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evaluation. Two surveys will evaluate 

the knowledge and opinions of trainees 

before and after training. The final 

survey will be conducted annually and 

target trained personnel once they are 

out in the fleet. The survey findings will 

be utilized internally to inform future 

trainings and policy, close identified 

gaps in knowledge, and more effectively 

reach command personnel trained in 

suicide prevention and responsible for 

promoting a comprehensive approach to 

improving command climate. The 

surveys will also help determine the 

efficacy of the LivingWorks program 

and if it is the best use of DON resources 

based on the outcomes and return on 

investment. 

Affected Public: Public is not affected 

by this collection; it is internal to the 

Navy. 

Annual Burden Hours: 750. 

Number of Respondents: 1,500. 

Responses per Respondent: 3 in the 

first year, 1 in subsequent years. 

Annual Responses: 4,500. 

Average Burden per Response: 10 

minutes. 

Frequency: Three times in the first 

year, annually thereafter. 

Dated: October 16, 2023. 

Aaron T. Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2023–23132 Filed 10–19–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6001–FR–P 

DELAWARE RIVER BASIN 

COMMISSION 

Notice of Public Hearing and Business 

Meeting; November 8 and December 6, 

2023 

Notice is hereby given that the 

Delaware River Basin Commission will 

hold a public hearing on Wednesday, 

November 8, 2023. A business meeting 

will be held the following month on 

Wednesday, December 6, 2023. Both the 

hearing and the business meeting are 

open to the public and both will be 

conducted remotely. Details about the 

remote platforms for the public hearing 

and the business meeting will be posted 

on the Commission’s website, 

www.drbc.gov, at least ten days prior to 

the respective hearing and meeting 

dates. Both events will be streamed live 

on the Commission’s YouTube channel. 

Public Hearing. The Commission will 

conduct the public hearing virtually on 

November 8, 2023, commencing at 1:30 

p.m. Hearing items will include draft 

dockets for withdrawals, discharges, 

and other projects that could have a 

substantial effect on the basin’s water 

resources. A list of the projects 

scheduled for hearing, including project 

descriptions, along with links to draft 

docket approvals, will be posted on the 

Commission’s website, www.drbc.gov, 

in a long form of this notice at least ten 

days before the hearing date. 

Written comments on matters 

scheduled for hearing on November 8, 

2023 will be accepted through 5:00 p.m. 

on Tuesday, November 14, 2023. 

The public is advised to check the 

Commission’s website periodically 

during the ten days prior to the hearing 

date, as items scheduled for hearing 

may be postponed if additional time is 

needed to complete the Commission’s 

review. Items also may be added up to 

ten days prior to the hearing date. In 

reviewing docket descriptions, the 

public is asked to be aware that the 

details of projects may change during 

the Commission’s review, which is 

ongoing. 

Business Meeting. The business 

meeting on December 6, 2023 will begin 

at 10:30 a.m. and will include: adoption 

of the Minutes of the Commission’s 

September 7, 2023 business meeting; 

announcements of upcoming meetings 

and events; a report on hydrologic 

conditions; reports by the Executive 

Director and the Commission’s General 

Counsel; and consideration of any items 

for which a hearing has been completed 

or is not required. The agenda is 

expected to include consideration of the 

draft dockets for withdrawals, 

discharges, and other projects that were 

subjects of the public hearing on 

November 8, 2023. 

After all scheduled business has been 

completed and as time allows, the 

business meeting will be followed by up 

to one hour of Open Public Comment, 

an opportunity to address the 

Commission off the record on any topic 

concerning management of the basin’s 

water resources outside the context of a 

duly noticed, on-the-record public 

hearing. 

There will be no opportunity for 

additional public comment for the 

record at the December 6, 2023 business 

meeting on items for which a hearing 

was completed on November 8, 2023 or 

a previous date. Commission 

consideration on December 6, 2023 of 

items for which the public hearing is 

closed may result in approval of the 

item (by docket or resolution) as 

proposed, approval with changes, 

denial, or deferral. When the 

Commissioners defer an action, they 

may announce an additional period for 

written comment on the item, with or 

without an additional hearing date, or 

they may take additional time to 

consider the input they have already 

received without requesting further 

public input. Any deferred items will be 

considered for action at a public 

meeting of the Commission on a future 

date. 

Advance Registration and Sign-Up for 

Oral Comment. Links for registration to 

attend the public hearing and the 

business meeting will be posted at 

www.drbc.gov at least ten days before 

each meeting date. Registrants who wish 

to comment on the record during the 

public hearing on November 8, 2023 or 

to address the Commissioners 

informally during the Open Public 

Comment session following the meeting 

on December 6, 2023 as time allows, 

will be asked to so indicate when 

registering. The Commission’s public 

hearing, business meeting, and Open 

Public Comment session will also be 

livestreamed on YouTube at https://

www.youtube.com/@DRBC_1961. For 

assistance, please contact Ms. Patricia 

Hausler of the Commission staff, at 

patricia.hausler@drbc.gov. 

Addresses for Written Comment. 

Written comment on items scheduled 

for hearing may be made through the 

Commission’s web-based comment 

system, a link to which is provided at 

www.drbc.gov. Use of the web-based 

system ensures that all submissions are 

captured in a single location and their 

receipt is acknowledged. Exceptions to 

the use of this system are available 

based on need, by writing to the 

attention of the Commission Secretary, 

DRBC, P.O. Box 7360, 25 Cosey Road, 

West Trenton, NJ 08628–0360. For 

assistance, please contact Patricia 

Hausler at patricia.hausler@drbc.gov. 

Accommodation for Special Needs. 

Closed captioning will be available on 

both webinar and live-stream platforms. 

Those with limited internet access may 

listen and speak at virtual public 

meetings of the DRBC using any of 

several toll-free phone numbers that 

will be provided to all virtual meeting 

registrants. 

Individuals in need of the 

accommodations as provided for in the 

Americans with Disabilities Act who 

wish to attend the meeting or hearing 

should contact the Commission 

Secretary directly at 609–883–9500 ext. 

203 or through the Telecommunications 

Relay Services (TRS) at 711, to discuss 

how we can accommodate your needs. 

Additional Information, Contacts. 

Additional public records relating to 

hearing items may be examined at the 

Commission’s offices by appointment by 

contacting Donna Woolf, 609–883–9500, 

ext. 222. For other questions concerning 

hearing items, please contact David 

Kovach, Project Review Section 

Manager, at 609–883–9500, ext. 264. 


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Authority. Delaware River Basin 

Compact, Public Law 87–328, Approved 

September 27, 1961, 75 Statutes at 

Large, 688, sec. 14.4. 

Dated: October 11, 2023. 

Pamela M. Bush, 

Commission Secretary and Assistant General 

Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2023–23157 Filed 10–19–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2023–SCC–0183] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; 

Evaluation of a Toolkit To Support 

Evidence-Based Writing Instruction in 

Grades 2 Through 4 

AGENCY: Institute of Education Sciences 

(IES), Department of Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, the Department is proposing a 

new information collection request 

(ICR). 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before 

December 19, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: To access and review all the 

documents related to the information 

collection listed in this notice, please 

use http://www.regulations.gov by 

searching the Docket ID number ED– 

2023–SCC–0183. Comments submitted 

in response to this notice should be 

submitted electronically through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov by selecting the 

Docket ID number or via postal mail, 

commercial delivery, or hand delivery. 

If the regulations.gov site is not 

available to the public for any reason, 

the Department will temporarily accept 

comments at ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. 

Please include the docket ID number 

and the title of the information 

collection request when requesting 

documents or submitting comments. 

Please note that comments submitted 

after the comment period will not be 

accepted. Written requests for 

information or comments submitted by 

postal mail or delivery should be 

addressed to the Manager of the 

Strategic Collections and Clearance 

Governance and Strategy Division, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Ave. SW, LBJ, Room 6W203, 

Washington, DC 20202–8240. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Heidi Gansen, 

(202) 245–6765. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department, 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 

Department’s information collection 

requirements and provide the requested 

data in the desired format. The 

Department is soliciting comments on 

the proposed information collection 

request (ICR) that is described below. 

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: Evaluation of A 

Toolkit to Support Evidence-Based 

Writing Instruction in Grades 2 Through 

4. 

OMB Control Number: 1850–NEW. 

Type of Review: New ICR. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals or households. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 4,176. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 1,234. 

Abstract: The Institute of Education 

Sciences (IES) within the U.S. 

Department of Education (ED) requests 

clearance for data collection activities to 

support an evaluation of A Toolkit to 

Support Evidence-Based Writing 

Instruction in Grades 2 Through 4. 

Specifically, this request covers 

collection of data to conduct an 

evaluation to assess whether 

implementing the writing toolkit (1) 

improves teachers’ attitudes towards 

writing and helps them align their 

writing instruction with the evidencebased recommendations in the What 

Works Clearinghouse (WWC) Teaching 

Elementary School Students to Be 

Effective Writers practice guide and (2) 

improves students’ writing quality and 

reading achievement. This randomized 

controlled trial study will compare 

teacher and student outcomes in schools 

that implement the writing toolkit (the 

treatment group) with the teacher and 

student outcomes in schools that 

continue to provide their usual 

professional development supports (the 

comparison group). 

There is a great need for professional 

learning supports in elementary writing 

instruction to address low reading and 

writing proficiency across the country. 

Teacher preparation programs rarely 

offer stand-alone writing instruction 

(Myers et al. 2016; Morgan 2010; 

Brenner 2013), and surveys show many 

teachers and teacher educators do not 

feel confident in writing instruction 

(Myers et al. 2016; Cutler and Graham 

2008). An accessible package of 

professional learning materials designed 

to help educators translate evidencebased recommendations for elementary 

writing instruction into daily 

instruction could be a game-changer for 

improving teacher practice and student 

writing. 

The elementary writing toolkit aims to 

offer such an accessible, evidence-based 

professional learning package by 

drawing on the WWC Teaching 

Elementary School Students to Be 

Effective Writers practice guide. The 

practice guide helps to fill the 

professional development gaps for 

elementary writing instruction by 

providing clear, actionable 

recommendations along with specific 

implementation steps and examples. 

The toolkit will build on the practice 

guide to (1) make the recommendations 

and implementation guidance accessible 

and engaging for busy educators, (2) 

create a structure for learning and 

applying practices throughout a school 

year, (3) promote collaborative learning 

and planning among teachers, and (4) 

offer tools for sustaining practices over 

time. The toolkit will be a one-stop shop 

that enables schools and educators to 

access all supports in one place, 

complemented by diagnostic tools to 

assess practices and resources for school 

leaders to institutionalize practices over 

time. Incorporating multimedia 

resources that are easy to navigate will 

make the toolkit more inviting and will 

facilitate the reinforcement of concepts 

that are difficult to learn through text 

alone. 

To provide context for the impact 

findings and inform further 

development of the toolkit, the 

evaluation will examine teachers’ 

experiences and engagement in toolkit 

activities, the learning modules 

completed, challenges encountered and 

suggested solutions, feedback on areas 

to improve the toolkit and institutional 

supports, and the extent to which the 

professional development in writing 


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