52140 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 179 / Monday, September 20, 2021 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No. ED–2021–SCC–0078] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

Statewide Longitudinal Data System 

(SLDS) Survey 2021–2023 

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 revision of a currently 

approved collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before October 

20, 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 

‘‘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 Carrie Clarady, 

202–245–6347. 

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: Statewide 

Longitudinal Data System (SLDS) 

Survey 2021–2023. 

OMB Control Number: 1850–0933. 

Type of Review: A revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

Local, and Tribal Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 112. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 140. 

Abstract: The National Center for 

Education Statistics (NCES), of the 

Institute of Education Sciences (IES), 

within the U.S. Department of 

Education, is requesting clearance to 

continue the Statewide Longitudinal 

Data System (SLDS) Survey collection, 

which is intended to provide insight on 

State and U.S. territory SLDS capacity 

for automated linking of K–12, teacher, 

postsecondary, workforce, career and 

technical education (CTE), adult 

education, and early childhood data. 

The SLDS Survey will continue to be 

collected annually from State Education 

Agencies (SEAs), and will help inform 

NCES ongoing evaluation and targeted 

technical assistance efforts to enhance 

the quality of the SLDS Program’s 

support to States regarding systems 

development, enhancement, and use. 

The request to conduct all activities 

related to SLDS 2020–22, including 

materials and procedures, was approved 

by OMB in May 2020 (OMB #1859– 

0933v.8), with a nonsubstantive change 

request (OMB #1859–0933v.9) approved 

in August 2020. The SLDS 2020–22 

package included a new data collection 

tool, a Google Form developed for an 

electronic data collection. That tool was 

not as successful in the 2020 data 

collection as NCES would like (see 

section A.3 for a richer discussion of 

this). This new request is to conduct all 

activities related to SLDS 2021–23. It 

submits enhancements to the OMBapproved Survey, intended to bring 

consistency to questions across sectors, 

provide greater definition and clarity to 

terminology and questions used within 

the SLDS Survey, and address 

pandemic-related response across states. 

In addition, this request submits 

screenshots of the new Qualtrics 

information collection tool that will 

replace the Google Form introduced for 

SLDS 2020 and which will be used in 

the 2021 SLDS Data Collection (for 

proposed changes, see Appendix E) and 

is planned for use in subsequent 

collections. Finally, this request submits 

screenshots of the updated webinar, as 

the SLDS Program proposes the option 

to host one or two SLDS Survey 

webinars to familiarize respondents 

with the collection tool and completion 

process. All proposed changes are 

captured within these documents, 

including accompanying appendices. 

Dated: September 14, 2021. 

Stephanie Valentine, 

PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and 

Clearance Governance and Strategy Division, 

Office of Chief Data Officer Office of Planning, 

Evaluation and Policy Development. 

[FR Doc. 2021–20209 Filed 9–17–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Combined Notice of Filings 

Take notice that the Commission has 

received the following Natural Gas 

Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings: 

Filings Instituting Proceedings 

Docket Numbers: RP21–1108–000. 

Applicants: Cove Point LNG, LP. 

Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: Cove 

Point—Interim PVIC Adjustment Filing 

to be effective 10/1/2021. 

Filed Date: 9/13/21. 

Accession Number: 20210913–5113. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 9/27/21. 

The filings are accessible in the 

Commission’s eLibrary system (https://

elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/search/ 

fercgensearch.asp) by querying the 

docket number. 

Any person desiring to intervene or 

protest in any of the above proceedings 

must file in accordance with Rules 211 

and 214 of the Commission’s 

Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and 

385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern 

time on the specified comment date. 

Protests may be considered, but 

intervention is necessary to become a 

party to the proceeding. 

eFiling is encouraged. More detailed 

information relating to filing 

requirements, interventions, protests, 

service, and qualifying facilities filings 

can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/ 

docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For 

other information, call (866) 208–3676 

(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. 

Dated: September 14, 2021. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2021–20249 Filed 9–17–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P