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the committee DFO, or Mr. Lichtman, 

the ADFO, at the email addresses or 

telephone numbers listed in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section, 

at least five (5) business days prior to 

the meeting so that appropriate 

arrangements can be made. 

Written Comments or Statements: 

Pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.105(j) and 

102–3.140 and section 10(a)(3) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, the 

public or interested organizations may 

submit written comments or statements 

to the Board about its mission and/or 

the topics to be addressed in this public 

meeting. Written comments or 

statements should be submitted to Mr. 

Pointon, the committee DFO, or Mr. 

Lichtman, the committee ADFO, via 

electronic mail, the preferred mode of 

submission, at the addresses listed in 

the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section in the following formats: Adobe 

Acrobat or Microsoft Word. The 

comment or statement must include the 

author’s name, title, affiliation, address, 

and daytime telephone number. Written 

comments or statements being 

submitted in response to the agenda set 

forth in this notice must be received by 

the committee DFO or ADFO at least 

five (5) business days prior to the 

meeting so that they may be made 

available to the Board for its 

consideration prior to the meeting. 

Written comments or statements 

received after this date may not be 

provided to the Board until its next 

meeting. Please note that because the 

Board operates under the provisions of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended, all written comments will be 

treated as public documents and will be 

made available for public inspection. 

Verbal Comments: Members of the 

public will be permitted to make verbal 

comments during the Board meeting 

only at the time and in the manner 

allowed herein. If a member of the 

public is interested in making a verbal 

comment at the open meeting, that 

individual must submit a request, with 

a brief statement of the subject matter to 

be addressed by the comment, at least 

three (3) business days in advance to the 

committee DFO or ADFO, via electronic 

mail, the preferred mode of submission, 

at the addresses listed in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. 

The committee DFO and ADFO will log 

each request to make a comment, in the 

order received, and determine whether 

the subject matter of each comment is 

relevant to the Board’s mission and/or 

the topics to be addressed in this public 

meeting. A 15-minute period near the 

end of meeting will be available for 

verbal public comments. Members of 

the public who have requested to make 

a verbal comment and whose comments 

have been deemed relevant under the 

process described above, will be allotted 

no more than three (3) minutes during 

this period, and will be invited to speak 

in the order in which their requests 

were received by the DFO and ADFO. 

Brenda S. Bowen, 

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2015–00831 Filed 1–20–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3720–58–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2015–ICCD–0007] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; 

Reaffirmation Agreement 

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary 

Education (OPE), Department of 

Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), ED is proposing a 

new information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before March 

23, 2015. 

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–2015–ICCD–0007 

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 2E103, 

Washington, DC 20202. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Beth 

Grebeldinger, 202–377–4018. 

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: Reaffirmation 

Agreement. 

OMB Control Number: 1845–NEW. 

Type of Review: A new information 

collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals or Households. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 14,440. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 1,115. 

Abstract: The HEA provides for a 

maximum amount that a borrower can 

receive per year and in total. If a 

borrower receives more than one of 

these maximum amounts, the borrower 

is rendered ineligible for further title IV 

aid (including Federal Pell Grants, 

Federal Supplemental Educational 

Opportunity Grants, Federal WorkStudy, and Teacher Education 

Assistance for Higher Education 

(TEACH) Grants) unless the borrower 

repays the excess amount or agreed to 

repay the excess amount according to 

the terms and conditions of the 

promissory note that the borrower 

signed. Agreeing to repay the excess 

amount according to the terms and 

conditions of the promissory note that 

the borrower signed is called 

‘‘reaffirmation’’, which is the subject of 

this collection. 


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Dated: January 14, 2015. 

Kate Mullan, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2015–00788 Filed 1–20–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

State Energy Advisory Board; Notice 

of Open Teleconference 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of Open Teleconference. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

teleconference call of the State Energy 

Advisory Board (STEAB). 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: Thursday, February 19th 2015 

from 3:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. (ET). To 

receive the call-in number and 

passcode, please contact the Board’s 

Designated Federal Officer at the 

address or phone number listed below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Monica Neukomm, Policy Advisor, 

Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of 

Energy, 1000 Independence Ave. SW., 

Washington, DC 20585. Phone number 

202–287–5189, and email 

moinca.neukomm@ee.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Board: To make 

recommendations to the Assistant 

Secretary for the Office of Energy 

Efficiency and Renewable Energy 

regarding goals and objectives, 

programmatic and administrative 

policies, and to otherwise carry out the 

Board’s responsibilities as designated in 

the State Energy Efficiency Programs 

Improvement Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101– 

440). 

Tentative Agenda: Receive STEAB 

Task Force updates on action items and 

revised objectives for FY 2015, discuss 

follow-up discussion opportunities and 

engagement with EERE staff who 

participated in the January meeting, 

discuss upcoming FY 2015 Board 

meetings, and receive updates on 

member activities within their states. 

Public Participation: The meeting is 

open to the public. Written statements 

may be filed with the Board either 

before or after the meeting. Members of 

the public who wish to make oral 

statements pertaining to agenda items 

should contact Monica Neukomm at the 

address or telephone number listed 

above. Requests to make oral comments 

must be received five days prior to the 

meeting; reasonable provision will be 

made to include requested topic(s) on 

the agenda. The Chair of the Board is 

empowered to conduct the meeting in a 

fashion that will facilitate the orderly 

conduct of business. 

Minutes: The minutes of the meeting 

will be available for public review and 

copying within 60 days on the STEAB 

Web site at: www.steab.org. 

Issued at Washington, DC, on January 14, 

2015. 

LaTanya R. Butler, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2015–00895 Filed 1–20–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Quadrennial Technology Review 

Framing Document 

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary 

for Science and Energy, Quadrennial 

Technology Review Task Force, 

Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of availability and 

request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE or Department) has 

initiated the second Quadrennial 

Technology Review (QTR). The DOE– 

QTR–2015 Framing Document has been 

developed as a principle means of 

facilitating stakeholder engagement in 

the QTR process. The framing document 

describes the Nation’s energy landscape 

and challenges, important research, 

development, demonstration and 

deployment (RDD&D) opportunities 

across energy supply and end-uses in 

working towards addressing U.S. 

energy-linked economic, environmental, 

and national security challenges. The 

insight gained from QTR process will 

provide essential information for 

decision-makers as they develop 

funding decisions, approaches to 

public-private partnerships, and other 

strategic actions over the next five years. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted on or before February 20, 

2015. 

ADDRESSES: A copy of the framing 

document can be found at http:// 

www.energy.gov/qtr. 

Comments may be submitted 

electronically to: DOEQTR2015@hq.doe.gov or by U.S. mail to 

the Office of the Under Secretary of 

Science and Energy, S–4, QTR Meeting 

Comments, U.S. Department of Energy, 

1000 Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0121. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Sam Baldwin, S–4, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Office of the Under Secretary for 

Science and Energy, 1000 Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585– 

0121. Telephone: (202) 586–0927. 

Email: DOE-QTR2015@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

nation faces serious energy-linked 

economic, environmental, and security 

challenges. Addressing these challenges 

requires an aggressive plan for our 

science and energy enterprise while 

ensuring that America maintains its 

leadership in a broad range of science 

and technology activities. These 

activities include basic and applied 

research in the physical sciences, 

developing the next generation of 

computational technology and 

developing and maintaining world class 

scientific user facilities. The output of 

the QTR process will be coordinated 

with the Quadrennial Energy Review 

(QER). These planning products will 

build and extend existing strategic, 

program and budget planning activities 

within the Science and Energy offices 

and are expected to inform ongoing 

budget discussions. 

The QTR 2015, focusing on DOE 

energy technology RDD&D activities, 

builds upon the first QTR in 2011, and 

complements the work of the QER, 

which focuses on government-wide 

energy policy. The 2011 QTR was 

developed in response to the Report to 

the President on ‘‘Accelerating the Pace 

of Change in Energy Technologies 

through an Integrated Federal Energy 

Policy’’ by the President’s Council of 

Advisors on Science and Technology. 

The first QTR defined a framework for 

understanding and discussing energy 

system challenges, established a set of 

priorities for the Department, and 

explained to stakeholders the roles of 

DOE and the national laboratories, the 

broader government, the private sector, 

academia, and innovation in energy 

transformation. 

QTR 2015 will describe the nation’s 

energy landscape and the dramatic 

changes that have taken place in the last 

four years. Specifically, it will begin by 

building on the first QTR and 

identifying what has changed in the 

technologies reviewed within it since 

2011. It will then identify the RDD&D 

activities, opportunities, and pathways 

forward to help address our national 

energy challenges. QTR 2015 will 

approach the analysis from a strong 

systems perspective, it will explore the 

integration of science and energy 

technology RDD&D, it will examine 

cross-cutting technology RDD&D, and it 


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