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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. ED is 

soliciting comments on the proposed 

information collection request (ICR) that 

is described below. 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. Please note 

that written comments received in 

response to this notice will be 

considered public records. 

Title of Collection: Assurance of 

Compliance—Civil Rights Certificate. 

OMB Control Number: 1870–0503. 

Type of Review: An extension of an 

existing information collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: Private 

Sector, State, Local or Tribal 

Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 25. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 4. 

Abstract: The Office for Civil Rights 

(OCR) has enforcement responsibilities 

under several civil rights laws, 

including Title VI, Title IX, Section 504, 

the Age Discrimination Act, and the Boy 

Scouts of America Equal Access Act. To 

meet these responsibilities, OCR collects 

assurances of compliance from 

applicants for Federal financial 

assistance from, and applicants for 

funds made available through, the 

Department of Education, as required by 

regulations. These entities include, for 

example, State educational agencies, 

local education agencies, and 

postsecondary educational institutions. 

If a recipient violates one or more of 

these civil rights laws, OCR and the 

Department of Justice can used the 

signed assurances of compliance in an 

enforcement proceeding. 

Dated: February 12, 2015. 

Tomakie Washington, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2015–03288 Filed 2–17–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2014–ICCD–0147] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

Teacher Education Assistance for 

College and Higher Education Grant 

Program (TEACH Grant Program) 

Agreement to Serve 

AGENCY: Federal Student Assistance 

(FSA), Department of Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is 

proposing a revision of an existing 

information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before March 

20, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in 

response to this notice should be 

submitted electronically through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov by selecting 

Docket ID number ED–2014–ICCD–0147 

or via postal mail, commercial delivery, 

or hand delivery. If the regulations.gov 

site is not available to the public for any 

reason, ED will temporarily accept 

comments at ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. 

Please note that comments submitted by 

fax or email and those submitted after 

the comment period will not be 

accepted; ED will ONLY accept 

comments during the comment period 

in this mailbox when the regulations.gov 

site is not available. Written requests for 

information or comments submitted by 

postal mail or delivery should be 

addressed to the Director of the 

Information Collection Clearance 

Division, U.S. Department of Education, 

400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, 

Mailstop L–OM–2–2E319, Room 2E103, 

Washington, DC 20202. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Jon Utz, 202– 

377–4040. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department of Education (ED), 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 

requirements and provide the requested 

data in the desired format. ED is 

soliciting comments on the proposed 

information collection request (ICR) that 

is described below. 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. Please note 

that written comments received in 

response to this notice will be 

considered public records. 

Title of Collection: Teacher Education 

Assistance for College and Higher 

Education Grant Program (TEACH Grant 

Program) Agreement to Serve. 

OMB Control Number: 1845–0083. 

Type of Review: A revision of an 

existing information collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: Teacher 

Education Assistance for College and 

Higher Education Grant Program 

(TEACH Grant Program) Agreement to 

Serve. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 34,116. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 17,058. 

Abstract: As a condition for receiving 

a TEACH Grant, a student must sign an 

Agreement to Serve. A new Agreement 

to Serve must be signed for each award 

year during which a student wishes to 

receive a TEACH Grant. By signing the 

Agreement to Serve, a TEACH Grant 

recipient agrees to meet the teaching 

service obligation and other terms and 

conditions of the TEACH Grant Program 

that are described in the Agreement to 

Service. In accordance with these terms 

and conditions, if a TEACH Grant 

recipient does not fulfill the required 

teaching service obligation or otherwise 

fails to meet the requirements of the 

TEACH Grant Program, any TEACH 

Grant funds the individual received will 

be converted to a Direct Unsubsidized 

Loan that the grant recipient must repay 

in full, with interest. The Agreement to 

Serve also explains the repayment terms 

and conditions that will apply if a 

TEACH Grant is converted to a Direct 

Unsubsidized Loan. 


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Dated: February 12, 2015. 

Kate Mullan, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2015–03281 Filed 2–17–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 13102–003] 

Birch Power Company; Notice of 

Scoping Meetings and Environmental 

Site Review and Soliciting Scoping 

Comments 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection. 

a. Type of Application: Original 

License (Major Project). 

b. Project No.: 13102–003. 

c. Date Filed: July 2, 2013. 

d. Applicant: Birch Power Company. 

e. Name of Project: Demopolis Lock 

and Dam Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Location: At the U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers’ (Corps) Demopolis Lock and 

Dam, on theTombigbee River, west of 

the city of Demopolis in Marengo and 

Sumter Counties, Alabama. The 

proposed project would occupy 

approximately 23 acres of federal land 

administered by the Corps. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act, 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)–825(r). 

h. Applicant Contact: Nicholas E. 

Josten, GeoSense, 2742 Saint Charles 

Ave., Idaho Falls, ID 83404, (208) 528– 

6152. 

i. FERC Contact: Adam Peer, (202) 

502–8449 or adam.peer@ferc.gov. 

j. Deadline for filing scoping 

comments: April 25, 2015. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing. Please file additional 

study requests and requests for 

cooperating agency status using the 

Commission’s eFiling system at http://

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. For 

assistance, please contact FERC Online 

Support at FERCOnlineSupport@

ferc.gov, (866) 208–3676 (toll free), or 

(202) 502–8659 (TTY). In lieu of 

electronic filing, please send a paper 

copy to: Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street 

NE., Washington, DC 20426. The first 

page of any filing should include docket 

number P–13102–003. 

The Commission’s Rules of Practice 

and Procedures 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. 

k. This application is not ready for 

environmental analysis at this time. 

l. The proposed project would utilize 

the existing Corps’ Demopolis Lock and 

Dam and Reservoir, and would consist 

of the following new facilities: (1) A 

900-foot-long excavated intake channel 

(headrace); (2) two 60-foot-long by 32- 

foot-wide trash racks with 2.5-inch bar 

spacing; (3) a 201-foot-long by 80-footwide powerhouse containing two 24- 

megawatt (MW) Kaplan turbines, having 

a total installed capacity of 48 MW; (4) 

a substation; (5) a forebay oxygen 

diffuser line system to enhance 

dissolved oxygen; (6) a 1,880-foot-long 

excavated tailrace channel; (7) a 1,700- 

foot-long retaining wall along the north 

side of tailrace channel; (8) a 4.4-milelong, 115-kilovolt transmission line; and 

(9) appurtenant facilities. The average 

annual generation would be about 

213,000 megawatt-hours. 

m. 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. For assistance, contact FERC 

Online Support. A copy is also available 

for inspection and reproduction at the 

address in item h above. 

You may also 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. 

n. Scoping Process: 

The Commission intends to prepare 

an environmental assessment (EA) on 

the project in accordance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act. The 

EA will consider both site-specific and 

cumulative environmental impacts and 

reasonable alternatives to the proposed 

action. 

Scoping Meetings 

FERC staff will conduct one agency 

scoping meeting and one public 

meeting. The agency scoping meeting 

will focus on resource agency and nongovernmental organization (NGO) 

concerns, while the public scoping 

meeting is primarily for public input. 

All interested individuals, 

organizations, and agencies are invited 

to attend one or both of the meetings, 

and to assist the staff in identifying the 

scope of the environmental issues that 

should be analyzed in the EA. The times 

and locations of these meetings are as 

follows: 

Agency Scoping Meeting 

DATE: Thursday, March 26, 2015. 

TIME: 9:00 a.m. (EDT). 

PLACE: Demopolis Civic Center. 

ADDRESS: 501 N. Commissioner’s 

Avenue, Demopolis, AL 36732. 

Public Scoping Meeting 

DATE: Thursday, March 26, 2015. 

TIME: 7:00 p.m. (EDT). 

PLACE: Demopolis Civic Center. 

ADDRESS: 501 N. Commissioner’s 

Avenue, Demopolis, AL 36732. 

Copies of the Scoping Document 

(SD1) outlining the subject areas to be 

addressed in the EA were distributed to 

the parties on the Commission’s mailing 

list. Copies of the SD1 will be available 

at the scoping meeting or may be 

viewed on the web at http://

www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link 

(see item m above). 

Environmental Site Review 

The Applicant and FERC staff will 

conduct a project Environmental Site 

Review. The time and location of this 

meeting is as follows: 

PROJECT: Demopolis Lock and Dam 

Hydroelectric Project. 

DATE: Thursday, March 26, 2015. 

TIME: 2:00 p.m. (EDT). 

LOCATION: Demopolis Civic Center 

Parking Lot, 501 N. Commissioner’s 

Avenue, Demopolis, AL 36732. 

All interested individuals, 

organizations, and agencies are invited 

to attend. All participants should meet 

at the time and location specified above. 

All participants are responsible for their 

own transportation to the site. Anyone 

with questions about the Environmental 

Site Review should contact Nicholas E. 

Josten, GeoSense, 2742 Saint Charles 

Ave., Idaho Falls, ID 83404, (208) 528– 

6152 on or before March 19, 2015. 

Objectives 

At the scoping meetings, the staff will: 

(1) Summarize the environmental issues 

tentatively identified for analysis in the 

EA; (2) solicit from the meeting 

participants all available information, 

especially quantifiable data, on the 

resources at issue; (3) encourage 

statements from experts and the public 

on issues that should be analyzed in the 

EA, including viewpoints in opposition 

to, or in support of, the staff’s 

preliminary views; (4) determine the 


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