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student characteristics as perceived by the teacher; and teacher efficacy and job satisfaction. TALIS is sponsored by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and managed in the United States by the National Center for Education Statistics. This submission requests Office of Management and Budget (OMB)’s clearance for (1) A spring 2012 field trial; (2) a fall 2012 recruitment of schools for the spring 2013 main study data collection; and (3) a 60-day Federal Register notice waiver for the next OMB clearance package to be submitted in September of 2012 for the spring 2013 main data collection..

Copies of the proposed information collection request may be accessed from http://edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the ‘‘Browse Pending Collections’’ link and by clicking on link number 4696. When you access the information collection, click on ‘‘Download Attachments’’ to view. Written requests for information should be addressed to U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., LBJ, Washington, DC 20202–4537. Requests may also be electronically mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed to 202–401–0920. Please specify the complete title of the information collection and OMB Control Number when making your request.

Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–
8339.

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**BILLING CODE 4000–01–P**

**DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY**

**Proposed Agency Information Collection** 

**AGENCY :**  U.S. Department of Energy.

**ACTION :**  Notice and Request for Comments.

**SUMMARY :**  The Department of Energy (DOE) invites public comment on DOE’s intent to request OMB to renew Information Collection Request Title: OE Recovery Act Financial Assistance Grants, OMB Control No. 1910–5149 for an additional four years that DOE is developing for submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology.

**DATES :**  Comments regarding this proposed information collection must be received on or before October 11, 2011. If you anticipate difficulty in submitting comments within that period, contact the person listed in

**ADDRESSES** as soon as possible.

**ADDRESSES :**  Written comments may be

sent to: Matthew Grosso, U.S. Department of

Energy, OE/Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence Ave., SW., Washington, DC 20585 or by fax at 202–586–5860, or by e-mail at matthew.grosso@hq.doe.gov. ; and DOE Desk Officer, Office of Information

and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10102, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  Requests for additional information or copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should be directed to Matthew Grosso at matthew.grosso@hq.doe.gov, or http:// www.oe.energy.gov/node/11695.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :**  This information collection request contains: (1) OMB No. 1910–5149; (2) Information Collection Request Title: OE Recovery Act Financial Assistance Grants; (3) Type of Request: Renewal; (4) Purpose: To collect information on the status of grantee activities, expenditures, and results, to ensure that program funds are being used appropriately, effectively and expeditiously (especially important for Recovery Act funds); (5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 138; (6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 1,656; (7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 13,248; (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $1,035,000 for the first year, $552,000 each subsequent year.

Authority: Title V, Subtitle E of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA; Pub. L. 110–140). Issued in Washington, DC on August 4,
2011. Terri T. Lee, Chief Operating Officer, Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability.
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**DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY**

**Federal Energy Regulatory Commission** 

**[Docket No. IC11–516A–001]**

**Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC 516A); Comment**  **Request; Submitted for OMB Review**

**AGENCY :**  Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

**ACTION :**  Notice.

**SUMMARY :**  In compliance with the requirements of section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3507, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) has submitted the information collection described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review of this information collection requirement. Any interested person may file comments directly with OMB and should address a copy of those comments to the Commission as explained below. The Commission received no comments in response to an earlier Federal Register notice of May 27, 2011.

(76 FR 30927) and has made this notation in its submission to OMB.

**DATES :**  Comments on the collection of information are due by September 9,
2011.

**ADDRESSES :**  Address comments on the collection of information to the Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Desk Officer. Comments to OMB should be filed electronically, c/o oira

_submission@omb.eop.gov and include OMB Control Number 1902– 0203 for reference. The Desk Officer may be reached by telephone at 202–
395–4638.

A copy of the comments should also be sent to: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Secretary of the Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. Comments may be filed either on paper or on CD/DVD, and should refer to Docket No. IC11– 516A–001. Documents must be prepared in an acceptable filing format and in compliance with Commission submission guidelines at http://