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the comments. Comments that are not
related to the performance evaluation of
the Jobos Bay National Estuarine
Research Reserve or that contain
profanity, vulgarity, threats, or other
inappropriate language will not be
considered.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ralph Cantral, evaluator, NOAA Office
for Coastal Management, by email at
[email protected] or by phone at
(843) 474–1357. Copies of the previous
evaluation findings, reserve
management plan, and reserve site
profile may be viewed and downloaded
at https://coast.noaa.gov/czm/
evaluations/. A copy of the evaluation
notification letter and most recent
progress report may be obtained upon
request by contacting Ralph Cantral.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
315(f) of the Coastal Zone Management
Act (CZMA) requires NOAA to conduct
periodic evaluations of federally
approved national estuarine research
reserves. The evaluation process
includes holding one or more public
meetings, considering public comments,
and consulting with interested Federal,
State, and local agencies and members
of the public. During the evaluation,
NOAA will consider the extent to which
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico has
met the national objectives, adhered to
the management program approved by
the Secretary of Commerce, and adhered
to the terms of financial assistance
under the CZMA. When the evaluation
is complete, NOAA’s Office for Coastal
Management will place a notice in the
Federal Register announcing the
availability of the final evaluation
findings.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1461.
John R. King,
Chief, Business Operations Division, Office
for Coastal Management, National Ocean
Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration.
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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING
COMMISSION
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Notice of Intent To Request
Approval for Collection 3038–0117,
Exemption From Derivatives Clearing
Organization Registration
Commodity Futures Trading
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

The Commodity Futures
Trading Commission (‘‘CFTC’’ or

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‘‘Commission’’) is announcing an
opportunity for public comment on a
proposed information collection by the
agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction
Act (‘‘PRA’’), Federal agencies are
required to publish notice in the
Federal Register concerning each
proposed collection of information and
to allow 60 days for public comment.
This notice announces the intention of
the Commission to request approval for
Collection 3038–0117, Exemption from
Derivatives Clearing Organization
Registration.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before July 31, 2023.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by ‘‘Notice of Intent to
Request for Approval for Collection
3038–0117, Exemption from Derivatives
Clearing Organization Registration,’’ by
any of the following methods:
• The Agency’s website, at https://
comments.cftc.gov/. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments
through the website.
• Mail: Christopher J. Kirkpatrick,
Secretary of the Commission,
Commodity Futures Trading
Commission, Three Lafayette Centre,
1155 21st Street NW, Washington, DC
20581.
• Hand Delivery/Courier: Same as
Mail above.
Please submit your comments using
only one method. All comments must be
submitted in English, or if not,
accompanied by an English translation.
Comments will be posted as received to
https://www.cftc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Eileen Chotiner, Division of Clearing
and Risk, Commodity Futures Trading
Commission, (202) 418–5467; email:
[email protected], and refer to OMB
Control No. 3038–0117.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq., Federal
agencies must obtain approval from the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for each collection of
information they conduct or sponsor.
‘‘Collection of Information’’ is defined
in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3
and includes agency requests or
requirements that members of the public
submit reports, keep records, or provide
information to a third party. Section
3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, 44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A), requires Federal agencies
to provide a 60-day notice in the
Federal Register concerning each
proposed information collection
including each proposed extension of an
existing information collection, before
submitting the collection to OMB for
approval. To comply with this
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notice of its intent to request approval
for an existing collection in use without
a currently approved OMB control
number relating to the granting of
exemptions from registration as a
Derivatives Clearing Organization
(‘‘DCO’’). An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, an information collection
unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number.
Title: Exemption from Derivatives
Clearing Organization Registration
(OMB Control No. 3038–0117). This is
a request for approval for an existing
collection in use without a currently
approved OMB control number.
Abstract: This information collection
is associated with CFTC regulations
codifying the policies and procedures
that the Commission follows with
respect to granting exemptions from
registration as a DCO for the clearing of
proprietary swaps for U.S. persons and
futures commission merchants
(‘‘FCMs’’). The rules include reporting
requirements that are collections of
information requiring approval under
the PRA. Specifically, section 39.6 of
the Commission’s regulations specifies
the conditions and procedures under
which a clearing organization may
apply for exemption from registration as
a DCO, the information that must be
provided to the Commission to obtain
and maintain such exemption, and
procedures for termination of an
exemption. See 17 CFR 39. The
information that is collected under these
regulations is necessary for the
Commission to determine whether a
clearing organization qualifies for
exemption from DCO registration, to
evaluate the continued eligibility of the
exempt DCO for exemption from
registration, to review compliance by
the exempt DCO with any conditions of
such exemption, or to conduct its
oversight of U.S. persons and the swaps
that are cleared by U.S. persons through
the exempt DCO.
With respect to the collection of
information, the CFTC invites
comments on:
• Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
CFTC, including whether the
information will have a practical use;
• The accuracy of the CFTC’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used;
• Ways to enhance the quality,
usefulness, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
• Ways to minimize the burden of
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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.
You should submit only information
that you wish to make available
publicly. If you wish the CFTC to
consider information that you believe is
exempt from disclosure under the
Freedom of Information Act (‘‘FOIA’’), a
petition for confidential treatment of the
exempt information may be submitted
according to the procedures established
in § 145.9 of the CFTC’s regulations.1
The CFTC reserves the right, but shall
have no obligation, to review, prescreen, filter, redact, refuse or remove
any or all of your submission from
https://www.cftc.gov that it may deem to
be inappropriate for publication, such as
obscene language. All submissions that
have been redacted or removed that
contain comments on the merits of the
Information Collection Request will be
retained in the public comment file and
will be considered as required under the
Administrative Procedure Act and other
applicable laws, and may be accessible
under FOIA.
Burden Statement: The provisions of
part 39 of the CFTC’s Regulations
include reporting requirements that
constitute information collections
within the meaning of the PRA. With
respect to the ongoing reporting
obligations associated with exemption
from DCO registration, the CFTC
believes that exempt DCOs incur an
aggregate annual time-burden of 257
hours.
Respondents/affected entities:
Derivatives Clearing Organizations.
Estimated number of respondents: 9.
Estimated average burden hours per
respondent: 29 hours.2
Estimated total annual burden hours
on respondents: 257 hours.
Frequency of collection: On occasion.
There are no capital costs or operating
and maintenance costs associated with
this collection.

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(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.)
Dated: May 24, 2023.
Robert Sidman,
Deputy Secretary of the Commission.
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to the nearest full hour.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED–2023–SCC–0095]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Comment Request;
Evaluation of the REL Midwest
Teaching Fractions Toolkit
Institute of Education Sciences
(IES), Department of Education (ED).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995, the Department is proposing a
new information collection request
(ICR).
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before July 31,
2023.
ADDRESSES: To access and review all the
documents related to the information
collection listed in this notice, please
use https://www.regulations.gov by
searching the Docket ID number ED–
2023–SCC–0095. Comments submitted
in response to this notice should be
submitted electronically through the
Federal eRulemaking Portal at https://
www.regulations.gov by selecting the
Docket ID number or via postal mail,
commercial delivery, or hand delivery.
If the regulations.gov site is not
available to the public for any reason,
the Department will temporarily accept
comments at [email protected].
Please include the docket ID number
and the title of the information
collection request when requesting
documents or submitting comments.
Please note that comments 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 Manager of the
Strategic Collections and Clearance
Governance and Strategy Division, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland
Ave. SW, LBJ, Room 6W203,
Washington, DC 20202–8240.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
specific questions related to collection
activities, please contact Felicia
Sanders, (202) 245–6264.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Department, 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
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requirements and provide the requested
data in the desired format. The
Department is soliciting comments on
the proposed information collection
request (ICR) that is described below.
The Department 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: Evaluation of the
REL Midwest Teaching Fractions
Toolkit.
OMB Control Number: 1850–NEW.
Type of Review: New ICR.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Individuals or Households.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 206.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 187.
Abstract: The U.S. Department of
Education is supporting the
development and evaluation of a toolkit
that supports the implementation of
effective grade 6 fractions instruction
based on the evidence-based
recommendations in the Developing
Effective Fractions Instruction for
Kindergarten Through 8th Grade
practice guide. The evaluation will
rigorously test the efficacy of the toolkit
in improving teacher self-efficacy and
practices for fraction computation and
rate and ratio instruction as well as
student learning outcomes in grade 6
mathematics. The evaluation will use a
blocked randomized controlled trial
design in which schools within each
district or within each block of similar
schools will be randomly assigned to
receive the toolkit. The evaluation will
be conducted in 40 Illinois schools
during the 2024/25 school year.
The evaluation will focus on
measuring the toolkit’s impact on three
key outcomes: teacher self-efficacy for
fraction computation and rate and ratio
instruction, classroom practice for
fraction computation and rate and ratio
instruction, and students’ ability to
solve fraction computation and rate and
ratio problems.
In addition to collecting data to
measure teacher and student outcomes,
the evaluation team will collect data to
document the implementation of the

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