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Small Numbers 

As noted above, only small numbers 

of incidental take may be authorized 

under section 101(a)(5)(D) of the MMPA 

for specified activities other than 

military readiness activities. The MMPA 

does not define small numbers and so, 

in practice, NMFS compares the number 

of individuals taken to the most 

appropriate estimation of abundance of 

the relevant species or stock in our 

determination of whether an 

authorization is limited to small 

numbers of marine mammals. 

The estimated takes are below seven 

percent of the population for all marine 

mammals (Table 7). 

Based on the analysis contained 

herein of the proposed activity 

(including the prescribed mitigation and 

monitoring measures) and the 

anticipated take of marine mammals, 

NMFS finds that small numbers of 

marine mammals will be taken relative 

to the population size of the affected 

species or stocks. 

Unmitigable Adverse Impact 

Subsistence Analysis and 

Determination 

There are no relevant subsistence uses 

of the affected marine mammal stocks or 

species implicated by this action. 

Therefore, NMFS has determined that 

the total taking of affected species or 

stocks would not have an unmitigable 

adverse impact on the availability of 

such species or stocks for taking for 

subsistence purposes. 

Endangered Species Act (ESA) 

No incidental take of ESA-listed 

species is authorized or expected to 

result from this activity. Therefore, 

NMFS has determined that formal 

consultation under section 7 of the ESA 

is not required for this action. 

Authorization 

As a result of these determinations, 

NMFS has issued an IHA to the 

Washington State Department of 

Transportation for the U.S. 101/Chehalis 

River Bridge—Scour Repair in 

Washington State, provided the 

previously described mitigation, 

monitoring, and reporting requirements 

are incorporated. 

Dated: October 26, 2017. 

Donna S. Wieting, 

Director, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Navy 

Meeting of the U.S. Naval Academy 

Board of Visitors 

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of partially closed 

meeting. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Naval Academy 

Board of Visitors will meet to make such 

inquiry, as the Board shall deem 

necessary, into the state of morale and 

discipline, the curriculum, instruction, 

physical equipment, fiscal affairs, and 

academic methods of the Naval 

Academy. 

DATES: The open session of the meeting 

will be held on December 4, 2017, from 

9:00 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. The executive 

session held from 11:15 a.m. to 12:00 

p.m., will be the closed portion of the 

meeting. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the United States Naval Academy in 

Annapolis, MD. The meeting will be 

handicap accessible. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lieutenant Commander Lawrence 

Heyworth IV, USN, Executive Secretary 

to the Board of Visitors, Office of the 

Superintendent, U.S. Naval Academy, 

Annapolis, MD 21402–5000, 410–293– 

1503. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice of meeting is provided per the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended (5 U.S.C. App.). The executive 

session of the meeting from 11:15 a.m. 

to 12:00 p.m. on December 4, 2017, will 

consist of discussions of new and 

pending administrative/minor 

disciplinary infractions and non-judicial 

punishments involving midshipmen 

attending the Naval Academy to include 

but not limited to, individual honor/ 

conduct violations within the Brigade, 

the disclosure of which would 

constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of personal privacy. For this 

reason, the executive session of this 

meeting will be closed to the public, as 

the discussion of such information 

cannot be adequately segregated from 

other topics, which precludes opening 

the executive session of this meeting to 

the public. Accordingly, the Department 

of the Navy/Assistant for 

Administration has determined in 

writing that the meeting shall be 

partially closed to the public because 

the discussions during the executive 

session from 11:15 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. 

will be concerned with matters 

protected under sections 552b(c) (5), (6), 

and (7) of title 5, United States Code. 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552b 

Dated: October 26, 2017. 

E.K. Baldini, 

Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate 

General’s Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register 

Liaison Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

National Assessment Governing Board 

Quarterly Board Meeting 

AGENCY: National Assessment 

Governing Board, U.S. Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Announcement of open and 

closed meetings. 

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the 

agenda for the November 16–18, 2017 

Quarterly Board Meeting of the National 

Assessment Governing Board (hereafter 

referred to as Governing Board). This 

notice provides information to members 

of the public who may be interested in 

attending the meeting or providing 

written comments related to the work of 

the Governing Board. Notice of this 

meeting is required under § 10(a)(2) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA). 

DATES: The Quarterly Board Meeting 

will be held on the following dates: 

• November 16, 2017 from 11:15 a.m. 

to 6:00 p.m. 

• November 17, 2017 from 8:30 a.m. 

to 4:30 p.m. 

• November 18, 2017 from 7:30 a.m. 

to 12:00 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Washington Marriott 

Georgetown, 1221 22nd Street NW., 

Washington, DC 20037. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Munira Mwalimu, Executive Officer/ 

Designated Federal Official for the 

Governing Board, 800 North Capitol 

Street NW., Suite 825, Washington, DC 

20002, telephone: (202) 357–6938, fax: 

(202) 357–6945, email: 

Munira.Mwalimu@ed.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Statutory Authority and Function: 

The Governing Board is established 

under the National Assessment of 

Educational Progress Authorization Act, 

Title III of Public Law 107–279. Written 

comments may be submitted 

electronically or in hard copy to the 

attention of the Executive Officer/ 

Designated Federal Official (see contact 

information noted above). Information 

on the Governing Board and its work 

can be found at www.nagb.gov. 

The Governing Board is established to 

formulate policy for the National 


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Assessment of Educational Progress 

(NAEP). The Governing Board’s 

responsibilities include the following: 

Selecting subject areas to be assessed, 

developing assessment frameworks and 

specifications, developing appropriate 

student achievement levels for each 

grade and subject tested, developing 

standards and procedures for interstate 

and national comparisons, improving 

the form and use of NAEP, developing 

guidelines for reporting and 

disseminating results, and releasing 

initial NAEP results to the public. 

November 16–17, 2017 Committee 

Meetings 

The Governing Board’s standing 

committees will meet to conduct 

regularly scheduled work based on 

agenda items planned for this Quarterly 

Board Meeting and follow-up items as 

reported in the Governing Board’s 

committee meeting minutes available at 

http://nagb.gov/what-we-do/boardcommittee-reports-and-agendas.html. 

Detailed Meeting Agenda: November 

16–18, 2017 

November 16: Committee Meetings 

Assessment Development Committee 

(ADC): Open Session: 11:15 a.m. to 1:30 

p.m. 

Ad Hoc Committee on Measures of 

Postsecondary Preparedness: Open 

Session: 1:45 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. 

Executive Committee: Open Session: 

4:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.; Closed Session: 

5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. 

November 17: Full Governing Board and 

Committee Meetings 

Full Governing Board: Open Session: 

8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 

p.m. 

Committee Meetings 

ADC: Open Session: 12:45 p.m. to 

2:15 p.m. 

Reporting and Dissemination (R&D): 

Open Session 12:45 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. 

ADC and R&D Joint Session: Open 

Session: 2:15 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. 

Committee on Standards, Design and 

Methodology (COSDAM): Open Session: 

12:45 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.; Closed Session: 

2:30 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. 

November 18: Full Governing Board and 

Committee Meetings 

Nominations Committee: Closed 

Session: 7:30 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. 

Full Governing Board: Open Session: 

8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. 

On Thursday, November 16, 2017, 

ADC will meet in open session from 

11:15 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thereafter, the 

Ad Hoc Committee on Measures of 

Postsecondary Preparedness will meet 

in open session from 1:45 p.m. to 3:45 

p.m. The Executive Committee will 

convene in open session from 4:30 p.m. 

to 5:00 p.m. and in closed session from 

5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. During the closed 

session, the Executive Committee will 

receive and discuss cost estimates for 

implementing NAEP’s Assessment 

Schedule for 2014–2024, and the 

implications of cost and funding 

estimates for the NAEP Assessment 

Schedule in relation to the Governing 

Board’s Strategic Vision and draft policy 

priorities for the NAEP Assessment 

Schedule. This meeting must be 

conducted in closed session because 

public disclosure of this information 

would likely have an adverse financial 

effect on the NAEP program by 

providing confidential cost details and 

proprietary contract costs of current 

contractors to the public. Discussion of 

this information would be likely to 

significantly impede implementation of 

a proposed agency action if conducted 

in open session. Such matters are 

protected by exemption 9(B) of section 

552b of Title 5 U.S.C. 

On Friday, November 17, 2017, the 

Governing Board will meet in open 

session and also via webcast from 8:30 

a.m. to 12:30 p.m. 

From 8:30 a.m. to 8:45 a.m., the 

Governing Board will review and 

approve the November 17–18, 2017 

Governing Board meeting agenda and 

meeting minutes from the August 2017 

Quarterly Board Meeting. Thereafter, the 

Governing Board Chairman will provide 

remarks. From 8:45 a.m. to 9:15 a.m., 

the Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos, 

will administer the oath of office to five 

new members and one reappointed 

member and provide remarks. See the 

news release at the following link: 

https://www.nagb.org/news-and-events/ 

news-releases/2017/release-20170928- 

six-leaders-named.html. 

On Friday, November 17, 2017, the 

Governing Board will hear from a panel 

of experts on international assessments, 

Thinking Beyond Borders: The Future of 

Student Assessment, from 9:15 a.m. to 

12:30 p.m. This session will be available 

via webcast online at www.nagb.gov on 

the day of the event. Members of the 

public may view the session in person 

on a first come, first serve basis, with an 

overflow room also available as needed. 

At 12:30 p.m., the Governing Board 

will recess for a 15 minute break and 

convene for standing committee 

meetings which will take place from 

12:45 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. The ADC and 

R&D Committees will meet in open 

session to conduct regular business. 

Thereafter, the two committees will 

meet in an open joint session from 2:15 

p.m. to 3:15 p.m. 

On Friday November 17, 2017, 

COSDAM will meet in open session 

from 12:45 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. and in 

closed session from 2:30 p.m. to 3:15 

p.m. During the closed session, 

COSDAM will discuss information 

regarding analyses of the 2017 bridge 

studies for paper-and-pencil and digitalbased assessments, and discuss secure 

NAEP Reading and Mathematics data. 

This part of the meeting must be 

conducted in closed session because the 

analysis involves the use of secure data 

for the NAEP Reading and Mathematics 

assessments on digital-based platforms. 

Public disclosure of secure data would 

significantly impede implementation of 

the NAEP assessment program if 

conducted in open session. Such 

matters are protected by exemption 9(B) 

of § 552b of Title 5 U.S.C. 

Following the committee meetings, 

from 3:15 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., the 

Governing Board will take a 15 minute 

break and thereafter meet in open 

session from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. 

From 3:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., the 

Board will hear remarks from new 

members. The Governing Board will 

then receive their annual ethics briefing 

conducted by the U.S. Department of 

Education, Office of General Counsel 

Ethics Division staff from 4:00 p.m. to 

4:30 p.m. 

The November 17, 2017 session will 

adjourn at 4:30 p.m. 

On November 18, 2017, the 

Nominations Committee will meet in 

closed session from 7:30 a.m. to 8:15 

a.m. The Committee will discuss 

nominees for Governing Board 

vacancies for terms beginning October 1, 

2018. The Nominations Committee’s 

discussions pertain solely to internal 

personnel rules and practices of an 

agency and information of a personal 

nature where disclosure would 

constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of personal privacy. As such, 

the discussions are protected by 

exemptions 2 and 6 of § 552b(c) of Title 

5 of the United States Code. 

The Governing Board will meet in 

open session on November 18, 2017 

from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. From 8:30 

a.m. to 9:30 a.m. the Governing Board 

will engage in discussion on the 

international assessment panel that was 

convened on Friday, November 17, 

2017. Then, from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 

a.m., the Governing Board will discuss 

the draft resolution on Governing Board 

priorities for the NAEP Assessment 

Schedule vis-a-vis the Governing 

Board’s Strategic Vision #9, which is to 

develop policy approaches to revise the 

NAEP assessment subjects and 

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Following this session, the Governing 

Board will take a break from 10:30 a.m. 

to 10:45 a.m. 

From 10:45 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. the 

Governing Board will receive committee 

reports and take action on the Release 

Plan for the 2017 NAEP Reading and 

Mathematics Report Cards for Grades 4 

and 8. 

From 11:15 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., the 

Governing Board will engage in 

discussion on the NAEP Framework 

Policy Revision pursuant to the 

Governing Board’s Strategic Vision #5, 

which is to develop new approaches to 

update NAEP subject area frameworks. 

The November 18, 2017 meeting will 

adjourn at 12:00 p.m. 

Access to Records of the Meeting: 

Pursuant to FACA requirements, the 

public may also inspect the meeting 

materials at www.nagb.gov beginning on 

Thursday, November 16, 2017 by 10:00 

a.m. ET. The official verbatim 

transcripts of the public meeting 

sessions will be available for public 

inspection no later than 30 calendar 

days following the meeting. 

Reasonable Accommodations: The 

meeting site is accessible to individuals 

with disabilities. If you will need an 

auxiliary aid or service to participate in 

the meeting (e.g., interpreting service, 

assistive listening device, or materials in 

an alternate format), notify the contact 

person listed in this notice no later than 

21 days prior to the meeting. 

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The official version of this document is 

the document published in the Federal 

Register. Internet access to the official 

edition of the Federal Register and the 

Code of Federal Regulations is available 

via the Federal Digital System at: 

www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site you can 

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You may also access documents of the 

Department published in the Federal 

Register by using the article search 

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Specifically, through the advanced 

search feature at this site, you can limit 

your search to documents published by 

the Department. 

Authority: Pub. L. 107–279, Title III— 

National Assessment of Educational Progress 

§ 301. 

Dated: October 27, 2017. 

William J. Bushaw, 

Executive Director, National Assessment 

Governing Board (NAGB), U.S. Department 

of Education. 

[FR Doc. 2017–23751 Filed 10–31–17; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

State Educational Agency and Local 

Educational Agency—School Data 

Collection and Reporting Under ESEA, 

Title I, Part A; ED–2017–ICCD–0130; 

Correction 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

ACTION: Correction notice. 

SUMMARY: On October 26, 2017, the U.S. 

Department of Education published a 

60-day comment period notice in the 

Federal Register (Page 49602, Column 

1; FR DOC #2017–23222) seeking public 

comment for an information collection 

entitled, ‘‘State Educational Agency and 

Local Educational Agency—School Data 

Collection and Reporting Under ESEA, 

Title I, Part A’’. The abstract was 

incorrect, and is corrected as follows: 

Although the U.S. Department of 

Education (ED) determines Title I, Part 

A allocations for Local Educational 

Agencies (LEAs), the Elementary and 

Secondary Education Act, as amended 

by the Every Student Succeeds Act, 

requires State Educational Agencies 

(SEAs) to adjust ED-determined Title I, 

Part A LEA allocations to account for 

newly created LEAs and LEA boundary 

changes, to redistribute Title I, Part A 

funds to small LEAs (under 20,000 total 

population) using alternative poverty 

data (if an SEA has ED’s approval to do 

so), and to reserve funds for school 

improvement, State administration, and, 

if applicable, Direct Student Services. 

This control number covers only the 

burden associated with the actual 

procedures an SEA must follow when 

adjusting ED-determined LEA 

allocations. 

The Acting Director, Information 

Collection Clearance Division, Office of 

the Chief Privacy Officer, Office of 

Management, hereby issues a correction 

notice as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. 

Dated: October 26, 2017. 

Tomakie Washington, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Office of the Chief Privacy 

Officer, Office of Management. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

DOE/NSF High Energy Physics 

Advisory Panel 

AGENCY: Office of Science, Department 

of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the DOE/NSF High Energy 

Physics Advisory Panel (HEPAP). The 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

requires that public notice of these 

meetings be announced in the Federal 

Register. 

DATES: Thursday, November 30, 2017; 

8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and Friday, 

December 1, 2017; 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Hilton Washington, DC 

North/Gaithersburg, 620 Perry Parkway, 

Gaithersburg, MD 20877. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

Kogut, Executive Secretary; High Energy 

Physics Advisory Panel (HEPAP); U.S. 

Department of Energy; Office of Science; 

SC–25/Germantown Building, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585; Telephone: 

(301) 903–1298; email: john.kogut@

science.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of Meeting: To provide 

advice and guidance on a continuing 

basis to the Department of Energy and 

the National Science Foundation on 

scientific priorities within the field of 

high energy physics research. 

Tentative Agenda: Agenda Will Include 

Discussions of the Following 

November 30–December 1, 2017 

• Discussion of Department of Energy 

High Energy Physics Program 

• Discussion of National Science 

Foundation Elementary Particle 

Physics Program 

• Reports on and Discussions of Topics 

of General Interest in High Energy 

Physics 

• Public Comment (10-minute rule) 

Public Participation: The meeting is 

open to the public. A webcast of this 

meeting will be available. Please check 

the Web site below for updates and 

information on how to view the 

meeting. If you would like to file a 

written statement with the Committee, 

you may do so either before or after the 

meeting. If you would like to make oral 

statements regarding any of these items 

on the agenda, you should contact John 

Kogut, (301) 903–1298 or by email at: 

John.Kogut@science.doe.gov. You must 

make your request for an oral statement 

at least five business days before the 

meeting. Reasonable provision will be 

made to include the scheduled oral 


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