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containing proposed information 

collection requests prior to submission 

of these requests to OMB. Each 

proposed information collection, 

grouped by office, contains the 

following: (1) Type of review requested, 

e.g. new, revision, extension, existing or 

reinstatement; (2) Title; (3) Summary of 

the collection; (4) Description of the 

need for, and proposed use of, the 

information; (5) Respondents and 

frequency of collection; and (6) 

Reporting and/or Recordkeeping 

burden. OMB invites public comment. 

Dated: May 8, 2009. 

Angela C. Arrington, 

Director, Information Collection Clearance 

Division, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Institute of Education Sciences 

Type of Review: Revision. 

Title: 2010 National Assessment of 

Education Progress (NAEP) Wave 1. 

Frequency: Once. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

household. 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour 

Burden: 

Responses: 109,140. 

Burden Hours: 28,140. 

Abstract: The National Assessment of 

Educational Progress (NAEP) is a 

Federally authorized survey of student 

achievement at grades 4, 8, and 12 in 

various subject areas, such as 

mathematics, reading, writing, science, 

U.S. history, civics, geography, 

economics, and the arts. In the current 

legislation that reauthorized NAEP (The 

No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (Pub. 

L. 107–110)), Congress mandated again 

the collection of national education 

survey data through a national 

assessment program. The 2010 Wave 1 

submittal contains the student 

background questionnaires being used 

in the 2010 assessments: Grades 4, 8, 

and 12 core (demographic) and subjectspecific (civics, geography, U.S. history, 

writing, and mathematics), as well as 

the grades 4 and 8 teacher 

questionnaires; and the grades 4, 8, and 

12 school questionnaires. 

This information collection is being 

submitted under the Streamlined 

Clearance Process for Discretionary 

Grant Information Collections (1894– 

0001). Therefore, the 30-day public 

comment period notice will be the only 

public comment notice published for 

this information collection. 

Requests for copies of the information 

collection submission for OMB review 

may be accessed from http:// 

edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the 

‘‘Browse Pending Collections’’ link and 

by clicking on link number 4034. When 

you access the information collection, 

click on ‘‘Download Attachments’’ to 

view. Written requests for information 

should be addressed to U.S. Department 

of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, 

SW., LBJ, Washington, DC 20202–4537. 

Requests may also be electronically 

mailed to the Internet address 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed to 202– 

401–0920. Please specify the complete 

title of the information collection when 

making your request. 

[FR Doc. E9–11206 Filed 5–12–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

SUMMARY: The Director, Information 

Collection Clearance Division, 

Regulatory Information Management 

Services, Office of Management invites 

comments on the submission for OMB 

review as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before June 12, 

2009. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be addressed to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attention: Education Desk Officer, 

Office of Management and Budget, 725 

17th Street, NW., Room 10222, New 

Executive Office Building, Washington, 

DC 20503, be faxed to (202) 395–5806 or 

send e-mail to 

oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires 

that the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) provide interested 

Federal agencies and the public an early 

opportunity to comment on information 

collection requests. OMB may amend or 

waive the requirement for public 

consultation to the extent that public 

participation in the approval process 

would defeat the purpose of the 

information collection, violate State or 

Federal law, or substantially interfere 

with any agency’s ability to perform its 

statutory obligations. The Director, 

Regulatory Information Management 

Services, Office of Management, 

publishes that notice containing 

proposed information collection 

requests prior to submission of these 

requests to OMB. Each proposed 

information collection, grouped by 

office, contains the following: (1) Type 

of review requested, e.g. new, revision, 

extension, existing or reinstatement; (2) 

Title; (3) Summary of the collection; (4) 

Description of the need for, and 

proposed use of, the information; (5) 

Respondents and frequency of 

collection; and (6) Reporting and/or 

Recordkeeping burden. OMB invites 

public comment. 

Dated: May 8, 2009. 

Angela C. Arrington, 

Director, Information Collection Clearance 

Division, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Office of Planning, Evaluation and 

Policy Development 

Type of Review: New. 

Title: Evaluation of the Teaching 

American History Grants Program: Data 

Collection Instruments. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

household. 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour 

Burden: 

Responses: 128. 

Burden Hours: 139. 

Abstract: This evaluation is the first 

systematic study of the Teaching 

American History (TAH) Grants 

Program that focuses on the relationship 

between program practices and 

outcomes. In particular, this evaluation 

will focus on TAH program 

contributions to teacher content 

knowledge and student achievement. 

The data collection activities for which 

we are seeking OMB approval are the 

case studies portion of the evaluation. 

The purpose of the case study visits will 

be to deepen our understanding of the 

factors and conditions that support 

improved outcomes in student 

achievement and teacher content 

knowledge as a result of participation in 

the grant and to describe practices for 

various subgroups of teachers. This 

evaluation (including the case studies 

portion of which we are seeking OMB 

approval) is crucial for establishing 

whether the TAH program is working as 

intended by Congress, and for 

identifying which elements of the 

program are most effective. 

Requests for copies of the information 

collection submission for OMB review 

may be accessed from http:// 

edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the 

‘‘Browse Pending Collections’’ link and 

by clicking on link number 3955. When 

you access the information collection, 

click on ‘‘Download Attachments ’’ to 

view. Written requests for information 

should be addressed to U.S. Department 

of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, 

SW., LBJ, Washington, DC 20202–4537. 

Requests may also be electronically 

mailed to the Internet address 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed to 202– 

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401–0920. Please specify the complete 

title of the information collection when 

making your request. 

Comments regarding burden and/or 

the collection activity requirements 

should be electronically mailed to 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Individuals who 

use a telecommunications device for the 

deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 

1–800–877–8339. 

[FR Doc. E9–11203 Filed 5–12–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

State Fiscal Stabilization Fund 

Program 

AGENCY: Office of Elementary and 

Secondary Education, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice announcing application 

deadline. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Numbers: 84.394 and 84.397. 

SUMMARY: Under the State Fiscal 

Stabilization Fund (Stabilization) 

program, authorized in Title XIV of the 

American Recovery and Reinvestment 

Act of 2009 (ARRA), Public Law 111–5, 

the U.S. Department of Education 

(Department) awards grants on a 

formula basis to Governors to help 

stabilize State and local government 

budgets in order to minimize and avoid 

reductions in education and other 

essential public services. The 

Department is awarding Stabilization 

funds in two phases. In Phase 1, the 

Department will award 67 percent of the 

total funds available to a State, unless 

the State can demonstrate that 

additional funds are required to restore 

fiscal year 2009 State support for 

education. In that case, the Department 

will award up to 90 percent of its total 

allocation in Phase 1. The Department 

will award the remaining portion of a 

State’s allocation in Phase 2. In this 

notice, we establish the deadline by 

which a Governor must submit the 

State’s application for Phase 1 funding 

under the Stabilization program. 

Application Deadline: July 1, 2009, 

4:30:00 p.m. Washington, DC time. 

Governors must submit an application 

electronically by the deadline in this 

notice. If a Governor fails to submit the 

State’s application by this deadline, the 

State will not receive any Phase 1 or 

Phase 2 Stabilization funds. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: There are 

two components of the Stabilization 

program: the Education Stabilization 

Fund (CFDA No. 84.394) and the 

Government Services Fund (CFDA No. 

84.397). By statute, the Department will 

award 81.8 percent of a State’s total 

Stabilization allocation under the 

Education Stabilization Fund and the 

remaining 18.2 percent of its allocation 

under the Government Services Fund. 

Governors will apply for funding for 

each component under a single 

application. The application is available 

on the Department’s Web site at 

http://www.ed.gov/programs/ 

statestabilization/applicant.html. 

If a Governor does not submit the 

State’s application for Phase 1 funding 

by the deadline in this notice, the 

Department will allocate the funds that 

were reserved for the State to those 

States that have submitted timely 

applications. A State that fails to submit 

an application by the deadline in this 

notice will not receive any Phase 1 or 

Phase 2 Stabilization funds. 

Electronic Submission of 

Applications: A Governor must submit 

an electronic version of his/her State’s 

application in .PDF (Portable Document) 

format to 

Stabilizationfundapplication@ed.gov by 

July 1, 2009, 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, 

DC time. A Governor also must mail the 

original and two copies of the 

application to: Dr. Joseph C. Conaty, 

Director, Academic Improvement and 

Teacher, Quality Programs, Office of 

Elementary and Secondary Education, 

U.S. Department of Education, 400 

Maryland Avenue, SW., Room 3E314, 

Washington, DC 20202. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

James Butler, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

Room 3E108, Washington, DC 20202. 

Telephone: (202) 260–9737 or via email: state.fiscal.fund@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD), call the 

Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1–800– 

877–8339. 

Individuals with disabilities can 

obtain this notice in an accessible 

format (e.g., braille, large print, 

audiotape, or computer diskette) on 

request to the contact person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

Electronic Access To This Document: 

You can view this document, as well as 

other Department of Education 

documents published in the Federal 

Register, in text or Adobe Portable 

Document Format (PDF) on the Internet 

at the following site: http://www.ed.gov/ 

news/fedregister. 

To use PDF you must have Adobe 

Acrobat Reader, which is available free 

at this site. If you have questions about 

using PDF, call the U.S. Government 

Printing Office (GPO), toll-free, at 1– 

888–293–6498; or in the Washington 

DC, area at (202) 512–1530. 

Note: The official version of this document 

is the document published in the Federal 

Register. Free Internet access to the official 

version of the Federal Register and the Code 

of Federal Regulations is available on GPO 

Access at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/ 

index.html. 

Program Authority: Title XIV, 

Division A, American Recovery and 

Reinvestment Act of 2009, Public Law 

111–5. 

Delegation of Authority: The Secretary 

of Education has delegated to Joseph C. 

Conaty, Director, Academic 

Improvement and Teacher Quality 

Programs for the Office of Elementary 

and Secondary Education, the authority 

to perform the functions of the Assistant 

Secretary for Elementary and Secondary 

Education. 

Dated: May 8, 2009. 

Joseph C. Conaty, 

Director, Academic Improvement and 

Teacher Quality Programs. 

[FR Doc. E9–11200 Filed 5–12–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 13301–002] 

Town of Afton, WY; Notice of 

Application Tendered for Filing With 

the Commission and Soliciting 

Additional Study Requests 

May 6, 2009. 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection. 

a. Type of Application: Minor license. 

b. Project No.: 13301–002. 

c. Date filed: April 29, 2009. 

d. Applicant: Town of Afton. 

e. Name of Project: Culinary Water 

System Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Location: On the culinary water 

supply system, in the Town of Afton, 

Lincoln County, Wyoming. The project 

would occupy 12.3 acres of land in the 

Bridger-Teton National Forest. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). 

h. Applicant Contact: Town of Afton, 

James K. Sanderson, 416 Washington 

St., P.O. Box 310, Afton, WY 83110. 

i. FERC Contact: Ryan Hansen, 202– 

502–8074. Ryan.hansen@ferc.gov. 

j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, 

State, local, and tribal agencies with 

jurisdiction and/or special expertise