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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: William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program (DL) Regulations—Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA).

OMB Control Number: 1845–0094. Type of Review: Extension. Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals or households; Private Sector (Not-for-profit institutions); State, Local or Tribal Governments.

Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 2,723.

Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 681.

Abstract: Upon a loan holder’s receipt of a written request from a borrower and a copy of the borrower’s military orders, the regulations at 34 CFR 685.202 provide that the maximum interest rate (as defined in 50 U.S.C. 527, App. Section 207 (d)) that may be charged on Federal Family Education Loan Program loans made prior to the borrower entering active duty status is six percent while the borrower is on active duty status. This request is for an extension of the approved recordkeeping requirements contained in the regulations related to the administrative requirements of the Direct Loan Program.

Dated: November 20, 2012. Darrin A. King, Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and Records Management Services, Office of Management.
[FR Doc. 2012–28620 Filed 11–23–12; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 4000–01–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

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**DATES :**  Thursday, December 20, 2012; 3:30 p.m.–4:00 p.m. (EST).

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  To receive the call-in number and passcode, please contact: Gil Sperling, STEAB’s Designated Federal Officer, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585. Phone number is (202) 287–1644.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :** 

Purpose of the Board: To provide advice and make 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 mattersand other topics of interest, and followup on activities of the Weatherization Taskforce’s meeting at DOE.

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 provisions 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 November
19, 2012. LaTanya R. Butler, Deputy Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012–28568 Filed 11–23–12; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 6450–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY** 

**Federal Energy Regulatory Commission** 

**[Project Nos. 2710–061; 2712–078]**

**Black Bear Hydro Partners, LLC and Black Bear Development Holdings,**  **LLC and Black Bear SO, LLC; Notice of Application for Partial Transfer of**  **Licenses, and Soliciting Comments and Motions To Intervene** 

On October 25, 2012, Black Bear Hydro Partners, LLC, sole licensee (transferor) and Black Bear Development Holdings, LLC and Black Bear SO, LLC (transferees) filed an application for the partial the transfer of licenses for the Orono Hydroelectric Project, FERC No. 2710, and the Stillwater Hydroelectric Project, FERC No. 2712, both located on the Stillwater Branch of the Penobscot River in Penobscot County, Maine.

Applicants seek Commission approval to partially transfer the licenses for the Orono and Stillwater Hydroelectric Projects from the transferor as sole licensee to the transferor and transferees as co-licensees.

Applicants’ Contact: Ms. Christine Miller, Esq., Black Bear Hydro Partners, LLC, Black Bear Development Holdings, LLC, Black Bear SO, LLC, c/o ArcLight Capital Partners, LLC, 200 Clarendon Street, Boston, MA 02117, Phone (617) 531–6338 and Ms. Margaret A. Moore, Ms. Jessica C. Friedman, and Ms. Julia S. Wood, Van Ness Feldman, LLP, 1050 Thomas Jefferson St. NW., Washington, DC 20007–3877, Phone (202) 298–1800.

FERC Contact: Patricia W. Gillis (202) 502–8735, patricia.gillis@ferc.gov.

Deadline for filing comments and motions to intervene: 15 days from the issuance of this notice by the Commission. Comments and motions to intervene may be filed electronically via the Internet. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1) and the instructions on the Commission’s Web site under 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. If unable to be filedelectronically, documents may be paperfiled. To paper-file, an original plus seven copies should be mailed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. More information about this project can be viewed or printed on the eLibrary link of Commission’s Web site at http:// www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp.