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Families with Special Needs (‘‘the 

Director’’). 

The Director is appointed as a regular 

government (ex officio) member of the 

Council. The Director may send 

someone to attend a council meeting if 

he or she is unable to attend; however, 

this person will not engage in Council 

deliberations, vote on matters before the 

Council, or count toward a quorum. 

Council members are not 

compensated for service on the Council, 

but each member is reimbursed for 

travel and per diem as it pertains to 

official business of the Council. The 

DoD, when necessary and consistent 

with the Council’s mission and DoD 

policies and procedures, may establish 

subcommittees, task forces, or working 

groups to support the Council. 

Establishment of subcommittees will be 

based upon a written determination, to 

include terms of reference, by the 

Secretary of Defense, the Deputy 

Secretary of Defense, or the USD(P&R), 

as the DoD Sponsor. 

Such subcommittees will not work 

independently of the Council, and will 

report all of their recommendations and 

advice solely to the Council for full and 

open deliberation and discussion. 

Subcommittees, task forces, or working 

groups have no authority to make 

decisions and recommendations, 

verbally or in writing, on behalf of the 

Council. No subcommittee or any of its 

members can update or report, verbally 

or in writing, on behalf of the Council, 

directly to the DoD or any Federal 

officer or employee. 

All subcommittee members must be 

appointed by the Secretary of Defense or 

the Deputy Secretary of Defense to a 

term of service of one-to-four years, with 

annual renewals, even if the individual 

in question is already a member of the 

Council, and no subcommittee member 

will serve more than two consecutive 

terms of service, unless authorized by 

the Secretary of Defense of the Deputy 

Secretary of Defense. Subcommittee 

members who are not full-time or 

permanent part-time Federal employees 

will be appointed as experts or 

consultants pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, 

to serve as SGE members. Subcommittee 

members who are full-time or 

permanent part-time Federal employees 

will be appointed pursuant to 41 CFR 

102–3.130(a), to serve as a RGE member. 

With the exception of reimbursement of 

official travel and per diem related to 

the Council or its subcommittees, 

subcommittee members will serve 

without compensation. All 

subcommittees operate under the 

provisions of FACA, the Sunshine Act, 

governing Federal statutes and 

regulations, and established DoD 

policies and procedures. 

The Council’s DFO must be a fulltime or permanent part-time DoD 

employee, appointed in accordance 

with established DoD policies and 

procedures. 

The Council’s DFO is required to 

attend all meetings of the Council and 

its subcommittees for the entire 

duration of each and every meeting. 

However, in the absence of the 

Council’s DFO, a properly approved 

Alternate DFO, duly appointed to the 

Council according to established DoD 

policies and procedures, must attend 

the entire duration of all meetings of the 

Council and its subcommittees. 

The DFO, or the Alternate DFO, shall 

call all meetings of the Council and its 

subcommittees; prepares and approves 

all meeting agendas; and adjourn any 

meeting when the DFO, or the Alternate 

DFO, determines adjournment to be in 

the public interest or required by 

governing regulations or DoD policies 

and procedures. 

Pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.105(j) and 

102–3.140, the public or interested 

organizations may submit written 

statements to Department of Defense 

Military Family Readiness Council 

membership about the Council’s 

mission and functions. Written 

statements may be submitted at any 

time or in response to the stated agenda 

of planned meeting of Department of 

Defense Military Family Readiness 

Council. 

All written statements shall be 

submitted to the DFO for the 

Department of Defense Military Family 

Readiness Council, and this individual 

will ensure that the written statements 

are provided to the membership for 

their consideration. Contact information 

for the Department of Defense Military 

Family Readiness Council DFO can be 

obtained from the GSA’s FACA 

Database—http://

www.facadatabase.gov/. 

The DFO, pursuant to 41 CFR 102– 

3.150, will announce planned meetings 

of the Department of Defense Military 

Family Readiness Council. The DFO, at 

that time, may provide additional 

guidance on the submission of written 

statements that are in response to the 

stated agenda for the planned meeting 

in question. 

Dated: December 4, 2014. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2014–28795 Filed 12–8–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2014–ICCD–0156] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; Program 

for International Student Assessment 

2012 (PISA: 2012) Validation Study 

2015 Field Test and Main Study 

AGENCY: Institute of Education Sciences/ 

National Center for Education Statistics 

(IES), Department of Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is 

proposing a revision of an existing 

information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before February 

9, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in 

response to this notice should be 

submitted electronically through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov by selecting 

Docket ID number ED–2014–ICCD–0156 

or via postal mail, commercial delivery, 

or hand delivery. If the regulations.gov 

site is not available to the public for any 

reason, ED will temporarily accept 

comments at ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. 

Please note that comments submitted by 

fax or email and those submitted after 

the comment period will not be 

accepted; ED will ONLY accept 

comments during the comment period 

in this mailbox when the regulations.gov 

site is not available. Written requests for 

information or comments submitted by 

postal mail or delivery should be 

addressed to the Director of the 

Information Collection Clearance 

Division, U.S. Department of Education, 

400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, 

Mailstop L–OM–2–2E319, Room 2E103, 

Washington, DC 20202. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Kashka 

Kubzdela, 202–502–7411. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department of Education (ED), 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. ED is 


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soliciting comments on the proposed 

information collection request (ICR) that 

is described below. 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: Program for 

International Student Assessment 2012 

(PISA: 2012) Validation Study 2015 

Field Test and Main Study. 

OMB Control Number: 1850–0900. 

Type of Review: A revision of an 

existing information collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals or Households. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 6,260. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 2,086. 

Abstract: PISA (Program for 

International Student Assessment) is an 

international assessment of 15-year-olds 

designed to evaluate, at the end of 

compulsory education, how well 

students are prepared for the challenges 

of further education and the workforce 

(OMB# 1850–0755). To date, in the 

United States, PISA has been 

administered only as a cross-sectional 

study, and thus it has not been possible 

to evaluate how well it assesses key 

competencies of 15-year-olds for their 

later success. NCES proposes to conduct 

a follow-up study with students who 

participated in PISA 2012 to learn how 

performance on PISA relates to 

subsequent outcomes and skills of 

young adults. The follow-up study— 

referred to in materials to potential 

respondents as the PISA Young Adult 

Follow-Up Study, and in this request as 

the PISA Validation Study—will 

provide information about how 

students’ skills and experiences at age 

15, collected through PISA, relate to 

subsequent literacy, numeracy, and 

problem-solving skills, as well as 

educational attainment, education and 

work experiences, skills used in daily 

life, career intentions, and aspects of 

well-being. In fall 2015, when these 

students will be around 18 years of age, 

they will be asked to take the web-based 

version of the Organization for 

Economic Cooperation and 

Development ’s (OECD) Program for the 

International Assessment of Adult 

Competencies (PIAAC) assessment and 

background questionnaire—the 

Education and Skills Online (ESO). In 

fall 2013, students in the United States 

who participated in PISA 2012 and 

supplied contact information were 

contacted and invited to update their 

contact information in preparation for 

the follow-up study (OMB 1850–0900 

v.1). This request is to (1) recruit the 

PISA 2012 sample respondents who 

have been successfully located; (2) 

administer ESO to a field test sample in 

the summer of 2015; and (3) administer 

ESO to a main study sample in the fall 

of 2015. 

Dated: December 3, 2014. 

Kate Mullan, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2014–28706 Filed 12–8–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 2203–015] 

Alabama Power Company; Notice of 

Application Ready for Environmental 

Analysis and Soliciting Comments, 

Recommendations, Terms and 

Conditions, and Prescriptions 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection. 

a. Type of Application: New Major 

License. 

b. Project No.: 2203–015. 

c. Date filed: August 16, 2013. 

d. Applicant: Alabama Power 

Company (Alabama Power). 

e. Name of Project: Holt Hydroelectric 

Project. 

f. Location: The project is located at 

the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ 

existing Holt Lock and Dam on the 

Black Warrior River in Tuscaloosa 

County, Alabama and occupies 36.64 

acres of Corps lands. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). 

h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Jim 

Heilbron, Senior Vice President and 

Senior Production Officer, Alabama 

Power Company, 600 North 18th Street, 

P.O. Box 2641, Birmingham, AL 35203– 

2206, (205) 257–1000. 

i. FERC Contact: Jeanne Edwards 

(202) 502–6181, or by email at 

Jeanne.edwards@ferc.gov. 

j. Deadline for filing comments, 

recommendations, terms and 

conditions, and prescriptions: 60 days 

from the issuance date of this notice; 

reply comments are due 105 days from 

the issuance date of this notice. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing. Please file motions to 

intervene and protests, comments, and/ 

or recommendations, terms and 

conditions, and prescriptions using the 

Commission’s eFiling system at http://

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. 

Commenters can submit brief comments 

up to 6,000 characters, without prior 

registration, using the eComment system 

at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/

ecomment.asp. You must include your 

name and contact information at the end 

of your comments. For assistance, 

please contact FERC Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866) 

208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659 

(TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please 

send a paper copy to: Secretary, Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

The first page of any filing should 

include docket number P–2203–015. 

The Commission’s Rules of Practice 

require all intervenors filing documents 

with the Commission to serve a copy of 

that document on each person on the 

official service list for the project. 

Further, if an intervenor files comments 

or documents with the Commission 

relating to the merits of an issue that 

may affect the responsibilities of a 

particular resource agency, they must 

also serve a copy of the document on 

that resource agency. 

k. This application has been accepted 

and is now ready for environmental 

analysis. 

l. Portions of the existing Holt Project 

facilities that are owned and operated 

by Alabama Power consist of: (1) A 130- 

foot-long concrete non-overflow dam; 

(2) a 110-foot long earth fill dam located 

between the non-overflow structure and 

the right abutment; (3) a powerhouse 

integral with the dam containing one 

turbine with an installed capacity of 

46,944-kilowatts; (4) a 2.48-mile-long 

transmission line; and (5) Overlook 

Park, a project recreation site. The 

applicant estimates that the total 

average annual generation would be 

153,604,600 kilowatt hours. All 

generated power is utilized within the 

applicant’s electric utility system. 

Additionally, Alabama Power proposes 

correct the mapping of the project 

boundary from 46.59 acres to 50.08 

acres. The change would affect privately 

owned lands, resulting in no land 

disturbing activities. 

m. A copy of the application is 

available for review at the Commission 


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