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and disseminate information. The 

Paperwork Reduction Act covers these 

activities, which are currently approved 

by the Office of Management and 

Budget under control number 1810– 

0581 (expires April 30, 2012). 

The U.S. Department of Education 

(ED) has invited each SEA to request 

flexibility on behalf of itself, its LEAs, 

and schools, in order to better focus on 

improving student academic 

achievement and increasing the quality 

of instruction (ESEA flexibility). As of 

April 17, 2012, 11 SEAs have had their 

ESEA flexibility requests approved, 27 

SEAs’ requests are pending, and 5 SEAs 

have indicated that they intend to 

request ESEA flexibility in September 

2012. Of particular relevance to this 

collection is ED’s expectation that, 

overall, ESEA flexibility will result in 

less burden on SEAs, LEAs, and schools 

compared with current law absent this 

flexibility. The burden estimate for this 

collection is therefore substantially 

lower than that of the currently 

approved collection. 

Dated: April 17, 2012. 

Tomakie Washington, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9748 Filed 4–20–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Application Deadline for Fiscal Year 

(FY) 2012; Small, Rural School 

Achievement Program 

AGENCY: Office of Elementary and 

Secondary Education, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Under the Small, Rural 

School Achievement (SRSA) program, 

CFDA: Number: 84.358A, the U.S. 

Department of Education (Department) 

awards grants on a formula basis to 

eligible local educational agencies 

(LEAs) to address the unique needs of 

rural school districts. In this notice, we 

establish the deadline for submission of 

fiscal year (FY) 2012 SRSA grant 

applications. 

An eligible LEA that is required to 

submit an application must do so 

electronically by the deadline in this 

notice. 

DATES:

Application Deadline: May 31, 2012, 

4:30:00 p.m. Washington, DC time. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric 

Schulz, U.S. Department of Education, 

400 Maryland Avenue SW., Room 

3W107, Washington, DC 20202. 

Telephone: (202) 401–0039 or by email: 

reap@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: 

Which LEAs are eligible for an award 

under the SRSA program? 

An LEA (including a public charter 

school that is considered an LEA under 

State law) is eligible for an award under 

the SRSA program if— 

(a) The total number of students in 

average daily attendance at all of the 

schools served by the LEA is fewer than 

600, or each county in which a school 

served by the LEA is located has a total 

population density of fewer than 10 

persons per square mile; and 

(b)(1) All of the schools served by the 

LEA are designated with a school locale 

code of 7 or 8 by the Department’s 

National Center for Education Statistics 

(NCES); or 

(2) The Secretary has determined, 

based on a demonstration by the LEA 

and concurrence of the State 

educational agency, that the LEA is 

located in an area defined as rural by a 

governmental agency of the State. 

Note: The school locale codes are the 

locale codes determined on the basis of the 

NCES school code methodology in place on 

the date of enactment of section 6211(b) of 

the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 

of 1965, as amended. 

Which eligible LEAs must submit an 

application to receive an FY 2012 SRSA 

grant award? 

An eligible LEA must submit an 

application to receive an FY 2012 SRSA 

grant award if that LEA has never 

submitted an application for SRSA 

funds in any prior year. 

All eligible LEAs that need to submit 

an application to receive an SRSA grant 

award in a given year are highlighted in 

yellow on the SRSA eligibility 

spreadsheets, which are posted annually 

on the SRSA program Web site at 

www2.ed.gov/programs/reapsrsa/ 

eligibility.html. 

Under the regulations in 34 CFR 

75.104(a), the Secretary makes a grant 

only to an eligible party that submits an 

application. Given the limited purpose 

served by the application under the 

SRSA program, the Secretary considers 

the application requirement to be met if 

an LEA submitted an SRSA application 

for any prior year. In this circumstance, 

unless an LEA advises the Secretary by 

the application deadline that it is 

withdrawing its application, the 

Secretary deems the application that an 

LEA previously submitted to remain in 

effect for FY 2012 funding, and the LEA 

does not have to submit an additional 

application. 

We intend to provide, by April 12, 

2012, a list of LEAs eligible for FY 2012 

funds on the Department’s Web site at 

http://www2.ed.gov/programs/reapsrsa/ 

eligibility.html. This Web site will 

indicate which eligible LEAs must 

submit an electronic application to the 

Department to receive an FY 2012 SRSA 

grant award, and which eligible LEAs 

are considered already to have met the 

application requirement. 

Eligible LEAs that need to submit an 

application in order to receive FY 2012 

SRSA funds must do so electronically 

by the deadline established in this 

notice. 

Electronic Submission of Applications 

An eligible LEA that is required to 

submit an application to receive FY 

2012 SRSA funds must submit an 

electronic application by May 31, 2012, 

4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time. If it 

submits its application after this 

deadline, the LEA will receive a grant 

award only to the extent that funds are 

available after the Department awards 

grants to other eligible LEAs under the 

program. 

Submission of an electronic 

application involves the use of the 

Department’s G5 System. You can 

access the electronic application for the 

SRSA Program at: http://www.g5.gov. 

When you access this site, you will 

receive specific instructions regarding 

the information to include in your 

application. 

The hours of operation of the G5 Web 

site are 6 a.m. Monday until 9 p.m. 

Wednesday; and 6 a.m. Thursday until 

8 p.m. Sunday (Washington, DC time). 

Please note that the system is 

unavailable after 8 p.m. on Sundays, 

and after 9 p.m. on Wednesdays for 

maintenance (Washington, DC time). 

Any modifications to these hours are 

posted on the G5 Web site. 

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 computer disc) on 

request to either 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. Free Internet access to the 

official edition of the Federal Register 

and the Code of Federal Regulations is 

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1 ‘‘Electric Reliability Organization’’ or ‘‘ERO’’ 

means the organization certified by the Commission 

the purpose of which is to establish and enforce 

Reliability Standards for the Bulk-Power System, 

subject to Commission review. 

2Section 215 was added by the Energy Policy Act 

of 2005, Public Law 109–58, 119 Stat. 594 (2005) 

(codified at 42 U.S.C. 16451, et seq.) 

3Rules Concerning Certification of the Electric 

Reliability Organization; and Procedures for the 

Establishment, Approval, and Enforcement of 

Electric Reliability Standards ¶ 31,204 71 FR 8662 

(2006) Order on rehearing, 71 FR 19,814 (2006), 

FERC Statutes and Regulations ¶ 31,212 (2006). 

4The Commission does not expect any new ERO 

applications to be submitted in the next three years 

and is not including any burden for this 

requirement in the burden estimate. 

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. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7345– 

7345b. 

Dated: April 18, 2012. 

Michael Yudin, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Elementary and 

Secondary Education. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9746 Filed 4–20–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. IC12–11–000] 

Commission Information Collection 

Activities (FERC–725); Comment 

Request; Extension 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection 

and request for comments. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

requirements of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A), the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (Commission or 

FERC) is soliciting public comment on 

the currently approved information 

collection, FERC–725, Certification of 

Electric Reliability Organization; 

Procedures for Electric Reliability 

Standards. 

DATES: Comments on the collection of 

information are due June 22, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

(identified by Docket No. IC12–11–000) 

by either of the following methods: 

• eFiling at Commission’s Web Site: 

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

efiling.asp 

• Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier: 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

Secretary of the Commission, 888 First 

Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

Instructions: All submissions must be 

formatted and filed in accordance with 

submission guidelines at: http:// 

www.ferc.gov/help/submissionguide.asp. For user assistance contact 

FERC Online Support by email at 

ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, or by phone 

at: (866) 208–3676 (toll-free), or (202) 

502–8659 for TTY. 

Docket: Users interested in receiving 

automatic notification of activity in this 

docket or in viewing/downloading 

comments and issuances in this docket 

may do so at http://www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/docs-filing.asp. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ellen Brown may be reached by email 

at DataClearance@FERC.gov, telephone 

at (202) 502–8663, and fax at (202) 273– 

0873. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: FERC–725 and Certification of 

Electric Reliability Organization; 

Procedures for Electric Reliability 

Standards. 

OMB Control No.: 1902–0225. 

Type of Request: Three-year extension 

of the FERC–725 information collection 

requirements with no changes to the 

current reporting requirements. 

However, FERC is making adjustments 

to the burden estimates based on current 

information. 

Abstract: The Commission uses the 

information collected under the 

requirements of FERC–725 1 to 

implement the statutory provisions of 

Section 215 of the Federal Power Act 

(FPA).2

Section 215 of the FPA aids the 

Commission’s efforts to strengthen the 

reliability of the interstate grid through 

the granting of new authority to provide 

for a system of mandatory Reliability 

Standards developed by the Electric 

Reliability Organization (ERO) and 

reviewed and approved by FERC. 

On February 3, 2006, the Commission 

issued Order No.672 3 certifying a single 

ERO [the North American Electric 

Reliability Corporation (NERC)], to 

oversee the reliability of the United 

States’ portion of the interconnected 

North American Bulk-Power System, 

subject to Commission oversight. The 

ERO is responsible for developing and 

enforcing the mandatory Reliability 

Standards. The Reliability Standards 

apply to all users, owners and operators 

of the Bulk-Power System. The 

Commission has the authority to 

approve all ERO actions, to order the 

ERO to carry out its responsibilities 

under these statutory provisions, and (as 

appropriate) to enforce Reliability 

Standards. 

The ERO can delegate its enforcement 

responsibilities to a Regional Entity. 

Delegation is effective only after the 

Commission approves the delegation 

agreement. A Regional Entity can also 

propose a Reliability Standard to the 

ERO for submission to the Commission 

for approval. 

The FERC–725 contains the following 

information collection elements: 

Self Assessment and ERO 

Application: The Commission requires 

the ERO to submit to FERC a 

performance assessment report every 

five years. Each of regional entity 

submits a performance assessment 

report to the ERO. Submitting an 

application to become an ERO is also 

part of this collection.4

Reliability Assessments: 18 CFR 39.11 

requires the ERO to assess the reliability 

and adequacy of the Bulk-Power System 

in North America. Subsequently, the 

ERO must report to the Commission on 

its findings. Regional entities perform 

similar assessments within individual 

regions. 

Reliability Compliance: Reliability 

Standards are mandatory and 

enforceable. In addition to the specific 

information collection requirements 

contained in each standard, there are 

general compliance, monitoring and 

enforcement information collection 

requirements imposed on applicable 

entities. Audits, spot checks, selfcertifications, exception data submittals, 

violation reporting, and mitigation plan 

confirmation are included in this area. 

Stakeholder Survey: The ERO used a 

stakeholder survey to solicit feedback 

from registered entities in preparation 

for its three year performance 

assessment. The Commission assumes 

that the ERO will perform another 

survey prior to the 2014 performance 

assessment. 

Other Reporting: This category refers 

to all other reporting requirements 

imposed on the ERO or regional entities 

in order to comply with the 

Commission’s regulations. 

The Commission implements its 

responsibilities through the Code of 

Federal Regulations in 18 CFR part 39. 

Type of Respondents: Electric 

reliability organization, regional 

entities, and registered entities. 


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