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the Secretary of Defense shall establish 

a patient care error reporting and 

management system to study 

occurrences of errors in patient care and 

that one purpose of the system should 

be to ‘‘identify systemic factors that are 

associated with such occurrences’’ and 

‘‘to provide for action to be taken to 

correct the identified systemic factors’’ 

(Sec. 754, items b2 and b3). In addition, 

the legislation states that the Secretary 

shall ‘‘continue research and 

development investments to improve 

communication, coordination, and team 

work in the provision of health care’’. 

(Sec. 754, item d4). 

In its ongoing response to this 

legislation and in support of its mission 

to ‘‘promote a culture of safety to 

eliminate preventable patient harm by 

engaging, educating and equipping 

patient-care teams to institutionalize 

evidence-based safe practices,’’ the DoD 

Patient Safety Program plans to field the 

Department of Defense Patient Safety 

Culture Survey. The Culture Survey is 

based on the Department of Health and 

Human Services’ Agency for Healthcare 

Research and Quality’s validated survey 

instrument. The survey obtains MHS 

staff opinions on patient safety issues 

such as teamwork, communications, 

medical error occurrence and response, 

error reporting, and overall perceptions 

of patient safety. 

Affected Public: Federal Government, 

Individuals or Households. 

Annual Burden Hours: 1,251.2. 

Number of Respondents: 7,820. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Annual Responses: 7,820. 

Average Burden per Response: 0.16 

hours. 

Frequency: As required. 

Dated: August 17, 2021. 

Aaron T. Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2021–18132 Filed 8–23–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Notice Inviting Publishers To Submit 

Tests for a Determination of Suitability 

for Use in the National Reporting 

System for Adult Education 

AGENCY: Office of Career, Technical, and 

Adult Education, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Secretary of Education 

invites publishers to submit tests for 

review and approval for use in the 

National Reporting System for Adult 

Education (NRS) and announces the 

date by which publishers must submit 

these tests. This notice relates to the 

approved information collection under 

OMB control number 1830–0567. 

DATES: Deadline for transmittal of 

applications: October 1, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your application by 

email to NRS@air.org. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

LeMaster, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, 

Room 11152, Potomac Center Plaza, 

Washington, DC 20202–7240. 

Telephone: (202) 245–6218. Email: 

John.LeMaster@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD) or a text 

telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay 

Service (FRS), toll free, at 1–800–877– 

8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department’s regulations for Measuring 

Educational Gain in the National 

Reporting System for Adult Education, 

34 CFR part 462 (NRS regulations), 

include the procedures for determining 

the suitability of tests for use in the 

NRS. 

There is a review process that will 

begin on October 1, 2021. Only tests 

submitted by the due date will be 

reviewed in that review cycle. If a 

publisher submits a test after October 1, 

2021, the test will not be reviewed until 

the review cycle that begins on October 

1, 2022. 

Criteria the Secretary Uses: In order 

for the Secretary to consider a test 

suitable for use in the NRS, the test 

must meet the criteria and requirements 

established in 34 CFR 462.13. 

Submission Requirements: 

(a) In preparing your application, you 

must comply with the requirements in 

34 CFR 462.11. 

(b) In accordance with 34 CFR 462.10, 

the deadline for transmittal of 

applications in this fiscal year is 

October 1, 2021. 

(c) You must retain a copy of your 

sent email message and the email 

attachments as proof that you submitted 

your application by 11:59 p.m. local 

time on October 1, 2021. 

(d) We do not consider applications 

submitted after the application deadline 

date to be timely for the October 1, 

2021, review cycle. If an application is 

submitted after the October 1, 2021, 

deadline date, the application will be 

considered timely for the October 1, 

2022, deadline date. 

Accessible Format: On request to the 

program contact person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, 

individuals with disabilities can obtain 

this document in an accessible format. 

The Department will provide the 

requestor with an accessible format that 

may include Rich Text Format (RTF) or 

text format (TXT), a thumb drive, an 

MP3 file, braille, large print, audiotape, 

or compact disc or other accessible 

format. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

The official version of this document is 

the document published in the Federal 

Register. You may access the official 

edition of the Federal Register and the 

Code of Federal Regulations at 

www.govinfo.gov. At this site you can 

view this document, as well as all other 

documents of this Department 

published in the Federal Register, in 

text or Portable Document Format 

(PDF). To use PDF you must have 

Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

available free at the site. 

You may also access documents of the 

Department published in the Federal 

Register by using the article search 

feature at www.federalregister.gov. 

Specifically, through the advanced 

search feature at this site, you can limit 

your search to documents published by 

the Department. 

Authority: 29 U.S.C. 3292. 

Jennifer Mishory, 

Chief of Staff, Delegated the Authority to 

Perform the Functions and Duties of the 

Assistant Secretary for Career, Technical, and 

Adult Education. 

[FR Doc. 2021–18213 Filed 8–23–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2021–SCC–0084] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

Federal Perkins/NDSL Loan 

Assignment Form 

AGENCY: Federal Student Aid (FSA), 

Department of Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is 

proposing an extension without change 

of a currently approved collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before 

September 23, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for proposed 

information collection requests should 

be sent within 30 days of publication of 

this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/ 

do/PRAMain. Find this information 

collection request by selecting 

‘‘Department of Education’’ under 

‘‘Currently Under Review,’’ then check 


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1Order Confirming and Approving Rate Schedule 

on a Final Basis, FERC Docket No. EF18–1–000, 163 

FERC ¶ 62,154 (2018). 

‘‘Only Show ICR for Public Comment’’ 

checkbox. Comments may also be sent 

to ICDocketmgr@ed.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Beth 

Grebeldinger, 202–377–4018. 

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: Federal Perkins/ 

NDSL Loan Assignment Form. 

OMB Control Number: 1845–0048. 

Type of Review: A revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: Private 

Sector; State, Local, and Tribal 

Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 75,072. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 37,537. 

Abstract: Institutions participating in 

the Federal Perkins Loan program use 

the assignment form to assign loans to 

the Department for collection without 

recompense, transferring the authority 

to collect on the loan. This request is for 

continued approval of the paper based 

assignment form and the electronic 

process. The electronic process allows 

for batch processing as well as 

individual processing. The same 

information is being requested in both 

processing methods. The Department is 

requesting a revision of the currently 

approved collection. One minor change 

has been made to the form to include 

the option of a foreign address for the 

borrower. 

Dated: August 19, 2021. 

Kate Mullan, 

PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and 

Clearance, Governance and Strategy Division, 

Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of 

Planning, Evaluation and Policy 

Development. 

[FR Doc. 2021–18202 Filed 8–23–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Western Area Power Administration 

Boulder Canyon Project 

AGENCY: Western Area Power 

Administration, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice concerning fiscal year 

2022 Boulder Canyon Project base 

charge and rates for electric service. 

SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary for 

Electricity confirms, approves, and 

places into effect on a final basis the 

Boulder Canyon Project (BCP) base 

charge and rates for fiscal year (FY) 

2022 under Rate Schedule BCP–F10. 

The base charge increased 2.9 percent 

from $65.4 million in FY 2021 to $67.4 

million in FY 2022. The change is 

primarily the result of an increase in the 

Bureau of Reclamation’s (Reclamation) 

replacement costs, an increase in the 

Western Area Power Administration’s 

(WAPA) operations and maintenance 

(O&M) expenses and replacement costs, 

and a decrease in prior year carryover 

funds from FY 2021. 

DATES: The FY 2022 base charge and 

rates will be effective October 1, 2021 

and will remain in effect through 

September 30, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jack 

D. Murray, Acting Regional Manager, 

Desert Southwest Region, Western Area 

Power Administration, P.O. Box 6457, 

Phoenix, AZ 85005–6457, (602) 605– 

2525, or dswpwrmrk@wapa.gov; or Tina 

Ramsey, Rates Manager, Desert 

Southwest Region, Western Area Power 

Administration, (602) 605–2565, or 

ramsey@wapa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 6, 

2018, the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission (FERC) confirmed and 

approved Rate Schedule BCP–F10 under 

Rate Order No. WAPA–178 on a final 

basis through September 30, 2022.1 The 

rate-setting methodology for BCP 

calculates an annual base charge rather 

than a unit rate for Hoover Dam 

hydropower. The base charge recovers 

an annual revenue requirement that 

includes WAPA and Reclamation 

projected costs of investment 

repayment, interest, O&M, 

replacements, payments to states, and 

Hoover Dam visitor services. Non-power 

revenue projections such as water sales, 

Hoover Dam visitor center revenue, 

ancillary services, and late fees help 

offset these projected costs. Customers 

are billed a percentage of the base 

charge in proportion to their Hoover 

power allocation. Rates are calculated 

for comparative purposes but are not 

used to determine the charges for 

service. 

Rate Schedule BCP–F10 and the BCP 

Electric Service Contract require WAPA 

to determine the annual base charge and 

rates for the next FY before October 1 

of each year. The FY 2021 BCP base 

charge and rates expire on September 

30, 2021. 

COMPARISON OF BASE CHARGE AND RATES

FY 2021 FY 2022 Amount change Percent change 

Base Charge ($) .............................................................................. $65,443,462 $67,355,778 $1,912,316 2.9 

Composite Rate (mills/kWh) ............................................................ 18.10 20.63 2.53 14.0 

Energy Rate (mills/kWh) .................................................................. 9.05 10.32 1.27 14.0 

Capacity Rate ($/kW-Mo) ................................................................ $1.69 $2.03 $0.34 20.1 


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