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services included in this potential sale 

is SECRET. 

4. If a technologically advanced 

adversary were to obtain knowledge of 

the specific hardware and software 

elements, the information could be used 

to develop countermeasures that might 

reduce weapon system effectiveness or 

be used in the development of a system 

with similar or advanced capabilities. 

5. A determination has been made 

that Italy can provide the same degree 

of protection for the sensitive 

technology being released as the U.S. 

Government. This sale is necessary in 

furtherance of the U.S. foreign policy 

and national security objectives 

outlined in the Policy Justification. 

6. All defense articles and services 

listed in this transmittal are authorized 

for release and export to Italy. 

[FR Doc. 2024–30322 Filed 12–18–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6001–FR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2024–SCC–0145] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; High 

School Longitudinal Study of 2009 

(HSLS:09)—Third Follow-Up 

AGENCY: Institute of Education Sciences 

(IES), Department of Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, the Department is proposing a 

reinstatement with change of a 

previously approved information 

collection request (ICR). 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before February 

18, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: To access and review all the 

documents related to the information 

collection listed in this notice, please 

use https://www.regulations.gov by 

searching the Docket ID number ED– 

2024–SCC–0145. Comments submitted 

in response to this notice should be 

submitted electronically through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at https://

www.regulations.gov by selecting the 

Docket ID number or via postal mail, 

commercial delivery, or hand delivery. 

If the regulations.gov site is not 

available to the public for any reason, 

the Department will temporarily accept 

comments at ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. 

Please include the docket ID number 

and the title of the information 

collection request when requesting 

documents or submitting comments. 

Please note that comments 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 Manager of the 

Strategic Collections and Clearance 

Governance and Strategy Division, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Ave. SW, LBJ, Room 4C210, 

Washington, DC 20202–1200. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Carrie Clarady, 

(202) 245–6347. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department, 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. The 

Department is soliciting comments on 

the proposed information collection 

request (ICR) that is described below. 

The Department 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: High School 

Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS:09)— 

Third Follow-Up. 

OMB Control Number: 1850–0852. 

Type of Review: Reinstatement with 

change of a previously approved ICR. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals or Households. Total 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 11,600. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 1,933. 

Abstract: The High School 

Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS:09) is 

conducted by the National Center for 

Education Statistics (NCES), part of the 

Institute of Education Sciences (IES) 

within the U.S. Department of 

Education. The HSLS:09 base-year data 

collection took place in the 2009–10 

school year, with a randomly selected 

sample of fall-term 9th-graders in more 

than 900 public and private high 

schools with both 9th and 11th grades. 

This fall 2009 cohort of 9th graders has 

been followed over time, with follow-up 

interviews in spring 2012 and summerfall 2013 and a collection of 

administrative records (such as high 

school transcripts). HSLS:09 data allows 

researchers, educators, and 

policymakers to examine motivation, 

achievement, and persistence in STEM 

(as well as non-STEM) coursetaking and 

careers. More generally, HSLS:09 data 

will allow researchers from a variety of 

disciplines to examine issues of college 

entry, persistence and success, and how 

changes in young people’s lives and 

their connections with communities, 

schools, teachers, families, parents, and 

friends affect these decisions. 

This request is to conduct the third 

follow-up of the High School 

Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS:09). 

This submission includes materials and 

justification for the HSLS:09 third 

follow-up and includes approximately 

23,000 sample members who were in 

9th grade in 2009 during the base-year 

data collection. Most of the data for the 

third follow-up will be obtained by 

administrative data matching. Sample 

members will also be invited to 

complete a brief web survey. In addition 

to supporting statements, this 

submission includes: a membership list 

of the Technical Review Panel (TRP) 

(appendix A); a description of the 

confidentiality procedures in place for 

the administrative record matching 

(appendix B); study communication 

materials (appendix C); and the survey 

instrument (appendix D). 

This submission covers HSLS:09 third 

follow-up materials and procedures 

required for administering a brief survey 

for sample members and administrative 

records matching. This submission is 

designed to adequately justify the need 

for and overall practical utility of the 

third follow-up study, presenting the 

plan for the data collection and 

providing as much detail about the 

measures to be used as is available at 

the time of this submission. For this 

full-scale study NCES will publish a 

notice in the Federal Register allowing 

for an initial 60-day public comment 

period and then an additional 30-day 

public comment period. 


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Dated: December 16, 2024. 

Juliana Pearson, 

PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and 

Clearance, Governance and Strategy Division, 

Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of 

Planning, Evaluation and Policy 

Development. 

[FR Doc. 2024–30262 Filed 12–18–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[GDO Docket No. EA–520] 

Application for Authorization To 

Export Electric Energy; XTS LLC 

AGENCY: Grid Deployment Office, 

Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of application. 

SUMMARY: XTS LLC (the Applicant or 

XTS) has applied for authorization to 

transmit electric energy from the United 

States to Mexico pursuant to the Federal 

Power Act. 

DATES: Comments, protests, or motions 

to intervene must be submitted on or 

before January 21, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Comments, protests, 

motions to intervene, or requests for 

more information should be addressed 

by electronic mail to 

Electricity.Exports@hq.doe.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Janessa Zucchetto, (240) 474–8226, 

Electricity.Exports@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

United States Department of Energy 

(DOE) regulates electricity exports from 

the United States to foreign countries in 

accordance with section 202(e) of the 

Federal Power Act (FPA) (16 U.S.C. 

824a(e)) and regulations thereunder (10 

CFR 205.300 et seq.). Sections 301(b) 

and 402(f) of the DOE Organization Act 

(42 U.S.C. 7151(b) and 7172(f)) 

transferred this regulatory authority, 

previously exercised by the nowdefunct Federal Power Commission, to 

DOE. 

Section 202(e) of the FPA provides 

that an entity which seeks to export 

electricity must obtain an order from 

DOE authorizing that export (16 U.S.C. 

824a(e)). On April 10, 2023, the 

authority to issue such orders was 

delegated to the DOE’s Grid Deployment 

Office (GDO) under Redelegation Order 

No. S3–DEL–GD1–2023. 

On November 19, 2024, XTS filed an 

application for authorization to transmit 

electric energy from the United States to 

Mexico for a term of five years. App. at 

1. 

According to the Application, XTS is 

a power marketer ‘‘authorized to do 

business in the State of Texas as a 

limited liability company that 

participates in the Electric Reliability 

Council of Texas[.]’’ Id. XTS states that 

it purchases and sells electricity and 

ancillary services to customers. Id. The 

Applicant has applied for Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) 

market-based rate authority and ‘‘will 

obtain any and all other regulatory 

approvals required in order to carry out 

any electricity exports.’’ Id. at 4 & 

Attachment 2. 

The Applicant states it ‘‘does not 

currently own or control electric 

generation or transmission facilities and 

does not have a power supply of its own 

in the United States that would cause its 

electricity exports to have a reliability, 

fuel use, or system stability impact.’’ 

App. at 3. XTS represents that it ‘‘will 

purchase the electricity that it may 

export, on either a firm or an 

interruptible basis, from wholesale 

generators, electric utilities, federal 

power marketing agencies, and affiliates 

through negotiated agreements that have 

been voluntarily executed by the selling 

parties after considering their own need 

for any such electricity.’’ Id. at 3. XTS 

asserts its transactions will comply with 

all North American Reliability 

Corporation requirements and the 

export limits imposed by DOE. See id. 

at 4. For these reasons, XTS states that 

its ‘‘proposed electricity exports will not 

impair or tend to impede the sufficiency 

of electric power supplies in the United 

States or the regional coordination of 

electric utility planning or operations.’’ 

Id. 

The existing international 

transmission facilities to be utilized by 

the Applicant have been previously 

authorized by Presidential permits 

issued pursuant to Executive Order 

10485, as amended, and are appropriate 

for open access transmission by third 

parties. See App. at Exhibit C. 

Procedural Matters: Any person 

desiring to be heard in this proceeding 

should file a comment or protest to the 

Application at Electricity.Exports@

hq.doe.gov. Protests should be filed in 

accordance with Rule 211 of FERC’s 

Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 

385.211). Any person desiring to 

become a party to this proceeding 

should file a motion to intervene at 

Electricity.Exports@hq.doe.gov in 

accordance with FERC Rule 214 (18 CFR 

385.214). 

Comments and other filings 

concerning XTS’s Application should be 

clearly marked with GDO Docket No. 

EA–520. Additional copies are to be 

provided directly to Pedro Escudero y 

Ramirez de Arellano, XTS LLC, Javier 

Barros Sierra, 540 Park Plaza I Piso 1, 

Alvaro Obregon, CDMX, Mexico 01210, 

escuderop@xiix.mx, and Frederick Jauss 

IV, Husch Blackwell LLP, 1801 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 1000, 

Washington, DC 20006, fred.jauss@

huschblackwell.com. 

A final decision will be made on the 

requested authorization after the 

environmental impacts have been 

evaluated pursuant to DOE’s National 

Environmental Policy Act Implementing 

Procedures (10 CFR part 1021) and after 

DOE evaluates whether the proposed 

action will have an adverse impact on 

the sufficiency of supply or reliability of 

the United States electric power supply 

system. 

Copies of this Application will be 

made available, upon request, by 

accessing the program website at 

https://www.energy.gov/gdo/pendingapplications-0 or by emailing 

Electricity.Exports@hq.doe.gov. 

Signing Authority: This document of 

the Department of Energy was signed on 

December 13, 2024, by Maria Robinson, 

Director, Grid Deployment Office, 

pursuant to delegated authority from the 

Secretary of Energy. That document 

with the original signature and date is 

maintained by DOE. For administrative 

purposes only, and in compliance with 

requirements of the Office of the Federal 

Register, the undersigned DOE Federal 

Register Liaison Officer has been 

authorized to sign and submit the 

document in electronic format for 

publication, as an official document of 

the Department of Energy. This 

administrative process in no way alters 

the legal effect of this document upon 

publication in the Federal Register. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on December 

16, 2024. 

Treena V. Garrett, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. 

Department of Energy. 

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BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[GDO Docket No. EA–171–F] 

Application for Renewal of 

Authorization To Export Electric 

Energy; Powerex Corp. 

AGENCY: Grid Deployment Office, 

Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of application. 

SUMMARY: Powerex Corp. (the Applicant 

or Powerex) has applied for renewal of 

authorization to transmit electric energy 

from the United States to Canada 

pursuant to the Federal Power Act. 

DATES: Comments, protests, or motions 

to intervene must be submitted on or 

before January 21, 2025. 


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