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maximizes operational capabilities and
efficiencies without duplicating
facilities and functions at another
location.
In addition to the No Action
Alternative, this EIS will assess the
potential environmental effects of action
alternatives to be developed by DoN for
different operational scenarios.
The environmental analysis in the EIS
will focus on several aspects of the
proposed action: Aircraft operations at
Ault Field and OLF Coupeville; facility
construction; and personnel changes.
Resource areas to be addressed in the
EIS will include, but not be limited to:
Air quality, noise, land use,
socioeconomics, natural resources,
biological resources, cultural resources,
and safety and environmental hazards.
The analysis will evaluate direct and
indirect impacts, and will account for
cumulative impacts from other relevant
activities near the installation. Relevant
and reasonable measures that could
avoid or mitigate environmental effects
will also be analyzed. Additionally, the
DoN will undertake any consultation
applicable by law and regulation. No
decision will be made to implement any
alternative until the EIS process is
completed and a Record of Decision is
signed by the Assistant Secretary of the
Navy (Energy, Installations and
Environment) or designee.
The scoping process will be used to
identify community concerns and local
issues to be addressed in the EIS.
Federal agencies, state agencies, local
agencies, Native American Indian Tribes
and Nations, the public, and interested
persons are encouraged to provide
comments to the DoN to identify
specific issues or topics of
environmental concern that the
commenter believes the DoN should
consider. All comments provided orally
or in writing at the scoping meetings or
by mail during the scoping period will
receive the same consideration during
EIS preparation. All comments must be
postmarked no later than January 3,
2014.
To be included on the DoN’s mailing
list for the EIS (or to receive a copy of
the Draft EIS, when released), a written
request should be submitted to: EA–18G
EIS Project Manager (Code EV21/SS);
Naval Facilities Engineering Command
(NAVFAC) Atlantic, 6506 Hampton
Blvd., Norfolk, VA 23508.
August 29, 2013.
P.A. Richelmi,
Lieutenant, Office of the Judge Advocate
General, U. S. Navy, Alternate Federal
Register Liaison Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No. ED–2013–ICCD–0085]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Comment Request;
Race to the Top—Early Learning
Challenge Annual Performance Report
Office of Elementary and
Secondary Education (OESE), ED.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, (44
U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is
proposing a new information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before October
7, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in
response to this notice should be
submitted electronically through the
Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://
www.regulations.gov by selecting
Docket ID number ED–2013–ICCD–0085
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
2E115, Washington, DC 20202–4537.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
questions related To collection activities
or burden, please call Tomakie
Washington, 202–401–1097 or
electronically mail ICDocketMgr@
ed.gov. 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
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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: Race to the Top—
Early Learning Challenge Annual
Performance Report.
OMB Control Number: 1810–NEW.
Type of Review: New collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: State,
Local, or Tribal Governments.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 21.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 2,520.
Abstract: The Race to the Top—Early
Learning Challenge program is
authorized by Sections 14005 and
14006, Division A, of the American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009,
as amended by section 1832(b) of
Division B of Public Law 112–10, the
Department of Defense and Full-Year
Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011,
and the Department of Education
Appropriations Act, 2012 (Title III of
Division F of Pub. L. 112–74, the
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012).
This program is jointly managed by the
U.S. Department of Education and the
U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services. The purpose of the Race to the
Top—Early Learning Challenge program
is to focus on improving early learning
and development programs for young
children by supporting States’ efforts to:
(1) increase the number and percentage
of low-income and disadvantaged
children in each age group of infants,
toddlers, and preschoolers who are
enrolled in high-quality early learning
programs; (2) design and implement an
integrated system of high-quality early
learning programs and services; and (3)
ensure that any use of assessments
conforms with the recommendations of
the National Research Council’s reports
on early childhood. Five key program
reform areas representing the
foundation of an effective early learning
and development reform agenda focused
on school readiness and ongoing
educational success. These five key
reform areas are: (A) successful State
Systems; (B) High-Quality, Accountable
Programs; (C) Promoting Early Learning
and Development Outcomes for
Children; (D) A Great Early Childhood
Education Workforce; and (E) Measuring

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Outcomes and Progress. The first two
reform areas, (A) and (B) are ‘‘Core
Areas of Focus’’ for this program and all
applicants addressed selection criteria
based on these core areas. Reform areas
(C), (D), and (E) are ‘‘Focused
Investment Areas’’ where State’s choose
which specific areas to target based on
their State’s early childhood reform
areas and policies. Research
demonstrates that high-quality early
learning and development programs and
services can improve young children’s
health, social-emotional, and cognitive
outcomes; enhance school readiness;
and help close the school readiness gap
that exists between children with High
Needs and their more abled peers at the
time they enter kindergarten. The
Annual Performance Report for this
program will collect data on the
performance measures and the selection
criteria described in the application
(note OMB approval in 2011). Program
staff has reviewed this report carefully
to minimize burden. The APR will be
collected electronically which will
enable program staff to pre-populate
information on baseline data, approved
performance targets, and approved
annual budgets. This report will be used
to provide necessary information to
program staff and to the public on the
implementation of these grants.
Dated: August 29, 2013.
Tomakie Washington,
Acting Director, Information Collection
Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and
Records Management Services, Office of
Management.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No. ED–2013–ICCD–0114]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Comment Request; State
Educational Agency, Local Educational
Agency, and School Data Collection
and Reporting under ESEA, Title I,
Part A
Office of Elementary and
Secondary Education (OESE), ED.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 3507(j)), ED is requesting the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) to conduct an emergency review
of a revision to an existing information
collection.
DATES: Approval by the OMB has been
requested by October 1, 2013. A regular
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initiated. Interested persons are invited
to submit comments on or before
November 4, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in
response to this notice should be
submitted electronically through the
Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://
www.regulations.gov by selecting
Docket ID number ED–2013–ICCD–0014
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
2E115, Washington, DC 20202–4537.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
questions related to collection activities
or burden, please call Tomakie
Washington, 202–401–1097 or
electronically mail ICDocketMgr@
ed.gov. Please do not send comments
here.
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 as they relate to ESEA
flexibility renewal: (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: State Educational
Agency, Local Educational Agency, and

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School Data Collection and Reporting
under ESEA, Title I, Part A.
OMB Control Number: 1810–0581.
Type of Review: a revision to an
existing information collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: State,
Local and Tribal Governments.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 53,198.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 4,707,785.
Abstract: Title I, Part A (Title I) of the
Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965 (ESEA), as amended by the
No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, and
its regulations contain several existing
provisions that require State educational
agencies (SEAs), local educational
agencies (LEAs), and schools to collect
and disseminate information. The
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) covers
these activities, which are currently
approved by OMB under control
number 1810–0581 through July 2015.
In addition, in 2011, ED invited each
SEA to request flexibility on behalf of
itself, its LEAs, and schools, in order to
better focus on improving student
academic achievement and increasing
the quality of instruction (ESEA
flexibility). The opportunity for SEAs to
request ESEA flexibility also included
activities covered by the PRA. Those
information collection activities
consisted of the information an SEA
must develop and submit to ED to
request this flexibility, information that
an SEA provided in an Accountability
Addendum, and the information an SEA
that receives ESEA flexibility must
annually report to ED. Approvals of
ESEA flexibility requests have occurred
in several iterations: Window 1, for
which SEAs submitted requests in
November 2011; Window 2, for which
SEAs submitted requests in February
2012; Window 3, for which SEAs
submitted requests in September 2012;
and Window 4, for which SEAs
submitted requests in spring 2013.
Generally, ED approved the requests of
SEAs that requested ESEA flexibility in
Windows 1 and 2 through the end of the
2013–2014 school year. ED is now
inviting the 35 Window 1 and Window
2 SEAs to request a two-year extension
of the waivers granted through ESEA
flexibility, through the end of the 2015–
2016 school year. An SEA that requests
renewal of ESEA flexibility must submit
an updated ESEA flexibility request
describing how it will continue to meet
the requirements of ESEA flexibility.
The purpose of this submission is to
obtain approval for the resubmission
activities covered by the PRA. These
activities include an SEA’s addressing
each of the required items described in
the ESEA flexibility renewal guidance,

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