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26Spanish, Chinese, Tagalog, Vietnamese, Arabic, 

French, Korean, and Russian are the most common 

languages other than English that are spoken in the 

United States. See 2016 ACS Home Language Data. 

27 Id. 

The CFPB is committed to the 

accessibility of its services to LEP 

persons. In developing this Language 

Access Plan, the CFPB engaged 

stakeholders in October 2014 by 

releasing a Proposed Language Access 

Plan for public comment to understand 

the opportunities to serve LEP persons 

and to ensure LEP individuals have 

access to the CFPB’s programs and 

services. 

To ensure meaningful access, the 

Bureau considers the following factors: 

(1) The number or proportion of LEP 

persons who would not receive the 

Bureau’s services without efforts to 

remove language barriers; (2) the 

frequency and number of contacts by 

LEP persons with the Bureau’s services; 

(3) the nature and importance of the 

services provided by the Bureau to 

people’s financial lives; and (4) the 

resources available to the Bureau 

(including cost-benefit analysis) to 

provide services to LEP persons. 

The CFPB provides LEP individuals 

with access to information, services, 

activities, and programs through the 

following activities: 

Offering Translated Consumer-Facing 

Brochures 

The Bureau translates selected 

consumer-facing brochures into the 

most frequently encountered languages, 

as established by U.S. Census Bureau 

data or based on specific issues affecting 

a particular group of LEP individuals. 

The Bureau publishes a wider range of 

consumer-facing brochures in Spanish, 

which accounts for the second-largest 

language group in the United States. 

Translating public-facing brochures into 

the languages most frequently 

encountered is important when reaching 

LEP individuals.26 Spanish speakers 

constitute nearly 64 percent of the LEP 

population, so the Bureau translates 

many consumer-facing materials into 

Spanish.27 The CFPB has also translated 

brochures, fact sheets, and other 

materials about certain topics into 

Chinese, French, French Cre ́ole, Korean, 

Tagalog, Vietnamese, Russian, and 

Arabic. The Bureau reviews translated 

materials to ensure quality and 

accuracy. 

Handling Complaints From Consumers 

About Consumer Financial Products 

and Services in Multiple Languages 

The Bureau’s Office of Consumer 

Response hears directly from consumers 

about the challenges they face in the 

marketplace and brings consumers’ 

complaints to the attention of consumer 

financial product or service providers. 

The CFPB currently accepts complaints 

about a wide variety of financial 

products and services and can assist 

consumers with complaints in more 

than 180 languages. Consumers have the 

choice to receive written 

communications in Spanish. The 

Bureau may also refer consumers to 

other regulators and resources, as 

needed. 

Dated: November 13, 2017. 

Richard Cordray, 

Director, Bureau of Consumer Financial 

Protection. 

[FR Doc. 2017–24854 Filed 11–15–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–AM–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Submission of Data by State 

Educational Agencies; Submission 

Dates for State Revenue and 

Expenditure Reports for Fiscal Year 

2017, Revisions to Those Reports, and 

Revisions to Prior Fiscal Year Reports 

AGENCY: National Center for Education 

Statistics, Institute of Education 

Sciences, Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Secretary announces 

dates for State educational agencies 

(SEAs) to submit expenditure and 

revenue data and average daily 

attendance statistics on ED Form 2447 

(the National Public Education 

Financial Survey (NPEFS)) for fiscal 

year (FY) 2017, revisions to those 

reports, and revisions to reports for 

previous fiscal years. The Secretary sets 

these dates to ensure that data are 

available to serve as the basis for timely 

distribution of Federal funds. The U.S. 

Census Bureau is the data collection 

agent for this request of the Department 

of Education’s National Center for 

Education Statistics (NCES). The data 

will be published by NCES and will be 

used by the Secretary in the calculation 

of allocations for FY 2019 appropriated 

funds. 

DATES: SEAs can begin submitting data 

on Wednesday, January 31, 2018. SEAs 

are urged to submit accurate and 

complete data by Friday, March 30, 

2018, to facilitate timely processing. The 

deadline for the final submission of all 

data, including any revisions to 

previously submitted data for FY 2016 

and FY 2017, is Wednesday, August 15, 

2018. Any resubmissions of FY 2016 or 

FY 2017 data by SEAs in response to 

requests for clarification or 

reconciliation or other inquiries by 

NCES or the Census Bureau must be 

completed as soon as possible, but no 

later than Tuesday, September 4, 2018. 

All outstanding data issues must be 

reconciled or resolved by the SEAs, 

NCES, and the Census Bureau as soon 

as possible, but no later than September 

4, 2018. 

Addresses and Submission 

Information: SEAs may mail ED Form 

2447 to: U.S. Census Bureau, 

ATTENTION: Economic Reimbursable 

Surveys Division, 4600 Silver Hill Road, 

Suitland, MD 20746. 

If an SEA’s submission is received by 

the Census Bureau after August 15, 

2018, the SEA must show one of the 

following as proof that the submission 

was mailed on or before that date: 

1. A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service 

postmark. 

2. A legible mail receipt with the date 

of mailing stamped by the U.S. Postal 

Service. 

3. A dated shipping label, invoice, or 

receipt from a commercial carrier. 

4. Any other proof of mailing 

acceptable to the Secretary. 

If the SEA mails ED Form 2447 

through the U.S. Postal Service, the 

Secretary does not accept either of the 

following as proof of mailing: 

1. A private metered postmark. 

2. A mail receipt that is not dated by 

the U.S. Postal Service. 

Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not 

uniformly provide a dated postmark. Before 

relying on this method, an SEA should check 

with its local post office. 

SEAs may submit data online using 

the interactive survey form on the 

NPEFS data collection Web site at: 

http://surveys.nces.ed.gov/ccdnpefs. 

The NPEFS interactive survey includes 

a digital confirmation page where a 

personal identification number (PIN) 

may be entered. A successful entry of 

the PIN serves as a signature by the 

authorizing official. Alternatively, a 

certification form also may be printed 

from the Web site, signed by the 

authorizing official, and mailed to the 

Economic Reimbursable Surveys 

Division of the Census Bureau at the 

Washington, DC address provided 

above, within five business days after 

submission of the NPEFS web 

interactive form. 

Alternatively, SEAs may hand-deliver 

submissions by 4:00 p.m. Washington, 

DC time on August 15, 2018, to: U.S. 

Census Bureau, Economic Reimbursable 

Surveys Division, 4600 Silver Hill Road, 

Suitland, MD 20746. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Stephen Q. Cornman, NPEFS Project 

Director, National Center for Education 


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Statistics, Institute of Education 

Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. 

Telephone: (202) 245–7753 or by email: 

stephen.cornman@ed.gov. You may also 

contact an NPEFS team member at the 

Census Bureau. Telephone: 1–800–437– 

4196 or (301) 763–1571 or by email: 

erd.npefs.list@census.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD) or a text 

telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay 

Service, toll free, at 1–800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under 

section 153(a)(1)(I) of the Education 

Sciences Reform Act of 2002, 20 U.S.C. 

9543(a)(1)(I), which authorizes NCES to 

gather data on the financing and 

management of education, NCES 

collects data annually from SEAs 

through ED Form 2447. The report from 

SEAs includes attendance, revenue, and 

expenditure data from which NCES 

determines a State’s ‘‘average per-pupil 

expenditure’’ (SPPE) for elementary and 

secondary education, as defined in 

section 8101(2) of the Elementary and 

Secondary Education Act of 1965, as 

amended (ESEA) (20 U.S.C. 7801(2)). 

In addition to using the SPPE data as 

general information on the financing of 

elementary and secondary education, 

the Secretary uses these data directly in 

calculating allocations for certain 

formula grant programs, including, but 

not limited to, title I, part A of the 

ESEA, Impact Aid, and Indian 

Education programs. Other programs, 

such as the Education for Homeless 

Children and Youth program under title 

VII of the McKinney-Vento Homeless 

Assistance Act and the Teacher Quality 

State Grants program (title II, part A of 

the ESEA), make use of SPPE data 

indirectly because their formulas are 

based, in whole or in part, on State title 

I, part A allocations. 

In January 2018, the Census Bureau, 

acting as the data collection agent for 

NCES, will email ED Form 2447 to 

SEAs, with instructions, and will 

request that SEAs commence submitting 

FY 2017 data to the Census Bureau on 

Wednesday, January 31, 2018. SEAs are 

urged to submit accurate and complete 

data by Friday, March 30, 2018, to 

facilitate timely processing. 

Submissions by SEAs to the Census 

Bureau will be analyzed for accuracy 

and returned to each SEA for 

verification. SEAs must submit all data, 

including any revisions to FY 2016 and 

FY 2017 data, to the Census Bureau no 

later than Wednesday, August 15, 2018. 

Any resubmissions of FY 2016 or FY 

2017 data by SEAs in response to 

requests for clarification or 

reconciliation or other inquiries by 

NCES or the Census Bureau must be 

completed by Tuesday, September 4, 

2018. Between August 15, 2018, and 

September 4, 2018, SEAs may also, on 

their own initiative, resubmit data to 

resolve issues not addressed in their 

final submission of NPEFS data by 

August 15, 2018. All outstanding data 

issues must be reconciled or resolved by 

the SEAs, NCES, and the Census Bureau 

as soon as possible, but no later than 

September 4, 2018. 

In order to facilitate timely 

submission of data, the Census Bureau 

will send reminder notices to SEAs in 

June and July of 2018. 

Having accurate, consistent, and 

timely information is critical to an 

efficient and fair Department of 

Education (Department) allocation 

process and to the NCES statistical 

process. To ensure timely distribution of 

Federal education funds based on the 

best, most accurate data available, the 

Department establishes, for program 

funding allocation purposes, 

Wednesday, August 15, 2018, as the 

final date by which the SEAs must 

submit data using either the interactive 

survey form on the NPEFS data 

collection Web site at: http://

surveys.nces.ed.gov/ccdnpefs or ED 

Form 2447. 

Any resubmissions of FY 2016 or FY 

2017 data by SEAs in response to 

requests for clarification or 

reconciliation or other inquiries by 

NCES or the Census Bureau must be 

completed through the interactive 

survey form on the NPEFS data 

collection Web site or ED Form 2447 by 

Tuesday, September 4, 2018. If an SEA 

submits revised data after the final 

deadline that result in a lower SPPE 

figure, the SEA’s allocations may be 

adjusted downward, or the Department 

may direct the SEA to return funds. 

SEAs should be aware that all of these 

data are subject to audit and that, if any 

inaccuracies are discovered in the audit 

process, the Department may seek 

recovery of overpayments for the 

applicable programs. 

Note: The following are important dates in 

the data collection process for FY 2017 data 

and revisions to reports for previous fiscal 

years: 

January 31, 2018—SEAs can begin to 

submit accurate and complete data for FY 

2017 and revisions to previously submitted 

data for FY 2016. 

March 30, 2018—Date by which SEAs are 

urged to submit accurate and complete data 

for FY 2016 and FY 2017. 

August 15, 2018—Mandatory final 

submission date for FY 2016 and FY 2017 

data to be used for program funding 

allocation purposes. 

September 4, 2018—Mandatory final 

deadline for responses by SEAs to requests 

for clarification or reconciliation or other 

inquiries by NCES or the Census Bureau. All 

data issues must be resolved. 

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities may obtain this document in 

an accessible format (e.g., braille, large 

print, audiotape, or compact disc) on 

request to: Mr. Stephen Q. Cornman, 

NPEFS Project Director, National Center 

for Education Statistics, Institute of 

Education Sciences, U.S. Department of 

Education. Telephone: (202) 245–7753 

or by email: stephen.cornman@ed.gov. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

The official version of this document is 

the document published in the Federal 

Register. Free 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 view this 

document, as well as all other 

documents of this Department 

published in the Federal Register, in 

text or Portable Document Format 

(PDF). To use PDF you must have 

Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

available free at this site. 

You may also access documents of the 

Department published in the Federal 

Register by using the article search 

feature at: www.federalregister.gov. 

Specifically, through the advanced 

search feature at this site, you can limit 

your search to documents published by 

the Department. 

Authority: 20 U.S.C. 9543. 

Dated: November 9, 2017. 

Thomas Brock, 

Commissioner, National Center for Education 

Research Delegated the Duties of the Director 

for the Institute of Education Sciences. 

[FR Doc. 2017–24787 Filed 11–15–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket Nos. EL18–28–000; QF12–252–004] 

Elk Hills Power, LLC; Notice of 

Request for Waiver 

Take notice that on November 8, 

2017, pursuant to section 292.205(c) of 

the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission’s (Commission) 

implementing the Public Utility 

Regulatory Policies Act of 1978, as 

amended 18 CFR 292.205(c) (2017), Elk 

Hills Power, LLC (EHP) submitted a 

request for limited waiver of the 

operating standard set forth in section 

292.205(a)(1) for the topping-cycle 

cogeneration facility owned and 


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