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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: Program for 

International Student Assessment 2012 

(PISA: 2012) Validation Study 2015 

Field Test and Main Study. 

OMB Control Number: 1850–0900. 

Type of Review: A revision of an 

existing information collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals or Households. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 6,260. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 2,086. 

Abstract: PISA (Program for 

International Student Assessment) is an 

international assessment of 15-year-olds 

designed to evaluate, at the end of 

compulsory education, how well 

students are prepared for the challenges 

of further education and the workforce 

(OMB# 1850–0755). To date, in the 

United States, PISA has been 

administered only as a cross-sectional 

study, and thus it has not been possible 

to evaluate how well it assesses key 

competencies of 15-year-olds for their 

later success. NCES proposes to conduct 

a follow-up study with students who 

participated in PISA 2012 to learn how 

performance on PISA relates to 

subsequent outcomes and skills of 

young adults. The follow-up study— 

referred to in materials to potential 

respondents as the PISA Young Adult 

Follow-Up Study, and in this request as 

the PISA Validation Study—will 

provide information about how 

students’ skills and experiences at age 

15, collected through PISA, relate to 

subsequent literacy, numeracy, and 

problem-solving skills, as well as 

educational attainment, education and 

work experiences, skills used in daily 

life, career intentions, and aspects of 

well-being. In fall 2015, when these 

students will be around 18 years of age, 

they will be asked to take the web-based 

version of the Organization for 

Economic Cooperation and 

Development ’s (OECD) Program for the 

International Assessment of Adult 

Competencies (PIAAC) assessment and 

background questionnaire—the 

Education and Skills Online (ESO). In 

fall 2013, students in the United States 

who participated in PISA 2012 and 

supplied contact information were 

contacted and invited to update their 

contact information in preparation for 

the follow-up study (OMB 1850–0900 

v.1). This request is to (1) recruit the 

PISA 2012 sample respondents who 

have been successfully located; (2) 

administer ESO to a field test sample in 

the summer of 2015; and (3) administer 

ESO to a main study sample in the fall 

of 2015. 

Dated: December 3, 2014. 

Kate Mullan, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2014–28706 Filed 12–8–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 2203–015] 

Alabama Power Company; Notice of 

Application Ready for Environmental 

Analysis and Soliciting Comments, 

Recommendations, Terms and 

Conditions, and Prescriptions 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection. 

a. Type of Application: New Major 

License. 

b. Project No.: 2203–015. 

c. Date filed: August 16, 2013. 

d. Applicant: Alabama Power 

Company (Alabama Power). 

e. Name of Project: Holt Hydroelectric 

Project. 

f. Location: The project is located at 

the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ 

existing Holt Lock and Dam on the 

Black Warrior River in Tuscaloosa 

County, Alabama and occupies 36.64 

acres of Corps lands. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). 

h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Jim 

Heilbron, Senior Vice President and 

Senior Production Officer, Alabama 

Power Company, 600 North 18th Street, 

P.O. Box 2641, Birmingham, AL 35203– 

2206, (205) 257–1000. 

i. FERC Contact: Jeanne Edwards 

(202) 502–6181, or by email at 

Jeanne.edwards@ferc.gov. 

j. Deadline for filing comments, 

recommendations, terms and 

conditions, and prescriptions: 60 days 

from the issuance date of this notice; 

reply comments are due 105 days from 

the issuance date of this notice. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing. Please file motions to 

intervene and protests, comments, and/ 

or recommendations, terms and 

conditions, and prescriptions using the 

Commission’s eFiling system at http://

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. 

Commenters can submit brief comments 

up to 6,000 characters, without prior 

registration, using the eComment system 

at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/

ecomment.asp. You must include your 

name and contact information at the end 

of your comments. For assistance, 

please contact FERC Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866) 

208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659 

(TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please 

send a paper copy to: Secretary, Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

The first page of any filing should 

include docket number P–2203–015. 

The Commission’s Rules of Practice 

require all intervenors filing documents 

with the Commission to serve a copy of 

that document on each person on the 

official service list for the project. 

Further, if an intervenor files comments 

or documents with the Commission 

relating to the merits of an issue that 

may affect the responsibilities of a 

particular resource agency, they must 

also serve a copy of the document on 

that resource agency. 

k. This application has been accepted 

and is now ready for environmental 

analysis. 

l. Portions of the existing Holt Project 

facilities that are owned and operated 

by Alabama Power consist of: (1) A 130- 

foot-long concrete non-overflow dam; 

(2) a 110-foot long earth fill dam located 

between the non-overflow structure and 

the right abutment; (3) a powerhouse 

integral with the dam containing one 

turbine with an installed capacity of 

46,944-kilowatts; (4) a 2.48-mile-long 

transmission line; and (5) Overlook 

Park, a project recreation site. The 

applicant estimates that the total 

average annual generation would be 

153,604,600 kilowatt hours. All 

generated power is utilized within the 

applicant’s electric utility system. 

Additionally, Alabama Power proposes 

correct the mapping of the project 

boundary from 46.59 acres to 50.08 

acres. The change would affect privately 

owned lands, resulting in no land 

disturbing activities. 

m. A copy of the application is 

available for review at the Commission 


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in the Public Reference Room or may be 

viewed on the Commission’s Web site at 

http://www.ferc.gov using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket 

number excluding the last three digits in 

the docket number field to access the 

document. For assistance, contact FERC 

Online Support. A copy is also available 

for inspection and reproduction at the 

address in item h above. 

All filings must: (1) Bear in all capital 

letters the title ‘‘COMMENTS’’, ‘‘REPLY 

COMMENTS’’, 

‘‘RECOMMENDATIONS,’’ ‘‘TERMS 

AND CONDITIONS,’’ or 

‘‘PRESCRIPTIONS’’; (2) set forth in the 

heading the name of the applicant and 

the project number of the application to 

which the filing responds; (3) furnish 

the name, address, and telephone 

number of the person submitting the 

filing; and (4) otherwise comply with 

the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 

through 385.2005. All comments, 

recommendations, terms and conditions 

or prescriptions must set forth their 

evidentiary basis and otherwise comply 

with the requirements of 18 CFR 4.34(b). 

Agencies may obtain copies of the 

application directly from the applicant. 

Each filing must be accompanied by 

proof of service on all persons listed on 

the service list prepared by the 

Commission in this proceeding, in 

accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b) and 

385.2010. 

You may also register online at 

http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/

esubscription.asp to be notified via 

email of new filings and issuances 

related to this or other pending projects. 

For assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support. 

n. Public notice of the filing of the 

initial development application, which 

has already been given, established the 

due date for filing competing 

applications or notices of intent. Under 

the Commission’s regulations, any 

competing development application 

must be filed in response to and in 

compliance with public notice of the 

initial development application. No 

competing applications or notices of 

intent may be filed in response to this 

notice. 

Dated: December 2, 2014. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2014–28757 Filed 12–8–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 12589–020] 

Public Service Company of Colorado; 

Notice of Application Accepted for 

Filing, Soliciting Comments, Motions 

To Intervene, and Protests 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection: 

a. Type of Application: Application 

for Temporary Variance of Minimum 

Flow Requirement. 

b. Project No.: 12589–020. 

c. Date Filed: November 12, 2014. 

d. Applicant: Public Service Company 

of Colorado d.b.a. Xcel Energy 

(licensee). 

e. Name of Project: Tacoma Project. 

f. Location: Cascade Creek in San Juan 

and La Plata counties, Colorado. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). 

h. Applicant Contact: Bruce Cotie, 

Hydro-West Manager, (303) 273–4917, 

or bruce.e.cotie@xcelenergy.com. 

i. FERC Contact: John Aedo, (415) 

369–3335, or john.aedo@ferc.gov. 

j. Deadline for filing comments, 

motions to intervene, protests, and 

recommendations is 30 days from the 

issuance date of this notice by the 

Commission. The Commission strongly 

encourages electronic filing. Please file 

motions to intervene, protests, 

comments, or recommendations using 

the Commission’s eFiling system at 

http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/

efiling.asp. Commenters can submit 

brief comments up to 6,000 characters, 

without prior registration, using the 

eComment system at http://

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/

ecomment.asp. You must include your 

name and contact information at the end 

of your comments. For assistance, 

please contact FERC Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866) 

208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659 

(TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please 

send a paper copy to: Secretary, Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

Please include the project number (P– 

12589–020) on any comments, motions 

to intervene, protests, or 

recommendations filed. 

k. Description of Request: The 

licensee requests a temporary variance 

of the maximum flow diversion 

requirements in Cascade Creek. U.S. 

Forest Service Section 4(e) Condition 

No. 17 (found in the project license) 

limits diversions to the flowline of no 

greater than 2 cubic feet per second 

(cfs), when natural inflow is less than 9 

cfs. However, the licensee requests that 

it be allowed to divert 4 cfs into the 

flowline from December 15, 2014 to 

April 15, 2015. The licensee states that 

the increased diversion is necessary to 

keep a temporary, above-ground 

flowline from freezing while it performs 

repairs to a damaged section of flowline 

during the winter. 

l. Locations of the Application: A 

copy of the application is available for 

inspection and reproduction at the 

Commission’s Public Reference Room, 

located at 888 First Street NE., Room 

2A, Washington, DC 20426, or by calling 

(202) 502–8371. This filing may also be 

viewed on the Commission’s Web site at 

http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/

elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number 

excluding the last three digits in the 

docket number field to access the 

document. You may also register online 

at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/

esubscription.asp to be notified via 

email of new filings and issuances 

related to this or other pending projects. 

For assistance, call 1–866–208–3676 or 

email FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, for 

TTY, call (202) 502–8659. A copy is also 

available for inspection and 

reproduction at the address in item (h) 

above. 

m. Individuals desiring to be included 

on the Commission’s mailing list should 

so indicate by writing to the Secretary 

of the Commission. 

n. Comments, Protests, or Motions to 

Intervene: Anyone may submit 

comments, a protest, or a motion to 

intervene in accordance with the 

requirements of Rules of Practice and 

Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211, .214. 

In determining the appropriate action to 

take, the Commission will consider all 

protests or other comments filed, but 

only those who file a motion to 

intervene in accordance with the 

Commission’s Rules may become a 

party to the proceeding. Any comments, 

protests, or motions to intervene must 

be received on or before the specified 

comment date for the particular 

application. 

o. Filing and Service of Responsive 

Documents: Any filing must (1) bear in 

all capital letters the title 

‘‘COMMENTS’’, ‘‘PROTEST’’, or 

‘‘MOTION TO INTERVENE’’ as 

applicable; (2) set forth in the heading 

the name of the applicant and the 

project number of the application to 

which the filing responds; (3) furnish 

the name, address, and telephone 

number of the person protesting or 

intervening; and (4) otherwise comply 

with the requirements of 18 CFR 

385.2001 through 385.2005. All 


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