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Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 160 / Thursday, August 20, 2009 / Notices
Dated: August 14, 2009.
Andrew J. Pepin,
Executive Administrator for Special
Education and Rehabilitative Services.
[FR Doc. E9–20050 Filed 8–19–09; 8:45 am]
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ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION
Sunshine Act Notice
AGENCY: U.S. Election Assistance
Commission.
ACTION: Notice of Public Meeting &
Hearing Agenda.
DATE & TIME: Wednesday, September 2,
2009, 10 a.m.–12 p.m. EDT (Morning
Session); 1 p.m.–4 p.m. EDT (Afternoon
Session).
PLACE: U.S. Election Assistance
Commission, 1225 New York Ave, NW.,
Suite 150, Washington, DC 20005
(Metro Stop: Metro Center).
AGENDA: The Commission will hold a
public meeting to consider
administrative matters. The Commission
will receive an update about UOCAVA
activities. The Commission will hear
panelists discuss the July 19, 2009
NASS Resolution on Help America Vote
Act of 2002 (HAVA) Grant and Payment
Distinction. The Commission will have
a hearing regarding Commercial-OffThe-Shelf (COTS) Software/Hardware.
Members of the public may observe
but not participate in EAC meetings
unless this notice provides otherwise.
Members of the public may use small
electronic audio recording devices to
record the proceedings. The use of other
recording equipment and cameras
requires advance notice to and
coordination with the Commission’s
Communications Office.*

* View EAC Regulations Implementing
Government in the Sunshine Act.

Alice Miller,
Chief Operating Officer, U.S. Election
Assistance Commission.
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[Docket No. IC09–714–001]

Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–714); Comment
Request; Submitted for OMB Review
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, DOE.
ACTION: Notice.

High Energy Physics Advisory Panel
Department of Energy.

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Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission

August 13, 2009.

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

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Issued in Washington DC, on August 14,
2009.
Eric G. Nicoll,
Committee Management Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

PERSON TO CONTACT FOR INFORMATION:
Bryan Whitener, Telephone: (202) 566–
3100.

AGENCY:

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section
14(a)(2)(A) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, App. 2, and section
102–3.65, title 41, Code of Federal
Regulations and following consultation
with the Committee Management
Secretariat, General Services
Administration, notice is hereby given
that the High Energy Physics Advisory
Panel has been reestablished for a twoyear period.
The Panel will provide advice to the
Associate Director, Office of High
Energy Physics, Office of Science (DOE),
and the Assistant Director,
Mathematical & Physical Sciences
Directorate (NSF), on long-range
planning and priorities in the national
high-energy physics program. The
Secretary of Energy has determined that
reestablishment of the Panel is essential
to conduct business of the Department
of Energy and the National Science
Foundation and is in the public interest
in connection with the performance of
duties imposed by law upon the
Department of Energy. The Panel will
continue to operate in accordance with
the provisions of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463), the
General Services Administration Final
Rule on Federal Advisory Committee
Management, and other directives and
instructions issued in implementation
of those acts.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Rachel Samuel, Deputy Committee
Management Officer, U.S. Department of
Energy. Telephone: (202) 586–3279.

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This meeting will be open to the
public.

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ACTION: Notice of Reestablishment of the
High Energy Physics Advisory Panel
Charter.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the
requirements of section 3507 of the
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U.S.C. 3507, the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (Commission or
FERC) has submitted the information
collection described below to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) for
review of the information collection
requirements. Any interested person
may file comments directly with OMB
and should address a copy of those
comments to the Commission as
explained below. The Commission
received no comments in response to
the Federal Register notice (74FR
22913, 5/15/2009) and has made this
notation in its submission to OMB.
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due by September 21,
2009.
ADDRESSES: Address comments on the
collection of information to the Office of
Management and Budget, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission Desk Officer. Comments to
OMB should be filed electronically, c/o
oira_submission@omb.eop.gov and
include OMB Control Number 1902–
0140 as a point of reference. The Desk
Officer may be reached by telephone at
202–395–4638.
A copy of the comments should also
be sent to the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission and should refer to Docket
No. IC09–714–001. Comments may be
filed either electronically or in paper
format. Those persons filing
electronically do not need to make a
paper filing. Documents filed
electronically via the Internet must be
prepared in an acceptable filing format
and in compliance with the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission
submission guidelines. Complete filing
instructions and acceptable filing
formats are available at http://
www.ferc.gov/help/submission-guide/
electronic-media.asp. To file the
document electronically, access the
Commission’s website and click on
Documents & Filing, E–Filing (http://
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp),
and then follow the instructions for
each screen. First time users will have
to establish a user name and password.
The Commission will send an automatic
acknowledgement to the sender’s e-mail
address upon receipt of comments.
For paper filings, an original and 2
copies of the comments should be
submitted to the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, Secretary of the
Commission, 888 First Street, NE.,
Washington, DC 20426, and should refer
to Docket No. IC09–714–001.
All comments may be viewed, printed
or downloaded remotely via the Internet
through FERC’s homepage using the
‘‘eLibrary’’ link. For user assistance,

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contact ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov or
toll-free at (866) 208–3676 or for TTY,
contact (202) 502–8659.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ellen Brown may be reached by
telephone at (202) 502–8663, by fax at
(202) 273–0873, and by e-mail at
ellen.brown@ferc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FERC–714
(Annual Electric Balancing Authority
Area and Planning Area Report
(formerly called ‘‘Annual Electric
Control and Planning Area Report’’),
OMB No. 1902–0140) is used by the
Commission to implement Sections 4,
202, 207, 210, 211–213, 304, 309 and
311 of the Federal Power Act (FPA) as
amended (49 Stat. 838: 16 U.S.C. 791 a825r), Section 3(4) of Public Utility
Regulatory Policies Act of 1978, 26

U.S.C. 2602 and sections 1211, 1221,
1231, 1241 and 1242 of the Energy
Policy Act of 2005 (Pub. L. 109–58) (119
Stat. 594). The filing requirements are
found at 18 CFR 141.51. The
information allows the Commission to
analyze power system operations, to
estimate the effect of changes in power
system operations that result from the
installation of a new generating unit or
plant, transmission facilities, energy
transfers between systems and/or new
points of interconnections. The analyses
also serve to correlate rates and charges,
assess reliability and other operating
attributes in regulatory proceedings,
monitor market trends and behaviors,
and determine the competitive impacts
of proposed mergers, acquisitions and
dispositions.

Action: The Commission is requesting
a three-year extension of the current
expiration date for the FERC–714, with
no changes to the reporting
requirements.
Burden Statement: There has been an
administrative change in the burden
estimate due to: (1) An informal, limited
survey of respondents in order to obtain
improved estimates of both the burden
and cost, (2) a change in the number of
filers resulting from the formation of
regional transmission organizations (and
other similar entities) encompassing
numerous former Control Areas
(Balancing Authority Areas), and (3) the
switch to an all-electronic filing in 2007
(from a paper and diskette filing). Public
reporting burden for this collection is
estimated as follows.

FERC data collection

Number of
respondents
annually
(1)

Number of
responses per
respondent
(2)

Average
burden hours
per response
(3)

FERC–714 ..............................................................................................................

215

1

87 1

Total annual burden hours
(1)x(2)x(3)
18,705 1

[Note: These figures may not be exact, due to rounding.]

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The total estimated annual cost
burden 1 to respondents is $885,155
(215 respondents × $4,117 per
respondent).
The reporting burden includes the
total time, effort, or financial resources
expended to generate, maintain, retain,
disclose, or provide the information
including: (1) Reviewing instructions;
(2) developing, acquiring, installing, and
utilizing technology and systems for the
purposes of collecting, validating,
verifying, processing, maintaining,
disclosing and providing information;
(3) adjusting the existing ways to
comply with any previously applicable
instructions and requirements; (4)
training personnel to respond to a
collection of information; (5) searching
data sources; (6) completing and
reviewing the collection of information;
and (7) transmitting, or otherwise
disclosing the information.
The estimate of cost for respondents
is based upon salaries for professional
and clerical support, as well as direct
1 These figures are based on a limited survey of
8 respondents. The average estimated annual
burden per respondent (and filing) is 87 hours.
Using the number of hours spent by each specific
job title or level, the estimated annual staff cost was
calculated based on the nationwide average annual
salary for various levels of engineers, found in the
Occupational Outlook Handbook (2008–09 Edition)
[posted on the Bureau of Labor Statistics website at
http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos027.htm]. The
estimated average annual staff cost for preparing the
FERC–714 was $3,603. The respondents surveyed
had additional costs of $514, on average per year.
Therefore the total estimated average annual cost
per respondent is $4,117.

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and indirect overhead costs. Direct costs
include all costs directly attributable to
providing this information, such as
administrative costs and the cost for
information technology. Indirect or
overhead costs are costs incurred by an
organization in support of its mission.
These costs apply to activities which
benefit the whole organization rather
than any one particular function or
activity.
Comments are invited on: (1) Whether
the proposed collections of information
are necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Commission, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(2) the accuracy of the agency’s
estimates of the burden of the proposed
collections 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 those who
are to respond, including the use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, e.g. permitting
electronic submission of responses.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 637–064]

Public Utility District No. 1 Chelan
County (PUD); Notice of Application To
Amend License and Soliciting
Comments, Motions To Intervene, and
Protests
August 13, 2009.

Take notice that the following
application has been filed with the
Commission and is available for public
inspection:
a. Application Type: Amendment to
License.
b. Project No. 637–064.
c. Date Filed: June 15, 2009.
d. Applicant: Public Utility District
No. 1 Chelan County (PUD).
e. Name of Project: Lake Chelan
Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: The project is located on
the Chelan River in Chelan County near
the City of Chelan, Washington.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act 16 U.S.C. § § 791(a)–825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Michele Smith,
Licensing and Compliance Manager at
P.O. Box 1231, Wenatchee, Washington.
Phone: (509) 661–4186.
i. FERC Contact: Any questions on
this notice should be addressed to Brian
Romanek at (202) 502–6175 or by email: Brian.Romanek@ferc.gov.

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