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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: Financial Status 

and Program Performance Final Report 

for State and Partnership for the Gaining 

Early Awareness and Readiness for 

Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP). 

OMB Control Number: 1840–0782. 

Type of Review: A revision of an 

existing information collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

Local, or Tribal Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 125. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 5,625. 

Abstract: The purpose of this 

information collection is to determine 

whether recipients of Gaining Early 

Awareness and Readiness for 

Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) 

have made substantial progress towards 

meeting the objectives of their 

respective projects, as outlined in their 

grant applications and/or subsequent 

work plans. In addition, the final report 

will enable the Department to evaluate 

each grant project’s fiscal operations for 

the entire grant performance period, and 

compare total expenditures relative to 

federal funds awarded, and actual costshare/matching relative to the total 

amount in the approved grant 

application. This report is a means for 

grantees to share the overall experience 

of their projects and document 

achievements and concerns, and 

describe effects of their projects on 

participants being served; project 

barriers and major accomplishments; 

and evidence of sustainability. The 

report will be GEAR UP’s primary 

method to collect/analyze data on 

students’ high school graduation and 

immediate college enrollment rates. 

Summary of Changes 

If grantees choose to serve students 

for 7 years, they must report on the 7th 

year of activities which include 

following GEAR UP students into the 

first year of postsecondary education 

and any students still in high school. 

The 5 hour burden increase is due to the 

additional time required to collect data 

on GEAR UP students enrolled in 

postsecondary education. 

Dated: January 27, 2014. 

Kate Mullan, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2014–01890 Filed 1–30–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2014–ICCD–0008] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; Charter 

School Authorizer Annual Update 

AGENCY: Office of Innovation and 

Improvement (OII), 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 an extension of an existing 

information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before April 1, 

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–0008 

or via postal mail, commercial delivery, 

or hand delivery. Please note that 

comments submitted by fax or email 

and those submitted after the comment 

period will not be accepted. 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 2E115, 

Washington, DC 20202. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions related to collection activities 

or burden, please call Tomakie 

Washington, 202–401–1097 or 

electronically mail ICDocketMgr@

ed.gov. Please do not send comments 

here. We will ONLY accept comments 

in this mailbox when the 

regulations.gov site is not available to 

the public for any reason. 

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: Charter School 

Authorizer Annual Update. 

OMB Control Number: 1855–0023. 

Type of Review: An extension of an 

existing information collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

Local, or Tribal Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 90. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 2,025. 

Abstract: The U.S. Department of 

Education (ED) has as one of its 

important policy goals expanding the 

number of high-quality public school 

choice options. Specifically, according 

to Part B section 5201 of the Elementary 

and Secondary Education Act, two of 

the established purposes of the 

Charter School Program office are: 

evaluating the effects of charter schools, 

including the effects on students, 


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student academic achievement, staff and 

parents, and expanding the number of 

high-quality charter schools available to 

students across the nation. 

Charter school authorization is at the 

very crux of any efforts to expand and 

ensure high-quality public school 

choice options through public charter 

schools because charter school 

authorizers are the public entities 

primarily responsible for: initial charter 

authorizations, on-going monitoring and 

oversight, and charter renewal and 

closure decisions. 

Currently, there is no other 

comprehensive national database of the 

roughly 900 charter school authorizers 

complete with the schools under their 

authority; some of these data elements 

are available from public documents, 

but they are not made available to the 

public consistently across all 

authorizers. There is also no other 

comprehensive, fully-populated tool for 

tracking the activities of and evaluating 

the quality of authorizers nationwide 

based on their authorizing decisions in 

light of schools performance. This data 

collection will be administered to the all 

charter school authorizers. 

Dated: January 27, 2014. 

Tomakie Washington, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2014–01943 Filed 1–30–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Environmental Management Advisory 

Board 

AGENCY: Office of Environmental 

Management, Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of Renewal. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 

14(a)(2)(A) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463), and in 

accordance with Title 41 of the Code of 

Federal Regulations, section 102– 

3.65(a), and following consultation with 

the Committee Management Secretariat, 

General Services Administration, notice 

is hereby given that the Environmental 

Management Advisory Board (Board) 

will be renewed for a two-year period 

beginning January 23, 2014. 

The Board provides the Assistant 

Secretary for Environmental 

Management (EM) with information and 

strategic advice on a broad range of 

corporate issues affecting the EM 

program. These corporate issues 

include, but are not limited to, project 

management and oversight activities, 

cost/benefit analyses, program 

performance, human capital 

development, and contracts and 

acquisition strategies. 

Additionally, the renewal of the 

Environmental Management Advisory 

Board has been determined to be 

essential to conduct DOE’s business and 

to be in the public interest in 

connection with the performance of 

duties imposed on DOE by law and 

agreement. The Board will operate in 

accordance with the provisions of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, and 

rules and regulations issued in 

implementation of that Act. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Kristen G. Ellis, Designated Federal 

Officer, at (202) 586–5810 or 

kristen.ellis@em.doe.gov. 

Issued in Washington, DC on January 23, 

2014. 

Carol A. Matthews, 

Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2014–02021 Filed 1–30–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Hanford 

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), Hanford. 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: Thursday, March 6, 2014, 8:30 

a.m.—5:00 p.m.; Friday, March 7, 2014, 

8:30 a.m.—3:30 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Red Lion Columbia Center, 

1101 North Columbia Center Blvd., 

Kennewick, WA 99336. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kimberly Ballinger, Federal 

Coordinator, Department of Energy 

Richland Operations Office, 825 Jadwin 

Avenue, P.O. Box 550, A7–75, Richland, 

WA, 99352; Phone: (509) 376–6332; or 

Email: kimberly.ballinger@rl.doe.gov. 

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: 

• Potential Draft Advice 

D 100 N Proposed Plan Draft A 

D Office of River Protection 

Framework Document 

• Discussion Topics 

D Tri-Party Agreement Agencies’ 

Program Updates 

D Hanford Advisory Board Committee 

Reports 

D Emergency Preparedness 

D Potential technical issues at Waste 

Treatment and Immobilization 

Plant 

D Board Business 

Public Participation: The meeting is 

open to the public. The EM SSAB, 

Hanford, welcomes the attendance of 

the public at its 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 Kimberly 

Ballinger at least seven days in advance 

of the meeting at the phone number 

listed above. Written statements may be 

filed with the Board either before or 

after the meeting. Individuals who wish 

to make oral statements pertaining to 

agenda items should contact Kimberly 

Ballinger at the address or telephone 

number listed above. Requests must be 

received five days prior to the meeting 

and reasonable provision will be made 

to include the presentation in the 

agenda. The Deputy 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 

comments will be provided a maximum 

of five minutes to present their 

comments. 

Minutes: Minutes will be available by 

writing or calling Kimberly Ballinger’s 

office at the address or phone number 

listed above. Minutes will also be 

available at the following Web site: 

http://www.hanford.gov/page.cfm/hab. 

Issued at Washington, DC on January 28, 

2014. 

LaTanya R. Butler, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2014–02017 Filed 1–30–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Nevada 

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), Nevada. The Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public 


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