2822 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 11 / Thursday, January 16, 2014 / Notices 

on November 29, 2013. The medical 

device is currently undergoing 

regulatory review before the FDA for 

permission to market or use the product 

commercially. 

Review of the application indicates 

that, except for permission to market or 

use the product commercially, the 

subject patent would be eligible for an 

extension of the patent term under 35 

U.S.C. 156, and that the patent should 

be extended for one year as required by 

35 U.S.C. 156(d)(5)(B). Because the 

regulatory review period will continue 

beyond the original expiration date of 

the patent, January 14, 2014, interim 

extension of the patent term under 35 

U.S.C. 156(d)(5) is appropriate. 

An interim extension under 35 U.S.C. 

156(d)(5) of the term of U.S. Patent No. 

5,593,823 is granted for a period of one 

year from the original expiration date of 

the patent. 

Dated: January 10, 2014. 

Andrew Hirshfeld, 

Deputy Commissioner for Patent Examination 

Policy, United States Patent and Trademark 

Office. 

[FR Doc. 2014–00723 Filed 1–15–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–16–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2013–ICCD–0139] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

Evaluation of a District Wide 

Implementation of a Professional 

Learning Community Initiative 

AGENCY: Department of Education (ED), 

Institute of Education Sciences/National 

Center for Education Statistics (IES). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is 

proposing a new information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before February 

18, 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–2013–ICCD–0139 

or via postal mail, commercial delivery, 

or hand delivery. Please note that 

comments submitted by fax or email 

and those submitted after the comment 

period will not be accepted. 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 2E107, 

Washington, DC 20202. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions related to collection activities 

or burden, please call Katrina Ingalls, 

703–620–3655 or electronically mail 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Please do not 

send comments here. We will ONLY 

accept comments in this mailbox when 

the regulations.gov site is not available 

to the public for any reason. 

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 

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: Evaluation of a 

District Wide Implementation of a 

Professional Learning Community 

Initiative. 

OMB Control Number: 1850–NEW. 

Type of Review: A new information 

collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals or households. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 403. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 214. 

Abstract: This study aims to address 

the need for systematic information 

about district-wide implementation of 

professional learning communities 

(PLCs) as a critical element in 

improving teacher quality and 

instruction, thereby contributing to 

increased student achievement. The 

study will survey (online) a population 

of teacher participants in school-based 

PLCs and interview principals face to 

face about the context and their 

perceptions of the initiative, pre- and 

post-implementation. Data collection 

from teachers will focus on what the 

PLCs do, how they operate, and to what 

extent they produce the outcomes 

expected of them as framed by six 

conceptual attributes of PLCs and five 

specific tasks. Data collection from 

principals will focus on contextual 

information about school culture and 

conditions such as resources that 

support implementation. Teachers and 

principals will also provide their 

reflections on the challenges of 

implementing PLCs and their 

suggestions for improvement. The 

analysis will enable comparisons among 

PLCs within and across schools. Study 

findings are expected to inform both 

theory and practice related to 

implementation of professional learning 

communities. 

Dated: January 10, 2014. 

Stephanie Valentine, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2014–00685 Filed 1–15–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Agency Information Collection 

Extension 

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice and Request for OMB 

Review and Comment. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(DOE) has submitted an information 

collection request to the OMB for 

extension under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The 

information collection requests a threeyear extension of its Occupational 

Radiation Protection Program, OMB 

Control Number 1910–5105. This 

information collection request covers 

information necessary to permit DOE 

and its contractors to provide 

management control and oversight over 

health and safety programs concerning 

worker exposure to ionizing radiation. 

The Estimated Number of Total 

Responses in the previously published 

request for comments, 34, is incorrect; 

the correct Estimated Number of Total 

Responses is 170. 


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