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We are particularly interested in 

experiments that are designed to 

improve student persistence and 

academic success, result in shorter time 

to degree, including by allowing 

students to advance through educational 

courses and programs at their own pace 

by demonstrating academic 

achievement, and reduce reliance on 

student loans. Subject to the statutory 

restrictions and limitations of the 

Secretary’s experimental site authority 

noted above, examples of areas that 

could be considered for experiments 

include: 

D Allowing flexibility in how 

institutions provide Federal student aid 

to students enrolled in competencybased education programs where 

progress is measured on the basis of 

how much has been learned, rather than 

measures of time; 

D Allowing high school students to 

receive Federal student aid for 

enrollment in postsecondary 

coursework without a reduction in the 

amount of State and local support 

provided for such enrollment; 

D Allowing Federal student aid to be 

used to pay for assessments of prior 

learning and other processes to evaluate 

students’ knowledge. 

We will require institutions that 

participate in the experiments to 

provide data on the outcomes of the 

proposed alternatives. Further, 

experiments must not only measure the 

results of the alternative approach but 

also provide reasonable assessments of 

what would have happened under the 

existing requirements. 

Submissions need not be longer than 

two or three pages and should address 

the following: 

D The specific statutory or regulatory 

requirement(s) relating to the Title IV, 

HEA programs that would be waived or 

modified to test the alternative 

approach. 

D A description of the recommended 

alternative approach, and how the 

proposed alternative approach avoids or 

minimizes challenges imposed by the 

existing requirements. 

D A description of how the experiment 

could be evaluated, including 

identifying outcome measures and ways 

to collect comparative data with respect 

to the current statutory or regulatory 

requirements that will be waived as a 

part of the experiment. 

It is not necessary to submit fully 

developed experimental or evaluation 

plans. 

Based on the submissions and our 

own input, and in collaboration with 

the submitting institution or other 

parties, we will develop the final 

experimental designs and evaluation 

plans for each experiment. We may also 

develop experiments in addition to 

those proposed in response to this 

request. 

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Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1094a(b). 

Delegation of Authority: The Secretary 

of Education has delegated authority to 

Brenda Dann-Messier for the Office of 

Postsecondary Education, to perform the 

functions and duties of the Assistant 

Secretary for Postsecondary Education. 

Dated: December 3, 2013. 

Brenda Dann-Messier, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary 

Education. 

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Paducah 

AGENCY: Department of Energy (DOE) 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Environmental 

Management Site-Specific Advisory 

Board (EM SSAB), Paducah. The 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. 

L. 92–463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that 

public notice of this meeting be 

announced in the Federal Register. 

DATES: Thursday, December 19, 2013 

6:00 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Barkley Centre, 111 

Memorial Drive, Paducah, Kentucky 

42001. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rachel Blumenfeld, Deputy Designated 

Federal Officer, Department of Energy 

Paducah Site Office, Post Office Box 

1410, MS–103, Paducah, Kentucky 

42001, (270) 441–6806. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Board: The purpose of 

the Board is to make recommendations 

to DOE–EM and site management in the 

areas of environmental restoration, 

waste management and related 

activities. 

Tentative Agenda: 

• Call to Order, Introductions, Review 

of Agenda 

• Administrative Issues 

• Public Comments (15 minutes) 

• Adjourn 

Breaks Taken As Appropriate 

Public Participation: The EM SSAB, 

Paducah, welcomes the attendance of 

the public at its advisory committee 

meetings and will make every effort to 

accommodate persons with physical 

disabilities or special needs. If you 

require special accommodations due to 

a disability, please contact Rachel 

Blumenfeld as soon as possible in 

advance of the meeting at the telephone 

number listed above. Written statements 

may be filed with the Board either 

before or after the meeting. Individuals 

who wish to make oral statements 

pertaining to agenda items should 

contact Rachel Blumenfeld at the 

telephone number listed above. 

Requests must be received as soon as 

possible prior to the meeting and 

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include the presentation in the agenda. 

The Deputy Designated Federal Officer 

is empowered to conduct the meeting in 

a fashion that will facilitate the orderly 

conduct of business. Individuals 

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be provided a maximum of five minutes 

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disposition; stabilization and 

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materials; excess facilities; future land 

use and long-term stewardship; risk 

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2013Meetings.html. 

Issued at Washington, DC, on November 

29, 2013. 

LaTanya R. Butler, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2013–0715; FRL–9902–85] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), this 

document announces that EPA is 

planning to submit an Information 

Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB). The 

ICR, entitled: ‘‘Survey of the Public and 

Commercial Building Industry’’ and 

identified by EPA ICR No. 2494.01 and 

OMB Control No. 2070–NEW, 

represents a new request. Before 

submitting the ICR to OMB for review 

and approval, EPA is soliciting 

comments on specific aspects of the 

proposed information collection that is 

summarized in this document. The ICR 

and accompanying material are 

available in the docket for public review 

and comment. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before February 4, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPPT–2013–0715, by 

one of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Document Control Office 

(7407M), Office of Pollution Prevention 

and Toxics (OPPT), Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001. 

• Hand Delivery: OPPT Document 

Control Office (DCO), EPA East Bldg., 

Rm. 6428, 1201 Constitution Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC. ATTN: Docket ID 

Number EPA–HQ–OPPT–2013–0715. 

The DCO is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The telephone number for the 

DCO is (202) 564–8930. Such deliveries 

are only accepted during the DCO’s 

normal hours of operation, and special 

arrangements should be made for 

deliveries of boxed information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

docket ID number EPA–HQ–OPPT– 

2013–0715. EPA’s policy is that all 

comments received will be included in 

the docket without change and may be 

made available online at http://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Do not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through regulations.gov or 

email. The regulations.gov Web site is 

an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which 

means EPA will not know your identity 

or contact information unless you 

provide it in the body of your comment. 

If you send an email comment directly 

to EPA without going through 

regulations.gov, your email address will 

be automatically captured and included 

as part of the comment that is placed in 

the docket and made available on the 

Internet. If you submit an electronic 

comment, EPA recommends that you 

include your name and other contact 

information in the body of your 

comment and with any disk or CD–ROM 

you submit. If EPA cannot read your 

comment due to technical difficulties 

and cannot contact you for clarification, 

EPA may not be able to consider your 

comment. Electronic files should avoid 

the use of special characters, any form 

of encryption, and be free of any defects 

or viruses. 

Docket: All documents in the docket 

are listed in the docket index available 

at http://www.regulations.gov. Although 

listed in the index, some information is 

not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Certain other 

material, such as copyrighted material, 

will be publicly available only in hard 

copy. Publicly available docket 

materials are available electronically at 

http://www.regulations.gov, or, if only 

available in hard copy, at the OPPT 

Docket. The OPPT Docket is located in 

the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC) at Rm. 

3334, EPA West Bldg., 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC. The EPA/DC Public Reading Room 

hours of operation are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 

p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding 

legal holidays. The telephone number of 

the EPA/DC Public Reading Room is 

(202) 566–1744, and the telephone 

number for the OPPT Docket is (202) 

566–0280. Docket visitors are required 

to show photographic identification, 

pass through a metal detector, and sign 

the EPA visitor log. All visitor bags are 

processed through an X-ray machine 

and subject to search. Visitors will be 

provided an EPA/DC badge that must be 

visible at all times in the building and 

returned upon departure. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

technical information contact: Judith 

Brown, Economics, Exposure and 

Technology Division (7406M), Office of 

Pollution Prevention and Toxics, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001; telephone number: 

(202) 564–3218; fax number: (202) 564– 

8893; email address: brown.judith@

epa.gov. 

For general information contact: The 

TSCA-Hotline, ABVI-Goodwill, 422 

South Clinton Ave., Rochester, NY 

14620; telephone number: (202) 554– 

1404; email address: TSCA-Hotline@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. What Information is EPA Particularly 

Interested in? 

Pursuant to PRA section 3506(c)(2)(A) 

(44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), EPA 

specifically solicits comments and 

information to enable it to: 

1. Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the Agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility. 

2. Evaluate the accuracy of the 

Agency’s estimates of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used. 

3. Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected. 

4. Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of responses. In 

particular, EPA is requesting comments 

from very small businesses (those that 

employ less than 25) on examples of 

specific additional efforts that EPA 

could make to reduce the paperwork 

burden for very small businesses 

affected by this collection. 

II. What Information Collection 

Activity or ICR Does this Action Apply 

to? 

Title: Survey of the Public and 

Commercial Building Industry. 

ICR number: EPA ICR No. 2494.01. 

OMB control number: OMB Control 

No. 2070–NEW. 


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