Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 32 / Friday, February 15, 2013 / Notices 11167 

www.regulations.gov by selecting 

Docket ID number ED–2013–ICCD–0012 

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 

2E103, 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: Federal Perkins 

Loan Program Regulations. 

OMB Control Number: 1845–0023. 

Type of Review: an extension of an 

existing information collection of a 

previously approved information 

collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals or households, State, Local, 

or Tribal Governments, Private Sector. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 23,488,137. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 607,752. 

Abstract: Institutions of higher 

education make Perkins loans. 

Information is necessary in order to 

monitor a school’s due diligence in its 

contact with the borrower regarding 

repayment, billing and collections, 

reimbursement to its Perkins loan 

revolving fund, rehabilitation of 

defaulted loans as well as institutions 

use of third party collections. This 

extension is a request for approval of 

reporting and record-keeping 

requirements contained in the 

regulations related to the administrative 

requirements of the Perkins Loan 

Program. 

Dated: February 11, 2013. 

Kate Mullan, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2013–03532 Filed 2–14–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Energy Efficiency and Renewable 

Energy 

Meetings: State Energy Advisory 

Board 

AGENCY: Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a live 

open meeting of the State Energy 

Advisory Board (STEAB). The Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463; 86 Stat. 770) requires that public 

notice of these meetings be announced 

in the Federal Register. 

DATES: March 12, 2013, 9:00 a.m.–5:00 

p.m. 

March 13, 2013, 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Double Tree by Hilton Hotel 

Washington, DC—Crystal City (in the 

Jefferson Room), 300 Army Navy Drive, 

Arlington, Virginia 22202. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gil 

Sperling, STEAB’s Designated Federal 

Officer, U.S. Department of Energy, 

Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, 1000 Independence 

Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Board: To provide 

advice and make recommendations to 

the Assistant Secretary for the Office of 

Energy Efficiency and Renewable 

Energy regarding goals and objectives, 

programmatic and administrative 

policies, and to otherwise carry out the 

Board’s responsibilities as designated in 

the State Energy Efficiency Programs 

Improvement Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101– 

440). 

Tentative Agenda: Receive in person 

updates and reviews of accomplishment 

of STEAB’s Subcommittee and Task 

Forces, meet with members of DOE’s 

Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy (EERE), discuss new 

initiatives and technologies generated 

by the EERE program areas, explore 

energy financing options, meet with 

senior-level EERE staff to discuss 

strategic planning opportunities, and 

update to the Board on routine business 

matters and other topics of interest. 

Public Participation: The meeting is 

open to the public. Written statements 

may be filed with the Board either 

before or after the meeting. Members of 

the public who wish to make oral 

statements pertaining to agenda items 

should contact Gil Sperling at the 

address listed above. Requests to make 

oral comments must be received five 

days prior to the meeting; reasonable 

provision will be made to include 

requested topic(s) on the agenda. The 

Chair of the Board is empowered to 

conduct the meeting in a fashion that 

will facilitate the orderly conduct of 

business. 

Minutes: The minutes of the meeting 

will be available for public review and 

copying within 90 days on the STEAB 

Web site, www.steab.org. 

Issued at Washington, DC, on February 8, 

2013. 

LaTanya R. Butler, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2013–03433 Filed 2–14–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. IC13–1–000] 

Commission Information Collection 

Activities (FERC–592); Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, DOE. 

ACTION: Comment request. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

requirements of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 

3507(a)(1)(D), the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (Commission or 

FERC) is submitting the information 

collection, FERC–592 (Standards of 

Conduct for Transmission Provider; and 

Marketing Affiliates of Interstate 

Pipelines), to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review of the 

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