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Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 74 / Monday, April 18, 2016 / Notices mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES accountable process to ensure ‘‘meaningful and timely input by State and local officials in the development of regulatory policies that have federalism implications.’’ The action does not have federalism implications. We do not believe that the action has substantial direct effects on the States, on the relationship between the Federal government and the States, or on the distribution of power and responsibilities among the various levels of government. The action does not impose any additional substantive obligations on State or local governments. Therefore, Executive Order 13132 does not apply to this action. Regulatory Flexibility Act, as Amended by the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, 5 U.S.C. 601 et seq. The Regulatory Flexibility Act generally requires an agency to prepare a regulatory flexibility analysis of any rule subject to notice-and-comment rulemaking requirements under the Administrative Procedure Act or any other statute unless the agency certifies that the rule will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. Small entities include small businesses, small organizations, and small governmental jurisdictions. For purposes of assessing the impacts of the proposed issuance and modification of NWPs on small entities, a small entity is defined as: (1) A small business based on Small Business Administration size standards; (2) a small governmental jurisdiction that is a government of a city, county, town, school district, or special district with a population of less than 50,000; or (3) a small organization that is any not-forprofit enterprise which is independently owned and operated and is not dominant in its field. After considering the economic impacts of the action on small entities, we certify that the updates to the NWPL will not have a significant impact on a substantial number of small entities since it does not change the Corps’ current wetland delineation/ identification procedures, or the circumstances under which a wetland delineation is required to make a decision on a Department of the Army permit application. The NWPL is only used to determine if a site has wetland plant community and is not the sole factor for determining whether a site is a wetland under the Clean Water Act. To be considered a wetland under the Clean Water Act, the site must also have wetland hydrology and hydric soils. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:54 Apr 15, 2016 Jkt 238001 Unfunded Mandates Reform Act Title II of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (UMRA), Public Law 104–4, establishes requirements for Federal agencies to assess the effects of their regulatory actions on State, local, and tribal governments and the private sector. Under Section 202 of the UMRA, the agencies generally must prepare a written statement, including a costbenefit analysis, for proposed and final rules with ‘‘federal mandates’’ that may result in expenditures to State, local, and tribal governments, in the aggregate, or to the private sector, of $100 million or more in any one year. Before promulgating a rule for which a written statement is needed, Section 205 of the UMRA generally requires the agencies to identify and consider a reasonable number of regulatory alternatives and adopt the least costly, most costeffective, or least burdensome alternative that achieves the objectives of the rule. The provisions of section 205 do not apply when they are inconsistent with applicable law. Moreover, section 205 allows an agency to adopt an alternative other than the least costly, most cost-effective, or least burdensome alternative if the agency publishes with the final rule an explanation why that alternative was not adopted. Before an agency establishes any regulatory requirements that may significantly or uniquely affect small governments, including tribal governments, it must have developed, under Section 203 of the UMRA, a small government agency plan. The plan must provide for notifying potentially affected small governments, enabling officials of affected small governments to have meaningful and timely input in the development of regulatory proposals with significant federal intergovernmental mandates, and informing, educating, and advising small governments on compliance with the regulatory requirements. We have determined that the NWPL issued today does not contain a Federal mandate that may result in expenditures of $100 million or more for State, local, and Tribal governments, in the aggregate, or the private sector in any one year. The use of the NWPL is consistent with current agency practice, does not impose new substantive requirements and therefore does not contain a Federal mandate that may result in expenditures of $100 million or more for State, local, and Tribal governments, in the aggregate, or the private sector in any one year. Therefore, the NWPL issued today is not subject to the requirements of Sections 202 and 205 of the UMRA. For the same PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 22583 reasons, we have determined that the NWPL update contains no regulatory requirements that might significantly or uniquely affect small governments. Therefore, the issuance of the NWPL is not subject to the requirements of Section 203 of UMRA. Environmental Documentation A decision document has been prepared for this action after all comments received were evaluated. The decision document is available through Headquarters, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Operations and Regulatory Community of Practice, 441 G Street NW., Washington, DC 20314–1000. Authority We utilize the NWPL in conducting wetland determinations under the authority of Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1344) and Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 (33 U.S.C. 401 et seq.). Dated: April 5, 2016. Edward E. Belk, Jr., P.E., Chief, Operations and Regulatory Division, Directorate of Civil Works. [FR Doc. 2016–08917 Filed 4–15–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3720–58–P DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Announcement of an Open Public Meeting National Advisory Council on Indian Education, Department of Education. ACTION: Announcement of an Open Public Meeting. AGENCY: This notice sets forth the schedule of an upcoming public meeting conducted by the National Advisory Council on Indian Education (NACIE). Notice of the meeting is required by section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act and intended to notify the public of its opportunity to attend. In order to facilitate the Secretary’s attendance, this notice is being published less than 15 days prior to the scheduled meeting date. SUMMARY: The NACIE meeting will be held on April 25–26, 2016; April 25, 2016— 8:30 a.m.–4:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Saving Time, April 26, 2015—9:00 a.m.– 1:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Saving Time. The meeting location is 400 Maryland Ave., Room 3C100, SW., Washington, DC 20202. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tina Hunter, Designated Federal Official, Office of Elementary and Secondary DATES: E:\FR\FM\18APN1.SGM 18APN1 22584 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 74 / Monday, April 18, 2016 / Notices mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Education, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20202. Telephone: 202–205–8527. Fax: 202–205–0310. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NACIE’s Statutory Authority and Function: The National Advisory Council on Indian Education is authorized by § 6141 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as amended by Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). The Council is established within the Department of Education to advise the Secretary of Education on the funding and administration (including the development of regulations, and administrative policies and practices) of any program over which the Secretary has jurisdiction and includes Indian children or adults as participants or programs that may benefit Indian children or adults, including any program established under Title VI, part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act as amended by ESSA. The Council submits to the Congress, not later than June 30 of each year, a report on the activities of the Council that includes recommendations the Council considers appropriate for the improvement of Federal education programs that include Indian children or adults as participants or that may benefit Indian children or adults, and recommendations concerning the funding of any such program. One of the Council’s responsibilities is to develop and provide recommendations to the Secretary of Education on the funding and administration (including the development of regulations, and administrative policies and practices) of any program over which the Secretary has jurisdiction that can benefit Indian children or adults participating in any program which could benefit Indian children. Meeting Agenda All attendees must RSVP for the meeting and sign up to provide a public comment no later than April 20, 2016. Speakers will be allowed to provide comments for no more than five (5) minutes. Members of the public interested in submitting written comments may do so via email at oese@ ed.gov. Comments should pertain to the work of NACIE and/or the Office of Indian Education. The purpose of the meeting is to convene the Council to conduct the following business: (1) Final discussion, review and approval of the 2015 recommendations to the Secretary; (2) Present recommendations to the Secretary or Proxy; (3) Overview of ESSA and discuss the impact on Indian VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:54 Apr 15, 2016 Jkt 238001 Programs with regard to NACIE, and; (4) Conduct discussions and begin work on the development of the annual report to Congress that should be submitted no later than June 30, 2016. Access to Records of the Meeting: The Department will post the official report of the meeting on the OESE Web site at: https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ oese/oie/nacie.html#ar 21 days after the meeting. Pursuant to the FACA, the public may also inspect the materials at the Office of Indian Education, United States Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20202, Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Saving Time or by emailing TribalConsultation@ed.gov or by calling Terrie Nelson on (202) 401– 0424 to schedule an appointment. Reasonable Accommodations: The hearing site is accessible to individuals with disabilities. If you will need an auxiliary aid or service to participate in the meeting (e.g., interpreting service, assistive listening device, or materials in an alternate format), notify Vickie Banagan on 205–2189 or at vickie.banagan@ed.gov no later than April 20, 2016. Although we will attempt to meet a request received after request due date, we may not be able to make available the requested auxiliary aid or service because of insufficient time to make arrangements. Electronic Access to this Document: 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 via the Federal Digital System at: www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site you can 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). To use PDF, you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available free at the site. You may also access documents of the Department published in the Federal Register by using the article search feature at: www.federalregister.gov. Specifically, through the advanced search feature at this site, you can limit your search to documents published by the Department. Authority: The National Advisory Council on Indian Education is authorized by Section 6141 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as amended by ESSA. Ann Whalen, Senior Advisor to the Secretary Delegated the Duties of Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education. [FR Doc. 2016–08929 Filed 4–15–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4000–01–P PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION [Docket No.: ED–2016–ICCD–0042] Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Application Package for Strengthening Historically Black Graduate Institutions (HBGI) Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE), 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 new information collection. DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before May 18, 2016. ADDRESSES: To access and review all the documents related to the information collection listed in this notice, please use https://www.regulations.gov by searching the Docket ID number ED– 2016–ICCD–0042. Comments submitted in response to this notice should be submitted electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at https:// www.regulations.gov by selecting the Docket ID number 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 Director of the Information Collection Clearance Division, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, Room 2E–103, Washington, DC 20202–4537. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to collection activities, please contact Winston Skerrett, 202–453–7605. 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 SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\18APN1.SGM 18APN1

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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 74 (Monday, April 18, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22583-22584]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-08929]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


Announcement of an Open Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Advisory Council on Indian Education, Department of 
Education.

ACTION: Announcement of an Open Public Meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the schedule of an upcoming public 
meeting conducted by the National Advisory Council on Indian Education 
(NACIE). Notice of the meeting is required by section 10(a)(2) of the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act and intended to notify the public of its 
opportunity to attend. In order to facilitate the Secretary's 
attendance, this notice is being published less than 15 days prior to 
the scheduled meeting date.

DATES: The NACIE meeting will be held on April 25-26, 2016; April 25, 
2016--8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Saving Time, April 26, 
2015--9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Saving Time.
    The meeting location is 400 Maryland Ave., Room 3C100, SW., 
Washington, DC 20202.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tina Hunter, Designated Federal 
Official, Office of Elementary and Secondary

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Education, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., 
Washington, DC 20202. Telephone: 202-205-8527. Fax: 202-205-0310.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NACIE's Statutory Authority and Function: 
The National Advisory Council on Indian Education is authorized by 
Sec.  6141 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as amended by 
Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). The Council is established within 
the Department of Education to advise the Secretary of Education on the 
funding and administration (including the development of regulations, 
and administrative policies and practices) of any program over which 
the Secretary has jurisdiction and includes Indian children or adults 
as participants or programs that may benefit Indian children or adults, 
including any program established under Title VI, part A of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act as amended by ESSA. The Council 
submits to the Congress, not later than June 30 of each year, a report 
on the activities of the Council that includes recommendations the 
Council considers appropriate for the improvement of Federal education 
programs that include Indian children or adults as participants or that 
may benefit Indian children or adults, and recommendations concerning 
the funding of any such program.
    One of the Council's responsibilities is to develop and provide 
recommendations to the Secretary of Education on the funding and 
administration (including the development of regulations, and 
administrative policies and practices) of any program over which the 
Secretary has jurisdiction that can benefit Indian children or adults 
participating in any program which could benefit Indian children.

Meeting Agenda

    All attendees must RSVP for the meeting and sign up to provide a 
public comment no later than April 20, 2016. Speakers will be allowed 
to provide comments for no more than five (5) minutes. Members of the 
public interested in submitting written comments may do so via email at 
oese@ed.gov. Comments should pertain to the work of NACIE and/or the 
Office of Indian Education.
    The purpose of the meeting is to convene the Council to conduct the 
following business: (1) Final discussion, review and approval of the 
2015 recommendations to the Secretary; (2) Present recommendations to 
the Secretary or Proxy; (3) Overview of ESSA and discuss the impact on 
Indian Programs with regard to NACIE, and; (4) Conduct discussions and 
begin work on the development of the annual report to Congress that 
should be submitted no later than June 30, 2016.
    Access to Records of the Meeting: The Department will post the 
official report of the meeting on the OESE Web site at: https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/oese/oie/nacie.html#ar 21 days after the 
meeting. Pursuant to the FACA, the public may also inspect the 
materials at the Office of Indian Education, United States Department 
of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20202, Monday-
Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Saving Time or by 
emailing TribalConsultation@ed.gov or by calling Terrie Nelson on (202) 
401-0424 to schedule an appointment.
    Reasonable Accommodations: The hearing site is accessible to 
individuals with disabilities. If you will need an auxiliary aid or 
service to participate in the meeting (e.g., interpreting service, 
assistive listening device, or materials in an alternate format), 
notify Vickie Banagan on 205-2189 or at vickie.banagan@ed.gov no later 
than April 20, 2016. Although we will attempt to meet a request 
received after request due date, we may not be able to make available 
the requested auxiliary aid or service because of insufficient time to 
make arrangements.
    Electronic Access to this Document: 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 via the Federal Digital System 
at: www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site you can 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). To use PDF, 
you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available free at the 
site. You may also access documents of the Department published in the 
Federal Register by using the article search feature at: 
www.federalregister.gov. Specifically, through the advanced search 
feature at this site, you can limit your search to documents published 
by the Department.

    Authority:  The National Advisory Council on Indian Education is 
authorized by Section 6141 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act, as amended by ESSA.

Ann Whalen,
Senior Advisor to the Secretary Delegated the Duties of Assistant 
Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education.
[FR Doc. 2016-08929 Filed 4-15-16; 8:45 am]
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