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Center for Education Statistics (NCES).
The data will be published by NCES and
will be used by the Secretary in the
calculation of allocations for FY 2011
appropriated funds.
DATES: The date on which submissions
will first be accepted is March 15, 2010.
The mandatory deadline for the final
submission of all data, including any
revisions to previously submitted data,
is September 7, 2010.
ADDRESSES AND SUBMISSION INFORMATION:
SEAs may mail ED Form 2447 to:
Bureau of the Census, Attention:
Governments Division, Washington, DC
20233–6800.
SEAs may submit data via the World
Wide Web using the interactive survey
form at surveys.nces.ed.gov/ccdnpefs. If
the Web form is used, it includes a
digital confirmation page where a pin
number may be entered. A successful
entry of the pin number serves as a
signature by the authorizing official. A
certification form also may be printed
from the Web site, and signed by the
authorizing official and mailed to the
Governments Division of the Bureau of
the Census, at the address listed in the
previous paragraph. This signed form
must be mailed within five business
days of Web form data submission.
Alternatively, SEAs may hand deliver
submissions by 4:00 p.m. (Eastern Time)
to: Governments Division, Bureau of the
Census, 4600 Silver Hill Road, Suitland,
MD, 20746.
If an SEA’s submission is received by
the Bureau of the Census after
September 7, 2010, in order for the
submission to be accepted, the SEA
must show one of the following as proof
that the submission was mailed on or
before the mandatory deadline date:
1. A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service
postmark.
2. A legible mail receipt with the date
of mailing stamped by the U.S. Postal
Service.
3. A dated shipping label, invoice, or
receipt from a commercial carrier.
4. Any other proof of mailing
acceptable to the Secretary.
If the SEA mails ED Form 2447
through the U.S. Postal Service, the
Secretary does not accept either of the
following as proof of mailing:
1. A private metered postmark.
2. A mail receipt that is not dated by
the U.S. Postal Service.
Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not
uniformly provide a dated postmark. Before
relying on this method, an SEA should check
with its local post office.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Terri Kennerly, Chief, Bureau of the
Census, Attention: Governments
Division, Washington, DC 20233–6800.

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Telephone: (301) 763–1559. If you use a
telecommunications device for the deaf
(TDD), call the Federal Relay Service
(FRS) at 1–800–877–8339.
Individuals with disabilities may
obtain this document in an accessible
format (e.g., braille, large print,
audiotape, or computer diskette) on
request to: Frank Johnson, National
Center for Education Statistics, Institute
of Education Sciences, U.S. Department
of Education, Washington, DC 20208–
5651. Telephone: (202) 502–7362.
Under the
authority of section 153(a)(1)(I) of the
Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002,
20 U.S.C. 9543, which authorizes NCES
to gather data on the financing of
education, NCES collects data annually
from SEAs through ED Form 2447. The
report from SEAs includes attendance,
revenue, and expenditure data from
which NCES determines the average
State per-pupil expenditure (SPPE) for
elementary and secondary education, as
defined in section 9101(2) of the
Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965, as amended (ESEA) (20
U.S.C. 7801(2)).
In addition to utilizing the SPPE data
as general information on the financing
of elementary and secondary education,
the Secretary uses these data directly in
calculating allocations for certain
formula grant programs, including, but
not limited to, Title I, Part A of the
ESEA, Impact Aid, and Indian
Education programs. Other programs,
such as the Educational Technology
State Grants program (Title II, Part D of
the ESEA), the Education for Homeless
Children and Youth Program under
Title VII of the McKinney-Vento
Homeless Assistance Act, the Teacher
Quality State Grants program (Title II,
Part A of the ESEA), and the Safe and
Drug-Free Schools and Communities
program (Title IV, Part A of the ESEA),
make use of SPPE data indirectly
because their formulas are based, in
whole or in part, on State Title I, Part
A allocations.
In February 2010, the Bureau of the
Census, acting as the data collection
agent for NCES, will e-mail to SEAs ED
Form 2447 with instructions and
request that SEAs submit data to the
Bureau of the Census on March 15,
2010, or as soon as possible thereafter.
SEAs are urged to submit accurate and
complete data on March 15, or as soon
as possible thereafter, to facilitate timely
processing. Submissions by SEAs to the
Bureau of the Census will be checked
for accuracy and returned to each SEA
for verification. All data, including any
revisions, must be submitted to the

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Bureau of the Census by an SEA not
later than September 7, 2010.
Having accurate and consistent
information on time is critical to an
efficient and fair allocation process and
to the NCES statistical process. To
ensure timely distribution of Federal
education funds based on the best, most
accurate data available, NCES
establishes, for allocation purposes,
September 7, 2010, as the final date by
which the NPEFS Web form or ED Form
2447 must be submitted. If an SEA
submits revised data after the final
deadline that results in a lower SPPE
figure, its allocations may be adjusted
downward or the Department may
request the SEA to return funds. SEAs
should be aware that all of these data
are subject to audit and that, if any
inaccuracies are discovered in the audit
process, the Department may seek
recovery of overpayments for the
applicable programs. If an SEA submits
revised data after September 7, 2010, the
data also may be too late to be included
in the final NCES published dataset.
Electronic Access to This Document:
You may 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) on the Internet at the
following site: http://www.ed.gov/news/
fedregister.
To use PDF you must have Adobe
Acrobat Reader, which is available free
at this site.
Note: 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 on GPO
Access at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/
index.html.
Authority: 20 U.S.C. 9543.
Dated: January 27, 2010.
John Q. Easton,
Director, Institute of Education Sciences.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket Nos. IC10–6–000 and IC10–6Q–000]

Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC Form Nos. 6 and 6–
Q); Comment Request; Extensions
January 25, 2010.
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, DOE.

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ACTION: Notice of proposed information
collections and request for comments.
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
requirements of section 3506(c) (2)(a) of
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(Pub. L. 104–13), the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (Commission or
FERC) is soliciting public comment on
the specific aspects of the information
collections described below.
DATES: Comments in consideration of
the collections of information are due
April 5, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be filed
either electronically or in paper format,
and should refer to Docket Nos. IC10–
6–000 and IC10–6Q–000. For comments
that only pertain to one of the
collections, specify the appropriate
collection and related docket number.
Documents must be prepared in an
acceptable filing format and in
compliance with the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission submission
guidelines at http://www.ferc.gov/help/
submission-guide.asp.
Comments may be filed electronically
via the eFiling link on the Commission’s
Web site at http://www.ferc.gov. First
time users will have to establish a user
name and password (http://
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
eregistration.asp) before eFiling. The
Commission will send an automatic
acknowledgement to the sender’s e-mail
address upon receipt of comments
through eFiling. Commenters filing
electronically should not make a paper
filing.
Commenters that are not able to file
electronically must send their
comments to: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Secretary of the
Commission, 888 First Street, NE.,
Washington, DC 20426.
Users interested in receiving
automatic notification of activity in
Docket Number IC10–6 may do so
through eSubscription at http://
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
esubscription.asp. However, due to a
system issue, Docket Number IC10–6Q

is not available at this time for
eSubscription. In addition, all
comments and FERC issuances may be
viewed, printed or downloaded
remotely through FERC’s Web site using
the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link and searching on
Docket Numbers IC10–6 and IC10–6Q.
For user assistance, contact FERC
Online Support at:
[email protected], (866) 208–
3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659
(TTY).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ellen Brown may be reached by
telephone at (202) 502–8663, by fax at
(202) 273–0873, or by e-mail at
[email protected].

For the
purpose of publishing this notice and
seeking public comment, FERC requests
comments on the following information
collections:
• FERC Form 6 (‘‘FERC–6’’), ‘‘Annual
Report of Oil Pipeline Companies,’’
implemented in 18 CFR Sections 357.1,
357.2, and 385.2011; OMB Control No.
1902–0022 and
• FERC Form 6–Q (‘‘FERC–6Q’’ or
‘‘FERC–6–Q’’), ‘‘Quarterly Financial
Report of Oil Pipeline Companies,’’
implemented in 18 CFR Section 357.4;
OMB Control No. 1902–0206.
The associated regulations,
information collections, burdens, and
OMB clearance numbers will continue
to remain separate and distinct.
Under the Interstate Commerce Act
(ICA), (49 U.S.C. 1, 20, 54 Stat. 916), the
Commission is authorized and
empowered to make investigations and
to collect and record data to the extent
FERC may consider to be necessary or
useful for the purpose of carrying out
the provisions of the ICA. FERC must
ensure just and reasonable rates for
transportation of crude oil and
petroleum products by pipelines in
interstate commerce.
The information collected by FERC
Form Nos. 6 and 6–Q are used by the
Commission to carry out its
responsibilities in implementing the
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FERC Data Collection

Projected
number of
respondents

Number of
annual responses per
respondent

Projected average burden
hours per
response

Total annual
burden hours 1

(1)

(2)

(3)

(1) × (2) × (3)

FERC–6 (Complete form) 2 ..............................................................................
FERC–6 (Pages 1, 301, and 700 only) 2 .........................................................
FERC–6 (Pages 1 and 700 only) 2 ..................................................................
FERC–6Q ........................................................................................................

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statutory provisions of the ICA,
including the authority to prescribe
rules and regulations concerning
accounts, records and memoranda, as
necessary or appropriate. Financial
accounting and reporting provides
needed information concerning a
company’s past performance and its
future prospects. Without reliable
financial statements prepared in
accordance with the Commission’s
Uniform System of Accounts and
related regulations, the Commission
would be unable to accurately
determine the costs that relate to a
particular time period, service or line of
business.
FERC uses data from the FERC Form
Nos. 6 and 6–Q to assist in: (1)
Implementation of its financial audits
and programs, (2) continuous review of
the financial condition of regulated
companies, (3) assessment of energy
markets, (4) rate proceedings and
economic analyses, and (5) research for
use in litigation.
Financial information reported on the
annual FERC Form 6 and quarterly
FERC Form 6–Q provides FERC, as well
as customers, investors and others, an
important tool to help identify emerging
trends and issues affecting jurisdictional
entities within the energy industry. It
also provides timely disclosures of the
impacts that new accounting standards,
or changes in existing standards, have
on jurisdictional entities, as well as the
economic effects of significant
transactions, events, and circumstances.
The reporting of this information by
jurisdictional entities assists the
Commission in its analysis of
profitability, efficiency, risk and in its
overall monitoring.
Action: The Commission is requesting
three-year extensions of the current
expiration dates for the FERC–6 and
FERC–6Q, with no change to the
reporting requirements.
Burden Statement: The estimated
annual public reporting burdens and the
associated public costs follow.1 2

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The total annual cost to
respondents 1 2 3 is estimated as follows.

FERC Data Collection

Total annual
burden hours

Estimated
hourly cost 3
($)

Estimated total
annual cost to
respondents
($) 1

(1)

(2)

(2) × (1)

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FERC–6 (Complete
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FERC–6 (Pages 1, 301, and 700 only) 2 .....................................................................................
FERC–6 (Pages 1 and 700 only) 2 ..............................................................................................
FERC–6Q ....................................................................................................................................

information to be collected; and (4)
ways to minimize the burden of the
collections of information on those who
are 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 submission of responses.

The reporting burden includes the
total time, effort, or financial resources
expended to generate, maintain, retain,
disclose, or provide the information
including: (1) Reviewing instructions;
(2) developing, acquiring, installing, and
utilizing technology and systems for the
purposes of collecting, validating,
verifying, processing, maintaining,
disclosing and providing information;
(3) adjusting the existing ways to
comply with any previously applicable
instructions and requirements; (4)
training personnel to respond to a
collection of information; (5) searching
data sources; (6) completing and
reviewing the collection of information;
and (7) transmitting, or otherwise
disclosing the information.
The estimate of cost for respondents
is based upon salaries for professional
and clerical support, as well as direct
and indirect overhead costs. Direct costs
include all costs directly attributable to
providing this information, such as
administrative costs and the cost for
information technology. Indirect or
overhead costs are costs incurred by an
organization in support of its mission.
These costs apply to activities which
benefit the whole organization rather
than any one particular function or
activity.
Comments are invited on: (1) Whether
the proposed collections of information
are necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Commission, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(2) the accuracy of the agency’s
estimates of the burden of the proposed
collections of information, including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance
the quality, utility and clarity of the

SUMMARY: In compliance with the
requirements of section 3507 of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44
U.S.C. 3507, the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (Commission or
FERC) has submitted the information
collection described below to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) for
review of the information collection
requirements. Any interested person
may file comments directly with OMB
and should address a copy of those
comments to the Commission as
explained below. The Commission
received twenty comments in response

1 These figures may not be exact, due to rounding
and/or truncating.
2 Order 620 in Docket No. RM99–10 (issued 12/
13/2000, available at http://elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/
common/opennat.asp?fileID=8370177) established
filing thresholds. The filing thresholds for filing all
or part of the FERC–6 are based on the filer’s annual
jurisdictional operating revenues, for each of the
three previous calendar years:

• File complete Form 6: Revenues $500,000 or
more.
• File only Pages 1, 301, and 700: Revenues more
than $350,000 but less than $500,000.
• File only Pages 1 and 700: Revenues of
$350,000 or less.
See the instructions at http://www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/forms/form-6/form-6.pdf for more
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Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010–1977 Filed 1–29–10; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC10–729–001]

Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–729); Comment
Request; Submitted for OMB Review
January 22, 2010.
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, DOE.
ACTION: Notice.

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26,412
15
230
63,900

$66.29
66.29
66.29
66.29

$1,750,851
994
15,247
4,235,931

to the Federal Register notice (74 FR
52796, 10/14/2009). FERC has
summarized and addressed the
commenters’ suggestions below and in
its submission to OMB.
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due by March 3, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Address comments on the
collection of information 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–
0238 as a point of 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. IC10–729–
001. Comments may be filed either
electronically or in paper format. 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 (including the required
number of copies and acceptable filing
formats) are available at http://
www.ferc.gov/help/submission-guide/
electronic-media.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
The estimated annual totals for all filers
completing all or part of the FERC–6 are: 166 filers
and 26,657 hours, for a cost of $1,767,092.
3 Using 2,080 hours/year, the estimated cost for 1
full-time employee is $137,874/year. The estimated
hourly cost is $66.29 (or $137,874/2,080).

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