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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No. ED–2014–ICCD–0101] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

Progress in International Reading 

Literacy Study (PIRLS 2016) Field Test 

and Recruitment for Main Study 

AGENCY: Institute of Education Sciences, 

National Center for Education Statistics 

(IES–NCES), 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 reinstatement of a 

previously approved information 

collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before October 

3, 2014. 

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–0101 

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 2E105, 

Washington, DC 20202. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Kashka 

Kubdzela, 202–502–7411. 

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: Progress in 

International Reading Literacy Study 

(PIRLS 2016) Field Test and 

Recruitment for Main Study. 

OMB Control Number: 1850–0645. 

Type of Review: A reinstatement of a 

previously approved information 

collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals or households. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 2,815. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 5,694. 

Abstract: The Progress in 

International Reading Literacy Study 

(PIRLS) 2016 is coordinated by the 

International Association for the 

Evaluation of Educational Achievement 

(IEA) and in the U.S. administered by 

the National Center for Education 

Statistics (NCES). Since its inception in 

2001, PIRLS has continued to assess 

students every five years (2001, 2006, 

2011, 2016). It is typically administered 

in more than 40 countries and provides 

data for internationally benchmarking 

U.S. performance in fourth-grade 

reading. PIRLS also collects background 

information on students, parents, 

teachers, schools, curricula, and official 

education policies. Each successive 

round of participation in PIRLS 

provides trend information about U.S. 

4th-grade students’ knowledge and 

abilities in reading relative to other 

countries, and about the cultural 

environments, teaching practices, 

curriculum goals, and institutional 

arrangements that are associated with 

student achievement, and how these 

change over time in different countries. 

This submission describes the 

overarching plan for all phases of the 

data collection, including the field test 

and the main study. The field test will 

take place in March–April, 2015, and 

the main study in the spring of 2016. 

The purpose of the PIRLS field test is to 

evaluate new assessment items and 

background questions to ensure 

practices that promote low exclusion 

rates, and to ensure that classroom and 

student sampling procedures proposed 

for the main study are successful. This 

submission requests approval for 

recruiting for the 2015 field test and 

2016 main study; conducting the 2015 

field test data collection; and a 

description of the overarching plan for 

all of the phases of the data collection, 

including the 2016 main study. 

Dated: August 27, 2014. 

Stephanie Valentine, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: Office of Science, Department 

of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Fusion Energy Sciences 

Advisory Committee (FESAC). The 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. 

L. 92–463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that 

public notice of these meetings be 

announced in the Federal Register. 

DATES: September 22, 2014; 8:30 a.m. to 

6:00 p.m. September 23, 2014; 8:30 a.m. 

to 12:00 noon 

ADDRESSES: Gaithersburg Marriott 

Washingtonian Center, 9751 

Washingtonian Boulevard, Gaithersburg, 

MD 20878. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Edmund J. Synakowski, Designated 

Federal Officer, Office of Fusion Energy 

Sciences; U.S. Department of Energy; 

1000 Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–1290. 

Telephone: (301) 903–4941. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Purpose of 

the Meeting: To consider for approval 

the report of the FESAC Strategic Plan 

Subcommittee. The report was 

requested in a letter from the Acting 

Director of the Office of Science (SC), 

dated April 8, 2014, in response to the 

FY 2014 Omnibus Appropriations Act 

which requires the Department to 

submit a ten-year strategic plan for the 

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Fusion Energy Sciences (FES) program 

by January 2015. 

Tentative Agenda Items 

• Approval of the report of the Strategic 

Plan Subcommittee 

• DOE/SC Perspective 

• FES Perspective 

• Update on the charge on the 

Committee of Visitors for FES 

• Public Comment 

• Adjourn 

Note: Remote attendance of the FESAC 

meeting will be possible via ReadyTalk. 

Instructions can be found on FESAC Web 

site: (http://science.energy.gov/fes/fesac/

meetings/) or by contacting Dr. Samuel J. 

Barish by email: sam.barish@science.doe.gov 

or by phone (301) 903–2917. 

Public Participation: The meeting is 

open to the public. If you would like to 

file a written statement with the 

Committee, you may do so either before 

or after the meeting. If you would like 

to make an oral statement regarding any 

of the items on the agenda, you should 

contact Dr. Ed Synakowski at (301) 903– 

8584 (fax) or Ed.Synakowski@

science.doe.gov (email). Reasonable 

provision will be made to include the 

scheduled oral statements during the 

Public Comments time on the agenda. 

The Chairperson of the Committee will 

conduct the meeting to facilitate the 

orderly conduct of business. Public 

comment will follow the 10-minute 

rule. 

Minutes: The minutes of this meeting 

will be available for public review and 

copying within 30 days on the Fusion 

Energy Sciences Advisory Committee 

Web site—http://science.energy.gov/fes/ 

fesac/ 

Issued at Washington, DC, on August 26, 

2014. 

LaTanya R. Butler, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2014–20904 Filed 9–2–14; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board Chairs 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Environmental 

Management Site-Specific Advisory 

Board (EM SSAB) Chairs. The Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public 

notice of this meeting be announced in 

the Federal Register. 

DATES: Wednesday, September 17, 2014; 

8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Thursday, 

September 18, 2014; 8:00 a.m.–12:15 

p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The Shilo Inn Convention 

Center, 780 Lindsay Boulevard, Idaho 

Falls, Idaho 83402. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David Borak, Designated Federal 

Officer, U.S. Department of Energy, 

1000 Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585; Phone: (202) 

586–9928. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Board: The purpose of 

the Board is to make recommendations 

to DOE–EM and site management in the 

areas of environmental restoration, 

waste management, and related 

activities. 

Tentative Agenda Topics 

Wednesday, September 17, 2014 

Æ EM Program Update 

Æ EM SSAB Chairs’ Round Robin: 

Topics, Achievements, and 

Accomplishments 

Æ EM SSAB Chairs’ Roundtable: 

Setting Budget Priorities 

Æ EM Acquisition and Project 

Management Presentation 

Æ Public Comment Period 

Thursday, September 18, 2014 

Æ DOE Headquarters News and Views 

Æ EM Headquarters Waste Disposition 

Strategies 

Æ Public Comment 

Public Participation: The EM SSAB 

Chairs welcome the attendance of the 

public at their advisory committee 

meetings and will make every effort to 

accommodate persons with physical 

disabilities or special needs. If you 

require special accommodations due to 

a disability, please contact David Borak 

at least seven days in advance of the 

meeting at the phone number listed 

above. Written statements may be filed 

either before or after the meeting with 

the Designated Federal Officer, David 

Borak, at the address or telephone listed 

above. Individuals who wish to make 

oral statements pertaining to agenda 

items should also contact David Borak. 

Requests must be received five days 

prior to the meeting and reasonable 

provision will be made to include the 

presentation in the agenda. The 

Designated Federal Officer is 

empowered to conduct the meeting in a 

fashion that will facilitate the orderly 

conduct of business. Individuals 

wishing to make public comment will 

be provided a maximum of five minutes 

to present their comments. 

Minutes: Minutes will be available by 

writing or calling David Borak at the 

address or phone number listed above. 

Minutes will also be available at the 

following Web site: http://

www.em.doe.gov/stakepages/

ssabchairs.aspx. 

Issued at Washington, DC, on August 26, 

2014. 

LaTanya R. Butler, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

President’s Council of Advisors on 

Science and Technology 

AGENCY: Office of Science, Department 

of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of partially closed 

meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the 

schedule and summary agenda for a 

partially closed meeting of the 

President’s Council of Advisors on 

Science and Technology (PCAST), and 

describes the functions of the Council. 

Notice of this meeting is required under 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), 5 U.S.C. App. 2. 

DATES: September 19, 2014, 9:00 a.m. to 

12:00 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: National Academy of 

Sciences, (Lecture Room), 2101 

Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Information regarding the meeting 

agenda, time, location, and how to 

register for the meeting is available on 

the PCAST Web site at: http://

whitehouse.gov/ostp/pcast. A live video 

Web cast and an archive of the Web cast 

after the event are expected to be 

available at http://whitehouse.gov/ostp/ 

pcast. The archived video will be 

available within one week of the 

meeting. Questions about the meeting 

should be directed to Dr. Ashley Predith 

at apredith@ostp.eop.gov, (202) 456– 

4444. Please note that public seating for 

this meeting is limited and is available 

on a first-come, first-served basis. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

President’s Council of Advisors on 

Science and Technology (PCAST) is an 

advisory group of the nation’s leading 

scientists and engineers, appointed by 

the President to augment the science 

and technology advice available to him 

from inside the White House, cabinet 

departments, and other Federal 

agencies. See the Executive Order at 

http://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/pcast. 

PCAST is consulted about and provides 

analyses and recommendations 

concerning a wide range of issues where 

understandings from the domains of 

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