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other government agencies, and 

approved international partners for 

intelligence, force protection, national 

security, and law enforcement purposes. 

Affected Public: Federal Government, 

Individuals or Households 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

OMB Desk Officer: Ms. Jasmeet 

Seehra. 

Written comments and 

recommendations on the proposed 

information collection should be sent to 

Ms. Jasmeet 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, 4800 

Mark Center Drive, East Tower, Suite 

02G09, Alexandria, VA 22350–3100. 

Dated: August 1, 2014. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2014–18581 Filed 8–5–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army, Corps of 

Engineers 

Policy and Procedural Guidance for 

Processing Requests To Alter U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers Civil Works 

Projects 

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 

DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers (USACE) has issued an 

Engineer Circular to provide guidance 

related to how USACE will process 

requests by others to alter a USACE civil 

works project. This notice announces 

the availability of that guidance. 

ADDRESSES: Headquarters, USACE, 

Engineering and Construction Division, 

441 G Street NW., Washington, DC 

20314–1000. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Tammy Conforti, Levee Safety Program 

Manager, Headquarters, USACE, at 202– 

761–4649. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 14 

of the Rivers and Harbors 

Appropriations Act of 1899, as 

amended, codified in 33 U.S.C. 408 

(Section 408) authorizes the Secretary of 

the Army, on the recommendation of 

the Chief of Engineers of the U.S. Army 

Corps of Engineers (USACE), to grant 

permission for the alteration, 

occupation, or use of a federally 

authorized project upon a determination 

by the Secretary that the activity will 

not be injurious to the public interest 

and will not impair the usefulness of the 

project. USACE has issued Engineer 

Circular (EC) 1165–2–216, titled Policy 

and Procedural Guidance for Processing 

Requests to Alter U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers Civil Works Projects Pursuant 

to 33 U.S.C. 408, to provide guidance 

related to how USACE will process 

requests by others to alter a USACE civil 

works project. 

The intent of EC 1165–2–216 is to 

provide procedures that are scalable and 

commensurate to the proposed 

alternation. The EC contains procedural 

information on environmental 

compliance; review and approval 

requirements; and post-approval 

requirements. The EC applies only to 

alterations within the lands and real 

property interests identified for the 

USACE civil works project. For USACE 

civil works projects with non-federal 

sponsors, the EC recognizes their role by 

requiring direct engagement and/or 

concurrence on proposed alterations. 

The appendices of the EC contain 

supplemental information for proposed 

alterations for dams, hydropower 

facilities, levee systems, channel 

projects, and navigation features. 

For more information on the Section 

408 process and to view EC 1165–2– 

216, please visit the USACE Civil Works 

Web site at http://www.usace.army.mil/ 

Missions/CivilWorks. EC 1165–2–216 

can also be found on the USACE 

publication Web site at http:// 

www.publications.usace.army.mil/. 

Dated: July 31, 2014. 

James C. Dalton, 

Chief, Engineering and Construction, 

Directorate of Civil Works. 

[FR Doc. 2014–18593 Filed 8–5–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3720–58–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No. ED–2014–ICCD–0115] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

National Assessment of Educational 

Progress (NAEP) 2015 Wave 3—ECLS– 

K:2011 Link and Computer Familiarity 

Study 

AGENCY: Institute of Education Sciences/ 

National Center for Education Statistics 

(IES), 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 a revision of an existing 

information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before 

September 5, 2014. 

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–2014–ICCD–0115 

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 Kashka 

Kubzdela, 202–502–7411. 

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 

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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: National 

Assessment of Educational Progress 

(NAEP) 2015 Wave 3—ECLS–K:2011 

Link and Computer Familiarity Study. 

OMB Control Number: 1850–0790. 

Type of Review: A revision of an 

existing information collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals or households. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 19,600. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 4,267. 

Abstract: The National Assessment of 

Educational Progress (NAEP) is a 

federally authorized survey of student 

achievement at grades 4, 8, and 12 in 

various subject areas, such as 

mathematics, reading, writing, science, 

U.S. history, civics, geography, 

economics, and the arts. In the current 

legislation that reauthorized NAEP (20 

U.S.C. 9622), Congress again mandated 

the collection of national education 

survey data through a national 

assessment program. The 2015 main 

NAEP Wave 3 contains the descriptions, 

burden, and questionnaires for two 

special studies: NAEP—Early Childhood 

Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class 

of 2010–11 (ECLS–K:2011) Link, and 

Computer Familiarity Study. Both of 

these special studies include the 

administration of an additional student 

questionnaire to a sub-sample of 

students participating in the 2015 main 

NAEP administration. 

Dated: August 1, 2014. 

Kate Mullan, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2014–18555 Filed 8–5–14; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Final Waiver and Extension of the 

Project Period; Striving Readers 

Comprehensive Literacy Program 

AGENCY: Office of Elementary and 

Secondary Education, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Final waiver and extension of 

the project period. 

[Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 84.371C.] 

SUMMARY: For the Montana Department 

of Education’s 36-month grant project 

funded in fiscal year (FY) 2011, under 

the Striving Readers Comprehensive 

Literacy program (SRCL), the Secretary 

waives the requirements that generally 

prohibit project period extensions 

involving the obligation of additional 

Federal funds. The Secretary also 

extends the current Montana SCRL 

project period for an additional 24 

months. 

DATES: This final waiver and extension 

of the project period are effective 

August 6, 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rosemary Fennell, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., 

Room 3E228, Washington, DC 20202– 

5970. Telephone: (202) 401–2425 or by 

email: rosemary.fennell@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD) or a text 

telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay 

Service (FRS), toll free, at 1–800–877– 

8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 

20, 2014, we published a notice in the 

Federal Register (79 FR 28917) (May 

2014 proposed waiver) proposing an 

extension of a project period and a 

waiver of the requirement of 34 CFR 

75.261(a) and (c)(2), which restricts 

project period extensions involving the 

obligation of additional Federal funds, 

as it applies to the Montana Department 

of Education’s project funded under the 

FY 2011 SRCL competition. The 

Secretary also proposed to extend this 

grantee’s project period for an 

additional 24 months. 

Public Comment 

In the May 2014 proposed waiver, the 

Secretary invited comments on the 

proposed waiver and extension of the 

project period. We received 21 

comments in response. 

Analysis of Comments and Changes 

Comment: The 21 commenters who 

addressed the proposed waiver and 

extension supported it, discussed the 

accomplishments of the current SRCL 

grantee and benefits of the program, and 

stated that an extension of the project 

period would allow the grantee to 

continue its work and expand on its 

accomplishments. We did not receive 

any negative comments regarding the 

proposed waiver and extension of the 

project period. 

Response: We agree with the 

commenters that extending the current 

SCRL grant period for one grantee, the 

Montana Department of Education and, 

therefore allowing this grantee to 

request a continuation award, would 

enable it to continue to work toward 

accomplishing its goals and objectives 

stated in its approved 2011 SCRL grant 

application. 

Change: None. 

Background 

In FY 2010, Congress appropriated 

$200 million to support establishment 

of a comprehensive literacy 

development and education program 

through the Consolidated 

Appropriations Act (Pub. L. 111–117) 

under section 1502 of the Elementary 

and Secondary Education Act of 1965, 

as amended (ESEA). The purpose of 

SRCL is to advance literacy skills— 

including pre-literacy skills, reading, 

and writing—for students from birth 

through grade 12, including limitedEnglish-proficient students and students 

with disabilities. Section 1502 of the 

ESEA provides the authority for 

demonstration programs, like SCRL, that 

show promise of enabling children to 

meet challenging academic content and 

achievement standards. In FY 2010, the 

U.S. Department of Education (the 

Department) awarded $10 million in 

formula grants to 46 States, the District 

of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of 

Puerto Rico to establish or support State 

Literacy Teams with expertise in 

literacy development and education for 

children from birth to grade 12 to assist 

the States in developing a 

comprehensive literacy plan. 

The Department also used FY 2010 

funds to award set-aside grants to the 

Bureau of Indian Education and four 

Outlying Areas, and to award 

discretionary grants to six State 

educational agencies (SEAs) to create 

comprehensive literacy programs to 

advance literacy skills—including preliteracy skills, reading, and writing—for 

students from birth through grade 12, 

including limited-English-proficient 

students and students with disabilities. 

The Department announced this 

discretionary grant competition in a 

notice inviting applications that was 

published in the Federal Register on 

March 10, 2011 (76 FR 13143) (March 

2011 NIA). The grants awarded under 

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