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Projected average estimates for the 

next three years: 

Average Expected Annual Number of 

Activities: 30. 

Average Number of Respondents per 

Activity: 100. 

Annual Responses: 450,000. 

Frequency of Response: Once per 

request. 

Average Minutes per Response: 30. 

Burden Hours: 225,000. 

Abstract: The proposed information 

collection activity provides a means to 

garner qualitative customer and 

stakeholder feedback in an efficient, 

timely manner, in accordance with the 

Administration’s commitment to 

improving service delivery. By 

qualitative feedback we mean 

information that provides useful 

insights on perceptions and opinions, 

but are not statistical surveys that yield 

quantitative results that can be 

generalized to the population of study. 

This feedback will provide insights into 

customer or stakeholder perceptions, 

experiences and expectations, provide 

an early warning of issues with service, 

or focus attention on areas where 

communication, training or changes in 

operations might improve delivery of 

products or services. These collections 

will allow for ongoing, collaborative and 

actionable communications between the 

Agency and its customers and 

stakeholders. It will also allow feedback 

to contribute directly to the 

improvement of program management. 

The solicitation of feedback will target 

areas such as: timeliness, 

appropriateness, accuracy of 

information, courtesy, efficiency of 

service delivery, and resolution of 

issues with service delivery. Responses 

will be assessed to plan and inform 

efforts to improve or maintain the 

quality of service offered to the public. 

If this information is not collected, vital 

feedback from customers and 

stakeholders on the Agency’s services 

will be unavailable. 

The Agency will only submit a 

collection for approval under this 

generic clearance if it meets the 

following conditions: 

• The collections are voluntary; 

• The collections are low-burden for 

respondents (based on considerations of 

total burden hours, total number of 

respondents, or burden-hours per 

respondent) and are low-cost for both 

the respondents and the Federal 

Government; 

• The collections are noncontroversial and do not raise issues of 

concern to other Federal agencies; 

• Any collection is targeted to the 

solicitation of opinions from 

respondents who have experience with 

the program or may have experience 

with the program in the near future; 

• Personally identifiable information 

(PII) is collected only to the extent 

necessary and is not retained; 

• Information gathered will be used 

only internally for general service 

improvement and program management 

purposes and is not intended for release 

outside of the agency; 

• Information gathered will not be 

used for the purpose of substantially 

informing influential policy decisions; 

and 

• Information gathered will yield 

qualitative information; the collections 

will not be designed or expected to 

yield statistically reliable results or used 

as though the results are generalizable to 

the population of study. 

Feedback collected under this generic 

clearance provides useful information, 

but it does not yield data that can be 

generalized to the overall population. 

This type of generic clearance for 

qualitative information will not be used 

for quantitative information collections 

that are designed to yield reliably 

actionable results, such as monitoring 

trends over time or documenting 

program performance. Such data uses 

require more rigorous designs that 

address: The target population to which 

generalizations will be made, the 

sampling frame, the sample design 

(including stratification and clustering), 

the precision requirements or power 

calculations that justify the proposed 

sample size, the expected response rate, 

methods for assessing potential nonresponse bias, the protocols for data 

collection, and any testing procedures 

that were or will be undertaken prior to 

fielding the study. Depending on the 

degree of influence the results are likely 

to have, such collections may still be 

eligible for submission for other generic 

mechanisms that are designed to yield 

quantitative results. 

As a general matter, information 

collections will not result in any new 

system of records containing privacy 

information and will not ask questions 

of a sensitive nature, such as sexual 

behavior and attitudes, religious beliefs, 

and other matters that are commonly 

considered private. 

Dated: March 4, 2014. 

Stephanie Valentine, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2014–05035 Filed 3–7–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2014–ICCD–0030] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; U.S. 

Department of Education Grant 

Performance Report Form (ED 524B) 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary/Office of 

the Deputy Secretary (OS), 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 an extension of an existing 

information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before May 9, 

2014. 

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–0030 

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 2E105, 

Washington, DC 20202. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Joyce GreenMillner, 202–245–8036. 

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 

soliciting comments on the proposed 


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1 15 U.S.C. 717–817–w. 

2 15 U.S.C. 3301–3432. 

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: U.S. Department of 

Education Grant Performance Report 

Form (ED 524B). 

OMB Control Number: 1894–0003. 

Type of Review: An extension of an 

existing information collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

Local, or Tribal Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 5,300. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 118,400. 

Abstract: The ED 524B form and 

instructions are used in order for 

grantees to meet Department of 

Education (ED) deadline dates for 

submission of performance reports for 

ED discretionary grant programs. 

Recipients of multi-year discretionary 

grants must submit an annual 

performance report for each year 

funding has been approved in order to 

receive a continuation award. The 

annual performance report should 

demonstrate whether substantial 

progress has been made toward meeting 

the approved goals and objectives of the 

project. ED program offices may also 

require recipients of ‘‘forward funded’’ 

grants that are awarded funds for their 

entire multi-year project up-front in a 

single grant award to submit the ED 

524B on an annual basis. In addition, 

ED program offices may also require 

recipients to use the ED 524B to submit 

their final performance reports to 

demonstrate project success, impact and 

outcomes. In both the annual and final 

performance reports, grantees are 

required to provide data on established 

performance measures for the grant 

program (e.g., Government Performance 

and Results Act measures) and on 

project performance measures that were 

included in the grantee’s approved grant 

application. The ED 524B also contains 

a number of questions related to project 

financial data such as Federal and nonFederal expenditures and indirect cost 

information. Performance reporting 

requirements are found in 34 CFR 74.51, 

75.118, 75.253, 75.590 and 80.40 of the 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations. 

Dated: March 4, 2014. 

Stephanie Valentine, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2014–05034 Filed 3–7–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. IC14–3–000] 

Commission Information Collection 

Activities (FERC–549D); Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, Energy. 

ACTION: Comment request. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

requirements of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 

3507(a)(1)(D), the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (Commission or 

FERC) is submitting the information 

collection FERC–549D (Quarterly 

Transportation and Storage Report for 

Intrastate Natural Gas and Hinshaw 

Pipelines) to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review of the 

information collection requirements. 

Any interested person may file 

comments directly with OMB and 

should address a copy of those 

comments to the Commission as 

explained below. The Commission 

published notices in the Federal 

Register (78 FR 69843, 11/21/2012, and 

79 FR 7175, 2/6/2012) requesting public 

comments. FERC received no comments 

on the FERC–549D for either notice and 

is making this notation in its submittal 

to OMB. 

The Commission is issuing this 15- 

day public notice due to a change of the 

estimated burden figures. Upon further 

review, the Commission found that the 

burden estimate required adjustment 

due to better estimates. Specifically, the 

average burden hours per response for 

XML filings (implementation burden 

only) increased from 104 hours to 196 

hours. Note: There are no changes to 

information collection or filing 

requirements. 

DATES: Comments on the collections of 

information are due by March 25, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB, 

identified by the OMB Control Nos. 

1902–0253 (FERC–549D) should be sent 

via email to the Office of Information 

and Regulatory Affairs: oira_

submission@omb.gov, Attention: 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 

Desk Officer. The Desk Officer may also 

be reached via telephone at 202–395– 

4718. 

A copy of the comments should also 

be sent to the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, identified by the Docket 

No. IC14–3–000, by one 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, by 

telephone at (202) 502–8663, and by fax 

at (202) 273–0873. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Titles: Quarterly Transportation and 

Storage Report for Intrastate Natural Gas 

and Hinshaw Pipelines. 

OMB Control Nos.: 1902–0253. 

Type of Request: Three-year extension 

of the FERC–549D information 

collection requirements with no changes 

to the reporting requirements. 

Abstract: The reporting requirements 

under FERC–549D are required to carry 

out the Commission’s policies in 

accordance with the general authority in 

Sections 1(c) of the Natural Gas Act 

(NGA) 1 and Sections 311 of the Natural 

Gas Policy Act of 1978 (NGPA) 2. This 

collection promotes transparency by 

collecting and making available 

intrastate and Hinshaw pipeline 

transactional information. The 

Commission collects the data upon a 

standardized form with all requirements 

outlined in 18 CFR 284.126. 

The FERC Form 549D collects the 

following information: 


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