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proposing a revision of an existing 

information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before June 3, 

2015. 

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–2015–ICCD–0021 

or via postal mail, commercial delivery, 

or hand delivery. If the regulations.gov 

site is not available to the public for any 

reason, ED will temporarily accept 

comments at ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. 

Please note that comments submitted by 

fax or email and those submitted after 

the comment period will not be 

accepted; ED will ONLY accept 

comments during the comment period 

in this mailbox when the regulations.gov 

site is not available. 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 2E103, 

Washington, DC 20202. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Kashka 

Kubzdela, 202–502–7411. 

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: 2015–16 National 

Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS) 

Full-Scale Data Collection. 

OMB Control Number: 1850–0598. 

Type of Review: A revision of an 

existing information collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals or Households. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 50, 028. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 26, 235. 

Abstract: The National Teacher and 

Principal Survey (NTPS) is a redesign of 

the Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) 

and is ED’s primary source of 

information on the teacher and 

principal labor market and on what is 

happening in K–12 public schools from 

teachers’ and principals’ perspectives. 

NTPS is an in-depth, nationally 

representative survey of first through 

twelfth grade public school teachers, 

principals, and schools. Kindergarten 

teachers in schools with at least a first 

grade are also eligible for NTPS. Starting 

in 2015–2016, the NTPS will be 

conducted every two years utilizing core 

content and a series of rotating modules 

to allow timely collection of important 

education trends and conducting trend 

analyses. The NTPS is the Department’s 

regular source of data on salaries, outof-pocket expenses, qualifications, and 

race/ethnic and age distribution of 

teachers; along with salaries and race/

ethnic and age distribution of 

principals; and school start times and 

student teacher ratios. This request is to 

conduct the 2015–16 NTPS full-scale 

data collection. 

Dated: April 29, 2015. 

Kate Mullan, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Office of the Chief Privacy 

Officer, Office of Management. 

[FR Doc. 2015–10346 Filed 5–1–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2015–ICCD–0058] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; 

Application for the Rural Education 

Achievement Program (REAP) 

AGENCY: Office of Elementary and 

Secondary Education (OESE), 

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 an extension of an existing 

information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before July 6, 

2015. 

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–2015–ICCD–0058 

or via postal mail, commercial delivery, 

or hand delivery. If the regulations.gov 

site is not available to the public for any 

reason, ED will temporarily accept 

comments at ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. 

Please note that comments submitted by 

fax or email and those submitted after 

the comment period will not be 

accepted; ED will ONLY accept 

comments during the comment period 

in this mailbox when the regulations.gov 

site is not available. 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 2E115, 

Washington, DC 20202. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Jean 

Marchowsky, (202) 205–2161. 

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 

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of information technology. Please note 

that written comments received in 

response to this notice will be 

considered public records. 

Title of Collection: Application for the 

Rural Education Achievement Program 

(REAP). 

OMB Control Number: 1810–0646. 

Type of Review: An extension of an 

existing information collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

Local and Tribal Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 549. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 3,277. 

Abstract: This data collection is 

pursuant to the Secretary’s authority 

under Part B of Title VI of the 

Elementary and Secondary Education 

Act (ESEA), to award funds under two 

grant programs designed to address the 

unique needs of rural school districts— 

the Small, Rural School Achievement 

(SRSA) program (ESEA Section 6212) 

and the Rural and Low-Income School 

(RLIS) program (ESEA Section 6221). 

Under the SRSA program, the Secretary 

awards grants directly to eligible local 

educational agencies (LEAs) on a 

formula basis. Under the RLIS program, 

eligible school districts are subrecipients of funds the Department 

awards to State educational agencies 

(SEAs) on a formula basis. For both 

grant programs, the Department awards 

funds based on a determination of the 

eligibility of individual school districts 

and the calculation of the allocation 

each eligible district should receive 

according to formula prescribed in the 

statute. This data collection package 

consists of two forms and related 

documents that are used to accomplish 

the grant award process each year: (1) A 

spreadsheet used by SEAs to submit 

information to identify RLIS and SRSAeligible LEAs and to allocate funds 

based on the appropriate formula, and 

(2) an application form for SRSAeligible LEAs to apply for funding. This 

submission requests a three-year 

extension of the current approved 

collection package (OMB #1810–0646). 

The REAP eligibility spreadsheet (Form 

1) has no substantive changes or 

revisions from the previously-approved 

collection under OMB#1810–0646. 

Similarly, the SRSA Application (Form 

2) is essentially unchanged from the 

previous collection. The instructions 

accompanying both Form 1 and Form 2 

remain unchanged from the previouslyapproved collection, except for minor 

changes to update dates and contact 

information. None of these changes 

require SEAs to submit additional data. 

Dated: April 28, 2015. 

Tomakie Washington, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Office of the Chief Privacy 

Officer, Office of Management. 

[FR Doc. 2015–10313 Filed 5–1–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy 

Wave Energy Prize 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of the Wave Energy 

Prize. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE) gives notice of the 

availability of the Wave Energy Prize 

and of DOE’s responses to public 

comments on the draft Prize Rules and 

Prize Terms and Conditions. The prize 

is designed to achieve game-changing 

performance enhancements to wave 

energy conversion (WEC) devices, 

establishing a pathway to sweeping cost 

reductions on a commercial scale. The 

prize consists of three phases—design, 

build, and test and evaluation. Prize 

purses to the winner(s): Grand Prize 

($1,500,000), 2nd Place Finisher 

($500,000), and 3rd Place Finisher 

($250,000). 

DATES: DOE launches the Wave Energy 

Prize and opens the Prize for public 

registration on May 1, 2015. The 

Winner(s) of the Prize, if any, is 

expected to be announced by the end of 

2016. All dates are subject to change. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons can 

register for the Wave Energy Prize at 

waveenergyprize.org on the ‘‘Register’’ 

page. The final Prize Rules, the final 

Prize Terms and Conditions, and DOE’s 

responses to public comments on the 

draft Prize Rules and Prize Terms and 

Conditions, can all be found are found 

under the ‘‘Rules’’ tab of the ‘‘About’’ 

page. Please submit questions and 

comments to: info@waveenergyprize.org. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Please submit questions and comments 

to: info@waveenergyprize.org. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

America COMPETES Reauthorization 

Act of 2010 (America COMPETES), 

Public Law 111–358, enacted January 4, 

2011, authorizes Federal agencies to 

issue competitions to stimulate 

innovations in technology, education, 

and science. The Wave Energy Prize 

leverages the America COMPETES Act 

to provide incentives to design, build, 

and test innovative WEC concepts. 

DOE launches the Wave Energy Prize, 

a public prize challenge sponsored by 

DOE’s Water Power Program. The prize 

is designed to increase the diversity of 

organizations involved in WEC 

technology development, while 

motivating and inspiring existing 

stakeholders. DOE envisions this 

competition will achieve game-changing 

performance enhancements to WEC 

devices, establishing a pathway to 

sweeping cost reductions on a 

commercial scale. 

The wave energy industry is young 

and is experiencing many new 

innovations as evidenced by a sustained 

growth in patent activity. While the 

private industry is developing these 

early-concept WEC devices through 

design and benchtop prototype testing, 

funding is hard to secure for 

performance testing and evaluation of 

WEC devices in wave tanks at a 

meaningful scale. This is a problem for 

the industry since scaled WEC 

prototype tank testing, validation, and 

evaluation are key steps in the 

advancement of WEC technologies 

through the technical readiness levels to 

reach commercialization. 

Goal of the Wave Energy Prize: The 

Wave Energy Prize will encourage the 

development of more efficient WEC 

devices that double the energy captured 

from ocean waves, which in turn will 

reduce the cost of wave energy, making 

it more competitive with traditional 

energy solutions. 

Economic impact of the Wave Energy 

Prize: A successful Wave Energy Prize 

could jump-start private sector 

innovation critical to the country’s longterm economic growth, energy security, 

and international competitiveness in the 

wave energy conversion sector. 

Why participate in the Wave Energy 

Prize? The Wave Energy Prize seeks to 

attract innovative ideas from developers 

new to the industry and next-generation 

ideas from existing developers by 

offering a monetary prize purse and 

providing an opportunity for tank 

testing and evaluation of scaled WEC 

device prototypes at the U.S. Navy’s 

Maneuvering and Seakeeping Basin 

(MASK) facility in Carderock, MD. 

Eligibility: U.S. entities are able to 

participate in the Wave Energy Prize. 

This includes U.S. persons and 

companies as well as foreign companies 

that are incorporated in and maintain a 

primary place of business in the United 

States. Full eligibility requirements for 

the Wave Energy Prize are set in 

accordance with those established by 

America COMPETES, and are fully 

outlined in the Wave Energy Prize Rules 

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