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concerns about agencies regarding 

matters outside the scope of the petition 

should report those concerns to 

Department staff. Only material 

submitted by the deadline to the email 

address listed in this notice, and in 

accordance with these instructions, 

become part of the official record 

concerning agencies scheduled for 

review and are considered by the 

Department and the NACIQI in their 

deliberations. Please do not send 

material directly to the NACIQI 

members. 

Submission of Requests To Make An 

Oral Comment: There are two methods 

the public may use to make a third-party 

oral comment of three to five minutes 

concerning one of the agencies 

scheduled for review on June 25–26, 

2012. Oral comments about agencies 

seeking continued recognition must 

relate to the criteria for the recognition 

of accrediting agencies or the Criteria 

and Procedures for Recognition of State 

Agencies for Approval of Public 

Postsecondary Vocational Education, as 

appropriate, which are available at: 

http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/ 

accred/index.html. 

Method One: Submit a request by 

email to the 

accreditationcommittees@ed.gov 

mailbox. Please do not send material 

directly to NACIQI members. Requests 

must be received by April 16, 2012, and 

include the subject line ‘‘Oral Comment 

Request: re (agency name).’’ The email 

must include the name, title, affiliation, 

mailing address, email address, 

telephone and facsimile numbers and 

Web site (if any) of the person/group 

requesting to speak. All individuals or 

groups submitting an advance request in 

accordance with this notice will be 

afforded an opportunity to speak for a 

minimum of three minutes each. Each 

request must concern the recognition of 

a single agency or institution tentatively 

scheduled in this notice for review, be 

no more than one page (maximum), and 

must include: 

1. The name, title, affiliation, mailing 

address, email address, telephone and 

facsimile numbers, and Web site (if any) 

of the person/group requesting to speak; 

and, 

2. A brief summary of the principal 

points to be made during the oral 

presentation. 

Method Two: Register at the meeting 

location on June 25 or June 26, 2012, to 

make an oral comment during the 

NACIQI’s deliberations concerning a 

particular agency or institution 

scheduled for review that day. The 

requestor must provide his or her name, 

title, affiliation, mailing address, email 

address, telephone and facsimile 

numbers, and Web site (if any). A total 

of up to fifteen minutes during each 

agency review will be allotted for 

commenters who register on June 25 or 

June 26, 2012. Individuals or groups 

will be selected on a first-come, firstserved basis. If selected, each 

commenter may speak from three to five 

minutes, depending on the number of 

individuals or groups who signed up the 

day of the meeting. 

If a person or group requests to make 

comments in advance, they cannot also 

register for an oral presentation 

opportunity on June 25 or June 26, 2012. 

The oral comments made will become 

part of the official record and will be 

considered by the Department and 

NACIQI in their deliberations. 

Individuals and groups making oral 

presentations concerning scheduled 

agencies may not distribute written 

materials at the meeting. 

Access to Records of the Meeting: The 

Department will post the official report 

of the meeting on the NACIQI Web site 

shortly after the meeting. Pursuant to 

the FACA, the public may also inspect 

the materials at 1990 K Street NW., 

Washington, DC, by emailing 

aslrecordsmanager@ed.gov or by calling 

(202) 219–7067 to schedule an 

appointment. 

Reasonable Accommodations: The 

meeting site is accessible to individuals 

with disabilities. If you will need an 

auxiliary aid or service to participate in 

the meeting (e.g., interpreting service, 

assistive listening device, or materials in 

an alternate format), notify the contact 

person listed in this notice at least two 

weeks before the scheduled meeting 

date. Although we will attempt to meet 

a request received after that date, we 

may not be able to make available the 

requested auxiliary aid or service 

because of insufficient time to arrange 

it. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Carol Griffiths, Acting Executive 

Director, NACIQI, U.S. Department of 

Education, 1990 K Street NW., Room 

8072, Washington, DC 20006–8129, 

telephone: (202) 219–7035, fax: (202) 

219–7005, or email: 

Carol.Griffiths@ed.gov. 

Electronic Access to this Document: 

The official version of this document is 

the document published in the Federal 

Register. Free Internet access to the 

official edition of the Federal Register 

and the Code of Federal Regulations is 

available 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 Adobe 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. 

Delegation of Authority: The Secretary 

of Education has delegated authority to 

David Bergeron, Deputy Assistant 

Secretary for Policy, Planning, and 

Innovation to perform the functions and 

duties of the Assistant Secretary for 

Postsecondary Education. 

David Bergeron, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, 

Planning, and Innovation, delegated the 

authority to perform the functions and duties 

of the Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary 

Education. 

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BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Proposed Agency Information 

Collection 

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy, 

DoE. 

ACTION: Notice and Request for 

Comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(DOE) invites public comment on a 

proposed collection of information that 

DOE is developing for submission to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) pursuant to the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. Comments are 

invited on: (a) Whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

The proposed collection would 

involve information for a scorecard that 

would assist DOE’s Clean Cities 

Coalitions and stakeholders in assessing 

the level of readiness of their 

communities for plug-in electric 

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vehicles. Information collected would 

allow DOE to provide respondents with 

an objective assessment of their 

communities’ readiness for PEV 

adoption and an understanding of their 

commitment to successful deployment 

of PEVs, and is needed to ensure 

appropriate evaluation of progress in 

deploying PEVs. 

DATES: Comments regarding this 

proposed information collection must 

be received on or before May 29, 2012. 

If you anticipate difficulty in submitting 

comments within that period, contact 

the person listed in ADDRESSES as soon 

as possible. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be 

sent to Ms. Linda Bluestein, Office of 

Energy Efficiency and Renewable 

Energy (EE–2G), U.S. Department of 

Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue 

SW., Washington, DC 20585–0121, or by 

fax at 202–586–1600, or by email at 

Linda.Bluestein@ee.doe.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions should be 

directed to Ms. Linda Bluestein, Office 

of Energy Efficiency and Renewable 

Energy (EE–2G), U.S. Department of 

Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue 

SW., Washington, DC 20585–0121, (202) 

586–6116, Linda.Bluestein@ee.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

information collection request contains: 

(1) OMB No. New; (2) Information 

Collection Request Title: Clean Cities 

Plug-In Vehicle Community Readiness 

Scorecard; (3) Type of Request: New; (4) 

Purpose: DOE’s Clean Cities initiative 

has developed a voluntary scorecard to 

assist its coalitions and stakeholders in 

assessing the level of readiness of their 

communities for plug-in electric 

vehicles. The principal objective of the 

scorecard is to provide respondents 

with an objective assessment and 

estimate of their respective community’s 

readiness for PEV deployment as well as 

understand the respective community’s 

commitment to deploying these vehicles 

successfully. DOE intends the scorecard 

to be completed by a city/county/ 

regional sustainability or energy 

coordinator. As the intended respondent 

may not be aware of every aspect of 

local or regional PEV readiness, 

coordination among local stakeholders 

to gather appropriate information may 

be necessary. 

The scorecard assessment effort will 

rely on responses to questions the 

respondent chooses to answer. The 

multiple-choice questions address the 

following topic areas: (1) Electric 

vehicle supply equipment permitting 

and inspection process; (2) PEV and 

electric vehicle supply equipment 

availability and numbers; (3) laws, 

incentives, and financing; (4) education 

and outreach; (5) utility interaction; and 

(6) vehicle and infrastructure planning. 

Respondents will provide answers 

through a user-friendly online interface. 

The answers will then be translated 

through a simple algorithm that will 

establish appropriate quantitative 

criteria, translating the readiness 

measures across several weighted 

categories into numeric data. Using a 

numberless color spectrum, a 

community will be rated against itself, 

with the colored spectrum results made 

available only to the respondent 

community. The total rankings will be 

normalized into a ‘‘score’’, and 

communities will see their own rating 

and may be compared to other cities. 

The scorecard will use one 

information collection system, an online 

system. No other data collection system 

will be employed to support the 

scorecard. The online scorecard system 

DOE has developed provides several 

advantages. First, it avoids the need to 

download any forms or materials, 

though respondents may print out the 

full list of questions and answers, or a 

portion thereof if they wish. Second, 

avoiding downloads also limits 

potential security threats. Third, the 

designed system allows respondents to 

dynamically compare historical records, 

providing the opportunity to revisit the 

scorecard however often they like to 

track progress. Further, employing an 

online system also eliminates version 

control concerns, allowing for a single 

update to ensure that all scorecard users 

are using the current version. 

The voluntary scorecard may be 

completed at any time, and there is no 

date by which the scorecard questions 

must be completed. Calculation of 

outcomes will be undertaken on an 

ongoing basis, immediately following 

completion of the scorecard 

questionnaire. 

While there are approximately 90 

Clean Cities coalitions across the United 

States, DOE expects that other 

communities may want to avail 

themselves of the opportunity to assess 

their respective community’s PEV 

readiness. Therefore, DOE expects a 

total respondent population of 

approximately 100 respondents. 

Selecting the multiple choice answers in 

completing a scorecard questionnaire is 

expected to take under 30 minutes, 

although additional time of no more 

than 20 hours may be needed to 

assemble information necessary to be 

able to answer the questions, leading to 

a total burden of approximately 2,050 

hours in the first year. Assembling 

information to update questionnaire 

answers in future years on a voluntary 

basis would be expected to take less 

time, on the order of 10 hours, as much 

of any necessary time and effort needed 

to research information would have 

been completed previously; (5) Annual 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 100; 

(6) Annual Estimated Number of Total 

Responses: 100; (7) Annual Estimated 

Number of Burden Hours: 2,050; (8) 

Annual Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: There is no 

cost associated with reporting and 

recordkeeping. 

Statutory Authority: 42 U.S.C. Sec. 13233; 

42 U.S.C. Sec. 13252(a)–(b); 42 U.S.C. 13255; 

42 U.S.C. Sec. 7256. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on March 22, 

2012. 

Henry C. Kelly, 

Acting Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency 

and Renewable Energy. 

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BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Proposed Agency Information 

Collection 

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy, 

DOE. 

ACTION: Notice and request for public 

review and comment. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(DOE) has submitted the Electricity 

Sector Cybersecurity Risk Management 

Maturity Pilot to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

clearance, a proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. 

L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) and 

5 CFR 1320.13. 

DATES: Comments regarding this 

collection must be received on or before 

15 days from the date of publication. 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 DOE Desk Officer at OMB of 

your intention to make a submission as 

soon as possible. The Desk Officer may 

be telephoned at 202–395–4650. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be sent to the DOE Desk Officer, Office 

of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, New 

Executive Office Building, Room 10102, 

735 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 

20503. And to: Samara Moore, 

samara.moore@hq.doe.gov, Fax: 202– 

586–1472. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Samara Moore, 

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