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room 3W242, Washington, DC 20202.
Telephone: (202) 453–6987 or by email:
[email protected].
If you use a TDD or a TTY, call the
FRS, toll free, at 1–800–877–8339.
VIII. Other Information
Accessible Format: Individuals with
disabilities can obtain this document
and a copy of the application package in
an accessible format (e.g., braille, large
print, audiotape, or compact disc) on
request to the program contact person
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT in section VII of this notice.
Electronic Access to This Document:
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Dated: December 8, 2016.
Ann Whalen,
Senior Advisor to the Secretary, Delegated
the Duties of Assistant Secretary, for
Elementary and Secondary Education.

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An applicant that is applying as part of a
consortium must enter into a memorandum
of understanding (MOU) or other binding
agreement with each member of the
consortium. At a minimum, each MOU or
other binding agreement must include the
following key elements, each of which is
described in detail below: (1) Terms and
conditions; and (2) signatures.
1. Terms and conditions: In accordance
with the Opening Doors, Expanding
Opportunities application requirements and
the requirements for group applicants under
34 CFR 75.127–129, the MOU must:
a. Designate one member of the group to
apply for the grant or establish a separate
legal entity to apply for the grant;
b. Detail the activities that each party plans
to perform;
c. Bind each party to every statement and
assurance made by the applicant in the
application;

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED–2016–ICCD–0139]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Comment Request;
International Computer and
Information Literacy Study (ICILS 2018)
Field Test Questionnaires Change
Request
Department of Education (ED),
National Center for Education Statistics
(NCES)
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

Appendix: Memorandum of
Understanding or Other Binding
Agreement Requirements for Consortia
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d. State that the applicant for the
consortium (the lead LEA) is legally
responsible for:
i. The use of all grant funds;
ii. Ensuring that the project is carried out
by the partners or consortium in accordance
with Federal requirements;
iii. Ensuring that the indirect costs are
determined as required under 34 CFR
75.564(e);
iv. Carrying out the activities it has agreed
to perform; and
v. Using the funds that it receives under
the MOU or other binding agreement in
accordance with the Federal requirements
that apply to the Opening Doors, Expanding
Opportunities grant.
e. State that each member of the
consortium is legally responsible for:
i. Carrying out the activities it has agreed
to perform; and
ii. Using the funds that it receives under
the MOU or other binding agreement in
accordance with the Federal requirements
that apply to the Opening Doors, Expanding
Opportunities grant.
2. Signatures: Each MOU must be signed
by each party’s superintendent or CEO.

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is
proposing a reinstatement of a
previously approved information
collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before January
13, 2017.
ADDRESSES: To access and review all the
documents related to the information
collection listed in this notice, please
use http://www.regulations.gov by
searching the Docket ID number ED–
2016–ICCD–0139. Comments submitted
in response to this notice should be
submitted electronically through the
Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://
www.regulations.gov by selecting the
Docket ID number or via postal mail,
commercial delivery, or hand delivery.
Please note that comments submitted by
fax or email and those submitted after
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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
2E–347, Washington, DC 20202–4537.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
specific questions related to collection
activities, please contact NCES
Information Collections at
[email protected].
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: International
Computer and Information Literacy
Study (ICILS 2018) Field Test
Questionnaires Change Request.
OMB Control Number: 1850–0929.
Type of Review: A reinstatement of a
previously approved information
collection.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Individuals or Households.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 1,983.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 2,046.
Abstract: The International Computer
and Information Literacy Study (ICILS)
is a computer-based international
assessment of eighth-grade students’

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computer and information literacy (CIL)
skills that will provide a comparison of
U.S. student performance and
technology access and use with those of
the international peers. ICILS collects
data on eighth-grade students’ abilities
to collect, manage, evaluate, and share
digital information; their understanding
of issues related to the safe and
responsible use of electronic
information; on student access to, use
of, and engagement with ICT at school
and at home; school environments for
teaching and learning CIL; and teacher
practices and experiences with ICT. The
data collected through ICILS will also
provide information about the nature
and extent of the possible ‘‘digital
divide’’ and has the potential to inform
understanding of the relationship
between technology skills and
experience and student performance in
other core subject areas. ICILS is
conducted by the International
Association for the Evaluation of
Educational Achievement (IEA), an
international collective of research
organizations and government agencies
that create the assessment framework,
assessment, and background
questionnaires. In the U.S., the National
Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
conducts this study. In preparation for
the ICILS 2018 main study, NCES will
conduct a field test from March through
May 2017 to evaluate new assessment
items and background questions, to
ensure practices that promote low
exclusion rates, and to ensure that
classroom and student sampling
procedures proposed for the main study
are successful. The U.S. ICILS main
study will be conducted in the spring of
2018. Field recruitment will begin in
October 2016 and main study
recruitment in May of 2017. The request
for the 2017 field test and the 2018 main
study recruitment activities and the
2017 field test data collection was
approved in August 2016 (OMB# 1850–
0929 v.1). This request (a) amends the
approved record with the versions of the
ICILS 2018 field test questionnaires that
contain the finalized international
versions of the questionnaires along
with the U.S. adaptations that have been
submitted for approval to the IEA, (b)
updates respondent burden estimates,
and (c) updates the international
assessment framework for distribution
and naming of dimensions. Because a
few new questionnaire items have been
added and burden time slightly
increased, NCES is announcing in the
Federal Register another 30-day public
comment period to accompany this
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Dated: December 8, 2016.
Kate Mullan,
Acting Director, Information Collection
Clearance Division, Office of the Chief Privacy
Officer, Office of Management.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OAR–2016–0731; FRL–9956–64–
OAR]

Proposed Information Collection
Request; Comment Request;
Reporting and Recordkeeping
Requirements Under EPA’s Natural
Gas STAR Methane Challenge Program
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

The Environmental Protection
Agency is planning to submit an
information collection request (ICR),
‘‘Reporting and Recordkeeping
Requirements Under EPA’s Natural Gas
STAR Methane Challenge Program’’
(EPA ICR No. 2547.01, OMB Control No.
2060–NEW) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.). Before doing so, EPA is
soliciting public comments on specific
aspects of the proposed information
collection as described below. This is a
request for approval of a new collection.
An Agency may not conduct or sponsor
and a person is not required to respond
to a collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before February 13, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
OAR–2016–0731, online using
www.regulations.gov (our preferred
method), by email to a-and-r-Docket@
epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket
Center, Environmental Protection
Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington,
DC 20460.
EPA’s policy is that all comments
received will be included in the public
docket without change including any
personal information provided, unless
the comment includes profanity, threats,
information claimed to be Confidential
Business Information (CBI) or other
information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Justin Pryor, Office of Atmospheric
SUMMARY:

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Programs, Climate Change Division,
(6207A), Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone
number: 202–343–9258; fax number:
202–343–2342; email address:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Supporting documents which explain in
detail the information that the EPA will
be collecting are available in the public
docket for this ICR. The docket can be
viewed online at www.regulations.gov
or in person at the EPA Docket Center,
WJC West, Room 3334, 1301
Constitution Ave. NW., Washington,
DC. The telephone number for the
Docket Center is 202–566–1744. For
additional information about EPA’s
public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/
dockets.
Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
the PRA, EPA is soliciting comments
and information to enable it to: (i)
Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the Agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; (ii) evaluate 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;
(iii) enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (iv) minimize the burden
of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through
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. EPA will consider the
comments received and amend the ICR
as appropriate. The final ICR package
will then be submitted to OMB for
review and approval. At that time, EPA
will issue another Federal Register
notice to announce the submission of
the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to
submit additional comments to OMB.
Abstract: The Natural Gas STAR
Methane Challenge Program is a
voluntary program sponsored by the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) that provides an innovative
voluntary mechanism through which oil
and natural gas companies can make
specific, ambitious commitments to
reduce methane emissions. This
Program is an integral part of the
EPA’s—and the Administration’s—
ongoing commitment to address
methane emissions and global climate
change. Methane is the primary
component of natural gas and a potent

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