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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 58 / Monday, March 29, 2021 / Notices accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 PRA 44 U.S.C.
3506c2A, 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 publics reporting burden. It also helps the public understand the Departments 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: Migrant Student Information Exchange User Application Form.
OMB Control Number: 18100686.
Type of Review: Extension without change of a currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal Governments.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 312.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 156.
Abstract: This extension request is necessary to continue the collection of the existing MSIX User Application.
State educational agencies SEAs with MEPs will collect the information from state and local education officials who desire access to the MSIX system. The form verifies the applicants need for MSIX data and authorizes the users access to that data. The burden hours associated with the data collection are required to meet the statutory mandate in Sec. 1308b of Elementary and Secondary Education Act ESEA, as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act, which is to facilitate the electronic exchange by the SEAs of a set of minimum data elements to address the educational and related needs of migratory children.

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Dated: March 24, 2021.
Kate Mullan, 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
Notice of Request for Information RFI
on Risks in the High-Capacity Batteries, Including Electric Vehicle Batteries Supply Chain Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy DOE.
ACTION: Request for information RFI.
AGENCY:

On February 24, 2021, President Biden issued an Executive order directing several Federal agency actions to secure and strengthen Americas supply chains. One of these directions is for the Secretary of Energy to submit, within 100 days, a report to the President identifying risks in the high-capacity batteries, including electric-vehicle batteries, supply chain and policy recommendations to address these risks. The U.S. Department of Energy DOE or Department invites public comment on its Request for Information RFI number DEFOA
0002502 regarding the Risks in the High-Capacity Batteries, including Electric Vehicle Batteries Supply Chain.
DATES: Responses to the RFI must be received by April 14, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Interested parties are to submit comments electronically to VTO@ee.doe.gov. Include HighCapacity Batteries Supply Chain RFI in the subject line of the email. Responses must be provided as attachments to an email. Only electronic responses will be accepted. The complete RFI document is located at https eereexchange.energy.gov/.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Questions may be addressed to VTO@
ee.doe.gov or to Samuel Gillard at 202
2875849.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:

Background On February 24, 2021, President Biden issued Executive Order 14017, Americas Supply Chains 86 FR
11849. E.O. 14017 focuses on the need for resilient, diverse, and secure supply chains to ensure U.S. economic prosperity and national security. Such supply chains are needed to address conditions that can reduce critical
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manufacturing capacity and the availability and integrity of critical goods, products, and services. In relevant part, E.O. 14017 directs that within 100 days, the Secretary shall submit a report to the President, through the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs APNSA and the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy APEP, identifying the risks in the supply chain for highcapacity batteries, including electric vehicle batteries, and policy recommendations to address these risks.
Written Comments The Department is particularly interested in information directed to the policy objectives listed in E.O. 14017 as they affect the supply chain for highcapacity batteries, including electric vehicle batteries, including but not limited to the following elements:
i Critical materials including battery grade nickel, cobalt and lithium, underlying the supply chain for highcapacity batteries, including electric vehicle batteries;
ii Manufacturing and other capabilities necessary to produce highcapacity batteries, including extraction of raw materials, refining, production of advanced cathode and anode powders, separators, electrolytes, current collectors and advanced recycling technologies for high-capacity batteries;
iii The availability of the key skill sets and personnel necessary to sustain a competitive U.S. high-capacity batteries ecosystem, including the domestic education and manufacturing workforce skills needed for highcapacity battery manufacturing; the skills gaps therein, and any opportunities to meet future workforce needs;
iv Risks or contingencies that may disrupt the high-capacity batteries supply chain including defense, intelligence, cyber, homeland security, health, climate, environmental, natural, market, economic, geopolitical, humanrights or forced labor risks:
a Risks resulting from lack of or failure to develop domestic manufacturing capabilities, including emerging capabilities;
v The resilience and capacity of the high-capacity battery supply chain to support national and economic security and emergency preparedness, including:
a Manufacturing, recycling, or other needed capacities including ability to modernize to meet future needs;
b Gaps in manufacturing capabilities, including nonexistent, threatened, or single-point-of-failure capabilities, or single or dual suppliers;

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