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important area of research. While access 

to technology can provide valuable 

learning opportunities to students, 

technology by itself does not guarantee 

successful outcomes. Schools and 

teachers play an important role in 

successfully integrating technology into 

teaching and learning. Findings from 

the FRSS 109 study will provide insight 

on the types and availability of DLRs 

outside of the classroom, and will 

contribute to IES legislatively mandated 

report on the educational impact of 

access to DLRs outside the classroom. 

To provide the needed data, FRSS 109 

will collect nationally representative 

data from public school teachers about 

their use of DLRs for teaching, and how 

their knowledge and beliefs about their 

students’ access to DLRs outside the 

classroom affect the assignments they 

give. The survey will focus on 

information that can best be provided by 

teachers from their perspective and 

direct interaction with students. FRSS 

109 will provide national statistics on: 

(1) Teachers’ knowledge and beliefs 

about students’ access to technology for 

doing school assignments outside of 

school; (2) Barriers and challenges 

teachers believe their students face in 

using technology for class assignments 

outside of school; and (3) Computers 

that the district or school may make 

available to students for use outside of 

class time. This request is for FRSS 109 

preliminary activities, including 

securing research approval from special 

contact school districts beginning in 

April 2018 and obtaining teacher lists 

from sampled schools beginning in 

August 2018. 

Dated: November 9, 2017. 

Stephanie Valentine, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Office of the Chief Privacy 

Officer, Office of Management. 

[FR Doc. 2017–24733 Filed 11–14–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy 

MHK Distributed and Alternate 

Applications Forum 

AGENCY: Water Power Technologies 

Office, Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of public forum. 

SUMMARY: This notice serves to 

announce that the Water Power 

Technologies Office (WPTO) within the 

Department of Energy (DOE) intends to 

hold a marine and hydrokinetic (MHK) 

Distributed and Alternate Applications 

Forum (‘‘Forum’’) in Washington, DC 

from December 5–7, 2017. The purpose 

of the Forum is to gather the latest 

information on potential high-priority 

alternative markets for MHK 

technologies. In order to gather as much 

data as possible, the Forum will bring 

together key representatives from 

potential high-priority markets, MHK 

technology developers and academia, 

along with staff from the Department of 

Energy and its national laboratories who 

have conducted some preliminary 

investigation of potential opportunities. 

This information will ultimately be used 

to inform WPTO activities and strategy. 

DATES: DOE will host the Forum from 

December 5–7, 2017. Each day will run 

from approximately 7:15 a.m. to 7:00 

p.m. DOE will be accepting any 

comments about the Forum through 

December 5. 

ADDRESSES: The Forum will be held at 

The St. Gregory Hotel, 2033 M St. NW., 

Washington, DC 20024. You may submit 

comments or questions by email to: 

Alexsandra.lemke@EE.DOE.Gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Alexsandra Lemke, Office of Energy 

Efficiency and Renewable Energy, U.S. 

Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Ave SW., Washington, 

DC 20585. Telephone: (720)-648–4381. 

Email: Alexsandra.lemke@EE.DOE.Gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Forum provides a premier 

opportunity to learn about new 

applications for marine energy, and how 

emerging technologies capturing wave 

and tidal power can help meet the 

energy needs of a variety of industries. 

The Forum will bring together experts 

in marine energy and those from ocean 

industries who might benefit from local, 

reliable energy from waves and currents. 

Speakers will include MHK technology 

developers and researchers at the 

forefront of marine energy generation, 

representatives from industries and 

communities where marine energy can 

offer the greatest economic benefit, and 

government leaders and regulators. 

Attendees will both discuss and 

evaluate high-potential alternate 

markets for developing marine-energy 

technologies as well as support DOE in 

aligning MHK technology R&D 

initiatives with high-priority 

opportunities. The event is divided into 

three days, with each day focusing on 

distinct topics: December 5th will focus 

on biofuels and aquaculture (Food and 

Fuel), December 6th will address the 

potential markets for subsea sensors, 

autonomous underwater vehicle 

recharging, and subsea data centers 

(Sensors and Data), and December 7th 

will conclude with desalination of 

seawater and seawater mineral 

extraction (Water and Minerals). 

Participating in these sessions provides 

attendees the chance to give feedback 

and input into which markets are best 

suited to the different marine energy 

technologies, and how devices can be 

designed and operated to maximize 

their benefits for each application. As a 

result of this forum, the WPTO will 

produce a report summarizing the 

opportunities within potential market 

areas. This is an opportunity for all 

attendees to provide feedback and input 

into which markets are best suited to the 

different marine energy technologies, 

and how devices can be designed and 

operated to maximize their benefits for 

each application. 

Public Participation 

The event is open to the public based 

upon space availability. DOE will also 

accept public comments as described 

above for purposes of better 

understanding the marine and 

hydrokinetic industry along with the 

alternative markets to be discussed at 

the Forum. These comments may be 

submitted at Alexsandra.lemke@

EE.DOE.Gov. The expiration date for 

public comment is December 5. 

Participants should limit information 

and comments to those based on 

personal experience, individual advice, 

information, or facts regarding this 

topic. It is not the object of this session 

to obtain any group position or 

consensus from the meeting 

participants. 

Following the meeting, a summary 

will be compiled by DOE and posted for 

public comment. For those interested in 

providing additional public comment, 

the summary will be posted at 

water.energy.gov. 

Issued on November 8, 2017 in 

Washington, DC. 

Alejandro Moreno, 

Director, Water Power Technologies Office, 

Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable 

Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2017–24698 Filed 11–14–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Sunshine Act Meeting Notice 

The following notice of meeting is 

published pursuant to section 3(a) of the 


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