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purpose is to provide interested persons
an opportunity to submit comments on
the proposed actions.

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Additions

Proposed Priority and Definition—
Teacher and School Leader Incentive
Program

If the Committee approves the
proposed additions, the entities of the
Federal Government identified in this
notice will be required to procure the
service(s) listed below from nonprofit
agencies employing persons who are
blind or have other severe disabilities.
The following service(s) are proposed
for addition to the Procurement List for
production by the nonprofit agencies
listed:
Service(s)
Service Type: Facility Support Services.
Mandatory for: U.S. Geological Survey,
Western Fisheries Research Center—
Marrowstone Marine Field Station,
Nordland, WA.
Designated Source of Supply: Skookum
Educational Programs, Bremerton, WA.
Contracting Activity: U.S. GEOLOGICAL
SURVEY, OFFICE OF ACQUISITON
GRANTS.
Service Type: Custodial and Grounds
Maintenance Services.
Mandatory for: U.S. Customs and Border
Protection, U.S. Border Patrol-San Diego
Sector, Chula Vista, CA.
Designated Source of Supply: Bona Fide
Conglomerate, Inc., El Cajon, CA.
Contracting Activity: U.S. CUSTOMS AND
BORDER PROTECTION, BORDER
ENFORCEMENT CTR DIV.
Service Type: Custodial Service.
Mandatory for: U.S. Customs and Border
Protection, Port of Boise, Boise, ID.
Designated Source of Supply: WITCO, Inc.,
Caldwell, ID.
Contracting Activity: U.S. CUSTOMS AND
BORDER PROTECTION, BORDER
ENFORCEMENT CTR DIV.

Deletions
The following service(s) are proposed
for deletion from the Procurement List:
Service(s)
Service Type: Mailroom Operation.
Mandatory for: U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Portland District
Headquarters and Northwestern Division
Headquarters, Portland, OR.
Designated Source of Supply: Relay
Resources, Portland, OR.
Contracting Activity: DEPT OF THE ARMY,
W071 ENDIST PORTLAND.
Service Type: Mail and Messenger Service.
Mandatory for: U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Portland, OR.
Designated Source of Supply: Relay
Resources, Portland, OR.
Contracting Activity: DEPT OF THE ARMY,
W071 ENDIST PORTLAND.
Michael R. Jurkowski,
Deputy Director, Business & PL Operations.
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Office of Elementary and
Secondary Education, Department of
Education.
ACTION: Proposed priority and
definition.
AGENCY:

The Department of Education
(Department) proposes to establish a
priority and definition under the
Teacher and School Leader Incentive
Program (TSL), Assistance Listing
Number 84.374A. We may use this
priority and definition for competitions
in fiscal year (FY) 2021 and later years.
We propose a priority that clarifies the
extent to which TSL-funded grant
project activities are concentrated in
High-Need Schools and a definition that
clarifies what High-Need School means
for the purposes of the TSL program.
DATES: We must receive your comments
on or before May 10, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments
through the Federal eRulemaking Portal
or via postal mail, commercial delivery,
or hand delivery. We will not accept
comments submitted by fax or by email
or those submitted after the comment
period. To ensure that we do not receive
duplicate copies, please submit your
comments only once. In addition, please
include the Docket ID at the top of your
comments.
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
www.regulations.gov to submit your
comments electronically. Information
on using Regulations.gov, including
instructions for accessing agency
documents, submitting comments, and
viewing the docket, is available on the
site under ‘‘FAQ.’’
• Postal Mail, Commercial Delivery,
or Hand Delivery: If you mail or deliver
your comments about the proposed
priority and definitions, address them to
Orman Feres, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW,
Room 3C124, Washington, DC 20202.
Privacy Note: The Department’s
policy is to make all comments received
from members of the public available for
public viewing in their entirety on the
Federal eRulemaking Portal at
www.regulations.gov. Therefore,
commenters should be careful to
include in their comments only
information that they wish to make
publicly available.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Orman Feres, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW,
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Room 3C124, Washington, DC 20202.
Telephone: (202) 453–6921. Email:
[email protected].
If you use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD) or a text
telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay
Service (FRS), toll-free, at 1–800–877–
8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Invitation to Comment: We invite you
to submit comments regarding the
proposed priority and definition. To
ensure that your comments have
maximum effect in developing the
notice of final priority and definition,
we urge you to clearly identify the
specific section of the proposed priority
or definition that each comment
addresses.
We invite you to assist us in
complying with the specific
requirements of Executive Orders 12866
and 13563 and their overall requirement
of reducing regulatory burden that
might result from the proposed priority
and definition. Please let us know of
any further ways we could reduce
potential costs or increase potential
benefits while preserving the effective
and efficient administration of our
programs.
During and after the comment period,
you may inspect all public comments
about the proposed priority and
definition by accessing Regulations.gov.
Due to the novel coronavirus 2019
(COVID–19) pandemic, the Department
buildings are currently not open to the
public. However, upon reopening you
may also inspect the comments in
person in Room 3C124, 400 Maryland
Avenue SW, Washington, DC, between
the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.,
Eastern time, Monday through Friday of
each week except Federal holidays.
Assistance to Individuals with
Disabilities in Reviewing the
Rulemaking Record: On request we will
provide an appropriate accommodation
or auxiliary aid to an individual with a
disability who needs assistance to
review the comments or other
documents in the public rulemaking
record for the proposed priority and
definitions. If you want to schedule an
appointment for this type of
accommodation or auxiliary aid, please
contact the person listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Purpose of Program: The purpose of
TSL is to assist States, local educational
agencies (LEAs), and nonprofit
organizations to develop, implement,
improve, or expand comprehensive
performance-based compensation
systems (PBCS) or human capital
management systems (HCMS) for
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leaders (especially for teachers,
principals, and other school leaders in
High-Need Schools who raise student
academic achievement and close the
achievement gap between high- and
low-performing students). In addition, a
portion of TSL funds may be used to
study the effectiveness, fairness, quality,
consistency, and reliability of PBCS or
HCMS for teachers, principals, and
other school leaders (educators).
Program Authority: Section 2211–
2213 of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965, as amended
(ESEA), 20 U.S.C. 6631–6633.
Background: In making TSL awards,
the Secretary is required to give priority
to applicants that concentrate activities
on teachers, principals, or other school
leaders serving in high-need schools.
The most recent FY 2020 TSL
competition (85 FR 18928, April 3,
2020) highlighted the need for a
definition and priority that would help
better target the program to educators
and students in High-Need Schools.1
Additionally, since passage of the Every
Student Succeeds Act in 2015, the
Department could not implement the
TSL program statutory definition of
High-Need School because that
definition requires data that are
unavailable. Therefore, we propose to
establish a definition of High-Need
School using Free and Reduced-Price
Lunch (FRPL) data and a separate
priority to require submission of data to
demonstrate that the TSL project is
concentrated in High-Need Schools.
Proposed Definition: ESEA section
2211(b)(2) defines High-Need Schools
for the purposes of the TSL program as
a school ‘‘located in an area in which
the percentage of students from families
with incomes below the poverty line is
30 percent or more.’’ The definition of
poverty line in ESEA section 8101(41)
requires the Department to use poverty
line data gathered by the U.S. Census
Bureau. However, the Department has
determined that the school-level
poverty-line data required by the
definition of High-Need School in
section 2211(b)(2) of the ESEA are
unavailable; the U.S. Census Bureau
reports these data only by LEA (school
district). As such, to ensure that awards
made under the TSL program still target
the schools with high proportions of
students from low-income families,
rather than schools that are part of a
broader LEA with high proportions of
students from low-income families, the
Department proposes to define HighNeed School by using, in part, a similar
poverty measure used for the FY 2010,
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2012, and 2016 Teacher Incentive Fund
(TSL’s predecessor program)
competitions and the 2017 and 2020
TSL competitions. In these prior
competitions, a High-Need School was
defined as ‘‘a school with 50 percent or
more of its enrollment from low-income
families, based on eligibility for free or
reduced-price lunch subsidies under the
Richard B. Russell National School
Lunch Act, or other poverty measures
that LEAs use consistent with ESEA
section 1113(a)(5) (20 U.S.C.
6313(a)(5)).’’ The definition proposed
here would be substantially similar, but
also include information about how the
Community Eligibility Provision (CEP)
of the Richard B. Russell National
School Lunch Act could be used to meet
the definition.
Proposed Priority: Additionally, we
propose one priority to clarify the
requirements for demonstrating in an
application that a project is
concentrated on educators serving in
High-Need Schools. This priority would
clarify how future TSL applicants must
demonstrate in their applications that
proposed TSL-funded activities
primarily target educators in High-Need
Schools. The FY 2020 TSL competition
drew one of its two absolute priorities
directly from the program’s statute,
requiring eligible applicants to
concentrate the proposed activities on
teachers, principals, or other school
leaders serving in High-Need Schools.
The priority did not explain in detail
what level of focus an applicant must
demonstrate to show that TSL activities
would ‘‘concentrate’’ on educators in
High-Need Schools. Some applicants
proposed to serve all High-Need
Schools. Other applicants did not
distinguish which activities were for all
participating schools and which
activities were only for High-Need
Schools. Further, the priority lacked
clarity on what factors the Department
considers when determining whether a
school is High-Need. This lack of
specificity led to numerous instances
where documentation of High-Need
School status was insufficient.
Additionally, the lack of a consistent
standard for a concentration on HighNeed Schools limited the Department’s
ability to determine whether applicants
had met the High-Need Schools absolute
priority. It further resulted in several
proposed projects being reviewed that
did not appear to address the goal of
focusing work primarily on High-Need
Schools. Thus, we propose language
that clarifies that concentrating the
proposed activities means that at least
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activities must be High-Need Schools. In
the proposed priority, we further specify
that applicants must provide evidence
to document the High-Need status of the
schools included in the proposed TSLassisted project. The proposed
definition and priority would be used
only in future TSL competitions and
would not impact current TSL grantees
or change priorities from the FY 2020 or
other prior competitions.
Proposed Priority
The Department is proposing the
following priority.
High-Need Schools
Under this priority, eligible applicants
must concentrate the activities proposed
to be assisted under the grant on
teachers, principals, or other school
leaders serving in High-Need Schools.
In order to demonstrate that the TSL
project is concentrated in High-Need
Schools, the applicant must:
(a) Provide the requested data in
paragraph (c) below to demonstrate that
at least the majority of the schools
participating in the proposed project are
High-Need Schools and describe how
the TSL-assisted grant activities are
focused in those schools;
(b) Include a list of all schools in
which the proposed TSL-funded project
would be implemented and indicate
which schools are High-Need Schools;
and
(c) Provide the most recently available
school-level data supporting each
school’s designation as a High-Need
School.
Types of Priorities
When inviting applications for a
competition using one or more
priorities, we designate the type of each
priority as absolute, competitive
preference, or invitational through a
notice in the Federal Register. The
effect of each type of priority follows:
Absolute priority: Under an absolute
priority, we consider only applications
that meet the priority (34 CFR
75.105(c)(3)).
Competitive preference priority:
Under a competitive preference priority,
we give competitive preference to an
application by (1) awarding additional
points, depending on the extent to
which the application meets the priority
(34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i)); or (2) selecting
an application that meets the priority
over an application of comparable merit
that does not meet the priority (34 CFR
75.105(c)(2)(ii)).
Invitational priority: Under an
invitational priority we are particularly
interested in applications that meet the
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application that meets the priority a
preference over other applications (34
CFR 75.105(c)(1)).
Proposed Definition
We propose the following definition
for this program. We may apply this
definition in any year in which the
program is in effect.
High-Need School means a school
with 50 percent or more of its
enrollment from low-income families as
calculated using—
(a) The number of children eligible for
a free or reduced-price lunch under the
National School Lunch Program (NSLP)
(or, if an LEA does not participate in the
NSLP, comparable data from another
source such as a survey);
(b) If an LEA has one or more schools
that participate in the Community
Eligibility Provision (CEP) of the NSLP,
for any of its schools (i.e., CEP and nonCEP schools), the method in paragraph
(a) of this definition or an alternative
method approved by the Department;
and
(c) For middle and high schools, data
from feeder schools that can establish
that the middle or high school is a HighNeed School under paragraph (a) or (b)
of this definition.
Final Priority and Definition
We will announce the final priority
and definition in a document published
in the Federal Register. We will
determine the final priority and
definition after considering responses to
the proposed priority and definition and
other information available to the
Department. This document does not
preclude us from proposing additional
priorities, requirements, definitions, or
selection criteria, subject to meeting
applicable rulemaking requirements.
Note: This document does not solicit
applications. In any year in which we choose
to use the priority and definitions, we invite
applications through a notice inviting
applications in the Federal Register.

Executive Orders 12866 and 13563
Regulatory Impact Analysis
Under Executive Order 12866, the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) must determine whether this
regulatory action is ‘‘significant’’ and,
therefore, subject to the requirements of
the Executive Order and subject to
review by OMB. Section 3(f) of
Executive Order 12866 defines a
‘‘significant regulatory action’’ as an
action likely to result in a rule that
may—
(1) Have an annual effect on the
economy of $100 million or more, or
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environment, public health or safety, or
State, local, or Tribal governments or
communities in a material way (also
referred to as an ‘‘economically
significant’’ rule);
(2) Create serious inconsistency or
otherwise interfere with an action taken
or planned by another agency;
(3) Materially alter the budgetary
impacts of entitlement grants, user fees,
or loan programs or the rights and
obligations of recipients thereof; or
(4) Raise novel legal or policy issues
arising out of legal mandates, the
President’s priorities, or the principles
stated in the Executive Order.
This proposed regulatory action is not
a significant regulatory action subject to
review by OMB under section 3(f) of
Executive Order 12866.
We have also reviewed this proposed
regulatory action under Executive Order
13563, which supplements and
explicitly reaffirms the principles,
structures, and definitions governing
regulatory review established in
Executive Order 12866. To the extent
permitted by law, Executive Order
13563 requires that an agency—
(1) Propose or adopt regulations only
on a reasoned determination that their
benefits justify their costs (recognizing
that some benefits and costs are difficult
to quantify);
(2) Tailor its regulations to impose the
least burden on society, consistent with
obtaining regulatory objectives and
taking into account—among other things
and to the extent practicable—the costs
of cumulative regulations;
(3) In choosing among alternative
regulatory approaches, select those
approaches that maximize net benefits
(including potential economic,
environmental, public health and safety,
and other advantages; distributive
impacts; and equity);
(4) To the extent feasible, specify
performance objectives, rather than the
behavior or manner of compliance a
regulated entity must adopt; and
(5) Identify and assess available
alternatives to direct regulation,
including economic incentives—such as
user fees or marketable permits—to
encourage the desired behavior, or
provide information that enables the
public to make choices.
Executive Order 13563 also requires
an agency ‘‘to use the best available
techniques to quantify anticipated
present and future benefits and costs as
accurately as possible.’’ The Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs of
OMB has emphasized that these
techniques may include ‘‘identifying
changing future compliance costs that
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innovation or anticipated behavioral
changes.’’
We are issuing the proposed priority
and definition only on a reasoned
determination that their benefits would
justify their costs. In choosing among
alternative regulatory approaches, we
selected those approaches that would
maximize net benefits. Based on an
analysis of anticipated costs and
benefits, we believe that the proposed
priority and definitions are consistent
with the principles in Executive Order
13563.
We also have determined that this
regulatory action does not unduly
interfere with State, local, and Tribal
governments in the exercise of their
governmental functions.
In accordance with the Executive
Orders, the Department has assessed the
potential costs and benefits, both
quantitative and qualitative, of this
regulatory action. The potential costs
are those resulting from statutory
requirements and those we have
determined as necessary for
administering the Department’s
programs and activities.
Potential Costs and Benefits
The Department believes that this
proposed regulatory action would not
impose significant costs on eligible
entities, whose participation in our
programs is voluntary, and costs can
generally be covered with grant funds.
As a result, the proposed priority and
definition would not impose any
particular burden except when an entity
voluntarily elects to apply for a grant.
The benefits of the proposed priority
and definition would outweigh any
associated costs because they would
help ensure that the Department’s TSL
grant program selects high-quality
applicants to implement activities that
are designed to address High-Need
Schools.
Clarity of the Regulations
Executive Order 12866 and the
Presidential memorandum ‘‘Plain
Language in Government Writing’’
require each agency to write regulations
that are easy to understand.
The Secretary invites comments on
how to make the proposed priority and
definition easier to understand,
including answers to questions such as
the following:
• Are the requirements in the
proposed regulations clearly stated?
• Do the proposed regulations contain
technical terms or other wording that
interferes with their clarity?
• Does the format of the proposed
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sections, use of headings, paragraphing,
etc.) aid or reduce their clarity?
• Would the proposed regulations be
easier to understand if we divided them
into more (but shorter) sections?
• Could the description of the
proposed regulations in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
this preamble be more helpful in
making the proposed regulations easier
to understand? If so, how?
• What else could we do to make the
proposed regulations easier to
understand?
To send any comments that concern
how the Department could make the
proposed priority and definition easier
to understand, see the instructions in
the ADDRESSES section.
Intergovernmental Review: This
program is subject to Executive Order
12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR
part 79. One of the objectives of the
Executive Order is to foster an
intergovernmental partnership and a
strengthened federalism. The Executive
Order relies on processes developed by
State and local governments for
coordination and review of proposed
Federal financial assistance.
This document provides early
notification of our specific plans and
actions for this program.
Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification
The Secretary certifies that this
proposed regulatory action would not
have a significant economic impact on
a substantial number of small entities.
The U.S. Small Business Administration
Size Standards define proprietary
institutions as small businesses if they
are independently owned and operated,
are not dominant in their field of
operation, and have total annual
revenue below $7,000,000. Nonprofit
institutions are defined as small entities
if they are independently owned and
operated and not dominant in their field
of operation. Public institutions are
defined as small organizations if they
are operated by a government
overseeing a population below 50,000.
The small entities that this proposed
regulatory action would affect are
school districts, nonprofit organizations,
and for-profit organizations. Of the
impacts we estimate accruing to
grantees or eligible entities, all are
voluntary and related mostly to an
increase in the number of applications
prepared and submitted annually for
competitive grant competitions.
Therefore, we do not believe that the
proposed priority and definition would
significantly impact small entities
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receiving, competitive grants from the
Department.
Paperwork Reduction Act
As part of its continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent
burden, the Department provides the
general public and Federal agencies
with an opportunity to comment on
proposed and continuing collections of
information in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA)
(44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This helps
ensure that: The public understands the
Department’s collection instructions,
respondents can provide the requested
data in the desired format, reporting
burden (time and financial resources) is
minimized, collection instruments are
clearly understood, and the Department
can properly assess the impact of
collection requirements on respondents.
The proposed priority and definition
contain an information collection
requirement. Under the PRA the
Department has submitted this priority
and definition to OMB for its review.
A Federal agency may not conduct or
sponsor a collection of information
unless OMB approves the collection
under the PRA and the corresponding
information collection instrument
displays a currently valid OMB control
number. Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, no person is required
to comply with, or is subject to penalty
for failure to comply with, a collection
of information if the collection
instrument does not display a currently
valid OMB control number.
In the notice of final priority we will
display the control number assigned by
OMB to any information collection
requirement proposed in this document
and adopted in the notice of final
priority.
An FY 2021 competition would
require applicants to complete and
submit an application for Federal
assistance using ED standard
application forms. As a part of the
application submission, respondents,
who are LEAs, State educational
agencies, the Bureau of Indian
Education, nonprofit or for-profit
organizations, or a combination thereof,
will submit information demonstrating
that each school included in the TSLassisted project is a High-Need school.
We estimate that for the FY 2021 TSL
competition and later competitions,
each applicant would spend
approximately 87 hours of staff time to
address the proposed priority and
definition. Based on the number of
applications the Department received in
the FY 2020 TSL competition, we
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number of hours for all expected
applicants to address this priority and
definition is an estimated 8,700 hours.
Around the same time that this notice
is published, the Department will
submit a copy of the TSL discretionary
grant application using the proposed
priority and definition and application
to OMB for its review, which will
provide the burden hours associated
with each proposed regulatory
requirement.
We must receive your comments on
the collection of information contained
in this proposed priority and definition
on or before May 10, 2021, even if
comments on the rest of these proposed
priority and definition are due later than
May 10, 2021. OMB is required to make
a decision concerning the collection of
information contained in this proposed
priority and definition between 30 and
60 days after publication of this
document in the Federal Register.
Comments related to the information
collection requirements for this
proposed priority and definition must
be submitted electronically through the
Federal eRulemaking Portal at
www.regulations.gov by selecting
Docket ID number ED–2020–OESE–0199
or via postal mail, commercial delivery,
or hand delivery by referencing the
Docket ID number and the title of the
information collection request at the top
of your comment. Comments submitted
by postal mail or delivery should be
addressed to the PRA Coordinator of the
Strategic Collections and Clearance
Governance and Strategy Division, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland
Ave. SW, LBJ, Room 6W208D,
Washington, DC 20202–8240.
Note: The Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs in OMB and the
Department review all comments related to
the information collections requirements
posted at www.regulations.gov.

We consider your comments on this
proposed collection of information in—
• Deciding whether the proposed
collection is necessary for the proper
performance of our functions, including
whether the information will have
practical use;
• Evaluating the accuracy of our
estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection, including the validity of our
methodology and assumptions;
• Enhancing the quality, usefulness,
and clarity of the information we
collect; and
• Minimizing the burden on those
who must respond. This includes
exploring the use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection
techniques.

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Accessible Format: On request to the
program contact person listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT,
individuals with disabilities can obtain
this document and a copy of the
application package in an accessible
format. The Department will provide the
requestor with an accessible format that
may include Rich Text Format (RTF) or
text format (txt), a thumb drive, an MP3
file, braille, large print, audiotape, or
compact disc, or other accessible format.
Electronic Access to This Document:
The official version of this document is
the document published in the Federal
Register. You may access the official
edition of the Federal Register and the
Code of Federal Regulations at
www.govinfo.gov. At this site you can
view this document, as well as all other
documents of the Department published
in the Federal Register, in text or
Portable Document Format (PDF). To
use PDF you must have Adobe Acrobat
Reader, which is available free at the
site.
You may also access documents of the
Department published in the Federal
Register by using the article search
feature at www.federalregister.gov.
Specifically, through the advanced
search feature at this site, you can limit
your search to documents published by
the Department.
Ruth Ryder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and
Programs, Office of Elementary and
Secondary Education.
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Cleanup Project
Office of Environmental
Management, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of open virtual meeting.
AGENCY:

This notice announces an
online virtual meeting of the
Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board (EM SSAB),
Idaho Cleanup Project (ICP). The
Federal Advisory Committee Act
requires that public notice of this online
virtual meeting be announced in the
Federal Register.
DATES: Thursday, April 29, 2021; 8:00
a.m.–4:00 p.m.
The opportunities for public comment
are at 10:00 a.m. and 2:45 p.m. MT.
This time is subject to change; please
contact the Federal Coordinator (below)
for confirmation of times prior to the
meeting.
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This meeting will be held
virtually via Zoom. To attend, please
contact Jordan Davies, ICP Citizens
Advisory Board support staff, by email
[email protected] or phone
(720) 452–7379, no later than 5:00 p.m.
MT on Tuesday, April 27, 2021.
To Sign Up for Public Comment:
Please contact Jordan Davies by email,
[email protected], no later
than 5:00 p.m. MT on Tuesday, April
27, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Danielle Miller, Federal Coordinator,
U.S. Department of Energy, Idaho
Operations Office, 1955 Fremont
Avenue, MS–1203, Idaho Falls, Idaho
83415. Phone (208) 526–5709; or email:
[email protected] or visit the Board’s
internet home page at: https://
www.energy.gov/em/icpcab/.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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.
Tentative Topics (agenda topics may
change up to the day of the meeting;
please contact Danielle Miller for the
most current agenda):
• Recent Public Outreach
• ICP Overview
• Integrated Waste Treatment Unit
(IWTU) Update
• History of the Idaho Settlement
Agreement
• Naval Reactor Facility
Decontamination and Demolition
Activities
• Supplemental Environmental Projects
(SEPs)
• Hydrology of the Idaho National
Laboratory Site and Geologic
Formations of the Snake River Plain
Aquifer
Public Participation: The online
virtual meeting is open to the public.
Written statements may be filed with
the Board either before or within seven
days after the meeting by sending them
to Jordan Davies at the aforementioned
email address. 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 Danielle Miller,
Federal Coordinator, at the address and
telephone number listed above. Minutes
will also be available at the following
website: https://www.energy.gov/em/
icpcab/listings/cab-meetings.
ADDRESSES:

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Signed in Washington, DC, on April 5,
2021.
LaTanya Butler,
Deputy Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021–07302 Filed 4–8–21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. AD21–10–000]

Modernizing Electricity Market Design;
Notice Inviting Post-Technical
Conference Comments
On March 23, 2021, the Federal
Energy Regulation Commission
(Commission) convened a
Commissioner-led technical conference
to discuss the role of the capacity
market constructs in PJM
Interconnection, L.L.C. (PJM), ISO New
England Inc., and New York
Independent System Operator, Inc. in an
environment where state policies
increasingly affect resource entry and
exit. The technical conference included
the discussion on the implications of
retaining the expanded minimum offer
price rule (Expanded MOPR) in the PJM
capacity market, as well as prospective
alternative approaches that could
replace PJM’s Expanded MOPR.
All interested persons are invited to
file initial and reply post-technical
conference comments on the topics in
Parts I and II below. Commenters may
reference material previously filed in
this docket, including the technical
conference transcript, but are
encouraged to avoid repetition or
replication of previous material.
Commenters need not answer all of the
questions, but commenters are
encouraged to organize responses using
the numbering and order in the below
questions. Commenters are encouraged
to limit their responses to the questions
identified below and not provide
significant background or other
material. Initial comments must be
submitted on or before April 26, 2021.
Reply comments must be submitted on
or before May 10, 2021. Initial
comments should not exceed 25 pages
and reply comments should not exceed
15 pages. PJM’s initial and reply
comments are not subject to these page
limitations.
I. Comments on Supplemental Notice
We are seeking comments on the
topics discussed during the technical
conference, including responses to the
questions listed in the Supplemental
Notice issued in this proceeding on

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