Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests; Institute of Education Sciences; Needs Sensing Survey Under the REL Program: Sample Survey Instrument for School Board Members and District Administrators, 52319-52320 [2012-21309]
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Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 20.
Abstract: This study is intended to
assist the Department in making
decisions about how to structure future
grant competitions; how to support
evaluation and performance reporting
activities among funded grantees,
including technical assistance to
improve the quality of evaluations and
performance reporting; and how to
make the best possible use of grantee
evaluation findings.
Dated: August 24, 2012.
Stephanie Valentine,
Acting Director, Information Collection
Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and
Records Management Services, Office of
Management.
[FR Doc. 2012–21308 Filed 8–28–12; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Notice of Submission for OMB Review;
Federal Student Aid; Electronic Debit
Payment Option for Student Loans
The Preauthorized Debit
Account (PDA) Application is used to
establish electronic debiting for
individuals who have requested to have
their defaulted federal education debt
payments debited from their bank
accounts.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before
September 28, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Written 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. 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 04879. 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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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, Privacy, Information
and Records 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. Please note
that written comments received in
response to this notice will be
considered public records.
Title of Collection: Electronic Debit
Payment Option for Student Loans.
OMB Control Number: 1845–0025.
Type of Review: Revision.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 1,600.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 133.
Abstract: An Electronic Debit Account
Program gives the borrower the option
to repay federally funded student loans
via automatic debit deductions from
their checking or savings accounts. The
PDA payment option allows individuals
with defaulted federal education debts
(student loans or grant overpayments)
held by the U.S. Department of
Education’s (ED’s) Federal Student Aid
Default Resolution Group to have their
payments automatically debited from
their checking or savings accounts and
sent to ED. Individuals who choose the
use the PDA option to make their
payments must authorize ED to debit
their bank accounts. The PDA Brochure
and Application (PDA Application)
explains the PDA payment option and
collects the applicant’s authorization for
electronic debiting of payments and the
bank account information needed by ED
to debit the applicant’s account.
The authority for the PDA option is
provided under the Deficit Reduction
Act of 1984, Public Law 98–368, and 31
CFR part 202, Depositaries and
Financial Agents of the Government.
Operating rules and regulations
approved and published by the National
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Automated Clearing House Association
(NACHA) and 31 CFR part 210 also
govern the use of the PDA Application.
Finally, Regulation E, issued and
maintained by the Board of Governors of
the Federal Reserve System, implements
Title IX of the Consumer Credit
Protection Act, as amended in 15 U.S.C.
1601. This regulation is designed to
implement the act, which primarily
serves to protect the interests of the
individual consumer participating in
electronic transfers. ED has used the
collection of information on the
currently approved PDA Application to
establish electronic debiting for
individuals who have requested to have
their defaulted federal education debt
payments debited from their bank
accounts.
Dated: August 24, 2012.
Stephanie Valentine,
Acting Director, Information Collection
Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and
Records Management Services, Office of
Management.
[FR Doc. 2012–21306 Filed 8–28–12; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Notice of Proposed Information
Collection Requests; Institute of
Education Sciences; Needs Sensing
Survey Under the REL Program:
Sample Survey Instrument for School
Board Members and District
Administrators
The needs assessment
consists of an online survey of a sample
of school board members, district
administrators, principals, and teachers
in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan,
Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. The
purpose of the sample survey is to
assess: the importance these
populations attach to the four issues
identified in advance by REL Midwest
as priorities for the region; for each
issue, the types of data and analysis
supports, and research and evaluation
needs which respondents anticipate
would be of particular value; and what
factors would increase the likelihood
respondents and the populations they
represent would turn to the REL for data
and analysis supports, or research and
evaluation needs in the future. The
results of the survey will be used to
prioritize the assistance that REL
Midwest provides to educators in the
region for utilizing their longitudinal
data systems, conducting high quality
research and evaluation; learning about
the best education research; and
incorporating data into policy and
practice.
SUMMARY:
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Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before October
29, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Written 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. 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 04922. 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.
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, Privacy, Information
and Records 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. Please note
that written comments received in
response to this notice will be
considered public records.
Title of Collection: Needs Sensing
Survey under the REL program: (Sample
survey Instrument for School Board
Members and District Administrators.
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OMB Control Number: 1850–NEW.
Type of Review: New.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 2,240.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 983.
Abstract: The needs assessment
consists of an online survey of a sample
of school board members, district
administrators, principals, and teachers
in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan,
Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. The
purpose of the sample survey is to
assess: the importance these
populations attach to the four issues
identified in advance by REL Midwest
as priorities for the region; for each
issue, the types of data and analysis
supports, and research and evaluation
needs which respondents anticipate
would be of particular value; and what
factors would increase the likelihood
respondents and the populations they
represent would turn to the REL for data
and analysis supports, or research and
evaluation needs in the future. The
results of the survey will be used to
prioritize the assistance that REL
Midwest provides to educators in the
region for utilizing their longitudinal
data systems, conducting high quality
research and evaluation; learning about
the best education research; and
incorporating data into policy and
practice.
Dated: August 24, 2012.
Stephanie Valentine,
Acting Director, Information Collection
Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and
Records Management Services, Office of
Management.
[FR Doc. 2012–21309 Filed 8–28–12; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Western Area Power Administration
Notice of Cancellation of
Environmental Impact Statement for
the Proposed Interconnection of the
Buffalo Ridge III Wind Project,
Brookings and Deuel Counties, SD
(DOE/EIS–0437)
Western Area Power
Administration, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of Cancellation of
Environmental Impact Statement.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Department of
Energy (DOE), Western Area Power
Administration (Western) is issuing this
notice to advise the public that it is
cancelling the preparation of an
environmental impact statement (EIS)
under the National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA) on an
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interconnection request by Heartland
Wind, LLC (Heartland), a wholly owned
subsidiary of Iberdrola Renewables, Inc.
This cancellation is effective on
August 29, 2012.
DATES:
For
additional information on the
cancellation of this EIS process, contact
Matt Marsh, NEPA Document Manager,
Upper Great Plains Regional Office,
Western Area Power Administration,
P.O. Box 35800, Billings, MT 59107–
5800, email MMarsh@wapa.gov,
telephone (406) 255–2811. For general
information on DOE’s NEPA review
process, contact Carol M. Borgstrom,
Director of NEPA Policy and
Compliance, GC–54, Department of
Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue
SW., Washington, DC 20585–0119,
telephone (202) 586–4600 or (800) 472–
2756, facsimile (202) 586–7031.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Heartland
proposed to design, construct, operate,
and maintain a 170-megawatt Buffalo
Ridge III Wind Project (Project) in
Brookings and Deuel counties, South
Dakota, and interconnect that Project
with Western’s transmission system.
Heartland’s interconnection request
caused Western to initiate a NEPA
review of its proposal to allow the
interconnection. Western published a
Notice of Intent for the EIS in the
Federal Register on November 27, 2009
(74 FR 62298), and started the EIS
process. A public scoping meeting was
held subsequent to the Notice of Intent,
but a Draft EIS was not produced
because Heartland decided to suspend
further action on its proposed Project.
Heartland notified Western of its
decision, and Western is now
terminating the NEPA review process on
its interconnection proposal and
Heartland’s proposed Project. Heartland
could decide to reinitiate the proposed
Project at some future date. In that event
Western would issue a new Notice of
Intent, and would start a new NEPA
process.
The DOE’s Acting General Counsel
provided a ‘‘Restatement of Delegations
of Environmental Impact Statement
Authorities’’ to Western’s Administrator
in a November 16, 2011, memorandum.
Under the authority granted by that
memorandum, I have terminated the
NEPA process for Heartland’s proposed
Buffalo Ridge III Wind Project with the
publication of this notice.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Dated: August 17, 2012.
Anthony H. Montoya,
Acting Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2012–21302 Filed 8–28–12; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests; Institute of
Education Sciences; Needs Sensing Survey Under the REL Program: Sample
Survey Instrument for School Board Members and District Administrators
SUMMARY: The needs assessment consists of an online survey of a sample
of school board members, district administrators, principals, and
teachers in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and
Wisconsin. The purpose of the sample survey is to assess: the
importance these populations attach to the four issues identified in
advance by REL Midwest as priorities for the region; for each issue,
the types of data and analysis supports, and research and evaluation
needs which respondents anticipate would be of particular value; and
what factors would increase the likelihood respondents and the
populations they represent would turn to the REL for data and analysis
supports, or research and evaluation needs in the future. The results
of the survey will be used to prioritize the assistance that REL
Midwest provides to educators in the region for utilizing their
longitudinal data systems, conducting high quality research and
evaluation; learning about the best education research; and
incorporating data into policy and practice.
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DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
October 29, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Written 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. 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 04922. 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.
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, Privacy, Information and Records 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. Please note that written comments received in response to
this notice will be considered public records.
Title of Collection: Needs Sensing Survey under the REL program:
(Sample survey Instrument for School Board Members and District
Administrators.
OMB Control Number: 1850-NEW.
Type of Review: New.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 2,240.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 983.
Abstract: The needs assessment consists of an online survey of a
sample of school board members, district administrators, principals,
and teachers in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and
Wisconsin. The purpose of the sample survey is to assess: the
importance these populations attach to the four issues identified in
advance by REL Midwest as priorities for the region; for each issue,
the types of data and analysis supports, and research and evaluation
needs which respondents anticipate would be of particular value; and
what factors would increase the likelihood respondents and the
populations they represent would turn to the REL for data and analysis
supports, or research and evaluation needs in the future. The results
of the survey will be used to prioritize the assistance that REL
Midwest provides to educators in the region for utilizing their
longitudinal data systems, conducting high quality research and
evaluation; learning about the best education research; and
incorporating data into policy and practice.
Dated: August 24, 2012.
Stephanie Valentine,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Privacy,
Information and Records Management Services, Office of Management.
[FR Doc. 2012-21309 Filed 8-28-12; 8:45 am]
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