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Dated: September 17, 2012.
Deborah S. Delisle,
Assistant Secretary for Elementary and
Secondary Education, U.S. Department of
Education.
George Sheldon,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Children and
Families, U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Oak Ridge
Reservation
Department of Energy.
Notice of open meeting.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

This notice announces a
meeting of the Environmental
Management Site-Specific Advisory
Board (EM SSAB), Oak Ridge
Reservation. The Federal Advisory
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463, 86 Stat.
770) requires that public notice of this
meeting be announced in the Federal
Register.

SUMMARY:

Wednesday, October 10, 2012,
6:00 p.m.
ADDRESSES: Department of Energy
Information Center, Office of Science
and Technical Information, 1
Science.gov Way, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
37830.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Melyssa P. Noe, Federal Coordinator,
Department of Energy Oak Ridge
Operations Office, P.O. Box 2001, EM–
90, Oak Ridge, TN 37831. Phone (865)
241–3315; Fax (865) 576–0956 or email:
[email protected] or check the Web
site at www.oakridge.doe.gov/em/ssab.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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Purpose of the Board: The purpose of
the Board is to make recommendations
to DOE–EM and site management in the
areas of environmental restoration,
waste management, and related
activities.

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Tentative Agenda

AGENCY:

• Welcome and Announcements
• Comments from the Deputy
Designated Federal Officer
• Comments from the DOE, Tennessee
Department of Environment and
Conservation, and Environmental
Protection Agency Liaisons
• Public Comment Period
• Presentation: Accumulated Waste
Disposition Activity
• Additions/Approval of Agenda
• Motions/Approval of September
Meeting Minutes
• Status of Recommendations with DOE
• Committee Reports
• Federal Coordinator Report
• Adjourn
Public Participation: The EM SSAB,
Oak Ridge, welcomes the attendance of
the public at its advisory committee
meetings and will make every effort to
accommodate persons with physical
disabilities or special needs. If you
require special accommodations due to
a disability, please contact Melyssa P.
Noe at least seven days in advance of
the meeting at the phone number listed
above. Written statements may be filed
with the Board either before or after the
meeting. Individuals who wish to make
oral statements pertaining to the agenda
item should contact Melyssa P. Noe at
the address or telephone number listed
above. Requests must be received five
days prior to the meeting and reasonable
provision will be made to include the
presentation in the agenda. The Deputy
Designated Federal Officer is
empowered to conduct the meeting in a
fashion that will facilitate the orderly
conduct of business. Individuals
wishing to make public comments will
be provided a maximum of five minutes
to present their comments.
Minutes: Minutes will be available by
writing or calling Melyssa P. Noe at the
address and phone number listed above.
Minutes will also be available at the
following Web site: http://
www.oakridge.doe.gov/em/ssab/
minutes.htm.
Issued at Washington, DC, on September
14, 2012.
LaTanya R. Butler,
Acting Deputy Committee Management
Officer.
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Energy Information Administration
Agency Information Collection
Extension
Energy Information
Administration (EIA), Department of
Energy.
ACTION: Information collection
extension; notice and request for
comments.
EIA, pursuant to the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
proposes to extend without changes for
three years the Form DOE–887, ‘‘DOE
Customer Surveys’’ with the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB).
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed 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.

SUMMARY:

Comments regarding this
proposed information collection must
be received on or before November 19,
2012. If you anticipate difficulty in
submitting comments within that
period, contact the person listed in
ADDRESSES as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be
sent to Colleen Blessing, EI–40, Energy
Information Administration,
Department of Energy, 1000
Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC 20585, or by fax at
(202) 586–0114, or by email at
[email protected]. Alternatively,
Colleen Blessing may be contacted by
telephone at (202) 586–6482.
DATES:

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Colleen Blessing at the
address listed, above.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
information collection request contains:
(1) OMB No.: 1901–0302;
(2) Information Collection Request
Title: ‘‘DOE Customer Surveys;’’
(3) Type of Request: Three-year
extension without changes;

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(4) Purpose: The DOE–887, ‘‘DOE
Customer Surveys,’’ data collection
involves contacting users of The U.S.
Department of Energy (DOE) products or
other services, and individuals or
businesses in partnership agreements
with DOE. These customers are
contacted to determine their needs and
also the methods by which DOE can
improve its products and services to
better meet these needs. DOE customer
surveys are conducted by EIA primarily
using Web-based questionnaires to
collect the customer feedback data.
Customer information is needed to
make DOE products and services more
effective, efficient, and less costly. Data
from some customer surveys may also
help develop benchmarks to evaluate
DOE customer service performance.
Both quantitative and qualitative
studies are developed by EIA.
Quantitative studies classify and count
questionnaire response items and
examine the statistical significance of
response types in attempting to explain
what is observed. EIA conducts
quantitative studies in asking questions
concerning satisfaction with timeliness,
courtesy, accuracy and other particular
aspects of the agency’s operations.
Qualitative studies seek to find patterns
in the words and actions of study
participants and involve these
participants providing detailed
descriptions, in their own words.
Examples of qualitative studies
conducted by EIA include a focus group
of customers assembled to discuss a
specific set of questions, and a cognitive
laboratory experiment that asks
volunteer subjects to describe their
opinions regarding a product or service;
(5) Annual Estimated Number of
Respondents: 50,000;
(6) Annual Estimated Number of
Total Responses: 50,000;
(7) Annual Estimated Number of
Burden Hours: 12,500 hours (50,000
respondents times 1 response per year,
times .25 hours per response);
(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Cost Burden: There are
not any anticipated reporting or
recordkeeping costs for these surveys;
Statutory Authority: Executive Order
12862 § 1, 58 FR 48257 (Sept. 11, 1993).

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Issued in Washington, DC, on September
14, 2012.
Stephanie Brown,
Director, Office of Survey Development and
Statistical Integration, Energy Information
Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC12–20–000]

Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–912); Comment
Request; Extension
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Notice of information collection
and request for comments.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A), the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (Commission or
FERC) is soliciting public comment on
the currently approved information
collection, FERC–912, Cogeneration and
Small Power Production, PURPA
Section 210(m) Regulations for
Termination or Reinstatement of
Obligation to Purchase or Sell.
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due November 19, 2012.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
(identified by Docket No. IC12–20–000)
by either of the following methods:
• eFiling at Commission’s Web Site:
http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
efiling.asp.
• Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier:
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
Secretary of the Commission, 888 First
Street NE., Washington, DC 20426.
Instructions: All submissions must be
formatted and filed in accordance with
submission guidelines at: http://
www.ferc.gov/help/submissionguide.asp. For user assistance contact
FERC Online Support by email at
[email protected], or by phone
at: (866) 208–3676 (toll-free), or (202)
502–8659 for TTY.
Docket: Users interested in receiving
automatic notification of activity in this
docket or in viewing/downloading
comments and issuances in this docket
may do so at http://www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/docs-filing.asp.
SUMMARY:

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ellen Brown may be reached by email
at [email protected], telephone
at (202) 502–8663, and fax at (202) 273–
0873.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: FERC–912, Cogeneration and
Small Power Production, PURPA
Section 210(m) Regulations for
Termination or Reinstatement of
Obligation to Purchase or Sell
OMB Control No.: 1902–0237
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the FERC–912 information collection
requirements with no changes to the
current reporting requirements.
Abstract: On 8/8/2005, the Energy
Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct 2005) 1 was
signed into law. Section 1253(a) of
EPAct 2005 amends Section 210 of the
Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of
1978 (PURPA) by adding subsection
‘‘(m)’’ that provides for the termination
and reinstatement of an electric utility’s
obligation to purchase and sell energy
and capacity. 18 CFR 292.309–292.313
are the implementing regulations that
provide procedures for:
• An electric utility to file an
application for the termination of its
obligation to purchase energy from a
Qualifying Facility (QF) 2;
• An affected entity or person to
apply to the Commission for an order
reinstating the electric utility’s
obligation to purchase energy from a
QF 3;
• An electric utility to file an
application for the termination of its
obligation to sell energy and capacity to
QFs 4; and
• An affected entity or person to
apply to the Commission for an order
reinstating the electric utility’s
obligation to sell energy and capacity to
QFs 5.
Type of Respondents: FERCjurisdictional electric utilities.
Estimate of Annual Burden 6: The
Commission estimates the total Public
Reporting Burden for this information
collection as:
1 Public

Law 109–58, 119 Stat. 594 (2005)
within 18 CFR 292.310.
3 Contained within 18 CFR 292.311.
4 Contained within 18 CFR 292.312.
5 Contained within 18 CFR 292.313.
6 The Commission defines burden as the total
time, effort, or financial resources expended by
persons to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or
provide information to or for a Federal agency. For
further explanation of what is included in the
information collection burden, reference 5 Code of
Federal Regulations 1320.3.
2 Contained

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