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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: Magnet Schools 

Assistance Program—Government 

Performance and Results Act (GPRA) 

Table Form. 

OMB Control Number: 1855–0025. 

Type of Review: An extension of an 

existing information collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

Local, and Tribal Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 116. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 58. 

Abstract: The collection of this 

information is part of the governmentwide effort to improve the performance 

and accountability of all federal 

programs, under the Government 

Performance and Results Act (GPRA) 

passed in 1993, the Uniform Guidance, 

and EDGAR. Under GPRA, a process for 

using performance indicators to set 

program performance goals and to 

measure and report program results was 

established. To implement GPRA, ED 

developed GPRA measures at every 

program level to quantify and report 

program progress required by the 

Elementary and Secondary Education 

Act of 1965, as amended. Under the 

Uniform Guidance and EDGAR, 

recipients of federal awards are required 

to submit performance and financial 

expenditure information. The GPRA 

program level measures and budget 

information for the Magnet Schools 

Assistance Program (MSAP) are 

reported in the Annual Performance 

Report (APR). The APR is required 

under 2 CFR 200.328 and 34 CFR 75.118 

and 75.590. The annual report provides 

data on the status of the funded project 

that corresponds to the scope and 

objectives established in the approved 

application and any amendments. To 

ensure that accurate and reliable data 

are reported to Congress on program 

implementation and performance 

outcomes, the MSAP APR collects the 

raw data from grantees in a consistent 

format to calculate these data in the 

aggregate. 

Dated: June 20, 2018. 

Tomakie Washington, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Office of the Chief Privacy 

Officer, Office of Management. 

[FR Doc. 2018–13610 Filed 6–25–18; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Basic Energy Sciences Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: Office of Science, Department 

of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Basic Energy Sciences 

Advisory Committee (BESAC). The 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

requires that public notice of these 

meetings be announced in the Federal 

Register. 

DATES: Thursday, July 12, 2018, 9:00 

a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Friday, July 13, 2018 

8:00, a.m. to 12:00 noon. 

ADDRESSES: Bethesda North Marriott 

Hotel and Conference Center, 5701 

Marinelli Drive, Rockville, MD 20852. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Katie Runkles, Office of Basic Energy 

Sciences, U.S. Department of Energy, 

Germantown Building, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20585; Telephone: (301) 903–6529. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Board: The purpose of 

this Board is to make recommendation 

to DOE–SC with respect to the basic 

energy sciences research program. 

Tentative Agenda 

• Call to Order, Introductions, Review 

of the Agenda 

• News From the Office of Science 

• News From the Office of Basic Energy 

Sciences 

• BES 40th Report Presentations 

• Materials Sciences and Engineering 

Division COV Report 

• Scientific User Facilities Division 

COV Meeting Announcement 

• Public Comments 

• Adjourn 

Breaks Taken as Appropriate 

Public Participation: The meeting is 

open to the public. If you would like to 

file a written statement with the 

Committee, you may do so either before 

or after the meeting. If you would like 

to make oral statements regarding any of 

the items on the agenda, you should 

contact Katie Runkles at (301) 903–6594 

(fax), or katie.runkles@science.doe.gov 

(email). Reasonable provisions will be 

made to include the scheduled oral 

statements on the agenda. The 

Chairperson of the Committee will 

conduct the meeting to facilitate the 

orderly conduct of business. Public 

comment will follow the 10-minute 

rule. 

Minutes: The minutes of this meeting 

will be available for public review and 

copying within 45 days on the 

Committee’s website: 

www.science.energy.gov/bes/besac/ 

meetings. 

Issued at Washington, DC, on June 21, 

2018. 

Latanya Butler, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2018–13693 Filed 6–25–18; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Agency Information Collection 

Extension 

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(DOE) has submitted an information 

collection request to the OMB for 

extension under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The 

information collection package requests 

a three-year extension of ‘‘Industrial 

Relations,’’ OMB Control Number 1910– 

0600. This proposed collection covers 

major Departmental Contractor Human 

Resource Information necessary for 

contract management, administration, 

and cost control. 

DATES: Comments regarding this 

proposed information collection must 

be received on or before July 26, 2018. 

If you anticipate that you will be 

submitting comments, but find it 

difficult to do so within the period of 

time allowed by this notice, please 

advise the Desk Officer for the 

Department of Energy of your intention 

to make a submission as soon as 

possible. 


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ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be sent to the OMB Desk Officer, Office 

of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, New 

Executive Office Building, 735 17th 

Street NW, Room 10102, Washington, 

DC 20503 and to Alesia Gant, U.S. 

Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20585–1615, or by email at 

alesia.gant@hq.doe.gov; Ms. Gant may 

also be contacted at (202) 287–1476. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions should be 

directed to Alesia Gant at the address 

listed above. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

information collection request contains: 

(1) OMB No. 1910–0600; 

(2) Information Collection Request 

Title: Industrial Relations; 

(3) Type of Request: Renewal; 

(4) Purpose: This information is 

required for management oversight of 

the Department of Energy’s Facilities 

Management Contractors and to ensure 

that the programmatic and 

administrative management 

requirements of the contracts are 

managed efficiently and effectively; 

(5) Annual Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 42; 

(6) Annual Estimated Number of 

Total Responses: 316; 

(7) Annual Estimated Number of 

Burden Hours: 4,093; 

(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0. 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7256; 48 CFR 

970.0370–1. 

Issued in Washington, DC on June 18, 

2018. 

John R. Bashista, 

Director, Office of Acquisition Management. 

[FR Doc. 2018–13677 Filed 6–25–18; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Energy Information Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Extension 

AGENCY: U.S. Energy Information 

Administration (EIA), U.S. Department 

of Energy (DOE). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: EIA submitted an information 

collection request for extension as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995. The information collection 

requests a three-year extension with 

changes to Form EIA–63C, Densified 

Biomass Fuel Report under OMB 

Control Number 1905–0209. Form EIA– 

63C collects data on wood pellet fuel 

and other densified biomass fuel 

production, sales, and inventory levels 

from U.S. manufacturing facilities of 

densified biomass fuel products for the 

purpose of estimating densified biomass 

fuel consumption in the United States, 

as well as production, sales, and 

inventory at state, regional, and national 

levels. 

DATES: EIA must receive all comments 

on this proposed information collection 

no later than July 26, 2018. If you 

anticipate any difficulties in submitting 

your comments by the deadline, contact 

the DOE Desk Officer at 202–395–0710. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be sent to: 

DOE Desk Officer: Brandon Debruhl, 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget, New Executive Office 

Building, Room 10102, 735 17th 

Street NW, Washington, DC 20503, 

Email: Brandon_F_DeBruhl@

omb.eop.gov. 

and to: 

Connor Murphy, U.S. Department of 

Energy, U.S. Energy Information 

Administration, 1000 Independence 

Ave. SW, Washington, DC 20585, 

Email: DensifiedBiomass2018@

eia.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions, should be 

directed to Connor Murphy at 202–287– 

5982, or by email Connor.Murphy@

eia.gov. You can view Form EIA–63C 

Densified Biomass Fuel Report online at 

https://www.eia.gov/survey/#eia-63c. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

information collection request contains: 

(1) OMB No. 1905–0209; 

(2) Information Collection Request 

Title: Densified Biomass Fuel Report; 

(3) Type of Request: Three-year 

extension with changes; 

(4) Purpose: Form EIA–63C Densified 

Biomass Fuel Report is part of EIA’s 

comprehensive energy data program. 

The survey collects information on the 

manufacture, shipment, exports, energy 

characteristics, and sales of pellet fuels 

and other densified biomass fuel 

products data from facilities that 

manufacture densified biomass fuel 

products, primarily pellet fuels, for 

energy applications. The data collected 

are a primary source of information for 

the nation’s growing production of 

biomass products for heating and 

electric power generation, for use in 

both domestic and foreign markets. 

(4a) Changes to Information 

Collection: Respondents will no longer 

have to answer the following six 

questions: 

• Part 2 Question 2.2 ‘‘What is the 

operational month’’ 

• Part 2 Question 2.4 ‘‘What is the total 

installed horsepower of the pellet 

extrusion machinery at this facility’’ 

• Part 2. Question 2.6 ‘‘What is the 

planned maximum annual production 

capacity at this facility’’ 

• Part 2. Question 2.7 ‘‘What is the 

planned total installed horsepower of 

the pellet extrusion machinery at this 

facility’’ 

• Part 3. Question 3.2 ‘‘In the reporting 

period, did the mill utilize any 

portion of the above feedstock for uses 

other than transformation into 

densified biomass products, such as 

to operate the mill, produce electricity 

(combined heat and power) or other 

beneficial use of energy produced 

(such as heating/cooling)’’ 

• Part 4. Question 4.2 ‘‘Export Port.’’ 

EIA also removed the requirement to 

report quantity, characteristics, 

inventory, and revenue data on 

compressed fuel logs, bricks and 

briquettes from on questions 3.3, 3.4 

and 4.1. 

Finally, the due date for annual 

respondents (small biomass fuel 

manufacturers having a capacity of less 

than 10,000 tons per year or planned 

facilities) to report is changed from 

February 1 to June 1 to coincide with 

the industry’s off-season and ease their 

reporting burden during the heating 

season which is their busiest time of the 

year. Respondents that need to file 

annually will only need to report 

limited data in Parts 1 and 2 of the form; 

(5) Annual Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 108; 

(6) Annual Estimated Number of 

Total Responses: 1,065; 

(7) Annual Estimated Number of 

Burden Hours: 1,467; 

(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: The cost of 

the burden hours is estimated to be 

$111,026 (1,467 burden hours times 

$75.69 per hour). EIA estimates that 

there are no additional costs to 

respondents associated with the survey 

other than the costs associated with the 

burden hours. 

Statutory Authority: Section 13(b) of 

the Federal Energy Administration Act 

of 1974, Pub. L. 93–275, codified as 15 

U.S.C. 772(b) and the DOE Organization 

Act of 1977, Pub. L. 95–91, codified at 

42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq. 


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