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proposed information collection
requests as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before May 23,
2011.
ADDRESSES: Comments regarding burden
and/or the collection activity
requirements should be electronically
mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or
mailed to U.S. Department of Education,
400 Maryland Avenue, SW., LBJ,
Washington, DC 20202–4537. Please
note that written comments received in
response to this notice will be
considered public records.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35) requires that
Federal agencies provide interested
parties an early opportunity to comment
on information collection requests. The
Director, Information Collection
Clearance Division, Regulatory
Information Management Services,
Office of Management, publishes this
notice containing proposed information
collection requests at the beginning of
the Departmental review of the
information collection. 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.
Dated: March 18, 2011.
Darrin A. King,
Director, Information Collection Clearance
Division, Regulatory Information
Management Services, Office of Management.
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Office of Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services
Type of Review: Revision.
Title of Collection: Report of
Randolph-Sheppard Vending Facility
Program.
OMB Control Number: 1820–0009.
Agency Form Number(s): N/A.
Frequency of Responses: Annually.
Affected Public: Businesses or other
for-profit; State, Local, or Tribal
Government, State Educational
Agencies or Local Educational Agencies.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 52.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 702.
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Abstract: The Vending Facility
Program authorized by the RandolphSheppard Act provides persons who are
blind with remunerative employment
and self-support through the operation
of vending facilities on federal and other
property. Under the Randolph-Sheppard
Program, state licensing agencies
recruit, train, license and place
individuals who are blind as operators
of vending facilities (including
cafeterias, snack bars, vending
machines, etc.) located on federal and
other properties. In statute at 20 U.S.C.
107a(6)(a), the Secretary of Education is
directed through the Commissioner of
the Rehabilitation Services
Administration (RSA) to conduct
periodic evaluations of the programs
authorized under the RandolphSheppard Act. Additionally, section
107b(4) requires entities designated as
the state licensing agency to ‘‘make such
reports in such form and containing
such information as the Secretary may
from time to time require* * *.’’ The
information to be collected is a
necessary component of the evaluation
process and forms the basis for annual
reporting. These data are also used to
understand the distribution type and
profitability of vending facilities
throughout the country. Such
information is useful in providing
technical assistance to state licensing
agencies and property managers. The
Code of Federal Regulations, at 34 CFR
395.8, specifies that vending machine
income received by the state from
federal property managers can be
distributed to blind vendors in an
amount not to exceed the national
average income for blind vendors. This
amount is determined through data
collected using RSA–15: Report of
Randolph-Sheppard Vending Facility
Program. In addition, the collection of
information ensures the provision and
transparency of activities referenced in
34 CFR 395.11 and 395.12 related to
training and disclosure of program and
financial information.
The following changes are found in
the revised information collection (IC)
RSA–15: Report of Randolph-Sheppard
Vending Facility Program. In Section II,
E. ‘‘Facilities on Public Property, Line 4
was expanded to include a breakdown
of the types of public facilities. Since
this information is currently used to
calculate the total number of facilities
on public property, there is no
additional reporting burden. In Section
IV, an additional column was added to
capture other sources of funding for
expenditures other than those
traditionally associated with the
program. At the end of the reporting
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form, a text box was added for notes or
explanations at the request of the
respondents, and contact information
was also requested to expedite followup by RSA for approval of the reports.
The instructions were modified
accordingly to accommodate these
changes in the form and to clarify
information.
Copies of the proposed information
collection request may be accessed from
https://edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the
‘‘Browse Pending Collections’’ link and
by clicking on link number 4549. 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 and OMB Control Number
when making your request.
Individuals who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf
(TDD) may call the Federal Information
Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–
8339.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC11–521–000; FERC–521]
Commission Information Collection
Activities, Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Extension
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of proposed information
collection and request for comments.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
requirements of section 3506(c)(2)(a) of
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(Pub. L. 104–13), the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (Commission) is
soliciting public comment on the
specific aspects of the information
collection described below.
DATES: Comments in consideration of
the collection of information are due
May 23, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be filed
either electronically (eFiled) or in paper
format, and should refer to Docket No.
IC11–521–000. Documents must be
prepared in an acceptable filing format
and in compliance with Commission
submission guidelines at: https://
SUMMARY:
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www.ferc.gov/help/submissionguide.asp. eFiling instructions are
available at: https://www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/efiling.asp. First time users must
follow eRegister instructions at: https://
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
eregistration.asp, to establish a
username and password before eFiling.
The Commission will send an automatic
acknowledgement to the sender’s e-mail
address upon receipt of eFiled
comments. Commenters making an
eFiling should not make a paper filing.
Commenters that are not able to file
electronically must send an original of
their comments to: Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, Secretary of the
Commission, 888 First Street, NE.,
Washington, DC 20426.
Users interested in receiving
automatic notification of activity in this
docket may do so through eSubscription
at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
esubscription.asp. In addition, all
comments and FERC issuances may be
viewed, printed or downloaded
remotely through FERC’s eLibrary at
https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
elibrary.asp, by searching on Docket No.
IC11–521. For user assistance, contact
FERC Online Support by e-mail at
ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, or by phone
at: (866) 208–3676 (toll-free), or (202)
502–8659 for TTY.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ellen Brown may be reached by e-mail
at DataClearance@FERC.gov, telephone
at (202) 502–8663, and fax at (202) 273–
0873.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
information collected under the
requirements of FERC–521 ‘‘Payments
for Benefits from Headwater Benefits’’
(OMB No. 1902–0087) is used by the
Commission to implement the statutory
provisions of section 10(f) of the Federal
Power Act (FPA) (16 USC 803). The FPA
authorizes the Commission to determine
headwater benefits received by
downstream hydropower project
owners. Headwater benefits is the
additional energy production possible at
a downstream hydropower project
resulting from the regulation of river
flows by an upstream storage reservoir.
When the Commission completes a
study of a river basin, it determines
headwater benefits charges that will be
apportioned among the various
downstream beneficiaries. A headwater
benefits charge and the cost incurred by
the Commission to complete an
evaluation are paid by downstream
hydropower project owners. In essence,
the owners of non-Federal hydropower
projects that directly benefit from a
headwater improvement must pay an
equitable portion of the annual charges
for interest, maintenance, and
depreciation of the headwater project to
the U.S. Treasury. The regulations
provide for apportionment of these costs
between the headwater project and
downstream projects based on
downstream energy gains and propose
equitable apportionment methodology
that can be applied to all rivers basins
in which headwater improvements are
built. The Commission requires owners
of non-Federal hydropower projects to
file data for determining annual charges
as outlined in 18 Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) part 11.
ACTION: The Commission is requesting a
three-year extension of the current
expiration date with no changes to the
existing collection of data.
Burden Statement: Public reporting
burden for this collection is estimated
as:
Number of
respondents
annually
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden hours
per response
Total annual
burden hours
(1)
Data collection
(2)
(3)
(1) × (2) × (3)
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Estimated cost burden to respondents
is $8,213.77 (120 hours/2,080 hours 1
per year, times $142,372 2 = $8,213.77).
The cost per respondent is $2,738.
The reporting burden includes the
total time, effort, or financial resources
expended to generate, maintain, retain,
disclose, or provide the information
including: (1) Reviewing instructions;
(2) developing, acquiring, installing, and
utilizing technology and systems for the
purposes of collecting, validating,
verifying, processing, maintaining,
disclosing and providing information;
(3) adjusting the existing ways to
comply with any previously applicable
instructions and requirements; (4)
training personnel to respond to a
collection of information; (5) searching
data sources; (6) completing and
reviewing the collection of information;
and (7) transmitting, or otherwise
disclosing the information.
The estimate of cost for respondents
is based upon salaries for professional
1 Estimated number of hours and employee works
each year.
2 Estimated average annual cost per employee.
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and clerical support, as well as direct
and indirect overhead costs. Direct costs
include all costs directly attributable to
providing this information, such as
administrative costs and the cost for
information technology. Indirect or
overhead costs are costs incurred by an
organization in support of its mission.
These costs apply to activities which
benefit the whole organization rather
than any one particular function or
activity.
Comments are invited on: (1) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the Commission,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of
the agency’s estimate of the burden of
the proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (3)
ways to enhance the quality, utility and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (4) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on those who are to respond, including
the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
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technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology
e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses.
Dated: March 16, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. RM11–14–000]
Analysis of Horizontal Market Power
Under the Federal Power Act
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of inquiry.
AGENCY:
In this Notice of Inquiry, the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
seeks comment on whether, and if so,
how, the Commission should revise its
approach for examining horizontal
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. IC11-521-000; FERC-521]
Commission Information Collection Activities, Proposed
Collection; Comment Request; Extension
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of proposed information collection and request for
comments.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirements of section 3506(c)(2)(a)
of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13), the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) is soliciting public comment
on the specific aspects of the information collection described below.
DATES: Comments in consideration of the collection of information are
due May 23, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be filed either electronically (eFiled) or in
paper format, and should refer to Docket No. IC11-521-000. Documents
must be prepared in an acceptable filing format and in compliance with
Commission submission guidelines at: https://
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www.ferc.gov/help/submission-guide.asp. eFiling instructions are
available at: https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. First time
users must follow eRegister instructions at: https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/eregistration.asp, to establish a username and password before
eFiling. The Commission will send an automatic acknowledgement to the
sender's e-mail address upon receipt of eFiled comments. Commenters
making an eFiling should not make a paper filing. Commenters that are
not able to file electronically must send an original of their comments
to: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Secretary of the Commission,
888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
Users interested in receiving automatic notification of activity in
this docket may do so through eSubscription at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp. In addition, all comments and FERC
issuances may be viewed, printed or downloaded remotely through FERC's
eLibrary at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp, by searching
on Docket No. IC11-521. For user assistance, contact FERC Online
Support by e-mail at ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, or by phone at: (866)
208-3676 (toll-free), or (202) 502-8659 for TTY.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen Brown may be reached by e-mail
at DataClearance@FERC.gov, telephone at (202) 502-8663, and fax at
(202) 273-0873.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The information collected under the
requirements of FERC-521 ``Payments for Benefits from Headwater
Benefits'' (OMB No. 1902-0087) is used by the Commission to implement
the statutory provisions of section 10(f) of the Federal Power Act
(FPA) (16 USC 803). The FPA authorizes the Commission to determine
headwater benefits received by downstream hydropower project owners.
Headwater benefits is the additional energy production possible at a
downstream hydropower project resulting from the regulation of river
flows by an upstream storage reservoir.
When the Commission completes a study of a river basin, it
determines headwater benefits charges that will be apportioned among
the various downstream beneficiaries. A headwater benefits charge and
the cost incurred by the Commission to complete an evaluation are paid
by downstream hydropower project owners. In essence, the owners of non-
Federal hydropower projects that directly benefit from a headwater
improvement must pay an equitable portion of the annual charges for
interest, maintenance, and depreciation of the headwater project to the
U.S. Treasury. The regulations provide for apportionment of these costs
between the headwater project and downstream projects based on
downstream energy gains and propose equitable apportionment methodology
that can be applied to all rivers basins in which headwater
improvements are built. The Commission requires owners of non-Federal
hydropower projects to file data for determining annual charges as
outlined in 18 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 11.
ACTION: The Commission is requesting a three-year extension of the
current expiration date with no changes to the existing collection of
data.
Burden Statement: Public reporting burden for this collection is
estimated as:
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Number of Number of Average
Data collection respondents responses per burden hours Total annual
annually respondent per response burden hours
(1) (2) (3) (1) x (2) x
(3)
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Estimated cost burden to respondents is $8,213.77 (120 hours/2,080
hours \1\ per year, times $142,372 \2\ = $8,213.77). The cost per
respondent is $2,738.
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\1\ Estimated number of hours and employee works each year.
\2\ Estimated average annual cost per employee.
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The reporting burden includes the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended to generate, maintain, retain, disclose, or provide
the information including: (1) Reviewing instructions; (2) developing,
acquiring, installing, and utilizing technology and systems for the
purposes of collecting, validating, verifying, processing, maintaining,
disclosing and providing information; (3) adjusting the existing ways
to comply with any previously applicable instructions and requirements;
(4) training personnel to respond to a collection of information; (5)
searching data sources; (6) completing and reviewing the collection of
information; and (7) transmitting, or otherwise disclosing the
information.
The estimate of cost for respondents is based upon salaries for
professional and clerical support, as well as direct and indirect
overhead costs. Direct costs include all costs directly attributable to
providing this information, such as administrative costs and the cost
for information technology. Indirect or overhead costs are costs
incurred by an organization in support of its mission. These costs
apply to activities which benefit the whole organization rather than
any one particular function or activity.
Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the Commission, including whether the information will have practical
utility; (2) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are
to respond, including the use of appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms
of information technology e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses.
Dated: March 16, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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