50788 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 189 / Thursday, October 1, 2009 / Notices 

Dated: September 21, 2009. 

Patricia L. Toppings, 

OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, 

Department of Defense. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Air Force 

[Docket ID: USAF–2009–0022] 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

ACTION: Notice. 

The Department of Defense has 

submitted to OMB for clearance, the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

comments received by November 2, 

2009. 

Title, Form, and OMB Number: Air 

Force Recruiting Information Support 

System (AFRISS); OMB control number 

0701–0150. 

Type of Request: Extension. 

Number of Respondents: 3,100. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Annual Responses: 3,100. 

Average Burden per Response: 20 

minutes. 

Annual Burden Hours: 1,033. 

Needs and Uses: Air Force Recruiting 

Service requires the collection of 

specific information on prospective Air 

Force enlistees (prospective Air Force 

enlistees include Active, Guard, and 

Reserve) entering the Air Force. The 

information is used to create the initial 

personnel record, prescreen and qualify 

enlistees fit for service and ultimately 

induction. The information is also 

collected to process security clearances 

and to record metrics to be used for 

demographics/market research and 

system performance. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. 

OMB Desk Officer: Ms. Jasmeet 

Seehra. 

Written comments and 

recommendations on the proposed 

information collection should be sent to 

Ms. Seehra at the Office of Management 

and Budget, Desk Officer for DoD, Room 

10236, New Executive Office Building, 

Washington, DC 20503. 

You may also submit comments, 

identified by docket number and title, 

by the following method: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name, docket 

number and title for this Federal 

Register document. The general policy 

for comments and other submissions 

from members of the public is to make 

these submissions available for public 

viewing on the Internet at http:// 

www.regulations.gov as they are 

received without change, including any 

personal identifiers or contact 

information. 

DoD Clearance Officer: Ms. Patricia 

Toppings. 

Written requests for copies of the 

information collection proposal should 

be sent to Ms. Toppings at WHS/ESD/ 

Information Management Division, 1777 

North Kent Street, RPN, Suite 11000, 

Arlington, VA 22209–2133. 

Dated: September 21, 2009. 

Patricia L. Toppings, 

OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, 

Department of Defense. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

[Docket No. USA–2009–0019] 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

ACTION: Notice. 

The Department of Defense has 

submitted to OMB for clearance, the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

comments received by November 2, 

2009. 

Title, Form and OMB Number: Lock 

Performance Monitoring System 

(LMPS); Waterway Traffic Report, ENG 

FORMS 3102C and 3102D; OMB Control 

Number 0710–0008. 

Type of Request: Extension. 

Number of Respondents: 5,132. 

Responses per Respondent: 98.31. 

Annual Responses: 504,527. 

Average Burden per Response: 2.5 

minutes. 

Annual Burden Hours: 21,022. 

Needs and Uses: The U.S. Army 

Corps of Engineers utilizes the data 

collected to monitor and analyze the use 

and operation of Federally owned and 

operated locks; owners, agents and 

masters of vessels and estimated 

tonnage and commodities carried. The 

information is used for sizing and 

scheduling replacement or maintenance 

of locks and canals. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

OMB Desk Officer: Mr. Jim Laity. 

Written comments and 

recommendations on the proposed 

information collection should be sent to 

Mr. Laity at the Office of Management 

and Budget, Desk Officer for DoD, Room 

10236, New Executive Office Building, 

Washington, DC 20503. 

You may also submit comments, 

identified by docket number and title, 

by the following method: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name, docket 

number and title for this Federal 

Register document. The general policy 

for comments and other submissions 

from members of the public is to make 

these submissions available for public 

viewing on the Internet at http:// 

www.regulations.gov as they are 

received without change, including any 

personal identifiers or contact 

information. 

DOD Clearance Officer: Ms. Patricia 

Toppings. 

Written requests for copies of the 

information collection proposal should 

be sent to Ms. Toppings at WHS/ESD/ 

Information Management Division, 1777 

North Kent Street, RPN, Suite 11000, 

Arlington, VA 22209–2133. 

Dated: September 21, 2009. 

Patricia L. Toppings, 

OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, 

Department of Defense. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection Requests 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed information 

collection requests. 

SUMMARY: The Director, Information 

Collection Clearance Division, 

Regulatory Information Management 

Services, Office of Management, invites 

comments on the proposed information 

collection requests as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: An emergency review has been 

requested in accordance with the Act 


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(44 U.S.C. Chapter 3507 (j)), since 

public harm is reasonably likely to 

result if normal clearance procedures 

are followed. Approval by the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) has 

been requested by November 1, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments 

regarding the emergency review should 

be addressed to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attention: Education Desk Officer, 

Office of Management and Budget; 725 

17th Street, NW., Room 10222, New 

Executive Office Building, Washington, 

DC 20503 or e-mailed to 

oira_submission@omb.eop.gov or faxed 

to (202) 395–5806. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires 

that the Director of OMB provide 

interested Federal agencies and the 

public an early opportunity to comment 

on information collection requests. The 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) may amend or waive the 

requirement for public consultation to 

the extent that public participation in 

the approval process would defeat the 

purpose of the information collection, 

violate State or Federal law, or 

substantially interfere with any agency’s 

ability to perform its statutory 

obligations. The Director, Information 

Collection Clearance Division, 

Regulatory Information Management 

Services, Office of Management, 

publishes this notice containing 

proposed information collection 

requests at the beginning of the 

Departmental review of the information 

collection. Each proposed information 

collection, grouped by office, contains 

the following: (1) Type of review 

requested, e.g., new, revision, extension, 

existing or reinstatement; (2) Title; (3) 

Summary of the collection; (4) 

Description of the need for, and 

proposed use of, the information; (5) 

Respondents and frequency of 

collection; and (6) Reporting and/or 

Recordkeeping burden. ED invites 

public comment. 

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 respondents, including 

through the use of information 

technology. 

Dated: September 28, 2009. 

Angela C. Arrington, 

Director, Information Collection Clearance 

Division, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Institute of Education Sciences 

Type of Review: Emergency. 

Title: Trends in International 

Mathematics and Science Study 

(TIMSS:11) and Progress in 

International Reading Literacy Study 

(PIRLS:11). 

Abstract: NCES seeks OMB approval 

for Trends in International Mathematics 

and Science Study (TIMSS) 2011 and 

the Progress in International Reading 

Literacy Study (PIRLS) 2011, both 

coordinated by the International 

Association for the Evaluation of 

Educational Achievement (IEA). TIMSS 

is administered every four years in more 

than 60 countries and provides data for 

internationally benchmarking U.S. 

performance in mathematics and 

science at the fourth- and eighth-grade 

levels against other countries around the 

world. PIRLS is administered every five 

years in more than 50 countries and 

provides assessment data for 

internationally benchmarking U.S. 

performance in fourth-grade reading. 

The international field test for the two 

studies will begin on March 1, 2010, 

and the full scale collection in AprilMay 2011. The Department is seeking 

emergency processing for the 

recruitment and field test activities for 

this collection. The collection for the 

full-scale study will be submitted at the 

later date under the normal clearance 

process. 

Additional Information: NCES is 

requesting that the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

approve on an emergency basis the 

PIRLS/TIMSS March-April 2010 field 

test, including recruitment of selected 

schools, school districts, and State 

education agencies for the field test 

starting in November 2009. In order to 

have a reasonable chance to meet the 

minimum number of schools for the 

PIRLS and TIMSS field test and to 

conduct a valid field test including of 

the response rates under the proposed 

joint sampling plan, NCES must initiate 

contact with states and school districts 

as soon as possible after it receives the 

list of sample schools chosen by the 

IEA, in early November. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

household; State, Local, or Tribal Gov’t, 

SEAs or LEAs. 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour 

Burden: 

Responses: 6,739. 

Burden Hours: 5,783. 

Requests for copies of the proposed 

information collection request may be 

accessed from http://edicsweb.ed.gov, 

by selecting the ‘‘Browse Pending 

Collections’’ link and by clicking on 

link number 4148. When you access the 

information collection, click on 

‘‘Download Attachments’’ to view. 

Written requests for information should 

be addressed to U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

LBJ, Washington, DC 20202–4537. 

Requests may also be electronically 

mailed to the Internet address 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed to 202– 

401–0920. Please specify the complete 

title of the information collection when 

making your request. 

Comments regarding burden and/or 

the collection activity requirements 

should be electronically mailed to 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Individuals who 

use a telecommunications device for the 

deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 

1–800–877–8339. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

State Energy Advisory Board; Notice 

of Open Teleconference 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open teleconference. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting 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: October 21, 2009, 2 to 3 p.m. 

EDT. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary 

Burch, STEAB Designated Federal 

Officer, Office of Commercialization and 

Project Management, Energy Efficiency 

Division, Golden Field Office, U.S. 

Department of Energy, 1617 Cole 

Boulevard, Golden, CO 80401, 

Telephone 303–275–4801. 

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: Discuss ways 

STEAB can support DOE’s 


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