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education, training, and stewardship 

goals of the reserve; and the plans for 

future land acquisition and facility 

development to support reserve 

operations. The Wells Reserve 

Management Plan revision will replace 

the plan approved in 2007. 

The Wells, Maine National Estuarine 

Research Reserve takes an integrated 

approach to management, linking 

research, education, training and 

stewardship functions to address high 

priority issues including the impact of 

climate change of coastal ecosystems 

and communities, development 

pressures, population growth, land-use 

change, habitat fragmentation, and 

water quality degradation. Since the last 

management plan, the reserve 

implemented its core programs and 

expanded its monitoring infrastructure 

to include capabilities for 

understanding climate impacts; 

enhanced its facilities, including new 

Visitor Center exhibits and interpretive 

trail signs; constructed an 

environmental chamber for year-round 

research; and furthered land 

conservation in the reserve’s targeted 

watersheds. 

The revised management plan will 

serve as the guiding document for the 

2,250 acre Wells National Estuarine 

Research Reserve for the next five years. 

The Wells National Estuarine Research 

Reserve Management Plan revision can 

be viewed at www.wellsreserve.org. 

Comments can be provided to Paul Dest, 

Reserve Director at dest@wellsnerr.org. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Alison Krepp at (301) 563–7105 or Erica 

Seiden at (301) 563–1172 of NOAA’s 

National Ocean Service, Estuarine 

Reserves Division, 1305 East-West 

Highway, N/ORM5, 10th Floor, Silver 

Spring, MD 20910. 

Dated: December 6, 2013. 

Christopher C. Cartwright, 

Associate Assistant Administrator for 

Management and CFO/CAO, National Ocean 

Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration. 

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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND 

COMMUNITY SERVICE 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Corporation for National and 

Community Service. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Corporation for National 

and Community Service (CNCS), as part 

of its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, 

conducts a pre-clearance consultation 

program to provide the general public 

and federal agencies with an 

opportunity to comment on proposed 

and/or continuing collections of 

information in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This 

program helps to ensure that requested 

data can be provided in the desired 

format, reporting burden (time and 

financial resources) is minimized, 

collection instruments are clearly 

understood, and the impact of the 

collection requirement on respondents 

can be properly assessed. 

Currently, CNCS is soliciting 

comments on its proposed revised 

enrollment and exit forms entitled 

National Service Trust Enrollment Form 

and National Service Trust Exit Form. 

The Enrollment Form and Exit Forms 

are used by AmeriCorps members and 

program staff to enroll in the National 

Service Trust and to document the 

completion of AmeriCorps member’s 

term of service. AmeriCorps requires 

these forms in order for members to 

receive a Segal Education Award. 

Copies of the forms can be obtained 

by contacting the office listed in the 

ADDRESSES section of this Notice. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the individual and office 

listed in the ADDRESSES section by 

February 10, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by the title of the information 

collection activity, by any of the 

following methods: 

(1) By mail sent to: Corporation for 

National and Community Service, 

Attention Bruce Kellogg, 8309C, 1201 

New York Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20525. 

(2) By hand delivery or by courier to 

the CNCS mailroom at Room 8100 at the 

mail address given in paragraph (1) 

above, between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. 

Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

(3) Electronically through 

www.regulations.gov. 

Individuals who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TTY–TDD) may call 1–800–833–3722 

between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Eastern 

Time, Monday through Friday. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bruce Kellogg, (202) 606–6954, or by 

email at bkellogg@cns.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

CNCS is particularly interested in 

comments that: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of CNCS, including whether 

the information will have practical 

utility; 

• Evaluate 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; 

• Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

• Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are expected to respond, including the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology 

(e.g., permitting electronic submissions 

of responses). 

Background 

The Enrollment Form and Exit Forms 

are used by AmeriCorps members and 

program staff to enroll in the National 

Service Trust and to document the 

completion of a member’s term of 

service, a requirement to receiving a 

Segal Education Award and to meet 

other legal and program requirements. 

This information is also entered 

electronically into the National Service 

Trust’s database. 

Current Action 

CNCS seeks to renew the current 

information collection with some 

changes, principally to demographics 

questions, such as income levels, 

disability, veteran’s status, citizenship 

status, and educational levels. 

The information collection will 

otherwise be used in the same manner 

as the existing forms. CNCS also seeks 

to continue using the current forms 

until the revised forms are approved by 

OMB. The current application is due to 

expire on 05/31/2016. 

Type of Review: Renewal. 

Agency: Corporation for National and 

Community Service. 

Title: National Service Trust 

Enrollment and Exit Forms. 

OMB Number: 3045–0006. 

Agency Number: None. 

Affected Public: AmeriCorps 

members, grantee and other program 

staff. 

Total Respondents: 160,000. 

Frequency: Once per form. 

Average Time per Response: Averages 

10 minutes per form. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 

266,667. 

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 

None. 

Total Burden Cost (operating/

maintenance): None. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

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included in CNCS’s request for Office of 

Management and Budget approval of the 

information collection forms; they will 

also become a matter of public record. 

Dated: December 5, 2013. 

Maggie Taylor-Coates, 

Chief of Trust Operations. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Tests Determined To Be Suitable for 

Use in the National Reporting System 

for Adult Education 

AGENCY: Office of Vocational and Adult 

Education, Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Secretary annually 

announces tests, test forms, and delivery 

formats that the Secretary determines to 

be suitable for use in the National 

Reporting System for Adult Education 

(NRS). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michelle Meier, Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., 

Room 11161, Potomac Center Plaza, 

Washington, DC 20202–7240. 

Telephone: (202) 245–7890 or by email: 

Michelle.Meier@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 

January 14, 2008, we published in the 

Federal Register final regulations for 34 

CFR part 462, Measuring Educational 

Gain in the National Reporting System 

for Adult Education (NRS regulations) 

(73 FR 2306). The NRS regulations 

established the process the Secretary 

uses to determine the suitability of tests 

for use in the NRS by States and local 

eligible providers. We annually publish 

in the Federal Register and post on the 

Internet at http://www.nrsweb.org a list 

of the names of tests and the 

educational functioning levels the tests 

are suitable to measure in the NRS as 

required by § 462.12(c)(2) of the NRS 

regulations. 

On April 16, 2008, we published in 

the Federal Register a notice inviting 

test publishers to submit tests for review 

under the NRS regulations (73 FR 

20616). 

On February 2, 2010, we published in 

the Federal Register a notice (February 

2010 notice) listing the tests and test 

forms the Secretary determined to be 

suitable for use in the NRS (75 FR 5303). 

The Secretary determined tests and 

test forms to be suitable for a period of 

either seven or three years from the date 

of the February 2010 notice. A sevenyear approval required no additional 

action on the part of the publisher, 

unless the information the publisher 

submitted as a basis for the Secretary’s 

review was inaccurate or unless the test 

is substantially revised. A three-year 

approval was issued with a set of 

conditions to be met by the completion 

of the three-year period. If these 

conditions were met, the Secretary 

would approve a period of time for 

which the test may continue to be used 

in the NRS. 

On September 12, 2011, we published 

in the Federal Register (76 FR 56188) a 

notice (September 2011 notice) to 

update the list published in the 

February 2010 notice, and include 

suitable test delivery formats. The 

update clarified that some, but not all, 

tests using computer-adaptive or 

computer-based delivery formats are 

suitable for use in the NRS. 

On August 6, 2012, we published in 

the Federal Register (77 FR 46749) the 

same list of forms and computer 

delivery formats for the tests published 

in the September 2011 notice. We also 

announced a sunset period during 

which States and local providers may 

continue to use tests with three-year 

NRS approvals otherwise expiring on 

February 2, 2013, during a transition 

period ending on June 30, 2014. 

On January 25, 2013, we announced 

in the Federal Register (78 FR 5430) an 

extension of the approval period for 

tests approved for a three-year period 

beginning on February 2, 2010. The 

approval period was extended from 

February 2, 2013 to September 30, 2013, 

with the sunset period ending on June 

30, 2014 still applicable. 

The Secretary publishes here the list 

of tests and test forms determined to be 

suitable for use in the NRS. These 

include: (1) Tests previously approved 

for a seven-year period from February 2, 

2010; (2) three tests—previously 

approved for a three-year conditional 

period from February 2, 2010—for 

which the Secretary is extending the 

approval period through June 30, 2015; 

and (3) one test—a revised version of a 

test previously approved for a three-year 

conditional period from February 2, 

2010—for which the Secretary is 

providing an approval period through 

June 30, 2015. The extended approval 

period through June 30, 2015 for these 

four tests is issued with a set of 

conditions for each test that a test 

publisher must meet eby the completion 

of the extended period. If a test 

publisher meets these conditions, the 

Secretary approves a period of time for 

which the test may continue to be used 

in the NRS. 

Approved Tests, Forms and Approval 

Periods 

Adult education programs must use 

only the approved forms and computer 

delivery formats for the tests published 

in this notice. If a particular test form or 

computer delivery format is not 

explicitly specified for a test in this 

notice, it is not approved for use in the 

NRS. 

Tests Determined To Be Suitable for 

Use in the NRS for Seven Years 

(a) The Secretary has determined that 

the following test is suitable for use at 

all Adult Basic Education (ABE) and 

Adult Secondary Education (ASE) levels 

and at all English-as-a-Second-Language 

(ESL) levels of the NRS for a period of 

seven years beginning on February 2, 

2010: 

Comprehensive Adult Student 

Assessment Systems (CASAS) Reading 

Assessments (Life and Work, Life Skills, 

Reading for Citizenship, Reading for 

Language Arts—Secondary Level). 

Forms 27, 28, 81, 82, 81X, 82X, 83, 84, 

85, 86, 185, 186, 187, 188, 310, 311, 513, 

514, 951, 952, 951X, and 952X of this 

test are approved for use on paper and 

through the computer-based delivery 

format. Publisher: CASAS, 5151 

Murphy Canyon Road, suite 220, San 

Diego, CA 92123–4339. Telephone: 

(800) 255–1036. Internet: 

www.casas.org. 

(b) The Secretary has determined that 

the following tests are suitable for use 

at all ABE and ASE levels of the NRS 

for a period of seven years beginning on 

February 2, 2010: 

(1) Comprehensive Adult Student 

Assessment Systems (CASAS) Life Skills 

Math Assessments—Application of 

Mathematics (Secondary Level). Forms 

31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 505, and 

506 of this test are approved for use on 

paper and through the computer-based 

delivery format. Publisher: CASAS, 

5151 Murphy Canyon Road, suite 220, 

San Diego, CA 92123–4339. Telephone: 

(800) 255–1036. Internet: 

www.casas.org. 

(2) Massachusetts Adult Proficiency 

Test (MAPT) for Math. This test is 

approved for use through a computeradaptive delivery format. Publisher: 

Massachusetts Department of 

Elementary and Secondary Education 

and University of Massachusetts 

Amherst, School of Education, 156 Hills 

South, University of Massachusetts, 

Amherst, MA 01003. Telephone: (413) 

545–0564. Internet: www.sabes.org/

assessment/mapt.htm. 

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