80_FR_78448 80 FR 78207 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; TEACH Grant: Study of Institutional Practices and Grant Recipient Outcomes and Experiences

80 FR 78207 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; TEACH Grant: Study of Institutional Practices and Grant Recipient Outcomes and Experiences

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 241 (December 16, 2015)

Page Range78207-78208
FR Document2015-31570

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is proposing a new information collection.

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 241 (Wednesday, December 16, 2015) 
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 241 (Wednesday, December 16, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78207-78208]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-31570]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No. ED-2015-ICCD-0113]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; TEACH Grant: Study of Institutional Practices and Grant 
Recipient Outcomes and Experiences

AGENCY: Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development (OPEPD), 
Department of Education (ED).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 
U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is proposing a new information 
collection.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
January 15, 2016.

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-2015-ICCD-
0113. 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 2E115, 
Washington, DC 20202-4537.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to 
collection activities, please contact Joanne Bogart, 202-205-7855.

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: TEACH Grant: Study of Institutional Practices 
and Grant Recipient Outcomes and Experiences
    OMB Control Number: 1875--NEW
    Type of Review: A new information collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals or Households, Private 
Sector
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 243
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 165
    Abstract: The U.S. Department of Education (Department) requests 
OMB clearance for a survey of a purposively selected sample of 473 
institutions of higher education, and a sample of 500 randomly selected 
grant recipients participating in the TEACH Grant

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program. The surveys will inform a study addressing issues and 
challenges regarding the implementation of TEACH Grants, which is being 
conducted in response to a GAO audit addressing the high grant to loan 
conversion rate among TEACH grant recipients.

    Dated: December 10, 2015.
Tomakie Washington,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Office of 
the Chief Privacy Officer, Office of Management.
[FR Doc. 2015-31570 Filed 12-15-15; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4000-01-P

Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 241 / Wednesday, December 16, 2015 / Notices 78207 accepted. Written requests for informs the borrower of the terms and information or comments submitted by information or comments submitted by conditions of Direct PLUS Loan and postal mail or delivery should be postal mail or delivery should be includes a statement of borrower’s rights addressed to the Director of the addressed to the Director of the and responsibilities. A Direct PLUS Information Collection Clearance Information Collection Clearance Loan borrower must not have an adverse Division, U.S. Department of Education, Division, U.S. Department of Education, credit history. If an applicant for a 400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, Room 400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, Room Direct PLUS Loan is determined to have 2E115, Washington, DC 20202–4537. 2E103, Washington, DC 20202–4537. an adverse credit history, the applicant FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For may qualify for a Direct PLUS Loan by specific questions related to collection specific questions related to collection obtaining an endorser who does not activities, please contact Joanne Bogart, activities, please contact Jon Utz, 202– have an adverse credit history. The 202–205–7855. 377–4040. Endorser Addendum serves as the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The means by which an endorser agrees to Department of Education (ED), in Department of Education (ED), in repay the Direct PLUS Loan if the accordance with the Paperwork accordance with the Paperwork borrower does not repay it. This Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. revision incorporates changes to 3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general 3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general information based on regulatory public and Federal agencies with an public and Federal agencies with an changes, expands repayment plan opportunity to comment on proposed, opportunity to comment on proposed, information, and clarifies information revised, and continuing collections of revised, and continuing collections of through updated language. information. This helps the Department information. This helps the Department Dated: December 11, 2015. assess the impact of its information assess the impact of its information Kate Mullan, collection requirements and minimize collection requirements and minimize Acting Director, Information Collection the public’s reporting burden. It also the public’s reporting burden. It also Clearance Division, Office of the Chief Privacy helps the public understand the helps the public understand the Officer, Office of Management. Department’s information collection Department’s information collection [FR Doc. 2015–31580 Filed 12–15–15; 8:45 am] requirements and provide the requested requirements and provide the requested BILLING CODE 4000–01–P data in the desired format. ED is data in the desired format. ED is soliciting comments on the proposed soliciting comments on the proposed information collection request (ICR) that information collection request (ICR) that DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION is described below. The Department of is described below. The Department of [Docket No. ED–2015–ICCD–0113] Education is especially interested in Education is especially interested in public comment addressing the public comment addressing the Agency Information Collection following issues: (1) Is this collection following issues: (1) Is this collection Activities; Submission to the Office of necessary to the proper functions of the necessary to the proper functions of the Management and Budget for Review Department; (2) will this information be Department; (2) will this information be and Approval; Comment Request; processed and used in a timely manner; processed and used in a timely manner; TEACH Grant: Study of Institutional (3) is the estimate of burden accurate; (3) is the estimate of burden accurate; Practices and Grant Recipient (4) how might the Department enhance (4) how might the Department enhance Outcomes and Experiences the quality, utility, and clarity of the the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (5) how information to be collected; and (5) how AGENCY: Office of Planning, Evaluation might the Department minimize the might the Department minimize the and Policy Development (OPEPD), burden of this collection on the burden of this collection on the Department of Education (ED). respondents, including through the use respondents, including through the use ACTION: Notice. of information technology. Please note of information technology. Please note that written comments received in that written comments received in SUMMARY: In accordance with the response to this notice will be response to this notice will be Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 considered public records. considered public records. U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is Title of Collection: TEACH Grant: Title of Collection: William D. Ford proposing a new information collection. Study of Institutional Practices and Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan) DATES: Interested persons are invited to Grant Recipient Outcomes and Program Federal Direct PLUS Loan submit comments on or before January Experiences Master Promissory Note and Endorser 15, 2016. OMB Control Number: 1875—NEW Addendum. ADDRESSES: To access and review all the Type of Review: A new information OMB Control Number: 1845–0068. documents related to the information collection. Type of Review: A revision of an collection listed in this notice, please Respondents/Affected Public: existing information collection. use http://www.regulations.gov by Individuals or Households, Private Respondents/Affected Public: searching the Docket ID number ED– Sector Individuals or Households. 2015–ICCD–0113. Comments submitted Total Estimated Number of Annual Total Estimated Number of Annual in response to this notice should be Responses: 243 Responses: 1,380,923. submitted electronically through the Total Estimated Number of Annual Total Estimated Number of Annual Federal eRulemaking Portal at http:// Burden Hours: 165 tkelley on DSK9F6TC42PROD with NOTICES Burden Hours: 690,462. www.regulations.gov by selecting the Abstract: The U.S. Department of Abstract: The Federal Direct PLUS Docket ID number or via postal mail, Education (Department) requests OMB Loan Master Promissory Note (Direct commercial delivery, or hand delivery. clearance for a survey of a purposively PLUS Loan MPN) serves as the means Please note that comments submitted by selected sample of 473 institutions of by which an individual applies for and fax or email and those submitted after higher education, and a sample of 500 agrees to repay a Federal Direct PLUS the comment period will not be randomly selected grant recipients Loan. 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78208 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 241 / Wednesday, December 16, 2015 / Notices program. The surveys will inform a On November 4, 2015, VELCO filed PLLC, 90 Prospect Street, P. O. Box 99, study addressing issues and challenges an application with DOE requesting St. Johnsbury, VT 05819–0099, regarding the implementation of TEACH DOE amend PP–82–3 by removing the jmarshall@drm.com. Grants, which is being conducted in last sentence of Article 3’s preamble and Before a Presidential permit may be response to a GAO audit addressing the paragraphs a through d of that article granted or amended, DOE must high grant to loan conversion rate which establish operating conditions determine that the proposed action will among TEACH grant recipients. and limitations that are no longer not adversely impact on the reliability Dated: December 10, 2015. necessary for two reasons. First, VELCO of the U.S. electric power supply asserts that it has made transmission system. In addition, DOE must consider Tomakie Washington, reinforcements to the Highgate the environmental impacts of the Acting Director, Information Collection Transmission Interconnection (the proposed action (i.e., granting the Clearance Division, Office of the Chief Privacy ‘‘Highgate Facilities’’) and other Presidential permit or amendment, with Officer, Office of Management. transmission facilities in northern any conditions and limitations, or [FR Doc. 2015–31570 Filed 12–15–15; 8:45 am] Vermont since 1994. Second, ISO New denying the permit) pursuant to the BILLING CODE 4000–01–P National Environmental Policy Act of England Inc. (‘‘ISO–NE’’), as the Regional Transmission Organization 1969. DOE also must obtain the (RTO) for the six-state New England concurrences of the Secretary of State DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY region, manages real-time operation of and the Secretary of Defense before [OE Docket No. PP–82–4] these facilities through its operating taking final action on a Presidential procedures. permit application. Application To Amend Presidential The international transmission Copies of this application will be Permit; Vermont Electric Power facilities authorized by Presidential made available, upon request, for public Company, Inc., as Agent for the Joint Permit No. PP–82, as amended, include inspection and copying at the address Owners of the Highgate Project a back-to-back converter station in provided above. In addition, the Highgate, VT and a 345 kilovolt (kV) application may be reviewed or AGENCY: Office of Electricity Delivery transmission line extending downloaded electronically at http:// and Energy Reliability, DOE. approximately 7.5 miles from the energy.gov/oe/services/electricity- ACTION: Notice of Application. converter station to the U.S.-Canada policy-coordination-and- border in Franklin, VT. VELCO does not implementation/international- SUMMARY: Vermont Electric Power propose to make any physical changes electricity-regulatio-2. Upon reaching Company, Inc. (‘‘VELCO’’), as operating- to the Highgate Facilities but rather asks the home page, select ‘‘Pending and-management agent for the Joint the Department to amend the permit to Applications.’’ Owners of the Highgate Transmission reflect the transmission-network Interconnection (the ‘‘Highgate Joint Issued in Washington, DC, on December reinforcements made since 1994 and the 10, 2015. Owners’’) filed an application to amend role of ISO–NE., as the Regional Christopher A. Lawrence, PP–82, issued on May 14, 1985 and Transmission Organization, in managing amended on March 1, 1994, on Electricity Policy Analyst, Office of Electricity the real-time operation of the Delivery and Energy Reliability. September 3, 2003, and again on transmission system through its [FR Doc. 2015–31622 Filed 12–15–15; 8:45 am] February 7, 2005. The application operating procedures. VELCO is also requested that DOE remove certain BILLING CODE 6450–01–P requesting several amendments to the operating conditions in the Permit that Permit including changes to the are no longer necessary. ownership of the Highgate Facilities and DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY DATES: Comments or motions to a language change to Article 3 to better intervene must be submitted on or reflect the way energy is scheduled and Office of Energy Efficiency and before February 16, 2016. flows over the Highgate Facilities.1 Renewable Energy ADDRESSES: Comments or motions to Procedural Matters: Any person may [Case No. CW–026] intervene should be addressed as comment on this application by filing follows: Office of Electricity Delivery such comment at the address provided Notice of Petition for Waiver of and Energy Reliability (OE–20), U.S. above. Any person seeking to become a Whirlpool Corporation From the Department of Energy, 1000 party to this proceeding must file a Department of Energy Clothes Washer Independence Avenue SW., motion to intervene at the address Test Procedure, and Grant of Interim Washington, DC 20585. provided above in accordance with Rule Waiver FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 214 of FERC’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.214). Two copies AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Christopher Lawrence (Program Office) of each comment or motion to intervene Renewable Energy, Department of at 202–586–5260, or by email to should be filed with DOE on or before Energy. Christopher.Lawrence@hq.doe.gov, or the date listed above. ACTION: Notice of petition for waiver, Katherine Konieczny (Program Attorney) at 202–586–0503. Additional copies of such motions to notice of grant of interim waiver, and intervene also should be filed directly request for comments. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The with: Mr. Christopher Root, Chief construction, operation, maintenance, Operating Officer, Vermont Electric SUMMARY: This notice announces receipt and connection of facilities at the Power Company, Inc., 366 Pinnacle of a petition for waiver from Whirlpool tkelley on DSK9F6TC42PROD with NOTICES international border of the United States Ridge Road, Rutland, VT 05701, Corporation (Whirlpool) seeking an for the transmission of electric energy koneill@velco.com AND John H. exemption from specified portions of between the United States and a foreign Marshall, Esq., Downs Rachlin Martin the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) country is prohibited in the absence of test procedure for determining the a Presidential permit issued pursuant to 1 The amendment would replace the words energy consumption of residential Executive Order (EO) 10485, as ‘‘maximum instantaneous rate of transmission’’ clothes washers. 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Document Created: 2015-12-16 01:00:49
Document Modified: 2015-12-16 01:00:49
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CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice.
DatesInterested persons are invited to submit comments on or before January 15, 2016.
ContactFor specific questions related to collection activities, please contact Joanne Bogart, 202-205-7855.
FR Citation80 FR 78207 
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