12946 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 46 / Wednesday, March 9, 2011 / Notices 

Dated: March 3, 2011. 

Darrin A. King, 

Director, Information Collection Clearance 

Division, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Institute of Education Sciences 

Type of Review: New. 

Title of Collection: U.S. Department of 

Education, Institute of Education 

Sciences, Research Performance 

Progress Report (RPPR). 

OMB Control Number: Pending. 

Agency Form Number(s): Department 

of Education (ED) Form 524B. 

Frequency of Responses: Annually. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profit; Not-for-profit institutions; 

State, Local, or Tribal Government, State 

Educational Agencies, Local 

Educational Agencies. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 766. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden 

Hours: 9,958. 

Abstract: The Research Performance 

Progress Report (RPPR) format and 

instructions with the exception of the 

‘‘Impact’’ category are used in order for 

Institute of Education Sciences’ (IES’) 

grantees to meet the established due 

dates for submission of performance 

reports for IES discretionary grant 

programs. Recipients of multi-year 

discretionary grants must submit an 

annual performance report for each year 

funding has been approved in order to 

receive a continuation award. The 

annual performance report should 

demonstrate whether substantial 

progress has been made toward meeting 

the approved goals and objectives of the 

project. The Institute also requires 

recipients of ‘‘forward funded’’ grants 

that are awarded funds for their entire 

multi-year project up-front in a single 

grant award to submit the RPPR on an 

annual basis. In addition, the Institute 

will require recipients to use the ED 

524B to submit their final performance 

reports to demonstrate project success, 

impact and outcomes. In both the 

annual and final performance reports, 

grantees are required to provide data on 

established performance measures for 

the grant program (e.g., Government 

Performance and Results Act measures) 

and on project performance measures 

that were included in the grantee’s 

approved grant application. The RPPR 

will contain research and related (total 

federal and non-federal) budgetary 

forms that will be used to collect 

budgetary data from the recipient 

organization. The information submitted 

will be used to conduct periodic 

administrative/budgetary reviews. 

Performance reporting requirements are 

found in 34 CFR 74.51, 75.118, 75.253, 

75.590 and 80.40 of the Education 

Department General Administrative 

Regulations. 

Copies of the information collection 

submission for OMB review may be 

accessed from the RegInfo.gov Web site 

at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain or from the Department’s Web 

site at http://edicsweb.ed.gov, by 

selecting the ‘‘Browse Pending 

Collections’’ link and by clicking on link 

number 4534. When you access the 

information collection, click on 

‘‘Download Attachments’’ to view. 

Written requests for information should 

be addressed to U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

LBJ, Washington, DC 20202–4537. 

Requests may also be electronically 

mailed to the Internet address 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed to 202– 

401–0920. Please specify the complete 

title of the information collection and 

OMB Control Number when making 

your request. 

Individuals who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877– 

8339. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

National Advisory Committee on 

Institutional Quality and Integrity 

(NACIQI) Meeting 

AGENCY: National Advisory Committee 

on Institutional Quality and Integrity, 

Office of Postsecondary Education, U.S. 

Department of Education. 

ADDRESSES: U.S. Department of 

Education, Office of Postsecondary 

Education, 1990 K Street, NW., Room 

8060, Washington, DC 20006. 

ACTION: Notice of June 8–10, 2011, open 

meeting of the National Advisory 

Committee on Institutional Quality and 

Integrity and procedures for making 

third-party written comments 

concerning agencies scheduled for 

review. 

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the 

schedule and agenda of the upcoming 

June 8–10, 2011, open meeting of the 

NACIQI. It also informs members of the 

public how to submit third-party 

written comments concerning agencies 

scheduled for review. The notice of this 

meeting is required under Section 

10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA) and Section 

114(d)(1)(B) of the Higher Education Act 

of 1965, as amended (HEA). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Meeting 

Date and Place—The NACIQI meeting 

will be held on June 8–10, 2011, from 

8:30 a.m. to approximately 5:30 p.m., at 

the Holiday Inn and Suites, 

Commonwealth Ballroom, 625 First 

Street, Alexandria, VA 22314. 

NACIQI’s Statutory Authority and 

Functions: The NACIQI is established 

under Section 114 of the Higher 

Education Act (HEA), as amended, 20 

U.S.C. 1011c. The NACIQI advises the 

Secretary of Education about: 

• The establishment and enforcement 

of the Criteria for Recognition of 

accrediting agencies or associations 

under Subpart 2, Part H, Title IV, HEA, 

as amended. 

• The recognition of specific 

accrediting agencies or associations, or 

a specific State approval agency. 

• The preparation and publication of 

the list of nationally recognized 

accrediting agencies and associations. 

• The eligibility and certification 

process for institutions of higher 

education under Title IV, HEA. 

• The relationship between: (1) 

Accreditation of institutions of higher 

education and the certification and 

eligibility of such institutions, and (2) 

State licensing responsibilities with 

respect to such institutions. 

• Any other advisory functions 

relating to accreditation and 

institutional eligibility that the 

Secretary may prescribe. 

Agenda: The agenda for the meeting 

on June 8, 2011, will include 

presentations to further inform the 

NACIQI generally regarding the 

reauthorization of the Higher Education 

Act (HEA), which may include the areas 

of accreditation of institutions of higher 

education, the certification and 

eligibility of such institutions for 

purposes of the Federal student aid 

programs authorized under Title IV of 

the HEA, the relationship between the 

two, and regarding State licensing 

responsibilities with respect to such 

institutions. 

The June 9–10, 2011 portion of the 

meeting will be similar to a traditional 

NACIQI meeting where the review of 

specific accrediting agencies, State 

approval agencies, or Federal degreegranting agencies takes place. The 

agenda for the June 9–10, 2011 portion 

of the meeting will include the review 

of agencies that have submitted 

petitions for the renewal of recognition. 

The following 12 agencies/institutions 

are tentatively scheduled for review 

during the June 9–10, 2011 portion of 

the June 2011 NACIQI meeting: 


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Nationally Recognized Accrediting 

Agencies 

Petitions for Renewal of Recognition 

1. Accreditation Commission for 

Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. 

2. Accrediting Bureau of Health 

Education Schools. 

3. Accrediting Commission of Career 

Schools and Colleges. 

4. Accrediting Council for 

Independent Colleges and Schools. 

5. American Bar Association, Council 

of the Section of Legal Education and 

Admission to the Bar. 

6. American Osteopathic Association, 

Commission on Osteopathic College 

Accreditation. 

7. American Psychological 

Association, Committee on 

Accreditation. 

8. Commission on Accrediting of the 

Association of Theological Schools. 

9. Council on Occupational 

Education. 

10. Teacher Education Accreditation 

Council, Accreditation Committee. 

11. Transnational Association of 

Christian Colleges and Schools, 

Accreditation Commission. 

Federal Agency Seeking DegreeGranting Authority 

1. Air University, Maxwell Air Force 

Base, Montgomery, Alabama (request to 

award a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 

Military Strategy). 

Under 10 U.S.C., Section 9134, in 

order for the U.S. Air Force’s Air 

University to offer a new degree 

program, the Secretary of the U.S. 

Department of Education must have 

approved the degree in accordance with 

the Federal Policy Governing the 

Granting of Academic Degrees by 

Federal Agencies and Institutions 

(approved by a letter, dated December 

23, 1954, from the Director, Bureau of 

the Budget, to the Secretary, Health, 

Education, and Welfare). Under the 

policy, the Secretary is required to 

establish a review committee to advise 

the Secretary concerning any proposal 

to authorize the granting of degrees by 

a Federal agency. After considering the 

criteria established by the policy, the 

review committee forwards its report 

concerning a Federal agency’s proposed 

degree-granting authority to the 

Secretary, who then forwards the 

committee’s report and the Secretary’s 

recommendation to the Office of 

Management and Budget and the 

Department of Defense. The Secretary 

uses the NACIQI as the review 

committee required for this purpose. 

Submission of Written Comments 

Concerning Agencies Scheduled for 

Review: Submit your written comments 

by e-mail no later than ten days after the 

date of publication, to the Accreditation 

and State Liaison (ASL) Records 

Manager at aslrecordsmanager@ed.gov 

with the subject line ‘‘Written 

Comments re: (agency name).’’ Do not 

send material directly to NACIQI 

members. 

In all instances, your comments about 

agencies seeking continued recognition 

must relate to whether the agency meets 

the Criteria for Recognition. Third 

parties having concerns about agencies 

regarding matters outside the scope of 

the petition should report those 

concerns to Department staff. 

Comments concerning the Air 

University’s degree-granting authority 

request must relate to the criteria used 

to evaluate the institution. Those 

criteria may be obtained by submitting 

a request to aslrecordsmanager@ed.gov 

with the subject line ‘‘Request for 

Degree-Granting Authority Criteria.’’ 

Only materials submitted by the 

deadline to the e-mail address listed in 

this notice, and in accordance with 

these instructions, become part of the 

official record concerning agencies 

scheduled for review and are considered 

by the Department and the NACIQI in 

their deliberations. 

This notice announces the only 

opportunity you will have to submit 

written comments on the agencies 

scheduled for this meeting. 

Requests to Make Oral Comments: 

There will be another notice that will 

invite the public to submit requests to 

make oral presentations before the 

NACIQI on the agencies scheduled for 

review. That notice will explain the two 

methods the public may use to request 

to make oral presentations and provide 

the instructions for each method. Plus, 

a separate, subsequent Federal Register 

notice will invite the public to submit 

written comments and/or requests to 

make oral presentations before the 

NACIQI on the reauthorization of the 

Higher Education Act. Again, neither 

subsequent notice will offer a second 

opportunity to submit written 

comments on the agencies/institutions 

scheduled for review. 

Access to Records of the Meeting: The 

Department will record the meeting and 

post the official report of the meeting on 

the NACIQI Web site shortly after the 

meeting. Pursuant to the FACA, the 

public may also inspect the materials at 

1990 K Street, NW., Washington, DC, by 

e-mailing aslrecordsmanager@ed.gov or 

by calling (202) 219–7067 to schedule 

an appointment. 

Electronic Access to this Document: 

You may view this document, as well as 

all other Department of Education 

documents published in the Federal 

Register, in text or Adobe Portable 

Document Format (PDF), on the Internet 

at the following site: http://www.ed.gov/ 

legislation/fedregister. To use PDF, you 

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 1–866–512–1830; or, in the 

Washington, DC area at (202) 512–0000. 

Reasonable Accommodations: 

Individuals who will need 

accommodations for a disability in order 

to attend the June 8–10, 2011 meeting 

(i.e., interpreter services, assistive 

listening devices, and/or materials in 

alternative format) should contact 

Department staff by telephone: (202) 

219–7011; or, e-mail: 

aslrecordsmanager@ed.gov, no later 

than May 2, 2011. We will attempt to 

meet requests after this date, but we 

cannot guarantee the availability of the 

requested accommodation. The meeting 

site is accessible. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Melissa Lewis, Executive Director, 

NACIQI, U.S. Department of Education, 

Room 8060, 1990 K Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20006, telephone: (202) 

219–7009; e-mail: 

Melissa.Lewis@ed.gov. 

Individuals who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service at 1–800–877–8339, 

between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern 

Standard Time, Monday through Friday. 

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/ 

index.html. 

Eduardo M. Ochoa, 

Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary 

Education. 

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[Docket No. DI11–3–000] 

Bear Creek Hydro Associates, LLC; 

Notice of Declaration of Intention and 

Soliciting Comments, Protests, and/or 

Motions To Intervene 

Take notice that the following 

application has been filed with the 

Commission and is available for public 

inspection: 

a. Application Type: Declaration of 

Intention. 

b. Docket No: DI11–3–000. 

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