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of enrollment. Please see the application
package for details of data collection
and reporting requirements for these
measures.
6. Continuation Awards: In making a
continuation award under 34 CFR
75.253, the Secretary considers, among
other things: Whether a grantee has
made substantial progress in achieving
the goals and objectives of the project;
whether the grantee has expended funds
in a manner that is consistent with its
approved application and budget; and,
if the Secretary has established
performance measurement
requirements, whether the grantee has
made substantial progress in achieving
the performance targets in the grantee’s
approved application.
In making a continuation award, the
Secretary also considers whether the
grantee is operating in compliance with
the assurances in its approved
application, including those applicable
to Federal civil rights laws that prohibit
discrimination in programs or activities
receiving Federal financial assistance
from the Department (34 CFR 100.4,
104.5, 106.4, 108.8, and 110.23).

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VII. Other Information
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.
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Michelle Asha Cooper,
Acting Assistant Secretary for the Office of
Postsecondary Education.
[FR Doc. 2021–10742 Filed 5–20–21; 8:45 am]
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ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION
Establishment of Local Leadership
Council
U.S. Election Assistance
Commission (EAC).
ACTION: Notice of establishment of the
Local Leadership Council.
AGENCY:

Pursuant to the Federal
Advisory Committee Act, as amended (),
the EAC announces the establishment of
the Local Leadership Council
(‘‘Advisory Committee’’). The Advisory
Committee will advise the EAC on how
best to fulfill the EAC’s statutory duties
as well as such other matters as the EAC
determines. Duration of this advisory
board is for two years unless renewed
by the EAC.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kristen Muthig, EAC Director of
Communications ([email protected]).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:

I. Background and Authority
The Local Leadership Council is
established under agency authority
pursuant to and in accordance with the
provisions of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C.
App. 2). The Advisory Committee is
governed by the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, which sets forth
standards for the formation and use of
advisory committees. The Advisory
Committee shall advise the EAC on how
best to fulfill the EAC’s statutory duties
set forth in 52 U.S.C. 20922 as well as
such other matters as the EAC
determines. It shall provide a relevant
and comprehensive source of expert,
unbiased analysis and recommendations
to the EAC on local election
administration topics to include but are
not limited to voter registration and
registration database maintenance,
voting system user practices, ballot
administration (programming, printing,
and logistics), processing, accounting,
canvassing, chain of custody, certifying
results, and auditing.
II. Structure
The Local Leadership Council shall
consist of 100 members. The Election
Assistance Commission shall appoint
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soliciting nominations from each state’s
election official professional
association. Upon appointment,
Advisory Committee members must be
serving or have previously served in a
leadership role in a state election
official professional association.
Elections in the United States are
ultimately administered by local
election officials operating under
election laws and procedures that often
differ from state to state. By appointing
two members from each state, members
of the Advisory Committee will be
chosen in a way that ensures geographic
diversity, objectivity, and balance as
well as encompass the full spectrum of
election administration expertise
throughout the United States. Local
election officials are impacted by all of
the EAC’s statutory duties set forth in 52
U.S.C. 20922. The Advisory
Committee’s guidance and
recommendations will be key to the
ongoing success of the EAC’s mission
and programs.
Members shall be invited to serve for
a term of 2 years and may serve
consecutive terms. As necessary,
subcommittees may be established by
the EAC. The Committee will meet a
minimum of once a year for the
purposes of advising the EAC.
III. Compensation
Local Leadership Council members
shall not be compensated for their
services but will, upon request, be
reimbursed for or provided with travel
and per diem expenses in accordance
with 5 U.S.C. 5701 et seq., while
attending Advisory Committee meetings
or subcommittee meetings thereof,
while away from their homes or regular
places of business.
Authority: 5 U.S.C. Appendix 2.
Amanda Joiner,
Associate Counsel, U.S. Election Assistance
Commission.
[FR Doc. 2021–10787 Filed 5–20–21; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC21–24–000]

Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–537); Comment
Request; Extension
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of information collection
and request for comments.
AGENCY:

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In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission or FERC) is soliciting
public comment on the currently
approved information collection, FERC–
537 (Gas Pipeline Certificates:
Construction, Acquisition, and
Abandonment).
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due July 20, 2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit copies of
your comments (identified by Docket
No. IC21–24–000) by one of the
following methods:
Electronic filing through http://
www.ferc.gov is preferred.
• Electronic Filing: Documents must
be filed in acceptable native
applications and print-to-PDF, but not
in scanned or picture format.
• For those unable to file
electronically, comments may be filed
by USPS mail or by hand (including
courier) delivery:
Æ Mail via U.S. Postal Service Only:
Addressed to: Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, Secretary of the
Commission, 888 First Street NE,
Washington, DC 20426.
Æ Hand (including courier) Delivery:
Deliver to: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue,
Rockville, MD 20852.
Instructions: All submissions must be
formatted and filed in accordance with
submission guidelines at: http://
www.ferc.gov. For user assistance,
contact FERC Online Support by email
at [email protected], or by
phone at (866) 208–3676 (toll-free).
Docket: Users interested in receiving
automatic notification of activity in this
docket or in viewing/downloading
comments and issuances in this docket
may do so at http://www.ferc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ellen Brown may be reached by email
at [email protected], telephone
at (202) 502–8663.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: FERC–537 (Gas Pipeline
Certificates: Construction, Acquisition,
and Abandonment).
OMB Control No.: 1902–0060.
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the FERC–537 information collection
requirements with no changes to the
reporting requirements.
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Abstract: The FERC–537 information
collection requires natural gas
companies to file information with
FERC in order for the Commission to
determine if the requested certificate
should be authorized. Section 7 of the
Natural Gas Act 1 requires natural gas
companies to obtain Commission
approval before constructing, extending,
or abandoning facilities or service. The
Commission implements section 7
primarily under regulations at 18 CFR
part 157, subpart A. In addition, some
regulations at 18 CFR part 284 are
involved.
When the Commission grants a
request to construct or extend pipeline
facilities or service, it issues a certificate
of public convenience and necessity.
The data generally required to be
submitted in a certificate filing consists
of identification of the company and
responsible officials, factors considered
in the location of the facilities and the
impact on the area for environmental
considerations. Also, to be submitted
are the following, as applicable to the
specific request:
• Flow diagrams showing the design
capacity for engineering design
verification and safety determination;
• Cost of proposed facilities, plans for
financing, and estimated revenues and
expenses related to the proposed facility
for accounting and financial evaluation;
or
• Existing and proposed storage
capacity and pressures and reservoir
engineering studies for requests to
increase storage capacity.
Applications for an order authorizing
abandonment of facilities or service
must contain a statement providing in
detail the reasons for the requested
abandonment and must contain exhibits
listed at 18 CFR 157.18, as well as an
affidavit showing the consent of existing
customers. With some exceptions, such
applications also must include an
environmental report.
Applicants filing in accordance with
18 CFR part 157, subpart A (either for
a certificate or for abandonment)
generally must make a good-faith effort
to provide notice of the application to
all affected landowners, towns,
communities, and government agencies.
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Certain self-implementing
construction and abandonment
programs do not require the filing of
applications. However, those types of
programs do require the filing of annual
reports, so many less significant actions
can be reported in a single filing/
response and less detail would be
required. Additionally, requests for an
increase of pipeline capacity must
include a statement that demonstrates
compliance with the Commission’s
Certificate Policy Statement by making
a showing that the cost of the expansion
will not be subsidized by existing
customers and that there will not be
adverse economic impacts to existing
customers, competing pipelines or their
customers, nor to landowners and to
surrounding communities.
The Commission reviews and
analyses the information filed under the
regulations subject to FERC–537 to
determine whether to approve or deny
the requested authorization. If the
Commission failed to collect these data,
it would lose its ability to review
relevant information to determine
whether the requested certificate should
be authorized.
Type of Respondents: Jurisdictional
natural gas companies.
Estimate of Annual Burden: 2 The
Commission estimates the annual public
reporting burden for the information
collection as:
2 Burden is defined as the total time, effort, or
financial resources expended by persons to
generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or provide
information to or for a Federal agency. Refer to 5
CFR 1320.3 for additional information.
3 Changes to estimated number of respondents
were based on average number of respondents over
the past three years.
4 The estimates for cost per response are derived
using the following formula: Average Burden Hours
per Response * $83.00/hour = Average cost/
response. The figure is the 2021 FERC average
hourly cost (for wages and benefits) of $83.00 (and
an average annual salary of $172,329/year).
Commission staff is using the FERC average salary
because we consider any reporting requirements
completed in response to the FERC–537 to be
compensated at rates similar to the work of FERC
employees.
5 Each of the figures in this column are rounded
to the nearest dollar.
6 A Certificate Abandonment Application would
require waiver of the Commission’s capacity release
regulations in 18 CFR 284.8; therefore this activity
is associated with Interstate Certificate and
Abandonment Applications.

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FERC–537 (GAS PIPELINE CERTIFICATES: CONSTRUCTION, ACQUISITION, AND ABANDONMENT) 3
Number of
respondents

Annual
number of
responses per
respondent

Total number
of responses

Average burden &
cost per
response 4

Total annual burden
hours & total
annual cost

Cost per
respondent
($)

(1)

(2)

(1) * (2) = (3)

(4)

(3) * (4) = (5)

(5) ÷ (1) 5

18 CFR 157.5–.11 (Interstate Certificate and
Abandonment Applications).
18 CFR 157.53 (Pipeline Purging/Testing Exemptions).
18 CFR 157.201–.209; 157.211; 157.214–
.218 (Blanket Certificates Prior to Notice
Filings).
18 CFR 157.201–.209; 157.211; 157.214–
.218 (Blanket Certificates—Annual Reports).
18 CFR 284.11 (NGPA Section 311 Construction—Annual Reports).
18 CFR 284.8 6 (Request for Waiver of Capacity Release Regulations).
18 CFR 284.13(e) and 284.126(a) (Interstate
and Intrastate Bypass Notice).
18 CFR 284.221 (Blanket Certificates) ...........
18 CFR 284.224 (Hinshaw Blanket Certificates).
18 CFR 157.5–.11; 157.13–.20 (Non-facility
Certificate or Abandonment Applications.
Total .........................................................

500 hrs.; $41,500

21,500 hrs; $1,784,500 ..

$57,565

50 hrs.; $4,150 .....

50 hrs.; $4,150 ...............

4,150

200 hrs.; $16,600

10,200 hrs.; $846,600 ....

35,275

162

50 hrs.; $4,150 .....

8,100 hrs.; $672,300 ......

4,150

1

75

50 hrs.; $4,150 .....

3,750 hrs.; $311,250 ......

4,150

31

1.39

43

10 hrs.: $830 ........

430 hrs.; $35,690 ...........

830.00

2

1

2

30 hrs.; $2,490 .....

60 hrs.; $4,980 ...............

2,490

1
1

1
1

1
1

100 hrs.; $8,300 ...
75 hrs.; $6,225 .....

100 hrs.; $8,300 .............
75 hrs.; $6,225 ...............

8,300
6,225

11

1.36

15

75 hrs.; $6,225 .....

1,125 hrs.; $93,375 ........

8,489

........................

........................

394

...............................

45,390 hrs.; $3,767,370

Comments: Comments are invited on:
(1) Whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Commission, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(2) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of the burden and cost of the collection
of information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(3) ways to enhance the quality, utility
and clarity of the information collection;
and (4) ways to minimize the burden of
the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Dated: May 14, 2021.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021–10694 Filed 5–20–21; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. EL21–72–000]

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LS Power Development, LLC, Doswell
Limited Partnership v. PJM
Interconnection, L.L.C.; Notice of
Complaint
Take notice that on May 7, 2021,
pursuant to sections 206, and 306 of the
Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 824e, 825e
and Rule 206 of the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission’s (Commission)
Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR

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385.206, LS Power Development, LLC
and Doswell Limited Partnership
(Complainants) filed a formal complaint
against PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.,
(Respondent or PJM) alleging that the
Respondent violated the Reliability
Assurance Agreement among Load
Serving Entities in the PJM Region, all
as more fully explained in the
complaint.
The Complainant certifies that copies
of the complaint were served on the
contacts listed for Respondent in the
Commission’s list of Corporate Officials,
and on the Independent Market Monitor
for PJM.
Any person desiring to intervene or to
protest this filing must file in
accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of
the Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214).
Protests will be considered by the
Commission in determining the
appropriate action to be taken, but will
not serve to make protestants parties to
the proceeding. Any person wishing to
become a party must file a notice of
intervention or motion to intervene, as
appropriate. The Respondent’s answer
and all interventions, or protests must
be filed on or before the comment date.
The Respondent’s answer, motions to
intervene, and protests must be served
on the Complainants.
The Commission strongly encourages
electronic filings of comments, protests
and interventions in lieu of paper using
the ‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://
www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file
electronically may mail similar
pleadings to the Federal Energy
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NE, Washington, DC 20426. Hand
delivered submissions in docketed
proceedings should be delivered to
Health and Human Services, 12225
Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland
20852.
In addition to publishing the full text
of this document in the Federal
Register, the Commission provides all
interested persons an opportunity to
view and/or print the contents of this
document via the internet through the
Commission’s Home Page (http://
www.ferc.gov) using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link.
Enter the docket number excluding the
last three digits in the docket number
field to access the document. At this
time, the Commission has suspended
access to the Commission’s Public
Reference Room, due to the
proclamation declaring a National
Emergency concerning the Novel
Coronavirus Disease (COVID–19), issued
by the President on March 13, 2020. For
assistance, contact the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission at
[email protected], or call
toll-free, (886) 208–3676 or TYY, (202)
502–8659.
Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern
Time on May 27, 2021.
Dated: May 14, 2021.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021–10695 Filed 5–20–21; 8:45 am]
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