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(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. 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: Gainful
Employment/Financial Value
Transparency Reporting Requirements.
OMB Control Number: 1845–NEW.
Type of Review: A new ICR.
Respondents/Affected Public: State,
local, and Tribal governments.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 149,800.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 2,665,823.
Abstract: The regulations in § 668.408
in Subpart Q—Financial Value
Transparency, that were negotiated in
2022 and the Final Rule published in
2023, establish reporting requirements
for postsecondary institutions who
participate in the title IV programs
under the Higher Education Act of 1965,
as amended, to report on their students
who enroll in, complete, or withdraw
from a gainful employment (GE)
program or an eligible non-GE program
in specified award years. The new
regulations also define the timeframes
for institutions to report the required
information. This is a request for a new
collection to allow the Department to
obtain the required information and
assess the burden on institutions. The
average burden hours of 2,665,823 is for
the average 149,860 responses for 4,518
respondents over 3 years. We divided
the total 3 year burden hours of
7,997,468, and the 499,580 responses by
3 to obtain these averages.

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Dated: February 15, 2024.
Kun Mullan,
PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and
Clearance, Governance and Strategy Division,
Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of
Planning, Evaluation and Policy
Development.
[FR Doc. 2024–03512 Filed 2–20–24; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED–2024–SCC–0029]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Comment Request;
Application Package for the Graduate
Assistance in Areas of National Need
(GAANN) Program (1894–0001)
Office of Postsecondary
Education (OPE), Department of
Education (ED).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995, the Department is proposing a
reinstatement without change of a
previously approved information
collection request (ICR).
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before March
22, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for proposed
information collection requests should
be submitted within 30 days of
publication of this notice. Click on this
link www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain to access the site. Find this
information collection request (ICR) by
selecting ‘‘Department of Education’’
under ‘‘Currently Under Review,’’ then
check the ‘‘Only Show ICR for Public
Comment’’ checkbox. Reginfo.gov
provides two links to view documents
related to this information collection
request. Information collection forms
and instructions may be found by
clicking on the ‘‘View Information
Collection (IC) List’’ link. Supporting
statements and other supporting
documentation may be found by
clicking on the ‘‘View Supporting
Statement and Other Documents’’ link.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
specific questions related to collection
activities, please contact Rebecca Ell,
(202) 453–6348.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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
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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: Application
package for the Graduate Assistance in
Areas of National Need (GAANN)
Program (1894–0001).
OMB Control Number: 1840–0604.
Type of Review: Reinstatement
without change of a previously
approved ICR.
Respondents/Affected Public: Private
Sector; State, Local, and Tribal
Governments Total Estimated Number
of Annual Responses: 325.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 8,954.
Abstract: This information collection
provides the U.S. Department of
Education with information needed to
evaluate, score and rank the quality of
the projects proposed by institutions of
higher education applying for a
Graduate Assistance in Areas of
National Need grant. Title VII, Part A,
Subpart 2 of the Higher Education Act
of 1965, as amended, requires the
collection of specific data that are
necessary for applicant institutions to
receive an initial competitive grant and
non-competing continuation grants for
the second and third years.
This collection is being submitted
under the Streamlined Clearance
Process for Discretionary Grant
Information Collections (1894–0001).
Therefore, the 30-day public comment
period notice will be the only public
comment notice published for this
information collection.
Dated: February 15, 2024.
Kun Mullan,
PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and
Clearance Governance and Strategy Division,
Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of
Planning, Evaluation and Policy
Development.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Proposed Agency Information
Collection Revision
Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of
Energy.

AGENCY:

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Notice and request for OMB
review and comment.

ACTION:

The Department of Energy
(DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy (EERE) has submitted
to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for clearance, a proposal for a
three-year extension, with changes, of a
collection of information under the
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995. The proposed collection
will provide DOE with the information
necessary to meet its statutory and
regulatory obligations under the
National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA) of 1969 and the DOE NEPA
implementing regulations, which
requires EERE to perform environmental
impact analyses prior to making a
decision to provide Federal funding for
research, development and
demonstration projects funded by DOE.
DATES: Comments regarding this
proposed information collection must
be received on or before March 22, 2024.
If you anticipate that you will be
submitting comments but find it
difficult to do so within the period of
time allowed by this notice, please
advise the DOE Desk Officer at OMB of
your intention to make a submission as
soon as possible. The Desk Officer may
be telephoned at (202) 395–4718.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this information
collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under
30-day Review—Open for Public
Comments’’ or by using the search
function.
And to: Andrew M. Montano at U.S.
Department of Energy, 15013 Denver
West Parkway, Golden, CO 80401, or by
email at: EEREEQComments@
ee.doe.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the EERE Environmental
Questionnaire should be directed to
Andrew M. Montano at:
[email protected]. The
EERE Environmental Questionnaire also
is available for reviewing in the Golden
Field Office Public Reading Room at:
www.energy.gov/node/2299401. If you
have difficulty accessing this document,
please contact Casey Strickland at (720)
356–1575.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
information collection request contains:
(1) OMB No.: 1910–5175; (2)
Information Collection Request Title:
Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy (EERE)

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Environmental Questionnaire; (3) Type
of Request: Revision ; (4) Purpose: The
DOE’s EERE provides Federal funding
through Federal assistance programs to
businesses, industries, universities, and
other groups for renewable energy and
energy efficiency research and
development and demonstration
projects. The National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 (42 U.S.C.
4321 et seq.) requires that an
environmental analysis be completed
for all major Federal actions
significantly affecting the environment
including projects entirely or partly
financed by Federal agencies. To
effectively perform environmental
analyses for these projects, the DOE’s
EERE needs to collect project-specific
information from Federal financial
assistance awardees. DOE’s EERE has
developed its Environmental
Questionnaire to obtain the required
information and ensure that its
decision-making processes are
consistent with NEPA as it relates to
renewable energy and energy efficiency
research and development and
demonstration projects. Minor changes
have been made to the Environmental
Questionnaire that help to clarify
certain questions as related to the
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
(Bipartisan Infrastructure Law), but do
not change the meaning of the questions
being asked. These revisions include
additional fields in Section 1 to collect
award, funding, and contact information
and additional fields in Section 3 of the
Environmental Questionnaire to collect
information about project location(s).
The average hours per response have
increased from one hour to one- and
one-half hours and the revisions made
should not add any additional time
needed to complete the Environmental
Questionnaire; (5) Annual Estimated
Number of Total Responses: 300; (6)
Average Hours per Response: 1.5; and
(7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden
Hours: 443; (8) Annual Estimated
Respondent Costs: $29,238. There is no
cost associated with reporting and
recordkeeping.
Statutory Authority: National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) (42
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).
Signing Authority: This document of
the Department of Energy was signed on
February 14, 2024, by Matthew Blevins,
Director, Environment, Safety and
Health Office, Golden Field Office,
Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy, pursuant to
delegated authority from the Secretary
of Energy. That document with the
original signature and date is
maintained by DOE. For administrative
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requirements of the Office of the Federal
Register, the undersigned DOE Federal
Register Liaison Officer has been
authorized to sign and submit the
document in electronic format for
publication, as an official document of
the Department of Energy. This
administrative process in no way alters
the legal effect of this document upon
publication in the Federal Register.
Signed in Washington, DC, on February 15,
2024.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S.
Department of Energy.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Energy Information Administration
Agency Information Collection
Extension
U.S. Energy Information
Administration (EIA), U.S. Department
of Energy (DOE).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

DOE submitted an
information collection request for
extension as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. The information
collection requests a three-year
extension of Form DOE–417 Electric
Emergency Incident and Disturbance
Report, OMB Control Number 1901–
0288. The collection will enable DOE to
monitor electric emergency incidents
and disturbances in the United States
(including all 50 States, the District of
Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin
Islands, and the U.S. Territories). The
information collected allows DOE to
conduct post-incident reviews
examining significant interruptions of
electric power or threats to the national
electric system.
DATES: Comments on this information
collection must be received no later
than March 22, 2024. Written comments
and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If
you need additional information,
contact Matthew Tarduogno, U.S.
Department of Energy, telephone (202)
586–2892, or by email at
[email protected]. The
forms and instructions are available
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