81 FR 47378 - National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity Meeting
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 140 (July 21, 2016)
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 140 (July 21, 2016)
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| FR Document | 2016-17233 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 140 (Thursday, July 21, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 47378-47379] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-17233] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity Meeting AGENCY: National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity (NACIQI), Office of Postsecondary Education, U.S. Department of Education. ACTION: Announcement of an open meeting. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the agenda, date, time, dial-in procedures, and procedures to request to make oral comments for the August 23, 2016 meeting of the NACIQI. The notice of this meeting is required under Sec. 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) and Sec. 114(d)(1)(B) of the Higher Education Act (HEA) of 1965, as amended. DATES: The NACIQI meeting will be held on August 23, 2016, from 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time via telephone conference. Dial-In Procedures The meeting will be conducted via telephone conference. Participants and members of the public should dial: 888-566-6510 and enter code 9937417 when prompted. Participation in the meeting will be on a first-come first-served basis with the first 300 hundred callers accommodated. The meeting will also be hosted via webinar at: https://educate.webex.com/educate/e.php?MTID=m114df4b98257cd8e99b5aede5c9fd598. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Hong, Executive Director/ Designated Federal Official, NACIQI, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., Room 6W250, Washington, DC 20202, telephone: (202) 453-7805, or email: [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NACIQI's Statutory Authority and Function: The NACIQI is established under Sec. 114 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), 20 U.S.C. 1011c. The NACIQI advises the Secretary of Education about:The establishment and enforcement of the criteria for recognition of accrediting agencies or associations under subpart 2 of part H of Title IV of the HEA, as amended. The preparation and publication of the list of nationally recognized accrediting agencies and associations. The eligibility and certification process for institutions of higher education under Title IV of the HEA, together with recommendations for improvement in such process. The relationship between (1) accreditation of institutions of higher education and the certification and eligibility of such institutions, and (2) State licensing responsibilities with respect to such institutions. Any other advisory function relating to accreditation and institutional eligibility that the Secretary may prescribe by regulation. Meeting Agenda: Below is a list of agencies, including their current and requested scopes of recognition, that are scheduled for review by NACIQI during the August 23, 2016 meeting. The meeting will be conducted in accordance with the review procedures outlined in the March 18, 2016 Federal Register notice (Vol. 81, No. 53). Applications for Renewal of Recognition 1. Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges Scope of recognition: The accreditation of private, postsecondary, non-degree-granting institutions and degree-granting institutions in the United States, including those granting associate, baccalaureate and master's degrees, that are predominantly organized to educate students for occupational, trade and technical careers, and including institutions that offer programs via distance education. 2. American Osteopathic Association, Osteopathic College Accreditation Scope of recognition: The accreditation and preaccreditation (``Provisional Accreditation'') throughout the United States of freestanding institutions of osteopathic medicine and of osteopathic medical programs leading to the degree of Doctor of Osteopathy or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine. Title IV Note: Only freestanding schools or colleges of osteopathic medicine may use accreditation by this agency to establish eligibility to participate in Title IV programs. 3. Council on Occupational Education Scope of recognition: The accreditation and preaccreditation (``Candidacy Status'') throughout the United States of postsecondary occupational education institutions offering non-degree and applied associate degree programs in specific career and technical education fields, including institutions that offer programs via distance education. 4. Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools, Accreditation Commission Scope of recognition: The accreditation and preaccreditation (``Candidate'' Status) of Christian postsecondary institutions in the United States that offer certificates, diplomas, and associate, baccalaureate, and graduate degrees, including institutions that offer distance education. Compliance Reports Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities Scope of recognition: The accreditation and preaccreditation (``Candidacy Status'') of postsecondary degree-granting educational institutions in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington, and the accreditation of programs offered via distance education within these institutions. (Compliance report on 34 CFR 602.24(a) and 602.24(b) for findings affirmed on appeal by the Secretary. Please see http://oha.ed.gov/secretarycases/2014-7-O-S.pdf for the Secretary's appeal decision.) Submission of requests to make an oral comment regarding a specific accrediting agency under review: Pre-registered third-party oral commenters will have the opportunity to make a three-minute oral comment concerning one of the agencies scheduled for review at the August 23, 2016 meeting. These oral commenters are listed on the June 22-24, 2016 agenda, which is available at: http://www2.ed.gov/about/bdscomm/list/naciqi-dir/2016-spring/naciqi-agenda-june-2016.pdf Oral comments about agencies undergoing review must relate to the Criteria for Recognition of Accrediting Agencies, which is available at: http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html. Oral commenters may also [[Page 47379]] register on August 23, 2016 to make an oral comment during NACIQI's deliberations concerning a particular agency or institution scheduled for review, by calling (202) 453-7615 from 7:30 a.m.-8:30 a.m. Eastern Time. The requestor must provide his or her name, title, organization/ affiliation, mailing address, email address, and telephone number. A total of up to fifteen minutes during each agency review will be allotted for oral commenters who register on August 23, 2016 by 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time. Individuals will be selected on a first-call, first- served basis. If selected, each commenter may not exceed three minutes. The oral comments made will become part of the official record and will be considered by the Department and NACIQI in their deliberations. No individual in attendance or making oral presentations may distribute written materials at the meeting. Access to Records of the Meeting: The Department will post the official report of the meeting on the NACIQI Web site 90 calendar days after the meeting. Pursuant to the FACA, the public may also inspect the materials at 400 Maryland Avenue SW., Washington, DC, by emailing [email protected] or by calling (202) 453-7110 to schedule an appointment. Reasonable Accommodations: 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 at least two weeks before the scheduled meeting date. Although we will attempt to meet a request received after that date, we may not be able to make available the requested auxiliary aid or service because of insufficient time to arrange it. 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.thefederalregister.org/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 Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). To use PDF, you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available for free at the Adobe Web 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. Delegation of Authority: The Secretary of Education has delegated authority to Lynn B. Mahaffie, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Planning, Policy, and Innovation, to perform the duties of Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education. Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1011c. Lynn B. Mahaffie, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Planning, Policy, and Innovation, delegated the duties of Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education. 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text or Adobe Portable Document Designated Federal Official, NACIQI, medicine and of osteopathic medical
Format (PDF). To use PDF, you must U.S. Department of Education, 400 programs leading to the degree of Doctor
have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is Maryland Avenue SW., Room 6W250, of Osteopathy or Doctor of Osteopathic
available free at the Adobe Web site. Washington, DC 20202, telephone: (202) Medicine.
You may also access documents of the 453–7805, or email: Jennifer.Hong@ Title IV Note: Only freestanding
Department published in the Federal ed.gov. schools or colleges of osteopathic
Register by using the article search SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NACIQI’s
medicine may use accreditation by this
feature at: www.federalregister.gov. Statutory Authority and Function: The agency to establish eligibility to
Specifically, through the advanced NACIQI is established under § 114 of participate in Title IV programs.
search feature at this site, you can limit the Higher Education Act of 1965, as 3. Council on Occupational Education
your search to documents published by amended (HEA), 20 U.S.C. 1011c. The Scope of recognition: The
the Department. NACIQI advises the Secretary of accreditation and preaccreditation
Authority: Pub. L. 107–279, Title III— Education about: (‘‘Candidacy Status’’) throughout the
National Assessment of Educational Progress • The establishment and enforcement United States of postsecondary
§ 301. of the criteria for recognition of occupational education institutions
Dated: July 18, 2016. accrediting agencies or associations offering non-degree and applied
William J. Bushaw, under subpart 2 of part H of Title IV of associate degree programs in specific
Executive Director, National Assessment the HEA, as amended. career and technical education fields,
Governing Board (NAGB), U.S. Department • The preparation and publication of including institutions that offer
of Education. the list of nationally recognized programs via distance education.
[FR Doc. 2016–17331 Filed 7–20–16; 8:45 am] accrediting agencies and associations. 4. Transnational Association of
• The eligibility and certification Christian Colleges and Schools,
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process for institutions of higher Accreditation Commission
education under Title IV of the HEA, Scope of recognition: The
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION together with recommendations for accreditation and preaccreditation
improvement in such process. (‘‘Candidate’’ Status) of Christian
National Advisory Committee on • The relationship between (1) postsecondary institutions in the United
Institutional Quality and Integrity accreditation of institutions of higher States that offer certificates, diplomas,
Meeting education and the certification and and associate, baccalaureate, and
eligibility of such institutions, and (2) graduate degrees, including institutions
AGENCY: National Advisory Committee State licensing responsibilities with
on Institutional Quality and Integrity that offer distance education.
respect to such institutions.
(NACIQI), Office of Postsecondary • Any other advisory function Compliance Reports
Education, U.S. Department of relating to accreditation and • Northwest Commission on Colleges
Education. institutional eligibility that the and Universities
ACTION: Announcement of an open Secretary may prescribe by regulation. Scope of recognition: The
meeting. Meeting Agenda: Below is a list of accreditation and preaccreditation
agencies, including their current and (‘‘Candidacy Status’’) of postsecondary
SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the requested scopes of recognition, that are
agenda, date, time, dial-in procedures, degree-granting educational institutions
scheduled for review by NACIQI during in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Nevada,
and procedures to request to make oral the August 23, 2016 meeting. The
comments for the August 23, 2016 Oregon, Utah, and Washington, and the
meeting will be conducted in accreditation of programs offered via
meeting of the NACIQI. The notice of accordance with the review procedures
this meeting is required under § 10(a)(2) distance education within these
outlined in the March 18, 2016 Federal institutions. (Compliance report on 34
of the Federal Advisory Committee Act Register notice (Vol. 81, No. 53).
(FACA) and § 114(d)(1)(B) of the Higher CFR 602.24(a) and 602.24(b) for findings
Education Act (HEA) of 1965, as Applications for Renewal of affirmed on appeal by the Secretary.
amended. Recognition Please see http://oha.ed.gov/
1. Accrediting Commission of Career secretarycases/2014-7-O-S.pdf for the
DATES: The NACIQI meeting will be Secretary’s appeal decision.)
held on August 23, 2016, from 12:00 Schools and Colleges
Submission of requests to make an
p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time via Scope of recognition: The oral comment regarding a specific
telephone conference. accreditation of private, postsecondary, accrediting agency under review: Pre-
non-degree-granting institutions and registered third-party oral commenters
Dial-In Procedures degree-granting institutions in the will have the opportunity to make a
The meeting will be conducted via United States, including those granting three-minute oral comment concerning
telephone conference. Participants and associate, baccalaureate and master’s one of the agencies scheduled for review
members of the public should dial: 888– degrees, that are predominantly at the August 23, 2016 meeting. These
566–6510 and enter code 9937417 when organized to educate students for oral commenters are listed on the June
prompted. Participation in the meeting occupational, trade and technical 22–24, 2016 agenda, which is available
will be on a first-come first-served basis careers, and including institutions that at: http://www2.ed.gov/about/bdscomm/
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with the first 300 hundred callers offer programs via distance education. list/naciqi-dir/2016-spring/naciqi-
accommodated. The meeting will also 2. American Osteopathic Association, agenda-june-2016.pdf
be hosted via webinar at: https:// Osteopathic College Accreditation Oral comments about agencies
educate.webex.com/educate/ Scope of recognition: The undergoing review must relate to the
e.php?MTID=m114df4b98257 accreditation and preaccreditation Criteria for Recognition of Accrediting
cd8e99b5aede5c9fd598. (‘‘Provisional Accreditation’’) Agencies, which is available at: http://
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: throughout the United States of www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/
Jennifer Hong, Executive Director/ freestanding institutions of osteopathic index.html. Oral commenters may also
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register on August 23, 2016 to make an this site, you can limit your search to season when reservoir pressure is
oral comment during NACIQI’s documents published by the lowest. It is estimated that the new
deliberations concerning a particular Department. horizontal well will provide 25 MMcf/
agency or institution scheduled for Delegation of Authority: The Secretary day at the wellhead. Columbia’s request
review, by calling (202) 453–7615 from of Education has delegated authority to seeks no change in the certificated
7:30 a.m.–8:30 a.m. Eastern Time. The Lynn B. Mahaffie, Deputy Assistant physical parameters, including total
requestor must provide his or her name, Secretary for Planning, Policy, and inventory, reservoir pressure, and
title, organization/affiliation, mailing Innovation, to perform the duties of capacity. The construction of the
address, email address, and telephone Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary proposed facilities will cost
number. A total of up to fifteen minutes Education. approximately $2,750,000.
during each agency review will be Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1011c. Any questions concerning this
allotted for oral commenters who application may be directed to Matthew
register on August 23, 2016 by 8:30 a.m. Lynn B. Mahaffie, J. Agen, Senior Counsel, Columbia Gas
Eastern Time. Individuals will be Deputy Assistant Secretary for Planning, Transmission, LLC, 5151 San Felipe,
selected on a first-call, first-served basis. Policy, and Innovation, delegated the duties Suite 2400, Houston, Texas 77056, or by
If selected, each commenter may not of Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary phone at (713) 386–3619; email magen@
exceed three minutes. The oral Education. cpg.com.
comments made will become part of the [FR Doc. 2016–17233 Filed 7–20–16; 8:45 am] This filing is available for review at
official record and will be considered by BILLING CODE P the Commission or may be viewed on
the Department and NACIQI in their the Commission’s Web site at http://
deliberations. No individual in www.ferc.gov, using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link.
attendance or making oral presentations DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Enter the docket number excluding the
may distribute written materials at the last three digits in the docket number
meeting. Federal Energy Regulatory filed to access the document. For
Access to Records of the Meeting: The Commission assistance, please contact FERC Online
Department will post the official report [Docket No. CP16–479–000]
Support at FERCOnlineSupport@
of the meeting on the NACIQI Web site ferc.gov or call toll-free at (866) 208–
90 calendar days after the meeting. Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC; 3676, or, for TTY, contact (202) 502–
Pursuant to the FACA, the public may Notice of Request Under Blanket 8659. Comments, protests and
also inspect the materials at 400 Authorization interventions may be filed electronically
Maryland Avenue SW., Washington, via the Internet in lieu of paper. See, 18
DC, by emailing aslrecordsmanager@ Take notice that on July 11, 2016, CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the
ed.gov or by calling (202) 453–7110 to Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC instructions on the Commission’s Web
schedule an appointment. (Columbia), pursuant to its blanket site under the ‘‘e-Filing’’ link. The
Reasonable Accommodations: If you certificate authorization granted in Commission strongly encourages
will need an auxiliary aid or service to Docket No. CP83–76–000,1 filed an interveners to file electronically.
participate in the meeting (e.g., application in accordance to sections Pursuant to section 157.9 of the
interpreting service, assistive listening 157.205 and 157.213(b) of the Commission’s rules, 18 CFR 157.9,
device, or materials in an alternate Commission’s Regulations under the within 90 days of this Notice, the
format), notify the contact person listed Natural Gas Act (NGA) as amended, Commission staff will either: complete
in this notice at least two weeks before requesting authority to modify certain its environmental assessment (EA) and
the scheduled meeting date. Although natural gas storage facilities in the place it into the Commission’s public
we will attempt to meet a request Pavonia Storage Field located in record (eLibrary) for this proceeding; or
received after that date, we may not be Ashland County, Ohio (Pavonia). The issue a Notice of Schedule for
able to make available the requested proposed construction is an effort to Environmental Review. If a Notice of
auxiliary aid or service because of recovery the overall field deliverability Schedule for Environmental Review is
insufficient time to arrange it. at the Pavonia, all as more fully set forth issued, it will indicate, among other
in the application which is on file with milestones, the anticipated date for the
Electronic Access to This Document the Commission and open to public Commission staff’s issuance of the final
The official version of this document inspection. environmental impact statement (FEIS)
is the document published in the Currently, the Pavonia consists of 298 or EA for this proposal. The filing of the
Federal Register. Free Internet access to active wells and 2 observation wells and EA in the Commission’s public record
the official edition of the Federal is operated with a total storage capacity for this proceeding or the issuance of a
Register and the Code of Federal of 45.4 Bcf, including 20.8 Bcf of base Notice of Schedule for Environmental
Regulations is available via the Federal gas and 24.6 Bcf of working gas. Over Review will serve to notify federal and
Digital System at: www.gpo.gov/fdsys. time, the sub grade soil conditions state agencies of the timing for the
At this site you can view this document, around the reservoir degrade and cause completion of all necessary reviews, and
as well as all other documents of this restriction of gas flow through the the subsequent need to complete all
Department published in the Federal existing vertical wells. Columbia federal authorizations within 90 days of
Register, in text or Adobe Portable proposes to construct a 540-foot the date of issuance of the Commission
Document Format (PDF). To use PDF, horizontal well (Pavonia 12595) within staff’s FEIS or EA.
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you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, a geological-favorable area of the Any person or the Commission’s staff
which is available for free at the Adobe Pavonia peaking group, 220 feet of 6- may, within 60 days after issuance of
Web site. You may also access inch storage pipeline (SLW–12595), and the instant notice by the Commission,
documents of the Department published appurtenances. The main purpose of the file pursuant to Rule 214 of the
in the Federal Register by using the proposed facilities is to maintain field Commission’s Procedural Rules (18 CFR
article search feature at: performance late in the withdrawal 385.214) a motion to intervene or notice
www.federalregister.gov. Specifically, of intervention and pursuant to section
through the advanced search feature at 1 22 FERC ¶ 62,029 (1983). 157.205 of the regulations under the
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| Action | Announcement of an open meeting. | |
| Dates | The NACIQI meeting will be held on August 23, 2016, from 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time via telephone conference. | |
| Contact | Jennifer Hong, Executive Director/ Designated Federal Official, NACIQI, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., Room 6W250, Washington, DC 20202, telephone: (202) 453-7805, or email: [email protected] | |
| FR Citation | 81 FR 47378 |
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