Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 24 / Wednesday, February 5, 2014 / Notices 6889 

Dated: January 29, 2014. 

Christopher C. Cartwright, 

Associate Assistant Administrator for 

Management and CFO/CAO, Ocean Services 

and Coastal Zone Management, National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2014–02392 Filed 2–4–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–08–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XA363 

Marine Mammals; File No. 14352 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; issuance of permit 

amendment. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Dr. 

Gregory D. Bossart, Georgia Aquarium, 

225 Baker Street NW., Atlanta, Georgia 

30313 has been issued a minor 

amendment to Scientific Research 

Permit No. 14352. 

ADDRESSES: The amendment and related 

documents are available for review 

upon written request or by appointment 

in the following offices: 

Permits and Conservation Division, 

Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 

1315 East-West Highway, Room 13705, 

Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone (301) 

427–8401; fax (301) 713–0376; and 

Southeast Region, NMFS, 263 13th 

Avenue South, Saint Petersburg, FL 

33701; phone (727) 824–5312; fax (727) 

824–5309. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kristy Beard or Amy Sloan, (301) 427– 

8401. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

requested amendment has been granted 

under the authority of the Marine 

Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as 

amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) and 

the regulations governing the taking and 

importing of marine mammals (50 CFR 

part 216). 

The original permit (No. 14352), 

issued on October 15, 2009, authorized 

health assessments of bottlenose 

dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in 

Florida’s Indian River Lagoon system by 

capturing, sampling, and releasing up to 

40 dolphins per year. Captured dolphins 

may receive a complete clinical workup 

and a roto tag. Up to ten animals per 

year may also receive a VHF tag. 

Samples may be analyzed to examine a 

variety of health topics. An additional 

400 dolphins per year may be harassed 

during pre- and post-capture surveys in 

the Indian River Lagoon. The permit 

would also authorize two accidental 

mortalities over the five-year permit. 

The permit was amended on April 1, 

2011 (76 FR 20957) to authorize 

research in Charleston, South Carolina. 

Fifty bottlenose dolphins may be 

captured, sampled, and released in 

Charleston annually. Captured dolphins 

may receive a health assessment clinical 

workup and a roto tag. Up to ten 

animals per year may also receive a VHF 

tag. Samples may be analyzed to 

examine a variety of health topics such 

as: infectious diseases, immune status, 

contaminant exposure, antibiotic 

resistance, and genetics. Annually, 400 

dolphins may be harassed during preand post-capture surveys around 

Charleston. The permit was amended a 

second time on April 18, 2012, to allow 

an additional type of roto tag 

attachment. The original permit 

expiration date was October 31, 2014. 

The minor amendment (No. 14352–03) 

extends the duration of the permit 

through October 31, 2015, but does not 

change any other terms or conditions of 

the permit. 

Dated: January 31, 2014. 

P. Michael Payne, 

Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, 

Office of Protected Resources, National 

Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2014–02397 Filed 2–4–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No. ED–2013–ICCD–0132] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

Evaluating the Retired Mentors for 

Teachers Program 

AGENCY: Institute of Education Sciences/ 

National Center for Education Statistics 

(IES), Department of Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is 

proposing a new information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before March 7, 

2014. 

ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in 

response to this notice should be 

submitted electronically through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov by selecting 

Docket ID number. 

ED–2013–ICCD–0132 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, 

Mailstop L–OM–2–2E319, Room 2E105, 

Washington, DC 20202. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions related to collection activities 

or burden, please call Katrina Ingalls, 

703–620–3655 or electronically mail 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Please do not 

send comments here. We will ONLY 

accept comments in this mailbox when 

the regulations.gov site is not available 

to the public for any reason. 

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: Evaluating the 

Retired Mentors for Teachers Program. 

OMB Control Number: 1850–NEW. 

Type of Review: A new information 

collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals or households. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 148. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 92. 

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6890 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 24 / Wednesday, February 5, 2014 / Notices 

1 18 CFR 385.2001–2005 (2013). 

Abstract: OMB clearance is requested 

for a comprehensive randomized control 

trial study of the Retired Mentors for 

New Teachers program for probationary 

teachers developed by the Aurora Public 

School District (APS), in Aurora 

Colorado. The program uses recently 

retired master teachers to provide oneon-one mentoring to probationary 

teachers in high poverty elementary 

schools. The program was developed by 

APS over a three year period from 2008– 

2011. The district has partnered with 

REL Central to conduct an RCT study of 

the program because it desires to 

understand program impacts on teacher 

retention, performance, and teacher 

evaluations. The district has committed 

resources to pay for the intervention as 

well as for teachers to participate in any 

data gathering activities, such as surveys 

or focus groups. This OMB clearance 

request is to collect data from 100 

teachers and 8 teacher mentors. It does 

not include data collection from 

students. 

Dated: January 30, 2014. 

Stephanie Valentine, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2014–02369 Filed 2–4–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CD14–12–000] 

Terry Porter; Notice of Preliminary 

Determination of a Qualifying Conduit 

Hydropower Facility and Soliciting 

Comments and Motions To Intervene 

On January 15, 2014, Terry Porter 

filed a notice of intent to construct a 

qualifying conduit hydropower facility, 

pursuant to section 30 of the Federal 

Power Act, as amended by section 4 of 

the Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency 

Act of 2013 (HREA). The project would 

have an installed capacity of 5.1 

kilowatts (kW) Porter-Akali Turbine 

Project, and it would utilize an existing 

6,400-long pipeline, which varies from 

eight inches to four inches in diameter, 

that provides water from Alkali Creek 

for agricultural purposes. The project 

would be located near the Town of New 

Castle, Garfield County, Colorado. 

Applicant Contact: Terry Porter, P.O. 

Box 8, New Caste, CO 81647 Phone No. 

(970) 379–5360. 

FERC Contact: Robert Bell, Phone No. 

(202) 502–6062, email: robert.bell@

ferc.gov. 

Qualifying Conduit Hydropower 

Facility Description: The proposed 

project would consist of: (1) A small 

segment of an existing 300-feet-long, 

four-inch diameter high-pressure intake 

pipeline; (2) a proposed powerhouse 

containing two generating units, having 

a total installed capacity of 5.1-kW; 

(3)proposed eight-inch-diameter 

discharge pipe; and (4) appurtenant 

facilities. The proposed project would 

have an estimated annual generating 

capacity of 22.032 megawatt-hours. 

A qualifying conduit hydropower 

facility is one that is determined or 

deemed to meet all of the criteria shown 

in the table below. 

TABLE 1—CRITERIA FOR QUALIFYING CONDUIT HYDROPOWER FACILITY

Statutory provision Description Satisfies 

(Y/N) 

FPA 30(a)(3)(A), as amended by HREA .... The conduit the facility uses is a tunnel, canal, pipeline, aqueduct, flume, ditch, or 

similar manmade water conveyance that is operated for the distribution of water for 

agricultural, municipal, or industrial consumption and not primarily for the generation of electricity.

Y 

FPA 30(a)(3)(C)(i), as amended by HREA The facility is constructed, operated, or maintained for the generation of electric 

power and uses for such generation only the hydroelectric potential of a non-federally owned conduit.

Y 

FPA 30(a)(3)(C)(ii), as amended by HREA The facility has an installed capacity that does not exceed 5 megawatts ...................... Y 

FPA 30(a)(3)(C)(iii), as amended by HREA On or before August 9, 2013, the facility is not licensed, or exempted from the licensing requirements of Part I of the FPA.Y 

Preliminary Determination: Based 

upon the above criteria, Commission 

staff preliminarily determines that the 

proposal satisfies the requirements for a 

qualifying conduit hydropower facility 

not required to be licensed or exempted 

from licensing. 

Comments and Motions to Intervene: 

Deadline for filing comments contesting 

whether the facility meets the qualifying 

criteria is 45 days from the issuance 

date of this notice. 

Deadline for filing motions to 

intervene is 30 days from the issuance 

date of this notice. 

Anyone may submit comments or a 

motion to intervene in accordance with 

the requirements of Rules of Practice 

and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210 and 

385.214. Any motions to intervene must 

be received on or before the specified 

deadline date for the particular 

proceeding. 

Filing and Service of Responsive 

Documents: All filings must (1) bear in 

all capital letters the ‘‘COMMENTS 

CONTESTING QUALIFICATION FOR A 

CONDUIT HYDROPOWER FACILITY’’ 

or ‘‘MOTION TO INTERVENE,’’ as 

applicable; (2) state in the heading the 

name of the applicant and the project 

number of the application to which the 

filing responds; (3) state the name, 

address, and telephone number of the 

person filing; and (4) otherwise comply 

with the requirements of sections 

385.2001 through 385.2005 of the 

Commission’s regulations.1 All 

comments contesting Commission staff’s 

preliminary determination that the 

facility meets the qualifying criteria 

must set forth their evidentiary basis. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing. Please file motions to 

intervene and comments using the 

Commission’s eFiling system at http://

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. 

Commenters can submit brief comments 

up to 6,000 characters, without prior 

registration, using the eComment system 

at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/

ecomment.asp. You must include your 

name and contact information at the end 

of your comments. For assistance, 

please contact FERC Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866) 

208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659 

(TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please 

send a paper copy to: Secretary, Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

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