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Monica.Herk@ed.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

National Board for Education Sciences 

is authorized by Section 116 of the 

Education Sciences Reform Act of 

2002(ESRA), 20 U.S.C 9516. The Board 

advises the Director of the Institute of 

Education Sciences (IES) on, among 

other things, the establishment of 

activities to be supported by the 

Institute, on the funding for applications 

for grants, contracts, and cooperative 

agreements for research after the 

completion of peer review, and reviews 

and evaluates the work of the Institute. 

On October 5, 2012, starting at 8:30 

a.m., the Board will approve the agenda 

and hear remarks from the NBES Chair, 

Bridget Long. John Easton, Director of 

IES, will swear in two newly appointed 

Board members. John Easton and the 

Commissioners of the national centers 

will then give an overview of recent 

developments at IES. 

From 9:45 to 10:15 a.m., Board 

members will follow-up on their 

discussion of the IES peer review 

process by listening to and discussing 

an update by Anne Ricciuti, IES Deputy 

Director for Science. A break will take 

place from 10:15 to 10:30 a.m. 

From 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon, the 

Board will consider how to increase the 

supply and demand of information 

about educational research. Following 

opening presentations by Ruth Neild, 

Commissioner of the National Center for 

Education Evaluation and by Steve 

Fleishman, Deputy Executive Officer of 

Education Northwest, Board members 

will engage in roundtable discussion of 

the issues raised. The meeting will 

break for lunch from 12:00 noon to 1:00 

p.m. 

The Board meeting will resume from 

1:00 to 2:30 p.m. for members to discuss 

the topic, ‘‘Design-Based 

Implementation Research’’. After 

opening remarks by Barbara Means, 

Director of the Center for Technology in 

Learning at SRI International, and 

Thomas Smith, Director of the National 

Center for Scaling Up Effective Schools, 

the Board will engage in roundtable 

discussion of the topic. 

From 2:30 to 3:00 p.m., John Easton, 

IES Director, will describe a new 

research program that IES will be 

launching. 

An afternoon break will occur from 

3:00 to 3:15 p.m. 

From 3:15 to 3:45 p.m., the Board will 

listen to and discuss a briefing by Sue 

Betka, IES Deputy Director for 

Administration and Policy, on IES’s 

budgetary outlook. 

Between 3:45 and 4:15 p.m., the 

Board will discuss the leadership of the 

Board for the coming year. 

At 4:15 p.m., there will be closing 

remarks and a consideration of next 

steps from the IES Director and NBES 

Chair, with adjournment scheduled for 

4:30 p.m. 

There will not be an opportunity for 

public comment. However, members of 

the public are encouraged to submit 

written comments related to NBES to 

Monica Herk (see contact information 

above). A final agenda is available from 

Monica Herk (see contact information 

above) and is posted on the Board Web 

site http://ies.ed.gov/director/board/ 

agendas/index.asp. Individuals who 

will need accommodations for a 

disability in order to attend the meeting 

(e.g., interpreting services, assistance 

listening devices, or materials in 

alternative format) should notify Monica 

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will attempt to meet requests for 

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cannot guarantee their availability. The 

meeting site is accessible to individuals 

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[FR Doc. 2012–22861 Filed 9–14–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Energy Information Administration 

Proposed Agency Information 

Collection 

AGENCY: U.S. Energy Information 

Administration (EIA), U.S. Department 

of Energy. 

ACTION: Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; Notice 

and Request for Comments. 

SUMMARY: The EIA invites public 

comment on the comprehensive 

evaluation of an existing data collection, 

the Financial Reporting System, EIA–28, 

which EIA is developing for submission 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) pursuant to the Paperwork 

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DATES: Comments regarding this 

proposed information collection must 

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2012. If you anticipate difficulty in 

submitting comments within that 

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ADDRESSES as soon as possible. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be 

sent to Neal Davis, Energy Information 

Administration, 1000 Independence 

Ave, SW., Washington DC 20585 or by 

fax at 202–586–4420 or by email at 

neal.davis@eia.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions should be 

directed to Neal Davis, Energy 

Information Administration, 1000 

Independence Ave. SW., Washington 

DC 20585, neal.davis@eia.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

information collection request contains: 

(1) OMB No.1905–0149: Existing; 

(2) Information Collection Request 

Title: Evaluation of the Financial 

Reporting System, Form EIA–28; 

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(3) Type of Request: Comprehensive 

Evaluation of an Existing Data 

Collection; 

(4) Purpose: The U.S. Energy 

Information Administration (EIA) is 

planning to request a three year 

approval from the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) to conduct a 

comprehensive evaluation of an existing 

data collection, the Financial Reporting 

System, EIA–28. This is not a request to 

collect data using the existing data 

collection. It is a request to collect data 

in order to evaluate an existing data 

collection. This includes investigating 

what data are being collected on the 

form, how these data are understood by 

respondents, and how useful the data 

being collected are to stakeholders. The 

goal of this evaluation is to collect 

enough data about the existing data 

collection to successfully inform the 

future redesign of the EIA–28. This 

authority would allow EIA to conduct 

field testing, pilot surveys, respondent 

debriefings, cognitive interviews, 

usability interviews, and focus groups 

in support of this evaluation. Through 

the use of these methods, EIA will 

improve the quality of data being 

collected, reduce or minimize 

respondent burden, increase agency 

efficiency, and improve responsiveness 

to the public. Note that the use of any 

or all of these methods is dependent 

upon the availability of resources and 

all methods are voluntary. 

The methods proposed for coverage 

by this evaluation are the following: 

Field Testing. Field testing surveys 

conducted under this evaluation will 

generally be methodological studies of 

100 cases or less. A field test is used to 

clarify particular issues, rather than to 

replicate all components of a 

methodological design. Accordingly, 

field tests will not employ statistically 

representative samples. 

Pilot Surveys. Pilot surveys conducted 

under this evaluation will generally be 

methodological studies of 100 cases or 

less. The pilot surveys will replicate all 

components of the methodological 

design, sampling procedures (where 

possible) and questionnaires of the full 

scale survey. Accordingly, pilot tests 

will employ statistically representative 

samples. 

Respondent Debriefings. Respondent 

debriefings conducted under this 

evaluation will generally be 

methodological studies of 100 cases or 

less. Respondent debriefings are usually 

conducted post data collection and are 

used to determine potential issues with 

data quality and to determine a more 

accurate respondent burden measure. 

Respondent debriefings can employ 

either statistically or non-statistically 

representative samples. When 

employing statistically representative 

samples, respondent debriefings allow 

EIA to improve its understanding of 

variance for the items in the EIA–28. 

Cognitive Interviews. Cognitive 

interviews conducted under this 

evaluation will generally number 50 or 

less. Cognitive interviews are used to 

identify problems of ambiguity or 

misunderstanding, or other difficulties 

respondents have answering questions, 

and reduce measurement error in a 

survey. Cognitive interviews will not 

employ statistically representative 

samples 

Usability Interviews. Usability 

interviews conducted under this 

evaluation will generally number 50 or 

less. Usability interviews are used to 

make sure that electronic 

questionnaires, Web sites and other 

associated materials are user-friendly, 

allowing respondents to easily and 

intuitively navigate the electronic item 

and find the information that they seek. 

Usability interviews will not employ 

statistically representative samples. 

Focus Groups. Focus groups 

conducted under this evaluation will 

generally number 25 or less. Focus 

groups are used to identify and explore 

issues with populations of interest, e.g., 

from a specific group of stakeholders. 

Focus groups will not employ 

statistically representative samples. 

(5) Annual Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 300; 

(6) Annual Estimated Number of 

Total Responses: 300; 

(7) Annual Estimated Number of 

Burden Hours: 450; 

(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: 0. EIA 

estimates that there are no additional 

costs to respondents associated with the 

surveys other than the costs associated 

with the burden hours. 

Statutory Authority: Public Law 93–275 

(Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974), 

5(a), 5(b), and 13(a). 

Issued in Washington, DC on September 

11, 2012. 

Stephanie Brown, 

Director, Office of Survey Development and 

Statistical Integration, Energy Information 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2012–22833 Filed 9–14–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Combined Notice of Filings 

Take notice that the Commission has 

received the following Natural Gas 

Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings: 

Filings Instituting Proceedings 

Docket Numbers: CP12–514–000. 

Applicants: Texas Eastern 

Transmission, LP. 

Description: Application of Texas 

Eastern Transmission, LP for 

authorization to abandon service and 

waiver of tariff provision. 

Filed Date: 9/5/12. 

Accession Number: 20120905–5126. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/20/12. 

Docket Numbers: CP12–515–000. 

Applicants: Texas Eastern 

Transmission, LP. 

Description: Texas Eastern 

Transmission, LP application for 

authorization to abandon service. 

Filed Date: 9/6/12. 

Accession Number: 20120906–5023. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/20/12. 

Any person desiring to intervene or 

protest in any of the above proceedings 

must file in accordance with Rules 211 

and 214 of the Commission’s 

Regulations (18 CFR § 385.211 and 

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time on the specified comment date. 

Protests may be considered, but 

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party to the proceeding. 

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Applicants: CenterPoint Energy— 

Mississippi River T. 

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Filing_Discount Type Adjustments for 

Negotiated Rate Agreements to be 

effective 9/1/2012. 

Filed Date: 9/10/12. 

Accession Number: 20120910–5120. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/24/12. 

Any person desiring to protest in any 

the above proceedings must file in 

accordance with Rule 211 of the 

Commission’s Regulations (18 CFR 

§ 385.211) on or before 5 p.m. Eastern 

time on the specified comment date. 

The filings are accessible in the 

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eFiling is encouraged. More detailed 

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