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Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 216 / Tuesday, November 10, 2009 / Notices

reading trend, reading vocabulary items,
grade 12 mathematics trend, science test
items, and the 2011 writing computerbased assessment. The Board will be
provided with embargoed data that
cannot be discussed in an open meeting
prior to their official release. Premature
disclosure of data would significantly
impede implementation of the NAEP
assessments in the subjects, and is
therefore protected by exemption 9(B) of
section 552b(c) of Title 5 U.S.C.
Thereafter the Committee will meet in
open session till 3:00 p.m.
From 12:45 p.m. to 1:05 p.m. two of
the Board’s standing committees—the
Committee on Standards, Design and
Methodology (COSDAM) and the
Reporting and Dissemination
Committee—will meet in a joint closed
session to receive a briefing on 2009
participation rates for 12th grade
students and item response rates. In
addition, members will be briefed on
participation rates for private schools
and students for all grades in subjects
assessed in 2009. These data will
provide information to help determine
whether participation rates are
sufficient to assure reliable test results
and sufficiency of response rates for
reliable measurement.
Following this joint session, the
Reporting and Dissemination Committee
will meet in open session from 1:05
p.m. to 3:00 p.m. COSDAM will
continue to meet in closed session from
1:05 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. to receive a
briefing on trend results for 2009
reading and grade 12 mathematics.
Members will review secure data and
results on trend analyses for 2009
reading and grade 12 mathematics with
respect to achievement levels. The data
will inform decisions on whether the
evidence is sufficient to assure the
technical feasibility of maintaining
trend for reporting 2009 data. COSDAM
will receive a briefing on preliminary
results of the 2009 science achievement
levels pilot study. Members will review
secure science pilot results on the
percentages of students scoring at or
above the cut scores set in the science
pilot study, and they will review item
data.
These Committee meetings will be
partially closed since disclosure of the
secure data, not yet released to the
public, would significantly impede
implementation of the NAEP reading
and science assessment programs at all
grades and mathematics at grade 12, and
is therefore protected by exemption 9(B)
of section 552b(c) of Title 5 U.S.C.
The full Board will meet in open
session on November 21 from 3:00 p.m.
to 4:00 p.m. to receive a briefing on the
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Framework project. This session will be
followed by an ethics briefing
conducted from 4:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.,
provided to Board members from the
Office of General Counsel. The
November 20 session of the Board
meeting is scheduled to adjourn at 4:30
p.m.
On November 21, the Nominations
Committee will meet in closed session
from 7:45 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. to review
and discuss confidential information on
nominees (to include individual names
and resumes) received for Board
vacancies for terms beginning on
October 1, 2010. These discussions
pertain solely to internal personnel
rules and practices of an agency and
will disclose information of a personal
nature where disclosure would
constitute an unwarranted invasion of
personal privacy. As such, the
discussions are protected by exemptions
2 and 6 of section 552b(c) of Title 5
U.S.C.
The full Board will meet in closed
session on November 21 from 8:30 a.m.
to 9:30 a.m. to receive a briefing on the
2009 Trial Urban District Assessment
(TUDA) Mathematics Report Card. The
data has not been released to the public
and cannot be discussed in an open
meeting. Premature disclosure of the
embargoed data would significantly
impede implementation of the NAEP
TUDA program, and is therefore
protected by exemption 9(B) of section
552b(c) of Title 5 U.S.C. Thereafter, the
Board will meet in open session from
9:45 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. to review and
take action on Committee reports. The
November 21, 2009 session of the Board
meeting is scheduled to adjourn at 11:00
a.m.
Detailed minutes of the meeting,
including summaries of the activities of
the closed sessions and related matters
that are informative to the public and
consistent with the policy of section 5
U.S.C. 552b(c) will be available to the
public within 14 days of the meeting.
Records are kept of all Board
proceedings and are available for public
inspection at the U.S. Department of
Education, National Assessment
Governing Board, Suite #825, 800 North
Capitol Street, NW., Washington, DC,
from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern
Standard Time, Monday through Friday.
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Dated: November 4, 2009.
Cornelia S. Orr,
Executive Director, National Assessment
Governing Board, U.S. Department of
Education.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC09–592–000]

Request for Comment on and
Emergency Short-Term Clearance
Extension of OMB Approval for FERC–
592
November 3, 2009.
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Energy.
ACTION: Request for comment on
emergency short-term clearance
extension of OMB (Office of
Management and Budget) approval for
FERC–592.
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
requirements of section 3507(j) (2) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub.
L. 104–13), as amended by the
Information Technology Reform Act of
1996 (Pub. L. 104–106), the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission or FERC) is soliciting
public comment on FERC’s request for
an emergency short-term clearance
extension of the OMB approval of
FERC–592 (OMB Control No. 1902–
0157; Marketing Affiliates of Interstate
Pipelines, Standards of Conduct for
Transmission Providers).
DATES: Comments related to FERC’s
request for an emergency short-term
clearance extension of OMB approval
are due November 30, 2009.1
1 On September 23, 2009, in this Docket, the
Commission issued a request (‘‘Commission
Information Collection Activities (FERC–592);
Comment Request; Extension’’) for public comment
on the current reporting requirements with no
change. (The Notice is available in FERC’s eLibrary
at http://elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/search/
intermediate.asp?link_file=yes&doclist=13756416
and in the Federal Register at 74 FR 50176
(September 30, 2009).) The Notice provides

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Address comments on the
request for an emergency short-term
clearance extension to the Office of
Management and Budget, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission Desk Officer. Comments to
OMB should be filed electronically, c/o
[email protected] and
include OMB Control Number 1902–
0157 as a reference. The Desk Officer
may be reached by telephone at 202–
395–4638.
A copy of the comments should also
be sent to the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission and should refer to Docket
No. IC09–592–000. Comments may be
filed either electronically or in paper
format at FERC. Those persons filing
electronically do not need to make a
paper filing. Documents filed
electronically via the Internet must be
prepared in an acceptable filing format
and in compliance with the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission
submission guidelines. Complete filing
instructions and acceptable filing
formats are available at http://
www.ferc.gov/help/submissionguide.asp. To file the document
electronically, access the Commission’s
Web site and click on Documents &
Filing, E-Filing (http://www.ferc.gov/
docs-filing/efiling.asp), and then follow
the instructions for each screen. First
time users will have to establish a user
name and password. The Commission
will send an automatic
acknowledgement to the sender’s e-mail
address upon receipt of comments.
For paper filings, an original and two
copies of the comments should be
submitted to the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, Secretary of the
Commission, 888 First Street, NE.,
Washington, DC 20426, and should refer
to Docket No. IC09–592–000.
All comments may be viewed, printed
or downloaded remotely via the Internet
through FERC’s homepage using the
‘‘eLibrary’’ link. For user assistance,
contact [email protected] or
toll-free at (866) 208–3676 or for TTY,
contact (202) 502–8659.

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additional information and requests comments on
the need for the reporting requirements; uses of the
data; the accuracy of the burden estimate; ways to
minimize the burden; and ways to enhance the
quality, utility and clarity of the information to be
collected. The comment period ends on November
30, 2009; those comments are to be submitted to
FERC.
The Notice herein relates to FERC’s request to
OMB for an emergency short-term extension of the
OMB clearance for the FERC–592 reporting
requirements, and an expedited OMB decision on
the request.
Comments related to issues in both Notices are
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ellen Brown may be reached by
telephone at (202)502–8663, by fax at
(202)273–0873, and by e-mail at
[email protected].

FERC–592
includes the reporting, recordkeeping,
and posting requirements in:
• 18 CFR Part 358 (Standards of
Conduct),2
• 18 CFR 250.16, and
• FERC Form No. 592 log/format, that
is posted at http://www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/eforms.asp#592.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

This Notice refers to this group of
collections of information as ‘‘FERC–
592.’’
FERC does not have sufficient time
after the pending comment period
(ending November 30, 2009) to review
and address public comments, to issue
a subsequent 30-day Notice soliciting
public comment, and to subsequently
submit that Notice and a clearance
package to OMB at least 60 days before
the current expiration date (of December
31, 2009). Therefore, to ensure OMB
clearance for the reporting requirements
does not expire before the clearance
process is concluded, FERC is
requesting the following:
• An emergency short-term clearance
extension of the current OMB expiration
date to May 2, 2010 (the maximum of
180 days from this emergency request),
• Public comments, by November 30,
2009, on the FERC request for the
emergency short-term OMB clearance
extension, and
• The issuance, no later than
December 3, 2009, of OMB’s decision on
the FERC request for an emergency
short-term clearance extension.
Action: As described above, the
Commission is requesting: (1) An
emergency short-term OMB clearance
extension, (2) public comments on the
FERC request for an emergency shortterm clearance extension of the OMB
approval, and (3) an expedited OMB
decision on the FERC emergency shortterm clearance extension request.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9–26971 Filed 11–9–09; 8:45 am]
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2 The requirements in 18 CFR Part 358 that are
related to the natural gas industry are included in
OMB No. 1902–0157 and this Notice. However, the
requirements in Part 358 that are related to the
electric utility industry are covered by FERC–717
(OMB Control No. 1902–0173) and are not a subject
of this Notice.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Combined Notice of Filings
October 29, 2009.

Take notice that the Commission has
received the following Natural Gas
Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings:
Docket Numbers: RP10–74–000.
Applicants: Midwestern Gas
Transmission Company.
Description: Midwestern Gas
Transmission Company submits Sixth
Revised Sheet 0 et al. to FERC Gas
Tariff, Third Revised Volume 1, to be
effective 12/1/09.
Filed Date: 10/26/2009.
Accession Number: 20091026–0284.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time
on Monday, November 9, 2009.
Docket Numbers: RP10–76–000.
Applicants: Total Peaking Services,
LLC.
Description: Total Peaking Services,
LLC submits proposed revisions to
FERC Gas Tariff to comply with Order
No. 587–T.
Filed Date: 10/26/2009.
Accession Number: 20091027–0034.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time
on Monday, November 9, 2009.
Docket Numbers: RP10–77–000.
Applicants: Algonquin Gas
Transmission, LLC.
Description: Algonquin Gas
Transmission, LLC submits First
Revised Sheet 10 et al. to FERC Gas
Tariff, Fifth Revised Volume 1, to be
effective 11/30/09.
Filed Date: 10/27/2009.
Accession Number: 20091028–0001.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time
on Monday, November 9, 2009.
Docket Numbers: RP10–78–000.
Applicants: Transcontinental Gas
Pipe Line Company.
Description: Transcontinental Gas
Pipe Line Company, LLC submits Sixth
Revised Sheet 21 et al. to FERC Gas
Tariff, Fourth Revised Volume 1, to be
effective 11/1/09.
Filed Date: 10/27/2009.
Accession Number: 20091028–0002.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time
on Monday, November 9, 2009.
Docket Numbers: RP10–79–000.
Applicants: Equitrans, L.P.
Description: Equitrans, LP submits
Fifth Revised Tariff Sheet 317 to FERC
Gas Tariff, Original Volume 1 to be
effective 11/1/09.
Filed Date: 10/28/2009.
Accession Number: 20091029–0025.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time
on Monday, November 9, 2009.

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