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Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 122 / Tuesday, June 25, 2013 / Notices

or via postal mail, commercial delivery,
or hand delivery. Please note that
comments submitted by fax or email
and those submitted after the comment
period will not be accepted. Written
requests for information or comments
submitted by postal mail or delivery
should be addressed to the Director of
the Information Collection Clearance
Division, U.S. Department of Education,
400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, Room
2E117, Washington, DC 20202–4537.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Electronically mail
[email protected]. Please do not
send comments here.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Department of Education (ED), 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,
revised, and continuing collections of
information. This helps the Department
assess the impact of its information
collection requirements and minimize
the public’s reporting burden. It also
helps the public understand the
Department’s information collection
requirements and provide the requested
data in the desired format. ED is
soliciting comments on the proposed
information collection request (ICR) that
is described below. 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 the
respondents, including through the use
of information technology. Please note
that written comments received in
response to this notice will be
considered public records.
Title of Collection: Application for the
Investing in Innovation (i3) grants
program.
OMB Control Number: 1855–0021.
Type of Review: An extension of an
existing information collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: State,
Local, or Tribal Governments.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 2,200.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 117,000.
Abstract: The Investing in Innovation
(i3) Fund was established under section
14007 of the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA).

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Since this is a competitive program, the
Department needs to collect
applications in order to determine
which eligible applicants should receive
a grant award. The Department will
make three types of awards under this
program: Scale-up Grants, Validation
Grants, and Development Grants. These
grants will provide funding to support
local educational agencies (LEAs), and
nonprofit organizations in partnership
with one or more LEAs or a consortium
of schools to apply for funding to
expand and develop innovate practices
that can serve as models of best
practices; allow eligible entities to work
in partnership with the private sector
and the philanthropic community; and
identify and document best practices
that can be shared and taken to scale
based on demonstrated success.
Dated: June 19, 2013.
Tomakie Washington,
Acting Director, Information Collection
Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and
Records Management Services, Office of
Management.
[FR Doc. 2013–15091 Filed 6–24–13; 8:45 am]
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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
Reduction Act of 1995, intends to
reinstate for three years an information
collection request with the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB).
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the extended collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency; (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 August 26,
2013. If you anticipate difficulty in
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period, contact the person listed below
as soon as possible.
Written comments may be
sent to Mark Westergard, U.S.
Department of Energy, LPO–70, Room
4B–160, 1000 Independence Avenue
SW., Washington, DC 20585 or by fax at
202–287–6949.

ADDRESSES:

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mark S. Westergard, LPO.Paperwork
[email protected].
This
information collection request contains:
(1) Information Collection Request
Title:10 CFR Part 609—Loan Guarantees
for Projects that Employ Innovative
Technologies; (2) Type of Request:
Reinstatement (3) Purpose: This
information collection package covers
collection of information necessary to
evaluate applications for loan
guarantees submitted under Title XVII
of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, as
amended, 42 U.S.C. 16511–16516.
Applications for loan guarantees
submitted to DOE in response to a
solicitation must contain certain
information. This information will be
used to analyze whether a project is
eligible for a loan guarantee and to
evaluate the application under criteria
specified in 10 CFR Part 609. The
collection of this information is critical
to ensure that the government has
sufficient information to determine
whether applicants meet the eligibility
requirements to qualify for a DOE loan
guarantee and to provide DOE with
sufficient information to evaluate an
applicant’s project using the criteria
specified in 10 CFR Part 609; (5) Annual
Estimated Number of Respondents: 100
Pre-Applications/10 Full Applications;
(6) Annual Estimated Number of Total
Responses: It is estimated that the total
number of annual responses will not
exceed 100; (7) Annual Estimated
Number of Burden Hours: 13,000 hours,
most of which is likely to be time
committed by firms that seek debt and/
or equity financing for their projects,
regardless of their intent to apply for a
DOE loan guarantee; (8) Annual
Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping
Cost Burden: It is estimated that the
annual estimated reporting and
recordkeeping cost burden for
applicants will not exceed $25,000 per
annum.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority: Title XVII of the Energy Policy
Act of 2005 42 U.S.C. §§ 16511–16516
authorizes the collection of information.

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Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 122 / Tuesday, June 25, 2013 / Notices
Issued in Washington, DC, on June 18,
2013.
Susan Richardson,
Acting Executive Director, Loan Programs
Office.
[FR Doc. 2013–15123 Filed 6–24–13; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy
Proposed Amendment of Agency
Information Collection
Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy, Department of
Energy (DOE).
ACTION: Submission for Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) review;
comment request.
AGENCY:

The Department of Energy is
proposing to merge two information
collections into one more broad
collection, one of which is approved
and one of which was previously
proposed pursuant to the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. The approved
collection is being used to develop a
scorecard that will assist DOE’s Clean
Cities coalitions and stakeholders in
assessing the level of readiness of their
communities for plug-in electric
vehicles (PEV). Information collected
via the scorecard is intended to allow
DOE to provide respondents with an
objective assessment of their
communities’ readiness for PEV
adoption and an understanding of their
commitment to successful deployment
of PEVs, and is needed to ensure
appropriate evaluation of progress in
deploying PEVs. The other, previously
proposed information collection would
be used to develop information that will
enable DOE to measure the impact and
progress of DOE’s National Clean Fleets
Partnership (Partnership). The
Partnership is an initiative through
which DOE provides large private-sector
fleets with technical assistance and
expertise to incorporate alternative fuels
and fuel saving measures into their
operations successfully. The initiative
builds on the established success of
DOE’s Clean Cities Program. The
Partnership was developed with input
from fleet managers, industry
representatives, Clean Cities program
staff, and Clean Cities coordinators.
DOE is also proposing to amend the PEV
Scorecard information collection
request by expanding the number of
entities estimated to participate in the
voluntary PEV Scorecard information
collection.

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Comments regarding this
collection must be received on or before
July 25, 2013. If you anticipate that you
will be submitting comments, but find
it difficult to do so within the period of
time allowed by this notice, please
advise the OMB Desk Officer of your
intention to make a submission as soon
as possible. The Desk Officer may be
telephoned at (202) 395–4650.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be sent to:
Desk Officer for the Department of
Energy, Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget, New
Executive Office Building, Room 10102,
735 17th Street NW., Washington, DC
20503
And to
Mr. Dennis Smith, Office of Energy
Efficiency and Renewable Energy
(EE–2G), U.S. Department of Energy,
1000 Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC 20585–0121, or by fax
at 202–586–1600, or by email at
[email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Dennis Smith at the address listed above
in ADDRESSES.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The PEV
Scorecard information collection was
previously proposed and available for
public comment. See 77 FR 19275
(March 30, 2012) and 77 FR 39690 (July
5, 2012) and has since been cleared for
use under OMB No. 1910–5171. The
Clean Fleets Partnership information
collection request also was previously
proposed and available for public
comment. See 77 FR 65374 (October 26,
2012) and 78 FR 14519 (March 6, 2013).
Because both requests were developed
by and for the DOE Clean Cities
Program, DOE is proposing to merge
these two requests so that they would
operate under the same OMB No. 1910–
5171. Merging the two information
collections would not affect any of the
management of the information
collection requests themselves, or
management of the information
collected.
DOE is also proposing to amend the
estimated burden associated with the
PEV Scorecard information collection
request. Initially, DOE envisioned that
only Clean Cities coordinators, of which
there approximately 90 presently,
would avail themselves of the PEV
Scorecard and feedback it will provide.
The PEV Scorecard has been received
enthusiastically by communities beyond
the Clean Cities coalitions. In the first
month, the public was accessing the
PEV Scorecard in numbers
unanticipated, making it such that the
approved limit, 100 respondents, will be
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reached before all Clean Cities
coordinators have an opportunity to
access the PEV Scorecard. To ensure all
Clean Cities coordinators and leaders of
other communities are able to access the
PEV Scorecard, DOE is proposing to
increase the total number of
unduplicated responses, from 100 to
1,250. The number represents the
possible number of participating
communities, which in turn is based on
the approximate number of ‘‘Principal
Cities’’ within Core Based Statistical
Areas (the U.S. Census Bureau defines
there to be approximately 1,250) DOE
wants to increase the number of
potential respondents to ensure all
Clean Cities coordinators are able to
participate, and also to address the
expression of interest on the part of
Clean Cities coordinators to support
multiple municipalities in completing
the PEV Scorecard within their
coalition.
As merged, the amended information
collection request contains: (1) OMB No.
1910–5171; (2) Information Collection
Request Title: Clean Cities Vehicle
Programs; (3) Type of Request:
Amended collection; (4) Purpose: DOE’s
Clean Cities initiative has developed
two voluntary mechanisms by which
communities and certain fleets can get
a better understanding of their readiness
to deploy alternative fuel vehicles and
their progress in doing so. The
voluntary PEV Scorecard is intended to
assist its coalitions and stakeholders in
assessing the level of readiness of their
communities for plug-in electric
vehicles. The principal objective of the
scorecard is to provide respondents
with an objective assessment and
estimate of their respective community’s
readiness for PEV deployment as well as
understand the respective community’s
commitment to deploying these vehicles
successfully. DOE intends the scorecard
to be completed by a city/county/
regional sustainability or energy
coordinator. As the intended respondent
may not be aware of every aspect of
local or regional PEV readiness,
coordination among local stakeholders
to gather appropriate information may
be necessary. See also 77 FR 19275
(March 30, 2012).
For the PEV Scorecard information
collection request, DOE now expects
that many communities beyond simply
the Clean Cities coalitions may want to
avail themselves of the opportunity to
assess their respective community’s PEV
readiness. Therefore, DOE expects a
total respondent population of
approximately 1,250 respondents.
Selecting the multiple choice answers in
completing a scorecard questionnaire is
expected to take under 30 minutes,

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