64494 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 204 / Monday, October 22, 2012 / Notices 

Institutional Quality and Integrity 

(NACIQI) meeting. 

ADDRESSES: U.S. Department of 

Education, Office of Postsecondary 

Education, 1990 K Street NW., Room 

8072, Washington, DC 20006. 

NACIQI’s Statutory Authority and 

Function: The NACIQI is established 

under Section 114 of the HEA of 1965, 

as amended, 20 U.S.C. 1011c. The 

NACIQI advises the Secretary of 

Education about: 

• The establishment and enforcement 

of the criteria for recognition of 

accrediting agencies or associations 

under Subpart 2, Part H, Title IV, of the 

HEA, as amended. 

• The recognition of specific 

accrediting agencies or associations or a 

specific State approval agency. 

• The preparation and publication of 

the list of nationally recognized 

accrediting agencies and associations. 

• The eligibility and certification 

process for institutions of higher 

education under Title IV, of the HEA, 

together with recommendations for 

improvement in such process. 

• The relationship between (1) 

accreditation of institutions of higher 

education and the certification and 

eligibility of such institutions, and (2) 

State licensing responsibilities with 

respect to such institutions. 

• Any other advisory function 

relating to accreditation and 

institutional eligibility that the 

Secretary may prescribe. 

SUMMARY: This meeting notice is an 

update to the previous notice published 

in the Federal Register on August 17, 

2012 (77 FR 49786) and sets forth the 

time and location for the December 11– 

12, 2012 meeting of the National 

Advisory Committee on Institutional 

Quality and Integrity (NACIQI). 

Meeting Date and Place: The NACIQI 

meeting will be held on December 11, 

2012, from approximately 10:30 a.m. to 

approximately 5:30 p.m. and on 

December 12, 2012 from 9:00 a.m. to 

2:00 p.m. at the Washington Marriott 

Wardman Park, 2660 Woodley Road 

NW., Washington DC 20008. 

Reasonable Accommodations: The 

meeting site is accessible to individuals 

with disabilities. If you will need an 

auxiliary aid or service to participate in 

the meeting (e.g., interpreting service, 

assistive listening device, or materials in 

an alternate format), notify the contact 

person listed in this notice at least two 

weeks before the scheduled meeting 

date. Although we will attempt to meet 

a request received after that date, we 

may not be able to make available the 

requested auxiliary aid or service 

because of insufficient time to arrange 

it. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Carol Griffiths, Executive Director, 

NACIQI, U.S. Department of Education, 

1990 K Street NW., Room 8073, 

Washington, DC 20006–8129, telephone: 

(202) 219–7035, fax: (202) 219–7005, or 

email: Carol.Griffiths@ed.gov. 

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 published in the Federal 

Register by using the article search 

feature at: www.federalregister.gov. 

Specifically, through the advanced 

search feature at this site, you can limit 

your search to documents published by 

the Department. 

David A. Bergeron, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary 

Education. 

[FR Doc. 2012–25917 Filed 10–19–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Oak Ridge 

Reservation 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of Open Meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Environmental 

Management Site-Specific Advisory 

Board (EM SSAB), Oak Ridge 

Reservation. The Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463, 86 Stat. 

770) requires that public notice of this 

meeting be announced in the Federal 

Register. 

DATES: Wednesday, November 14, 2012, 

6:00 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Department of Energy 

Information Center, Office of Science 

and Technical Information, 1 

Science.gov Way, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 

37830. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Melyssa P. Noe, Federal Coordinator, 

Department of Energy Oak Ridge 

Operations Office, P.O. Box 2001, EM– 

90, Oak Ridge, TN 37831. Phone (865) 

241–3315; Fax (865) 576–0956 or email: 

noemp@oro.doe.gov or check the Web 

site at www.oakridge.doe.gov/em/ssab. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Board: The purpose of 

the Board is to make recommendations 

to DOE–EM and site management in the 

areas of environmental restoration, 

waste management, and related 

activities. 

Tentative Agenda 

• Welcome and Announcements 

• Comments from the Deputy 

Designated Federal Officer 

• Comments from the DOE, Tennessee 

Department of Environment and 

Conservation, and Environmental 

Protection Agency Liaisons 

• Public Comment Period 

• Presentation: Accumulated Waste and 

Material Disposition Activity 

• Additions/Approval of Agenda 

• Motions/Approval of October Meeting 

Minutes 

• Status of Recommendations with DOE 

• Committee Reports 

• Federal Coordinator Report 

• Adjourn 

Public Participation: The EM SSAB, 

Oak Ridge, welcomes the attendance of 

the public at its advisory committee 

meetings and will make every effort to 

accommodate persons with physical 

disabilities or special needs. If you 

require special accommodations due to 

a disability, please contact Melyssa P. 

Noe at least seven days in advance of 

the meeting at the phone number listed 

above. Written statements may be filed 

with the Board either before or after the 

meeting. Individuals who wish to make 

oral statements pertaining to the agenda 

item should contact Melyssa P. Noe at 

the address or telephone number listed 

above. Requests must be received five 

days prior to the meeting and reasonable 

provision will be made to include the 

presentation in the agenda. The Deputy 

Designated Federal Officer is 

empowered to conduct the meeting in a 

fashion that will facilitate the orderly 

conduct of business. Individuals 

wishing to make public comments will 

be provided a maximum of five minutes 

to present their comments. 

Minutes: Minutes will be available by 

writing or calling Melyssa P. Noe at the 

address and phone number listed above. 

Minutes will also be available at the 

following Web site: http:// 

www.oakridge.doe.gov/em/ssab/ 

minutes.htm. 


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Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 204 / Monday, October 22, 2012 / Notices 64495 

Issued at Washington, DC, on October 15, 

2012. 

LaTanya R. Butler, 

Acting Deputy Committee Management 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2012–25907 Filed 10–19–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Energy Efficiency and Renewable 

Energy 

State Energy Advisory Board (STEAB) 

AGENCY: Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of Open Teleconference. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

teleconference call of the State Energy 

Advisory Board (STEAB). The Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463; 86 Stat.770) requires that public 

notice of these meetings be announced 

in the Federal Register. 

DATES: Thursday, November 15, 2012 

from 3:30–4:00 p.m. (EST). To receive 

the call-in number and passcode, please 

contact the Board’s Designated Federal 

Officer (DFO) at the address or phone 

number listed below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gil 

Sperling, STEAB Designated Federal 

Officer, U.S. Department of Energy, 

Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, 1000 Independence 

Ave. SW., Washington, DC 20585. 

Phone number is (202) 287–1644. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Board: To provide 

advice and recommendations to the 

Assistant Secretary for the Office of 

Energy Efficiency and Renewable 

Energy regarding goals and objectives, 

programmatic and administrative 

policies, and to otherwise carry out the 

Board’s responsibilities as designated in 

the State Energy Efficiency Programs 

Improvement Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101– 

440). 

Tentative Agenda: Receive an update 

on the activities of the STEAB’s Task 

Forces, review the activities of the 

newly formed STEAB Strategic Planning 

Subcommittee, and provide an update 

to the Board on routine business matters 

and other topics of interest, and discuss 

outstanding items from the visit to 

Brookhaven National Laboratory. 

Public Participation: The meeting is 

open to the public. Written statements 

may be filed with the Board either 

before or after the meeting. Members of 

the public who wish to make oral 

statements pertaining to agenda items 

should contact Gil Sperling at the 

address or telephone number listed 

above. Requests to make oral comments 

must be received five days prior to the 

meeting; reasonable provision will be 

made to include requested topic(s) on 

the agenda. The Chair of the Board is 

empowered to conduct the meeting in a 

fashion that will facilitate the orderly 

conduct of business. 

Minutes: The minutes of the meeting 

will be available for public review and 

copying within 60 days on the STEAB 

Web site at: www.steab.org. 

Issued at Washington, DC, on October 16, 

2012. 

LaTanya R. Butler, 

Acting Deputy Committee Management 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2012–25906 Filed 10–19–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. AD12–8–000] 

Commission Information Collection 

Activities (FERC–922); Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, DOE. 

ACTION: Comment request. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

requirements of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, 44 USC 

3507(a)(1)(D), the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (Commission or 

FERC) is submitting the new 

information collection FERC–922, 

‘‘Performance Metrics in Regions 

Outside ISOs and RTOs,’’ to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review of the information collection 

requirements. 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 

issued a Notice in the Federal Register 

(77 FR 12832, 3/2/2012) requesting 

public comments. FERC received a 

comment from Edison Electric Institute 

(EEI) regarding the burden estimate as 

discussed further below. FERC also 

received comments on the specific 

metrics. These latter comments are 

summarized and addressed in the 

Commission Staff Report. The 

Commission Staff Report can be 

obtained via the Commission’s eLibrary 

system (at http://www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/elibrary.asp) by searching under 

Docket No. AD12–8. The report will not 

be published in the Federal Register. 

DATES: Comments on the collection of 

information are due by November 21, 

2012. 

ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB, 

identified by FERC–922, should be sent 

via email to the Office of Information 

and Regulatory Affairs: 

oira_submission@omb.gov. Attention: 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 

Desk Officer. The Desk Officer may also 

be reached via telephone at 202–395– 

4718. 

A copy of the comments should also 

be sent to the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, identified by the Docket 

No. AD12–8–000, by either of the 

following methods: 

• eFiling at Commission’s Web Site: 

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

efiling.asp. 

• Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier: 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

Secretary of the Commission, 888 First 

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

Instructions: All submissions must be 

formatted and filed in accordance with 

submission guidelines at: http:// 

www.ferc.gov/help/submissionguide.asp. For user assistance contact 

FERC Online Support by email at 

ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, or by phone 

at: (866) 208–3676 (toll-free), or (202) 

502–8659 for TTY. 

Docket: Users interested in receiving 

automatic notification of activity in this 

docket or in viewing/downloading 

comments and issuances in this docket 

may do so at http://www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/docs-filing.asp. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ellen Brown may be reached by email 

at DataClearance@FERC.gov, by 

telephone at (202) 502–8663, and by fax 

at (202) 273–0873. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: FERC–922, Performance Metrics 

in Regions outside ISOs and RTOs. 

OMB Control No.: To be determined. 

Type of Request: Approval of a new 

information collection. 

Abstract: The collection of 

information requires those public 

utilities outside of ISOs and RTOs that 

choose to participate to provide 

information responding to the attached 

metrics on a periodic basis. This 

includes the submission of price data 

and information relating to reliability, 

transmission planning, requests for 

service, and system capacity. The 

information submitted by participating 

utilities would be used to help develop 

a common set of metrics for both ISO/ 

RTO markets and non-ISO/RTO 

markets, and for evaluating market 

performance thereafter. 

The Chairman has reviewed the 

proposed metrics and has determined 


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