www.ed.gov/news/ fed-register/. E:\FR\FM\09JYN1.SGM 09JYN1 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 130 / Thursday, July 9, 2009 / Notices 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. Issued in Washington, DC, on July 1, 2009. Eric Nicoll, Committee Management Officer. [FR Doc. E9–16254 Filed 7–8–09; 8:45 am] 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: https://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/ index.html. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY John Q. Easton, Director, Institute of Education Sciences. [FR Doc. E9–16256 Filed 7–8–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4000–01–P BILLING CODE 6450–01–P Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 739–022] Appalachian Power Company; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Licensing and Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments July 1, 2009. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Advanced Scientific Computing Advisory Committee AGENCY: Department of Energy, Office of Science. rmajette on DSK29S0YB1 with NOTICES ACTION: Notice of Renewal. SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 14(a)(2)(A) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, and in accordance with section 102–3.65, title 41 of the Code of Federal Regulations, and following consultation with the Committee Management Secretariat, General Services Administration, notice is hereby given that the Advanced Scientific Computing Advisory Committee has been renewed for a twoyear period beginning July 2009. The Committee will provide advice to the Director, Office of Science, on the Advanced Scientific Computing Research Program managed by the Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research. The renewal of the Advanced Scientific Computing Advisory Committee has been determined to be essential to the conduct of the Department of Energy business and to be in the public interest in connection with the performance of duties imposed upon the Department of Energy by law. The Committee will operate in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Department of Energy Organization Act (Pub. L. 95–91), and rules and regulations issued in implementation of those Acts. Further information regarding this Advisory Committee may be obtained from Ms. Rachel Samuel at (202) 586– 3279. VerDate Nov<24>2008 15:49 Jul 08, 2009 Jkt 217001 Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection. a. Type of Application: New Major License. b. Project No.: 739–022. c. Date Filed: June 29, 2009. d. Applicant: Appalachian Power Company. e. Name of Project: Claytor Project. f. Location: On the New River in Pulaski County, Virginia. The project does not affect Federal lands. g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)–825(r). h. Applicant Contact: Ms. Teresa Rogers, Reservoir Superintendent, Appalachian Power Company, 40 Franklin Road, Roanoke, VA 24011, (540) 985–2441, tprogers@aep.com. i. FERC Contact: John Smith, (202) 502–8972 or john.smith@ferc.gov. j. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this time. k. The Project Description: The Claytor Project consists of: (1) A 1,142foot-long, 137-foot-high concrete gravity dam; (2) a 4,472-acre reservoir with a storage capacity of 225,000 acre-feet at normal pool elevation 1,846.0 feet National Geodetic Vertical Datum (NGVD); (3) four 16-foot-diameter penstocks; (4) a powerhouse integral with the dam containing four generating units with a combined capacity of 75 megawatts; (5) a 1,000-foot-long transmission line; and (6) switching and appurtenant equipment. The applicant proposes to expand its current levelized flow mode whereby releases from the project approximate inflows to the project over a 24-hour period from April 15 through October 15 to April 1 through November 30. Reservoir levels would continue to be maintained between 1,845 feet NGVD and 1,846 feet NGVD and a minimum PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 32901 average hourly flow of 750 cubic feet per second (cfs), or inflow, whichever is less, would be provided downstream of the project. The applicant would also modify the current period for peaking operations from October 16 through April 14 to December 1 through March 31 and increase its minimum average hourly downstream flow from 750 cfs to 1,000 cfs, or inflow, whichever is less. During this period, the applicant would extend the time to ramp down during peaking operations from 15 minutes to 30 minutes but continue to bring units on line in 15-minute intervals to meet system demands. Reservoir levels would be maintained between 1,844 feet NGVD and 1,846 feet NGVD. In addition, the applicant would eliminate the current winter drawdown to protect aquatic resources including state-listed mussel populations. For recreation purposes, the applicant is proposing to provide weekend releases of 1,000 cfs when inflow falls below 1,000 cfs but is above 800 cfs and would provide recreation releases for the annual squirt boat competition each May. l. Locations of the Application: A copy of the application is available for review at the Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the Commission’s Web site at https:// www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket number field to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or tollfree at 1–866–208–3676, or for TTY, (202) 502–8659. A copy is also available for inspection and reproduction at the address in item (h) above. m. You may also register online at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filings and issuances related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support. n. Procedural Schedule: The application will be processed according to the following Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the schedule may be made as appropriate. Milestone Target date Notice of Acceptance/ Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis (when FERC approved studies are complete). September 27, 2009. E:\FR\FM\09JYN1.SGM 09JYN1

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 130 (Thursday, July 9, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32900-32901]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-16256]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


National Board for Education Sciences

AGENCY: Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences.

ACTION: Notice of an Open Meeting and Partially Closed Session.

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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of an 
upcoming meeting of the National Board for Education Sciences. The 
notice also describes the functions of the Committee. Notice of this 
meeting is required by Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act and is intended to notify the public of their opportunity 
to attend the open portion of the meeting.

DATES: July 27, 2009.
    Time: Open meeting, 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.; closed session, 4:30 
p.m. to 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: 80 F Street, NW., Room 100, Washington, DC 20208

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Norma Garza, Executive Director, 
National Board for Education Sciences, 555 New Jersey Ave., NW., Room 
627H, Washington, DC 20208; phone: (202) 219-2195; fax: (202) 219-1466; 
e-mail: Norma.Garza@ed.gov.
    Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) 
may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-
8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Board for Education Sciences is 
authorized by Section 116 of the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 
(ESRA). The Board advises the Director of the Institute of Education 
Sciences (IES) on the establishment of activities to be supported by 
the Institute, on the funding for applications for grants, contracts, 
and cooperative agreements for research after the completion of peer 
review, and reviews and evaluates the work of the Institute. At this 
time, the Board consists of only six of fifteen appointed members due 
to the expirations of the terms of nine members. The Board shall meet 
and can carry out official business because the ESRA states that a 
majority of the voting members serving at the time of a meeting 
constitutes a quorum.
    On July 27 from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., the Board will receive a 
briefing on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), conduct 
an overview of its interactions with IES, and discuss its annual 
report. At 4:30 p.m., the meeting will be closed to the public to 
discuss possible candidates to serve as Commissioners for the IES 
Centers. Because this discussion involves a discussion of individuals' 
qualifications to serve, it will be closed under exemptions (2) and (6) 
of Section 552b(c) of Title 5 U.S.C. This portion of the meeting must 
be held in closed session because the meeting concerns the internal 
personnel practices of an agency and would disclose information of a 
personal nature where disclosure would constitute an invasion of 
personal privacy if it were to be held in open session.
    A final agenda will be available from Norma Garza (see contact 
information above) on July 20. Individuals who will need accommodations 
for a disability in order to attend the meeting (e.g., interpreting 
services, assistance listening devices, or materials in alternative 
format) should notify Norma Garza no later than July 20. We will 
attempt to meet requests for accommodations after this date but cannot 
guarantee their availability. The meeting site is accessible to 
individuals with disabilities.
    Records are kept of all Committee proceedings and are available for 
public inspection at 555 New Jersey Ave., NW., Room 627H, Washington, 
DC 20208, from the hours of 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Eastern Standard Time 
Monday through Friday.
    Electronic Access to This Document: You may 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: https://www.ed.gov/news/fed-register/.

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    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: https://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/.


John Q. Easton,
Director, Institute of Education Sciences.
[FR Doc. E9-16256 Filed 7-8-09; 8:45 am]
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