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contact an NPEFS team member (Census 

Bureau). Telephone: 1–800–437–4196 or 

(301)763–1571 or by email: 

Govs.npefs.list@census.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD) or a text 

telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay 

Service (FRS), toll free, at 1–800–877– 

8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under 

section 153(a)(1)(I) of the Education 

Sciences Reform Act of 2002, 20 U.S.C. 

9543, which authorizes NCES to gather 

data on the financing of education, 

NCES collects data annually from SEAs 

through ED Form 2447. The report from 

SEAs includes attendance, revenue, and 

expenditure data from which NCES 

determines a State’s ‘‘average per-pupil 

expenditure’’ (SPPE) for elementary and 

secondary education, as defined in 

section 9101(2) of the Elementary and 

Secondary Education Act of 1965, as 

amended (ESEA) (20 U.S.C. 7801(2)). 

In addition to using the SPPE data as 

general information on the financing of 

elementary and secondary education, 

the Secretary uses these data directly in 

calculating allocations for certain 

formula grant programs, including, but 

not limited to, title I, part A of the 

ESEA, Impact Aid, and Indian 

Education programs. Other programs, 

such as the Education for Homeless 

Children and Youth program under 

Title VII of the McKinney-Vento 

Homeless Assistance Act and the 

Teacher Quality State Grants program 

(title II, part A of the ESEA), make use 

of SPPE data indirectly because their 

formulas are based, in whole or in part, 

on State Title I, part A allocations. 

In January 2015, the Census Bureau, 

acting as the data collection agent for 

NCES, will email to SEAs ED Form 

2447, with instructions, and will request 

that SEAs commence submitting FY 

2014 data to the Census Bureau on 

Friday, January 30, 2015. SEAs are 

urged to submit accurate and complete 

data by Friday, March 13, 2015, to 

facilitate timely processing. 

Submissions by SEAs to the Census 

Bureau will be analyzed for accuracy 

and returned to each SEA for 

verification. SEAs must submit all data, 

including any revisions to FY 2013 and 

FY 2014 data, to the Census Bureau no 

later than Friday, August 14, 2015. Any 

resubmissions of FY 2013 or FY 2014 

data by SEAs in response to requests for 

clarification, reconciliation, or other 

inquiries by NCES or the Census Bureau 

must be completed by Tuesday, 

September 8, 2015. Between August 14, 

2015, and September 8, 2015, SEAs may 

also, on their own initiative, resubmit 

data to resolve issues not addressed in 

their final submission of NPEFS data by 

August 14, 2015. All outstanding data 

issues must be reconciled or resolved by 

the SEAs, NCES, and the Census Bureau 

as soon as possible, but no later than 

September 8, 2015. 

In order to facilitate timely 

submission of data, the Census Bureau 

will send reminder notices to SEAs in 

May, June, and July of 2015. 

Having accurate, consistent, and 

timely information is critical to an 

efficient and fair Department of 

Education (Department) allocation 

process and to the NCES statistical 

process. To ensure timely distribution of 

Federal education funds based on the 

best, most accurate data available, the 

Department establishes, for program 

funding allocation purposes, Friday, 

August 14, 2015, as the final date by 

which the SEAs must submit data 

online using the interactive survey form 

on the NPEFS data collection Web site 

at: http://surveys.nces.ed.gov/ccdnpefs 

or ED Form 2447 must be submitted. 

Any resubmissions of FY 2013 or FY 

2014 data by SEAs in response to 

requests for clarification, reconciliation, 

or other inquiries by NCES or the 

Census Bureau must be completed 

through the interactive survey form on 

the NPEFS data collection Web site or 

ED Form 2447 by Tuesday, September 8, 

2015. If an SEA submits revised data 

after the final deadline that result in a 

lower SPPE figure, the SEA’s allocations 

may be adjusted downward, or the 

Department may direct the SEA to 

return funds. SEAs should be aware that 

all of these data are subject to audit and 

that, if any inaccuracies are discovered 

in the audit process, the Department 

may seek recovery of overpayments for 

the applicable programs. 

Note: The following are important dates in 

the data collection process for FY 2014: 

January 30, 2015—SEAs can begin to 

submit accurate and complete data for FY 

2014 and revisions to previously submitted 

data for FY 2013. 

March 13, 2015—Date by which SEAs are 

urged to submit accurate and complete data 

for FY 2013 and FY 2014. 

August 14, 2015—Mandatory final 

submission date for FY 2013 and FY 2014 

data to be used for program funding 

allocation purposes. 

September 8, 2015—Mandatory final 

deadline for responses by SEAs to requests 

for clarification, reconciliation, or other 

inquiries by NCES or the Census Bureau. All 

data issues must be resolved. 

If an SEA’s submission is received by 

the Census Bureau after August 14, 

2015, the SEA must show one of the 

following as proof that the submission 

was mailed on or before that date: 

1. A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service 

postmark. 

2. A legible mail receipt with the date 

of mailing stamped by the U.S. Postal 

Service. 

3. A dated shipping label, invoice, or 

receipt from a commercial carrier. 

4. Any other proof of mailing 

acceptable to the Secretary. 

If the SEA mails ED Form 2447 

through the U.S. Postal Service, the 

Secretary does not accept either of the 

following as proof of mailing: 

1. A private metered postmark. 

2. A mail receipt that is not dated by 

the U.S. Postal Service. 

Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not 

uniformly provide a dated postmark. Before 

relying on this method, an SEA should check 

with its local post office. 

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities may obtain this document in 

an accessible format (e.g., braille, large 

print, audiotape, or compact disc) on 

request to: Mr. Stephen Q. Cornman, 

NPEFS Project Director, National Center 

for Education Statistics, Institute of 

Education Sciences, U.S. Department of 

Education. Telephone: (202) 502–7338 

or by email: stephen.cornman@ed.gov. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

The official version of this document is 

the document published in the Federal 

Register. Free Internet access to the 

official edition of the Federal Register 

and the Code of Federal Regulations is 

available via the Federal Digital System 

at: www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site you 

can view this document, as well as all 

other documents of this Department 

published in the Federal Register, in 

text or Adobe Portable Document 

Format (PDF). To use PDF you must 

have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

available free at this site. 

You may also access documents of the 

Department published in the Federal 

Register by using the article search 

feature at: www.federalregister.gov. 

Specifically, through the advanced 

search feature at this site, you can limit 

your search to documents published by 

the Department. 

Authority: 20 U.S.C. 9543. 

Dated: January 20, 2015. 

Sue Betka, 

Acting Director, Institute of Education 

Sciences. 

[FR Doc. 2015–01201 Filed 1–22–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Proposed Agency Information 

Collection 

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice and Request for OMB 

Review and Comment. 


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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(DOE) has submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

clearance, a proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. DOE, 

Office of Science (SC), has chosen to 

leverage the use of Government, Off-theShelf (GOTS) software capabilities to 

implement a new consolidated system 

called Portfolio Analysis and 

Management System (PAMS). 

DATES: Comments regarding this 

collection must be received on or before 

February 23, 2015. If you anticipate that 

you will be submitting comments, but 

find it difficult to do so within the 

period of time allowed by this notice, 

please advise the DOE Desk Officer at 

OMB of your intention to make a 

submission as soon as possible. The 

Desk Officer may be telephoned at 202– 

395–4650. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be sent to the DOE Desk Officer, Office 

of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, New 

Executive Office Building, Room 10102, 

735 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 

20503. 

And to Marina Amoroso, Program 

Management Specialist, Office of 

Information Technology and Services, 

Germantown Building; Room E–180, 

U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Ave. SW., Washington, 

DC 20585–1290, Email: 

marina.amoroso@science.doe.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions should be 

directed to Marina Amoroso by email at 

marina.amoroso@science.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

section contains the following 

information about the information 

collection submitted to OMB for review: 

(1) OMB No. New; (2) Information 

Collection Request Title: Portfolio 

Analysis and Management System 

(PAMS) Submissions for Letter of Intent 

(LOI), Pre-proposals, Interagency 

Proposals, and DOE National Laboratory 

Proposals; System Registration by 

External Users. (3) Type of Request: 

New collection; (4) Purpose: This new 

system is based on the Health Resources 

and Services Administration (HRSA) 

Electronic Handbooks software. 

Discretionary financial assistance 

proposals continue to be collected using 

Grants.gov but are imported into PAMS 

for use by the program offices. Under 

the proposed information collection, an 

external interface will be implemented 

in PAMS to allow two other types of 

proposal submission: DOE National 

Laboratories will be able to submit 

proposals for technical work 

authorizations directly into PAMS, 

while other Federal Agencies will be 

able to submit Proposals for interagency 

awards directly into PAMS. External 

users from all institution types will be 

able to submit Solicitation Letters of 

Intent and Pre-proposals directly into 

PAMS. All applicants, whether they 

submitted through Grants.gov or PAMS, 

will be able to register with PAMS to 

view the proposals that were submitted. 

They will also be able to maintain a 

minimal amount of information in their 

personal profile. The proposed 

collection will automate and streamline 

the submission, tracking, and 

correspondence portions of financial 

award pre-review processes. The 

information collected will be used by 

DOE to select applicants and projects for 

financial awards. (5) Annual Estimated 

Number of Respondents: The following 

numbers are calculated using the 

average of the number of financial 

assistance proposals received in fiscal 

year 2006 through fiscal year 2010. 

9,920 PAMS registrants, who are to 

include 8,000 submitters of lab 

proposals, interagency proposals, preproposals, and Letters Of Intent (LOI) 

(assuming one person per estimated 

submission) and 1,920 reviewers of 

proposals submitted through Grants.gov. 

(6) Annual Estimated Number of Total 

Responses: The Office of Science 

receives about 1,000 DOE national 

laboratory and interagency proposals 

per year, based on a five-year average of 

estimated submission numbers (fiscal 

year 2006 through fiscal year 2010) and 

about 7,000 pre-proposals and letters of 

intent per year, based on an estimate of 

about 200 per solicitation and the 

number of solicitations per year (about 

35, based on a five-year average between 

fiscal year 2006 and fiscal year 2010); 

(7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden 

Hours: The time it takes to complete a 

form depends upon the type of form 

being completed. External users will 

need to register with PAMS in order to 

access the system. It takes 

approximately 30 minutes for external 

users to complete the forms required to 

become a registered PAMS user. Both 

LOI and pre-proposal forms take 15 

minutes each, whereas completing a 

lab/interagency proposal will take about 

2 hours. The reviewers require about 1 

hour of analysis, per submission. Based 

on the annual estimated number of 

responses, broken down by DOE 

national laboratory, letter of intent and 

pre-proposal, the annual estimated time 

required for reviewers to complete 

analysis or responses and the time 

required for external users to register 

with PAMS, the estimated annual 

number of burden hours is 10,630. 

Total number of unduplicated 

respondents: 9,920. 

Reports filed per person: 1. 

Total annual responses: 9,920. 

Total annual burden hours: 10,630. 

(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0. 

Statutory Authority 

Section 641 of the Department of 

Energy Organization Act, codified at 42 

U.S.C. 7251, authorizes the DOE to 

collect, use, and retain information that 

is mandatory for the financial awards 

process. All information comes from 

proposals, reviews, and reports that are 

submitted to the DOE by authorized 

external users (i.e., scientists and 

research administrators). 

Issued in Washington, DC, on December 1, 

2014. 

Marina Amoroso, 

Deputy Project Manager for Information 

Technology and Services, Office of Science. 

[FR Doc. 2015–01163 Filed 1–22–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Notice of Effectiveness of Exempt 

Wholesale Generator or Foreign Utility 

Company Status 

Docket Nos. 

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Lost Hills Solar, LLC .......... EG15–2–000 

Blackwell Solar, LLC ......... EG15–3–000 

Mesquite Creek Wind, LLC EG15–4–000 

Sky Global Power One, 

LLC.

EG15–5–000 

Heritage Stoney Corners 

Wind Farm I, LLC.

EG15–6–000 

Western Antelope Blue Sky 

Ranch A, LLC.

EG15–7–000 

Duke Energy Miami Fort, 

LLC.

EG15–8–000 

Duke Energy Zimmer, LLC EG15–9–000 

Spanish Town Estate Solar 

1, LLC.

EG15–10–000 

Diageo USVI Inc ................ FC15–1–000 

Take notice that during the month of 

December 2014, the status of the abovecaptioned entities as Exempt Wholesale 

Generators or Foreign Utility Companies 

became effective by operation of the 

Commission’s regulations. 18 CFR 

366.7(a). 


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