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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: Revision of the
National Center for Education Statistics
(NCES) Confidentiality Pledges under
Confidential Information Protection and
Statistical Efficiency Act (CIPSEA) and
Education Sciences Reform.
OMB Control Number: 1850–0937.
Type of Review: An extension of an
existing information collection.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Individuals or Households.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 1.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours:
Abstract: Under 44 U.S.C. 3506(e),
and 44 U.S.C. 3501 (note), the National
Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is
announcing revisions to the
confidentiality pledge(s) it provides to
its respondents under the Confidential
Information Protection and Statistical
Efficiency Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 (note))
(CIPSEA) and under the Education
Sciences Reform Act of 2002 (ESRA
2002). These revisions are required by
the passage and implementation of
provisions of the Federal Cybersecurity
Enhancement Act of 2015 (6 U.S.C.
151), which permits and requires the
Secretary of Homeland Security to
provide Federal civilian agencies’
information technology systems with
cybersecurity protection for their
Internet traffic.

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Dated: June 14, 2017.
Kate Mullan,
Acting Director, Information Collection
Clearance Division, Office of the Chief Privacy
Officer, Office of Management.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED–2017–ICCD–0087]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and approval; Comment Request;
National Assessment of Educational
Progress (NAEP) 2018 and 2019 Item
Library
National Center for Education
Statistics (NCES), Department of
Education (ED).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is
proposing a revision of an existing
information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before July 20,
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–
2017–ICCD–0087. 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
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
216–34, 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
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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: National
Assessment of Educational Progress
(NAEP) 2018 and 2019 Item Library.
OMB Control Number: 1850–0928.
Type of Review: A revision of an
existing information collection.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Individuals or Households.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 759,283.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 371,166.
Abstract: The National Assessment of
Educational Progress (NAEP),
conducted by the National Center for
Education Statistics (NCES), is a
federally authorized survey of student
achievement at grades 4, 8, and 12 in
various subject areas, such as
mathematics, reading, writing, science,
U.S. history, civics, geography,
economics, technology and engineering
literacy (TEL), and the arts. The
National Assessment of Educational
Progress Authorization Act (Pub. L.
107–279 Title III, section 303) requires
the assessment to collect data on
specified student groups and
characteristics, including information
organized by race/ethnicity, gender,
socio-economic status, disability, and
limited English proficiency. It requires
fair and accurate presentation of
achievement data and permits the
collection of background, noncognitive,
or descriptive information that is related
to academic achievement and aids in
fair reporting of results. The intent of
the law is to provide representative
sample data on student achievement for
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subpopulations of students and to
monitor progress over time. The nature
of NAEP is that burden alternates from
a relatively low burden in national-level
administration years to a substantial
burden increase in state-level
administration years when the sample
has to allow for estimates for individual
states and some of the large urban
districts. The NAEP results are reported
to the public through the Nation’s
Report Card as well as other online
NAEP tools. This request is to conduct
NAEP in 2018 and 2019, including
operational assessments, pilot tests, and
special studies. NAEP 2018–2019 data
collections, including operational
assessments, pilot tests, and special
studies, are currently under OMB
review (OMB# 1850–0928–v.5). This
request is to add Oral Ready Fluency
(ORF) items to the NAEP 2018–2019
questionnaire item library (Appendix F).
We are announcing a second 30-day
comment period for NAEP 2018–2019
for the inclusion of these additional
ORF questionnaire items.
Dated: June 15, 2017.
Kate Mullan,
Acting Director, Information Collection
Clearance Division, Office of the Chief Privacy
Officer, Office of Management.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Nuclear Energy Advisory Committee;
Meeting
Office of Nuclear Energy,
Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of cancellation of open
meeting.
AGENCY:

On May 26, 2017, the
Department of Energy (DOE) published
a notice of open meeting, scheduled for
June 20, 2017, and request for comment,
of the Nuclear Energy Advisory
Committee (NEAC). This notice
announces the cancellation of this
meeting. The rescheduled meeting will
be held at a date to be determined
(August or September).
DATES: The meeting scheduled for June
20, 2017, announced in the May 26,
2017, issue of the Federal Register (FR
Doc. 2017–10877, 82 FR 101), is
cancelled.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rob
Rova, Designated Federal Officer, U.S.
Department of Energy, 1000
Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC 20585; email:
[email protected] or
phone: 301–903–9096.

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2017.
LaTanya R. Butler,
Deputy Committee Management Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 1235–017]

City of Radford; Notice of Application
Tendered for Filing With the
Commission and Soliciting Additional
Study Requests and Establishing
Procedural Schedule for Relicensing
and a Deadline for Submission of Final
Amendments
Take notice that the following
hydroelectric application has been filed
with the Commission and is available
for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: Subsequent
Minor License.
b. Project No.: 1235–017.
c. Date Filed: May 30, 2017.
d. Applicant: City of Radford.
e. Name of Project: Municipal
Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Little River near
the City of Radford in Montgomery and
Pulaski Counties, Virginia. The project
does not affect federal lands.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)–825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Tim Logwood,
Director of Electric Utilities for the City
of Radford, 701 17th Street, Radford, VA
24141; Telephone (540) 731–3641.
i. FERC Contact: Allyson Conner,
(202) 502–6082 or allyson.conner@
ferc.gov.
j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state,
local, and tribal agencies with
jurisdiction and/or special expertise
with respect to environmental issues
that wish to cooperate in the
preparation of the environmental
document should follow the
instructions for filing such requests
described in item l below. Cooperating
agencies should note the Commission’s
policy that agencies that cooperate in
the preparation of the environmental
document cannot also intervene. See, 94
FERC ¶ 61,076 (2001).
k. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of 18
CFR of the Commission’s regulations, if
any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or
person believes that an additional
scientific study should be conducted in
order to form an adequate factual basis
for a complete analysis of the
application on its merit, the resource
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a request for a study with the
Commission not later than 60 days from
the date of filing of the application, and
serve a copy of the request on the
applicant.
l. Deadline for filing additional study
requests and requests for cooperating
agency status: July 29, 2017.
The Commission strongly encourages
electronic filing. Please file additional
study requests and requests for
cooperating agency status using the
Commission’s eFiling system at http://
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. For
assistance, please contact FERC Online
Support at FERCOnlineSupport@
ferc.gov, (866) 208–3676 (toll free), or
(202) 502–8659 (TTY). In lieu of
electronic filing, please send a paper
copy to: Secretary, Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street
NE., Washington, DC 20426. The first
page of any filing should include docket
number P–1235–017.
m. This application is not ready for
environmental analysis at this time.
n. The existing Municipal
Hydroelectric Project consists of: (1) A
293-foot-long, 58-foot-high reinforced
concrete slab and buttress dam that
includes: (a) A south non-overflow
section; (b) an overflow bulkhead
section; (c) an eight-bay spillway section
each with a steel tainter gate; (d) a
powerhouse intake section; and (e) a
north non-overflow section; (2) a 77-acre
impoundment with a gross storage
capacity of 562 acre-feet at a normal
pool elevation of 1,772 feet National
Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929
(NGVD29) and a net storage capacity of
220 acre-feet between elevations 1,768
and 1,772 feet NGVD29; (3) a 20-foot, 3inch-wide intake section with angled
steel trash racks (3-inch by 5/16th-inch
trash rack bars spaced 2.5 inches on
center) and a steel roller-type head gate;
(4) a 27-foot-long steel-lined penstock in
concrete that transitions from a 13.5foot-wide, 11-foot-high entrance to an 8foot-diameter conveyance to the turbine
scroll case; (5) a 30-foot-long, 28-footwide, and 62-foot-high powerhouse
containing a single 1,185 kilowatts
turbine-generator unit; (6) a 2.7-milelong transmission line connected to the
grid; and (7) appurtenant facilities.
The City of Radford proposes to revise
its exhibit G to include transmission
facilities composed of only three, 560foot-long, 4.16-kV overhead conductors
that transmit power to a switched
disconnect/interconnection with the
local distribution grid. The City of
Radford states that the formerly licensed
transmission line now serves to
distribute power to other sources along
its length and is no longer part of the
project.

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