Agency Information Collection Extension, 69607-69608 [2020-24344]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 213 / Tuesday, November 3, 2020 / Notices khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES Board’s committee meeting minutes available at https://www.nagb.gov/ governing-board/quarterly-boardmeetings.html. The committee meetings will take place prior to and subsequent to the November 19–20, 2020 quarterly Governing Board meeting. The Governing Board website www.nagb.gov will post final dates and times for these working committee meetings, which are open to the public via online registration 5 working days prior to each meeting. Assessment Development Committee: Open Meeting: November 13, 2020; 4:45–6:45 p.m. (ET). Executive Committee: Closed meeting: November 16, 2020; 4:00–5:15 p.m. (ET); Open Meeting: 5:20 p.m.–6:00: p.m. Committee on Standards, Design and Methodology: Open Meeting: December 7, 2020; 3:00–6:00 p.m. (ET). Reporting & Dissemination Committee (R&D): Open Meeting: November/ December 2020; exact date and time to be determined. Governing Board Meeting: November 19, 2020 Open Meeting: 12:30–2:15 p.m. (ET); Closed Meeting: 2:30–4:45 p.m. (ET); Open Meeting: 5:00–6:15 p.m. (ET). On Thursday, November 19, 2020, the Governing Board will meet in open session from 12:30 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. From 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Chair Haley Barbour will welcome members as well as review and approve the November 19–20, 2020 quarterly Governing Board meeting agenda and minutes from the July 30–31, 2020 quarterly Governing Board meeting and the September 29, 2020 Governing Board meeting. Standing committee chairs then will provide highlights of ongoing committee work. At 1:30 p.m. Secretary DeVos will administer the oath of office to new members—Suzanne Lane, Testing and Measurement Expert, Julia Rafal-Baer, General Public Representative, Ron Reynolds, Non-Public School Administrator, and Mark White, State Legislator (Republican)—and reappointed Governing Board member, Alice Peisch, State Legislator (Democrat). The newly appointed and reappointed Governing Board members will introduce themselves and provide remarks. The Governing Board Executive Director, Lesley Muldoon, will provide an update from 2:00 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. following which the Governing Board will take a 15-minute break. On November 19, 2020, the Governing Board will convene two closed sessions from 2:30 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. Peggy Carr, VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:55 Nov 02, 2020 Jkt 253001 Associate Commissioner, National Center for Education Statistics, will provide a briefing on NAEP operations and the NAEP budget from 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. The discussions may impact current and future NAEP contracts and budgets and must be kept confidential to maintain the integrity of the federal acquisition process. Such matters are protected by exemption 9(B) of § 552b(c) of Title 5 of the United States Code. The second closed session will convene from 4:00 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. Governing Board members will receive an annual ethics briefing from Marcella Goodridge, Assistant General Counsel, Ethics Division, Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Department of Education. The discussions pertain solely to internal personnel rules and practices of an agency and information of a personal nature where disclosure would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. As such, the discussions are protected by exemptions 2 and 6 of § 552b(c) of Title 5 of the United States Code. The closed session will be followed by a 15-minute break, after which the Board will reconvene in open session. From 5:00 p.m. to 6:15 p.m., the Governing Board will meet in open session to receive a panel presentation on Trend in NAEP. The November 19, 2020 session of the Governing Board meeting will adjourn at 6:15 p.m. ET. The November 20, 2020 session of the Governing Board meeting will convene from 12:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. ET. The Governing Board will meet in open session from 12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. when the Chair and Vice Chair of the Assessment Development Committee will lead a policy discussion on the update of the NAEP Reading Framework. Following a 15-minute break, the Governing Board will convene in two closed sessions, beginning at 2:15 p.m. and ending at 5:30 p.m. From 2:15 p.m. to 3:45 p.m., NCES staff will provide a briefing on eNAEP’s Design. From 3:45 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., the Governing Board then will receive a briefing from Peggy Carr and Lesley Muldoon on the NAEP Assessment Schedule and Budget beyond 2021. The discussions during these two closed sessions may impact current and future NAEP contracts and budgets and must be kept confidential. Public disclosure of this confidential information would significantly impede implementation of the NAEP assessment program if conducted in open session. Such matters are protected by exemption 9(B) of § 552b(c) of Title 5 of the United States Code. The November 20, 2020 meeting will adjourn at 5:30 p.m. PO 00000 Frm 00044 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 69607 Public Participation: The public may participate in the open sessions of the meeting via advance registration. A link to the registration page will be posted on www.nagb.gov five working days prior to each meeting date. Access to Records of the Meeting: Pursuant to FACA requirements, the public may also inspect the meeting materials at www.nagb.gov five working days prior to each meeting. The official verbatim transcripts of the public meeting sessions will be available for public inspection no later than 30 calendar days following the meeting. Reasonable Accommodations: The meeting 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 the contact person listed in this notice no later than ten working days prior to each meeting. Electronic Access to this Document: The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. 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 Adobe website. 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: Pub. L. 107–279, Title III— National Assessment of Educational Progress § 301. Lesley Muldoon, Executive Director, National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB), U.S. Department of Education. [FR Doc. 2020–24335 Filed 11–2–20; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4000–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Agency Information Collection Extension U.S. Department of Energy. Notice and request for comments. AGENCY: ACTION: The Department of Energy (DOE), pursuant to the Paperwork SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\03NON1.SGM 03NON1 khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES 69608 Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 213 / Tuesday, November 3, 2020 / Notices Reduction Act of 1995), intends to extend for three years, an information collection request with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). DATES: Comments regarding this proposed information collection must be received on or before January 4, 2021. If you anticipate difficulty in submitting comments within that period, contact the person listed below as soon as possible. ADDRESSES: Written comments may be sent to Ken Hunt, Chief Privacy Officer, U.S. Department of Energy, 19901 Germantown Road, Rm. G–302, Germantown, MD 20874, or by fax at (301) 903–7738 or by email at privacyactoffice@hq.doe.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ken Hunt, Chief Privacy Officer, U.S. Department of Energy, 19901 Germantown Road, Germantown, MD 20874 or by telephone at (301) 903–3880 or by fax at (301) 903–7738 or by email at privacyactoffice@hq.doe.gov, https:// www.energy.gov/cio/office-chiefinformation-officer/services/guidance/ privacy-program/submitting-privacy-act. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the extended collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) 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; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology. This information collection request contains: (1) OMB No:. 1910–1700; (2) Information Collection Request Title: Privacy Act Administration; (3) Type of Review: extension; (4) Purpose: The Privacy Act Information Request form aids the Department of Energy’s processing of Privacy Act requests submitted by an individual or an authorized representative, wherein he or she is requesting records the government may maintain on the individual. The Department’s use of this form continues to contribute to the implementation of the Department’s Privacy Act processes, including, but not limited to, providing for faster processing of Privacy Act information requests by asking individuals or their authorized representative for pertinent information needed for records retrieval; VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:55 Nov 02, 2020 Jkt 253001 (5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 406; (6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 406; (7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 135; (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $7,847. Statutory Authority: The Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and Department of Energy, Records Maintained on Individuals (Privacy Act), 10 CFR 1008.7. Signing Authority: This document of the Department of Energy was signed on October 27, 2020, by Rocky Campione, Chief Information Officer, pursuant to delegated authority from the Secretary of Energy. That document with the original signature and date is maintained by DOE. For administrative purposes only, and in compliance with requirements of the Office of the Federal Register, the undersigned DOE Federal Register Liaison Officer has been authorized to sign and submit the document in electronic format for publication, as an official document of the Department of Energy. This administrative process in no way alters the legal effect of this document upon publication in the Federal Register. Signed in Washington, DC, on October 29, 2020. Treena V. Garrett, Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy. [FR Doc. 2020–24344 Filed 11–2–20; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6450–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Proposed Agency Information Collection Extension, With Changes Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of Energy. ACTION: Notice and request for OMB review and comment. AGENCY: The Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance, a proposal for a three-year extension, with changes, of a collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The proposed collection will provide DOE with the information necessary to meet its statutory and regulatory obligations under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 and the DOE NEPA implementing regulations, which requires EERE to perform environmental impact analyses prior to making a decision to provide Federal funding for SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00045 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 research, development and demonstration projects funded by DOE. DATES: Comments regarding this collection must be received on or before December 3, 2020. If you anticipate difficulty in submitting comments within that period, contact the DOE Desk Officer at OMB of your intention to make a submission as soon as possible. The Desk Officer may be telephoned at (202) 395–4650. ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or by using the search function. And to: Lisa Jorgensen at U.S. Department of Energy, 15013 Denver West Parkway, Golden, CO 80401, or by email at: EEREEQComments@ ee.doe.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or copies of the EERE Environmental Questionnaire should be directed to Lisa Jorgensen at: EEREEQComments@ ee.doe.gov. The EERE Environmental Questionnaire also is available for viewing in the Golden Field Office Public Reading Room at: www.energy.gov/node/2299401. If you have difficulty accessing this document, please contact Casey Strickland at (720) 356–1575. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request contains: (1) OMB No. 1910–5175; (2) Information Collection Request Title: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Environmental Questionnaire; (3) Type of Request: Extension, with changes; (4) Purpose: The DOE’s EERE provides Federal funding through Federal assistance programs to businesses, industries, universities, and other groups for renewable energy and energy efficiency research and development and demonstration projects. The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) requires that an environmental analysis be completed for all major Federal actions significantly affecting the environment including projects entirely or partly financed by Federal agencies. To effectively perform environmental analyses for these projects, the DOE’s EERE needs to collect project-specific information from Federal financial assistance awardees. DOE’s EERE has developed its Environmental Questionnaire to obtain the required E:\FR\FM\03NON1.SGM 03NON1

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[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 213 (Tuesday, November 3, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69607-69608]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-24344]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Agency Information Collection Extension

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE), pursuant to the Paperwork

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Reduction Act of 1995), intends to extend for three years, an 
information collection request with the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB).

DATES: Comments regarding this proposed information collection must be 
received on or before January 4, 2021. If you anticipate difficulty in 
submitting comments within that period, contact the person listed below 
as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be sent to Ken Hunt, Chief Privacy 
Officer, U.S. Department of Energy, 19901 Germantown Road, Rm. G-302, 
Germantown, MD 20874, or by fax at (301) 903-7738 or by email at 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ken Hunt, Chief Privacy Officer, U.S. 
Department of Energy, 19901 Germantown Road, Germantown, MD 20874 or by 
telephone at (301) 903-3880 or by fax at (301) 903-7738 or by email at 
[email protected], https://www.energy.gov/cio/office-chief-information-officer/services/guidance/privacy-program/submitting-privacy-act.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the 
extended collection of information is necessary for the proper 
performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the 
information shall have practical utility; (b) 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; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the 
collection of information on respondents, including through the use of 
automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.
    This information collection request contains: (1) OMB No:. 1910-
1700; (2) Information Collection Request Title: Privacy Act 
Administration; (3) Type of Review: extension; (4) Purpose: The Privacy 
Act Information Request form aids the Department of Energy's processing 
of Privacy Act requests submitted by an individual or an authorized 
representative, wherein he or she is requesting records the government 
may maintain on the individual. The Department's use of this form 
continues to contribute to the implementation of the Department's 
Privacy Act processes, including, but not limited to, providing for 
faster processing of Privacy Act information requests by asking 
individuals or their authorized representative for pertinent 
information needed for records retrieval; (5) Annual Estimated Number 
of Respondents: 406; (6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 
406; (7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 135; (8) Annual 
Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $7,847.
    Statutory Authority: The Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 
Department of Energy, Records Maintained on Individuals (Privacy Act), 
10 CFR 1008.7.
    Signing Authority: This document of the Department of Energy was 
signed on October 27, 2020, by Rocky Campione, Chief Information 
Officer, pursuant to delegated authority from the Secretary of Energy. 
That document with the original signature and date is maintained by 
DOE. For administrative purposes only, and in compliance with 
requirements of the Office of the Federal Register, the undersigned DOE 
Federal Register Liaison Officer has been authorized to sign and submit 
the document in electronic format for publication, as an official 
document of the Department of Energy. This administrative process in no 
way alters the legal effect of this document upon publication in the 
Federal Register.

    Signed in Washington, DC, on October 29, 2020.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2020-24344 Filed 11-2-20; 8:45 am]
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