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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: 2015–16 National 

Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS) 

Preliminary Activities. 

OMB Control Number: 1850–0598. 

Type of Review: A revision of an 

existing information collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

Local or Tribal Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 8,851. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 1,422. 

Abstract: The National Teacher and 

Principal Survey (NTPS) is a redesign of 

the Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS). 

NTPS will be an in-depth, nationally 

representative survey of first through 

twelfth grade public school teachers, 

principals and schools. Kindergarten 

teachers in schools with at least a first 

grade are also surveyed. The NTPS will 

be conducted every two years utilizing 

core content and a series of rotating 

modules to allow timely collection of 

important education trends as well as 

trend analysis. Topics covered include 

characteristics of teachers, principals, 

schools, teacher training opportunities, 

retention, retirement, hiring, and 

shortages. This submission is for OMB 

approval to conduct preliminary field 

activities prior to data collection. These 

activities will take place in early 2015 

and include submitting NTPS research 

applications to special districts that 

require prior research approval before 

their schools can be recruited for the 

study. The lead time is necessary to 

secure approval for the NTPS from these 

districts prior to the start of data 

collection. 

Dated: October 2, 2014. 

Stephanie Valentine, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2014–23897 Filed 10–6–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2014–ICCD–0108] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

Race to the Top Program Review 

Protocols 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary/Office of 

the Deputy Secretary (OS), 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 an extension of an existing 

information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before 

November 6, 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–2014–ICCD–0108 

or via postal mail, commercial delivery, 

or hand delivery. If the regulations.gov 

site is not available to the public for any 

reason, ED will temporarily accept 

comments at ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. 

Please note that comments submitted by 

fax or email and those submitted after 

the comment period will not be 

accepted; ED will only accept comments 

during the comment period in this 

mailbox when the regulations.gov site is 

not available. 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 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Patrick Carr, 

202–708–8196. 

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: Race to the Top 

Program Review Protocols. 

OMB Control Number: 1894–0011. 

Type of Review: An extension of an 

existing information collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

Local, or Tribal Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 12. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 744. 

Abstract: The ARRA provides $4.3 

billion for the Race to the Top Fund 

(referred to in the statute as the State 

Incentive Grant Fund). This is a 

competitive grant program. The purpose 

of the program is to encourage and 

reward States that are creating the 

conditions for education innovation and 

reform; achieving significant 

improvement in student outcomes, 

including making substantial gains in 

student achievement, closing 

achievement gaps, improving high 

school graduation rates, and ensuring 

student preparation for success in 

college and careers; and implementing 

ambitious plans in four core education 

reform areas: (a) Adopting 

internationally benchmarked standards 

and assessments that prepare students 

for success in college and the 

workplace; (b) building data systems 

that measure student success and 

inform teachers and principals in how 

they can improve their practices; (c) 


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increasing teacher effectiveness and 

achieving equity in teacher distribution; 

and (d) turning around our lowestachieving schools. 

Dated: October 2, 2014. 

Stephanie Valentine, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2014–23875 Filed 10–6–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Proposed Agency Information 

Collection 

AGENCY: U.S. Energy Information 

Administration (EIA), U.S. Department 

of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice and Request for OMB 

Review and Comment. 

SUMMARY: EIA has submitted to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for clearance, under the 

provisions of the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995, for the natural gas survey 

forms (OMB–1975–0175). EIA requests a 

three-year clearance for the following 

forms: 

• EIA 176, ‘‘Annual Report of Natural 

and Supplemental Gas Supply and 

Disposition,’’ 

• EIA 191, ‘‘Monthly and Annual 

Underground Natural Gas Storage 

Report,’’ 

• EIA–757, ‘‘Natural Gas Processing 

Plant Survey,’’ 

• EIA 857, ‘‘Monthly Report of 

Natural Gas Purchases and Deliveries to 

Consumers,’’ 

• EIA–910, ‘‘Monthly Natural Gas 

Marketer Survey,’’ and 

• EIA–912, ‘‘Weekly Underground 

Natural Gas Storage Report.’’ 

The proposed data collection will 

make minor changes to the forms and 

instructions to provide clarity. The 

number of respondents for EIA–191, 

EIA–857 and EIA–757 has been 

increased to reflect recent survey frame 

research which has identified new 

respondents. Data confidentiality 

procedures for protecting the 

identifiability of submitted data remain 

unchanged for all forms with the 

exception of a portion of Form EIA–191. 

EIA is also proposing a change to the 

published revision policy for Form EIA– 

912, a Principal Federal Economic 

Indicator. In addition, EIA is proposing 

specific changes to several of the forms; 

these changes are described in detail in 

the ‘‘Supplementary Information’’ 

section below. 

DATES: Comments regarding this 

collection must be received on or before 

November 6, 2014. 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– 

395–4718 or contacted by email at 

Chad_S_Whiteman@omb.eop.gov. 

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, 

Chad_S_Whiteman@omb.eop.gov. and 

to 

Amy Sweeney, U.S. Energy Information 

Administration, Mail Stop EI–24, 

Forrestal Building, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585, 

Amy.Sweeney@eia.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of any forms and instructions 

should be directed to Ms. Sweeney at 

the address listed above. Also, the draft 

forms and instructions are available on 

the EIA Web site at http://www.eia.gov/ 

survey/notice/ 

ngdownstreamforms2015.cfm. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

information collection request contains: 

(1) OMB No.: 1975–0175. 

(2) Information Collection Request 

Title: ‘‘Natural Gas Data Collection 

Program Package.’’ 

(3) Type of Request: Proposed 

revision and three-year extension of the 

natural gas surveys. 

(4) Purpose: EIA is proposing the 

following changes: 

(a) Form EIA–176, ‘‘Annual Report of 

Natural and Supplemental Gas 

Supply and Disposition’’ 

1. Type of Request: Extension, with 

changes, of a currently approved 

collection. 

2. Purpose: Form EIA–176, ‘‘Annual 

Report of Natural and Supplemental Gas 

Supply and Disposition,’’ collects data 

on natural, synthetic, and other 

supplemental gas supplies, disposition, 

and certain revenues by state. The data 

appear in the EIA publications, Monthly 

Energy Review, Natural Gas Annual, 

and Natural Gas Monthly. The proposed 

changes include: 

• In Part 3, EIA is proposing to collect 

information on the price of compressed 

natural gas (CNG) for natural gas local 

distribution companies that sell CNG to 

the public. This information will 

provide information on retail prices of 

CNG. CNG is a growing segment of the 

natural gas industry that is not 

represented in EIA’s natural gas retail 

price series. 

• In Part 4, EIA is proposing to collect 

data related to costs associated with 

already-reported information on natural 

gas purchased and received at the city 

gate. EIA collects information on costs 

associated with purchases at the city 

gate on a monthly basis on Form EIA– 

857 for a sample of companies that 

report on Form EIA–176. However, the 

monthly city gate purchase information 

is frequently subject to monthly trueups and having an annual benchmark 

for city gate purchase costs is expected 

to lead to a more accurate depiction of 

natural gas distributors’ cost of natural 

gas. 

• In Part 5, EIA is proposing to collect 

the capacity of liquefied natural gas 

(LNG) marine terminals to gain a better 

understanding of the extent to which 

these storage assets are able to supply 

the market during periods of peak 

natural gas demand. 

3. Estimated Number of Survey 

Respondents: 2,012 respondents. 

4. Annual Estimated Number of Total 

Responses: The annual number of total 

responses is 2,012. 

5. Annual Estimated Number of 

Burden Hours: The annual estimated 

burden is 24,144 hours. 

6. Annual Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: Additional 

costs to respondents are not anticipated 

beyond costs associated with response 

burden hours. 

(b) Form EIA–191, ‘‘Monthly 

Underground Gas Storage Report’’ 

1. Type of Request: Extension, with 

changes, of a currently approved 

collection. 

2. Purpose: Form EIA–191, ‘‘Monthly 

Underground Gas Storage Report,’’ 

collects data on the operations of all 

active underground storage facilities. 

The data appear in the EIA publications 

Monthly Energy Review, Natural Gas 

Annual, and Natural Gas Monthly. EIA 

is proposing to make the following 

changes to the form: 

• To reduce reporting burden EIA is 

proposing to discontinue two categories 

regarding Field Status: ‘‘Depleting’’ and 

‘‘Other.’’ EIA will use only two 

categories, ‘‘Active’’ and ‘‘Inactive.’’ The 

category ‘‘Inactive’’ is more descriptive 

and replaces the Field Status category 

label of ‘‘Abandoned.’’ The ‘‘Depleting’’ 

and ‘‘Other’’ categories are rarely used 

by reporting companies and collapsing 

these categories into ‘‘Inactive’’ will not 


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