Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 12 / Tuesday, January 20, 2015 / Notices 2685 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2015–ICCD–0005] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; Race to 

the Top-Early Learning Challenge: 

Descriptive Study of Tiered Quality 

Rating and Improvement Systems in 

Nine Round 1 States 

AGENCY: Institute of Education Sciences 

(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 

23, 2015. 

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–2015–ICCD–0005 

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 2E115, 

Washington, DC 20202. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Tracy 

Rimdzius, 202–208–7154. 

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 TopEarly Learning Challenge: Descriptive 

Study of Tiered Quality Rating and 

Improvement Systems in Nine Round 1 

States. 

OMB Control Number: 1850–NEW. 

Type of Review: A new information 

collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

Local or Tribal Government. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 70. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 259. 

Abstract: The Study of Race to the 

Top-Early Learning Challenge Tiered 

Quality Rating and Improvement 

Systems (RTT–ELC TQRIS) will collect 

data from two to three RTT–ELC states 

on TQRIS ratings, component-level 

ratings, indicator-level ratings, and 

kindergarten entry assessments. In the 

event that the kindergarten entry 

assessment data are not available from 

state databases, the study will reach out 

to selected districts in the RTT–ELC 

states to collect such data. If this step 

proves necessary, the study will reach 

out to up to 42 districts in order to 

ultimately recruit 14 districts from 

which to collect assessment data. The 

study will use these data to conduct 

analyses of the relationship between 

TQRIS ratings and child outcome 

measures to inform ongoing 

development and improvement of 

TQRIS systems at the state level. 

Dated: January 13, 2015. 

Tomakie Washington, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2015–00688 Filed 1–16–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Wind and Water Power Program: 

Guidance and Application for 

Hydroelectric Incentive Payments 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of availability of 

guidance and open application period. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE) is publishing Guidance 

for the EPAct 2005 Section 242 Program. 

The guidance describes the 

hydroelectric incentive payment 

requirements and explains the type of 

information that owners or authorized 

operators of qualified hydroelectric 

facilities can provide DOE when 

applying for hydroelectric incentive 

payments. This incentive is available for 

electric energy generated and sold for a 

specified 10-year period as authorized 

under section 242 of the Energy Policy 

Act of 2005. In Congressional 

appropriations for Federal fiscal year 

2014, DOE received funds to support 

this hydroelectric incentive program for 

the first time. At this time, DOE is only 

accepting applications from owners and 

authorized operators of qualified 

hydroelectric facilities for 

hydroelectricity generated and sold in 

calendar year 2013. 

DATES: DOE is currently accepting 

applications from January 20, 2015 

through February 19, 2015. Applications 

information must be sent to 

hydroincentive@ee.doe.gov by midnight 

EDT, February 19, 2015, or they will not 

be considered timely filed for calendar 

year 2013 incentive payments. 

ADDRESSES: Written correspondence 

may be sent to the Office of Energy 

Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EE– 

4), by email at hydroincentive@

ee.doe.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information 

should be directed to Mr. Steven 

Lindenberg, Office of Energy Efficiency 

and Renewable Energy (EE–4), U.S. 

Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0121, (202) 586– 

2783, hydroincentive@ee.doe.gov. 

Electronic communications are 

recommended for correspondence and 

required for submission of application 

information. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the 

Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct 2005; 

Pub. L. 109–58), Congress established a 

new program to support the expansion 

of hydropower energy development at 

existing dams and impoundments 


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