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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. 

[FR Doc. E9–23688 Filed 9–30–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

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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implementation of the Economic 

Recovery Act, review details of the 

upcoming November Board Meeting in 

Raleigh, NC, and update members on 

the Board’s routine business matters. 

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 Gary Burch 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, http://www.steab.org. 

Issued at Washington, DC, on 

September 24, 2009. 

Rachel Samuel, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–23682 Filed 9–30–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 271–128] 

Entergy Arkansas, Inc.; Notice of 

Application for Amendment of License 

and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 

Intervene, and Protests 

September 24, 2009. 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection: 

a. Application Type: Amendment of 

license. 

b. Project No: 271–128. 

c. Date Filed: July 30, 2009. 

d. Applicant: Entergy Arkansas, Inc. 

e. Name of Project: Carpenter-Remmel 

Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Location: Lakes Hamilton and 

Catherine on the Quachita River in Hot 

Springs and Garland Counties, 

Arkansas. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act, 16 U.S.C. 791a—825r. 

h. Applicant Contact: Blake Hogue, 

(501) 844–2197. 

i. FERC Contact: Mark Carter, (202) 

502–6554. 

j. Deadline for filing comments, 

motions to intervene, and protests: 

October 26, 2009. 

All documents (original and eight 

copies) should be filed with: Secretary, 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 

20426. 

The Commission’s Rules of Practice 

and Procedure require all interveners 

filing documents with the Commission 

to serve a copy of that document on 

each person whose name appears on the 

official service list for the project. 

Further, if an intervener files comments 

or documents with the Commission 

relating to the merits of an issue that 

may affect the responsibilities of a 

particular resource agency, it must also 

serve a copy of the document on that 

resource agency. A copy of any motion 

to intervene must also be served upon 

each representative of the Applicant 

specified in the particular application. 

k. Description of Request: Entergy 

Arkansas, Inc. (licensee) requests a 

license amendment that would delegate 

authority for dredging and excavation 

activities to the licensee, for up to 500 

cubic yards of material. Prior to filing of 

the application, the licensee consulted 

with the Arkansas Historic Preservation 

Program, Arkansas Department of 

Environmental Quality, Arkansas Game 

and Fish Commission, Arkansas 

Department of Parks & Tourism, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, and U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service. 

l. Locations of the Application: A 

copy of the application is available for 

inspection and reproduction at the 

Commission’s Public Reference Room, 

located at 888 First Street, NE., Room 

2A, Washington, DC 20426, or by calling 

(202) 502–8371. This filing may also be 

viewed on the Commission’s Web site at 

http://www.ferc.gov using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket 

number excluding the last three digits in 

the docket number field to access the 

document. You may also register online 

at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filings and issuances 

related to this or other pending projects. 

For assistance, call 1–866–208–3372 or 

e-mail FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, 

for TTY, call (202) 502–8659. A copy is 

also available for inspection and 

reproduction at the address in item (h) 

above. 

m. Individuals desiring to be included 

on the Commission’s mailing list should 

so indicate by writing to the Secretary 

of the Commission. 

n. Comments, Protests, or Motions to 

Intervene: Anyone may submit 

comments, a protest, or a motion to 

intervene in accordance with the 

requirements of Rules of Practice and 

Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211, .214. 

In determining the appropriate action to 

take, the Commission will consider all 

protests or other comments filed, but 

only those who file a motion to 

intervene in accordance with the 

Commission’s Rules may become a 

party to the proceeding. Any comments, 

protests, or motions to intervene must 

be received on or before the specified 

comment date for the particular 

application. 

o. Any filings must bear in all capital 

letters the title ‘‘COMMENTS’’, 

‘‘PROTEST’’, or ‘‘MOTION TO 

INTERVENE’’, as applicable, and the 

Project Number of the particular 

application to which the filing refers. 

p. Agency Comments: Federal, State, 

and local agencies are invited to file 

comments on the described application. 

A copy of the application may be 

obtained by agencies directly from the 

Applicant. If an agency does not file 

comments within the time specified for 

filing comments, it will be presumed to 

have no comments. One copy of an 

agency’s comments must also be sent to 

the Applicant’s representatives. 

q. Comments, protests and 

interventions may be filed electronically 

via the Internet in lieu of paper. See, 18 

CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the 

instructions on the Commission’s Web 

site at http://www.ferc.gov under the 

‘‘e-Filing’’ link. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–23657 Filed 9–30–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Combined Notice of Filings #1 

September 24, 2009. 

Take notice that the Commission 

received the following electric corporate 

filings: 

Docket Numbers: EC09–72–000. 

Applicants: MACH Gen, LLC, Merrill 

Lynch GENCO II, LLC. 

Description: Notice of Disposition of 

Jurisdictional Facilities of Merrill Lynch 

Genco II, LLC. 

Filed Date: 09/23/2009. 

Accession Number: 20090923–5050. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Wednesday, October 14, 2009. 

Take notice that the Commission 

received the following electric rate 

filings: 

Docket Numbers: ER01–313–011; 

ER01–424–011. 

Applicants: California Independent 

System Operator Corporation; Pacific 

Gas and Electric Company. 


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