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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: Entry Evidence 

and Evaluation & Exit Evidence Forms. 

OMB Control Number: 1894–NEW. 

Type of Review: New ICR. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

Local, and Tribal governments 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 819. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 2,927. 

Abstract: ED will use the Entry 

Evidence ICR form and the Evaluation & 

Exit Evidence ICR form for discretionary 

grant programs that: (1) Use the 

standard ED 524–B Grant Performance 

Report form as approved by OMB. The 

use of the standard ED 524–B Grant 

Performance Report promotes the 

standardization and streamlining of ED 

discretionary grant performance 

reporting. These performance reporting 

components are necessary to 

standardize information collection 

about Entry evidence, and Evaluation & 

Exit evidence use in grant 

implementation and to ensure a better, 

more comprehensive understanding of 

the use of evidence from what is 

provided in a grant application to the 

actual implementation of the grant 

project. 

Dated: November 8, 2023. 

Stephanie Valentine, 

PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and 

Clearance, Governance and Strategy Division, 

Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of 

Planning, Evaluation and Policy 

Development. 

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 

Request for Comment: 2024 Election 

Administration and Voting Survey 

AGENCY: Election Assistance 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice, request for comment. 

SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork burdens, and as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995 (PRA), the EAC announces 

an information collection and seeks 

public comment on the provisions 

thereof. The EAC intends to submit this 

proposed information collection (2024 

Election Administration and Voting 

Survey, or EAVS) to the Director of the 

Office of Management and Budget for 

approval. The 2024 EAVS asks election 

officials questions concerning voting 

and election administration, including 

the following topics: Voter registration; 

overseas and military voting; voting by 

mail; early in-person voting; polling 

operations; provisional voting; voter 

participation; election technology; 

election policy; and other related issues. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

5 p.m. Eastern on Monday, January 15, 

2023. 

ADDRESSES: Comments on the proposed 

information collection should be 

submitted electronically via https://

www.regulations.gov (docket ID: EAC– 

2023–0008). Written comments on the 

proposed information collection can 

also be sent to the U.S. Election 

Assistance Commission, 633 3rd Street 

NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20001, 

Attn: EAVS.To obtain a free copy of the 

draft survey instrument: (1) Download a 

copy at https://www.regulations.gov 

(docket ID: EAC–2023–0008); or (2) 

write to the EAC (including your 

address and phone number) at U.S. 

Election Assistance Commission, 633 

3rd Street NW, Suite 200, Washington, 

DC 20001, Attn: EAVS. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Raymond Williams at 202–924–0794, or 

email research@eac.gov; U.S. Election 

Assistance Commission, 633 3rd Street 

NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20001. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title and OMB Number: 2024 Election 

Administration and Voting Survey; 

OMB Number Pending. 

Purpose: Under the PRA (44 U.S.C. 

3501–3520), Federal Agencies must 

obtain approval from the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for each 

collection of information they conduct 

or sponsor. ‘‘Collection of information’’ 

is defined in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 

CFR 1320.3(c) and includes Agency 

requests or requirements that members 

of the public submit reports, keep 

records, or provide information to a 

third party. Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 

PRA requires Federal agencies to 

provide a 60-day notice in the Federal 

Register concerning each proposed 

collection of information, including 

each proposed extension of an existing 

collection of information, before 

submitting the collection to OMB for 

approval. To comply with this 

requirement, the EAC is publishing 

notice of the proposed collection of 

information set forth in this document. 

Background: The EAC issues the 

EAVS to meet its obligations under the 

Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA) 

to serve as a national clearinghouse and 

resource for the compilation of 

information with respect to the 

administration of Federal elections; to 

fulfill both the EAC and the Department 

of Defense Federal Voting Assistance 

Program’s (FVAP) data collection 

requirements under the Uniformed and 

Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act 

(UOCAVA); and meet its National Voter 

Registration Act (NVRA) mandate to 

collect information from states 

concerning the impact of that statute on 

the administration of Federal elections. 

In addition, under the NVRA, the EAC 

is responsible for collecting information 

and reporting, biennially, to Congress 

on the impact of that statute. The 

information the states are required to 

submit to the EAC for purposes of the 

NVRA report are found under Title 11 

of the Code of Federal Regulations. 

States that respond to questions in 

this survey concerning voter 

registration-related matters will meet 

their NVRA reporting requirements 

under 52 U.S.C. 20508 and EAC 

regulations. Finally, UOCAVA mandates 

that FVAP work with the EAC and chief 

state election officials to develop 

standards for reporting UOCAVA voting 

information (52 U.S.C. 20302) and that 

FVAP will store the reported data and 

present the findings within the 

congressionally-mandated report to the 

President and Congress. Additionally, 

UOCAVA requires that ‘‘not later than 

90 days after the date of each regularly 

scheduled general election for Federal 

office, each state and unit of local 


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government which administered the 

election shall (through the state, in the 

case of a unit of local government) 

submit a report to the EAC on the 

combined number of absentee ballots 

transmitted to absent uniformed 

services voters and overseas voters for 

the election and the combined number 

of such ballots which were returned by 

such voters and cast in the election, and 

shall make such a report available to the 

general public.’’ States that complete 

and timely submit the UOCAVA section 

of the survey to the EAC will fulfill their 

UOCAVA reporting requirement under 

52 U.S.C. 20302. In order to fulfill the 

above requirements, the EAC is seeking 

information relating to the period from 

the Federal general election day 2022 +1 

through the November 2024 Federal 

general election. The EAC will provide 

the data regarding UOCAVA voting to 

FVAP after data collection is completed. 

This data sharing reduces burden on 

local election offices because FVAP 

does not have to conduct its own data 

collection to meet its reporting 

requirements. 

Public Comments: Public comments 

are invited on: 

• 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; 

• The accuracy of the agency’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

information collection; 

• Ways to enhance the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

• Ways to minimize the burden of the 

information collection on respondents, 

including through the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

Please note that comments submitted 

in response to this Notice are public 

record. Before including any detailed 

personal information, you should be 

aware that your submitted comments, 

including your personal information, 

will be available for public review. 

Affected Public (Respondents): State 

or local governments, the District of 

Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, the 

Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, 

and the U.S. Virgin Islands. 

Affected Public: State or local 

government. 

Number of Respondents: 56. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Burden per Response: 90 

hours per collection, 45 hours 

annualized. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 5,040 hours per collection, 2,520 

hours annualized. 

Frequency: Biennially. 

Camden Kelliher, 

Deputy General Counsel, U.S. Election 

Assistance Commission. 

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BILLING CODE 4810–71–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[GDO Docket No. EA–462–A] 

Application for Renewal of 

Authorization To Export Electric 

Energy; Guzman Energy LLC 

AGENCY: Grid Deployment Office, 

Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of application. 

SUMMARY: Guzman Energy LLC (the 

Applicant or Guzman Energy) has 

applied for renewed authorization to 

transmit electric energy from the United 

States to Mexico pursuant to the Federal 

Power Act. 

DATES: Comments, protests, or motions 

to intervene must be submitted on or 

before December 15, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Comments, protests, 

motions to intervene, or requests for 

more information should be addressed 

by electronic mail to 

Electricity.Exports@hq.doe.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christina Gomer, (240) 474–2403, 

Electricity.Exports@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

United States Department of Energy 

(DOE) regulates electricity exports from 

the United States to foreign countries in 

accordance with section 202(e) of the 

Federal Power Act (FPA) (16 U.S.C. 

824a(e)) and regulations thereunder (10 

CFR 205.300 et seq.). Sections 301(b) 

and 402(f) of the DOE Organization Act 

(42 U.S.C. 7151(b) and 7172(f)) 

transferred this regulatory authority, 

previously exercised by the nowdefunct Federal Power Commission, to 

DOE. 

Section 202(e) of the FPA provides 

that an entity which seeks to export 

electricity must obtain an order from 

DOE authorizing that export. (16 U.S.C. 

824a(e)). On April 10, 2023, the 

authority to issue such orders was 

delegated to the DOE’s Grid Deployment 

Office (GDO) by Delegation Order No. 

S1–DEL–S3–2023 and Redelegation 

Order No. S3–DEL–GD1–2023. 

On December 6, 2018, DOE issued 

Order No. EA–462, authorizing Guzman 

Energy to transmit electricity from the 

United States to Mexico as a power 

marketer for a five-year term. On 

October 3, 2023, Guzman Energy filed 

an application with DOE (Application 

or App.) for renewal of their export 

authority for an additional five-year 

term. App. at 1. 

In its Application, Guzman Energy 

states that it ‘‘provides, through various 

subsidiaries and affiliates, a wide 

spectrum of wholesale electric and 

energy-related products and services to 

a diverse range of customers.’’ App. at 

2. The Applicant further clarifies that it 

‘‘is not a franchised public utility with 

a transmission or distribution system 

and does not have captive customers.’’ 

Id. The Applicant asserts that it ‘‘does 

not have its own system on which its 

exports of energy could have an impact 

with respect to electric supply. As such, 

Applicant’s proposed exports would not 

impair the sufficiency of the electric 

supply on ‘its system,’ as Applicant 

does not own or operate an integrated 

transmission or distribution system.’’ Id. 

at 5. 

The existing international 

transmission facilities to be utilized by 

the Applicant have been previously 

authorized by Presidential permits 

issued pursuant to Executive Order 

10485, as amended, and are appropriate 

for open access transmission by third 

parties. See id. at Exhibit C. Procedural 

Matters: Any person desiring to be 

heard in this proceeding should file a 

comment or protest to the Application 

at Electricity.Exports@hq.doe.gov. 

Protests should be filed in accordance 

with Rule 211 of FERC’s Rules of 

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 

385.211). Any person desiring to 

become a party to this proceeding 

should file a motion to intervene at 

Electricity.Exports@hq.doe.gov in 

accordance with FERC Rule 214 (18 CFR 

385.214). 

Comments and other filings 

concerning Guzman Energy’s 

Application should be clearly marked 

with GDO Docket No. EA–462–A. 

Additional copies are to be provided 

directly to Robin J. Lunt, Chief 

Commercial Officer, Guzman Energy 

LLC, 1125 17th Street, Suite 740, 

Denver, CO 80202, rlunt@

guzmanenergy.com and Max Carpenter, 

Managing Director of Trading and 

Market Operations, Guzman Energy 

LLC, 1125 17th Street, Suite 740, 

Denver, CO 80202, mcarpenter@

guzmanenergy.com. 

A final decision will be made on the 

requested authorization after the 

environmental impacts have been 

evaluated pursuant to DOE’s National 

Environmental Policy Act Implementing 

Procedures (10 CFR part 1021) and after 

DOE evaluates whether the proposed 

action will have an adverse impact on 

the sufficiency of supply or reliability of 


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