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deemed appropriate. Written comments 

and documents will be accepted at the 

hearing or may be sent to the Board’s 

Washington, DC, office. The Board will 

hold the hearing record open until 

September 28, 2018, for the receipt of 

additional materials. 

The hearing will be presented live 

through internet video streaming. A link 

to the presentation will be available on 

the Board’s website, and a recording 

will be posted soon after. A transcript of 

these sessions and the associated 

correspondence will be made available 

on the Board’s website. The Board 

specifically reserves its right to further 

schedule and otherwise regulate the 

course of the hearing, to recess, 

reconvene, postpone, or adjourn the 

hearing, conduct further reviews, and 

otherwise exercise its authority under 

the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as 

amended. 

Contact Person for More Information: 

Glenn Sklar, General Manager, Defense 

Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, 625 

Indiana Avenue NW, Suite 700, 

Washington, DC 20004–2901, (800) 788– 

4016. 

Dated: August 7, 2018. 

Joyce Connery, 

Acting Chairman. 

[FR Doc. 2018–17317 Filed 8–8–18; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 3670–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2018–ICCD–0081 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; 

International Resource Information 

System (IRIS) 

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary 

Education (OPE), Department of 

Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is 

proposing an extension of an existing 

information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before October 

9, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: To access and review all the 

documents related to the information 

collection listed in this notice, please 

use http://www.regulations.gov by 

searching the Docket ID number ED– 

2018–ICCD–0081. Comments submitted 

in response to this notice should be 

submitted electronically through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov by selecting the 

Docket ID number 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, 

550 12th Street SW, PCP, Room 9086, 

Washington, DC 20202–0023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Sara Starke, 

202–453–7681. 

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: International 

Resource Information System (IRIS). 

OMB Control Number: 1840–0759. 

Type of Review: An extension of an 

existing information collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: Private 

Sector. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 6,596. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 35,712. 

Abstract: The International Resource 

Information System (IRIS) is an online 

performance reporting system for 

International and Foreign Language 

Education (IFLE) grantees. IFLE grantees 

are institutions of higher education, 

organizations and individuals funded 

under Title VI of the Higher Education 

Act of 1965, as amended (HEA) and/or 

the Mutual Educational and Cultural 

Exchange Act (Fulbright-Hays Act). 

Grantees under these programs enter 

budget and performance measure data 

for interim, annual and final 

performance reports via IRIS, as well as 

submit International Travel Approval 

Requests and Grant Activation Requests. 

Dated: August 7, 2018. 

Kate Mullan, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Office of the Chief Privacy 

Officer, Office of Management. 

[FR Doc. 2018–17209 Filed 8–9–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Applications for New Awards; Special 

Programs for Indian Children— 

Demonstration Grants; Supplemental 

Notice 

AGENCY: Office of Elementary and 

Secondary Education, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Supplemental notice. 

SUMMARY: On June 26, 2018, we 

published in the Federal Register a 

notice inviting applications (NIA) for 

fiscal year (FY) 2018 for the Indian 

Education Discretionary Grants 

Programs—Demonstration Grants for 

Indian Children program, Catalog of 

Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) 

number 84.299A. This notice clarifies 

the selection criteria and requirements 

that apply to this competition. 

DATES: 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: August 10, 2018. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: September 10, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Tara Ramsey, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, 

Room 3W203, Washington, DC 20202. 

Telephone: (202) 260–3774. Email: 

NYCP.OIE@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD) or a text 

telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay 

Service (FRS), toll free, at 1–800–877– 

8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 

26, 2018 we published in the Federal 

Register an NIA for this program (83 FR 

29769) that listed a number of selection 

criteria, including assigned point 

values, and requirements for this 

competition. Additionally, we posted an 

application package for the program on 


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the Department’s website at 

www2.ed.gov/programs/indiandemo/ 

applicant.html and Grants.gov. Since 

that time, we have discovered that some 

parts of the selection criteria in the 

application package did not match the 

selection criteria in the NIA, and that 

some of the application package 

instructions relating to ‘‘Part 6, Other 

Attachments’’ did not match 

requirements and criteria in the NIA. 

Although we noted in the application 

package that the NIA was the official 

document governing this competition, 

we are publishing this supplemental 

notice to clarify that the selection 

criteria and requirements in the NIA are 

the official selection criteria and 

requirements for this competition. 

Please refer to the NIA for the selection 

criteria, including assigned point 

values, and requirements that apply to 

this competition. In addition to having 

been published in the Federal Register, 

the NIA is attached at the end of the 

application package under ‘‘Legal and 

Regulatory Information.’’ We also have 

updated the application package on the 

Department’s website and grants.gov to 

correct the items described above. 

Please refer to those two websites for an 

updated application package. 

Applicants that have already 

submitted timely applications may 

resubmit their applications but are not 

required to do so. 

Applicants must submit their 

applications in Grants.gov by 4:30:00 

p.m., Washington, DC time on August 

10, 2018. Instructions for submitting an 

application can be found in the NIA. 

Note: All information in the NIA remains 

the same. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7441. 

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document 

and a copy of the application package in 

an accessible format (e.g., Braille, large 

print, audiotape, or compact disc) on 

request to the program contact person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

The official version of this document is 

the document published in the Federal 

Register. You may access the official 

edition of the Federal Register and the 

Code of Federal Regulations via the 

Federal Digital System at: www.gpo.gov/ 

fdsys. At this site you can view this 

document, as well as all other 

documents of this Department 

published in the Federal Register, in 

text or Portable Document Format 

(PDF). To use PDF you must have 

Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

available free at the site. 

You may also access documents of the 

Department published in the Federal 

Register by using the article search 

feature at: www.federalregister.gov. 

Specifically, through the advanced 

search feature at this site, you can limit 

your search to documents published by 

the Department. 

Dated: August 7, 2018. 

Frank Brogan, 

Assistant Secretary for Elementary and 

Secondary Education. 

[FR Doc. 2018–17145 Filed 8–9–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2018–ICCD–0082] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

Middle Grades Longitudinal Study of 

2017–18 (MGLS:2017) Main Study 

Design Revision, Operational Field 

Test First Follow-Up (OFT2) and 

Second Follow-Up (OFT3), and Main 

Study Base Year (MS1) and Tracking 

for First Follow-Up (MS2) 

AGENCY: National Center for Education 

Statistics (NCES), Department of 

Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is 

proposing a revision of a currently 

approved information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before 

September 10, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: To access and review all the 

documents related to the information 

collection listed in this notice, please 

use http://www.regulations.gov by 

searching the Docket ID number ED– 

2018–ICCD–0082. Comments submitted 

in response to this notice should be 

submitted electronically through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov by selecting the 

Docket ID number 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, 

550 12th Street SW, PCP, Room 9086, 

Washington, DC 20202–0023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Kashka 

Kubzdela, 202–245–7377 or email 

NCES.Information.Collections@ed.gov. 

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: Middle Grades 

Longitudinal Study of 2017–18 (MGLS: 

2017) Main Study Design Revision, 

Operational Field Test First Follow-up 

(OFT2) and Second Follow-up (OFT3), 

and Main Study Base Year (MS1) and 

Tracking for First Follow-up (MS2). 

OMB Control Number: 1850–0911. 

Type of Review: A Revision of an 

existing information Collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals or Households. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 121,554. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 61,501. 

Abstract: The Middle Grades 

Longitudinal Study of 2017–18 

(MGLS:2017) is the first study 

conducted by the National Center for 

Education Statistics (NCES) to follow a 

nationally representative sample of 

sixth grade students as they enter and 

move through the middle grades (grades 

6–8). The data collected through 

repeated measures of key constructs will 

provide a rich descriptive picture of the 

academic experiences and development 

of students during these critical years 


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