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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: Study of Weighted 

Student Funding and School-Based 

Systems (Study Instruments). 

OMB Control Number: 1875–NEW. 

Type of Review: A new information 

collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

Local, and Tribal Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 1,902. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 568. 

Abstract: The purpose of this study is 

to investigate how districts vary in their 

implementation of weighted student 

funding (WSF) and school-based 

budgeting (SBB); outcomes in terms of 

levels of principal autonomy, 

transparency of resource allocation, and 

extent to which resources are 

distributed based on student needs; 

interactions of WSF and SBB systems 

with school choice policies; and 

challenges that districts may have faced 

in transitioning to and implementing 

these systems. Data collection will 

include: (a) Nationally representative 

surveys of districts andprincipals, and 

(b) case studies of nine districts that are 

implementing WSF systems, including 

site visits, in-person interviews with 

district officials and school staff, and 

analysis of relevant extant data such as 

descriptive documents, budgets, and 

audited expenditure files. 

Dated: August 30, 2017. 

Kate Mullan, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Office of the Chief Privacy 

Officer, Office of Management. 

[FR Doc. 2017–18754 Filed 9–5–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 

Proposed Information Collection— 

2018 Election Administration and 

Voting Survey; Comment Request 

AGENCY: U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission (EAC). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

EAC announces an information 

collection and seeks public comment on 

the provisions thereof. The EAC intends 

to submit this proposed information 

collection (2018 Election 

Administration and Voting Survey) to 

the Director of the Office of 

Management and Budget for approval. 

The 2018 Election Administration and 

Voting Survey (Survey) asks election 

officials questions concerning voting 

and election administration. These 

questions request information 

concerning ballots cast; voter 

registration; overseas and military 

voting; Election Day activities; voting 

technology; and other important issues. 

The EAC issues the survey to meet its 

obligations under the Help America 

Vote Act to serve as national 

clearinghouse and resource for the 

compilation of information with respect 

to the administration of Federal 

elections; to fulfill both the EAC’s and 

the Department of Defense Federal 

Voting Assistance Programs’ (FVAP) 

quantitative State data collection 

requirements under the Uniformed and 

Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act 

(UOCAVA); and meet its National Voter 

Registration Act (NVRA) mandate to 

collect information from states 

concerning the impact of that statute on 

the administration of Federal Elections. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before 5:00 p.m. EST on 

November 6, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Comments on the proposed 

information collection should be 

submitted electronically to 

electiondaysurvey@eac.gov. Written 

comments on the proposed information 

collection can also be sent to the U.S. 

Election Assistance Commission, 1335 

East West Highway, Suite 4300, Silver 

Spring, MD 20910, Attn: Election 

Administration and Voting Survey. 

Obtaining a Copy of the Survey: To 

obtain a free copy of the survey: (1) 

Email Sean Greene at the U.S. Election 

Assistance Commission at sgreene@

eac.gov; or (2) write to the EAC 

(including your address and phone 

number) at U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission, 1335 East West Highway, 

Suite 4300, Silver Spring, MD 20910, 

Attn: Election Administration and 

Voting Survey. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Sean Greene at 301–563–3919, or email 

sgreene@eac.gov, U.S. Election 

Assistance Commission 1335 East West 

Highway, Suite 4300, Silver Spring, MD 

20910. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Comments: Public comments are 

invited on: (a) Whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed information collection; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the information collection on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Needs and Uses 

The EAC issues the survey to meet its 

obligations under the Help America 

Vote Act (HAVA) to serve as national 

clearinghouse and resource for the 

compilation of information with respect 

to the administration of Federal 

elections; to fulfill both the EAC and 

FVAP’s data collection requirements 

under the UOCAVA; and meet its NVRA 

mandate to collect information from 

states concerning the impact of that 

statute on the administration of Federal 

Elections. HAVA requires the EAC to 

serve as a national clearinghouse and 

resource for the compilation of 

information and review of procedures 

with respect to the administration of 

Federal Elections. This includes the 

obligation to study and report on 

election activities, practices, policies, 

and procedures, such as methods of 

voter registration, methods of 

conducting provisional voting, poll 

worker recruitment and training, and 

such other matters as the Commission 

determines are appropriate. In addition, 

under the NVRA, the EAC is responsible 

for collecting information and reporting, 

biennially, to the United States Congress 

on the impact of that statute. The 

information the States are required to 

submit to the EAC for purposes of the 


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NVRA report are found under Title 11 

of the Code of Federal Regulations. 

States that respond to questions in this 

survey concerning voter registration 

related matters will meet their NVRA 

reporting requirements under 52 U.S.C. 

20508 and EAC regulations. Finally, the 

UOCAVA mandates that the FVAP work 

with the EAC and State Chief Election 

officials to develop standards for 

reporting UOCAVA voting information 

(52 U.S.C. 20302) and that the FVAP 

will store the reported data and present 

the findings within the congressionallymandated report to the President and 

Congress. Additionally, UOCAVA 

requires that ‘‘not later than 90 days 

after the date of each regularly 

scheduled general election for Federal 

office, each State and unit of local 

government which administered the 

election shall (through the State, in the 

case of a unit of local government) 

submit a report to the EAC on the 

combined number of absentee ballots 

transmitted to absent uniformed 

services voters and overseas voters for 

the election and the combined number 

of such ballots which were returned by 

such voters and cast in the election, and 

shall make such a report available to the 

general public.’’ States that complete 

and timely submit the UOCAVA section 

of the survey to the EAC will fulfill their 

UOCAVA reporting requirement under 

52 U.S.C. 20302. In order to fulfill the 

above requirements, the EAC is seeking 

information relating to the period from 

the Federal general election day 2016 +1 

through the November 2018 Federal 

general election. The EAC will provide 

the data regarding UOCAVA voting to 

FVAP after data collection is completed. 

This data sharing reduces burden on 

local election offices because FVAP 

does not have to conduct its own data 

collection to meet its reporting 

requirements. 

Title and OMB Number: 2018 Election 

Administration and Voting Survey; 

OMB Number Pending. 

Summary of the Collection of 

Information: The survey requests 

information on a state- and county-level 

(or township-, independent city-, 

borough-level, where applicable) 

concerning the following categories: 

Voter Registration Applications (From 

the Period of Federal General Election 

Day +1, 2016 Through Federal General 

Election Day, 2018) 

(a) Total number of registered voters; 

(b) Number of active and inactive 

registered voters; 

(c) Number of persons who registered 

to vote on Election Day—only 

applicable to States with Election Day 

registration; 

(d) Number of voter registration 

applications received from all sources; 

(e) Number of voter registration 

applications that were duplicates, 

invalid or rejected, new, changes of 

name, address, party, and not 

categorized; 

(f) Total number of removal/ 

confirmation notices mailed to voters 

and the reason for removal; 

(g) total number of voters removed 

from the registration list or moved to the 

inactive registration list. 

Uniformed and Overseas Citizens 

Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA) 

(a) Total number and type of 

registered and eligible UOCAVA voters; 

(b) Total number of Federal Post Card 

Applications (FPCAs) received by type 

of voter; 

(c) Total number of FPCAs rejected by 

type of voter; 

(d) Total number of FPCAs rejected 

after the absentee ballot request 

deadline; 

(e) Total number of UOCAVA 

absentee ballots transmitted by type of 

UOCAVA voter and mode of 

transmission; 

(f) Total number of transmitted 

UOCAVA ballots returned by type of 

UOCAVA voter and mode of 

transmission; 

(g) Total number of transmitted 

UOCAVA ballots counted by type of 

UOCAVA voter and mode of return; 

(h) Total number of transmitted 

UOCAVA ballots rejected by type of 

UOCAVA voter and reason for rejection; 

(i) Total number of FWABs received 

by type of voter; 

(j) Total number of FWABs rejected by 

type of voter; and 

(k) Total number of FWABs rejected 

by reason for rejection. 

Domestic Civilian By-Mail Voting 

(a) Total number of by-mail ballots 

transmitted to voters; 

(b) Total number of ballots returned 

by voters; 

(c) Total number of ballots counted; 

and 

(d) Total number of ballots rejected, 

by reason for rejection. 

Total Votes Cast and In-Person Voting 

(a) Total number of votes cast in the 

election, as well as in-person on 

Election Day and during in-person early 

voting; 

(b) Total number of precincts in the 

state/jurisdiction; 

(c) Number of polling places available 

for early and Election Day voting in the 

November 2018 Federal general 

election; 

(d) Number of poll workers used 

during early voting and during Election 

Day voting; 

(e) The age of poll workers who 

worked in the election; and 

(f) Extent to which jurisdictions had 

enough poll workers available for the 

general election. 

Provisional Voting 

(a) Number of provisional ballots cast, 

counted, and rejected; and 

(b) Reasons for provisional ballot 

rejection. 

Election Technologies 

(a) Use of electronic and printed poll 

books during the 2018 Federal general 

election; and 

(b) Type and number of voting 

equipment used for the 2018 Federal 

general election for precinct, absentee, 

early vote site, accessible to disabled 

voters, provisional voting. 

Statutory Overview (2018 Federal 

General Election) 

(a) Who answers the questions in each 

section of the EAVS; 

(b) Description of the state’s voter 

registration database system; 

(c) Description of the types of 

electronic data connections the state has 

with various other government entities; 

(d) Information on whether the state 

has online voter registration, automatic 

voter registration, and same day voter 

registration; 

(e) Type of absentee voting and early 

voting regime the state has; 

(f) Information on whether the state 

has vote centers; 

(g) If the state accepts provisional 

ballots from voters registered in a 

different precinct; 

(h) The type of election audit regime 

the state has; 

(i) The type of voter identification 

regime the state has; and 

(j) The voting eligibility requirements 

for individuals who have been 

convicted of a felony. 

Affected Public (Respondents): State 

or local governments, the District of 

Columbia, Commonwealth of Puerto 

Rico, Guam, American Samoa, and the 

United States Virgin Islands. 

Affected Public: State or local 

government. 

Number of Respondents: 55. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Burden per Response: 150 

hours per collection, 75 hours 

annualized. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 8,250 hours per collection, 4,125 

hours annualized. 


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Frequency: Biennially. 

Bryan Whitener, 

Director of National Clearinghouse on 

Elections, U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2017–18876 Filed 9–5–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–71–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: RP17–977–000. 

Applicants: Kinetica Energy Express, 

LLC. 

Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: Tariff 

Revision Filing to be effective 10/1/ 

2017. 

Filed Date: 8/25/17. 

Accession Number: 20170825–5081. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/6/17. 

Docket Numbers: RP17–978–000. 

Applicants: Sabal Trail Transmission, 

LLC. 

Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: 

Negotiated Rate—Duke Energy Florida— 

contract 850002 to be effective 10/1/ 

2017. 

Filed Date: 8/25/17. 

Accession Number: 20170825–5121. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/6/17. 

Docket Numbers: RP17–979–000. 

Applicants: Millennium Pipeline 

Company, LLC. 

Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: 

Negotiated Rate Service Agmt—City of 

Norwich to be effective 11/1/2016. 

Filed Date: 8/25/17. 

Accession Number: 20170825–5233. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/6/17. 

The filings are accessible in the 

Commission’s eLibrary system by 

clicking on the links or 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: August 28, 2017. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr. 

Deputy Secretary 

[FR Doc. 2017–18843 Filed 9–5–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–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: RP17–980–000. 

Applicants: Northern Natural Gas 

Company. 

Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: 

20170828 Interim UAF to be effective 

10/1/2017. 

Filed Date: 8/28/17. 

Accession Number: 20170828–5158. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/11/17. 

Docket Numbers: RP17–981–000. 

Applicants: Northwest Pipeline LLC. 

Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: NWP 

2017 Winter Fuel Filing to be effective 

10/1/2017. 

Filed Date: 8/29/17. 

Accession Number: 20170829–5037. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/11/17. 

The filings are accessible in the 

Commission’s eLibrary system by 

clicking on the links or 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: August 30, 2017. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr. 

Deputy Secretary 

[FR Doc. 2017–18844 Filed 9–5–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Combined Notice of Filings #1 

Take notice that the Commission 

received the following exempt 

wholesale generator filings: 

Docket Numbers: EG17–146–000. 

Applicants: Thunder Ranch Wind 

Project, LLC. 

Description: Notice of SelfCertification of Exempt Wholesale 

Generator Status of Thunder Ranch 

Wind Project, LLC. 

Filed Date: 8/30/17. 

Accession Number: 20170830–5064. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/20/17. 

Docket Numbers: EG17–147–000. 

Applicants: Scott-II Solar LLC. 

Description: Notice of SelfCertification of Exempt Wholesale 

Generator Status of Scott-II Solar LLC. 

Filed Date: 8/30/17. 

Accession Number: 20170830–5108. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/20/17. 

Take notice that the Commission 

received the following electric rate 

filings: 

Docket Numbers: ER17–2375–000. 

Applicants: GenOn Holdco 8, LLC. 

Description: Baseline eTariff Filing: 

Application for Market-Based Rate 

Authorization and Request for Waivers 

to be effective 10/1/2017. 

Filed Date: 8/30/17. 

Accession Number: 20170830–5001. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/20/17. 

Docket Numbers: ER17–2376–000. 

Applicants: GenOn Holdco 9, LLC. 

Description: Baseline eTariff Filing: 

Application for Market-Based Rate 

Authorization and Request for Waivers 

to be effective 10/1/2017. 

Filed Date: 8/30/17. 

Accession Number: 20170830–5002. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/20/17. 

Docket Numbers: ER17–2377–000. 

Applicants: GenOn Holdco 10, LLC. 

Description: Baseline eTariff Filing: 

Application for Market-Based Rate 

Authorization and Request for Waivers 

to be effective 10/1/2017. 

Filed Date: 8/30/17. 

Accession Number: 20170830–5003. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/20/17. 

Docket Numbers: ER17–2378–000. 

Applicants: Michigan Electric 

Transmission Company, LLC. 

Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: 

Filing of a Letter Agreement to be 

effective 8/31/2017. 

Filed Date: 8/30/17. 

Accession Number: 20170830–5061. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/20/17. 

Docket Numbers: ER17–2379–000. 


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