Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 239 / Wednesday, December 12, 2012 / Notices 73995 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction of 1995, ED is 

proposing a revision of an existing 

information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before January 

11, 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–2012–ICCD–0063 

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 

2E117, Washington, DC 20202–4537. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

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: Annual Mandatory 

Collection of Elementary and Secondary 

Education Data for EDFacts. 

OMB Control Number: 1875–0240. 

Type of Review: Revision of an 

existing information collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

Local or Tribal Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 55. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 116,325. 

Abstract: The collection, use, and 

reporting of education data is an integral 

component of the mission of the U.S. 

Department of Education (ED). EDFacts, 

an ED initiative to put performance data 

at the center of ED’s policy, 

management, and budget decisionmaking processes for all K–12 

educational programs, has transformed 

the way in which ED collects and uses 

data. EDFacts provides an electronic 

submission system for state education 

agencies (SEAs), and centralizes within 

ED the availability of the performance 

data supplied by SEAs to enable better 

analysis and use in policy development, 

planning, and management. ED is 

currently in the process of collecting 

data for the 2010–11, 2011–12, and 

2012–13 school years as approved by 

OMB (1875–0240). ED seeks another 

three-year approval for this collection. 

The proposed collection includes the 

2013–14, 2014–15, and 2015–16 school 

years. (As part of this approval, it 

should be understood that ED is 

authorized to collect the data about 

these school years over whatever time is 

required to secure complete and 

accurate data from each state education 

agency.) ED seeks OMB approval under 

the Paperwork Reduction Act to collect 

the elementary and secondary education 

data from state education agencies as 

described in the five sections of 

Attachment B that document all of the 

data groups. ED encourages the public 

to review, at a minimum, Attachment C, 

which outlines the changes between 

what is currently collected and what is 

newly proposed for collection. To the 

extent that any of these proposed new 

data groups are not available as of the 

2013–14 school year, ED seeks to know 

from the SEA data providers if those 

data will be available in future years. If 

information for a data group is not 

currently available, please provide 

information beyond the fact that it is not 

available. Are there specific 

impediments to providing this data that 

you can describe? Is the definition for 

the data group unclear or ambiguous? 

Do the requested permitted values align 

with the way your state collects the 

data? This is very important information 

because the collection of these data is 

mandatory. ED also seeks to know if the 

SEA data definitions are consistent and 

compatible with the EDFacts definitions 

and accurately reflect the way data is 

stored and used for education by state 

education agencies. The answers to 

these questions by the data providers 

will influence the timing and content of 

the final EDFacts proposal for the 

collection of these data. 

Dated: December 6, 2012. 

Stephanie Valentine, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services,Office of 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2012–29924 Filed 12–11–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No. ED–2012–OSERS–0031] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; Title 

I State Plan for Vocational 

Rehabilitation Services and Title VI– 

Part B Supplement for Supported 

Employment Services 

AGENCY: Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services (OSERS), 

Department of Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is 

proposing an extension of an existing 

information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before January 

11, 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–2012–OSERS– 

0031or 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 2E117, Washington, DC 

20202–4537. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Electronically mail 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Please do not 

send comments here. 

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73996 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 239 / Wednesday, December 12, 2012 / Notices 

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: Title I State Plan 

for Vocational Rehabilitation Services 

and Title VI–Part B Supplement for 

Supported Employment Services. 

OMB Control Number: 1820–0500. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change of an existing collection of 

information, 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

Local, or Tribal Governments, 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 80, 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 1,002,000, 

Abstract: The Rehabilitation Act of 

1973, as amended, requires each state to 

submit to the Commissioner of the 

Rehabilitation Services Administration 

(RSA) a State Plan for the Vocational 

Rehabilitation (VR) Services program, 

and the State Supported Employment 

(SE) Services program, that meets 

requirements of Sections 101(a) and 625 

of the Act. Program funding is 

contingent on Departmental approval of 

the State Plan and its supplement. 

Dated: December 6, 2012. 

Tomakie Washington, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2012–29922 Filed 12–11–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Notice of Availability for the Draft 

Programmatic Environmental 

Assessment for the Recycling of Scrap 

Metals Originating From Radiological 

Areas 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(DOE) announces the availability for 

public review and comment of the Draft 

Programmatic Environmental 

Assessment (PEA) for the Recycling of 

Scrap Metals Originating from 

Radiological Areas. On September 28, 

2011, the Secretary of Energy approved 

a recommendation, contingent on the 

completion of the appropriate National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) 

review, to delegate authority to manage 

radiological clearance and release of 

scrap metal from radiological areas to 

each Under Secretary for sites under his 

or her cognizance, in accordance with 

the processes contained in DOE Order 

458.1 (which replaces the order 

previously governing release 

procedures). This Draft PEA for the 

Recycling of Scrap Metals Originating 

from Radiological Areas analyzes the 

potential environmental impacts 

associated with resuming the clearance 

of scrap metal, originating from DOE 

radiological areas, for recycling 

pursuant to improved procedures 

designed to assure that clearance for 

release is limited to metals meeting 

stringent criteria. This Draft PEA also 

analyzes the reasonable alternatives to 

this proposal. Metals with volumetric 

radiological contamination, and scrap 

metals resulting from Resource 

Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) 

and Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation, and Liability 

Act (CERCLA), are not included in the 

scope of this PEA. 

DATES: DOE invites Federal agencies, 

state and local governments, Native 

American tribes, industry, other 

interested organizations, and members 

of the public to submit comments on the 

Draft PEA during the public comment 

period which starts with the publication 

of the Notice of Availability in the 

Federal Register and extends for 30 

days until January 11, 2013. DOE will 

consider comments received after this 

date to the extent practicable. 

ADDRESSES: The Draft PEA for the 

Recycle of Scrap Metal Originating from 

Radiological Areas is available for 

review on the DOE NEPA Web site at: 

http://www.energy.gov/nepa and on the 

National Nuclear Security 

Administration (NNSA) NEPA Web site 

at: http://nnsa.energy.gov/nepa. 

Comments on the Draft PEA for the 

Recycle of Scrap Metal Originating from 

Radiological Areas may be submitted 

electronically via email to Scrap_PEA 

comments@hq.doe.gov. Alternatively, 

written comments may be sent by postal 

mail to: Dr. Jane Summerson, DOE 

NNSA, P.O. Box 5400, Bldg 401, K.AFB 

East, Albuquerque, NM 87185. 

For general information about the 

DOE NEPA process, please contact: Ms. 

Carol Borgstrom, Director, Office of 

NEPA Policy and Compliance (GC–54), 

U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585, telephone (202) 

586–4600, or leave a message at 1–800– 

472–2756. Additional information 

regarding DOE NEPA activities and 

access to many of DOE’s NEPA 

documents are available on the Internet 

through the DOE NEPA Web site at 

http://www.energy.gov/nepa. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DOE has 

prepared the Draft PEA for Recycling of 

Scrap Metals Originating from 

Radiological Areas in accordance with 

Council on Environmental Quality 

regulations (40 CFR Parts 1500—1508) 

that implement NEPA and DOE’s NEPA 

Implementing Procedures (10 CFR Part 

1021). 

Background: On July 13, 2000, the 

Secretary of Energy imposed an agencywide suspension on the unrestricted 

release of scrap metal originating from 

radiological areas at DOE facilities for 

the purpose of recycling. The 

suspension was imposed in response to 

public concerns about the potential 

effects of radioactivity in or on metal 

recycled from the Department’s 

facilities. Other materials continued to 

be controlled and cleared for release 

under the requirements of DOE Order 

5400.5, Radiation Protection of the 

Public and the Environment. Initially, 

the suspension was to remain in effect 

until December 31, 2000, while the 

Department developed and 

implemented improvements, revised its 

directives and associated guidance 

documents applicable to scrap metal 

releases, and engaged the public in a 

dialogue regarding DOE radiological 

release practices through the NEPA 

process. In 2001, DOE announced its 

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