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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: Program for 

International Student Assessments 

(PISA) Validation Study. 

OMB Control Number: 1850–NEW. 

Type of Review: A new collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals or households. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 5,810. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 2,240. 

Abstract: PISA (Program for 

International Student Assessment OMB 

#1850–0755) is an international 

assessment of 15-year-olds designed to 

evaluate, at the end of compulsory 

education, how well students are 

prepared for further education or entry 

into the workforce and, more 

fundamentally, to contribute to society 

as functioning young adults. However, 

PISA has been implemented as a crosssectional study and, thus, the claim that 

PISA assesses key competencies for later 

success has never been tested in the 

United States. What is lacking is an 

empirical linkage between PISA and 

measures of successful transition from 

high school to postsecondary education, 

the workforce, or the types of skills 

required for successful participation in 

adult life. This Validation Study is 

designed to provide this empirical 

linkage. (A separate OMB number is 

being requested for this clearance since 

it is a separate study from the PISA 

#1850–0755 collection.) Students in the 

U.S. who participated in PISA in 2012 

and supplied contact information will 

be contacted in early 2013 and invited 

to participate in the PISA Validation 

Study. In 2015, when these students 

will be 18 years old, they will be asked 

to complete an online questionnaire and 

assessment, based on those used in the 

Program for the International 

Assessment of Adult Competencies 

(PIAAC), assessing their literacy, 

numeracy, and problem-solving skills, 

and asking them about their educational 

attainment, education and work 

experiences, skills used in daily life, 

and aspects of health and well-being. 

This submission is for address updates 

of both filed trial and main study 

sample members, and will be followed 

in 2014 by requests for field test and 

main study recruitment and data 

collections activities. 

Kate Mullan, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2013–22473 Filed 9–13–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2013–ICCD–0123] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; Lender’s 

Request for Payment of Interest and 

Special Allowance—LaRS 

AGENCY: Federal Student Aid (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 an extension of an existing 

information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before 

November 15, 2013. 

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–2013–ICCD–0123 

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, Room 

2E103, Washington, DC 20202–4537. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions related to collection activities 

or burden, please call Kate Mullan, 202– 

401–0563 or electronically mail 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Please do not 

send comments here. 

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: Lender’s Request 

for Payment of Interest and Special 

Allowance—LaRS. 

OMB Control Number: 1845–0013. 

Type of Review: An extension of an 

existing information collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

Local, or Tribal Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 8,232. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 20,066. 

Abstract: The Lender’s Request for 

Payment of Interest and Special 

Allowance (ED Form 799) is used by 

approximately 2,900 lenders 

participating in Title IV, Part B loan 

programs. The ED Form 799 is used to 

pay interest and special allowance to 

holders of the Part B loans; and to 

capture quarterly data from lender’s 

loan portfolio for financial and 

budgetary projections. 

Kate Mullan, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2013–22430 Filed 9–13–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Adjustment of Indemnification for 

Inflation 

AGENCY: Office of General Counsel, U.S 

Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of adjusted 

indemnification amount. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(DOE) is announcing the adjusted 

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amount of indemnification provided 

under subsection 170d. of the Atomic 

Energy Act of 1954 (AEA), 42 U.S.C. 

2210d., commonly known as the PriceAnderson Act. Subsection 170t. of the 

AEA requires an inflation adjustment of 

the indemnification amount at least 

once during each 5-year period 

following July 1, 2003, in accordance 

with the aggregate percentage change in 

the Consumer Price Index (CPI) . This 

notice announces $12,697,798,000 as 

the second inflation-adjusted amount 

based on the aggregate percentage 

change in the CPI during the 5-year 

period from July 2008 to July 2013. 

DATES: This action is effective 

September 16, 2013. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sophia Angelini, Attorney Advisor (GC– 

52), Office of the General Counsel, U.S. 

Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Ave. SW., Washington, 

DC 20585, (202) 586–0319. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The PriceAnderson Act, section 170 of the AEA 

(42 U.S.C. 2210), establishes a system of 

financial protection for persons who 

may be liable for a ‘‘nuclear incident,’’ 

as defined at section 11q. of the AEA (42 

U.S.C. 2014q.). The Price-Anderson Act 

is administered by the DOE with respect 

to the nuclear activities of contractors 

acting on DOE’s behalf. Subsection 

170d. provides that the Secretary of 

Energy shall enter into agreements of 

indemnification with any person who 

may conduct activities under a contract 

with DOE that involve the risk of public 

liability and that are not subject to the 

financial protection requirements of the 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission system. 

DOE’s Price-Anderson Act 

indemnification contract provisions are 

codified in the Department of Energy 

Acquisition Regulation (DEAR), which 

sets forth a standard nuclear 

indemnification clause, the Nuclear 

Hazard Indemnity Clause at 48 CFR 

952.250–70, that is incorporated into all 

DOE contracts and subcontracts 

involving source, special nuclear, or byproduct material. 

Subsection 170t.(2) of the AEA 

requires that the Secretary adjust for 

inflation the amount of indemnification 

provided under an indemnification 

agreement pursuant to subsection 170d. 

at least once during each 5-year period 

following July 1, 2003, in accordance 

with the aggregate percentage change in 

the Consumer Price Index (CPI). The CPI 

is defined in subsection 170t.(3) to mean 

the CPI for all urban consumers 

published by the Secretary of Labor. 

DOE’s initial adjustment increased the 

indemnification amount to $11.961 

billion, 74 FR 52793 (October 14, 2009). 

This notice announces DOE’s second 

periodic inflation adjustment for the 

5-year period following July 1, 2013 

based on the aggregate percentage 

change in the CPI between July 1, 2008 

and July 1, 2013. 

The CPI in July 2008 was 219.964. In 

June 2013, the CPI was 233.504. This 

difference represents an increase of 

approximately 6.16%. Application of 

this increase to the initial inflationadjusted $11.961 billion DOE 

indemnification amount results in an 

inflation-adjusted indemnification 

amount rounded to the nearest thousand 

of $12,697,798,000. 

The inflation adjustment under AEA, 

subsection 170t., applies only to a 

nuclear incident within the United 

States. There is no corresponding 

inflation adjustment for a nuclear 

incident outside the United States. 

Accordingly, the indemnification 

amount for a nuclear incident outside 

the United States continues to be $500 

million. 

The next inflation adjustment will be 

based on the incremental change in the 

CPI between July 1, 2013 and the date 

of the adjustment, which will be no later 

than July 1, 2018. 

This notice of indemnification 

inflation adjustment is a ‘‘rule’’ as 

defined in the Administrative Procedure 

Act (APA) (5 U.S.C. 551(4)). However, 

the APA (5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B)) does not 

require an agency to use the public 

notice and comment process ‘‘when the 

agency for good cause finds (and 

incorporates the finding and a brief 

statement of reasons therefore in the 

rules issued) that notice and public 

procedure thereon are impracticable, 

unnecessary, or contrary to the public 

interest.’’ In this instance, DOE has 

concluded that solicitation of public 

comment is unnecessary. Congress has 

required DOE to adjust the amount of 

indemnification provided under an 

agreement of indemnification pursuant 

to section 170d. to reflect inflation in 

the initial and each subsequent 5-year 

period following July 1, 2003. The 

statute provides no discretion regarding 

the substance of the adjustment. DOE is 

required only to perform a ministerial 

computation to determine the relevant 

amount. On the same basis, DOE finds 

good cause, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 

553(d)(3) to waive the requirement for a 

30-day delay in the effective date for 

this rule. As such, this rule is effective 

September 16, 2013. 

DOE has determined that this notice 

of indemnification inflation adjustment 

is the type of action that does not 

individually or cumulatively have a 

significant impact on the human 

environment as set forth in DOE’s 

regulations implementing the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 

U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). Specifically, the 

rule is covered under the categorical 

exclusion in paragraph A6 of Appendix 

A to subpart D, 10 CFR part 1021, which 

applies to rulemakings that are strictly 

procedural. Accordingly, neither an 

environmental assessment nor an 

environmental impact statement is 

required. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on September 6, 

2013. 

Ernest J. Moniz, 

Secretary of Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2013–22494 Filed 9–13–13; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Nuclear Infrastructure Programmatic 

Environmental Impact Statement 

Supplement Analysis Determination 

for Plutonium-238 Production for 

Radioisotope Power Systems 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of availability of 

supplement analysis and determination. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(DOE) has completed the Supplement 

Analysis (SA) of the Programmatic 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

Accomplishing Expanded Civilian 

Nuclear Energy Research and 

Development and Isotope Production 

Missions in the United States, Including 

the Role of the Fast Flux Test Facility 

(Nuclear Infrastructure or NI PEIS) 

(DOE/EIS–0310) published in December 

2000. In accordance with DOE’s 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) Implementing Procedures at 10 

CFR 1021.314, DOE has determined that 

the SA has not identified substantial 

changes to the original proposal for 

production of Pu-238 analyzed in the NI 

PEIS or significant new circumstances 

or information relevant to 

environmental concerns which would 

warrant preparation of a supplement to 

the NI PEIS or a new EIS and that the 

NI PEIS Record of Decision (ROD) 

published on January 26, 2001 (66 FR 

7877) may be implemented without any 

additional NEPA review. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information on the Pu-238 

Production Program, please contact: Ms. 

Rebecca Onuschak, Pu-238 Production 

Program Manager, Office of Space and 

Defense Power Systems (NE–75), Office 

of Nuclear Energy, U.S. Department of 

Energy, 1000 Independence Ave. SW., 

Washington, DC 20585, Phone 301–903– 

0023, Rebecca.onuschak@

nuclear.energy.gov. 

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