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proposed information collection 

requests as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before May 23, 

2011. 

ADDRESSES: Comments regarding burden 

and/or the collection activity 

requirements should be electronically 

mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or 

mailed to U.S. Department of Education, 

400 Maryland Avenue, SW., LBJ, 

Washington, DC 20202–4537. Please 

note that written comments received in 

response to this notice will be 

considered public records. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35) requires that 

Federal agencies provide interested 

parties an early opportunity to comment 

on information collection requests. The 

Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Regulatory 

Information Management Services, 

Office of Management, publishes this 

notice containing proposed information 

collection requests at the beginning of 

the Departmental review of the 

information collection. The Department 

of Education 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. 

Dated: March 18, 2011. 

Darrin A. King, 

Director, Information Collection Clearance 

Division, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services 

Type of Review: Revision. 

Title of Collection: Report of 

Randolph-Sheppard Vending Facility 

Program. 

OMB Control Number: 1820–0009. 

Agency Form Number(s): N/A. 

Frequency of Responses: Annually. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profit; State, Local, or Tribal 

Government, State Educational 

Agencies or Local Educational Agencies. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 52. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 702. 

Abstract: The Vending Facility 

Program authorized by the RandolphSheppard Act provides persons who are 

blind with remunerative employment 

and self-support through the operation 

of vending facilities on federal and other 

property. Under the Randolph-Sheppard 

Program, state licensing agencies 

recruit, train, license and place 

individuals who are blind as operators 

of vending facilities (including 

cafeterias, snack bars, vending 

machines, etc.) located on federal and 

other properties. In statute at 20 U.S.C. 

107a(6)(a), the Secretary of Education is 

directed through the Commissioner of 

the Rehabilitation Services 

Administration (RSA) to conduct 

periodic evaluations of the programs 

authorized under the RandolphSheppard Act. Additionally, section 

107b(4) requires entities designated as 

the state licensing agency to ‘‘make such 

reports in such form and containing 

such information as the Secretary may 

from time to time require* * *.’’ The 

information to be collected is a 

necessary component of the evaluation 

process and forms the basis for annual 

reporting. These data are also used to 

understand the distribution type and 

profitability of vending facilities 

throughout the country. Such 

information is useful in providing 

technical assistance to state licensing 

agencies and property managers. The 

Code of Federal Regulations, at 34 CFR 

395.8, specifies that vending machine 

income received by the state from 

federal property managers can be 

distributed to blind vendors in an 

amount not to exceed the national 

average income for blind vendors. This 

amount is determined through data 

collected using RSA–15: Report of 

Randolph-Sheppard Vending Facility 

Program. In addition, the collection of 

information ensures the provision and 

transparency of activities referenced in 

34 CFR 395.11 and 395.12 related to 

training and disclosure of program and 

financial information. 

The following changes are found in 

the revised information collection (IC) 

RSA–15: Report of Randolph-Sheppard 

Vending Facility Program. In Section II, 

E. ‘‘Facilities on Public Property, Line 4 

was expanded to include a breakdown 

of the types of public facilities. Since 

this information is currently used to 

calculate the total number of facilities 

on public property, there is no 

additional reporting burden. In Section 

IV, an additional column was added to 

capture other sources of funding for 

expenditures other than those 

traditionally associated with the 

program. At the end of the reporting 

form, a text box was added for notes or 

explanations at the request of the 

respondents, and contact information 

was also requested to expedite followup by RSA for approval of the reports. 

The instructions were modified 

accordingly to accommodate these 

changes in the form and to clarify 

information. 

Copies of the proposed information 

collection request may be accessed from 

http://edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the 

‘‘Browse Pending Collections’’ link and 

by clicking on link number 4549. 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 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. 

[FR Doc. 2011–6842 Filed 3–22–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. IC11–521–000; FERC–521] 

Commission Information Collection 

Activities, Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Extension 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed information 

collection and request for comments. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

requirements of section 3506(c)(2)(a) of 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(Pub. L. 104–13), the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (Commission) is 

soliciting public comment on the 

specific aspects of the information 

collection described below. 

DATES: Comments in consideration of 

the collection of information are due 

May 23, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be filed 

either electronically (eFiled) or in paper 

format, and should refer to Docket No. 

IC11–521–000. Documents must be 

prepared in an acceptable filing format 

and in compliance with Commission 

submission guidelines at: http:// 


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1Estimated number of hours and employee works 

each year. 

2Estimated average annual cost per employee. 

www.ferc.gov/help/submissionguide.asp. eFiling instructions are 

available at: http://www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/efiling.asp. First time users must 

follow eRegister instructions at: http:// 

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

eregistration.asp, to establish a 

username and password before eFiling. 

The Commission will send an automatic 

acknowledgement to the sender’s e-mail 

address upon receipt of eFiled 

comments. Commenters making an 

eFiling should not make a paper filing. 

Commenters that are not able to file 

electronically must send an original of 

their comments to: Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, Secretary of the 

Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 

Washington, DC 20426. 

Users interested in receiving 

automatic notification of activity in this 

docket may do so through eSubscription 

at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

esubscription.asp. In addition, all 

comments and FERC issuances may be 

viewed, printed or downloaded 

remotely through FERC’s eLibrary at 

http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

elibrary.asp, by searching on Docket No. 

IC11–521. For user assistance, contact 

FERC Online Support by e-mail at 

ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, or by phone 

at: (866) 208–3676 (toll-free), or (202) 

502–8659 for TTY. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ellen Brown may be reached by e-mail 

at DataClearance@FERC.gov, telephone 

at (202) 502–8663, and fax at (202) 273– 

0873. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

information collected under the 

requirements of FERC–521 ‘‘Payments 

for Benefits from Headwater Benefits’’ 

(OMB No. 1902–0087) is used by the 

Commission to implement the statutory 

provisions of section 10(f) of the Federal 

Power Act (FPA) (16 USC 803). The FPA 

authorizes the Commission to determine 

headwater benefits received by 

downstream hydropower project 

owners. Headwater benefits is the 

additional energy production possible at 

a downstream hydropower project 

resulting from the regulation of river 

flows by an upstream storage reservoir. 

When the Commission completes a 

study of a river basin, it determines 

headwater benefits charges that will be 

apportioned among the various 

downstream beneficiaries. A headwater 

benefits charge and the cost incurred by 

the Commission to complete an 

evaluation are paid by downstream 

hydropower project owners. In essence, 

the owners of non-Federal hydropower 

projects that directly benefit from a 

headwater improvement must pay an 

equitable portion of the annual charges 

for interest, maintenance, and 

depreciation of the headwater project to 

the U.S. Treasury. The regulations 

provide for apportionment of these costs 

between the headwater project and 

downstream projects based on 

downstream energy gains and propose 

equitable apportionment methodology 

that can be applied to all rivers basins 

in which headwater improvements are 

built. The Commission requires owners 

of non-Federal hydropower projects to 

file data for determining annual charges 

as outlined in 18 Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR) part 11. 

ACTION: The Commission is requesting a 

three-year extension of the current 

expiration date with no changes to the 

existing collection of data. 

Burden Statement: Public reporting 

burden for this collection is estimated 

as: 

Data collection 

Number of 

respondents 

annually 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden hours 

per response 

Total annual 

burden hours 

(1) (2) (3) (1) × (2) × (3) 

FERC–521 ....................................................................................................... 3 1 40 120 

Estimated cost burden to respondents 

is $8,213.77 (120 hours/2,080 hours 1

per year, times $142,372 2 = $8,213.77). 

The cost per respondent is $2,738. 

The reporting burden includes the 

total time, effort, or financial resources 

expended to generate, maintain, retain, 

disclose, or provide the information 

including: (1) Reviewing instructions; 

(2) developing, acquiring, installing, and 

utilizing technology and systems for the 

purposes of collecting, validating, 

verifying, processing, maintaining, 

disclosing and providing information; 

(3) adjusting the existing ways to 

comply with any previously applicable 

instructions and requirements; (4) 

training personnel to respond to a 

collection of information; (5) searching 

data sources; (6) completing and 

reviewing the collection of information; 

and (7) transmitting, or otherwise 

disclosing the information. 

The estimate of cost for respondents 

is based upon salaries for professional 

and clerical support, as well as direct 

and indirect overhead costs. Direct costs 

include all costs directly attributable to 

providing this information, such as 

administrative costs and the cost for 

information technology. Indirect or 

overhead costs are costs incurred by an 

organization in support of its mission. 

These costs apply to activities which 

benefit the whole organization rather 

than any one particular function or 

activity. 

Comments are invited on: (1) Whether 

the proposed 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 of 

the proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (3) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (4) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on those who are to respond, including 

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. 

Dated: March 16, 2011. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2011–6741 Filed 3–22–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. RM11–14–000] 

Analysis of Horizontal Market Power 

Under the Federal Power Act 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of inquiry. 

SUMMARY: In this Notice of Inquiry, the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 

seeks comment on whether, and if so, 

how, the Commission should revise its 

approach for examining horizontal 


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