9132 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 28 / Friday, February 9, 2024 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2023–SCC–0200] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

Application for Grants Under the 

Predominantly Black Institutions 

Formula Grant Program 

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary 

Education (OPE), 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 

11, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for proposed 

information collection requests should 

be submitted within 30 days of 

publication of this notice. Click on this 

link www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain to access the site. Find this 

information collection request (ICR) by 

selecting ‘‘Department of Education’’ 

under ‘‘Currently Under Review,’’ then 

check the ‘‘Only Show ICR for Public 

Comment’’ checkbox. Reginfo.gov 

provides two links to view documents 

related to this information collection 

request. Information collection forms 

and instructions may be found by 

clicking on the ‘‘View Information 

Collection (IC) List’’ link. Supporting 

statements and other supporting 

documentation may be found by 

clicking on the ‘‘View Supporting 

Statement and Other Documents’’ link. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Shakir Davy, 

202–453–7792. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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: Application for 

Grants Under the Predominantly Black 

Institutions Formula Grant Program. 

OMB Control Number: 1840–0812. 

Type of Review: An extension without 

change of a currently approved ICR. 

Respondents/Affected Public: Private 

sector; State, local, and Tribal 

government. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 39. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 780. 

Abstract: The Higher Education 

Opportunity Act of 2008 amended title 

III, part A of the Higher Education Act 

to include section 318—the 

Predominantly Black Institutions (PBI) 

Program. The PBI Program makes 5-year 

grant awards to eligible colleges and 

universities to plan, develop, undertake 

and implement programs to enhance the 

institution’s capacity to serve more lowand middle-income Black American 

students; to expand higher education 

opportunities for eligible students by 

encouraging college preparation and 

student persistence in secondary school 

and postsecondary education; and to 

strengthen the financial ability of the 

institution to serve the academic needs 

of these students. 

Dated: February 6, 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. 2024–02698 Filed 2–8–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Request for Information Regarding the 

Manufacturing Capital Connector 

AGENCY: Office of Manufacturing and 

Energy Supply Chains, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Request for information (RFI). 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(DOE or the Department)’s Office of 

Manufacturing and Energy Supply 

Chains is issuing this RFI to notify 

parties of its potential interest in 

initiating a Manufacturing Capital 

Connector (MCC) to support applicants 

seeking clean energy manufacturing 

funding opportunities and/or tax 

credits. The Department also seeks 

input from all stakeholders through this 

RFI to help gauge the interest in and to 

inform the overall design of the MCC. 

DATES: Written comments and 

information are requested by March 4, 

2024. 

ADDRESSES: Interested parties may 

submit comments electronically to 

CapitalConnector-RFI@hq.doe.gov in 

accordance with the Response 

Guidelines in section VI of this 

document. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions may be addressed to Rachel 

Gould, CapitalConnector-RFI@

hq.doe.gov or (202) 586–6116. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The Department of Energy (DOE)’s 

Office of Manufacturing and Energy 

Supply Chains (MESC) is considering 

establishing a Manufacturing Capital 

Connector (MCC). The goal of the MCC 

is to facilitate the commitment of 

private sector capital necessary to bring 

important clean energy manufacturing 

projects to commercial operation. 

Specifically, the MCC will: 

(1) Educate capital providers about 

DOE’s supply chain priority areas and 

DOE-administered clean energy 

manufacturing opportunities, such as 

the Qualifying Advanced Energy Project 

Credit (48C); 

(2) Develop a list of capital providers 

interested in financing clean energy 

manufacturing projects and the Best 

Practices they offer (Best Practices are 

defined as a private capital provider’s 

proposed minimum level of consistent 

terms across applications regarding 

response time, pricing, minimum 

amount of capital, diligence requests 

(i.e., all topics covered under Question 

14 in the For Potential Capital Providers 

questions)) and share the list of 

interested capital providers and their 

Best Practices on a publicly accessible 

DOE website; and 

(3) If an applicant decides to do so, 

the applicant may directly share their 

application information with those 

capital providers that offer Best 

Practices they find appealing. DOE is 

prohibited from providing capital 

providers with any information about 

the applicant nor confirmation of 

whether an organization has applied. 

Thus, information exchange would be 

independent of DOE and voluntary. 

The notional MCC could be 

particularly beneficial to applicants for 

programs like 48C. The 48C program is 

an investment tax credit (ITC), and as 

such the IRS will make final allocation 

decisions, with companies receiving the 

tax credit only after the project is placed 

in service and the credit is earned. 

Therefore, unlike many DOEadministered grant and loan programs, 


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