Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 195 / Friday, October 7, 2011 / Notices 62395 

U.S. Department of Education, 400 

Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington, 

DC 20202. E-mail: 

equitycommission@ed.gov. Telephone: 

(202) 453–5945. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

October 26th, 2011 from 9:00 a.m. to 

5:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, the 

Equity and Excellence Commission will 

hold an open meeting in Washington, 

DC in room 1W105/108 at the U.S. 

Department of Education’s main 

building at 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20202. 

The purpose of the Commission is to 

collect information, analyze issues, and 

obtain broad public input regarding how 

the Federal government can increase 

educational opportunity by improving 

school funding equity. The Commission 

will also make recommendations for 

restructuring school finance systems to 

achieve equity in the distribution of 

educational resources and further 

student performance, especially for the 

students at the lower end of the 

achievement gap. The Commission will 

examine the disparities in meaningful 

educational opportunities that give rise 

to the achievement gap, with a focus on 

systems of finance, and recommend 

appropriate ways in which Federal 

policies could address such disparities. 

The agenda for the Commission’s 

October 26 meeting will include 

discussion of particular language for 

certain portions of the report and 

reaching consensus on particular 

recommendations. Due to time 

constraints, there will not be a public 

comment period, but, individuals 

wishing to provide comments may 

contact the Equity Commission via email at equitycommission@ed.gov. For 

comments related to the upcoming 

meeting, please submit comments no 

later than October 19, 2011. 

Individuals interested in attending the 

meeting must register in advance 

because seating may be limited. Please 

contact Jim Eichner at (202) 453–5945 or 

by e-mail at equitycommission@ed.gov. 

Individuals who will need 

accommodations for a disability in order 

to attend the meeting (e.g., interpreting 

services, assistive listening devices, or 

materials in alternative format) should 

notify Jim Eichner at (202) 245–5945 no 

later than October 19, 2011. We will 

attempt to meet requests for 

accommodations after this date but 

cannot guarantee their availability. The 

meeting site is accessible to individuals 

with disabilities. 

Records are kept of all Commission 

proceedings and are available for public 

inspection at the Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20202 from the hours 

of 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern Standard 

Time. 

Sandra Battle, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement, 

Office for Civil Rights. 

[FR Doc. 2011–25983 Filed 10–6–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Proposed Agency Information 

Collection 

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice and Request for 

Comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(DOE) invites public comment on DOE’s 

request the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) to extend for three years 

the emergency Information Collection 

Request Title: OE Recovery Act 

Financial Assistance Grants, OMB 

Control No. 1910–5149 that DOE is 

submitting to 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 November 7, 

2011. 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: 

Matthew Grosso, Program Analyst, U.S. 

Department of Energy, OE/Forrestal 

Building, 1000 Independence Ave., 

SW., Washington, DC 20585 or by fax 

at 202–586–5860, or by e-mail at 

matthew.grosso@hq.doe.gov; and 

DOE Desk Officer, Office of Information 

and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget, New 

Executive Office Building, Room 

10102, 725 17th Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20503. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions should be 

directed to Matthew Grosso at 

matthew.grosso@hq.doe.gov, or http:// 

energy.gov/oe/technology-development/ 

smart-grid/recovery-act-smart-gridinvestment-grants/smart-gridinvestment. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

information collection request contains: 

(1) OMB No.: 1910–5149; (2) 

Information Collection Request Title: OE 

Recovery Act Financial Assistance 

Grants; (3) Type of Request: Three-year 

extension of a prior request; (4) Purpose: 

To collect information on the status of 

grantee activities, expenditures, and 

results, to ensure that program funds are 

being used appropriately, effectively 

and expeditiously (especially important 

for Recovery Act funds); (5) Annual 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 138; 

(6) Annual Estimated Number of Total 

Responses: 1,656; (7) Annual Estimated 

Number of Burden Hours: 26,496; (8) 

Annual Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $483,000 

for the first year, $138,000 each 

subsequent year. 

Authority: Title V, Subtitle E of the Energy 

Independence and Security Act (EISA), Pub. 

L. 110–140. 

Issued in Washington, DC on October 3, 

2011. 

Terri T. Lee, 

Chief Operating Officer, Electricity Delivery 

and Energy Reliability. 

[FR Doc. 2011–26061 Filed 10–6–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP11–547–000] 

Natural Gas Pipeline Company of 

America LLC; Notice of Application 

Take notice that on September 20, 

2011, Natural Gas Pipeline Company of 

America LLC (Natural), 3250 Lacey 

Road, 7th Floor, Downers Grove, Illinois 

60515–7918, filed in Docket Number 

CP11–547–000, pursuant to sections 

7(b) and 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act 

(NGA), an application to abandon and 

construct certain facilities located in 

Washington County, Iowa; Effingham, 

Clinton, and Piatt Counties, Illinois; and 

Harrison County, Texas. Natural’s 

proposal is referred to as the 2012 NGPL 

Storage Optimization Project. The 

project has a total cost $57,585,839 plus 

$6,292,904 for the proposed 


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