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Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877– 

8339. 

Supplementary Information: Section 

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires 

that Federal agencies provide interested 

parties an early opportunity to comment 

on information collection requests. The 

Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information 

and Records Management Services, 

Office of Management, publishes this 

notice containing proposed information 

collection requests at the beginning of 

the Departmental review of the 

information collection. 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: Child Care Access 

Means Parents in School Program 

Annual Performance Report. 

OMB Control Number: 1840–0763. 

Type of Review: Revision. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 153. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 1,071. 

Abstract: The data collected is 

aggregated to provide national 

information on project participants and 

the results demonstrated by program 

outcomes. The burden hours are 

increased due to additional queries have 

been added to the APR that capture 

more specific data needed to enhance 

the understanding of results 

demonstrated by this program in 

accordance with OMB mandates. 

Dated: March 23, 2012. 

Darrin A. King, 

Director, Information Collection Clearance 

Division, Privacy, Information and Records 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

[FR Doc. 2012–7476 Filed 3–27–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Equity and Excellence Commission 

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice; Advisory Committee 

Meeting Cancellation. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Education 

gives notice of the cancellation of the 

Meeting of the Equity and Excellence 

Commission scheduled for March 29, 

2012 and announced in the Federal 

Register on March 14, 2012 in Vol. 77 

No. 50. 

The meeting will be rescheduled for 

a date to be announced in the future. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim 

Eichner, Designated Federal Official, 

Equity and Excellence Commission, 

U.S. Department of Education, 400 

Maryland Avenue SW., Washington, DC 

20202. Email: 

equitycommission@ed.gov. Telephone: 

(202) 453–5945. 

Sandra Battle, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement, 

Office for Civil Rights. 

[FR Doc. 2012–7376 Filed 3–27–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Efficiency and Renewables Advisory 

Committee (ERAC); Correction 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting; 

Correction. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(DOE), on March 15, 2012, published a 

notice of open meeting announcing an 

open meeting of the Efficiency and 

Renewables Advisory Committee 

(ERAC). The meeting date has been 

extended to include April 18, 2012. As 

a result, the language is being corrected 

in this notice. 

Corrections 

In the Federal Register of March 15, 

2012, in FR DOC. 2012–6270, on page 

15362, please make the following 

corrections: 

In the DATES heading, first column, 

first line, before the existing text, please 

add ‘‘Wednesday, April 18, 2012, 1 

p.m.–4:30 p.m. (EDT). 

In the ADDRESSES heading, first 

column, second line, please remove 

‘‘Room 8E–089’’ and add in its place 

‘‘Room 1E–245 and Room 8E–089, on 

April 18 and April 19 respectively’’. 

In the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

heading, Public Participation, second 

column, first paragraph, fifth line, 

correct the second sentence to read 

‘‘The public comment period will take 

place between 2:30 p.m. and 3 p.m. on 

the second day of the meeting, 

Thursday, April 19, 2012.’’ 

Issued in Washington, DC, on March 22, 

2012. 

LaTanya R. Butler, 

Acting Deputy Committee Management 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2012–7426 Filed 3–27–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

President’s Council of Advisors on 

Science and Technology (PCAST) 

AGENCY: Department of Energy, Office of 

Science. 

ACTION: Notice of Open Teleconference. 

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the 

schedule and summary agenda for an 

open conference call of the President’s 

Council of Advisors on Science and 

Technology (PCAST), and describes the 

functions of the Council. Notice of this 

meeting is required under the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (FACA), Public 

Law 92–463; 86 Stat. 770. The purpose 

of this conference call is to discuss 

PCAST’s Advanced Manufacturing 

Partnership report. 

DATES: The public conference call will 

be held on Monday, April 16, 2012; 4:30 

p.m. to 5 p.m., Eastern Standard Time 

(EST). To receive the call-in 

information, attendees should register 

for the conference call on the PCAST 

Web site, http://www.whitehouse.gov/ 

ostp/pcast no later than 12 p.m. (EST) 

on Thursday, April 12, 2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Information regarding the meeting 

agenda, time, and how to register for the 

meeting is available on the PCAST Web 

site at: http://whitehouse.gov/ostp/ 

pcast. Questions about the conference 

call should be directed to Dr. Deborah 

D. Stine, PCAST Executive Director, by 

email: dstine@ostp.eop.gov; or 

telephone: (202) 456–6006. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

President’s Council of Advisors on 

Science and Technology (PCAST) is an 

advisory group of the nation’s leading 

scientists and engineers, appointed by 

the President to augment the science 

and technology advice available to him 

from inside the White House and from 

cabinet departments and other Federal 

agencies. See the Executive Order at 

http://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/pcast. 

PCAST is consulted about and provides 

analyses and recommendations 

concerning a wide range of issues where 

understandings from the domains of 

science, technology, and innovation 

may bear on the policy choices before 

the President. PCAST is co-chaired by 

Dr. John P. Holdren, Assistant to the 

President for Science and Technology, 


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and Director, Office of Science and 

Technology Policy, Executive Office of 

the President, The White House; and Dr. 

Eric S. Lander, President, Broad 

Institute of the Massachusetts Institute 

of Technology and Harvard. 

Type of Meeting: Open. 

Proposed Schedule and Agenda: The 

President’s Council of Advisors on 

Science and Technology (PCAST) is 

scheduled to hold a conference call in 

open session on April 16, 2012, from 

4:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. (EST) 

During the conference call, PCAST 

will discuss its Advanced 

Manufacturing Partnership report. 

Additional information and the agenda, 

including any changes that arise, will be 

posted at the PCAST Web site at: 

http://whitehouse.gov/ostp/pcast. 

Public Comments: It is the policy of 

the PCAST to accept written public 

comments of any length, and to 

accommodate oral public comments, 

whenever possible. The PCAST expects 

that public statements presented at its 

meetings will not be repetitive of 

previously submitted oral or written 

statements. 

The public comment period for this 

meeting will take place on April 16, 

2012, at a time specified in the meeting 

agenda posted on the PCAST Web site 

at http://whitehouse.gov/ostp/pcast. 

This public comment period is designed 

only for substantive commentary on 

PCAST’s work, not for business 

marketing purposes. 

Oral Comments: To be considered for 

the public speaker list at the meeting, 

interested parties should register to 

speak at http://whitehouse.gov/ostp/ 

pcast, no later than 12 p.m. (EST) on 

April 12, 2012. Phone or email 

reservations to be considered for the 

public speaker list will not be accepted. 

To accommodate as many speakers as 

possible, the time for public comments 

will be limited to two (2) minutes per 

person, with a total public comment 

period of 15 minutes. If more speakers 

register than there is space available on 

the agenda, PCAST will randomly select 

speakers from among those who 

applied. Those not selected to present 

oral comments may always file written 

comments with the committee, as 

described below. 

Written Comments: Although written 

comments are accepted until the date of 

the meeting, written comments should 

be submitted to PCAST no later than 12 

p.m. (EST) on April 12, 2012, so that the 

comments may be made available to the 

PCAST members prior to the meeting 

for their consideration. Information 

regarding how to submit comments and 

documents to PCAST is available at 

http://whitehouse.gov/ostp/pcast in the 

section entitled ‘‘Connect with PCAST.’’ 

Please note that because PCAST 

operates under the provisions of FACA, 

all public comments and/or 

presentations will be treated as public 

documents and will be made available 

for public inspection, including being 

posted on the PCAST Web site. 

Meeting Accommodations: 

Individuals requiring special 

accommodation to access this public 

meeting should contact Dr. Stine at least 

ten business days prior to the meeting 

so that appropriate arrangements can be 

made. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on March 22, 

2012. 

LaTanya R. Butler, 

Acting Deputy Committee Management 

Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

U.S. Energy Information 

Administration 

Proposed Agency Information 

Collection 

AGENCY: U.S. Energy Information 

Administration (EIA), Department of 

Energy (DOE). 

ACTION: Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Information 

Collection; Notice and Request for 

Comments. 

SUMMARY: The EIA invites public 

comment on a proposed collection of 

information that EIA is developing for 

submission to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) pursuant to the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The 

EIA is soliciting comments on the 

proposed reinstatement of the Forms 

EIA–871A–J, ‘‘2012 Commercial 

Buildings Energy Consumption 

Survey.’’ 

The Federal Energy Administration 

Act of 1974 (Pub. L. 93–275, 15 U.S.C. 

761 et seq.) and the DOE Organization 

Act (Pub. L. 95–91, 42 U.S.C. 7101 et 

seq.) require the EIA to carry out a 

centralized, comprehensive, and unified 

energy information program. This 

program collects, evaluates, assembles, 

analyzes, and disseminates information 

on energy resource reserves, production, 

demand, technology, and related 

economic and statistical information. 

This information is used to assess the 

adequacy of energy resources to meet 

near and longer-term domestic 

demands. 

The EIA, as part of its effort to comply 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (Pub. L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 

35), provides the general public and 

other Federal agencies with 

opportunities to comment on collections 

of energy information conducted by or 

in conjunction with the EIA. Any 

comments received help the EIA to 

prepare data requests that maximize the 

utility of the information collected, and 

to assess the impact of collection 

requirements on the public. Also, the 

EIA will later seek approval by the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) under Section 3507(a) of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

The Commercial Buildings Energy 

Consumption Survey (CBECS) has been 

conducted nine times covering the years 

1979, 1983 and 1986 under the name of 

the ‘‘Nonresidential Buildings Energy 

Consumption Survey,’’ and years 1989, 

1992, 1995, 1999, 2003, and 2007 under 

the current name, ‘‘Commercial 

Buildings Energy Consumption 

Survey.’’ CBECS collects baseline data 

on energy consumption and 

expenditures in commercial buildings, 

and on the energy-related characteristics 

of those buildings. To obtain this 

information, interviews are conducted 

for a sample of commercial buildings 

representing the 50 States and the 

District of Columbia. For buildings in 

the survey, data are collected on the 

types, amount and cost of energy 

consumed in the building, how the 

energy is used, structural characteristics 

of the buildings, activities conducted 

inside the buildings that relate to energy 

use, building ownership and occupancy, 

energy conservation measures, and 

energy-using equipment. The 

information will be collected using 

computer assisted interviewing for the 

2012 CBECS; interviews will be 

conducted both in-person and by 

telephone. For those buildings that 

cannot provide energy consumption 

data for the building, the data will be 

obtained in a follow-up survey 

(historically a mail survey) from the 

suppliers of electricity, natural gas, fuel 

oil and/or district heat to the building, 

after receiving permission from the 

building owner, manager or tenant. This 

survey to the energy suppliers is 

mandatory. The data obtained from the 

CBECS are available to the public in a 

variety of EIA electronic tables and 

reports at http://www.eia.gov/emeu/ 

cbecs. Public use files that have been 

screened to protect the identity of the 

individual respondents are also 

available electronically at the above web 

address. Selected data from the surveys 


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