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communications materials) and the final
international drafts of the field test
instruments. As part of this submission,
NCES is publishing a notice in the
Federal Register allowing first a 60- and
then a 30-day public comment period.
We anticipate that some materials will
be revised after the 60-day public
comment period and encourage
stakeholders to see individual
documents for details. The materials
that will be used in the 2025 main study
will be based upon the field test
materials included in this submission.
Additionally, this submission is
designed to adequately justify the need
for and overall practical utility of the
full study and to present the
overarching plan for all of the phases of
the data collection, providing as much
detail about the measures to be used as
is available at the time of this
submission.
We plan to submit a revision (along
with a 30-day public comment period)
in October 2023 in order to clear the
final US version of the field test
instrument, as well as finalize any
updated materials for use in the 2024
field test. In order to begin recruiting
schools for the main study by October
2024, we will submit a change-request
to OMB in May 2024 with the final main
study recruitment materials and
parental consent letters, details about
any changes to the design and
procedures for the main study, and
updates to the respondent burden
estimates for the main study data
collection. Subsequently in spring 2025
we will submit a clearance request, with
a 30-day public comment period notice
published in the Federal Register, with
the final main study procedures and
instruments for data collection in the
fall of 2025.
Dated: July 26, 2023.
Stephanie Valentine,
PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and
Clearance, Governance and Strategy Division,
Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of
Planning, Evaluation and Policy
Development.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Western Area Power Administration
Agency Information Collection
Extension
Western Area Power
Administration, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

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The Western Area Power
Administration (WAPA), pursuant to
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
intends to extend an information
collection request with the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for 3
years with ministerial changes. The
current OMB control number 1910–5136
for WAPA’s Applicant Profile Data
(APD) form expires March 31, 2024.
WAPA intends to extend the APD form
under the OMB control number to
March 31, 2027. WAPA is seeking
comments on this proposed information
collection extension.
DATES: Comments regarding this
proposed information collection must
be received on or before the end of the
comment period that closes on
September 29, 2023. If you anticipate
any difficulty in submitting comments
within that period, contact the person
listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be
sent to Mr. Christopher Magee, Records
and Information Management Program
Manager, Western Area Power
Administration, P.O. Box 281213,
Lakewood, CO 80228, or by email to
records@wapa.gov. Please refer to
‘‘Paperwork Reduction Act Information
Collection’’ as the subject of your
comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Please contact Mr. Christopher Magee,
Records and Information Management
Program Manager, Western Area Power
Administration, PO Box 281213,
Lakewood, CO 80228, telephone 720–
962–7139, or email cmagee@wapa.gov.
The proposed APD form is available on
WAPA’s website at www.wapa.gov/
PowerMarketing/Pages/applicantprofile-data.aspx.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments
are invited on: (a) Whether the extended
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.
This information collection request
relates to: (1) OMB No.: 1910–5136; (2)
Information Collection Request Title:
Western Area Power Administration
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Applicant Profile Data; (3) Type of
Review: Renewal; (4) Purpose: The
proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
WAPA’s power marketing functions.
WAPA markets a limited amount of
Federal hydropower and has discretion
to determine who will receive an
allocation of Federal hydropower. Due
to the limited quantity and high demand
for WAPA’s hydropower available
under established marketing plans,
WAPA may need to collect information
using the APD to evaluate the entities
applying to receive allocations of
Federal hydropower; (5) Annual
Estimated Number of Respondents: 33;
(6) Annual Estimated Number of Total
Responses: 33; (7) Annual Estimated
Number of Burden Hours: 250; and (8)
Annual Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $37,221.50.
I. Statutory Authority
The Reclamation Act of 1902
established the Federal reclamation
program.1 The basic principle of the
Reclamation Act of 1902 was that the
United States, through the Secretary of
the Interior, would build and operate
irrigation works from the proceeds of
public land sales in sixteen arid
Western states (a seventeenth, Texas,
was added in 1906). The Reclamation
Project Act of 1939 expanded the
purposes of the reclamation program
and specified certain terms for contracts
that the Secretary of the Interior enters
into to furnish water and power.2
Congress enacted the Reclamation Laws
for purposes that include enhancing
navigation, protection from floods,
reclaiming the arid lands in the Western
United States, and for fish and wildlife.3
Congress intended that the production
of power would be a supplemental
feature of the multi-purpose water
projects authorized under the
Reclamation Laws.4 Section 9 of the
Reclamation Project Act of 1939
provides that no contract entered into
by the United States for power may, in
the judgment of the Secretary, ‘‘impair
the efficiency of the project for irrigation
purposes.’’ 5 Section 5 of the Flood
Control Act of 1944, as amended,6 is
read in pari materia with the
Reclamation Laws with respect to
1 See Act of June 17, 1902, ch. 1093, 32 Stat. 388
(1902), as amended and supplemented.
2 See Act of Aug. 4, 1939, ch. 418, 53 Stat. 1187
(1939), as amended and supplemented.
3 See, e.g., Act of Oct. 26, 1937, ch. 832, 50 Stat.
844, 850 (1937), as amended and supplemented.
4 See id.
5 43 U.S.C. 485h(c)(1).
6 16 U.S.C. 825s.

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WAPA.7 In 1977, section 302 of the
Department of Energy Organization Act
transferred the power marketing
functions of the Department of the
Interior to the Secretary of Energy,
acting by and through a separate
Administrator for WAPA.8 Under this
authority, WAPA markets Federal
hydropower. As part of WAPA’s
marketing authority, WAPA needs to
obtain information from interested
entities who desire an allocation of
Federal power using the APD form. The
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
requires WAPA to obtain a clearance
from OMB before collecting this
information through the APD form.9

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II. This Process Determines the Format
of the APD and Is Not a Call for
Applications
This public process and the
associated Federal Register notice only
determine the information that WAPA
will collect from an entity desiring to
apply for a Federal power allocation.
This public process is a legal
requirement that WAPA must fulfill
before WAPA can request information
from potential preference customers.
This public process is not the process
whereby interested parties request an
allocation of Federal power. The actual
allocation of power is outside the scope
of this proceeding. Please do not submit
a request for Federal power in this
process. Later, and as appropriate,
WAPA will issue calls for applications
as part of project-specific marketing
plans. When WAPA issues a call for
applications, the information WAPA
proposes to collect is voluntary. WAPA
will use the information collected, in
conjunction with its project–specific
marketing plans, to determine an
entity’s eligibility, and ultimately which
entities will receive an allocation of
Federal power.
III. Invitation for Comments
WAPA intends to extend and reuse
the APD form approved under OMB
control number 1910–5136. The
extension would continue use of the
form through March 31, 2027. WAPA is
proposing some ministerial changes to
the APD. The proposed APD form,
including a list of ministerial changes
and the reason for such changes, is
available on WAPA’s website at http://
www.wapa.gov/PowerMarketing/Pages/
7 See, e.g., United States v. Sacramento Mun. Util.
Dist., 652 F.2d 1341, 1345 n.4 (9th Cir. 1981) (citing
N. Cal. Power Agency v. Morton, 396 F. Supp. 1187,
1189 (D.D.C. 1975). See also Disposition of Surplus
Power Generated at Clark Hill Reservoir Project, 41
Op. Att’y Gen. 236, 245 (1955).
8 See 42 U.S.C. 7152(a)(1)(E).
9 See 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.

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applicant-profile-data.aspx. Comments
are invited on: (1) whether the extended
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (2) 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; (3)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (4) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on applicants, including the use of
automated electronic, mechanical or
other collection techniques, or other
forms of information technology. After
considering all public comments,
WAPA will publish a second notice in
the Federal Register submitting the APD
to OMB.
Signing Authority
This document of the Department of
Energy was signed on July 24, 2023, by
Tracey LeBeau, Administrator, pursuant
to delegated authority from the
Secretary of Energy. That document,
with the original signature and date, is
maintained by DOE. For administrative
purposes only, and in compliance with
requirements of the Office of the Federal
Register, the undersigned DOE Federal
Register Liaison Officer has been
authorized to sign and submit the
document in electronic format for
publication, as an official document of
the Department of Energy. This
administrative process in no way alters
the legal effect of this document upon
publication in the Federal Register.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S.
Department of Energy.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OAR–2023–0314; 11242–01–OAR]

Notice of Proposed Information
Collection Request; Indoor airPLUS
Program
Office of Radiation and Indoor
Air, Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA).
ACTION: Notice; opening of a 60-day
public comment period.
AGENCY:

The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is planning to submit an
information collection request (ICR),
‘‘EPA’s Indoor airPLUS Program’’ (EPA

SUMMARY:

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ICR No. 2763.01, OMB Control No.
2060–NEW) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act. Before
doing so, EPA is soliciting public
comments on specific aspects of the
proposed information collection as
described below. This is a request for
approval of a new collection. An
Agency may not conduct or sponsor and
a person is not required to respond to
a collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before September 29, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
OAR–2023–0314 by any of the following
methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal https://
www.regulations.gov (our preferred
method). Follow the online instructions
for submitting comments.
• Email: Indoor_airPLUS@epa.gov.
Include Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–
2023–0314 in the subject line of the
message.
• U.S. Postal Service Mail: U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, EPA
Docket Center, Air and Radiation
Docket, Mail Code 28221T, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC
20460.
• Hand Delivery/Courier: EPA Docket
Center, WJC West Building, Room 3334,
1301 Constitution Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20004. The Docket
Center’s hours of operation are 8:30
a.m.–4:30 p.m., Monday–Friday (except
Federal Holidays).
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the Docket ID No. EPA–
HQ–OAR–2023–0314. Comments
received may be posted without change
to https://www.regulations.gov/,
including any personal information
provided. For detailed instructions on
sending comments, see the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
this document.
EPA’s policy is that all comments
received will be included in the public
docket without change including any
personal information provided, unless
the comment includes profanity, threats,
information claimed to be Confidential
Business Information (CBI) or other
information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Peggy Bagnoli, Indoor Environments
Division, Office of Radiation and Indoor
Air 6609T, Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone
number: (202) 343–9398; fax number:

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