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projects may be postponed to allow
additional time for the commission’s
review, interested parties are advised to
check the Web site periodically prior to
the hearing date. Any postponements
will be duly noted there.
Public Meeting. The public meeting
on September 12, 2013 will begin at
12:15 p.m. and will consist of a
conference session followed by a
business meeting. The conference
session will include a progress report by
staff on implementation of the Water
Resources Plan for the Delaware River
Basin (DRBC 2004) and a presentation
by a representative of the William Penn
Foundation (WPF) on WPF’s Delaware
River Basin initiative. The business
meeting will include the following
items: Adoption of the Minutes of the
Commission’s July 10, 2013 business
meeting, announcements of upcoming
meetings and events, a report on
hydrologic conditions, reports by the
Executive Director and the
Commission’s General Counsel, and
consideration of any items for which a
hearing has been completed. In addition
to those items for which the public
hearing is completed on September 11,
2013, items subject to Commission
consideration during the Business
Meeting on September 12 include
Docket D–2006–037–3 for Hudson
Valley Foie Gras, LLC (‘‘HVFG’’), for
which the public hearing was
completed on July 9, 2013. A revised
version of the HVFG draft docket, which
takes into consideration comments
received during the public hearing on
July 9, is available on the Commission’s
Web site. The Commissioners also may
consider action on matters for which no
public hearing is required.
There will be no opportunity for
additional public comments at the
September 12 business meeting on
hearing items for which the hearing was
completed on September 11 or a
previous date. Commission
consideration on September 12 of items
for which the public hearing is closed
may result in either approval of the
docket or resolution as proposed,
approval with changes, denial, or
deferral. When the commissioners defer
an action, they may announce an
additional period for written comment
on the item, with or without an
additional hearing date, or they may
take additional time to consider the
input they have already received
without requesting further public input.
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Commissioners informally during the
public dialogue portion of the hearing
on September 11 are asked to sign up in
advance by contacting Ms. Paula
Schmitt of the Commission staff, at
paula.schmitt@drbc.state.nj.us or by
phoning Ms. Schmitt at 609–883–9500
ext. 224.
Addresses for Written Comment.
Written comment on items scheduled
for hearing may be delivered by hand at
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advance of the hearing date to:
Commission Secretary, P.O. Box 7360,
25 State Police Drive, West Trenton, NJ
08628; by fax to Commission Secretary,
DRBC at 609–883–9522 or by email to
paula.schmitt@drbc.state.nj.us. If
submitted by email in advance of the
hearing date, written comments on a
docket should also be sent to
william.muszynski@drbc.state.nj.us.
Accommodations for Special Needs.
Individuals in need of an
accommodation as provided for in the
Americans with Disabilities Act who
wish to attend the informational
meeting, conference session or hearings
should contact the Commission
Secretary directly at 609–883–9500 ext.
203 or through the Telecommunications
Relay Services (TRS) at 711, to discuss
how we can accommodate your needs.
Updates. Items scheduled for hearing
are occasionally postponed to allow
more time for the Commission to
consider them. Other meeting items also
are subject to change. Please check the
Commission’s Web site, www.drbc.net,
closer to the meeting date for changes
that may be made after the deadline for
filing this notice.
Additional Information, Contacts. The
list of projects scheduled for hearing,
with descriptions, is currently available
in a long form of this notice posted on
the Commission’s Web site,
www.drbc.net. Draft dockets and
resolutions for hearing items will be
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the same location approximately ten
days prior to the hearing date.
Additional public records relating to
hearing items may be examined at the
Commission’s offices by appointment by
contacting Carol Adamovic, 609–883–
9500, ext. 249. For other questions
concerning hearing items, please contact
Project Review Section assistant
Victoria Lawson at 609–883–9500, ext.
216.
Dated: August 27, 2013.
Pamela M. Bush,
Commission Secretary and Assistant General
Counsel.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED–2013–ICCD–0087]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Comment Request;
Trends in International Mathematics
and Science Study (TIMSS): 2015
Recruitment and Field Test
Institute of Education Sciences/
National Center for Education Statistics
(IES), Department of Education (ED).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is
proposing a reinstatement with change
of a previously approved information
collection.
SUMMARY:
Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before October
3, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in
response to this notice should be
submitted electronically through the
Federal eRulemaking Portal at https://
www.regulations.gov by selecting
Docket ID number ED–2013–ICCD–0087
or via postal mail, commercial delivery,
or hand delivery. Please note that
comments submitted by fax or email
and those submitted after the comment
period will not be accepted. Written
requests for information or comments
submitted by postal mail or delivery
should be addressed to the Acting
Director of the Information Collection
Clearance Division, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW.,
LBJ, Room 2E105,Washington, DC
20202–4537.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kathy Axt, 540–776–7742 or
electronically mail ICDocketMgr@
ed.gov. Please do not send comments
here.
DATES:
The
Department of Education (ED), in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general
public and Federal agencies with an
opportunity to comment on proposed,
revised, and continuing collections of
information. This helps the Department
assess the impact of its information
collection requirements and minimize
the public’s reporting burden. It also
helps the public understand the
Department’s information collection
requirements and provide the requested
data in the desired format. ED is
soliciting comments on the proposed
information collection request (ICR) that
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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is described below. 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: Trends in
International Mathematics and Science
Study (TIMSS): 2015 Recruitment and
Field Test.
OMB Control Number: 1850–0695.
Type of Review: A reinstatement with
change of a previously approved
information collection.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Individuals or households.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 14,537.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 34,021.
Abstract: The Trends in Mathematics
and Science Study (TIMSS) is an
international assessment of fourth and
eighth grade students’ achievement in
mathematics and science. Since its
inception in 1995, TIMSS has continued
to assess students every 4 years (1995,
1999, 2003, 2007, 2011). Participation in
this study provides data on current and
past education policies and a
comparison of U.S. education policies
with its international counterparts.
Periodically, TIMSS has also conducted
an assessment of advanced mathematics
and physics of students at the end of
secondary school (1995 and 2008). The
United States participated in TIMSS
Advanced in 1995, but not in 2008.
Because of the current strong policy
interest in preparedness for college and
for careers in science, technology,
engineering, and mathematics (STEM)
fields, the U.S. plans to participate in
TIMSS Advanced in 2015. This
submission describes the overarching
plan for all phases of the data collection,
including the field test that will take
place in March–April, 2014, and the
main study that will take place in
April–May, 2015. The purpose of the
TIMSS field test is to evaluate new
assessment items and background
questions (including the new parent
questionnaire), to ensure practices that
promote low exclusion rates, and to
ensure that classroom and student
sampling procedures proposed for the
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main study are successful. This
submission requests approval for
recruitment for the 2014 field test and
the 2015 main study; the 2014 field test
data collection for TIMSS at grades 4
and 8 and TIMSS Advanced in grade 12;
and a description of the overarching
plan for all of the phases of the data
collection, including data collection in
the 2015 main study.
Dated: August 28, 2013.
Stephanie Valentine,
Acting Director, Information Collection
Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and
Records Management Services, Office of
Management.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Agency Emergency Information
Collection Reinstatement
U.S. Department of Energy.
Submission for Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) review;
comment request.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Department of Energy
(DOE) will be submitting an emergency
information collection request to the
OMB for reinstatement under the
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995. The information collection
requests a one hundred eighty (180) day
approval of its Records and
Administration, OMB Control Number
1910–1700. The proposed voluntary
collection will request that an
individual or an authorized designee
provide pertinent information for easy
record retrieval allowing for increased
efficiencies and quicker processing.
Pertinent information includes the
requester’s name, shipping address,
phone number, email address, previous
work location, the action requested and
any identifying data that will help
locate the records (maiden name,
occupational license number, time and
place of employment.
DATES: Comments regarding this
collection must be received on or
October 3, 2013. If you anticipate that
you will be submitting comments, but
find it difficult to do so within the
period of time allowed by this notice,
please advise the OMB Desk Officer of
your intention to make a submission as
soon as possible. The Desk Officer may
be telephoned at 202–395–4718.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be sent to: DOE Desk Officer, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget, New
Executive Office Building, Room 10102,
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20503.
And to: Troy Manigault, Departmental
Records Officer, Office of the Chief
Information Officer, U.S. Department of
Energy, 19901 Germantown Rd, Room
G–312, Germantown, MD 20874, Phone:
301–903–9926 (Office), troy.manigault@
hq.doe.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
TheAnne E. Gordon, Associate CIO for
IT Planning, Architecture, and EGovernment, Office of the Chief
Information Officer, U.S. Department of
Energy, 1000 Independence Ave. SW.,
Washington, DC 20585, 202–586–3705
(Office), theanne.gordon@hq.doe.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
information collection request contains:
(1) OMB No. 1910–1700; (2) Information
Collection Request Title: Records and
Administration; (3) Type of Request:
Reinstatement; (4) Purpose: The Privacy
Act Information Request Form assists
the Department of Energy in processing
privacy requests submitted by an
individual or an authorized designee
where-in he or she is requesting records
the government may maintain on them.
This form will increase efficiencies
including, but not limited to quicker
processing of privacy requests by asking
individuals or their designees pertinent
information for easy record retrieval; (5)
Annual Estimated Number of
Respondents: 135; (6) Annual Estimated
Number of Total Responses: 135; (7)
Annual Estimated Number of Burden
Hours: 45 hrs; Annual Estimated
Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost
Burden: N/A
Statutory Authority: The Privacy Act of
1974, 5 U.S.C. 552(a), 10 CFR 1008.7, and
DOE Order 206.1.
Issued in Washington, DC, on August 26,
2013.
TheAnne E. Gordon,
Associate CIO for IT Planning, Architecture
and E-Government, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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Commission
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Take notice that the Commission
received the following electric rate
filings:
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Applicants: Mustang Hills, LLC
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED-2013-ICCD-0087]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS):
2015 Recruitment and Field Test
AGENCY: Institute of Education Sciences/National Center for Education
Statistics (IES), Department of Education (ED).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is proposing a reinstatement with
change of a previously approved information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
October 3, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in response to this notice should be
submitted electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at
https://www.regulations.gov by selecting Docket ID number ED-2013-ICCD-
0087 or via postal mail, commercial delivery, or hand delivery. Please
note that comments submitted by fax or email and those submitted after
the comment period will not be accepted. Written requests for
information or comments submitted by postal mail or delivery should be
addressed to the Acting Director of the Information Collection
Clearance Division, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue
SW., LBJ, Room 2E105,Washington, DC 20202-4537.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathy Axt, 540-776-7742 or
electronically mail ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Please do not send comments
here.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Education (ED), in
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general public and Federal agencies with
an opportunity to comment on proposed, revised, and continuing
collections of information. This helps the Department assess the impact
of its information collection requirements and minimize the public's
reporting burden. It also helps the public understand the Department's
information collection requirements and provide the requested data in
the desired format. ED is soliciting comments on the proposed
information collection request (ICR) that
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is described below. 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: Trends in International Mathematics and
Science Study (TIMSS): 2015 Recruitment and Field Test.
OMB Control Number: 1850-0695.
Type of Review: A reinstatement with change of a previously
approved information collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 14,537.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 34,021.
Abstract: The Trends in Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) is an
international assessment of fourth and eighth grade students'
achievement in mathematics and science. Since its inception in 1995,
TIMSS has continued to assess students every 4 years (1995, 1999, 2003,
2007, 2011). Participation in this study provides data on current and
past education policies and a comparison of U.S. education policies
with its international counterparts. Periodically, TIMSS has also
conducted an assessment of advanced mathematics and physics of students
at the end of secondary school (1995 and 2008). The United States
participated in TIMSS Advanced in 1995, but not in 2008. Because of the
current strong policy interest in preparedness for college and for
careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)
fields, the U.S. plans to participate in TIMSS Advanced in 2015. This
submission describes the overarching plan for all phases of the data
collection, including the field test that will take place in March-
April, 2014, and the main study that will take place in April-May,
2015. The purpose of the TIMSS field test is to evaluate new assessment
items and background questions (including the new parent
questionnaire), to ensure practices that promote low exclusion rates,
and to ensure that classroom and student sampling procedures proposed
for the main study are successful. This submission requests approval
for recruitment for the 2014 field test and the 2015 main study; the
2014 field test data collection for TIMSS at grades 4 and 8 and TIMSS
Advanced in grade 12; and a description of the overarching plan for all
of the phases of the data collection, including data collection in the
2015 main study.
Dated: August 28, 2013.
Stephanie Valentine,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Privacy,
Information and Records Management Services, Office of Management.
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