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concerns about agencies regarding
matters outside the scope of the petition
should report those concerns to
Department staff. Only material
submitted by the deadline to the email
address listed in this notice, and in
accordance with these instructions,
become part of the official record
concerning agencies scheduled for
review and are considered by the
Department and the NACIQI in their
deliberations. Please do not send
material directly to the NACIQI
members.
Submission of Requests To Make An
Oral Comment: There are two methods
the public may use to make a third-party
oral comment of three to five minutes
concerning one of the agencies
scheduled for review on June 25–26,
2012. Oral comments about agencies
seeking continued recognition must
relate to the criteria for the recognition
of accrediting agencies or the Criteria
and Procedures for Recognition of State
Agencies for Approval of Public
Postsecondary Vocational Education, as
appropriate, which are available at:
http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/
accred/index.html.
Method One: Submit a request by
email to the
accreditationcommittees@ed.gov
mailbox. Please do not send material
directly to NACIQI members. Requests
must be received by April 16, 2012, and
include the subject line ‘‘Oral Comment
Request: re (agency name).’’ The email
must include the name, title, affiliation,
mailing address, email address,
telephone and facsimile numbers and
Web site (if any) of the person/group
requesting to speak. All individuals or
groups submitting an advance request in
accordance with this notice will be
afforded an opportunity to speak for a
minimum of three minutes each. Each
request must concern the recognition of
a single agency or institution tentatively
scheduled in this notice for review, be
no more than one page (maximum), and
must include:
1. The name, title, affiliation, mailing
address, email address, telephone and
facsimile numbers, and Web site (if any)
of the person/group requesting to speak;
and,
2. A brief summary of the principal
points to be made during the oral
presentation.
Method Two: Register at the meeting
location on June 25 or June 26, 2012, to
make an oral comment during the
NACIQI’s deliberations concerning a
particular agency or institution
scheduled for review that day. The
requestor must provide his or her name,
title, affiliation, mailing address, email
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numbers, and Web site (if any). A total
of up to fifteen minutes during each
agency review will be allotted for
commenters who register on June 25 or
June 26, 2012. Individuals or groups
will be selected on a first-come, firstserved basis. If selected, each
commenter may speak from three to five
minutes, depending on the number of
individuals or groups who signed up the
day of the meeting.
If a person or group requests to make
comments in advance, they cannot also
register for an oral presentation
opportunity on June 25 or June 26, 2012.
The oral comments made will become
part of the official record and will be
considered by the Department and
NACIQI in their deliberations.
Individuals and groups making oral
presentations concerning scheduled
agencies may not 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
shortly after the meeting. Pursuant to
the FACA, the public may also inspect
the materials at 1990 K Street NW.,
Washington, DC, by emailing
aslrecordsmanager@ed.gov or by calling
(202) 219–7067 to schedule an
appointment.
Reasonable Accommodations: The
meeting site is accessible to individuals
with disabilities. 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Carol Griffiths, Acting Executive
Director, NACIQI, U.S. Department of
Education, 1990 K Street NW., Room
8072, Washington, DC 20006–8129,
telephone: (202) 219–7035, fax: (202)
219–7005, or email:
Carol.Griffiths@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
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Format (PDF). To use PDF, you must
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available free at the site.
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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
David Bergeron, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Policy, Planning, and
Innovation to perform the functions and
duties of the Assistant Secretary for
Postsecondary Education.
David Bergeron,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy,
Planning, and Innovation, delegated the
authority to perform the functions and duties
of the Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary
Education.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Proposed Agency Information
Collection
AGENCY:

U.S. Department of Energy,

DoE.
Notice and Request for
Comments.

ACTION:

The Department of Energy
(DOE) invites public comment on a
proposed collection of information that
DOE is developing for submission to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) pursuant to the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. Comments are
invited on: (a) Whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.
The proposed collection would
involve information for a scorecard that
would assist DOE’s Clean Cities
Coalitions and stakeholders in assessing
the level of readiness of their
communities for plug-in electric

SUMMARY:

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vehicles. Information collected would
allow DOE to provide respondents with
an objective assessment of their
communities’ readiness for PEV
adoption and an understanding of their
commitment to successful deployment
of PEVs, and is needed to ensure
appropriate evaluation of progress in
deploying PEVs.
DATES: Comments regarding this
proposed information collection must
be received on or before May 29, 2012.
If you anticipate difficulty in submitting
comments within that period, contact
the person listed in ADDRESSES as soon
as possible.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be
sent to Ms. Linda Bluestein, Office of
Energy Efficiency and Renewable
Energy (EE–2G), U.S. Department of
Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue
SW., Washington, DC 20585–0121, or by
fax at 202–586–1600, or by email at
Linda.Bluestein@ee.doe.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Ms. Linda Bluestein, Office
of Energy Efficiency and Renewable
Energy (EE–2G), U.S. Department of
Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue
SW., Washington, DC 20585–0121, (202)
586–6116, Linda.Bluestein@ee.doe.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
information collection request contains:
(1) OMB No. New; (2) Information
Collection Request Title: Clean Cities
Plug-In Vehicle Community Readiness
Scorecard; (3) Type of Request: New; (4)
Purpose: DOE’s Clean Cities initiative
has developed a voluntary scorecard to
assist its coalitions and stakeholders in
assessing the level of readiness of their
communities for plug-in electric
vehicles. The principal objective of the
scorecard is to provide respondents
with an objective assessment and
estimate of their respective community’s
readiness for PEV deployment as well as
understand the respective community’s
commitment to deploying these vehicles
successfully. DOE intends the scorecard
to be completed by a city/county/
regional sustainability or energy
coordinator. As the intended respondent
may not be aware of every aspect of
local or regional PEV readiness,
coordination among local stakeholders
to gather appropriate information may
be necessary.
The scorecard assessment effort will
rely on responses to questions the
respondent chooses to answer. The
multiple-choice questions address the
following topic areas: (1) Electric
vehicle supply equipment permitting
and inspection process; (2) PEV and

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electric vehicle supply equipment
availability and numbers; (3) laws,
incentives, and financing; (4) education
and outreach; (5) utility interaction; and
(6) vehicle and infrastructure planning.
Respondents will provide answers
through a user-friendly online interface.
The answers will then be translated
through a simple algorithm that will
establish appropriate quantitative
criteria, translating the readiness
measures across several weighted
categories into numeric data. Using a
numberless color spectrum, a
community will be rated against itself,
with the colored spectrum results made
available only to the respondent
community. The total rankings will be
normalized into a ‘‘score’’, and
communities will see their own rating
and may be compared to other cities.
The scorecard will use one
information collection system, an online
system. No other data collection system
will be employed to support the
scorecard. The online scorecard system
DOE has developed provides several
advantages. First, it avoids the need to
download any forms or materials,
though respondents may print out the
full list of questions and answers, or a
portion thereof if they wish. Second,
avoiding downloads also limits
potential security threats. Third, the
designed system allows respondents to
dynamically compare historical records,
providing the opportunity to revisit the
scorecard however often they like to
track progress. Further, employing an
online system also eliminates version
control concerns, allowing for a single
update to ensure that all scorecard users
are using the current version.
The voluntary scorecard may be
completed at any time, and there is no
date by which the scorecard questions
must be completed. Calculation of
outcomes will be undertaken on an
ongoing basis, immediately following
completion of the scorecard
questionnaire.
While there are approximately 90
Clean Cities coalitions across the United
States, DOE expects that other
communities may want to avail
themselves of the opportunity to assess
their respective community’s PEV
readiness. Therefore, DOE expects a
total respondent population of
approximately 100 respondents.
Selecting the multiple choice answers in
completing a scorecard questionnaire is
expected to take under 30 minutes,
although additional time of no more
than 20 hours may be needed to
assemble information necessary to be
able to answer the questions, leading to
a total burden of approximately 2,050
hours in the first year. Assembling

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information to update questionnaire
answers in future years on a voluntary
basis would be expected to take less
time, on the order of 10 hours, as much
of any necessary time and effort needed
to research information would have
been completed previously; (5) Annual
Estimated Number of Respondents: 100;
(6) Annual Estimated Number of Total
Responses: 100; (7) Annual Estimated
Number of Burden Hours: 2,050; (8)
Annual Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Cost Burden: There is no
cost associated with reporting and
recordkeeping.
Statutory Authority: 42 U.S.C. Sec. 13233;
42 U.S.C. Sec. 13252(a)–(b); 42 U.S.C. 13255;
42 U.S.C. Sec. 7256.
Issued in Washington, DC, on March 22,
2012.
Henry C. Kelly,
Acting Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency
and Renewable Energy.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Proposed Agency Information
Collection
AGENCY:

U.S. Department of Energy,

DOE.
Notice and request for public
review and comment.

ACTION:

The Department of Energy
(DOE) has submitted the Electricity
Sector Cybersecurity Risk Management
Maturity Pilot to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
clearance, a proposal for collection of
information under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub.
L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) and
5 CFR 1320.13.
DATES: Comments regarding this
collection must be received on or before
15 days from the date of publication. If
you anticipate that you will be
submitting comments, but find it
difficult to do so within the period of
time allowed by this notice, please
advise the DOE Desk Officer at OMB of
your intention to make a submission as
soon as possible. The Desk Officer may
be telephoned at 202–395–4650.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be sent to the DOE Desk Officer, Office
of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget, New
Executive Office Building, Room 10102,
735 17th Street NW., Washington, DC
20503. And to: Samara Moore,
samara.moore@hq.doe.gov, Fax: 202–
586–1472.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Samara Moore,
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