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Progress (NAEP) 2014–2016 System 

Clearance. 

OMB Control Number: 1850–0790. 

Type of Review: New Generic 

information collection to an existing 

collection of information. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals or households. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 23,661. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 15,612. 

Abstract: The National Assessment of 

Educational Progress (NAEP) is a 

federally authorized survey of student 

achievement at grades 4, 8, and 12 in 

various subject areas, such as 

mathematics, reading, writing, science, 

U.S. history, civics, geography, 

economics, and the arts. In the current 

legislation that reauthorized NAEP (20 

U.S.C. § 9622), Congress again mandated 

the collection of national education 

survey data through a national 

assessment program. This 2014 Wave 2 

submittal contains the grade 8 student 

core and Technology and Engineering 

Literacy (TEL) survey questions; the 

grade 8 school TEL survey questions 

(School Characteristics and Policies 

(SCP), TEL, and Charter School); and 

Assessment Feedback Surveys. 

Dated: August 6, 2013. 

Stephanie Valentine, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2013–19388 Filed 8–9–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2013–ICCD–0106] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; 

Evaluation of the Early Warning and 

Intervention Monitoring System 

AGENCY: Institute of Education Sciences/ 

National Center for Education Statistics 

(IES), Department of Education (ED). 

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 October 

11, 2013. 

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–0106 

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, Room 

2E105, Washington, DC 20202–4537. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Electronically mail 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Please do not 

send comments here. 

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 the 

Early Warning and Intervention 

Monitoring System. 

OMB Control Number: 1850–NEW. 

Type of Review: A new information 

collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals or households. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 1,589. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 4,899. 

Abstract: The proposed study is a 

two-year randomized controlled trial 

(RCT) to examine the impact of 

implementing an early warning system 

on school processes and student 

outcomes. The project responds to a 

need expressed by members of the REL 

Midwest’s Ohio Dropout Prevention 

Alliance for clear information about the 

efficacy of early warning systems. 

Despite the strong foundational research 

on the use of early indicators to identify 

students who are at risk of not 

graduating and the increasingly 

widespread implementation of early 

warning systems by states, districts and 

schools to date there have been no 

rigorous studies testing the impact of 

early warning systems on student 

outcomes such as staying in school, 

progressing in school and graduating. 

There also is very little information on 

the impact of adopting an early warning 

system on school level processes, such 

as how schools allocate their limited 

resources to prevent dropout and how 

early warning systems may affect school 

data culture. 

Dated: August 6, 2013. 

Stephanie Valentine, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2013–19389 Filed 8–9–13; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: Office of Science, Department 

of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of Renewal 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 

14(a)(2)(A) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, (Pub. L. 92–463), and in 

accordance with Title 41 of the Code of 

Federal Regulations, Section 102–3.65, 

and following consultation with the 

Committee Management Secretariat, 

General Services Administration, notice 

is hereby given that the Fusion Energy 

Sciences Advisory Committee will be 

renewed for a two-year period beginning 

on August 2, 2013. 

The Committee will provide advice to 

the Office of Science (DOE), on longrange plans, priorities, and strategies for 

advancing plasma science, fusion 

science and fusion technology—the 

knowledge base needed for an 

economically and environmentally 

attractive fusion energy source. 

Additionally, the renewal of the 

Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory 

Committee has been determined to be 

essential to conduct business of the 

Department of Energy and to be in the 

public interest in connection with the 

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performance of duties imposed upon the 

Department of Energy, by law and 

agreement. The Committee will 

continue to operate in accordance with 

the provisions of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, adhering to the rules 

and regulations in implementation of 

that Act. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Edmund J. Synakowski at (301) 903– 

4941. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on August 5, 

2013. 

Carol A. Matthews, 

Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2013–19473 Filed 8–9–13; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy 

Limited Public Interest Waiver Under 

the American Recovery and 

Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery 

Act) 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE). 

ACTION: Notice of Limited Waiver. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE) is hereby granting a 

determination of inapplicability 

(unreasonable cost waiver) of section 

1605 of the American Reinvestment and 

Recovery Act of 2009 (Recovery Act Buy 

American provisions) to the California 

Energy Commission, recipient of EECBG 

grant EE0000905, for the installation of 

a heating, ventilation, and air 

conditioning (HVAC) system at the City 

of La Can ̃ ada Flintridge City Hall 

building. 

This waiver applies only to this 

project. 

DATES: Effective Date: September 12, 

2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christine Platt-Patrick, Weatherization 

and Intergovernmental Program, Office 

of Energy Efficiency and Renewable 

Energy (EERE), (202) 287–1553, 

buyamerican@ee.doe.gov, Department of 

Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue 

SW., Mailstop EE–2K, Washington, DC 

20585. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

authority of the Recovery Act, section 

1605(b)(3), the head of a Federal 

department or agency may issue a 

‘‘determination of inapplicability’’ (a 

waiver of the Buy American provisions) 

if the application of section 1605 would 

represent an ‘unreasonable cost’. The 

authority of the Secretary of Energy to 

make all inapplicability determinations 

was re-delegated to the Assistant 

Secretary for Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy (EERE), for EERE 

projects under the Recovery Act, in 

Redelegation Order No. 00–002.01E, 

dated April 25, 2011, for EERE Recovery 

Act projects. 

Pursuant to this delegation, the 

Assistant Secretary has determined that 

application of section 1605 restrictions 

represents an ‘unreasonable cost’ for the 

project described herein. 

Specifically, this unreasonable cost 

determination waives the Buy American 

requirements to the California Energy 

Commission, recipient of EECBG grant 

EE0000905, for the installation of a 

heating, ventilation, and air 

conditioning (HVAC) system at the at 

the City of La Can ̃ ada Flintridge City 

Hall building. 

EERE has developed a robust process 

to ascertain in a systematic and 

expedient manner whether or not there 

is domestic manufacturing capacity for 

the items submitted for a waiver of the 

Recovery Act Buy American provision. 

This process involves a close 

collaboration with the United States 

Department of Commerce National 

Institute of Standards and Technology 

(NIST) Manufacturing Extension 

Partnership (MEP), in order to scour the 

domestic manufacturing landscape in 

search of producers before making any 

nonavailability or unreasonable cost 

determinations. 

The NIST MEP has 59 regional centers 

with substantial knowledge of, and 

connections to, the domestic 

manufacturing sector. MEP uses their 

regional centers to ‘scout’ for current or 

potential manufacturers of the 

product(s) submitted in a waiver 

request. In the course of this interagency 

collaboration, MEP has been able to find 

exact or partial matches for 

manufactured goods that EERE grantees 

had been unable to locate. As a result, 

in those cases, EERE was able to work 

with the grantees to procure Americanmade products rather than granting a 

waiver. 

Upon receipt of completed waiver 

requests for the product in the current 

waiver, EERE reviewed the information 

provided and submitted the relevant 

technical information to the NIST MEP. 

The MEP then used their network of 

nationwide centers to scout for domestic 

manufacturers. 

In addition to the MEP collaboration 

outlined above, the EERE Buy American 

Team worked with labor unions, trade 

associations and other manufacturing 

stakeholders to scout for domestic 

manufacturing capacity or an equivalent 

product for the HVAC components 

contained in this waiver. EERE also 

conducted significant amounts of 

independent research to supplement 

MEP’s scouting efforts. 

As a result of EERE’s efforts and 

MEP’s scouting process, it was 

determined that if the described HVAC 

system was manufactured domestically, 

it will increase the total project cost by 

more than 25%. 

The subject HVAC Replacement 

Project entails the replacement of eight 

(8) package rooftop units (gasheat/ 

electric cool) at the City of La Can ̃ ada 

Flintridge City Hall building. Units are 

in the range of 21⁄2 to 5 tons in cooling 

capacity. New package units shall be 

equipped with air-side economizers and 

new roof curbs. The City solicited bid 

proposals for the project through a 

public bid process. 

Contract drawings and specifications 

were created based on a Carrier design 

(Model 48ES Series) which at the time 

of document preparation was believed 

to be manufactured in the United States. 

A ‘‘Product Bulletin’’ (dated July 26, 

2010) from Carrier indicated that the 

Carrier unit (Model 48ES) was indeed 

manufactured in America not long ago. 

Specifically, the subject HVAC unit 

(48ES) was manufactured at Carrier’s 

plant in Tyler, TX, before recently 

moving its operation to Mexico. 

The primary reason that Carrier 

(Model 48ES) was used as the basis of 

design for this project was because the 

existing units presently serving the City 

Hall building are also made by Carrier. 

In an effort to reduce project complexity 

and installation costs, it was understood 

that the proposed units shall have equal 

(or near equal) dimensions as the 

existing units. The sure way this would 

be accomplished is through use of new 

Carrier units. While other manufacturers 

may have equal performance 

characteristics, dimensional data may be 

significantly different. This includes but 

is not limited to (a) Unit base 

dimensions/footprint, (b) unit height, (c) 

supply/return duct openings and 

dimensions, (d) electrical and natural 

gas line connection locations and 

clearances, all of which could impact 

the project’s complexity and costs. The 

grant recipient provided a mechanical 

unit schedule (from the Contract 

Drawings) in the application for a 

waiver, which includes a comparison of 

existing and proposed HVAC unit 

dimensions. 

City and Contractor then conducted a 

survey of the market to find HVAC 

Packaged Units that meet both the 

technical specs and the Buy American 

requirements. Four manufacturers were 

identified by the City, one was 

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