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8. For borrowers who have or had 

loans other than from the Direct Loan 

program, what have your experiences 

been when trying to access or 

participate in PSLF? 

9. How can communications about 

PSLF requirements be improved? 

10. What are the common questions 

that borrowers have about PSLF? 

Opportunities To Strengthen PSLF for 

Borrowers Who Currently Work in 

Public Service 

11. What operational steps can the 

Department take to strengthen PSLF and 

better serve public service workers who 

currently owe student debt, including 

borrowers who have already applied for 

and been denied PSLF? 

12. What steps can the Department 

take to improve borrowers’ experiences 

in applying for PSLF? 

13. What steps or improvements can 

servicers make to improve borrowers’ 

experiences in applying for PSLF? 

14. What can the Department do to 

better partner with employers to ensure 

that all borrowers know about the 

benefits of PSLF? 

The Effects of the COVID–19 Pandemic 

on Student Loan Borrowers Working in 

Public Service 

15. How has the COVID–19 pandemic 

affected borrowers’ ability to access 

PSLF? 

16. Are there any considerations 

about PSLF that the Department should 

bear in mind as it prepares for the end 

of the COVID–19 administrative 

forbearance on Direct Loans? 

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Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 

1087e(m). 

Julie Margetta Morgan, 

Delegated the authority to perform the 

functions and duties of the Under Secretary, 

Senior Advisor, Office of the Under Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2021–15831 Filed 7–23–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2021–SCC–0111] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; 

Implementation of Title I/II–A Program 

Initiatives—Preliminary Activities 

AGENCY: Institute of Educational Science 

(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 

September 24, 2021. 

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– 

2021–SCC–0111. 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. 

If the regulations.gov site is not 

available to the public for any reason, 

ED 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 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 PRA Coordinator of the 

Strategic Collections and Clearance 

Governance and Strategy Division, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Ave. SW, LBJ, Room 6W208C, 

Washington, DC 20202–8240. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Erica Johnson, 

202–245–7676. 

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 

response to this notice will be 

considered public records. 

Title of Collection: Implementation of 

Title I/II–A Program Initiatives— 

Preliminary Activities. 

OMB Control Number: 1850–NEW. 

Type of Review: A new information 

collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

Local, and Tribal Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 92. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 15. 

Abstract: When the primary federal 

law governing K–12 schooling was 

updated in 2015 as the Every Student 

Succeeds Act (ESSA), it shifted many 

decisions to states and districts. 

However, through two of its core 

programs (Title I and Title II–A), ESSA 

retained federal requirements for states 

to set challenging content standards, 

assess student performance, identify 

and support low-performing schools, 

and promote the development of the 

educator workforce. How states and 

districts respond to the combination of 

flexibility and requirements and how 

policies are enacted in schools and 

classrooms will determine whether 

ESSA stimulates educational 

improvement as intended, which is 

particularly important in the wake of 


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1Price-Anderson Act, Public Law 85–256, 71 Stat. 

576 (amending Atomic Energy Act of 1954, Public 

Law 83–703, codified as amended at 42 U.S.C. 2011 

et seq.). (For brevity, the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 

will be cited throughout simply as ‘‘Atomic Energy 

Act’’ or AEA.) The pertinent sections of the PAA 

amended AEA § 11 and created AEA § 170, which 

are codified respectively at 42 U.S.C. 2014 and 

2210. 

2See U.S. Nuclear Reg. Comm’n, The Price 

Anderson Act—Crossing the Bridge to the Next 

Century: A Report to Congress 1–8 (1998), https:// 

www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1217/ML12170A857.pdf 

(describing the NRC PAA financial protection 

scheme); 10 CFR part 140, Financial Protection 

Requirements and Indemnity Agreements (NRC 

regulations implementing the PAA financial 

protection requirements for licensees and the 

indemnification and liability limitations); and 

Inflation Adjustments to the Price-Anderson Act 

Financial Protection Regulations, 83 FR 48202 

(Sept. 24, 2018) (adjusting the total and maximum 

deferred premiums under the PAA for certain 

reactors). 

3Adjustment of Indemnification Amount for 

Inflation, 83 FR 49374 (Oct. 1, 2018) (adjusting the 

statutory public liability limit to the present $13.7 

billion). 

4Price-Anderson Act, supra note 1, at § 4 

(amending Atomic Energy Act § 170j., codified as 

amended at 42 U.S.C. 2210(j)). 

5Price-Anderson Amendments Act of 2005, 

Public Law 109–58, tit. VI, 119 Stat. 779 (amending 

Atomic Energy Act § 170, codified as amended at 

42 U.S.C. 2210). 

6 Id. at tit. VI, § 602(b) (amending Atomic Energy 

Act § 170d.(1)(A), codified as amended at 42 U.S.C. 

2210(d)(1)(A)). The NRC’s authority for the PAA 

system of financial protection was similarly 

extended. 

7 Id. at tit. VI, § 606 (amending Atomic Energy Act 

§ 170p., codified as amended at 42 U.S.C. 2210(p)). 

As amended, section 170p. of the AEA requires the 

Secretary of Energy and the NRC to ‘‘submit to the 

Congress by December 31, 2021, detailed reports 

concerning the need for continuation or 

modification of the provisions of [the PAA], taking 

into account the condition of the nuclear industry, 

availability of private insurance, and the state of 

knowledge concerning nuclear safety at that time, 

among other relevant factors and shall include 

educational disruptions wrought by the 

coronavirus pandemic. 

This is the first of two clearance 

requests. This first package requests 

clearance to inform school districts of 

the study and collect teacher lists for the 

purpose of preparing to conduct a 

nationally representative survey in 

spring 2022. The second package, to be 

submitted at a later date, will request 

clearance for state, district, principal, 

and teacher survey instruments and the 

collection of these data. 

Dated: July 21, 2021. 

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. 2021–15879 Filed 7–23–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Notice of Inquiry on Preparation of 

Report to Congress on the PriceAnderson Act 

AGENCY: Office of General Counsel, 

DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of inquiry on preparation 

of report to Congress on the PriceAnderson Act. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(the ‘‘Department’’ or ‘‘DOE’’) is 

requesting public comment concerning 

the need for continuation or 

modification of the provisions of the 

Price-Anderson Act (PAA) as 

administered by DOE. The PAA 

establishes a system of financial 

protection that encourages the safe and 

secure operation of nuclear power and 

other nuclear activities and assures 

equitable compensation of victims in 

the event of a nuclear incident. 

Comments from the public will assist 

the Department in the preparation of its 

report on the PAA to be submitted to 

Congress by December 31, 2021, as 

required by the Atomic Energy Act of 

1954 (AEA), as amended. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received by August 25, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

to: paareportnoi@hq.doe.gov. Although 

DOE has routinely accepted public 

comment submissions through a variety 

of mechanisms, including postal mail 

and hand delivery/courier, the 

Department has found it necessary to 

make temporary modifications to the 

comment submission process in light of 

the ongoing Covid–19 pandemic. DOE is 

currently suspending receipt of public 

comments via postal mail and hand 

delivery/courier. If a commenter finds 

that this change poses undue hardship, 

please contact the Office of the General 

Counsel staff at (202) 586–2177 to 

discuss the need for alternative 

arrangements. Once the Covid–19 

pandemic health emergency is resolved, 

DOE anticipates resuming all of its 

regular options for public comment 

submission, including postal mail and 

hand delivery/courier. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stewart Forbes, Office of the Assistant 

General Counsel for Civilian Nuclear 

Programs, U.S. Department of Energy, 

Room 6A–167, 1000 Independence Ave. 

SW, Washington, DC 20585; Email: 

stewart.forbes@hq.doe.gov; and Phone: 

(202) 586–2177. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction 

The PAA was enacted in 1957 as an 

amendment to the AEA to encourage the 

development of nuclear power and 

nuclear activities by establishing a 

system of financial protection for 

persons who may be liable for and 

persons who may be injured by a 

nuclear incident.1 DOE and the Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission (NRC) are 

authorized to administer the PAA 

system of financial protection with 

respect to DOE contractual activities 

and NRC licensees, respectively. While 

both the DOE and NRC systems of 

financial protection are underpinned by 

many of the same PAA principles and 

provisions, they are administered and 

applicable in different ways. In the DOE 

system, the PAA financial protection is 

in the form of a DOE indemnification 

and applies to all DOE contractors 

undertaking activities that involve the 

risk of a nuclear incident. In the NRC 

system, the PAA financial protection 

requirements for NRC licensees is in the 

form of insurance and/or 

indemnification, or neither depending 

on the type of nuclear installation and 

nuclear operator.2 This Notice is 

focused on the PAA as applicable to and 

administered by DOE. 

As explained previously, the DOE 

PAA system of financial protection is in 

the form of an indemnification by DOE 

(‘‘DOE Price-Anderson 

indemnification’’) for legal liability for a 

nuclear incident or a precautionary 

evacuation arising from activity under a 

DOE contract. The DOE Price-Anderson 

indemnification: (1) Provides omnibus 

coverage of all persons who might be 

legally liable; (2) indemnifies fully all 

legal liability up to the statutory limit 

on such liability (as of 2018 

approximately $13.7 billion, inflationadjusted, for a nuclear incident in the 

United States 3); (3) covers all DOE 

contractual activity that might result in 

a nuclear incident in the United States; 

(4) is not subject to the availability of 

funds; 4 and (5) is mandatory and 

exclusive. 

The PAA has been amended several 

times since enactment. The most recent 

amendment was the Price-Anderson 

Amendments Act of 2005 (‘‘2005 

Amendments’’), passed as part of the 

Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Title VI, 

Subtitle A).5 The 2005 Amendments 

extended the authority of DOE to grant 

the DOE Price-Anderson 

indemnification until December 31, 

2025.6 Along with the extension, 

Congress amended section 170p. of the 

AEA to mandate, as it had done with a 

prior extension, that DOE submit a 

report to Congress by December 31, 

2021 (‘‘2021 Report’’) on whether 

provisions of the PAA should be 

continued, modified, or eliminated.7


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