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Dated: July 17, 2012. 

Mary Crovo, 

Deputy Executive Director, National 

Assessment Governing Board (NAGB), U.S. 

Department of Education. 

[FR Doc. 2012–17802 Filed 7–20–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy 

State Energy Advisory Board 

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, August 16, 2012, 

3:30 p.m.–4:00 p.m. (EST). To receive 

the call-in number and passcode, please 

contact the Board’s Designated Federal 

Officer (DFO) at the address or phone 

number listed below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gil 

Sperling, STEAB Designated Federal 

Officer, U.S. Department of Energy, 

Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, 1000 Independence 

Ave. SW., Washington, DC 20585. 

Phone number: (202) 287–1644. 

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 an update 

on the activities of the STEAB’s Task 

Forces, review letters and resolutions 

transmitted to EERE on behalf of the 

STEAB, and provide an update to the 

Board on routine business matters and 

other topics of interest. 

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 Gil Sperling at the 

address or telephone number listed 

above. Requests to make oral comments 

must be received five days prior to the 

meeting; reasonable provisions 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 July 13, 

2012. 

LaTanya R. Butler, 

Acting Deputy Committee Management 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2012–17877 Filed 7–20–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

U.S. Energy Information 

Administration 

Proposed Agency Information 

Collection 

AGENCY: U.S. Energy Information 

Administration (EIA), Department of 

Energy (DOE). 

ACTION: Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Information 

Collection; Notice and Request for 

Comments. 

SUMMARY: The EIA is soliciting 

comments on the proposed 

reinstatement, and three-year approval 

to the Form GC–859, ‘‘Nuclear Fuel Data 

Survey’’ (previously designated as the 

Form RW–859, ‘‘Nuclear Fuel Data 

Survey’’) that EIA is developing for 

submission to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) pursuant to the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The 

Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 

U.S.C. 10101 et seq.) required that the 

DOE enter into Standard Contracts with 

all generators or owners of spent nuclear 

fuel and high-level radioactive waste of 

domestic origin in 1983. This data 

collection evolved from an Appendix to 

this Standard Contract. Appendix B to 

the Standard Contract required that 

spent nuclear fuel discharge, storage, 

and projection information be collected 

annually. The annual version of the 

Form RW–859 survey was collected for 

the survey years from 1983 through 

1995. Due to budgetary constraints, the 

survey was collected periodically for 

survey years 1998 and 2002, covering 

multi-year periods. The survey 

containing data as of December 31, 2002 

was collected during 2003 and is the 

most recent data on spent nuclear fuel 

discharges and storage available within 

DOE. Lack of funding resulted in the 

form being discontinued in 2009. With 

the transfer of certain functions between 

Offices of the DOE and with the need to 

collect data for other Offices within 

DOE, the data collection authorization is 

now under the auspices of the Office of 

the General Counsel (GC) and the form 

will be redesignated as the Form GC– 

859. 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

DATES: Comments regarding this 

proposed information collection must 

be received by September 21, 2012. If 

you anticipate difficulty in submitting 

comments within that period, contact 

the person listed in ADDRESSES as soon 

as possible. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Marta 

Gospodarczyk. To ensure receipt of the 

comments by the due date, submission 

by Fax (202–586–3045) or email 

(marta.gospodarczyk@eia.gov) is 

recommended. The mailing address is 

Office of Electricity, Coal, Nuclear, and 

Renewables Analysis, EI–34, Forrestal 

Building, U.S. Department of Energy, 

1000 Independence Ave. SW., 

Washington, DC 20585. Alternatively, 

Ms. Gospodarczyk may be contacted by 

telephone at 202–586–0527. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of any forms and instructions 

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