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3. The percentage of GEAR UP 

students who complete the Free 

Application for Federal Student Aid. 

4. The percentage of GEAR UP 

students and former GEAR UP students 

who are enrolled at an IHE. 

5. The percentage of current GEAR UP 

students and former GEAR UP students 

who enrolled at an IHE and persisted to 

the second year of postsecondary 

education at the initial or a subsequent 

IHE. 

In addition, to assess the efficiency of 

the program, we track the average cost, 

in Federal funds, of achieving a 

successful outcome, where success is 

defined as enrollment in a program of 

undergraduate instruction at an IHE of 

GEAR UP students immediately after 

high school graduation. These 

performance measures constitute GEAR 

UP’s indicators of the success of the 

program. Accordingly, we require that 

applicants include these performance 

measures in conceptualizing the design, 

implementation, and evaluation of their 

proposed projects. 

6. Continuation Awards: In making a 

continuation award under 34 CFR 

75.253, the Secretary considers, among 

other things: whether a grantee has 

made substantial progress in achieving 

the goals and objectives of the project; 

whether the grantee has expended funds 

in a manner that is consistent with its 

approved application and budget; and, 

if the Secretary has established 

performance measurement 

requirements, whether the grantee has 

made substantial progress in achieving 

the performance targets in the grantee’s 

approved application. 

In making a continuation award, the 

Secretary also considers whether the 

grantee is operating in compliance with 

the assurances in its approved 

application, including those applicable 

to Federal civil rights laws that prohibit 

discrimination in programs or activities 

receiving Federal financial assistance 

from the Department (34 CFR 100.4, 

104.5, 106.4, 108.8, and 110.23). 

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Nasser H. Paydar, 

Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary 

Education. 

[FR Doc. 2024–27055 Filed 11–19–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Secretary of Energy Advisory Board 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces an 

open meeting of the Secretary of Energy 

Advisory Board (SEAB). This meeting 

will be held virtually for members of the 

public, and both virtually and in-person 

for SEAB members. The Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (FACA) 

requires that public notice of these 

meetings be announced in the Federal 

Register. 

DATES: Tuesday, December 10, 2024; 10 

a.m.–12:30 p.m. EDT. 

ADDRESSES: This meeting is open to the 

public virtually. SEAB members will 

participate in-person at U.S. Department 

of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue 

SW, Washington, DC 20585. 

Registration is required by registering at 

the SEAB meeting page at: 

www.energy.gov/seab/seab-meetings. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David Borak, Designated Federal 

Officer; U.S. Department of Energy, 

1000 Independence Avenue SW, 

Washington, DC 20585; Telephone: 

(202) 586–5216 or Email: seab@

hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Committee: The Board 

was established to provide advice and 

recommendations to the Secretary on 

the Administration’s energy policies; 

the Department’s basic and applied 

research and development activities; 

economic and national security policy; 

and other activities as directed by the 

Secretary. 

Tentative Agenda: The meeting will 

start at 10 a.m. eastern time on 

December 10, 2024. The tentative 

meeting agenda includes: roll call, 

remarks from the SEAB chair, remarks 

from the Secretary, discussion of the 

SEAB report on artificial intelligence 

and permitting, public comment, and a 

presentation on SEAB’s 

accomplishments. The meeting will 

conclude at approximately 12:30 p.m. 

Meeting materials can be found here: 

www.energy.gov/seab/seab-meetings. 

Public Participation: The meeting is 

open to the public virtually. Individuals 

who would like to attend must register 

for the meeting here: https://

www.energy.gov/seab/seab-meetings. 

Individuals and representatives of 

organizations who would like to offer 

comments and suggestions may do so 

during the meeting. Approximately 15 

minutes will be reserved for public 

comments. Time allotted per speaker 

will depend on the number who wish to 

speak but will not exceed three minutes. 

The Designated Federal Officer is 

empowered to conduct the meeting in a 

fashion that will facilitate the orderly 

conduct of business. Those wishing to 

speak should register to do so via email, 

seab@hq.doe.gov, no later than 5 p.m. 

Eastern Time on Tuesday, December 3, 

2024. 

Those not able to attend the meeting 

or who have insufficient time to address 

the committee are invited to send a 

written statement to David Borak, U.S. 

Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20585, or email to: seab@hq.doe.gov. 

Minutes: The minutes of the meeting 

will be available on the SEAB website 

at www.energy.gov/seab or by contacting 

David Borak at seab@hq.doe.gov. 

Signing Authority: This document of 

the Department of Energy was signed on 

November 15, 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 

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Signed in Washington, DC, on November 

15, 2024. 

Jennifer Hartzell, 

Alternate Federal Register Liaison Officer, 

U.S. Department of Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2024–27102 Filed 11–19–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Energy Information Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Proposed Extension 

AGENCY: U.S. Energy Information 

Administration (EIA), Department of 

Energy (DOE). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: EIA submitted an information 

collection request for the three-year 

extension, with changes, to the 

Petroleum Marketing Program (PMP) as 

required under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. EIA’s PMP 

collects volumetric and price 

information needed for determining the 

supply of and demand for crude oil and 

refined petroleum products. 

DATES: Comments on this information 

collection must be received no later 

than December 20, 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 forms and 

instructions are available at https://

www.eia.gov/survey/. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

information collection request contains: 

(1) OMB No.: 1905–0174; 

(2) Information Collection Request 

Title: Petroleum Marketing Program; 

(3) Type of Request: Three-year 

extension with changes; 

(4) Purpose: The surveys included in 

the Petroleum Marketing Program 

collect volume and price information 

needed for determining the supply of 

and demand for crude oil and refined 

petroleum products. These surveys 

provide a basic set of data pertaining to 

the structure, efficiency, and behavior of 

petroleum markets. These data are 

published by EIA on its website, at 

https://www.eia.gov. The Petroleum 

Marketing Program consists of the 

following surveys: Form EIA–14 

Refiners’ Monthly Cost Report; Form 

EIA–182 Domestic Crude Oil First 

Purchase Report; Form EIA–856 

Monthly Foreign Crude Oil Acquisition 

Report; Form EIA–877 Winter Heating 

Fuels Telephone Survey; Form EIA–878 

Motor Gasoline Price Survey; Form EIA– 

888 On-Highway Diesel Fuel Price 

Survey; 

(4a) Proposed Changes to Information 

Collection: 

Form EIA–888, On-Highway Diesel 

Fuel Price Survey (Potential Change 

to Data Collection Form and 

Instructions) 

EIA proposes modifying Form EIA– 

888, On-Highway Diesel Fuel Price 

Survey, to include a checkbox allowing 

stations to indicate that they do not sell 

diesel fuel. This designation will make 

it easier to identify stations that are no 

longer in scope for the survey but are 

still in operation. 

(4b) Proposed Survey 

Discontinuations: 

EIA is requesting the discontinuation 

and removal of the following four 

surveys from the Petroleum Marketing 

Program: 

Form EIA–863, Petroleum Product 

Sales Identification Survey 

The EIA–863, Petroleum Product 

Sales Identification Survey, has been 

suspended since 2011, with the last 

completed survey cycle occurring for 

2006 data. Surveys previously reliant on 

these data for sample design have 

implemented new sampling 

methodologies, which no longer require 

these data. EIA proposes formally 

discontinuing this survey. 

Form EIA–782A, Refiners’/Gas Plant 

Operators’ Monthly Petroleum Product 

Sales Report, Form EIA–782C, Monthly 

Report of Prime Supplier Sales of 

Petroleum Products Sold for Local 

Consumption, and Form EIA–821, 

Annual Fuel Oil and Kerosene Sales 

Report 

To concentrate limited EIA and 

respondent resources on more timely 

products, EIA proposes eliminating the 

EIA–782A, Refiners’/Gas Plant 

Operators’ Monthly Petroleum Product 

Sales Report, the EIA–782C, Monthly 

Report of Prime Supplier Sales of 

Petroleum Products Sold for Local 

Consumption, and the EIA–821, Annual 

Fuel Oil and Kerosene Sales Report, 

surveys. EIA remains committed to 

balancing the costs associated with 

collecting data (for both respondents 

and taxpayers) with the benefits of 

providing a more complete data set. The 

U.S. energy industry is dynamic, and 

our surveys and publications have and 

will continue to evolve to provide the 

best value to the American people in 

support of efficient energy markets. We 

continue to explore opportunities to 

incorporate similar data from other 

sources. 

(5) Annual Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 5,241; 

(6) Annual Estimated Number of 

Total Responses: 199,792; 

(7) Annual Estimated Number of 

Burden Hours: 28,557; 

(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $ 2,603,256 

(28,557 annual burden hours multiplied 

by $91.16 per hour), a reduction from $ 

5,147,216 (63,040 annual burden hours 

multiplied by $81.65 per hour) in 2021. 

EIA estimates that respondents will 

have no additional costs associated with 

the surveys other than the burden hours 

and the maintenance of the information 

during the normal course of business. 

Statutory Authority: 15 U.S.C. 772(b) 

and 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on November 

14, 2024. 

Samson A. Adeshiyan, 

Director, Office of Statistical Methods and 

Research, U.S. Energy Information 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2024–27071 Filed 11–19–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Western Area Power Administration 

Loveland Area Projects—Rate Order 

No. WAPA–212 

AGENCY: Western Area Power 

Administration, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of rate. 

SUMMARY: The formula rates for the 

Rocky Mountain (RM) region’s Loveland 

Area Projects (LAP) firm electric service 

and sale of surplus products have been 

confirmed, approved, and placed into 

effect on an interim basis (Provisional 

Formula Rates). LAP consists of the 

Fryingpan-Arkansas Project (Fry-Ark) 

and the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin 

Program (P–SMBP)—Western Division, 

which were integrated for marketing 

and ratemaking purposes in 1989. These 

new formula rates replace the existing 

formula rates for these services under 

Rate Schedules L–F12, Firm Electric 

Service; and L–M3, Sale of Surplus 

Products, which expire on December 31, 

2027. The LAP firm electric service 

composite rate is increasing over a 2- 

year period with an 8.8 percent increase 

on January 1, 2025, and an additional 

8.2 percent increase on January 1, 2026. 

There are no changes to the formula rate 

for sale of surplus products. 


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