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EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM:

processed and used in a timely manner;
(3) is the estimate of burden accurate;
(4) how might the Department enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (5) how
might the Department minimize the
burden of this collection on the
respondents, including through the use
of information technology.

None.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Notice of Proposed Information
Collection Requests
Department of Education.
Comment request.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

The Department of Education
(the Department), 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 and continuing
collections of information. This helps
the Department assess the impact of its
information collection requirements and
minimize the reporting burden on the
public and helps the public understand
the Department’s information collection
requirements and provide the requested
data in the desired format. The Director,
Information Collection Clearance
Division, Regulatory Information
Management Services, Office of
Management, invites comments on the
proposed information collection
requests as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before April 12,
2011.
ADDRESSES: Comments regarding burden
and/or the collection activity
requirements should be electronically
mailed to [email protected] or
mailed to U.S. Department of Education,
400 Maryland Avenue, SW., LBJ,
Washington, DC 20202–4537. Please
note that written comments received in
response to this notice will be
considered public records.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires
that Federal agencies provide interested
parties an early opportunity to comment
on information collection requests. The
Director, Information Collection
Clearance Division, Regulatory
Information Management Services,
Office of Management, publishes this
notice containing proposed information
collection requests at the beginning of
the Departmental review of the
information collection. The Department
of Education is especially interested in
public comment addressing the
following issues: (1) Is this collection
necessary to the proper functions of the
Department; (2) will this information be

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Dated: February 7, 2011.
Darrin A. King,
Director, Information Collection Clearance
Division, Regulatory Information
Management Services, Office of Management.

Institute of Education Sciences
Type of Review: Reinstatement.
Title of Collection: Baccalaureate and
Beyond Longitudinal Study 2008/12
(B&B:08/12) Field Test 2011.
OMB Control Number: 1850–0729.
Agency Form Number(s): N/A.
Frequency of Responses: Annually.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 3,782.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 805.
Abstract: This request for OMB
approval is to conduct a second followup field test for the Baccalaureate and
Beyond Longitudinal Study of 2008/
2012 (B&B:08/12), from June through
October 2011. The primary purpose of
the B&B series of studies is to describe
the various paths of recent college
graduates into employment and
additional education. Baseline data for
the B&B:08 cohort were collected as part
of the National Postsecondary Student
Aid Study (NPSAS:08). The first followup interview (B&B:08/09) collected
information from respondents one year
after they received their bachelor’s
degree; the second follow-up (B&B:08/
12) will collect data four years after
bachelor’s degree receipt. Interview data
will be supplemented with a variety of
administrative data sources, including
the Central Processing System, the
National Student Loan Data System, and
the National Student Clearinghouse.
This request also requests a waiver of
the 60-day Federal Register notice for
the full-scale data collection package.
Full-scale data collection will take place
from July 2012 through March 2013.
Requests for copies of the proposed
information collection request may be
accessed from http://edicsweb.ed.gov,
by selecting the ‘‘Browse Pending
Collections’’ link and by clicking on link
number 4416. When you access the
information collection, click on
‘‘Download Attachments’’ to view.
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Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
LBJ, Washington, DC 20202–4537.
Requests may also be electronically
mailed to [email protected] or faxed
to 202–401–0920. Please specify the
complete title of the information
collection and OMB Control Number
when making your request.
Individuals who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf
(TDD) may call the Federal Information
Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–
8339.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Notice of Proposed Information
Collection Requests
Department of Education (ED).
Notice of proposed information
collection requests.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

The Director, Information
Collection Clearance Division,
Regulatory Information Management
Services, Office of Management, invites
comments on the proposed information
collection requests as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: An emergency review has been
requested in accordance with the Act
(44 U.S.C. chapter 3507 (j)), since public
harm is reasonably likely to result if
normal clearance procedures are
followed. Approval by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) has
been requested by March 15, 2011. It is
encouraged that all comments are sent
by March 11, 2011. A regular clearance
process is also beginning. Interested
persons are invited to submit comments
on or before April 12, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be addressed to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Attention: Education Desk Officer,
Office of Management and Budget, 725
17th Street, NW., Room 10222, New
Executive Office Building, Washington,
DC 20503, be faxed to (202) 395–5806 or
e-mailed to
[email protected] with a
cc: to [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35) requires that
the Director of OMB provide interested
Federal agencies and the public an early
opportunity to comment on information
collection requests. The Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) may
amend or waive the requirement for
public consultation to the extent that
public participation in the approval
process would defeat the purpose of the
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information collection, violate State or
Federal law, or substantially interfere
with any agency’s ability to perform its
statutory obligations. The Director,
Information Collection Clearance
Division, Regulatory Information
Management Services, Office of
Management, publishes this notice
containing proposed information
collection requests at the beginning of
the Departmental review of the
information collection. Each proposed
information collection, grouped by
office, contains the following: (1) Type
of review requested, e.g., new, revision,
extension, existing or reinstatement; (2)
Title; (3) Summary of the collection; (4)
Description of the need for, and
proposed use of, the information; (5)
Respondents and frequency of
collection; and (6) Reporting and/or
Recordkeeping burden. ED invites
public comment.
The Department of Education is
especially interested in public comment
addressing the following issues: (1) Is
this collection necessary to the proper
functions of the Department; (2) will
this information be processed and used
in a timely manner; (3) is the estimate
of burden accurate; (4) how might the
Department enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be
collected; and (5) how might the
Department minimize the burden of this
collection on respondents, including
through the use of information
technology.
Dated: February 8, 2011.
Darrin A. King,
Director, Information Collection Clearance
Division, Regulatory Information
Management Services, Office of Management.

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Office of the Deputy Secretary
Type of Review: New.
Title: Race to the Top Program Review
Protocols.
OMB #: Pending.
Frequency: Monthly; Semi-Annually.
Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal
Government, State Educational
Agencies or Local Educational Agencies.
Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour
Burden:
Responses: 48.
Burden Hours: 74.
Abstract: The ARRA provides $4.3
billion for the Race to the Top Fund
(referred to in the statute as the State
Incentive Grant Fund). This is a
competitive grant program. The purpose
of the program is to encourage and
reward States that are creating the
conditions for education innovation and
reform; achieving significant
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student achievement, closing
achievement gaps, improving high
school graduation rates, and ensuring
student preparation for success in
college and careers; and implementing
ambitious plans in four core education
reform areas: (a) Adopting
internationally-benchmarked standards
and assessments that prepare students
for success in college and the
workplace; (b) building data systems
that measure student success and
inform teachers and principals in how
they can improve their practices; (c)
increasing teacher effectiveness and
achieving equity in teacher distribution;
and (d) turning around our lowestachieving schools.
The U.S. Department of Education
(the Department) will collect this data
from the 12 Race to the Top grantee
states to inform its review of grantee
implementation, outcomes, oversight,
and accountability. The Department will
use these forms to inform on-site visits,
‘‘stocktake’’ meetings with
Implementation and Support Unit
leadership at the Department, and
annual reports for individual grantees
and the grant program as a whole.
In order to allow for the program
review of the Race to the Top grantees
to occur in a timely manner, we are
committed to expediting the program
review for Race to the Top, necessitating
emergency clearance of the protocols.
Additional Information: As work on
the protocols evolved, the Department
concluded that it was more efficient and
effective to have a few common
questions that would apply to all of the
grantees. Due to this unanticipated
result of the protocol development, the
Department is requesting that the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) clear
the monitoring protocol on an
emergency basis. This is the first year of
implementation of a $4 billion dollar
program, the largest discretionary grant
program ever administered by the
Department. As a result, the program
continues to generate high public
interest both for the Department and the
Administration. Delays in finalizing this
collection would also impede our ability
to use this data to inform our technical
assistance efforts in the first year of
program implementation when support
is critical. Additionally, as it is our
intention to use much of the data
gathered through this monitoring
protocol to inform the on-site
monitoring process, delay of clearance
of this document will also hinder our
on-site monitoring process.
Copies of the proposed information
collection request may be accessed from
http://edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the
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by clicking on link number 4513. When
you access the information collection,
click on ‘‘Download Attachments ’’ to
view. Written requests for information
should be addressed to U.S. Department
of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue,
SW., LBJ, Washington, DC 20202–4537.
Requests may also be electronically
mailed to the Internet address
[email protected] or faxed to 202–
401–0920. Please specify the complete
title of the information collection when
making your request.
Comments regarding burden and/or
the collection activity requirements
should be electronically mailed to
[email protected]. Individuals who
use a telecommunications device for the
deaf (TDD) may call the Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–
800–877–8339.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[OE Docket No. PP–371]

Notice of Intent To Prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement and
Conduct Public Scoping Meetings, and
Notice of Floodplains and Wetlands
Involvement; Northern Pass
Transmission LLC
Department of Energy (DOE).
Notice of Intent to Prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
and Conduct Public Scoping Meetings;
Notice of Floodplains and Wetlands
Involvement.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

The Department of Energy
(DOE) announces its intention to
prepare an EIS pursuant to the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of
1969 to assess the potential
environmental impacts from its
proposed Federal action of granting a
Presidential permit to Northern Pass
Transmission LLC (Northern Pass or
Applicant) to construct, operate,
maintain, and connect a new electric
transmission line across the U.S.Canada border in northern New
Hampshire (NH). The EIS, Northern
Pass Transmission Line Project
Environmental Impact Statement (DOE/
EIS–0463), will address potential
environmental impacts from the
proposed action and the range of
reasonable alternatives. The U.S. Forest
Service, White Mountain National
Forest, and the Army Corps of
Engineers, New England District, are
cooperating agencies.
The EIS will provide the analysis to
support a Forest Service decision on

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