2602 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 10 / Tuesday, January 16, 2024 / Notices 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department, 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. The 

Department is soliciting comments on 

the proposed information collection 

request (ICR) that is described below. 

The Department 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: Data Collection for 

the Evaluation of the REL Appalachia 

Teaching Math to Young Children 

Toolkit. 

OMB Control Number: 1850–NEW. 

Type of Review: A new ICR. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals and Households. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 6,720. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 697. 

Abstract: Mathematics knowledge 

acquired in early childhood provides a 

critical foundation for long-term student 

success in math as well as reading 

(Duncan et al., 2007; Watts et al., 2014), 

but the professional development (PD) 

and curricular support for preschool 

teachers often lack specific content and 

training on high-quality math 

instruction delivered by math content 

experts. To address this problem, the 

REL Appalachia toolkit development 

team is developing a toolkit to provide 

preschool teachers with support in 

implementing core teaching practices 

essential to promoting early math skills 

and knowledge in children. The toolkit 

is based on the Teaching Math to Young 

Children IES practice guide (Frye et al., 

2013) and is being developed in 

collaboration with state and district 

partners in Virginia. 

IES requests clearance for data 

collection instruments and the 

collection of district administrative data 

for an efficacy study of the toolkit as 

part of the REL Appalachia (REL AP) 

contract. 

The study will assess the efficacy of 

the professional development resources 

included in the toolkit. The evaluation 

will also assess how teachers implement 

the toolkit to provide context for the 

efficacy findings and guidance to 

improve the toolkit and its future use. 

The evaluation will take place in 50 

schools across approximately 10 school 

divisions in Virginia and focus on 

mathematics teaching practices and 

student mathematics knowledge and 

skills in preschool classrooms. The 

purpose of this study will be to measure 

the efficacy and implementation of the 

REL AP developed toolkit designed to 

improve teacher practice and preschool 

students’ math learning outcomes. The 

toolkit evaluation will produce a report 

for district and school leaders who are 

considering strategies to improve math 

learning in preschool. The report will be 

designed to help them decide whether 

and how to use the toolkit to help them 

implement the practice guide 

recommendations. 

Dated: January 10, 2024. 

Juliana Pearson, 

PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and 

Clearance, Governance and Strategy Division, 

Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of 

Planning, Evaluation and Policy 

Development. 

[FR Doc. 2024–00685 Filed 1–12–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2024–SCC–0009] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; SEA 

Procedures for Adjusting EDDetermined Title I Allocations to Local 

Education Agencies (LEAs) 

AGENCY: Office of Elementary and 

Secondary Education (OESE), 

Department of Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, the Department is proposing an 

extension without change of a currently 

approved information collection request 

(ICR). 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before March 

18, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: To access and review all the 

documents related to the information 

collection listed in this notice, please 

use http://www.regulations.gov by 

searching the Docket ID number ED– 

2024–SCC–0009. Comments submitted 

in response to this notice should be 

submitted electronically through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov by selecting the 

Docket ID number or via postal mail, 

commercial delivery, or hand delivery. 

If the regulations.gov site is not 

available to the public for any reason, 

the Department will temporarily accept 

comments at ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. 

Please include the docket ID number 

and the title of the information 

collection request when requesting 

documents or submitting comments. 

Please note that comments submitted 

after the comment period will not be 

accepted. Written requests for 

information or comments submitted by 

postal mail or delivery should be 

addressed to the Manager of the 

Strategic Collections and Clearance 

Governance and Strategy Division, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Ave. SW, LBJ, Room 6W203, 

Washington, DC 20202–8240. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Todd 

Stephenson, 202–205–1645. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department, 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. The 

Department is soliciting comments on 

the proposed information collection 

request (ICR) that is described below. 

The Department 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. 


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Title of Collection: SEA Procedures 

for Adjusting ED-Determined Title I 

Allocations to Local Education Agencies 

(LEAs). 

OMB Control Number: 1810–0622. 

Type of Review: An extension without 

change of a currently approved ICR. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

local, and Tribal governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 52. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 2,080. 

Abstract: We are requesting a threeyear extension of the current paperwork 

clearance package (OMB number 1810– 

0622) related to State educational 

agency (SEA) procedures for adjusting 

title I, part A local educational agency 

(LEA) allocations determined by the 

U.S. Department of Education (ED). 

Title I, part A of the Elementary and 

Secondary Education Act of 1965, as 

amended (ESEA), requires ED to allocate 

Basic Grants, Concentration Grants, 

Targeted Grants, and Education Finance 

Incentive Grants directly to LEAs. (See 

sections 1124(a)(2), 1124A(a), 1125(a), 

(b), and (c)(2), and 1125A(c) and 

(d)(1)((B), (2)(B), and (3)(B) of the statute 

at https://uscode.house.gov/browse/ 

prelim@title20/chapter70/subchapter1/ 

partA&edition=prelim.) Title I, part A 

allocations are based primarily on 

poverty data provided by the Census 

Bureau and reflect a national list of 

LEAs that is generally two years old. For 

example, the list of LEAs used for 

calculating school year (SY) 2023–2024 

allocations is based on LEAs that 

existed in SY 2021–2022. Because the 

list of LEAs used by ED in determining 

LEA allocations does not match the 

current universe of LEAs in many 

States, SEAs must adjust EDs allocations 

to account for district boundary changes 

and newly-created LEAs that are eligible 

for title I, part A funds but did not 

receive an allocation under ED 

calculations. 

Dated: January 9, 2024. 

Kun Mullan, 

PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and 

Clearance, Governance and Strategy Division, 

Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of 

Planning, Evaluation and Policy 

Development. 

[FR Doc. 2024–00646 Filed 1–12–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Environmental Management Advisory 

Board 

AGENCY: Office of Environmental 

Management, Department of Energy 

(DOE). 

ACTION: Notice of renewal. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act and in 

accordance with Title 41 of the Code of 

Federal Regulations, and following 

consultation with the Committee 

Management Secretariat, General 

Services Administration, notice is 

hereby given that the Environmental 

Management Advisory Board (EMAB) 

will be renewed for a two-year period 

beginning January 12, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kelly Snyder, EMAB Designated Federal 

Officer, by Phone: (702) 918–6715 or 

Email: kelly.snyder@em.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Board 

provides the Assistant Secretary for 

Environmental Management (EM) with 

information and strategic advice on a 

broad range of corporate issues affecting 

the EM program. These corporate issues 

include, but are not limited to, project 

management and oversight activities, 

cost/benefit analyses, program 

performance, human capital 

development, and contracts and 

acquisition strategies. 

Recommendations to EM on the 

programmatic resolution of numerous 

difficult issues will help achieve EM’s 

objective of the safe and efficient 

cleanup of its contaminated sites. 

Additionally, the renewal of the 

EMAB has been determined to be 

essential to conduct DOE business and 

to be in the public interest in 

connection with the performance of 

duties imposed on DOE by law and 

agreement. EMAB will operate in 

accordance with the provisions of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, and 

rules and regulations issued in 

implementation of that Act. 

Signing Authority 

This document of the Department of 

Energy was signed on January 9, 2024, 

by Sarah E. Butler, Committee 

Management Officer, pursuant to 

delegated authority from the Secretary 

of Energy. That document with the 

original signature and date is 

maintained by DOE. For administrative 

purposes only, and in compliance with 

requirements of the Office of the Federal 

Register, the undersigned DOE Federal 

Register Liaison Officer has been 

authorized to sign and submit the 

document in electronic format for 

publication, as an official document of 

the Department of Energy. This 

administrative process in no way alters 

the legal effect of this document upon 

publication in the Federal Register. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on January 10, 

2024. 

Treena V. Garrett, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. 

Department of Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2024–00683 Filed 1–12–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 2362–000] 

ALLETE, Inc.; Notice of Authorization 

for Continued Project Operation 

The license for the Grand Rapids 

Hydroelectric Project No. 2362 was 

issued for a period ending December 31, 

2023. 

Section 15(a)(1) of the FPA, 16 U.S.C. 

808(a)(1), requires the Commission, at 

the expiration of a license term, to issue 

from year-to-year an annual license to 

the then licensee(s) under the terms and 

conditions of the prior license until a 

new license is issued, or the project is 

otherwise disposed of as provided in 

section 15 or any other applicable 

section of the FPA. If the project’s prior 

license waived the applicability of 

section 15 of the FPA, then, based on 

section 9(b) of the Administrative 

Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. 558(c), and as 

set forth at 18 CFR 16.21(a), if the 

licensee of such project has filed an 

application for a subsequent license, the 

licensee may continue to operate the 

project in accordance with the terms 

and conditions of the license after the 

minor or minor part license expires, 

until the Commission acts on its 

application. If the licensee of such a 

project has not filed an application for 

a subsequent license, then it may be 

required, pursuant to 18 CFR 16.21(b), 

to continue project operations until the 

Commission issues someone else a 

license for the project or otherwise 

orders disposition of the project. 

If the project is subject to section 15 

of the FPA, notice is hereby given that 

an annual license for Project No. 2362 

is issued to ALLETE, Inc. for a period 

effective January 1, 2024, through 

December 31, 2024, or until the issuance 

of a new license for the project or other 

disposition under the FPA, whichever 

comes first. If issuance of a new license 

(or other disposition) does not take 

place on or before December 31, 2024, 

notice is hereby given that, pursuant to 

18 CFR 16.18(c), an annual license 

under section 15(a)(1) of the FPA is 

renewed automatically without further 

order or notice by the Commission, 


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