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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. ED is 

soliciting comments on the proposed 

information collection request (ICR) that 

is described below. The Department of 

Education 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: Application for 

Client Assistance Program. 

OMB Control Number: 1820–0520. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change of an existing collection of 

information. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

Local or Tribal Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 56. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 9. 

Abstract: This form is used by states 

to request funds to establish and carry 

out Client Assistance Programs (CAP). 

CAP is mandated by the Rehabilitation 

Act of 1973, as amended (Rehabilitation 

Act), to assist consumers and applicants 

in their relationships with projects, 

programs and services provided under 

the Rehabilitation Act including the 

Vocational Rehabilitation program. 

Dated: January 9, 2013. 

Tomakie Washington, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2013–00777 Filed 1–15–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No. ED–2012–ICCD–0049] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

Form for Maintenance of Effort Waiver 

Requests Under the Elementary and 

Secondary Education Act of 1965, as 

Amended 

AGENCY: Department of Education (ED), 

Office of Elementary and Secondary 

Education (OESE). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is 

proposing a revision of an existing 

information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before February 

15, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in 

response to this notice should be 

submitted electronically through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at http:// 

www.regulations.gov by selecting 

Docket ID number ED–2012–ICCD–0049 

or via postal mail, commercial delivery, 

or hand delivery. Please note that 

comments submitted by fax or email 

and those 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 Director of 

the Information Collection Clearance 

Division, U.S. Department of Education, 

400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, Room 

2E117, Washington, DC 20202–4537. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Electronically mail 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Please do not 

send comments here. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department of Education (ED), 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. ED is 

soliciting comments on the proposed 

information collection request (ICR) that 

is described below. The Department of 

Education 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: Form for 

Maintenance of Effort Waiver Requests 

under the Elementary and Secondary 

Education Act of 1965, as amended. 

OMB Control Number: 1810–0693. 

Type of Review: Revision of an 

existing collection of information. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

Local or Tribal Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 202. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 5,360. 

Abstract: Section 9521(a) of the 

Elementary and Secondary Education 

Act of 1965, as amended (ESEA) 

provides that a local educational agency 

(LEA) may receive funds under Title I, 

Part A and other ESEA covered 

programs for any fiscal year only if the 

State educational agency (SEA) finds 

that either the combined fiscal effort per 

student or the aggregate expenditures of 

the LEA with respect to the provision of 

free public education by the LEA for the 

preceding fiscal year was not less than 

90 percent of the combined fiscal effort 

or aggregate expenditures for the second 

preceding fiscal year. This provision is 

the maintenance of effort (MOE) 

requirement for LEAs under the ESEA. 

If an LEA fails to meet the MOE 

requirement, under section 9521(b) of 

the ESEA, the SEA must reduce the 

amount of funds allocated under the 

programs covered by the MOE 

requirement in any fiscal year in the 

exact proportion by which the LEA fails 

to maintain effort by falling below 90 

percent of either the combined fiscal 

effort per student or aggregate 

expenditures. In reducing an LEA’s 

allocation because it failed to meet the 

MOE requirement, the SEA uses the 

measure most favorable to the LEA. 

Section 9521(c) gives the U.S. 

Department of Education (ED) the 

authority to waive the ESEA’s MOE 

requirement for an LEA if it would be 

equitable to grant the waiver due to an 

exceptional or uncontrollable 

circumstance such as a natural disaster 

or a precipitous decline in the LEA’s 

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financial resources. Once an MOE 

waiver is granted, the reduction 

required by section 9521(b) does not 

occur for that year. 

To review MOE waiver requests, ED 

relies primarily on expenditure, 

revenue, and other data relevant to an 

LEA’s request provided by the SEA. To 

assist SEAs with submitting this 

information, ED developed an MOE 

waiver form as part of the 2009 Title I, 

Part A Waiver Guidance, which covered 

a range of waivers that ED invited at that 

time. 

The purpose of this collection is to 

renew approval for the MOE waiver 

form. ED believes that the proposed 

form, which is slightly modified from 

the currently approved version, will 

enable an SEA to provide the 

information needed in an efficient 

manner. 

Dated: January 9, 2013. 

Tomakie Washington, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2013–00776 Filed 1–15–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No. ED–2013–ICCD–0001] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; Formula 

Grant for the Electronic Application 

System for Indian Education (EASIE) 

AGENCY: Office of Elementary and 

Secondary Education (OESE), 

Department of Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is 

proposing an extension of an existing 

information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before March 

18, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in 

response to this notice should be 

submitted electronically through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at http:// 

www.regulations.gov by selecting 

Docket ID number ED–2013–ICCD–0001 

or via postal mail, commercial delivery, 

or hand delivery. Please note that 

comments submitted by fax or email 

and those 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 Director of 

the Information Collection Clearance 

Division, U.S. Department of Education, 

400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, Room 

2E117, Washington, DC 20202–4537. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Electronically mail 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Please do not 

send comments here. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department of Education (ED), 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. ED is 

soliciting comments on the proposed 

information collection request (ICR) that 

is described below. The Department of 

Education 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: Formula Grant for 

the Electronic Application System for 

Indian Education (EASIE). 

OMB Control Number: 1810–0021. 

Type of Review: an extension of an 

existing information collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

Local, and Tribal Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 11,300. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 9,590. 

Abstract: The Office of Indian 

Education (OIE) of the Department of 

Education (ED) requests clearance for 

the Indian Education Formula Grant 

Application authorized under Title VII, 

Part A, Subpart 1 of the Elementary and 

Secondary Education Act, as amended 

(ESEA). The Indian Education Formula 

Grant (CFDA 84.060A), is not 

competitive or discretionary and 

requires the annual submission of the 

application from the Local Education 

Agency and or Tribe. The funds under 

this program assist applicants to provide 

Indian students with the opportunity to 

meet the same challenging state 

standards as all other students and meet 

the unique educational and culturally 

related academic needs of American 

Indian and Alaska Native students. The 

amount of the award for each applicant 

is determined by a formula based on the 

reported number of American Indian/ 

Alaska Native students identified in the 

application, the state per pupil 

expenditure, and the total appropriation 

available. The information collection is 

also necessary to meet the Government 

Performance and Results Act (GPRA) 

requirements. The collection is 

authorized by section 7114(a) of the 

ESEA, 20 U.S.C .7424(a), and by section 

4 of the Government Performance and 

Results Act of 1993 (GPRA). 

Dated: January 10, 2013. 

Tomakie Washington, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2013–00773 Filed 1–15–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

President’s Council of Advisors on 

Science and Technology (PCAST): 

Correction 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of Open Teleconference: 

Correction. 

SUMMARY: On January 10, 2012, the 

Department of Energy (DOE) published 

a notice of open teleconference for the 

President’s Council of Advisors on 

Science and Technology (PCAST) to be 

held on January 24, 2013. This 

document makes several corrections to 

that notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Amber Hartman Scholz, PCAST Acting 

Executive Director, by email at: 

ascholz@ostp.eop.gov, or by telephone: 

(202) 456–4444. 

Corrections 

In the Federal Register of January 10, 

2013, in FR Doc. 2013–00329, on pages 

2259–2260, please make the following 

corrections: 

Under DATES, page 2259, second 

column, first paragraph, eighth line, the 

date has changed. The new date is 

Wednesday, January 23, 2013. 

Under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION, 

Proposed Schedule and Agenda 

heading, page 2259, third column, first 

paragraph, fifth line, please change date 

to January 24, 2013. 

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