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committee established as directed by 

Section 3133(b) of the Water Resources 

Development Act of 2007 (WRDA 2007) 

(Pub. L. 110–114). The committee is 

advisory in nature only with duties to 

include providing information and 

recommendations to the Corps of 

Engineers regarding operations of 

Eufaula Lake, Oklahoma for project 

purposes. In accordance with Sections 

3133(c)(2) and 3133(d)(1) of WRDA 

2007, the committee will also provide 

recommendations on a reallocation 

study concerning current and future use 

of the Lake Eufaula storage capacity for 

authorized project purposes as well as a 

subsequent pool management plan. 

Agenda: This will be the fourth 

meeting of the LEAC. The committee 

will provide recommendations to the 

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers about a 

reallocation study and lake level 

manipulation plan, and discuss future 

direction of the LEAC. 

Public’s Accessibility to the Meeting: 

Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b and 41 CFR 

102–3.140 through 102–3.165, and the 

availability of space, this meeting is 

open to the public. Seating is on a firstcome basis. Legacy on Main Street is 

readily accessible to and usable by 

persons with disabilities. For additional 

information about public access 

procedures, contact Mr. Jeff Knack, the 

Committee’s Designated Federal Officer, 

at the email address or telephone 

number listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section. 

Written Comments and Statements: 

Pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.105(j) and 

102–3.140 and section 10(a)(3) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, the 

public or interested organizations may 

submit written comments or statements 

to the Committee, in response to the 

stated agenda of the open meeting or in 

regard to the Committee’s mission in 

general. Written comments or 

statements should be submitted to Mr. 

Knack, the Committee’s Designated 

Federal Officer, via electronic mail, the 

preferred mode of submission, at the 

address listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section. Each page 

of the comment or statement must 

include the author’s name, title or 

affiliation, address, and daytime phone 

number. Written comments or 

statements being submitted in response 

to the agenda set forth in this notice 

must be received by the Designated 

Federal Officer at least seven business 

days prior to the meeting to be 

considered by the Committee. The 

Designated Federal Officer and the 

Committee Chair will review all timely 

submitted written comments or 

statements and ensure the comments are 

provided to all members of the 

Committee before the meeting. Written 

comments or statements received after 

this date may not be provided to the 

Committee until its next meeting. Please 

note that because the LEAC operates 

under the provisions of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, as amended, 

all written comments will be treated as 

public documents and will be made 

available for public inspection. 

Pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.140d, the 

Committee is not obligated to allow a 

member of the public to speak or 

otherwise address the Committee during 

the meeting. Members of the public will 

be permitted to make verbal comments 

during the Committee meeting only at 

the time and in the manner described 

below. If a member of the public is 

interested in making a verbal comment 

at the open meeting, that individual 

must submit a request, with a brief 

statement of the subject matter to be 

addressed by the comment, at least three 

(3) days in advance to the Committee’s 

Designated Federal Officer, via 

electronic mail, the preferred mode of 

submission, at the addresses listed in 

the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section. The Designated Federal Officer 

will log each request, in the order 

received, and in consultation with the 

Committee Chair determine whether the 

subject matter of each comment is 

relevant to the Committee’s mission 

and/or the topics to be addressed in this 

public meeting. A 15-minute period 

near the end of meeting will be available 

for verbal public comments. Members of 

the public who have requested to make 

a verbal comment and whose comments 

have been deemed relevant under the 

process described above, will be allotted 

no more than three (3) minutes during 

this period, and will be invited to speak 

in the order in which their requests 

were received by the Designated Federal 

Officer. 

Brenda S. Bowen, 

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2018–00102 Filed 1–5–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3720–58–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2018–ICCD–0001] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; Impact 

Evaluation of Departmentalized 

Instruction in Elementary Schools 

AGENCY: Institute of Education Sciences 

(IES), Department of Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is 

proposing a new information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before March 9, 

2018. 

ADDRESSES: To access and review all the 

documents related to the information 

collection listed in this notice, please 

use http://www.regulations.gov by 

searching the Docket ID number ED– 

2018–ICCD–0001. Comments submitted 

in response to this notice should be 

submitted electronically through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov by selecting the 

Docket ID number or via postal mail, 

commercial delivery, or hand delivery. 

Please note that comments submitted by 

fax or email and those submitted after 

the comment period will not be 

accepted. 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, Room 

216–32, Washington, DC 20202–4537. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Thomas Wei, 

202–341–0626. 

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 


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response to this notice will be 

considered public records. 

Title of Collection: Impact Evaluation 

of Departmentalized Instruction in 

Elementary Schools. 

OMB Control Number: 1850–NEW. 

Type of Review: A new information 

collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals or Households. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 2,844. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 1,091. 

Abstract: This package requests 

clearance for data collection activities to 

support an evaluation of 

departmentalized instruction in 

elementary schools. This evaluation is 

authorized by Title VII Section 8601 of 

the Elementary and Secondary 

Education Act, as amended most 

recently in 2015 by the Every Student 

Succeeds Act (ESSA). ESSA gives states 

considerable flexibility in designing 

systems to hold their schools 

accountable for improving student 

achievement. This flexibility extends to 

the types of strategies that states 

encourage or require their lowperforming schools to adopt. However, 

many strategies in use have little to no 

evidence of effectiveness. More research 

is needed to help states identify 

strategies that are likely to help their 

low-performing schools improve. 

One potential strategy that has 

recently become more popular in upper 

elementary school grades is to 

departmentalize instruction, where each 

teacher specializes in teaching one 

subject to multiple classes of students 

instead of teaching all subjects to a 

single class of students (self-contained 

instruction). However, virtually no 

evidence exists on its effectiveness 

relative to the more traditional selfcontained approach. This evaluation 

will help to fill the gap by examining 

whether departmentalizing fourth and 

fifth grade teachers improves teacher 

and student outcomes. The evaluation 

will focus on math and reading, with an 

emphasis on low-performing schools 

that serve a high percentage of 

disadvantaged students. 

The evaluation will include 

implementation and impact analyses. 

The implementation analysis will 

describe schools’ approaches to 

departmentalization and benefits and 

challenges encountered. The analysis 

will be based on information from 

schools’ study agreement form; meetings 

to design each school’s approach to 

departmentalization; monitoring and 

support calls with schools; a principal 

interview; and a teacher survey. The 

impact analysis will draw on data from 

a teacher survey, videos of classroom 

instruction, a principal interview, and 

district administrative records to 

estimate the impact of departmentalized 

instruction on various outcomes. The 

outcomes include the quality of 

instruction and student-teacher 

relationships, teacher satisfaction and 

retention, and student achievement and 

behavior. These various data collection 

activities will be carried out between 

spring 2018 and fall 2020, although 

most of the activities with the exception 

of the administrative data will take 

place only once during the first year 

treatment schools implement 

departmentalized instruction (2018– 

2019 school year). 

Dated: January 3, 2018. 

Stephanie Valentine, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Office of the Chief Privacy 

Officer, Office of Management. 

[FR Doc. 2018–00108 Filed 1–5–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Combined Notice of Filings #1 

Take notice that the Commission 

received the following electric corporate 

filings: 

Docket Numbers: EC18–43–000. 

Applicants: South Central MCN LLC. 

Description: Application of South 

Central MCN LLC for Authorization 

under Section 203 of the Federal Power 

Act, et al. 

Filed Date: 12/29/17. 

Accession Number: 20171229–5213. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/19/18. 

Docket Numbers: EC18–44–000. 

Applicants: Otter Tail Power 

Company. 

Description: Request For Approvals 

Pursuant to Section 203 of the Federal 

Power Act of Otter Tail Power 

Company. 

Filed Date: 12/29/17. 

Accession Number: 20171229–5234. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/19/18. 

Take notice that the Commission 

received the following exempt 

wholesale generator filings: 

Docket Numbers: EG18–26–000. 

Applicants: Lincoln Clean Energy, 

LLC. 

Description: Notice of SelfCertification of Exempt Wholesale 

Generator Status (Tahoka Wind, LLC). 

Filed Date: 12/29/17. 

Accession Number: 20171229–5278. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/19/18. 

Take notice that the Commission 

received the following electric rate 

filings: 

Docket Numbers: ER10–3199–004. 

Applicants: MDU Resources Inc. 

Description: Updated Market Analysis 

in the Central Region of MDU Resources 

Inc. 

Filed Date: 12/29/17. 

Accession Number: 20171229–5282. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/27/18. 

Docket Numbers: ER15–1596–005; 

ER15–1599–005; ER14–1569–006; 

ER10–2616–012; ER11–4398–007; 

ER11–4400–009; ER15–1958–004; 

ER10–3247–012; ER14–922–005; ER14– 

883–007; ER14–924–005; ER15–2535– 

002. 

Applicants: Dynegy Commercial Asset 

Management, LLC, Dynegy Energy 

Services (East), LLC, Dynegy Energy 

Services, LLC, Dynegy Marketing and 

Trade, LLC, Dynegy Midwest 

Generation, LLC, Dynegy Power 

Marketing, LLC, Dynegy Resources 

Management, LLC, Electric Energy, Inc., 

Illinois Power Generating Company, 

Illinois Power Marketing Company, 

Illinois Power Resources Generating, 

LLC, Midwest Electric Power, Inc. 

Description: Updated Market Power 

Analysis of the Dynegy Central MBR 

Sellers. 

Filed Date: 12/29/17. 

Accession Number: 20171229–5225. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/27/18. 

Docket Numbers: ER18–573–000. 

Applicants: Montpelier Generating 

Station, LLC. 

Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: 

Reactive Power Rate Schedule to be 

effective 12/31/9998. 

Filed Date: 12/29/17. 

Accession Number: 20171229–5204. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/19/18. 

Docket Numbers: ER18–574–000. 

Applicants: Monument Generating 

Station, LLC. 

Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: 

Reactive Power Rate Schedule to be 

effective 12/31/9998. 

Filed Date: 12/29/17. 

Accession Number: 20171229–5205. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/19/18. 

Docket Numbers: ER18–575–000. 

Applicants: O.H. Hutchings CT, LLC. 

Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: 

Reactive Power Rate Schedule to be 

effective 12/31/9998. 

Filed Date: 12/29/17. 

Accession Number: 20171229–5206. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/19/18. 

Docket Numbers: ER18–576–000. 

Applicants: Sidney, LLC. 

Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: 

Reactive Power Rate Schedule to be 

effective 12/31/9998. 


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