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will help all IHEs to best serve the needs
of their students, faculty, and staff.
Accessible Format: On request to the
program contact person listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT,
individuals with disabilities can obtain
this document 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.
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Tiwanda Burse,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Management
& Planning, Office of Postsecondary
Education. Delegated authority to perform
functions and duties of the Assistant
Secretary for the Office of Postsecondary
Education.
[FR Doc. 2021–05849 Filed 3–19–21; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED–2021–SCC–0043]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and approval; Comment Request;
National Assessment of Educational
Progress (NAEP) 2021 Update #2
Institute of Education Sciences
(IES), Department of Education (ED).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is
proposing a revision of a currently
approved information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before APRIL 21,
2021.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for proposed

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information collection requests should
be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/
do/PRAMain. Find this information
collection request by selecting
‘‘Department of Education’’ under
‘‘Currently Under Review,’’ then check
‘‘Only Show ICR for Public Comment’’
checkbox. Comments may also be sent
to [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
specific questions related to collection
activities, please contact Carrie Clarady,
(202) 245–6347.
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: National
Assessment of Educational Progress
(NAEP) 2021 Update #2.
OMB Control Number: 1850–0928.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Individuals or Households Total
Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 673,355.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 401,495.
Abstract: The National Assessment of
Educational Progress (NAEP),
conducted by the National Center for
Education Statistics (NCES), is a
federally authorized survey of student
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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 (Public Law
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
the nation, the states, and
subpopulations of students and to
monitor progress over time. NAEP
consists of two assessment programs:
the NAEP long-term trend (LTT)
assessment and the main NAEP
assessment. The LTT assessments are
given at the national level only and are
administered to students at ages 9, 13,
and 17 in a manner that is very different
from that used for the main NAEP
assessments. LTT reports mathematics
and reading results that present trend
data since the 1970s.
The request to conduct NAEP 2021,
including operational assessments and
pilot tests: operational national/state/
TUDA Digitally Based Assessments
(DBA) in mathematics and reading at
grades 4 and 8, and Puerto Rico in
mathematics at grades 4 and 8; and
operational national DBA in U.S. history
and civics at grade 8 was approved in
April 2020, with further updates to the
materials approved in July and
November 2020. Throughout 2020 NCES
worked with its contractors and with
OMB to find the best way to plan for a
data collection in schools in 2021, and
as the coronavirus pandemic progressed
over the course of the year, plans for
NAEP 2020 data collection changed
multiple times. In November 2020, the
NCES Commissioner announced the
delay of NAEP 2021 by one year to early
2022.
Since then, NAEP has continued to
work to salvage any pieces of their data
collection plans for 2021 and begin
planning for NAEP 2022. NCES has
used the drawn and notified sample
from 2021 for two data collections that
don’t include the student assessment
that is central to the NAEP program,
instead using that sample to collect
information about basic school
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pandemic (NAEP 2021 School Survey;
OMB# 1850–0957) and a planned data
collection seeking more detail about the
experiences of teachers and school staff
over the 2019–2020 and 2020–2021
school years (NAEP 2021 School and
Teacher Questionnaire Special Study;
OMB# 1850–0956). The 2022 sample
may utilize some of the schools
originally selected for 2021. Details will
be provided in a forthcoming
amendment.
This request is to conduct NAEP
operational assessments in 2022, which
will follow the traditional NAEP design
which assesses each student in 60minutes for one cognitive subject. The
2022 data collection will consist of
operational national/state/TUDA DBA
in mathematics and reading at grades 4
and 8, and Puerto Rico in mathematics
at grades 4 and 8; and operational
national DBA in U.S. history and civics
at grade 8. In addition to the regular
NAEP operational assessments delayed
from 2021, this submission also
contains materials for the LTT. LTT was
last administered in 2020 for ages 9 and
13 but due to the COVID–19 pandemic
and school closures, the age 17
administration has been delayed until
early 2022.
Two additional 30-day packages will
be submitted in May and July 2021 in
order to update all materials in time for
the data collection in early 2022.
Dated: March 17, 2021.
Stephanie Valentine,
PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and
Clearance Governance and Strategy Division
Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of
Planning, Evaluation and Policy
Development.
[FR Doc. 2021–05885 Filed 3–19–21; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[OE Docket No. PP–108–1]

Application To Amend Presidential
Permit; Arizona Public Service
Company
Office of Electricity,
Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of application.
AGENCY:

Arizona Public Service
Company (APS or Applicant) filed a
letter informing the Department of
Energy (DOE or Department) of a change
in the entity identified as the specific
transmitter of emergency power imports
in Presidential Permit No. PP–108. As a
result of the change in counterparty,
PP–108 must be amended to reflect that
change.

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Comments, protests, or motions
to intervene must be submitted on or
before April 21, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Comments or motions to
intervene should be addressed to
Christopher Lawrence,
[email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Christopher Lawrence (Program Office)
at 202–586–5260 or by email to
[email protected], or
Christopher Drake (Attorney-Adviser) at
202–586–2919 or by email to
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
construction, operation, maintenance,
and connection of facilities at the
international border of the United States
for the transmission of electric energy
between the United States and a foreign
country is prohibited in the absence of
a Presidential permit issued pursuant to
Executive Order (E.O.) 10485, as
amended by E.O. 12038.
On December 5, 1995, DOE issued
Presidential Permit No. PP–108,
authorizing APS to construct, operate,
maintain, and connect the San LuisCanal Line, a 34.5 kilovolt (kV)
transmission line from the San Luis
Substation in Yuma County, Arizona,
extending approximately 2.8 miles to
the U.S.-Mexico border adjacent to San
Luis, Sonora, Mexico. The purpose of
the facilities is the transmission of
emergency power by APS to the
Comisio´n Federal de Electricidad (CFE,
the national utility in Mexico) and by
CFE to APS. On the same day it issued
Presidential Permit No. PP–108, DOE
issued an order authorizing APS to
export electric energy to CFE.
On July 16, 2019, APS filed a letter
with the Office of Electricity of DOE
informing the Department of a change in
the counterparty listed in Presidential
Permit No. PP–108. The letter indicates
that CFE is no longer the entity
responsible for requesting emergency
assistance, as contemplated by the
December 29, 2008 Enabling Contract
governing transactions over the line.
The responsible entity is now the Centro
Nacional de Control de Energı´a
(CENACE). APS represents that
CENACE ‘‘now operates [Mexico’s]
wholesale electricity market, has
operational control of [Mexico’s]
national electric system, and establishes
energy imports and exports for
reliability and emergency situations,’’
adding that CFE must ‘‘assign the
Enabling Contract to CENACE.’’ APS
requested ‘‘confirmation from DOE that
[the permit] will remain applicable to
the Enabling Contract once it has been
assigned to CENACE.’’
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Article 3 of Presidential Permit No.
PP–108 states that ‘‘the [permitted]
facilities . . . may be used to import up
to 20 megawatts of electric power and
associated energy from [CFE] but only to
the extent that such import serves load
radially connected to the APS system
and does not result in a synchronous
connection between CFE and APS.’’
Article 4 provides that ‘‘[n]o change
shall be made in the facilities covered
by this permit or in [their] authorized
operation . . . unless such change has
been approved by the DOE.’’ APS
sought confirmation of the permit’s
continued applicability following the
Enabling Contract’s assignment, not
modification of the permit itself.
However, because Presidential Permit
No. PP–108 specifies CFE as the
counterparty to APS, it is necessary for
DOE to amend the permit to reflect the
assignment.
Article 3 of Presidential Permit No.
PP–108 also provides that ‘‘[t]he
facilities . . . shall be designed and
operated in accordance with the
applicable criteria established by the
Western Systems Coordinating Counsel
[sic] and consistent with that of the
North American Electric Reliability
Council.’’ Issuance of the permit
preceded the enactment of the Energy
Policy Act of 2005, which added section
215 to the Federal Power Act and
allowed the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission to certify an Electric
Reliability Organization to develop
enforceable reliability standards for the
Nation’s bulk-power system. The
certified organization, the North
American Electric Reliability
Corporation (NERC), oversees several
Regional Entities, one of which is the
Western Electricity Coordinating
Council (WECC). Therefore, concurrent
with its intent to modify Article 3 of
Presidential Permit No. PP–108 to
reflect the substitution of CENACE for
CFE, the Department intends to revise
Article 3 to substitute the full names of
NERC and WECC, as applicable.
Procedural Matters: Any person may
comment on this application by filing
such comment at the address provided
above. Any person seeking to become a
party to this proceeding must file a
motion to intervene at the address
provided above in accordance with Rule
214 of FERC’s Rules of Practice and
Procedure (18 CFR 385.214). Each
comment or motion to intervene should
be filed with DOE on or before the date
listed above.
Comments and other filings
concerning this application should be
clearly marked with OE Docket No. PP–
108–1. Additional copies are to be
provided directly to Mr. Phillip

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