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Lock and Kentucky Lock Addition 

projects. 

Availability of Materials for the 

Meeting. A copy of the agenda or any 

updates to the agenda for the October 

19, 2023, meeting will be available. The 

final version will be available at the 

meeting. All materials will be posted to 

the website for the meeting. 

Public Accessibility to the Meeting: 

Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended, 

and 41 CFR 102–3.140 through 102–3.1 

65, and subject to the availability of 

space, this meeting is open to the 

public. Registration of members of the 

public who wish to participate in the 

meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. on the 

day of the meeting. Participation is on 

a first-to-arrive basis. Any interested 

person may participate in the meeting, 

file written comments or statements 

with the committee, or make verbal 

comments during the public meeting, at 

the times, and in the manner, permitted 

by the committee, as set forth below. 

Special Accommodations: Individuals 

requiring any special accommodations 

related to the public meeting or seeking 

additional information about the 

procedures, should contact Mr. Mark 

Pointon, the committee DFO, or Mr. 

Steven Riley, an 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. 

Riley, a 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 public 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 the 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. 

Thomas P. Smith, 

Chief, Operations and Regulatory Division, 

Directorate of Civil Works, U.S. Army Corp 

of Engineers. 

[FR Doc. 2023–19937 Filed 9–14–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3720–58–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2023–SCC–0122] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

Educational Opportunity Centers 

Program (EOC) Annual Performance 

Report 

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary 

Education (OPE), Department of 

Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, the Department is proposing a 

revision of a currently approved 

information collection request (ICR). 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before October 

16, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for proposed 

information collection requests should 

be submitted within 30 days of 

publication of this notice. Click on this 

link www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain to access the site. Find this 

information collection request (ICR) by 

selecting ‘‘Department of Education’’ 

under ‘‘Currently Under Review,’’ then 

check the ‘‘Only Show ICR for Public 

Comment’’ checkbox. Reginfo.gov 

provides two links to view documents 

related to this information collection 

request. Information collection forms 

and instructions may be found by 

clicking on the ‘‘View Information 

Collection (IC) List’’ link. Supporting 

statements and other supporting 

documentation may be found by 

clicking on the ‘‘View Supporting 

Statement and Other Documents’’ link. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Marie Julienne, 

(202) 987–1054. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department 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: Educational 

Opportunity Centers Program (EOC) 

Annual Performance Report. 

OMB Control Number: 1840–0830. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved ICR. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

Local, and Tribal Governments; Private 

Sector. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 183. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 1,464. 

Abstract: The Department of 

Education (ED) collects Annual 

Performance Reports (APRs) from 

Educational Opportunity Centers (EOC) 

grantees under the authority of Title IV, 

Part A, Subpart 2, Division 1, Sections 

402A and 402B of the Higher Education 

Act of 1965, as amended, the program 


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regulations in 34 CFR 644, and the 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR), in 

34 CFR 74.51, 75.720, and 75.732. The 

information that grantees submit in their 

APRs allows ED to annually assess each 

grantee’s progress in meeting their 

project’s approved goals and objectives. 

The APR data that grantees submit are 

compared with the projects’ approved 

objectives to determine the projects’ 

accomplishments, to make decisions 

regarding whether funding should be 

continued, and to award ‘‘prior 

experience’’ points. The regulations for 

this program provide for awarding up to 

15 points for prior experience (34 CR 

644.22). During a competition for new 

grant awards, the prior experience 

points are added to the average of the 

peer reviewers’ scores to arrive at a total 

score for each application. Funding 

recommendations and decisions are 

primarily based on the rank order of 

applications on the slate; therefore, 

assessment of prior experience points, 

based on data in the annual 

performance report, is a crucial part of 

the overall application process. 

Further, this performance report form 

is the main source of data for the 

Department’s response to the 

requirements of the Government 

Performance and Results Act (GPRA) for 

this program. In addition, the 

Department uses the annual 

performance reports to produce program 

level data for annual reporting, budget 

submissions to OMB, Congressional 

hearings and inquiries, and responding 

to inquiries from higher education 

interest groups and the general public. 

EOC APRs are prepared and 

submitted by EOC grant projects. For 

each EOC grant project, the grant project 

director of record completes, or 

supervises the completion of the data 

submission process. The grant project 

director supervises the administration of 

an EOC grant. An EOC grant provides 

counseling and information on college 

admissions to qualified adults who want 

to enter or continue a program of 

postsecondary education. The program 

also provides services to improve the 

financial and economic literacy of 

participants. An important objective of 

the program is to counsel participants 

on financial aid options, including basic 

financial planning skills, and to assist in 

the application process. The goal of the 

EOC program is to increase the number 

of adult participants who enroll in 

postsecondary education institutions. 

The proposed revision to the APR 

entails replacement of Competitive 

Preference Priority (CPP) questions with 

new CPP questions of equal response 

time. In addition, the annual number of 

responses and total annual burden 

hours have been adjusted to reflect an 

increase in the size of the reporting 

universe. 

Dated: September 11, 2023. 

Kun Mullan, 

PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and 

Clearance Governance and Strategy Division, 

Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of 

Planning, Evaluation and Policy 

Development. 

[FR Doc. 2023–19934 Filed 9–14–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2023–SCC–0053] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

2024–2025 Free Application for Federal 

Student Aid (FAFSA®) 

AGENCY: Federal Student Aid (FSA), 

Department of Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, the Department is proposing a 

revision of a currently approved 

information collection request (ICR). 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before October 

16, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for proposed 

information collection requests should 

be submitted within 30 days of 

publication of this notice. Click on this 

link www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain to access the site. Find this 

information collection request (ICR) by 

selecting ‘‘Department of Education’’ 

under ‘‘Currently Under Review,’’ then 

check the ‘‘Only Show ICR for Public 

Comment’’ checkbox. Reginfo.gov 

provides two links to view documents 

related to this information collection 

request. Information collection forms 

and instructions may be found by 

clicking on the ‘‘View Information 

Collection (IC) List’’ link. Supporting 

statements and other supporting 

documentation may be found by 

clicking on the ‘‘View Supporting 

Statement and Other Documents’’ link. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact FAFSA 

Product Team, fsa_fafsa_team@

ed.gov.or Beth Grebeldinger at 202–570– 

8414. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department 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: 2024–2025 Free 

Application for Federal Student Aid. 

OMB Control Number: 1845–0001. 

Type of Review: A revision of a 

currently approved ICR. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals and households. Total 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 34,328,439. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 22,417,460. 

Abstract: Section 483, of the Higher 

Education Act of 1965, as amended 

(HEA), mandates that the Secretary of 

Education ‘‘. . . shall produce, 

distribute, and process free of charge 

common financial reporting forms as 

described in this subsection to be used 

for application and reapplication to 

determine the need and eligibility of a 

student for financial assistance . . .’’. 

The determination of need and 

eligibility are for the following title IV, 

HEA, federal student financial 

assistance programs: the Federal Pell 

Grant Program; the Campus-Based 

programs (Federal Supplemental 

Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG) 

and Federal Work-Study (FWS)),; the 

William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan 

(Direct Loan) Program; the Teacher 

Education Assistance for College and 

Higher Education (TEACH) Grant; the 

Children of Fallen Heroes Scholarship; 

and the Iraq and Afghanistan Service 

Grant. 

Federal Student Aid (FSA), an office 

of the U.S. Department of Education, 

subsequently developed an application 

process to collect and process the data 

necessary to determine a student’s 

eligibility to receive Title IV, HEA 

program assistance. The application 

process involves an applicant’s 

submission of the Free Application for 

Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®). After 

submission and processing of the 

FAFSA form, an applicant receives a 

FAFSA Submission Report, which is a 

summary of the processed data they 

submitted on the FAFSA form. The 

applicant reviews the FAFSA 

Submission Summary, and, if necessary, 

will make corrections or updates to their 


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