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persons employed intermittently in the 

Government service are allowed 

expenses under 5 U.S.C. 5703. They will 

not be considered Federal employees 

while performing service as members of 

the advisory committee except for the 

purposes of injury compensation or tort 

claims liability as provided in 5 U.S.C. 

81 and 28 U.S.C. 171. 

Procedure for Submitting Nominations 

Nominations for the Permanent 

Advisory Committee should be 

submitted to NMFS (see ADDRESSES). 

This request for nominations is for firsttime nominees as well as previous and 

current Permanent Advisory Committee 

members. Self nominations are 

acceptable. Nominations should include 

the following information: (1) Full 

name, address, telephone, and email 

address of nominee; (2) nominee’s 

organization(s) or professional 

affiliation(s) serving as the basis for the 

nomination, if any; and (3) a 

background statement, not to exceed 

one page in length, describing the 

nominee’s qualifications, experience 

and interests, specifically as related to 

the fisheries covered by the Convention. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 6902. 

Dated: December 29, 2020. 

Jennifer M. Wallace, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2020–29075 Filed 12–31–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Submission of Data by State 

Educational Agencies; Submission 

Dates for State Revenue and 

Expenditure Reports for Fiscal Year 

2020, Revisions to Those Reports, and 

Revisions to Prior Fiscal Year Reports 

AGENCY: National Center for Education 

Statistics, Institute of Education 

Sciences, Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Secretary announces 

dates for State educational agencies 

(SEAs) to submit expenditure and 

revenue data and average daily 

attendance statistics on ED Form 2447 

(the National Public Education 

Financial Survey (NPEFS)) for fiscal 

year (FY) 2020, revisions to those 

reports, and revisions to reports for 

previous fiscal years. The Secretary sets 

these dates to ensure that data are 

available to serve as the basis for timely 

distribution of Federal funds. The U.S. 

Census Bureau is the data collection 

agent for this request of the Department 

of Education’s (the Department’s) 

National Center for Education Statistics 

(NCES). The data will be published by 

NCES and will be used by the Secretary 

in the calculation of allocations for FY 

2022 appropriated funds. 

DATES: SEAs can begin submitting data 

on Friday, January 29, 2021. SEAs are 

urged to submit accurate and complete 

data by Friday, March 26, 2021, to 

facilitate timely processing. 

The deadline for the final submission 

of all data, including any revisions to 

previously submitted data for FY 2019 

and FY 2020, is Friday, August 13, 

2021. Any resubmissions of FY 2019 or 

FY 2020 data by SEAs in response to 

requests for clarification or 

reconciliation or other inquiries by 

NCES or the Census Bureau must be 

completed as soon as possible, but no 

later than Tuesday, September 7, 2021. 

All outstanding data issues must be 

reconciled or resolved by the SEAs, 

NCES, and the Census Bureau as soon 

as possible, but no later than September 

7, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: SEAs are encouraged to 

submit data online using the interactive 

survey form on the NPEFS data 

collection website at: http://

surveys.nces.ed.gov/ccdnpefs. The 

NPEFS interactive survey includes a 

digital confirmation page where a 

personal identification number (PIN) 

may be entered. A successful entry of 

the PIN serves as a signature by the 

authorizing official. Alternatively, a 

certification form also may be printed 

from the website, signed by the 

authorizing official, and mailed to the 

Economic Reimbursable Surveys 

Division of the Census Bureau at the 

Washington, DC, address provided 

above, within five business days after 

submission of the NPEFS web 

interactive form. 

In the alternative, SEAs may mail ED 

Form 2447 to: U.S. Census Bureau, 

ATTENTION: Economic Reimbursable 

Surveys Division, 4600 Silver Hill Road, 

Suitland, MD 20746. 

If an SEA’s submission is received by 

the Census Bureau after August 13, 

2021, the SEA must show one of the 

following as proof that the submission 

was mailed on or before that date: 

1. A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service 

postmark. 

2. A legible mail receipt with the date 

of mailing stamped by the U.S. Postal 

Service. 

3. A dated shipping label, invoice, or 

receipt from a commercial carrier. 

4. Any other proof of mailing 

acceptable to the Secretary. 

If the SEA mails ED Form 2447 

through the U.S. Postal Service, the 

Secretary does not accept either of the 

following as proof of mailing: 

1. A private metered postmark. 

2. A mail receipt that is not dated by 

the U.S. Postal Service. 

Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not 

uniformly provide a dated postmark. Before 

relying on this method, an SEA should check 

with its local post office. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stephen Q. Cornman, NPEFS Project 

Director, National Center for Education 

Statistics, Institute of Education 

Sciences, U.S. Department of Education, 

400 Maryland Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20202. Telephone: (202) 245–7753. 

Email: stephen.cornman@ed.gov. You 

may also contact an NPEFS team 

member at the Census Bureau. 

Telephone: 1–800–437–4196 or (301) 

763–1571. Email: erd.npefs.list@

census.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD) or a text 

telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay 

Service, toll free, at 1–800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under 

section 153(a)(1)(I) of the Education 

Sciences Reform Act of 2002, 20 U.S.C. 

9543(a)(1)(I), which authorizes NCES to 

gather data on the financing and 

management of education, NCES 

collects data annually from SEAs 

through ED Form 2447. The report from 

SEAs includes attendance, revenue, and 

expenditure data from which NCES 

determines a State’s ‘‘average per-pupil 

expenditure’’ (SPPE) for elementary and 

secondary education, as defined in 

section 8101(2) of the Elementary and 

Secondary Education Act of 1965, as 

amended (ESEA) (20 U.S.C. 7801(2)). 

In addition to using the SPPE data as 

general information on the financing of 

elementary and secondary education, 

the Secretary uses these data directly in 

calculating allocations for certain 

formula grant programs, including, but 

not limited to, title I, part A, of the 

ESEA, Impact Aid, and Indian 

Education programs. Other programs, 

such as the Education for Homeless 

Children and Youth program under title 

VII of the McKinney-Vento Homeless 

Assistance Act, and the Student Support 

and Academic Enrichment Grants under 

title IV, part A of the ESEA make use of 

SPPE data indirectly because their 

formulas are based, in whole or in part, 

on State title I, part A, allocations. 

In January 2021, the Census Bureau, 

acting as the data collection agent for 

NCES, will email ED Form 2447 to 

SEAs, with instructions, and will 

request that SEAs commence submitting 

FY 2020 data to the Census Bureau on 

Thursday, January 29, 2021. SEAs are 

urged to submit accurate and complete 

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data by Friday, March 26, 2021, to 

facilitate timely processing. 

Submissions by SEAs to the Census 

Bureau will be analyzed for accuracy 

and returned to each SEA for 

verification. SEAs must submit all data, 

including any revisions to FY 2019 and 

FY 2020 data, to the Census Bureau no 

later than Friday, August 13, 2021. Any 

resubmissions of FY 2019 or FY 2020 

data by SEAs in response to requests for 

clarification or reconciliation or other 

inquiries by NCES or the Census Bureau 

must be completed by Tuesday, 

September 7, 2021. Between August 13, 

2021, and September 7, 2021, SEAs may 

also, on their own initiative, resubmit 

data to resolve issues not addressed in 

their final submission of NPEFS data by 

August 13, 2021. All outstanding data 

issues must be reconciled or resolved by 

the SEAs, NCES, and the Census Bureau 

as soon as possible, but no later than 

September 7, 2021. 

In order to facilitate timely 

submission of data, the Census Bureau 

will send reminder notices to SEAs in 

June and July of 2021. 

Having accurate, consistent, and 

timely information is critical to an 

efficient and fair allocation process and 

to the NCES statistical process. The 

Department establishes Friday, August 

13, 2021, as the final date by which the 

SEAs must submit data using either the 

interactive survey form on the NPEFS 

data collection website at: https://

surveys.nces.ed.gov/ccdnpefs or ED 

Form 2447. This date is established to 

ensure that the best, most accurate data 

will be available to support timely 

distribution of Federal education funds. 

Any resubmissions of FY 2019 or FY 

2020 data by SEAs in response to 

requests for clarification or 

reconciliation or other inquiries by 

NCES or the Census Bureau must be 

completed through the interactive 

survey form on the NPEFS data 

collection website or ED Form 2447 by 

Tuesday, September 7, 2021. If an SEA 

submits revised data after the final 

deadline that result in a lower SPPE 

figure, the SEA’s allocations may be 

adjusted downward, or the Department 

may direct the SEA to return funds. 

SEAs should be aware that all of these 

data are subject to audit and that, if any 

inaccuracies are discovered in the audit 

process, the Department may seek 

recovery of overpayments for the 

applicable programs. 

Note: The following are important dates in 

the data collection process for FY 2020 data 

and revisions to reports for previous fiscal 

years: 

Date Activity 

January 29, 2021 ...... SEAs can begin to submit accurate and complete data for FY 2020 and revisions to previously submitted data for FY 

2019. 

March 26, 2021 ......... Date by which SEAs are urged to submit accurate and complete data for FY 2020 and FY 2019. 

August 13, 2021 ........ Mandatory final submission date for FY 2019 and FY 2020 data to be used for program funding allocation purposes. 

September 7, 2021 .... Mandatory final deadline for responses by SEAs to requests for clarification or reconciliation or other inquiries by NCES 

or the Census Bureau. Between August 13, 2021, and September 7, 2021, SEAs may also, on their own initiative, resubmit data to resolve issues not addressed in their final submission of NPEFS data by August 13, 2021. All data 

issues must be resolved. 

Accessible Format: On request to the 

program contact person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, 

individuals with disabilities can obtain 

this document in an accessible format. 

The Department will provide the 

requestor with an accessible format that 

may include Rich Text Format (RTF) or 

text format (txt), a thumb drive, an MP3 

file, braille, large print, audiotape, or 

compact disc, or other accessible format. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

The official version of this document is 

the document published in the Federal 

Register. You may access the official 

edition of the Federal Register and the 

Code of Federal Regulations at 

www.govinfo.gov. At this site you can 

view this document, as well as all other 

documents of this Department 

published in the Federal Register, in 

text or Portable Document Format 

(PDF). To use PDF you must have 

Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

available free at the site. 

You may also access documents of the 

Department published in the Federal 

Register by using the article search 

feature at www.federalregister.gov. 

Specifically, through the advanced 

search feature at this site, you can limit 

your search to documents published by 

the Department. (Authority: 20 U.S.C. 

9543.) 

Craig Stanton, 

Deputy Director of Administration and Policy, 

Institute of Education Sciences. 

[FR Doc. 2020–29112 Filed 12–31–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[Case Number 2020–002; EERE–2020–BT– 

WAV–0009] 

Energy Conservation Program: 

Decision and Order Granting a Waiver 

to Senneca Holdings From the 

Department of Energy Walk-in Cooler 

and Walk-in Freezer Test Procedure 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notification of decision and 

order. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(‘‘DOE’’) gives notification of a Decision 

and Order (Case Number 2020–002) that 

grants to Senneca Holdings (‘‘Senneca’’) 

a waiver from specified portions of the 

DOE test procedure for determining the 

energy consumption of specified walkin cooler and walk-in freezer door 

(‘‘walk-in door’’) basic models. Under 

the Decision and Order, Senneca is 

required to test and rate the specified 

basic models of its walk-in doors in 

accordance with the alternate test 

procedure specified in the Decision and 

Order. 

DATES: The Decision and Order is 

effective on January 4, 2021. The 

Decision and Order will terminate upon 

the compliance date of any future 

amendment to the test procedure for 

walk-in cooler and walk-in freezer doors 

located at title 10 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations (‘‘CFR’’), part 431, subpart 

R, appendix A that addresses the issues 

presented in this waiver. At such time, 

Senneca must use the relevant test 

procedure for this equipment for any 

testing to demonstrate compliance with 

the applicable standards, and any other 

representations of energy use. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ms. Lucy deButts, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Building 

Technologies Office, EE–5B, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20585–0121. Email: AS_Waiver_

Requests@ee.doe.gov. 

Mr. Michael Kido, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Office of the General Counsel, 

Mail Stop GC–33, Forrestal Building, 

1000 Independence Avenue SW, 

Washington, DC 20585–0103.