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education, training, and stewardship
goals of the reserve; and the plans for
future land acquisition and facility
development to support reserve
operations. The Wells Reserve
Management Plan revision will replace
the plan approved in 2007.
The Wells, Maine National Estuarine
Research Reserve takes an integrated
approach to management, linking
research, education, training and
stewardship functions to address high
priority issues including the impact of
climate change of coastal ecosystems
and communities, development
pressures, population growth, land-use
change, habitat fragmentation, and
water quality degradation. Since the last
management plan, the reserve
implemented its core programs and
expanded its monitoring infrastructure
to include capabilities for
understanding climate impacts;
enhanced its facilities, including new
Visitor Center exhibits and interpretive
trail signs; constructed an
environmental chamber for year-round
research; and furthered land
conservation in the reserve’s targeted
watersheds.
The revised management plan will
serve as the guiding document for the
2,250 acre Wells National Estuarine
Research Reserve for the next five years.
The Wells National Estuarine Research
Reserve Management Plan revision can
be viewed at www.wellsreserve.org.
Comments can be provided to Paul Dest,
Reserve Director at dest@wellsnerr.org.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Alison Krepp at (301) 563–7105 or Erica
Seiden at (301) 563–1172 of NOAA’s
National Ocean Service, Estuarine
Reserves Division, 1305 East-West
Highway, N/ORM5, 10th Floor, Silver
Spring, MD 20910.
Dated: December 6, 2013.
Christopher C. Cartwright,
Associate Assistant Administrator for
Management and CFO/CAO, National Ocean
Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration.
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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request
Corporation for National and
Community Service.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Corporation for National
and Community Service (CNCS), as part
of its continuing effort to reduce
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paperwork and respondent burden,
conducts a pre-clearance consultation
program to provide the general public
and federal agencies with an
opportunity to comment on proposed
and/or continuing collections of
information in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This
program helps to ensure that requested
data can be provided in the desired
format, reporting burden (time and
financial resources) is minimized,
collection instruments are clearly
understood, and the impact of the
collection requirement on respondents
can be properly assessed.
Currently, CNCS is soliciting
comments on its proposed revised
enrollment and exit forms entitled
National Service Trust Enrollment Form
and National Service Trust Exit Form.
The Enrollment Form and Exit Forms
are used by AmeriCorps members and
program staff to enroll in the National
Service Trust and to document the
completion of AmeriCorps member’s
term of service. AmeriCorps requires
these forms in order for members to
receive a Segal Education Award.
Copies of the forms can be obtained
by contacting the office listed in the
ADDRESSES section of this Notice.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted to the individual and office
listed in the ADDRESSES section by
February 10, 2014.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by the title of the information
collection activity, by any of the
following methods:
(1) By mail sent to: Corporation for
National and Community Service,
Attention Bruce Kellogg, 8309C, 1201
New York Avenue NW., Washington,
DC 20525.
(2) By hand delivery or by courier to
the CNCS mailroom at Room 8100 at the
mail address given in paragraph (1)
above, between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
Eastern Time, Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
(3) Electronically through
www.regulations.gov.
Individuals who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf
(TTY–TDD) may call 1–800–833–3722
between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Eastern
Time, Monday through Friday.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bruce Kellogg, (202) 606–6954, or by
email at bkellogg@cns.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
CNCS is particularly interested in
comments that:
• Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
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functions of CNCS, including whether
the information will have practical
utility;
• Evaluate 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;
• Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
• Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are expected 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 submissions
of responses).
Background
The Enrollment Form and Exit Forms
are used by AmeriCorps members and
program staff to enroll in the National
Service Trust and to document the
completion of a member’s term of
service, a requirement to receiving a
Segal Education Award and to meet
other legal and program requirements.
This information is also entered
electronically into the National Service
Trust’s database.
Current Action
CNCS seeks to renew the current
information collection with some
changes, principally to demographics
questions, such as income levels,
disability, veteran’s status, citizenship
status, and educational levels.
The information collection will
otherwise be used in the same manner
as the existing forms. CNCS also seeks
to continue using the current forms
until the revised forms are approved by
OMB. The current application is due to
expire on 05/31/2016.
Type of Review: Renewal.
Agency: Corporation for National and
Community Service.
Title: National Service Trust
Enrollment and Exit Forms.
OMB Number: 3045–0006.
Agency Number: None.
Affected Public: AmeriCorps
members, grantee and other program
staff.
Total Respondents: 160,000.
Frequency: Once per form.
Average Time per Response: Averages
10 minutes per form.
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
266,667.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
None.
Total Burden Cost (operating/
maintenance): None.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
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included in CNCS’s request for Office of
Management and Budget approval of the
information collection forms; they will
also become a matter of public record.
Dated: December 5, 2013.
Maggie Taylor-Coates,
Chief of Trust Operations.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Tests Determined To Be Suitable for
Use in the National Reporting System
for Adult Education
Office of Vocational and Adult
Education, Department of Education.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Secretary annually
announces tests, test forms, and delivery
formats that the Secretary determines to
be suitable for use in the National
Reporting System for Adult Education
(NRS).
SUMMARY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michelle Meier, Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW.,
Room 11161, Potomac Center Plaza,
Washington, DC 20202–7240.
Telephone: (202) 245–7890 or by email:
Michelle.Meier@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD) or a text
telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay
Service (FRS), toll free, at 1–800–877–
8339.
On
January 14, 2008, we published in the
Federal Register final regulations for 34
CFR part 462, Measuring Educational
Gain in the National Reporting System
for Adult Education (NRS regulations)
(73 FR 2306). The NRS regulations
established the process the Secretary
uses to determine the suitability of tests
for use in the NRS by States and local
eligible providers. We annually publish
in the Federal Register and post on the
Internet at https://www.nrsweb.org a list
of the names of tests and the
educational functioning levels the tests
are suitable to measure in the NRS as
required by § 462.12(c)(2) of the NRS
regulations.
On April 16, 2008, we published in
the Federal Register a notice inviting
test publishers to submit tests for review
under the NRS regulations (73 FR
20616).
On February 2, 2010, we published in
the Federal Register a notice (February
2010 notice) listing the tests and test
forms the Secretary determined to be
suitable for use in the NRS (75 FR 5303).
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The Secretary determined tests and
test forms to be suitable for a period of
either seven or three years from the date
of the February 2010 notice. A sevenyear approval required no additional
action on the part of the publisher,
unless the information the publisher
submitted as a basis for the Secretary’s
review was inaccurate or unless the test
is substantially revised. A three-year
approval was issued with a set of
conditions to be met by the completion
of the three-year period. If these
conditions were met, the Secretary
would approve a period of time for
which the test may continue to be used
in the NRS.
On September 12, 2011, we published
in the Federal Register (76 FR 56188) a
notice (September 2011 notice) to
update the list published in the
February 2010 notice, and include
suitable test delivery formats. The
update clarified that some, but not all,
tests using computer-adaptive or
computer-based delivery formats are
suitable for use in the NRS.
On August 6, 2012, we published in
the Federal Register (77 FR 46749) the
same list of forms and computer
delivery formats for the tests published
in the September 2011 notice. We also
announced a sunset period during
which States and local providers may
continue to use tests with three-year
NRS approvals otherwise expiring on
February 2, 2013, during a transition
period ending on June 30, 2014.
On January 25, 2013, we announced
in the Federal Register (78 FR 5430) an
extension of the approval period for
tests approved for a three-year period
beginning on February 2, 2010. The
approval period was extended from
February 2, 2013 to September 30, 2013,
with the sunset period ending on June
30, 2014 still applicable.
The Secretary publishes here the list
of tests and test forms determined to be
suitable for use in the NRS. These
include: (1) Tests previously approved
for a seven-year period from February 2,
2010; (2) three tests—previously
approved for a three-year conditional
period from February 2, 2010—for
which the Secretary is extending the
approval period through June 30, 2015;
and (3) one test—a revised version of a
test previously approved for a three-year
conditional period from February 2,
2010—for which the Secretary is
providing an approval period through
June 30, 2015. The extended approval
period through June 30, 2015 for these
four tests is issued with a set of
conditions for each test that a test
publisher must meet eby the completion
of the extended period. If a test
publisher meets these conditions, the
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Secretary approves a period of time for
which the test may continue to be used
in the NRS.
Approved Tests, Forms and Approval
Periods
Adult education programs must use
only the approved forms and computer
delivery formats for the tests published
in this notice. If a particular test form or
computer delivery format is not
explicitly specified for a test in this
notice, it is not approved for use in the
NRS.
Tests Determined To Be Suitable for
Use in the NRS for Seven Years
(a) The Secretary has determined that
the following test is suitable for use at
all Adult Basic Education (ABE) and
Adult Secondary Education (ASE) levels
and at all English-as-a-Second-Language
(ESL) levels of the NRS for a period of
seven years beginning on February 2,
2010:
Comprehensive Adult Student
Assessment Systems (CASAS) Reading
Assessments (Life and Work, Life Skills,
Reading for Citizenship, Reading for
Language Arts—Secondary Level).
Forms 27, 28, 81, 82, 81X, 82X, 83, 84,
85, 86, 185, 186, 187, 188, 310, 311, 513,
514, 951, 952, 951X, and 952X of this
test are approved for use on paper and
through the computer-based delivery
format. Publisher: CASAS, 5151
Murphy Canyon Road, suite 220, San
Diego, CA 92123–4339. Telephone:
(800) 255–1036. Internet:
www.casas.org.
(b) The Secretary has determined that
the following tests are suitable for use
at all ABE and ASE levels of the NRS
for a period of seven years beginning on
February 2, 2010:
(1) Comprehensive Adult Student
Assessment Systems (CASAS) Life Skills
Math Assessments—Application of
Mathematics (Secondary Level). Forms
31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 505, and
506 of this test are approved for use on
paper and through the computer-based
delivery format. Publisher: CASAS,
5151 Murphy Canyon Road, suite 220,
San Diego, CA 92123–4339. Telephone:
(800) 255–1036. Internet:
www.casas.org.
(2) Massachusetts Adult Proficiency
Test (MAPT) for Math. This test is
approved for use through a computeradaptive delivery format. Publisher:
Massachusetts Department of
Elementary and Secondary Education
and University of Massachusetts
Amherst, School of Education, 156 Hills
South, University of Massachusetts,
Amherst, MA 01003. Telephone: (413)
545–0564. Internet: www.sabes.org/
assessment/mapt.htm.
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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request
AGENCY: Corporation for National and Community Service.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), as
part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent
burden, conducts a pre-clearance consultation program to provide the
general public and federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on
proposed and/or continuing collections of information in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA95) (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)). This program helps to ensure that requested data can be
provided in the desired format, reporting burden (time and financial
resources) is minimized, collection instruments are clearly understood,
and the impact of the collection requirement on respondents can be
properly assessed.
Currently, CNCS is soliciting comments on its proposed revised
enrollment and exit forms entitled National Service Trust Enrollment
Form and National Service Trust Exit Form. The Enrollment Form and Exit
Forms are used by AmeriCorps members and program staff to enroll in the
National Service Trust and to document the completion of AmeriCorps
member's term of service. AmeriCorps requires these forms in order for
members to receive a Segal Education Award.
Copies of the forms can be obtained by contacting the office listed
in the ADDRESSES section of this Notice.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the individual and office
listed in the ADDRESSES section by February 10, 2014.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by the title of the
information collection activity, by any of the following methods:
(1) By mail sent to: Corporation for National and Community
Service, Attention Bruce Kellogg, 8309C, 1201 New York Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20525.
(2) By hand delivery or by courier to the CNCS mailroom at Room
8100 at the mail address given in paragraph (1) above, between 9:00
a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays.
(3) Electronically through www.regulations.gov.
Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TTY-
TDD) may call 1-800-833-3722 between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Eastern
Time, Monday through Friday.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bruce Kellogg, (202) 606-6954, or by
email at bkellogg@cns.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
CNCS is particularly interested in comments that:
Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of CNCS,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
Evaluate 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;
Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
Minimize the burden of the collection of information on
those who are expected 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 submissions of responses).
Background
The Enrollment Form and Exit Forms are used by AmeriCorps members
and program staff to enroll in the National Service Trust and to
document the completion of a member's term of service, a requirement to
receiving a Segal Education Award and to meet other legal and program
requirements. This information is also entered electronically into the
National Service Trust's database.
Current Action
CNCS seeks to renew the current information collection with some
changes, principally to demographics questions, such as income levels,
disability, veteran's status, citizenship status, and educational
levels.
The information collection will otherwise be used in the same
manner as the existing forms. CNCS also seeks to continue using the
current forms until the revised forms are approved by OMB. The current
application is due to expire on 05/31/2016.
Type of Review: Renewal.
Agency: Corporation for National and Community Service.
Title: National Service Trust Enrollment and Exit Forms.
OMB Number: 3045-0006.
Agency Number: None.
Affected Public: AmeriCorps members, grantee and other program
staff.
Total Respondents: 160,000.
Frequency: Once per form.
Average Time per Response: Averages 10 minutes per form.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 266,667.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): None.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): None.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or
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included in CNCS's request for Office of Management and Budget approval
of the information collection forms; they will also become a matter of
public record.
Dated: December 5, 2013.
Maggie Taylor-Coates,
Chief of Trust Operations.
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