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Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 11 / Friday, January 16, 2015 / Notices

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Dated: January 12, 2015.
Michael K. Yudin,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Special
Education and Rehabilitative Services.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Engineered High Energy Crop
Programs Draft Programmatic
Environmental Impact Statement,
Southeastern United States
Department of Energy.
Notice of availability and public
hearings.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

The U.S. Department of
Energy (DOE) Advanced Research
Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA–E)
announces the availability of the
Engineered High Energy Crop (EHEC)
Programs Draft Programmatic
Environmental Impact Statement (or
Draft PEIS) (DOE/EIS–0481). DOE also
announces one in-person public hearing
to be held in Washington, DC, and two
Web-based public hearings, to receive
comments on the Draft PEIS. The Draft
PEIS evaluates the potential
environmental impacts associated with
DOE’s Proposed Action to implement
one or more programs to catalyze the
development and demonstration of
crops specifically engineered for
increased energy production. A main
component of the proposed programs
would be providing financial assistance
to conduct field trials to test the
effectiveness of EHECs in the
Southeastern United States, specifically
in Alabama, Florida (excluding the
Everglades/Southern Florida coastal
plain ecoregion), Georgia, Kentucky,
Mississippi, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia.
DATES: Comments on the Draft PEIS
Notice of Availability (NOA) will be
accepted until March 17, 2015. During
the public comment period, DOE will
host one in-person public hearing and
two Web-based public hearings to
receive comments on the Draft PEIS.
Comments submitted during this public
comment period will be considered in

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preparation of a Final PEIS and used by
DOE in its decision-making process for
the Proposed Action. DOE will consider
late comments to the extent practicable.
DOE will conduct public hearings:
• February 17, 2015, from 5:00–7:00
p.m., at the Holiday Inn Washington
Capitol, 550 C Street Southwest,
Washington, DC 20024.
• February 24, 2015, from 2:00–4:00
p.m., Web-based.
• February 26, 2015, from 2:00–4:00
p.m., Web-based.
Information on how to register for the
Web-based public hearings will be
available on the DOE EHEC PEIS project
Web site (See ADDRESSES section).
ADDRESSES: Written comments on the
Draft PEIS may be submitted by any of
the following methods:
• EHEC Web site: http://
engineeredhighenergycropsPEIS.com
• Email: comments@
engineeredhighenergycropsPEIS.com
• Mail: Dr. Jonathan Burbaum,
Program Director, ARPA–E, U.S.
Department of Energy, ATTN: EHEC
PEIS, 1000 Independence Avenue SW.,
Mailstop-950–8043, Washington, DC
20585. Note: Comments submitted by
U.S. Postal Service may be delayed by
mail screening.
This NOA, the EPA NOA, and the
Draft PEIS will be posted on the DOE
NEPA Web site at http://energy.gov/
nepa. These documents, and additional
materials relating to this Draft PEIS, will
also be available on the EHEC PEIS
project Web site at: http://
engineeredhighenergycropsPEIS.com.

The Draft PEIS evaluates the potential
environmental impacts of the Proposed
Action and alternatives to develop and
implement one or more programs to
catalyze the research, development, and
demonstration of EHECs in the
Southeastern United States. EHECs are
agriculturally-viable photosynthetic
species containing genetic material that
has been intentionally introduced
through biotechnology, interspecific
hybridization, or other engineering
processes (excluding processes that
occur in nature without human
intervention), specifically engineered to
increase the amount of energy produced
per acre (e.g., improving the
photosynthetic process), without
increasing the amount of biomass. These
approaches are referred to in this PEIS
as approaches ‘‘independent of
increasing the amount of biomass.’’ A
main component of the proposed EHEC
Programs would be DOE or other
Federal or state agencies providing
financial assistance for confined field
trials to evaluate the performance of
EHECs that could facilitate the
commercial development and
deployment of biofuels. The field trials
would demonstrate the EHEC’s
biological and economic viability and
further DOE ARPA–E’s mission.
Confined field trials may range in size
and could include development scale
(up to 5 acres), pilot scale (up to 250
acres), or demonstration scale (up to
15,000 acres). The Draft PEIS evaluates
the potential environmental impacts of
these scaled alternatives, which reflect
the range of reasonable alternatives.

For
more information on the PEIS, contact
Dr. Jonathan Burbaum, Program
Director, by one of the methods
described in the ADDRESSES section, or
by telephone at (202) 287–5453. For
general information on the DOE NEPA
process, contact Carol Borgstrom,
Director, Office of NEPA Policy and
Compliance (GC–54), U.S. Department
of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue
SW., Washington, DC 20585, or
telephone at (202) 586–4600, voicemail
at (800) 472–2756, or email at
askNEPA@hq.doe.gov. Persons with
disabilities who require alternative
means for communication (Braille, large
print, audio tape, etc.) should contact
(800) 877–8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EHEC
PEIS (DOE/EIS–0481) is being prepared
in accordance with NEPA (42 U.S.C.
4321 et seq.) requirements, the Council
on Environmental Quality’s NEPA
regulations (40 CFR parts 1500–1508),
and DOE’s NEPA Implementing
Procedures (10 CFR part 1021).

Signed in Washington, DC, this 12th day of
January, 2015.
Jonathan Burbaum,
Program Director, Advanced Research
Projects Agency-Energy.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy
Agency Information Collection
Extension
Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable, Energy Department of
Energy.
ACTION: Notice and Request for OMB
Review and Comment.
AGENCY:

The Department of Energy
(DOE) has submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
clearance, pursuant to the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, a three-year

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Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 11 / Friday, January 16, 2015 / Notices
extension to its collection of
information titled: Budget Justification,
OMB No. 1910–5162. The proposed
collection will establish application
consistency for numerous Grant and
Cooperative Agreement application
packages from potential and chosen
recipients. This effort will also
streamline processes and provide
applicants with a clear and
straightforward tool to assist with
project budgeting. In addition it will
endow DOE reviewers with adequate
information to determine if proposed
costs are allowable, allocable, and
reasonable.
Comments regarding this
collection must be received on or before
February 17, 2015. 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 can be reached at 202–395–
4650.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be sent to:
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:
U.S. Department of Energy, Golden
Field Office, 15013 Denver West
Parkway Golden, CO 80401–3111,
Attn: James Cash.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Questions may be directed to James
Cash at (720) 356–1456 or by email at
james.cash@ee.doe.gov. The information
collection instrument titled, Budget
Justification, may also be viewed at
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/financing/
resources.html.
DATES:

This
information collection request contains:
(1) OMB No.: 1910–5162, Budget
Justification;
(2) Information Collection Request
Title: Budget Justification;
(3) Type of Request: Renewal;
(4) Purpose: This collection of
information is necessary in order for
DOE to identify allowable, allocable,
and reasonable recipient project costs
eligible for Grants and Cooperative
Agreements under EERE programs;
(5) Annual Estimated Number of
Respondents: 400;
(6) Annual Estimated Number of
Total Responses: 400;
(7) Annual Estimated Number of
Burden Hours: 24 hours, per response;

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(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $899.04
per one time response;
(9) Authority: 10 CFR 600.112.
Issued in Golden, CO, on December 27,
2014.
James Cash,
Contracting Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC15–2–000]

Commission Information Collection
Activities: FERC–65, FERC–65A,
FERC–65B, FERC–585, and FERC–921;
Consolidated Comment Request;
Extension
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Energy.
ACTION: Notice of information
collections and request for comments.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A), the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (Commission or
FERC) is soliciting public comment on
the requirements and burden 1 of the
information collections described
below. Please note that this is the first
time FERC has issued a consolidated
notice involving otherwise unrelated
information collections.
DATES: Comments on the collections of
information are due March 17, 2015.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
(identified by Docket No. IC15–2–000)
by either of the following methods:
• eFiling at Commission’s Web site:
http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
efiling.asp.
• Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier:
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
Secretary of the Commission, 888 First
Street NE., Washington, DC 20426.
Please reference the specific
collection number and/or title in your
comments.
Instructions: All submissions must be
formatted and filed in accordance with
submission guidelines at: http://
www.ferc.gov/help/submissionguide.asp. For user assistance contact
SUMMARY:

1 The

Commission defines burden as the total
time, effort, or financial resources expended by
persons to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or
provide information to or for a Federal agency. For
further explanation of what is included in the
information collection burden, reference 5 Code of
Federal Regulations 1320.3.

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FERC Online Support by email at
ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, or by phone
at: (866) 208–3676 (toll-free), or (202)
502–8659 for TTY.
Docket: Users interested in receiving
automatic notification of activity in this
docket or in viewing/downloading
comments and issuances in this docket
may do so at http://www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/docs-filing.asp.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ellen Brown may be reached by email
at DataClearance@FERC.gov, telephone
at (202) 502–8663, and fax at (202) 273–
0873.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the information collection
requirements for all collections
described below with no changes to the
current reporting requirements. Please
note that each collection is distinct from
the next.
Comments: Comments are invited on:
(1) Whether the 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 and cost of the
collections of information, including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance
the quality, utility and clarity of the
information collections; and (4) ways to
minimize the burden of the collections
of information on those who are to
respond, including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
FERC–65 (Notice of Holding Company
Status), FERC–65A (Exemption
Notification of Holding Company
Status), and FERC–65B (Waiver
Notification of Holding Company
Status)
OMB Control No.: 1902–0218.
Abstract: Pursuant to Section 366.4 of
the Commission’s rules and regulations,
persons who meet the definition of a
holding company shall provide the
Commission notification of holding
company status.
The FERC–65 is a one-time
informational filing outlined in the
Commission’s regulations at 18 Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) 366.4. The
FERC–65 must be submitted within 30
days of becoming a holding company2.
2 Persons that meet the definition of a holding
company as provided by § 366.1 as of February 8,
2006 shall notify the Commission of their status as
a holding company no later than June 15, 2006.
Holding companies formed after February 8, 2006
shall notify the Commission of their status as a
holding company, no later than the latter of June

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