82_FR_57470 82 FR 57239 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Regulatory Requirements

82 FR 57239 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Regulatory Requirements

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 231 (December 4, 2017)

Page Range57239-57240
FR Document2017-25968

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is proposing a revision of an existing information collection.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 231 (Monday, December 4, 2017)
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 231 (Monday, December 4, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57239-57240]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-25968]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No.: ED-2017-ICCD-0121]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Regulatory 
Requirements

AGENCY: Office of Management (OM), Department of Education (ED).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is 
proposing a revision of an existing information collection.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
January 3, 2018.

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-2017-ICCD-
0121. 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 216-44, 
Washington, DC 20202-4537.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to 
collection activities, please contact Ellen Campbell, 202-260-3887.

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: Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act 
(FERPA) Regulatory Requirements.
    OMB Control Number: 1880-0543.
    Type of Review: A revision of an existing information collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal Governments.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 20,293,021.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 1,914,593.
    Abstract: The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) 
requires that subject educational agencies and institutions notify 
parents and students of their rights under FERPA and requires that they 
record disclosures of personally identifiable information from 
education records, with certain exceptions.


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    Dated: November 28, 2017.
Tomakie Washington,
Acting Director. Information Collection Clearance Division, Office of 
the Chief Privacy Officer, Office of Management.
[FR Doc. 2017-25968 Filed 12-1-17; 8:45 am]
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                                                proposing a revision of an existing                       Title of Collection: Quarterly                      information or comments submitted by
                                                information collection.                                 Cumulative Caseload Report.                           postal mail or delivery should be
                                                DATES: Interested persons are invited to                  OMB Control Number: 1820–0013.                      addressed to the Director of the
                                                submit comments on or before February                     Type of Review: A revision of an                    Information Collection Clearance
                                                2, 2018.                                                existing information collection.                      Division, U.S. Department of Education,
                                                ADDRESSES: To access and review all the                   Respondents/Affected Public: State,                 400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, Room
                                                documents related to the information                    Local, and Tribal Governments.                        216–44, Washington, DC 20202–4537.
                                                collection listed in this notice, please                  Total Estimated Number of Annual                    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
                                                use http://www.regulations.gov by                       Responses: 316.                                       specific questions related to collection
                                                searching the Docket ID number ED–                        Total Estimated Number of Annual                    activities, please contact Ellen
                                                2017–ICCD–0148. Comments submitted                      Burden Hours: 316.                                    Campbell, 202–260–3887.
                                                in response to this notice should be                      Abstract: State agencies that
                                                                                                                                                              SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
                                                submitted electronically through the                    administer vocational rehabilitation
                                                                                                                                                              Department of Education (ED), in
                                                Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://                   programs provide key caseload data on
                                                                                                                                                              accordance with the Paperwork
                                                www.regulations.gov by selecting the                    this form, including numbers of persons
                                                                                                                                                              Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C.
                                                Docket ID number or via postal mail,                    who are applicants, determined eligible/
                                                                                                                                                              3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general
                                                commercial delivery, or hand delivery.                  ineligible, waiting for services, and their
                                                                                                                                                              public and Federal agencies with an
                                                Please note that comments submitted by                  program outcomes. The Rehabilitation
                                                                                                                                                              opportunity to comment on proposed,
                                                fax or email and those submitted after                  Services Administration collects this
                                                                                                                                                              revised, and continuing collections of
                                                the comment period will not be                          information quarterly from states and
                                                                                                                                                              information. This helps the Department
                                                accepted. Written requests for                          reports it in the Annual Report to
                                                                                                                                                              assess the impact of its information
                                                information or comments submitted by                    Congress on the Rehabilitation Act.
                                                                                                                                                              collection requirements and minimize
                                                postal mail or delivery should be                         Dated: November 28, 2017.                           the public’s reporting burden. It also
                                                addressed to the Director of the                        Tomakie Washington,                                   helps the public understand the
                                                Information Collection Clearance                        Acting Director, Information Collection               Department’s information collection
                                                Division, U.S. Department of Education,                 Clearance Division, Office of the Chief Privacy       requirements and provide the requested
                                                400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, Room                      Officer, Office of Management.                        data in the desired format. ED is
                                                216–44, Washington, DC 20202–4537.                      [FR Doc. 2017–25969 Filed 12–1–17; 8:45 am]           soliciting comments on the proposed
                                                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For                    BILLING CODE 4000–01–P                                information collection request (ICR) that
                                                specific questions related to collection                                                                      is described below. The Department of
                                                activities, please contact Melinda                                                                            Education is especially interested in
                                                Giancola, 202–245–7312.                                 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION                               public comment addressing the
                                                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The                                                                                following issues: (1) Is this collection
                                                                                                        [Docket No.: ED–2017–ICCD–0121]
                                                Department of Education (ED), in                                                                              necessary to the proper functions of the
                                                accordance with the Paperwork                           Agency Information Collection                         Department; (2) will this information be
                                                Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C.                  Activities; Submission to the Office of               processed and used in a timely manner;
                                                3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general                    Management and Budget for Review                      (3) is the estimate of burden accurate;
                                                public and Federal agencies with an                     and Approval; Comment Request;                        (4) how might the Department enhance
                                                opportunity to comment on proposed,                     Family Educational Rights and Privacy                 the quality, utility, and clarity of the
                                                revised, and continuing collections of                  Act (FERPA) Regulatory Requirements                   information to be collected; and (5) how
                                                information. This helps the Department                                                                        might the Department minimize the
                                                assess the impact of its information                    AGENCY: Office of Management (OM),                    burden of this collection on the
                                                collection requirements and minimize                    Department of Education (ED).                         respondents, including through the use
                                                the public’s reporting burden. It also                  ACTION: Notice.                                       of information technology. Please note
                                                helps the public understand the                                                                               that written comments received in
                                                Department’s information collection                     SUMMARY:   In accordance with the
                                                                                                                                                              response to this notice will be
                                                requirements and provide the requested                  Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is
                                                                                                                                                              considered public records.
                                                data in the desired format. ED is                       proposing a revision of an existing
                                                                                                                                                                 Title of Collection: Family
                                                soliciting comments on the proposed                     information collection.
                                                                                                                                                              Educational Rights and Privacy Act
                                                information collection request (ICR) that               DATES: Interested persons are invited to              (FERPA) Regulatory Requirements.
                                                is described below. The Department of                   submit comments on or before January                     OMB Control Number: 1880–0543.
                                                Education is especially interested in                   3, 2018.                                                 Type of Review: A revision of an
                                                public comment addressing the                           ADDRESSES: To access and review all the               existing information collection.
                                                following issues: (1) Is this collection                documents related to the information                     Respondents/Affected Public: State,
                                                necessary to the proper functions of the                collection listed in this notice, please              Local, and Tribal Governments.
                                                Department; (2) will this information be                use http://www.regulations.gov by                        Total Estimated Number of Annual
                                                processed and used in a timely manner;                  searching the Docket ID number ED–                    Responses: 20,293,021.
                                                (3) is the estimate of burden accurate;                 2017–ICCD–0121. Comments submitted                       Total Estimated Number of Annual
                                                (4) how might the Department enhance                    in response to this notice should be                  Burden Hours: 1,914,593.
                                                the quality, utility, and clarity of the                submitted electronically through the                     Abstract: The Family Educational
                                                information to be collected; and (5) how                Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://                 Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
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                                                might the Department minimize the                       www.regulations.gov by selecting the                  requires that subject educational
                                                burden of this collection on the                        Docket ID number or via postal mail,                  agencies and institutions notify parents
                                                respondents, including through the use                  commercial delivery, or hand delivery.                and students of their rights under
                                                of information technology. Please note                  Please note that comments submitted by                FERPA and requires that they record
                                                that written comments received in                       fax or email and those submitted after                disclosures of personally identifiable
                                                response to this notice will be                         the comment period will not be                        information from education records,
                                                considered public records.                              accepted. Written requests for                        with certain exceptions.


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                                                  Dated: November 28, 2017.                             megawatt, high voltage direct current                 with: Dan Muldoon, P. Eng, President,
                                                Tomakie Washington,                                     (HVDC) transmission cable system to                   Clean Power Northeast Development
                                                Acting Director. Information Collection                 deliver electricity from Atlantic Canada              Inc., 101 Federal Street Suite 1101,
                                                Clearance Division, Office of the Chief Privacy         to Massachusetts. The final transmission              Boston, MA 02110, Dan.Muldoon@
                                                Officer, Office of Management.                          cable system route is anticipated to be               Emera.com AND Gerald Weseen, Vice
                                                [FR Doc. 2017–25968 Filed 12–1–17; 8:45 am]             located within rights-of-way (ROW)                    President, Clean Power Northeast
                                                BILLING CODE 4000–01–P                                  selected from two current route                       Development Inc., 101 Federal Street
                                                                                                        alternatives, and would connect Coleson               Suite 1101, Boston, MA 02110,
                                                                                                        Cove, New Brunswick, Canada to                        Gerald.Weseen@Emera.com.
                                                DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY                                    Plymouth, Massachusetts for a total                      Before a Presidential permit may be
                                                                                                        length of approximately 375 miles,                    issued or amended, DOE must
                                                [OE Docket No. PP–441]                                  depending on which route alternative is               determine that the proposed action is in
                                                                                                        selected. Over 99 percent of the route                the public interest. In making that
                                                Application for Presidential Permit;                    would be subsea. A majority of the total              determination, DOE may consider the
                                                Clean Power Northeast Development                       transmission cable system route would                 environmental impacts of the proposed
                                                Inc.                                                    be located in United States federal                   project pursuant to the National
                                                AGENCY: Office of Electricity Delivery                  waters; however, short sections of the                Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the
                                                and Energy Reliability, DOE.                            route would traverse Massachusetts                    project’s impact on electric reliability by
                                                ACTION: Notice of Application.                          state waters for a total of approximately             ascertaining whether the proposed
                                                                                                        20 to 34 miles, depending on which                    project would adversely affect the
                                                SUMMARY:    Clean Power Northeast                       route alternative is selected. The total              operation of the U.S. electric power
                                                Development Inc. (CPNE) has applied                     length of the submarine transmission                  supply system under normal and
                                                for a Presidential permit to construct,                 cable system route in U.S. federal waters             contingency conditions, and any other
                                                operate, maintain, and connect an                       (i.e., areas exclusive of Massachusetts               factors that DOE may also deem relevant
                                                electric transmission line across the                   state waters) would be approximately                  to the public interest. Also, DOE must
                                                United States border with Canada.                       230 miles depending on which route is                 obtain the concurrences of the Secretary
                                                DATES: Comments or motions to                           selected.                                             of State and the Secretary of Defense
                                                intervene must be submitted on or                          Since the restructuring of the electric            before taking final action on a
                                                before January 3, 2018.                                 industry began, resulting in the                      Presidential permit application.
                                                ADDRESSES: Comments or motions to
                                                                                                        introduction of different types of                       Copies of this application will be
                                                intervene should be addressed as                        competitive entities into the                         made available, upon request, for public
                                                follows: Office of Electricity Delivery                 marketplace, DOE has consistently                     inspection and copying at the address
                                                and Energy Reliability (OE–20), U.S.                    expressed its policy that cross-border                provided above, by accessing the
                                                Department of Energy, 1000                              trade in electric energy should be                    program Web site at http://energy.gov/
                                                                                                        subject to the same principles of                     oe/services/electricity-policy-
                                                Independence Avenue SW.,
                                                                                                        comparable open access and non-                       coordination-and-implementation/
                                                Washington, DC 20585.
                                                                                                        discrimination that apply to                          international-electricity-regulatio-2.
                                                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                                                                        transmission in interstate commerce.
                                                Christopher Lawrence (Program Office)                                                                           Issued in Washington, DC, on November
                                                                                                        DOE has stated that policy in export                  28, 2017.
                                                at 202–586–5260 or via electronic mail                  authorizations granted to entities
                                                at Christopher.Lawrence@hq.doe.gov;                                                                           Christopher A. Lawrence,
                                                                                                        requesting authority to export over
                                                Rishi Garg (Program Attorney) at 202–                   international transmission facilities.                Electricity Policy Analyst, National Electricity
                                                586–0258.                                                                                                     Delivery Division, Office of Electricity
                                                                                                        Specifically, DOE expects transmitting                Delivery and Energy Reliability.
                                                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The                          utilities owning border facilities to
                                                construction, operation, maintenance,                                                                         [FR Doc. 2017–26052 Filed 12–1–17; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                        provide access across the border in
                                                and connection of facilities at the                     accordance with the principles of                     BILLING CODE 6450–01–P
                                                international border of the United States               comparable open access and non-
                                                for the transmission of electric energy                 discrimination contained in the Federal
                                                between the United States and a foreign                                                                       DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
                                                                                                        Power Act and articulated in Federal
                                                country is prohibited in the absence of                 Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)                   Office of Energy Efficiency and
                                                a Presidential permit issued pursuant to                Order No. 888, (Promoting Wholesale                   Renewable Energy
                                                Executive Order (EO) 10485, as                          Competition Through Open Access
                                                amended by EO 12038.                                    Non-Discriminatory Transmission                       [EERE–2017–BT–CRT–0054]
                                                   On September 28, 2017, CPNE filed                    Services by Public Utilities), 61 FR
                                                an application with the Office of                                                                             Agency Information Collection
                                                                                                        21,540 (May 10, 1996), as amended.
                                                Electricity Delivery and Energy                            Procedural Matters: Any person may                 Extension, With Changes
                                                Reliability of the Department of Energy                 comment on this application by filing                 AGENCY:  Office of Energy Efficiency and
                                                (DOE) for a Presidential permit for the                 such comment at the address provided                  Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of
                                                Atlantic Link Project (Atlantic Link).                  above. Any person seeking to become a                 Energy.
                                                CPNE is an indirectly wholly owned                      party to this proceeding must file a                  ACTION: Submission for Office of
                                                subsidiary of Emera Inc. CPNE is a                      motion to intervene at the address                    Management and Budget review;
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                                                development company headquartered                       provided above in accordance with Rule                comment request.
                                                and operating in Boston, Massachusetts.                 214 of FERC’s Rules of Practice and
                                                Emera Inc., headquartered in Halifax,                   Procedure (18 CFR 385.214). Two copies                SUMMARY:   Pursuant to the Paperwork
                                                Nova Scotia, Canada, is an energy                       of each comment or motion to intervene                Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), this notice
                                                company operating in the United States,                 should be filed with DOE on or before                 announces that the U.S. Department of
                                                Canada, and four Caribbean countries.                   the date listed above.                                Energy (DOE) is forwarding an
                                                   CNPE proposes to construct, operate,                    Additional copies of such motions to               information collection request to the
                                                maintain and connect a subsea, 1000                     intervene also should be filed directly               Office of Management and Budget


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Document Created: 2017-12-02 00:41:35
Document Modified: 2017-12-02 00:41:35
CategoryRegulatory Information
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 3, 2018.
ContactFor specific questions related to collection activities, please contact Ellen Campbell, 202-260-3887.
FR Citation82 FR 57239 

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