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postal mail or delivery should be 

addressed to the Director of the 

Information Collection Clearance 

Division, U.S. Department of Education, 

400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, Room 

216–44, Washington, DC 20202–4537. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Rebecca 

Walawender, 202–245–7399. 

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: Annual State 

Application under Part C of the 

Individuals with Disabilities Education 

Act as Amended in 2004. 

OMB Control Number: 1820–0550. 

Type of Review: An extension of an 

existing information collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

Local, and Tribal Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 56. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 560. 

Abstract: In order to be eligible for a 

grant under 20 U.S.C. 1433, a State must 

provide assurance to the Secretary that 

the State has adopted a policy that 

appropriate early intervention services 

are available to all infants and toddlers 

with disabilities in the State and their 

families, including Indian infants and 

toddlers with disabilities and their 

families residing on a reservation 

geographically located in the State, 

infants and toddlers with disabilities 

who are homeless children and their 

families, and has in effect a statewide 

system that meets the requirements of 

20 U.S.C. 1435. Some policies, 

procedures, methods, and descriptions 

must be submitted to the Secretary. 

This collection is conducted in a 

manner that is consistent with the 

guidelines in 5 CFR 1320.5. 

Dated: September 22, 2017. 

Tomakie Washington, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Office of the Chief Privacy 

Officer, Office of Management. 

[FR Doc. 2017–20659 Filed 9–26–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2017–ICCD–0088] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

Report of Infants and Toddlers 

Receiving Early Intervention Services 

and of Program Settings Where 

Services Are Provided in Accordance 

With Part C, and Report on Infants and 

Toddlers . . . 

AGENCY: Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services (OSERS), 

Department of Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is 

proposing a revision of an existing 

information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before October 

27, 2017. 

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– 

2017–ICCD–0088. 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. 

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 

Information Collection Clearance 

Division, U.S. Department of Education, 

400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, Room 

216–42, Washington, DC 20202–4537. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Amanda 

Hoffman, 202–245–6951. 

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: Report of Infants 

and Toddlers Receiving Early 

Intervention Services and of Program 

Settings Where Services are Provided in 

Accordance with Part C, and Report on 

Infants and Toddlers. 

OMB Control Number: 1820–0557. 

Type of Review: A revision of an 

existing information collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

Local, and Tribal Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 56. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 5,311. 

Abstract: This data collection 

provides instructions and forms 

necessary for States to report the 

number of children receiving early 

intervention services under Part C of 

Individuals with Disabilities Education 

Act (IDEA), the settings in which these 

children are provided services, and the 

reasons by which these children exit 

Part C of IDEA. The form satisfies 

reporting requirements and is used by 


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OSEP to monitor State agencies and for 

Congressional reporting. 

Dated: September 22, 2017. 

Tomakie Washington, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Office of the Chief Privacy 

Officer, Office of Management. 

[FR Doc. 2017–20660 Filed 9–26–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[OE Docket No. PP–438] 

Application for Presidential Permit; 

Central Maine Power Company 

AGENCY: Office of Electricity Delivery 

and Energy Reliability, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of application. 

SUMMARY: Central Maine Power 

Company (CMP) has applied for a 

Presidential permit to construct, 

operate, maintain, and connect an 

electric transmission line across the 

United States border with Canada. 

DATES: Comments or motions to 

intervene must be submitted on or 

before October 27, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Comments or motions to 

intervene should be addressed as 

follows: Office of Electricity Delivery 

and Energy Reliability (OE–20), U.S. 

Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christopher Lawrence (Program Office) 

at 202–586–5260 or via electronic mail 

at Christopher.Lawrence@hq.doe.gov; 

Rishi Garg (Program Attorney) at 202– 

586–0258. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

construction, operation, maintenance, 

and connection of facilities at the 

international border of the United States 

for the transmission of electric energy 

between the United States and a foreign 

country is prohibited in the absence of 

a Presidential permit issued pursuant to 

Executive Order (EO) 10485, as 

amended by EO 12038. 

On July 27, 2017, Central Maine 

Power Company (CMP or ‘‘The 

Applicant’’) filed an application with 

the Office of Electricity Delivery and 

Energy Reliability of the Department of 

Energy (DOE) for a Presidential permit 

for the New England Clean Energy 

Connect (NECEC) project. CMP has its 

principal place of business in Augusta, 

Maine. CMP Group, Inc. owns 100% of 

outstanding shares of CMP’s common 

stock. CMP Group, Inc. is a whollyowned subsidiary of Avangrid 

Networks, Inc., which in turn is a 

wholly-owned subsidiary of 

AVANGRID, a New York corporation 

listed on the New York Stock Exchange 

(NYSE: AGR). Iberdrola, a corporation 

(sociedad ano ́nima) organized under the 

laws of the Kingdom of Spain (BME: 

IBE), directly owns approximately 

81.5% of the outstanding shares of 

AVANGRID common stock, with the 

remaining shares publicly traded on the 

New York Stock exchange. Iberdrola’s 

shares are listed in the Madrid, Bilbao, 

Barcelona, and Valencia (Spain) stock 

exchanges. 

CMP proposes to construct, operate, 

maintain, and connect the NECEC 

project, which would cross the U.S.- 

Canada (Que ́bec-Maine) international 

border in Beattie Township, Maine. 

From that point, the NECEC’s 

transmission facilities would extend to 

the point of first interconnection with 

the ISO-New England operated power 

grid at CMP’s Larrabee Road Substation 

in Lewiston, Maine. The proposed 

project includes (1) a 100-foot segment 

crossing the border; (2) approximately 

145.3 miles of +/¥320 kilovolt (kV) 

overhead high-voltage direct current 

(HVDC) transmission line from the 

border crossing to (3) a new 345 kV 

alternating current (AC) to +/¥320 kV 

HVDC 1,200 megawatt (MW) converter 

station at the Merrill Road Substation in 

Lewiston, Maine (Merrill Road 

Converter Station), which would 

convert the electrical power from DC to 

AC; (4) a 1.2-mile, above-ground 345 kV 

AC transmission line from Merrill Road 

Converter Station to the existing 

Larrabee Road Substation (and 

associated rebuild of 0.8 mile of lowervoltage 34.5 kV transmission line to 

make room in the corridor for the new 

1.2-mile line); and (5) a 345 kV line 

terminal at the Larrabee Road 

Substation. The proposed project 

facilities would be capable of 

transmitting up to 1200 MW of power. 

Since the restructuring of the electric 

industry began, resulting in the 

introduction of different types of 

competitive entities into the 

marketplace, DOE has consistently 

expressed its policy that cross-border 

trade in electric energy should be 

subject to the same principles of 

comparable open access and nondiscrimination that apply to 

transmission in interstate commerce. 

DOE has stated that policy in export 

authorizations granted to entities 

requesting authority to export electric 

energy over international transmission 

facilities. Specifically, DOE expects 

transmitting utilities owning border 

facilities to provide access across the 

border in accordance with the 

principles of comparable open access 

and non-discrimination contained in the 

Federal Power Act and articulated in 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 

(FERC) Order No. 888 (Promoting 

Wholesale Competition Through Open 

Access Non-Discriminatory 

Transmission Services by Public 

Utilities; FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,036 

(1996)), as amended. 

Procedural Matters: Any person may 

comment on this application by filing 

such comment at the address provided 

above. Any person seeking to become a 

party to this proceeding must file a 

motion to intervene at the address 

provided above in accordance with Rule 

214 of FERC’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.214). Two copies 

of each comment or motion to intervene 

should be filed with DOE on or before 

the date listed above. 

Additional copies of such motions to 

intervene also should be filed directly 

with: Randall S. Rich, Pierce Atwood 

LLP, 1875 K Street NW., Suite 700, 

Washington, DC 20006, rrich@

pierceatwood.com, AND Bernardo 

Escudero Morandeira, Central Maine 

Power Company, 83 Edison Drive, 

Augusta, Maine 04336, 

bernardo.escudero@cmpco.com, AND 

Jared S. des Rosiers, Pierce Atwood LLP, 

254 Commercial Street, Portland, Maine 

04101, jdesrosiers@pierceatwood.com. 

Before a Presidential permit may be 

issued or amended, DOE must 

determine that the proposed action is in 

the public interest. In making that 

determination, DOE considers the 

environmental impacts of the proposed 

project pursuant to the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as 

amended, determines the project’s 

impact on electric reliability by 

ascertaining whether the proposed 

project would adversely affect the 

operation of the U.S. electric power 

supply system under normal and 

contingency conditions, and any other 

factors that DOE may also consider 

relevant to the public interest. Also, 

DOE must obtain the concurrences of 

the Secretary of State and the Secretary 

of Defense before taking final action on 

a Presidential permit application. 

Copies of this application will be 

made available, upon request, for public 

inspection and copying at the address 

provided above, by accessing the 

program Web site at http://energy.gov/ 

oe/services/electricity-policycoordination-and-implementation/ 

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