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and administration of assessments for 

each content area that are valid and 

reliable, and that enable students to 

demonstrate their knowledge and skills 

in core academic areas. Innovative 

assessment designs and uses of 

technology have the potential to be 

inclusive of more students. How would 

you propose we take this into account? 

Technology & Innovation in Assessment 

(1) Propose how you would 

recommend that different innovative 

technologies be deployed to create 

better assessments, and why. Please 

include illustrative examples in areas 

such as novel item types, constructed 

response scoring solutions, uses of 

mobile computing devices, and so on. 

(2) We envision the need for a 

technology platform for assessment 

development, administration, scoring, 

and reporting that increases the quality 

and cost-effectiveness of the 

assessments. Describe your 

recommendations for the functionality 

such a platform could and should offer. 

(3) How would you create this 

technology platform for summative 

assessments such that it could be easily 

adapted to support practitioners and 

professionals in the development, 

administration, and/or scoring of highquality interim assessments? 

(4) For the technology ‘‘platform’’ 

vision you have proposed, provide 

estimates of the associated development 

and ongoing maintenance costs, 

including your calculations and 

assumptions behind them. 

Project Management 

(1) Provide estimates of the 

development, maintenance, and 

administration costs of the assessment 

system you propose, and your 

calculations and assumptions behind 

them. 

(2) Describe the range of development 

and implementation timelines for your 

proposed assessment system, from the 

most aggressive to more conservative, 

and describe the actions that would be 

required to achieve each option. 

(3) How would you recommend 

organizing a consortium to achieve 

success in developing and 

implementing the proposed assessment 

system? What role(s) do you recommend 

for third parties (e.g., conveners, project 

managers, assessment developers/ 

partners, intermediaries)? What would 

you recommend that a consortium 

demonstrate to show that it has the 

capacity to implement the proposed 

plan? 

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Notice of Filings #1 

October 16, 2009. 

Take notice that the Commission 

received the following electric rate 

filings: 

Docket Numbers: ER10–44–000. 

Applicants: Ameren Services 

Company. 

Description: Illinois Power Co submits 

the Transmission Construction 

Agreement between Ameren Services 

and Prairie State Generating Company, 

LLC, to be effective 10/6/09. 

Filed Date: 10/13/2009. 

Accession Number: 20091014–0081. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Tuesday, November 3, 2009. 

Take notice that the Commission 

received the following electric securities 

filings: 

Docket Numbers: ES10–4–000. 

Applicants: Trans Bay Cable LLC. 

Description: Application of Trans Bay 

Cable LLC for Authority to Issue 

Securities. 

Filed Date: 10/15/2009. 

Accession Number: 20091015–5102. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Monday, November 2, 2009. 

Docket Numbers: ES10–5–000. 

Applicants: System Energy Resources, 

Inc. 

Description: Application of System 

Energy Resources, Inc., for 

Authorization Under FPA Section 204. 

Filed Date: 10/15/2009. 

Accession Number: 20091015–5103. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Monday, November 2, 2009. 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest in any of the above proceedings 

must file in accordance with Rules 211 

and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of 

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 

and 385.214) on or before 5 p.m. Eastern 

time on the specified comment date. It 

is not necessary to separately intervene 

again in a subdocket related to a 

compliance filing if you have previously 

intervened in the same docket. Protests 

will be considered by the Commission 

in determining the appropriate action to 

be taken, but will not serve to make 

protestants parties to the proceeding. 

Anyone filing a motion to intervene or 

protest must serve a copy of that 

document on the Applicant. In reference 

to filings initiating a new proceeding, 

interventions or protests submitted on 

or before the comment deadline need 

not be served on persons other than the 

Applicant. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests and 

interventions in lieu of paper, using the 

FERC Online links at http:// 

www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic 

service, persons with Internet access 

who will eFile a document and/or be 

listed as a contact for an intervenor 

must create and validate an 

eRegistration account using the 

eRegistration link. Select the eFiling 

link to log on and submit the 

intervention or protests. 

Persons unable to file electronically 

should submit an original and 14 copies 

of the intervention or protest to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First St., NE., Washington, DC 

20426. 

The filings in the above proceedings 

are accessible in the Commission’s 

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appropriate link in the above list. They 

are also available for review in the 

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Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

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[FR Doc. E9–25491 Filed 10–22–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–R03–CBP–2009–0500; FRL–8972–5] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Chesapeake 

Registry; EPA ICR No. 2365.01, OMB 

Control No. 200908–2003–001 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), this 

document announces that EPA is 

planning to submit a request to renew 

an existing, approved Information 

Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB). EPA 

prepared the ICR, ‘‘Chesapeake 

Registry,’’ on behalf of the Chesapeake 

Bay Program (CBP) partnership. Before 

submitting the ICR renewal request to 

OMB for review and approval, EPA is 

soliciting comments on specific aspects 

of the proposed information collection 

as described below. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before December 22, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R03– 

CBP–2009–0500, by one of the following 

methods: 

• http://www.regulations.gov: Follow 

the on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Mail: Chesapeake Registry, Attn: 

Marguerite Duffy, Chesapeake Bay 

Program Office, 410 Severn Avenue, 

Suite 109, Annapolis, Maryland 21403. 

• Hand Delivery: Chesapeake 

Registry, Attn: Marguerite Duffy, EPA 

Chesapeake Bay Program Office, 410 

Severn Avenue, Suite 109, Annapolis, 

Maryland 21403. Such deliveries are 

only accepted during the Docket’s 

normal hours of operation (8:30 a.m. to 

4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, 

excluding legal holidays), and special 

arrangements should be made for 

deliveries of boxed information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–R03–CBP–2009– 

0500. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change and may be 

made available online at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Do not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through http:// 

www.regulations.gov. The http:// 

www.regulations.gov Web site is an 

‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which 

means EPA will not know your identity 

or contact information unless you 

provide it in the body of your comment. 

If you submit a disk or CD–ROM, EPA 

recommends that you include your 

name and other contact information in 

the body of your comment. If EPA 

cannot read your comment due to 

technical difficulties and cannot contact 

you for clarification, EPA may not be 

able to consider your comment. 

Electronic files should avoid the use of 

special characters, any form of 

encryption, and be free of any defects or 

viruses. For additional information 

about EPA’s public docket visit the EPA 

Docket Center homepage at http:// 

www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Marguerite Duffy, USEPA Region III— 

Chesapeake Bay Program Office, 

Annapolis City Marina, 410 Severn 

Avenue, Suite 109 (3CB10), Annapolis, 

MD 21403; telephone number: (410) 

267–5764; fax number: (410) 267–5777; 

e-mail address: 

duffy.marguerite@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

How Can I Access the Docket and/or 

Submit Comments? 

EPA has established a public docket 

for this ICR under Docket ID No. EPA– 

R03–CBP–2009–0500, which is 

available for online viewing at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, or in person 

viewing at the EPA Chesapeake Bay 

Program Office, 410 Severn Avenue, 

Suite 109, Annapolis, Maryland 21403. 

Materials are available for viewing from 

8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, excluding legal holidays; 

telephone number 410–267–5700. An 

electronic version of the public docket 

is available at: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. This site can be 

used to obtain a copy of the draft 

information collection request, submit 

or view public comments, access the 

index listing of the contents of the 

docket, and to access those documents 

in the public docket that are available 

electronically. Once in the system, 

select ‘‘search,’’ then key in the docket 

ID number identified in this document 

(EPA–R03–CBP–2009–0500). 

What Information Is EPA Particularly 

Interested in? 

Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 

the PRA, EPA specifically solicits 

comments and information to enable it 

to: 

(i) Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the Agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

(ii) Evaluate the accuracy of the 

Agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

(iii) Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

(iv) Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of responses. In 

particular, EPA is requesting comments 

from very small businesses (those that 

employ less than 25) on examples of 

specific additional efforts that EPA 

could make to reduce the paperwork 

burden for very small businesses 

affected by this collection. 

What Should I Consider When I 

Prepare My Comments for EPA? 

You may find the following 

suggestions helpful for preparing your 

comments: 

1. Explain your views as clearly as 

possible and provide specific examples. 

2. Describe any assumptions that you 

used. 

3. Provide copies of any technical 

information and/or data you used that 

support your views. 

4. If you estimate potential burden or 

costs, explain how you arrived at the 

estimate that you provide. 

5. Offer alternative ways to improve 

the collection activity. 

6. Make sure to submit your 

comments by the deadline identified 

under DATES. 

7. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, 

be sure to identify the docket ID number 

assigned to this action in the subject 

line on the first page of your response. 

You may also provide the name, date, 

and Federal Register citation. 

What Information Collection Activity or 

ICR Does This Apply to? 

Affected entities: Entities potentially 

affected by this action are state and local 

governments and non-government 


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