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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: Case Studies of the 

Implementation of Kindergarten Entry 

Assessments. 

OMB Control Number: 1875–NEW. 

Type of Review: A new information 

collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

Local, or Tribal Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 240. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 230. 

Abstract: In the past decade, interest 

has increased in implementing 

Kindergarten Entry Assessments (KEAs) 

to better understand individual 

children’s strengths and needs, plan 

instruction, pinpoint areas for program 

improvement and staff development, 

and evaluate the effectiveness of 

prekindergarten (PreK) programs to 

inform program planning and 

improvement. The purpose of the 

Kindergarten Entry Assessments 

implementation case studies is to 

document the processes, 

accomplishments, challenges, and 

solutions of four states implementing 

KEAs, and to share what state, district, 

and school personnel have learned with 

federal and state policymakers, and 

practitioners in the field. These findings 

will support the technical assistance 

efforts of the U.S. Department of 

Education (the Department) regarding 

the implementation of KEAs across the 

nation. This information collection 

consists of interview and observation 

protocols for case studies of the 

implementation of Kindergarten Entry 

Assessments in 24 schools within 12 

districts within 4 states. 

Dated: May 9, 2014. 

Kate Mullan, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2014–11122 Filed 5–14–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy 

Proposed Agency Information 

Collection 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of 

Energy. 

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. 

DATES: Comments regarding this 

proposed information collection must 

be received on or before July 14, 2014. 

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 Mr. Chris Early, U.S. Department 

of Energy, Building Technologies Office, 

Mail Stop EE–5B, Forrestal Building, 

1000 Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0121 or by fax at 

202–586–4617 or by email at 

Chris.Early@ee.doe.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions should be 

directed to Mr. Chris Early, U.S. 

Department of Energy, Building 

Technologies Office, Mail Stop EE–5B, 

Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585– 

0121. Chris.Early@ee.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

information collection request contains: 

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

Collection Request Title: Programs for 

Improving Energy Efficiency in 

Residential Buildings (3) Type of 

Request: New; (4) Purpose: The 

proposed collection is for the activities 

of four Department of Energy programs: 

The Challenge Home Program, the 

Better Buildings Residential Network, 

the Building America Program, and 

Home Energy Score (HEScore). Through 

these programs DOE encourages and 

assists the people and organizations that 

volunteer to participate in them to build 

and renovate new and existing houses to 

use less energy. The program partners 

who voluntarily participate in the 

programs consist of most of the actors in 

the home building industry including 

home owners, home builders, home 

builder tradesman and associations, 

home design professionals, students in 

architecture and related building 

construction industries, home energy 

raters, home energy auditors, home 

inspectors, building consultants, 

manufacturers of building products, 

professional trainers, utility companies, 

home building and manufacturing 

industry associations, consumer and 

home building industry advocacy 

organizations, financial institutions, 

non-profit organizations, educational 

institutions, energy program 

administrators and implementers, Home 

Performance with ENERGY STAR 

sponsors, and other organizations who 

believe peer sharing will help them 

improve their effectiveness in 

encouraging homeowners to complete 

energy upgrades. DOE proposes to 

collect information about the 

participants such as their names and 

addresses, their evaluations of training 

they received about the programs, 

descriptions of their qualifications to 

conduct training for the programs, their 

plans to get additional people to 

participate in the programs, their 

certifications describing how they can 

assess homes, estimates of how many 

homes they can get to participate in the 

programs, and information about the 

homes. The collected information will 


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help DOE understand the participating 

partners’ activities and progress toward 

achieving scheduled milestones 

enabling DOE to make decisions about 

the best way to run the programs and 

respond to partners’ needs to improve 

their operations and actions to lower 

energy consumption. (5) Annual 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

12,702. (6) Annual Estimated Number of 

Total Responses: 47,804. (7) Annual 

Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 

22,332. (8) Annual Estimated Reporting 

and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: Zero 

dollars. 

Statutory Authority: The U.S. Code, Title 

42, Chapter 149, Subchapter IX, Part A, 

Section 16191—Energy Efficiency. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on May 8, 2014. 

Kathleen B. Hogan, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy 

Efficiency, Energy Efficiency and Renewable 

Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2014–11196 Filed 5–14–14; 8:45 am] 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9910–26–OW] 

Clean Water Act; Contractor Access to 

Confidential Business Information 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of Intended Transfer of 

Confidential Business Information to 

Subcontractor. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) intends to transfer 

confidential business information (CBI) 

collected from numerous industries to 

NEK Associates (NEK), a newly retained 

subcontractor of Eastern Research Group 

(ERG). Transfer of the information will 

allow the contractor and subcontractor 

to support EPA in the planning, 

development, and review of effluent 

limitations guidelines and standards 

under the Clean Water Act (CWA). 

Interested persons may submit 

comments on this intended transfer of 

information to the address noted below. 

DATES: Comments on the transfer of data 

are due May 20, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be sent to 

Mr. M. Ahmar Siddiqui, Document 

Control Officer, Engineering and 

Analysis Division (4303T), Room 6231S 

EPA West, U.S. EPA, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

M. Ahmar Siddiqui, Document Control 

Officer, at (202) 566–1044, or via email 

at siddiqui.ahmar@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has 

transferred CBI to various contractors 

and subcontractors over the history of 

the effluent guidelines program. EPA 

determined that this transfer was 

necessary to enable the contractors and 

subcontractors to perform their work in 

supporting EPA in planning, 

developing, and reviewing effluent 

guidelines and standards for certain 

industries. 

Today, EPA is giving notice that it is 

transferring CBI to NEK (located in 

Allston, MA), a new subcontractor to 

ERG, which operates under contract 

number EP–C–12–021. EPA initially 

announced its intention to transfer CBI 

to ERG and its subcontractors and 

consultants on October 5, 2012 (77 FR 

60962). The purpose of this transfer is 

to support technical and engineering 

analysis support for EPA in its 

development, review, implementation, 

and defense of water-related initiatives 

for a variety of industries. 

All EPA contractor, subcontractor, 

and consultant personnel are bound by 

the requirements and sanctions 

contained in their contracts with EPA 

and in EPA’s confidentiality regulations 

found at 40 CFR Part 2, Subpart B. NEK 

will adhere to an ERG-approved security 

plan which describes procedures to 

protect CBI. NEK will apply the 

procedures in this plan to CBI 

previously gathered by EPA and to CBI 

that may be gathered in the future. The 

security plan specifies that 

subcontractor personnel are required to 

sign non-disclosure agreements and are 

briefed on appropriate security 

procedures before they are permitted 

access to CBI. No person is 

automatically granted access to CBI: A 

need to know must exist. 

The information that will be 

transferred to NEK consists of 

information previously collected by 

EPA under the authority of section 308 

of the CWA to support the development 

and review of effluent limitations 

guidelines and standards. In particular, 

information, including CBI, collected for 

the planning, development, and review 

of effluent limitations guidelines and 

standards for the following industries 

may be transferred: Airport deicing; 

aquaculture; centralized waste 

treatment; coal bed methane; 

concentrated animal feeding operations; 

coal mining; construction and 

development; drinking water treatment; 

industrial container and drum cleaning; 

industrial laundries; industrial waste 

combustors; iron and steel 

manufacturing; landfills; meat and 

poultry products; metal finishing; metal 

products and machinery; nonferrous 

metals manufacturing; oil and gas 

extraction (including coalbed methane); 

ore mining and dressing; organic 

chemicals, plastics, and synthetic fibers; 

pesticide chemicals; petroleum refining; 

pharmaceutical manufacturing; pulp, 

paper, and paperboard manufacturing; 

shale gas extraction; steam electric 

power generation; textile mills; timber 

products processing; tobacco; and 

transportation equipment cleaning. 

Additionally, note that some 

information being transferred from the 

pulp, paper, and paperboard industry 

was collected under the additional 

authorities of section 114 of the Clean 

Air Act (CAA) and section 3007 of the 

Resource Conservation and Recovery 

Act (RCRA). 

EPA also intends to transfer to NEK 

all information listed in this notice, of 

the type described above (including 

CBI) that may be collected in the future 

under the authority of section 308 of the 

CWA or voluntarily submitted (e.g., in 

comments in response to a Federal 

Register notice), as is necessary to 

enable NEK to carry out the work 

required by its subcontract to support 

EPA’s effluent guidelines planning 

process and the development of effluent 

limitations guidelines and standards. 

Dated: April 23, 2014. 

Elizabeth Southerland, 

Director, Office of Science and Technology. 

[FR Doc. 2014–09988 Filed 5–14–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act; Open Commission 

Meeting; Thursday, May 15, 2014 

May 8, 2014. 

The Federal Communications 

Commission will hold an Open Meeting 

on the subjects listed below on 

Thursday, May 15, 2014. The meeting is 

scheduled to commence at 10:30 a.m. in 

Room TW–C305, at 445 12th Street SW., 

Washington, DC. 

Public Comment on Item No. 1: 

Protecting and Promoting the Open 

Internet 

With respect to agenda item 1, 

Protecting and Promoting the Open 

Internet, the Commission has 

determined that strict enforcement of 

the Sunshine Period prohibition on 

comment would place an unnecessarily 

restrictive burden on the public, who 

should have full opportunity to express 

their views. Therefore, the Commission 

is waiving the Sunshine Period 

prohibition contained in section 1.1203 

of the Commission’s rules, 47 CFR 


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