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providing narrative responses within its 

currently approved ESEA flexibility 

request and attaching any new 

documentation or evidence where 

appropriate, and submitting the 

amended request to ED. In addition, an 

SEA must submit a completed ESEA 

flexibility renewal request form 

indicating where changes have been 

made in its ESEA flexibility request. 

The SEA may also choose, but is not 

required, to amend its request to make 

changes necessary to improve 

implementation going forward or to 

reflect more accurately implementation 

activities that have already occurred. 

Dated: August 29, 2013. 

Tomakie Washington, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Service, Office of 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2013–21509 Filed 9–4–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket ID: ED–2013–OELA–0107] 

Request for Information To Inform the 

Title III Technical Assistance Agenda 

and the Future Activities and Services 

of the National Clearinghouse for 

English Language Acquisition 

(NCELA) 

AGENCY: Office of English Language 

Acquisition, Language Enhancement, 

and Academic Achievement for Limited 

English Proficient Students, Department 

of Education. 

ACTION: Request for information. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Education (the Department) requests 

information in two intertwining areas in 

support of the English learner 

community. First, the Department seeks 

information on the technical assistance 

needs of State educational agencies 

(SEAs), local educational agencies 

(LEAs), administrators, and teachers 

who provide services to English learners 

(ELs). Second, the Department seeks 

information on how we can best 

disseminate technical assistance, 

including materials through the 

National Clearinghouse for English 

Language Acquisition and Language 

Instruction Educational programs 

(NCELA) in support of the EL 

community and those who provide 

services to ELs. 

DATES: Written submissions must be 

received by the Department by 

September 25, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments 

through the Federal eRulemaking Portal 

or via postal mail, commercial delivery, 

or hand delivery. We will not accept 

comments by fax or by email. To ensure 

that we do not receive duplicate copies, 

please submit your comments only 

once. In addition, please include the 

Docket ID and the term ‘‘Technical 

Assistance-NCELA’’ at the top of your 

comments. 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

www.regulations.gov to submit your 

comments electronically. Information 

on using Regulations.gov, including 

instructions for accessing agency 

documents, submitting comments, and 

viewing the docket, is available on the 

site under ‘‘Are you new to this site?’’ 

• Postal Mail, Commercial Delivery, 

or Hand Delivery: If you mail or deliver 

your comments, address them to 

Melissa Escalante, Office of English 

Language Acquisition, Attention: 

Technical Assistance-NCELA RFI, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Avenue SW., Room 5C148, Washington, 

DC 20202–6132. 

• Privacy Note: The Department’s 

policy for comments received from 

members of the public (including 

comments submitted by mail, 

commercial delivery, or hand delivery) 

is to make these submissions available 

for public viewing in their entirety on 

the Federal eRulemaking Portal at 

www.regulations.gov. Therefore, 

commenters should be careful to 

include in their comments only 

information that they wish to make 

publicly available on the Internet. 

Submission of Proprietary 

Information: Given the subject matter, 

some comments may include 

proprietary information as it relates to 

confidential commercial information. 

The Freedom of Information Act defines 

‘‘confidential commercial information’’ 

as information the disclosure of which 

could reasonably be expected to cause 

substantial competitive harm. You may 

wish to request that we not disclose 

what you regard as confidential 

commercial information. 

To assist us in making a 

determination on your request, we 

encourage you to identify any specific 

information in your comments that you 

consider confidential commercial 

information. Please list the information 

by page and paragraph numbers. 

This Request for Information (RFI) is 

issued solely for information and 

planning purposes and is not a request 

for proposals (RFP), a promise to issue 

an RFP, or a notice inviting applications 

(NIA), nor does it serve as a 

modification to the current NCELA 

contract. This RFI does not commit the 

Department to contract for any supply 

or service whatsoever. Further, the 

Department is not now seeking 

proposals and will not accept 

unsolicited proposals. The Department 

will not pay for any information or 

administrative costs that you may incur 

in responding to this RFI. 

If you do not respond to this RFI, you 

may still apply for future contracts and 

grants. The Department posts RFPs on 

the Federal Business Opportunities Web 

site (www.fbo.gov). The Department 

announces grant competitions in the 

Federal Register (www.gpo.gov/fdsys). It 

is your responsibility to monitor these 

sites to determine whether the 

Department issues an RFP or NIA after 

considering the information received in 

response to this RFI. 

The documents and information 

submitted in response to this RFI 

become the property of the U.S. 

Government and will not be returned. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Melissa Escalante, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., 

Room 5C148, Washington, DC 20202– 

6132 by phone at 202–401–1407. 

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:

Introduction 

The Elementary and Secondary 

Education Act of 1965, as amended 

(ESEA) holds States accountable for 

closing achievement gaps and ensuring 

that all children, including children 

with limited English proficiency, meet 

the same challenging academic and 

achievement standards all students are 

expected to meet. To this end, Title III 

of ESEA requires States to develop 

English language proficiency (ELP) 

standards that are aligned with 

challenging State academic content and 

student academic achievement 

standards. States must also develop and 

administer ELP assessments that are 

aligned with those standards, and must 

develop annual measurable 

achievement objectives (AMAOs) for 

English language proficiency. Under 

Section 3303 of the ESEA, the Secretary 

of Education is authorized to establish 

and support the operation of a National 

Clearinghouse for English Language 

Acquisition and Language Instruction 

Educational Programs (NCELA). NCELA 

is administered by the Office of English 

Language Acquisition, Language 

Enhancement and Academic 

Achievement for Limited English 

Proficient Students (OELA). 

Under Section 3303 of the ESEA, 

NCELA’s basic function is to collect, 


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analyze, synthesize, and disseminate 

information concerning: (a) Language 

instruction educational programs for 

ELs, (b) educational research and 

processes related to the education of 

ELs, and (c) EL-related accountability 

systems that include EL students’ 

academic content and English language 

achievement. NCELA will continue to 

offer EL stakeholders and the public 

multiple products and services across 

these areas. In order for NCELA’s 

dissemination efforts to have the 

greatest effect, they must be as useful 

and as user-friendly as possible. This 

work must be continuously examined, 

improved, and coordinated with, and 

guided by the priorities of the 

Department and the needs of the field. 

Currently, NCELA uses a variety of 

methods to disseminate information, 

chief of which is its dedicated Web site 

(http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/). NCELA 

also disseminates information in a 

variety of other formats—written and 

electronic reports, maps, and 

monographs, and at various venues, 

such as, conferences, and preconference sessions with national 

organizations. NCELA’s operations are 

managed by an external contractor 

responsible for carrying out its 

functions. 

With this RFI the Department seeks to 

gather information on (a) how we can 

improve the content of the information 

that we disseminate through NCELA 

and (b) how NCELA can tailor its 

existing services and resources to 

deliver relevant and pertinent 

information to the EL community at 

large. 

The Department anticipates making 

use of this information to inform our 

technical assistance agenda in the 

second term of the administration and 

to guide the future activities and 

services of NCELA. 

Once we receive responses to this RFI, 

the Department will summarize the 

recommendations made by the public 

and post that summary on the NCELA 

Web site for public viewing. The 

Department will also use the 

information received through this RFI to 

inform our technical assistance agenda. 

That technical assistance agenda will 

also take into account the variety of 

formats used to deliver information to 

meet the needs of the EL community. 

Finally, the Department will use the 

feedback gathered from the RFI about 

the services provided through the 

NCELA Web site to consider any 

updates or enhancements to the Web 

site that are required by legislation or 

needed by the EL community. 

Context for Responses 

The primary goal of this RFI is to 

gather information that will help guide 

the Department’s technical assistance 

agenda to assist SEAs and LEAs in 

meeting the educational needs of ELs, 

and then to use those responses to guide 

the dissemination of information to the 

public, SEAs, LEAs, and IHEs. We have 

developed a set of questions about the 

areas of technical assistance that would 

be most helpful and the most effective 

way for NCELA to deliver that technical 

assistance to the field. You do not have 

to respond to any specific question, nor 

do you have to respond to each topic 

area; however, it would be helpful if 

you would elaborate on each topic or 

question you choose to address. You 

may provide comments in any 

convenient format and may also provide 

relevant information that is not 

responsive to a particular question but 

may, nevertheless, be helpful. 

Questions 

1. General Questions About Technical 

Assistance 

1.1 In which of the following areas 

is more technical assistance needed and 

at what level (e.g., SEA, LEA, school or 

classroom)? 

a. Common Core State Standards or 

college- and career-ready standards and 

ELs; 

b. English Language Proficiency 

Standards, which could include their 

alignment to college- and career-ready 

standards; 

c. Language Instruction Educational 

Programs (LIEPs) (See the 2008–10 

Biennial Report to Congress, page 20, 

Table 6 for examples of LIEPs http://

www.ncela.gwu.edu/files/uploads/3/

Biennial_Report_0810.pdf), which could 

include their alignment to the Common 

Core State Standards or to college- and 

career-ready standards; 

d. Accountability; 

e. The collection or use of data; 

f. Professional development and 

education for teachers and leaders 

working with ELs; 

g. ELP assessments; 

h. Interpretation of Title III statutory 

requirements (e.g. supplanting 

prohibition); 

i. Teacher evaluation; 

j. Program evaluation protocols, such 

as protocols for teachers, programs, or 

students; 

k. ESEA flexibility and ELs; 

l. Science, technology, engineering, 

and math (STEM) instruction for ELs; 

m. Students with interrupted formal 

education (SIFE); 

n. Early childhood programs and ELs; 

o. ELs at the secondary school level; 

p. ELs served under IDEA; 

q. Civil rights and ELs; or 

r. Other areas. 

1.2 What is your preferred method 

of delivery for technical assistance (e.g., 

NCELA listserv blasts, Webinars, 

written guides, conferences, meetings, 

presentations at National events held by 

mainstream organizations, or other 

delivery methods)? 

2. General Questions Regarding the 

NCELA Web site and the Delivery of 

Technical Assistance and EL Related 

Information 

2.1 How useful is the current 

information displayed on the Web site? 

Please indicate what is and what is not 

useful. 

2.2 Is there information missing 

from the Web site that should be 

disseminated? 

2.3 How easy is the Web site to 

navigate? Can you find the information 

you are searching for? 

2.4 Are there any features you 

would recommend adding to the Web 

site? 

2.5 How would you describe the 

organization of the resource library on 

the Web site? Would you recommend 

any improvements? 

2.6 How do you find the content of 

the resource library with regard to its 

quality, relevance, and usefulness? 

2.7 When you seek information or 

technical assistance on a topic, do you 

consult NCELA? Why or why not? 

2.8 Are there other issues about the 

Web site that you would like to make us 

aware of that would be helpful to 

improve its utility to the public? 

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document in 

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

print, audiotape, or compact disc) on 

request to the program contact person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

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 the site. You may also 

access documents of the Department 

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this site, you can limit your search to 

documents published by the 

Department. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 6801–7014. 

Dated: August 30, 2013. 

Joseph C. Conaty, 

Acting Director, Office of English Language 

Acquisition, Language Enhancement, and 

Academic Achievement for Limited English 

Proficient Students. 

[FR Doc. 2013–21639 Filed 9–4–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Extension of Public Comment Period 

Hydrogen Energy California’s 

Integrated Gasification Combined 

Cycle Project Preliminary Staff 

Assessment and Draft Environmental 

Impact Statement; Correction 

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Extension of public comment 

period; notice of public hearing; 

correction. 

SUMMARY: On Monday, August 26, 2013, 

the Department of Energy (DOE) 

published a Notice of Extension of 

Public Comment Period and Public 

Hearing for the Hydrogen Energy 

California’s Integrated Gasification 

Combined Cycle Project Preliminary 

Staff Assessment and Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement. This 

document corrects several typographical 

errors. 

Corrections 

In the Federal Register on Monday, 

August 26, 2013, in FR Doc. 2013– 

20713, on page 52764, the following 

corrections are made: 

(1) In SUMMARY, sixth line, ‘‘extening’’ 

is corrected to read ‘‘extending.’’ 

(2) In DATES, third paragraph, first 

line, ‘‘OE’’ is corrected to read ‘‘DOE.’’ 

(3) In FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT, twelfth line, ‘‘DOE’’ is 

corrected to read ‘‘DOE’s.’’ 

Dated: August 29, 2013. 

Mark J. Matarrese, 

Director, Office of Environment, Security, 

Safety & Health, Office of Fossil Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2013–21588 Filed 9–4–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Secretary of Energy Advisory Board: 

Correction 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of Open Meeting: 

Correction. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(DOE) published in the Federal Register 

on August 27, 2013, a notice of an open 

meeting for the Secretary of Energy 

Advisory Board (SEAB). The notice is 

being corrected to change the time of the 

meeting. 

Correction 

In the Federal Register of August 27, 

2013, in FR DOC. 2013–20861, on pages 

52911–52912, please make the following 

corrections: 

In the DATES heading, third column, 

first paragraph, first line, please remove, 

‘‘9:00 a.m.’’ and in its place add ‘‘8:00 

a.m.’’. 

In the Tentative Agenda heading, 

third column, first paragraph, second 

line, please remove, ‘‘9:00 a.m. on 

September 16’’ and in its place add, 

‘‘8:00 a.m. on September 13’’. 

In the Public Participation heading, 

page 52912, first column, first 

paragraph, fourth line, please remove, 

‘‘8:30 a.m.’’ and in its place add, ‘‘7:30 

a.m.’’ 

Issued in Washington, DC on August 30, 

2013. 

LaTanya R. Butler, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2013–21560 Filed 9–4–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 2203–015] 

Alabama Power Company; Notice of 

Application Tendered for Filing With 

the Commission, Soliciting Additional 

Study Requests, and Establishing 

Procedural Schedule for Relicensing 

and a Deadline for Submission of Final 

Amendments 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection. 

a. Type of Application: New Major 

License. 

b. Project No.: 2203–015. 

c. Date Filed: August 16, 2013. 

d. Applicant: Alabama Power 

Company (Alabama Power). 

e. Name of Project: Holt Hydroelectric 

Project. 

f. Location: The project is located at 

the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ 

existing Holt Lock and Dam on the 

Black Warrior River in Tuscaloosa 

County, Alabama and occupies 36.64 

acres of Corps lands. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). 

h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Jim 

Heilbron, Senior Vice President and 

Senior Production Officer, Alabama 

Power Company, 600 North 18th Street, 

P.O. Box 2641, Birmingham, AL 35203– 

2206, (205) 257–1000. 

i. FERC Contact: Jeanne Edwards, 

(202) 502–6181 or jeanne.edwards@

ferc.gov. 

j. Cooperating Agencies: Federal, 

state, local, and tribal agencies with 

jurisdiction and/or special expertise 

with respect to environmental issues 

that wish to cooperate in the 

preparation of the environmental 

document should follow the 

instructions for filing such requests 

described in item l below. Cooperating 

agencies should note the Commission’s 

policy that agencies that cooperate in 

the preparation of the environmental 

document cannot also intervene. See, 94 

FERC ¶ 61,076 (2001). 

k. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 

CFR of the Commission’s regulations, if 

any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or 

person believes that an additional 

scientific study should be conducted in 

order to form an adequate factual basis 

for a complete analysis of the 

application on its merit, the resource 

agency, Indian Tribe, or person must file 

a request for a study with the 

Commission not later than 60 days from 

the date of filing of the application, and 

serve a copy of the request on the 

applicant. 

l. Deadline for filing additional study 

requests and requests for cooperating 

agency status: October 15, 2013. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing. Please file additional 

study requests and requests for 

cooperating agency status using the 

Commission’s eFiling system at http://

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. 

Commenters can submit brief comments 

up to 6,000 characters, without prior 

registration, using the eComment system 

at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/

ecomment.asp. You must include your 

name and contact information at the end 

of your comments. For assistance, 

please contact FERC Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866) 

208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659 

(TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please 

send a paper copy to: Secretary, Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

The first page of any filing should 

include docket number P–2203–015. 

m. This application is not ready for 

environmental analysis at this time. 

n. Portions of the existing Holt Project 

structures that are owned and operated 

by Alabama Power consist of: (1) An 

existing 130-foot-long concrete nonoverflow dam; (2) an existing 110-foot 


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