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Document, and provides information for 

accessing additional materials that will 

be useful for this review. This document 

is intended to notify members of the 

general public of their opportunity to 

provide comments and/or make 

recommendations. 

Background 

Under Public Law 107–279, the 

Governing Board is authorized to 

formulate policy guidelines for NAEP. 

The legislation specifies that the 

Governing Board is to develop 

appropriate student achievement levels 

for each subject and grade tested, as 

provided in section 303(e). 

Achievement levels are determined by 

identifying the knowledge that can be 

measured and verified objectively using 

widely accepted professional 

assessment standards. Achievement 

levels are to be consistent with relevant 

widely accepted professional 

assessment standards, and based on the 

appropriate level of subject matter 

knowledge for grade levels to be 

assessed, or on the age of the students 

In preparation for setting achievement 

levels for the new assessment of writing 

at grades 4, 8, and 12, the Governing 

Board seeks comment on the draft 

Design Document intended to guide this 

process. This is the first wholly 

computer-based NAEP, and the design 

calls for this to be the first computerized 

NAEP achievement levels-setting 

process. Comments are invited, 

particularly on the computerization of 

the achievement levels setting process. 

All responses received will be taken 

into consideration before finalizing the 

Design Document. 

Materials for Review and Comment 

Policymakers, teachers, researchers, 

State and local writing specialists, 

members of professional writing and 

teacher organizations, and members of 

the public are invited to provide 

feedback. Comments will provide 

valuable feedback that is designed to 

improve the first computerized 

achievement levels setting process. 

To assist with the review and 

comment, the following materials are 

posted at http://www.wested.org/cs/ 

naep/print/docs/naep/welcome.html. 

(1) Design Document: The draft 

Design Document presents a 

preliminary design approach to guide 

all aspects of the process. 

(2) Focus Questions: Focus questions 

related to certain aspects of the Design 

Document are provided as potential 

areas of interest for your feedback. 

While all comments and 

recommendations are appreciated, 

specific issues that you might wish to 

address include the following: 

1. The objective of this study is to set 

achievement levels for the 2011 and 

2013 NAEP writing assessments. Does 

the study design as presented in the 

Design Document seem reasonable for 

accomplishing this overall objective? 

2. What improvements can be made to 

the design to more fully accomplish the 

objectives of this study? 

3. The proposed design calls for the 

computerization of many aspects of the 

study. Are there aspects of this 

computerization that will be 

particularly effective or ineffective in 

meeting the objective of this study? 

4. Is the field trial as described a 

reasonable method for testing the 

logistics of the computerized 

methodology? 

5. Is the special study as described a 

reasonable method for comparing 

performance relative to the achievement 

levels on the 2007 writing NAEP 

assessment with performance relative to 

the achievement levels for the new 

writing NAEP assessment? 

Timeline 

It is anticipated that the finalized 

Design Document will be presented for 

approval to the Governing Board on 

March 4, 2011. Comments must be 

received by February 22, 2011, and sent 

to: 

WestEd, 730 Harrison Street, San 

Francisco, CA 94107, Attention: Jennae 

Bulat: Public Comment, Fax: (415) 615– 

3200, E-mail: jbulat@wested.org. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jennae Bulat, WestEd, 730 Harrison 

Street, San Francisco, CA 94107, 

Telephone: (415) 615–3260, FAX: (415) 

615–3200, E-mail: JBulat@Wested.org. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

You may view this document, as well as 

all other documents of this Department 

published in the Federal Register, in 

text or Adobe Portable Document 

Format (PDF) on the Internet at the 

following site: http://www.ed.gov/news/ 

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must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, 

which is available free at this site. If you 

have questions about using PDF, call the 

U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO), 

toll free at 1–866–512–0000; or in the 

Washington, DC area at (202) 512–1800. 

Note: The official version of this document 

is the document published in the Federal 

Register. Free Internet access to the official 

edition of the Federal Register and the Code 

of Federal Regulations is available on GPO 

Access at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/ 

index.html. 

Dated: February 10, 2011. 

Munira Mwalimu, 

Operations Officer, National Assessment 

Governing Board, U.S. Department of 

Education. 

[FR Doc. 2011–3438 Filed 2–15–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 13829–001] 

David Creasey; Notice of Application 

Tendered for Filing With the 

Commission; Notice of Application 

Tendered for Filing With the 

Commission, Accepted for Filing With 

the Commission, Soliciting Motions To 

Intervene and Protests, Ready for 

Environmental Analysis, Intent To 

Waive Solicitation of Additional Study 

Requests, Intent To Waive Scoping, 

Intent To Waive Three Stage 

Consultation, Soliciting Comments, 

Terms and Conditions, 

Recommendations, and Prescriptions, 

and Establishing an Expedited 

Schedule for Processing 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection. 

a. Type of Application: Original 

Minor License. 

b. Project No.: 13829–001. 

c. Date filed: February 4, 2011. 

d. Applicant: David Creasey. 

e. Name of Project: Creasey 

Hydropower Project. 

f. Project Description: The Creasey 

Hydropower Project would consist of 

the following: (1) A 21-foot-wide, 6.5- 

foot-high concrete check structure 

which would back up water in Lincoln 

Creek; (2) a 1,650-foot-long, 21-inchdiamter PVC penstock with an intake 

structure and trashrack; (3) one turbine/ 

generator unit with a total installed 

capacity of 14–20 kilowatts; (4) a 12-foot 

long, 14-foot wide concrete slab on 

which the turbine/generator unit would 

sit; (5) an approximately 75-foot-long, 

12-inch-diamater PVC pipe which 

would return flows to the Lincoln Creek 

Drainage Ditch; and (6) an 

approximately 900-foot-long buried 

transmission line from the turbine/ 

generator unit to the Creasey residence. 

The project would have an annual 

generation of 122.4 megawatt-hours. All 

project facilities would be located on 

private land owned by the applicant. 

The applicant proposes to operate the 

project as run-of-river. 

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g. Location: The project is located on 

Lincoln Creek and the Lincoln Creek 

Drainage Ditch on the Fort Hall 

Reservation in Fort Hall, Idaho. The 

project would be located on entirely on 

private property owned by the 

applicant. 

h. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR 4.61 of 

the Commission’s regulations. 

i. Applicant Contact: Mr. David 

Creasey, P.O. Box 61, Fort Hall, ID 

83202, (208) 785–0164 

j. FERC Contact: Ryan Hansen, (202) 

502–8074, or e-mail at 

ryan.hansen@ferc.gov. 

k. A copy of the application is 

available for review at the Commission 

in the Public Reference Room or may be 

viewed on the Commission’s Web site at 

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 (P– 

13829). For assistance, contact FERC 

Online Support at 

FERCONlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll 

free at 1–866–208–3676, or for TTY 

(202) 502–8659. 

Register online at http:// 

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

esubscription.asp to be notified via 

email of new filings and issuances 

related to this or other pending projects. 

For assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support. 

l. This application has been accepted 

for filing and is now ready for 

environmental analysis. 

m. The license applicant must file no 

later than 60 days following the date of 

issuance of this notice: (1) A copy of the 

water quality certification; (2) a copy of 

the request for certification, including 

proof of the date on which the certifying 

agency received the request; or (3) 

evidence of waiver of the water quality 

certification. 

n. Cooperating Agencies: We are 

asking Federal, state, and local agencies 

and Indian tribes with jurisdiction and/ 

or special expertise with respect to 

environmental issues to cooperate with 

us in the preparation of the 

environmental document. Agencies who 

would like to request cooperating status 

should follow the instructions for filing 

comments described in item p below. 

Cooperating agencies should note the 

Commission’s policy that agencies that 

cooperate in the preparation of the 

environmental document cannot also 

intervene. See 94 FERC ¶ 61,076 (2001). 

o. Due to the small size and remote 

location of this project, the applicant’s 

close coordination with tribal, State, 

and Federal agencies during the 

preparation of the application, and the 

lack of any study requests submitted 

during pre-filing consultation, we 

intend to waive scoping and shorten the 

filing and comment date on final terms 

and conditions, recommendations, and 

prescriptions. Based on a review of the 

application, resource agency 

consultation letters, and comments filed 

to date, Commission staff intends to 

prepare a single environmental 

assessment (EA). Commission staff 

determined that the issues that need to 

be addressed in its EA have been 

adequately identified during the prefiling period for the application, which 

included a public meeting and site visit, 

and no new issues are likely to be 

identified through additional scoping. 

p. Deadline for filing motions to 

intervene and protests, comments, terms 

and conditions, recommendations, and 

prescriptions: Due to the small size and 

remote location of this project, as well 

as the applicant’s close coordination 

with the Tribal Fish and Wildlife 

Department, Bureau of Indian Affairs 

Irrigation, the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes 

Cultural Resources/Heritage Tribal 

Office, the Army Corps of Engineers, the 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the 

Idaho Department of Environmental 

Quality, Idaho Fish and Game, and the 

Idaho State Historic Preservation Office 

in the preparation of the application, the 

60-day timeframe specified in 18 CFR 

4.34(b) for filing motions to intervene 

and protests, comments, terms and 

conditions, recommendations, and 

prescriptions is shortened to 30 days 

from the issuance date of this notice. All 

reply comments must be filed with the 

Commission within 45 days from the 

date of this notice. 

All documents may be filed 

electronically via the Internet in lieu of 

paper. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) 

and the instructions on the 

Commission’s Web site (http:// 

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ferconline.asp) 

under the ‘‘eFiling’’ link. For a simpler 

method of submitting text only 

comments, click on ‘‘eComment.’’ For 

assistance, please contact FERC Online 

Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov; call tollfree at (866) 208–3676; or, for TTY, 

contact (202) 502–8659. Although the 

Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing, documents may also be 

paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an 

original and eight copies to: Kimberly D. 

Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First 

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

The Commission’s Rules of Practice 

require all intervenors filing documents 

with the Commission to serve a copy of 

that document on each person on the 

official service list for the project. 

Further, if an intervenor files comments 

or documents with the Commission 

relating to the merits of an issue that 

may affect the responsibilities of a 

particular resource agency, they must 

also serve a copy of the document on 

that resource agency. 

q. Any qualified applicant desiring to 

file a competing application must 

submit to the Commission, on or before 

the specified intervention deadline date, 

a competing development application, 

or a notice of intent to file such an 

application. Submission of a timely 

notice of intent allows an interested 

person to file the competing 

development application no later than 

120 days after the specified intervention 

deadline date. Applications for 

preliminary permits will not be 

accepted in response to this notice. 

A notice of intent must specify the 

exact name, business address, and 

telephone number of the prospective 

applicant, and must include an 

unequivocal statement of intent to 

submit a development application. A 

notice of intent must be served on the 

applicant(s) named in this public notice. 

Anyone may submit comments, a 

protest, or a motion to intervene in 

accordance with the requirements of 

Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 

385.210, .211, and .214. In determining 

the appropriate action to take, the 

Commission will consider all protests or 

other comments filed, but only those 

who file a motion to intervene in 

accordance with the Commission’s 

Rules may become a party to the 

proceeding. Any comments, protests, or 

motions to intervene must be received 

on or before the specified comment date 

for the particular application. 

All filings must (1) Bear in all capital 

letters the title ‘‘PROTEST’’, ‘‘MOTION 

TO INTERVENE’’, ‘‘NOTICE OF INTENT 

TO FILE COMPETING APPLICATION,’’ 

‘‘COMPETING APPLICATION,’’ 

‘‘COMMENTS,’’ ‘‘REPLY COMMENTS,’’ 

‘‘RECOMMENDATIONS,’’ ‘‘TERMS AND 

CONDITIONS,’’ or ‘‘PRESCRIPTIONS;’’ 

(2) set forth in the heading the name of 

the applicant and the project number of 

the application to which the filing 

responds; (3) furnish the name, address, 

and telephone number of the person 

protesting or intervening; and (4) 

otherwise comply with the requirements 

of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. 

Agencies may obtain copies of the 

application directly from the applicant. 

A copy of any protest or motion to 

intervene must be served upon each 

representative of the applicant specified 

in the particular application. A copy of 

all other filings in reference to this 

application must be accompanied by 

proof of service on all persons listed in 

the service list prepared by the 

Commission in this proceeding, in 

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accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b) and 

385.2010. 

r. Procedural schedule and final 

amendments: We intend to accept the 

consultation that has occurred on this 

project during the pre-filing period as 

satisfying our requirements for the 

standard 3-stage consultation process 

under 18 CFR 4.38 and for National 

Environmental Policy Act scoping. The 

application will be processed according 

to the following procedural schedule. 

Revisions to the schedule may be made 

as appropriate. 

Milestone Target Date 

Comments, recommendations, and terms and conditions due.March 9, 2011. 

Reply comments due .......... March 24, 

2011. 

Notice of the availability of 

the EA.

June 30, 2011. 

Dated: February 9, 2011. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2011–3458 Filed 2–15–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Combined Notice of Filings #1 

Take notice that the Commission 

received the following electric corporate 

filings: 

Docket Numbers: EC11–41–000. 

Applicants: Varde Partners, L.P., 

Varde Management, L.P., Varde 

Management International, L.P., Granite 

Ridge Energy, LLC. 

Description: Application of Granite 

Ridge Energy, LLC et al. for Order 

Authorizing Disposition of 

Jurisdictional Facilities Under Section 

203 of the FPA and Request for Waivers 

and Expedited Action. 

Filed Date: 02/08/2011. 

Accession Number: 20110208–5031. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Tuesday, March 01, 2011. 

Take notice that the Commission 

received the following exempt 

wholesale generator filings: 

Docket Numbers: EG11–53–000. 

Applicants: Avenal Park LLC. 

Description: Avenal Park LLC Notice 

of Self-Certification as an Exempt 

Wholesale Generator. 

Filed Date: 02/08/2011. 

Accession Number: 20110208–5086. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Tuesday, March 01, 2011. 

Docket Numbers: EG11–54–000. 

Applicants: Sand Drag LLC. 

Description: Sand Drag LLC Notice of 

Self Certification as an Exempt 

Wholesale Generator Request. 

Filed Date: 02/08/2011. 

Accession Number: 20110208–5087. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Tuesday, March 01, 2011. 

Docket Numbers: EG11–55–000. 

Applicants: Sun City Project LLC. 

Description: Sun City Project LLC’s 

Notice of Self Certification of Exempt 

Wholesale Generator Request. 

Filed Date: 02/08/2011. 

Accession Number: 20110208–5089. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Tuesday, March 01, 2011. 

Take notice that the Commission 

received the following electric rate 

filings: 

Docket Numbers: ER98–2259–007. 

Applicants: LSP Energy Limited 

Partnership. 

Description: Notice of Change in 

Status of LSP Energy Limited 

Partnership. 

Filed Date: 02/07/2011. 

Accession Number: 20110207–5129. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Monday, February 28, 2011. 

Docket Numbers: ER08–1111–008; 

ER08–1225–010; ER08–1226–007. 

Applicants: Cloud County Wind 

Farm, LLC, Pioneer Prairie Wind Farm 

I, LLC, Arlington Wind Power Project 

LLC. 

Description: Supplement to Notice of 

Non-Material Change in Status of 

Arlington Wind Power Project LLC, et 

al. 

Filed Date: 02/07/2011. 

Accession Number: 20110207–5134. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Monday, February 28, 2011. 

Docket Numbers: ER10–1151–003. 

Applicants: AmerenEnergy Resources 

Generating Company. 

Description: AmerenEnergy Resources 

Generating Company submits tariff 

filing per 35: Baseline Compliance 

Filing Schedule 3 Sections 3, 4 and 5 to 

be effective 5/3/2010. 

Filed Date: 02/08/2011. 

Accession Number: 20110208–5094. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Tuesday, March 01, 2011. 

Docket Numbers: ER10–1786–001. 

Applicants: Credit Suisse Energy, 

LLC. 

Description: Notice of Non-Material 

Change in Status of Credit Suisse Energy 

LLC. 

Filed Date: 02/07/2011. 

Accession Number: 20110207–5128. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Monday, February 28, 2011. 

Docket Numbers: ER10–1809–002. 

Applicants: RED-Scotia, LLC. 

Description: Notification of Change in 

Facts Under Market-Based Rate 

Authority of RED-Scotia, LLC. 

Filed Date: 02/04/2011. 

Accession Number: 20110204–5154. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Friday, February 25, 2011. 

Docket Numbers: ER11–2410–001. 

Applicants: Hinson Power Company, 

LLC. 

Description: Hinson Power Company, 

LLC submits tariff filing per 35: 

Compliance filing to request for 

Category 1 seller status to be effective 

12/21/2010. 

Filed Date: 01/20/2011. 

Accession Number: 20110120–5103. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Thursday, February 10, 2011. 

Docket Numbers: ER11–2568–001. 

Applicants: Southern California 

Edison Company. 

Description: Southern California 

Edison Company submits tariff filing 

per 35.17(b): Resubmission of Amended 

LGIA Mountain View IV Project to be 

effective 2/28/2011. 

Filed Date: 02/08/2011. 

Accession Number: 20110208–5045. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Tuesday, March 01, 2011. 

Docket Numbers: ER11–2598–001; 

ER11–2607–001; ER11–2612–001. 

Applicants: Sempra Energy Trading 

LLC, MxEnergy Electric Inc., Gateway 

Energy Services Corporation. 

Description: Supplemental to Notice 

of Category 1 Seller Status of Sempra 

Energy Trading LLC, et al. 

Filed Date: 02/04/2011. 

Accession Number: 20110204–5138. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Friday, February 25, 2011. 

Docket Numbers: ER11–2735–001. 

Applicants: Censtar Energy Corp. 

Description: Censtar Energy Corp. 

submits tariff filing per 35: Compliance 

filing for MBR Baseline to be effective 

3/28/2011. 

Filed Date: 02/08/2011. 

Accession Number: 20110208–5061. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Tuesday, March 01, 2011. 

Docket Numbers: ER11–2754–001. 

Applicants: AP Gas & Electric (TX), 

LLC. 

Description: AP Gas & Electric (TX), 

LLC submits tariff filing per 35.17(b): 

Amendment to Petition to be effective 2/ 

25/2011. 

Filed Date: 02/08/2011. 

Accession Number: 20110208–5059. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Tuesday, March 01, 2011. 

Docket Numbers: ER11–2845–000. 

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