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Dated: September 17, 2012. 

Deborah S. Delisle, 

Assistant Secretary for Elementary and 

Secondary Education, U.S. Department of 

Education. 

George Sheldon, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Children and 

Families, U.S. Department of Health and 

Human Services. 

[FR Doc. 2012–23260 Filed 9–19–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Oak Ridge 

Reservation 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Environmental 

Management Site-Specific Advisory 

Board (EM SSAB), Oak Ridge 

Reservation. The Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463, 86 Stat. 

770) requires that public notice of this 

meeting be announced in the Federal 

Register. 

DATES: Wednesday, October 10, 2012, 

6:00 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Department of Energy 

Information Center, Office of Science 

and Technical Information, 1 

Science.gov Way, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 

37830. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Melyssa P. Noe, Federal Coordinator, 

Department of Energy Oak Ridge 

Operations Office, P.O. Box 2001, EM– 

90, Oak Ridge, TN 37831. Phone (865) 

241–3315; Fax (865) 576–0956 or email: 

noemp@oro.doe.gov or check the Web 

site at www.oakridge.doe.gov/em/ssab. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Board: The purpose of 

the Board is to make recommendations 

to DOE–EM and site management in the 

areas of environmental restoration, 

waste management, and related 

activities. 

Tentative Agenda 

• Welcome and Announcements 

• Comments from the Deputy 

Designated Federal Officer 

• Comments from the DOE, Tennessee 

Department of Environment and 

Conservation, and Environmental 

Protection Agency Liaisons 

• Public Comment Period 

• Presentation: Accumulated Waste 

Disposition Activity 

• Additions/Approval of Agenda 

• Motions/Approval of September 

Meeting Minutes 

• Status of Recommendations with DOE 

• Committee Reports 

• Federal Coordinator Report 

• Adjourn 

Public Participation: The EM SSAB, 

Oak Ridge, welcomes the attendance of 

the public at its advisory committee 

meetings and will make every effort to 

accommodate persons with physical 

disabilities or special needs. If you 

require special accommodations due to 

a disability, please contact Melyssa P. 

Noe at least seven days in advance of 

the meeting at the phone number listed 

above. Written statements may be filed 

with the Board either before or after the 

meeting. Individuals who wish to make 

oral statements pertaining to the agenda 

item should contact Melyssa P. Noe at 

the address or telephone number listed 

above. Requests must be received five 

days prior to the meeting and reasonable 

provision will be made to include the 

presentation in the agenda. The Deputy 

Designated Federal Officer is 

empowered to conduct the meeting in a 

fashion that will facilitate the orderly 

conduct of business. Individuals 

wishing to make public comments will 

be provided a maximum of five minutes 

to present their comments. 

Minutes: Minutes will be available by 

writing or calling Melyssa P. Noe at the 

address and phone number listed above. 

Minutes will also be available at the 

following Web site: http:// 

www.oakridge.doe.gov/em/ssab/ 

minutes.htm. 

Issued at Washington, DC, on September 

14, 2012. 

LaTanya R. Butler, 

Acting Deputy Committee Management 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2012–23236 Filed 9–19–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Energy Information Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Extension 

AGENCY: Energy Information 

Administration (EIA), Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Information collection 

extension; notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: EIA, pursuant to the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

proposes to extend without changes for 

three years the Form DOE–887, ‘‘DOE 

Customer Surveys’’ with the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB). 

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 19, 

2012. 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 Colleen Blessing, EI–40, Energy 

Information Administration, 

Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585, or by fax at 

(202) 586–0114, or by email at 

colleen.blessing@eia.gov. Alternatively, 

Colleen Blessing may be contacted by 

telephone at (202) 586–6482. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions should be 

directed to Colleen Blessing at the 

address listed, above. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

information collection request contains: 

(1) OMB No.: 1901–0302; 

(2) Information Collection Request 

Title: ‘‘DOE Customer Surveys;’’ 

(3) Type of Request: Three-year 

extension without changes; 

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1Public Law 109–58, 119 Stat. 594 (2005) 

2Contained within 18 CFR 292.310. 

3Contained within 18 CFR 292.311. 

4Contained within 18 CFR 292.312. 

5Contained within 18 CFR 292.313. 

6The Commission defines burden as the total 

time, effort, or financial resources expended by 

persons to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or 

provide information to or for a Federal agency. For 

further explanation of what is included in the 

information collection burden, reference 5 Code of 

Federal Regulations 1320.3. 

(4) Purpose: The DOE–887, ‘‘DOE 

Customer Surveys,’’ data collection 

involves contacting users of The U.S. 

Department of Energy (DOE) products or 

other services, and individuals or 

businesses in partnership agreements 

with DOE. These customers are 

contacted to determine their needs and 

also the methods by which DOE can 

improve its products and services to 

better meet these needs. DOE customer 

surveys are conducted by EIA primarily 

using Web-based questionnaires to 

collect the customer feedback data. 

Customer information is needed to 

make DOE products and services more 

effective, efficient, and less costly. Data 

from some customer surveys may also 

help develop benchmarks to evaluate 

DOE customer service performance. 

Both quantitative and qualitative 

studies are developed by EIA. 

Quantitative studies classify and count 

questionnaire response items and 

examine the statistical significance of 

response types in attempting to explain 

what is observed. EIA conducts 

quantitative studies in asking questions 

concerning satisfaction with timeliness, 

courtesy, accuracy and other particular 

aspects of the agency’s operations. 

Qualitative studies seek to find patterns 

in the words and actions of study 

participants and involve these 

participants providing detailed 

descriptions, in their own words. 

Examples of qualitative studies 

conducted by EIA include a focus group 

of customers assembled to discuss a 

specific set of questions, and a cognitive 

laboratory experiment that asks 

volunteer subjects to describe their 

opinions regarding a product or service; 

(5) Annual Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 50,000; 

(6) Annual Estimated Number of 

Total Responses: 50,000; 

(7) Annual Estimated Number of 

Burden Hours: 12,500 hours (50,000 

respondents times 1 response per year, 

times .25 hours per response); 

(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: There are 

not any anticipated reporting or 

recordkeeping costs for these surveys; 

Statutory Authority: Executive Order 

12862 § 1, 58 FR 48257 (Sept. 11, 1993). 

Issued in Washington, DC, on September 

14, 2012. 

Stephanie Brown, 

Director, Office of Survey Development and 

Statistical Integration, Energy Information 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2012–23239 Filed 9–19–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. IC12–20–000] 

Commission Information Collection 

Activities (FERC–912); Comment 

Request; Extension 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission. 

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–912, Cogeneration and 

Small Power Production, PURPA 

Section 210(m) Regulations for 

Termination or Reinstatement of 

Obligation to Purchase or Sell. 

DATES: Comments on the collection of 

information are due November 19, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

(identified by Docket No. IC12–20–000) 

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–912, Cogeneration and 

Small Power Production, PURPA 

Section 210(m) Regulations for 

Termination or Reinstatement of 

Obligation to Purchase or Sell 

OMB Control No.: 1902–0237 

Type of Request: Three-year extension 

of the FERC–912 information collection 

requirements with no changes to the 

current reporting requirements. 

Abstract: On 8/8/2005, the Energy 

Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct 2005) 1 was 

signed into law. Section 1253(a) of 

EPAct 2005 amends Section 210 of the 

Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 

1978 (PURPA) by adding subsection 

‘‘(m)’’ that provides for the termination 

and reinstatement of an electric utility’s 

obligation to purchase and sell energy 

and capacity. 18 CFR 292.309–292.313 

are the implementing regulations that 

provide procedures for: 

• An electric utility to file an 

application for the termination of its 

obligation to purchase energy from a 

Qualifying Facility (QF) 2; 

• An affected entity or person to 

apply to the Commission for an order 

reinstating the electric utility’s 

obligation to purchase energy from a 

QF 3; 

• An electric utility to file an 

application for the termination of its 

obligation to sell energy and capacity to 

QFs 4; and 

• An affected entity or person to 

apply to the Commission for an order 

reinstating the electric utility’s 

obligation to sell energy and capacity to 

QFs 5. 

Type of Respondents: FERCjurisdictional electric utilities. 

Estimate of Annual Burden 6: The 

Commission estimates the total Public 

Reporting Burden for this information 

collection as: 

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