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‘‘Browse Pending Collections’’ link and 

by clicking on link number 4210. 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 the Internet address 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed to 202– 

401–0920. Please specify the complete 

title of the information collection when 

making your request. 

Comments regarding burden and/or 

the collection activity requirements 

should be directed to 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Individuals who 

use a telecommunications device for the 

deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1– 

800–877–8339. 

[FR Doc. 2010–6895 Filed 3–26–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

SUMMARY: The Acting Director, 

Information Collection Clearance 

Division, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of 

Management invites comments on the 

submission for OMB review as required 

by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before April 28, 

2010. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be addressed to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attention: Education Desk Officer, 

Office of Management and Budget, 725 

17th Street, NW., Room 10222, New 

Executive Office Building, Washington, 

DC 20503, be faxed to (202) 395–5806 or 

e-mailed to 

oira_submission@omb.eop.gov with a 

cc: to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires 

that the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) provide interested 

Federal agencies and the public an early 

opportunity to comment on information 

collection requests. OMB may amend or 

waive the requirement for public 

consultation to the extent that public 

participation in the approval process 

would defeat the purpose of the 

information collection, violate State or 

Federal law, or substantially interfere 

with any agency’s ability to perform its 

statutory obligations. The Acting 

Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Regulatory 

Information Management Services, 

Office of Management, publishes that 

notice containing proposed information 

collection requests prior to submission 

of these requests to OMB. Each 

proposed information collection, 

grouped by office, contains the 

following: (1) Type of review requested, 

e.g. new, revision, extension, existing or 

reinstatement; (2) Title; (3) Summary of 

the collection; (4) Description of the 

need for, and proposed use of, the 

information; (5) Respondents and 

frequency of collection; and (6) 

Reporting and/or Recordkeeping 

burden. OMB invites public comment. 

Dated: March 24, 2010. 

James Hyler, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Office of Postsecondary Education 

Type of Review: New. 

Title: Annual Performance Report for 

the Historically Black Colleges and 

Universities Master’s Degree Program. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Affected Public: Not-for-profit 

institutions. 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour 

Burden: 

Responses: 18. 

Burden Hours: 360. 

Abstract: The Department is 

requesting authorization to annually 

collect performance report data for the 

new HBCU Masters Degree Program. 

This information is being collected to 

comply with the Government 

Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 

1993, Section 4 (1115), and the 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR), 

34 CFR 75.253. EDGAR states that 

recipients of multi-year discretionary 

grants must submit an APR 

demonstrating that substantial progress 

has been made towards meeting the 

approved objectives of the project. 

Further, the APR lends itself to the 

collection of quantifiable data needed to 

respond to the requirements of OMB’s 

Program Assessment Rating Tool 

process. In addition, grantees will be 

required to report on their progress 

towards meeting the performance 

measures established for the HBCU 

Master’s Degree Program. 

Requests for copies of the information 

collection submission for OMB review 

may be accessed from http:// 

edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the 

‘‘Browse Pending Collections’’ link and 

by clicking on link number 4155. 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 the Internet address 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed to 202– 

401–0920. Please specify the complete 

title of the information collection when 

making your request. 

Comments regarding burden and/or 

the collection activity requirements 

should be electronically mailed to 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Individuals who 

use a telecommunications device for the 

deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 

1–800–877–8339. 

[FR Doc. 2010–6971 Filed 3–26–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Proposed Agency Information 

Collection 

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice and request for OMB 

review and comment. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, the Department 

of Energy (DOE) invites public comment 

on a proposed emergency collection of 

information that DOE is developing to 

collect data on the status of activities, 

project progress, jobs created and 

retained, spend rates and performance 

metrics under the American Recovery 

and Reinvestment Act of 2009. 

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 

collection must be received on or before 

April 12, 2010. If you anticipate 

difficulty in submitting comments 

within that period, contact the person 

listed in ADDRESSES as soon as possible. 

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ADDRESSES: Written comments may be 

sent to: Sarah Lynch, Department of 

Energy, 1000 Independence Ave, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585, or by e-mail at 

sarah.lynch@ee.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 

guidance and/or collection instrument 

should be directed to Sarah Lynch at 

sarah.lynch@ee.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

emergency information collection 

request contains: (1) OMB No.: New; (2) 

Information Collection Request Title: 

Biomass; (3) Type of Review: 

Emergency; (4) Purpose: To collect data 

on the status of activities, project 

progress, jobs created and retained, 

spend rates and performance metrics 

under the American Recovery and 

Reinvestment Act of 2009. This will 

ensure adequate information is available 

to support sound project management 

and to meet the transparency and 

accountability associated with the 

Recovery Act by requesting approval for 

monthly reporting. 

(5) Annual Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 19. 

(6) Annual Estimated Number of 

Total Responses: 228. 

(7) Annual Estimated Number of 

Burden Hours: 6,175. 

(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $11,000. 

(9) Type of Respondents: Recipients of 

American Recovery and Reinvestment 

Act funding. 

An agency head or the Senior Official, 

or their designee, may request OMB to 

authorize emergency processing of 

submissions of collections of 

information. 

(a) Any such request shall be 

accompanied by a written determination 

that: 

(1) The collection of information: 

(i) Is needed prior to the expiration of 

time periods established under this Part; 

and 

(ii) Is essential to the mission of the 

agency; and 

(2) The agency cannot reasonably 

comply with the normal clearance 

procedures under this Part because: 

(i) Public harm is reasonably likely to 

result if normal clearance procedures 

are followed; 

(ii) An unanticipated event has 

occurred; or 

(iii) The use of normal clearance 

procedures is reasonably likely to 

prevent or disrupt the collection of 

information or is reasonably likely to 

cause a statutory or court ordered 

deadline to be missed. 

(b) The agency shall state the time 

period within which OMB should 

approve or disapprove the collection of 

information. 

Statutory Authority: Title IV, H.R. 1 

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 

2009. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on March 23, 

2009. 

John Ferrell, 

Biomass Program Manager, Office of Energy 

Efficiency and Renewable Energy-Biomass. 

[FR Doc. 2010–6876 Filed 3–26–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Proposed Agency Information 

Collection 

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice and request for OMB 

review and comment. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, the Department 

of Energy (DOE) invites public comment 

on a proposed emergency collection of 

information that DOE is developing to 

collect data on the status of activities, 

project progress, jobs created and 

retained, spend rates and performance 

metrics under the American Recovery 

and Reinvestment Act of 2009. 

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 

collection must be received on or before 

April 12, 2010. 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: 

Drew Ronneberg, Department of Energy, 

1000 Independence Ave, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585. 

Or by e-mail at 

drew.ronneberg@ee.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 Drew Ronneberg at 

drew.ronneberg@ee.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

emergency information collection 

request contains: (1) OMB No: New; (2) 

Information Collection Request Title: 

Batteries; (3) Type of Review: 

Emergency; (4) Purpose: To collect data 

on the status of activities, project 

progress, jobs created and retained, 

spend rates and performance metrics 

under the American Recovery and 

Reinvestment Act of 2009. This will 

ensure adequate information is available 

to support sound project management 

and to meet the transparency and 

accountability associated with the 

Recovery Act by requesting approval for 

monthly reporting. 

(5) Annual Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 30; (6) Annual Estimated 

Number of Total Responses: 360; (7) 

Annual Estimated Number of Burden 

Hours: 3600; (8) Annual Estimated 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost 

Burden: $90,000–$129,000; (9) Type of 

Respondents: Recipients of American 

Recovery and Reinvestment Act 

funding. 

An agency head or the Senior Official, 

or their designee, may request OMB to 

authorize emergency processing of 

submissions of collections of 

information. 

(a) Any such request shall be 

accompanied by a written determination 

that: 

(1) The collection of information: 

(i) Is needed prior to the expiration of 

time periods established under this Part; 

and 

(ii) Is essential to the mission of the 

agency; and 

(2) The agency cannot reasonably 

comply with the normal clearance 

procedures under this Part because: 

(i) Public harm is reasonably likely to 

result if normal clearance procedures 

are followed; 

(ii) An unanticipated event has 

occurred; or 

(iii) The use of normal clearance 

procedures is reasonably likely to 

prevent or disrupt the collection of 

information or is reasonably likely to 

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