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NEPA regulations at 33 CFR part 325, 

Appendix B. A reasonable range of 

alternatives will be determined and 

significant issues related to the 

proposed action will be identified 

during agency and public scoping. 

The following agencies are being 

invited as Cooperating Agencies on the 

SEIS: Environmental Protection Agency 

(EPA), Department of the Interior’s U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), 

U.S. Department of Agriculture’s 

Natural Resources Conservation Service 

(NRCS), Advisory Council on Historic 

Preservation (ACHP), Louisiana’s 

Historic Preservation Office (LA SHPO), 

and Louisiana’s Department of Natural 

Resources (LA–DNR). 

5. Alternatives. The SEIS will address 

a reasonable range of alternatives based 

on the proposed project’s purpose and 

need and in view of its previous 

authorization. The SEIS will compare 

the proposed channel improvements of 

Beaver Bayou, Blackwater Bayou and 

Tributary, and Upper Jones Creek and 

Tributaries against the No Action 

Alternative (Future without the Project). 

The proposed project and the resulting 

analysis will be presented in the SEIS. 

6. Potentially Significant Issues. The 

SEIS will analyze the potential impacts 

on the human and natural environment 

resulting from the proposed Project. The 

scoping, public involvement, and 

interagency coordination processes will 

help identify and define the range of 

potential significant issues that will be 

considered. Important resources and 

issues to be evaluated in the SEIS could 

include, but are not limited to, the 

reasonably foreseeable effects on 

wetlands and other waters of the U.S.; 

aquatic resources; commercial and 

recreational fisheries; wildlife resources; 

essential fish habitat; water quality; 

cultural resources; geology and soils; 

hydrology and hydraulics; air quality; 

marine mammals; threatened and 

endangered species and their critical 

habitats; navigation and navigable 

waters; induced flooding; employment 

and incomes; land use; property values; 

tax revenues; population and housing; 

community and regional growth; 

environmental justice; community 

cohesion; public services; recreation; 

transportation and traffic; utilities and 

community service systems; and 

cumulative effects of related projects in 

the study area. 

7. Environmental Consultation and 

Review Authorizations. The proposed 

Action is being coordinated with 

federal, state, regional, and local 

agencies. In accordance with relevant 

environmental laws and regulations, 

CEMVN will consult with the following 

agencies: USFWS under the Fish and 

Wildlife Coordination Act; USFWS 

under the Endangered Species Act; 

NMFS under the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act; Louisiana Department of 

Environmental Quality for Water 

Quality Certification; and, the ACHP, 

Louisiana SHPO, and the appropriate 

Tribal Historic Preservation Officers 

under the National Historic Preservation 

Act and integrated NHPA/EIS process. 

8. Availability. The draft SEIS is 

presently scheduled to be available for 

public review and comment in 

September 2022. A Final SEIS is 

tentatively scheduled for release in 

January 2023. All comments received 

throughout the review process will 

become part of the project file for the 

proposed Project and will be subject to 

public release. 

Edward E. Belk, Jr., 

Programs Director, Mississippi Valley 

Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. 

[FR Doc. 2022–12211 Filed 6–6–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3720–58–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2022–SCC–0077] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; National 

Public Education Financial Survey 

(NPEFS) 2022–2024 

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 information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before August 8, 

2022. 

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– 

2022–SCC–0077. 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 Director of the Strategic 

Collections and Clearance Team, 

Governance and Strategy Division, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Ave. SW, LBJ, Room 6W201, 

Washington, DC 20202–8240. 

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: National Public 

Education Financial Survey (NPEFS) 

2022–2024. 

OMB Control Number: 1850–0067. 

Type of Review: A revision of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

Local, and Tribal Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 56. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 7,327. 

Abstract: The National Public 

Education Financial Survey (NPEFS) is 

an annual collection of state-level 

finance data that has been included in 


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the National Center for Education 

Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data 

(CCD) since FY 1982 (school year 1981– 

82). NPEFS provides function 

expenditures by salaries, benefits, 

purchased services, and supplies, and 

includes federal, state, and local 

revenues by source. The NPEFS 

collection includes data on all state-run 

schools from the 50 states, the District 

of Columbia, American Samoa, the 

Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Puerto 

Rico, and the Virgin Islands. NPEFS 

data are used for a wide variety of 

purposes, including to calculate federal 

program allocations such as states’ 

‘‘average per-pupil expenditure’’ (SPPE) 

for elementary and secondary 

education, certain formula grant 

programs (e.g., Title I, Part A of the 

Elementary and Secondary Education 

Act of 1965 (ESEA) as amended, Impact 

Aid, and Indian Education programs). 

Furthermore, in addition to using the 

SPPE data as general information on the 

financing of elementary and secondary 

education, the U.S. Department of 

Education Secretary uses these data 

directly in calculating allocations for 

certain formula grant programs, 

including, but not limited to, title I, part 

A, of the ESEA, Impact Aid, and Indian 

Education programs. Other programs, 

such as the Education for Homeless 

Children and Youth program under title 

VII of the McKinney-Vento Homeless 

Assistance Act, and the Student Support 

and Academic Enrichment Grants under 

title IV, part A of the ESEA make use of 

SPPE data indirectly because their 

formulas are based, in whole or in part, 

on State title I, part A, allocations. 

NCES’s request to conduct the annual 

collection of state-level finance data for 

FY 2019–2021 was approved by the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) in August 2019 (OMB #1850– 

0067 v.17), and subsequent submissions 

(OMB #1850–0067 v.18–22) addressed 

changes driven by the global 

coronavirus pandemic as well as normal 

changes to include updated contact 

materials and Federal Register Notices. 

In this package NCES requests approval 

of the collection of National Public 

Education Financial Survey (NPEFS) 

data covering fiscal years 2022 through 

2024 (corresponding to school years 

2021/22 through 2023/24), that will be 

carried out in 2023 through 2025. 

This NPEFS FY 2022–2024 request 

involves changes to the last approved 

NPEFS data collection instrument 

(Appendix B.1) to: (1) Add new items to 

gather data on expenditures for specific 

sources of coronavirus (COVID–19) 

federal assistance funds; (2) remove 

items from the survey which ask for 

Title V, Part A expenditures; and (3) 

update headers to make the formatting 

more consistent for use in the NPEFS 

web application. This request also 

includes minor revisions to the Fiscal 

Data Plan (Appendix B.2) to provide 

definitions and clarify the questions 

related to the impact of COVID–19 on 

average daily attendance. Furthermore, 

we have updated the NPEFS reporting 

instructions (Appendix B.3) to add 

definitions for the new data items in 

Section 8 and remove the data items for 

Title V, Part A. 

Dated: June 1, 2022. 

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. 2022–12122 Filed 6–6–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2022–SCC–0078] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, 

Kindergarten Class of 2023–24 (ECLS– 

K:2024) Kindergarten and First-Grade 

Field Test Data Collection, National 

Sampling, and National Recruitment 

AGENCY: Institute of Educational 

Sciences (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 information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before July 7, 

2022. 

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. Reginfo.gov provides two 

links to view documents related to this 

information collection request. 

Information collection forms and 

instructions may be found by clicking 

on the ‘‘View Information Collection 

(IC) List’’ link. Supporting statements 

and other supporting documentation 

may be found by clicking on the ‘‘View 

Supporting Statement and Other 

Documents’’ link. 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: Early Childhood 

Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class 

of 2023–24 (ECLS–K:2024) Kindergarten 

and First-Grade Field Test Data 

Collection, National Sampling, and 

National Recruitment. 

OMB Control Number: 1850–0750. 

Type of Review: A revision of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals and Households. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 20,895. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 15,599. 

Abstract: The Early Childhood 

Longitudinal Study (ECLS) program, 

conducted by the National Center for 

Education Statistics (NCES) within the 

Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of 

the U.S. Department of Education (ED), 

draws together information from 

multiple sources to provide rich, 

descriptive data on child development, 


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