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information requested by the 

Department while processing the 

request, to distinguish between 

individuals with the same name. Your 

request must meet the requirements of 

regulations at 34 CFR 5b.5. 

EXEMPTIONS PROMULGATED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

None. 

HISTORY: 

None. 

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2024–SCC–0068] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

Subminimum Wage to Competitive 

Integrated Employment (SWTCIE) 

Program Evaluation 

AGENCY: Office of Special Education and 

Rehavilitative Services (OSERS), 

Department of Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, the Department is proposing a 

new information collection request 

(ICR). 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before 

November 12, 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 Diandrea 

Bailey, (202) 987–0126. 

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: Subminimum 

Wage to Competitive Integrated 

Employment (SWTCIE) Program 

Evaluation. 

OMB Control Number: 1820–NEW. 

Type of Review: New ICR. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals or Households. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 4,866. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 2,224. 

Abstract: The U.S. Department of 

Education’s Rehabilitation Services 

Administration (RSA) requests 

clearance for new data collection 

activities to support the evaluation of 

the Disability Innovation Fund (DIF) 

Subminimum Wage to Competitive 

Integrated Employment (SWTCIE) 

program. The aim of this project is to 

increase transitions to competitive 

integrated employment (CIE) among 

people working in subminimum wage 

employment (SWE)—or considering 

doing so—through innovative activities 

to build systemwide alternatives to 

subminimum wage employment. 

Advocacy, policy and practice have 

evolved in recent decades toward a shift 

to CIE, as reflected in the Workforce 

Innovation and Opportunity Act and 

most recently in the Consolidated 

Appropriations Act of 2021, which 

provides funding for DIF. This request 

covers primary data collection activities, 

including survey data, administrative 

data, site visits, and focus groups. 

In September 2022, the RSA awarded 

five-year grants for the 84.421D DIF. The 

grants provide 14 state vocational 

rehabilitation (VR) agencies with 

funding to implement SWTCIE 

Innovative Model Demonstration 

projects to decrease SWE and increase 

CIE among people with disabilities 

currently employed in or contemplating 

SWE. To achieve this purpose, the 

projects will create innovative models 

for dissemination and replication to (1) 

identify strategies for addressing 

barriers associated with accessing CIE, 

(2) provide integrated services that 

support CIE, (3) support integration into 

the community through CIE, (4) identify 

and coordinate wraparound services for 

project participants who obtain CIE, (5) 

develop and disseminate evidencebased practices, and (6) provide entities 

holding section 14(c) certificates with 

readily accessible transformative 

business models for adoption. The 

intervention models vary across the 

SWTCIE projects, but all of them will 

work with employers that hold 14(c) 

certificates, other employers, service 

providers, and additional community 

partners to empower transition-age 

youth and working-age adults with 

disabilities to pursue CIE. In addition, 

each project will use part of its funds for 

an independent evaluator to conduct a 

project-specific evaluation of its 

activities and outcomes. 

This data collection for the RSA DIF 

is critical as the evaluation is intended 

to make information more actionable for 

practitioners and policymakers and 

ensure the DIF program outcomes are 

duplicatable for VR agencies and 

partners. The evaluation will (1) 

describe the implementation and costs 

of the federally-funded program and 

strategies; (2) improve the identification 

of DIF program models and strategies 

related to the state VR programs, 

intended to improve outcomes for 

individuals with disabilities in CIE, 

including but not limited to 

accommodations and services for 

individuals with disabilities, utilization 

of technology, and supports; (3) 

interconnect the projects to evaluate the 

effectiveness of particular strategies in 

the context of how commonly that 

strategy is used across the projects; (4) 

analyze trends in CIE outcomes and 

potential impacts of federal grants; and 

(5) examine the effectiveness and cost 

effectiveness of the program and 

strategies that support CIE and reduce 

SWE. 

Dated: October 7, 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. 

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Hanford 

AGENCY: Office of Environmental 

Management, Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 


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SUMMARY: This notice announces an inperson/virtual hybrid meeting of the 

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), 

Hanford. The Federal Advisory 

Committee Act requires that public 

notice of this meeting be announced in 

the Federal Register. 

DATES: Wednesday, November 6, 2024; 

9 a.m.–4:30 p.m. PST. 

ADDRESSES: The Holiday Inn Express & 

Suites Pasco, Vineyard Ballroom, 4525 

Convention Place, Pasco, Washington 

99301. This hybrid meeting will be inperson at The Holiday Inn Express & 

Suites Pasco and virtually. To receive 

the virtual access information and callin number, please contact the Deputy 

Designated Federal Officer, Lindsay 

Somers, at the telephone number or 

email listed below at least five days 

prior to the meeting. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lindsay Somers, Deputy Designated 

Federal Officer, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Hanford Office of 

Communications, Richland Operations 

Office, P.O. Box 550, Richland, WA, 

99354; Phone: (509) 376–0923; or Email: 

lindsay.somers@rl.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Board: The purpose of 

the Board is to provide advice and 

recommendations concerning the 

following EM site-specific issues: cleanup activities and environmental 

restoration; waste and nuclear materials 

management and disposition; excess 

facilities; future land use and long-term 

stewardship. The Board may also be 

asked to provide advice and 

recommendations on any EM program 

components. 

Tentative Agenda 

Æ Tri-Party Agreement Agencies’ 

Updates 

Æ Presentation 

Æ Subcommittee Reports 

Æ Board Member Roundtable 

Æ Board Business 

Public Participation: The meeting is 

open to the public. The EM SSAB, 

Hanford, welcomes the attendance of 

the public at its advisory committee 

meetings and will make every effort to 

accommodate persons with physical 

disabilities or special needs. If you 

require special accommodations due to 

a disability, please contact Lindsay 

Somers at least seven days in advance 

of the meeting at the telephone number 

listed above. Written statements may be 

filed with the Board either before or 

within five business days after the 

meeting. Individuals who wish to make 

oral statements pertaining to agenda 

items should contact Lindsay Somers. 

Requests must be received five days 

prior to the meeting and reasonable 

provision will be made to include the 

presentation in the agenda. The Deputy 

Designated Federal Officer is 

empowered to conduct the meeting in a 

fashion that will facilitate the orderly 

conduct of business. Individuals 

wishing to make public comments will 

be provided a maximum of five minutes 

to present their comments. 

Minutes: Minutes will be available at 

the following website: https://

www.hanford.gov/page.cfm/hab/Full

BoardMeetingInformation. 

Signing Authority: This document of 

the Department of Energy was signed on 

October 7, 2024, by David Borak, 

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 October 7, 

2024. 

Jennifer Hartzell, 

Alternate Federal Register Liaison Officer, 

U.S. Department of Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2024–23507 Filed 10–10–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Energy Information Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Proposed New Survey 

AGENCY: U.S. Energy Information 

Administration (EIA), U.S. Department 

of Energy (DOE). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: EIA submitted an information 

collection request for clearance of the 

Residential Utility Disconnections 

Survey as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. The collection 

requests a three-year clearance of a new 

data collection survey—Form EIA–112. 

Form EIA–112 is an annual survey that 

collects information on the number of 

monthly natural gas and electric service 

final notices, disconnections, and 

reconnections for bill non-payment 

across residential customers. 

DATES: Comments on this information 

collection must be received no later 

than November 12, 2024. Written 

comments and recommendations for the 

proposed information collection should 

be sent within 30 days of publication of 

this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/ 

do/PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kenneth Pick, EIA Clearance Officer, at 

(202) 586–5562. The form and 

instructions are available at https://

www.eia.gov/survey/. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

information collection request contains: 

(1) OMB No.: New; 

(2) Information Collection Request 

Title: Residential Utility Disconnections 

Survey; 

(3) Type of Request: New; 

(4) Purpose: Form EIA–112 is an 

annual form that will collect 12 months 

of data from electric and natural gas 

providers about final termination 

notices sent to residential customers 

due to bill nonpayment, service 

disconnections of residential customers 

due to bill nonpayment, and service 

reconnections of residential customers 

who were disconnected due to bill 

nonpayment. 

No national data is currently collected 

on this information. Some States collect 

some of the data described above, but 

the data are inconsistent, and 

publication is not uniform. Form EIA– 

112 aims to better inform State and 

Federal policymakers on utility 

disconnections by providing reliable 

data that can help inform appropriate 

levels of budgetary support for various 

assistance programs across the United 

States. The results of the survey will be 

published on the EIA website at the 

aggregated national and State level, as 

well as at the utility level for 

respondents. 

EIA will conduct periodic censuses of 

all natural gas and electric utilities 

above a certain size threshold. These 

censuses will cover respondents that 

complete Form EIA–176 and Form EIA– 

861, excluding the small electric 

utilities receiving Form EIA–861S. To 

reduce the respondent burden of this 

proposed data collection, while also 

considering data quality, for the years in 

between censuses, EIA will use cut-off 

samples from Form EIA–857 and Form 

EIA–861M, based on utility size and 

State coverage. This strategy will allow 

EIA to reduce respondent burden on 

smaller utilities, while also producing 

population estimates at the State level 


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