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POLICY JUSTIFICATION 

Greece—Spare Parts and Services for 

F100–PW–229 Engines 

The Government of Greece has 

requested the purchase of spare parts 

and services for F100–PW–229 engines 

for the Hellenic Air Force F–16 aircraft, 

to include: Inlet/Fan Modules, Core 

Engine Modules, Rear Compressor Drive 

Turbines, Fan Drive Turbine Modules, 

Augmentor Duct and Nozzle Modules, 

and Gearbox Modules. In addition, the 

proposed sale will include support 

equipment, publications and technical 

documentation, U.S. Government and 

contractor technical, engineering, and 

logistics support services, and other 

related elements of program support. 

The estimated cost is $250 million. 

This proposed sale will contribute to 

the foreign policy and national security 

of the United States by helping to 

improve the security of a NATO ally. 

The uninterrupted supply of spare 

parts and support will ensure the 

Hellenic Air Force sustains its aircraft 

fleet at the highest state of readiness to 

face any potential threats. 

The proposed sale of this equipment 

and support will not alter the basic 

military balance in the region. 

The proposed sale will not be for one 

sole source contract for this sale. There 

are no known offset agreements 

proposed in connection with this 

potential sale. 

Implementation of this proposed sale 

will not require the assignment of any 

additional U.S. Government or 

contractor representatives to Greece. 

There will be no adverse impact on 

U.S. defense readiness as a result of this 

proposed sale. 

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BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2013–ICCD–0093] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; Program 

for International Student Assessments 

(PISA) Validation Study 

AGENCY: IES/NCES, Department of 

Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is 

proposing a new information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before 

September 16, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in 

response to this notice should be 

submitted electronically through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at http:// 

www.regulations.gov by selecting 

Docket ID number ED–2013–ICCD–0093 

or via postal mail, commercial delivery, 

or hand delivery. Please note that 

comments submitted by fax or email 

and those submitted after the comment 

period will not be accepted. Written 

requests for information or comments 

submitted by postal mail or delivery 

should be addressed to the Director of 

the Information Collection Clearance 

Division, U.S. Department of Education, 

400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, Room 

2E105, Washington, DC 20202–4537. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Electronically mail 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Please do not 

send comments here. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department of Education (ED), in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)), 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 public’s reporting burden. It also 

helps the public understand the 

Department’s 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: Program for 

International Student Assessments 

(PISA) Validation Study. 

OMB Control Number: 1850–NEW. 

Type of Review: New information 

collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals or households. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 5,810. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 2,240. 

Abstract: PISA (Program for 

International Student Assessment), is an 

international assessment of 15-year-olds 

designed to evaluate, at the end of 

compulsory education, how well 

students are prepared for further 

education or entry into the workforce 

and, more fundamentally, to contribute 

to society as functioning young adults 

(OMB #1850–0755). However, PISA has 

been implemented as a cross-sectional 

study and, thus, the claim that PISA 

assesses key competencies for later 

success has never been tested in the 

United States. What is lacking is an 

empirical linkage between PISA and 

measures of successful transition from 

high school to postsecondary education, 

the workforce, or the types of skills 

required for successful participation in 

adult life. This study is designed to 

provide this empirical linkage. Students 

in the U.S. who participated in PISA in 

2012 and supplied contact information 

will be contacted in early 2013 and 

invited to participate in the PISA 

Validation Study. In 2015, when these 

students will be 18 years old, they will 

be asked to complete an online 

questionnaire and assessment, based on 

those used in the Program for the 

International Assessment of Adult 

Competencies (PIAAC), assessing their 

literacy, numeracy, and problem-solving 

skills, and asking them about their 

educational attainment, education and 

work experiences, skills used in daily 

life, and aspects of health and wellbeing. This submission is for address 

updates of both filed trial and main 

study sample members, and will be 

followed in 2014 by requests for field 

test and main study recruitment and 

data collections activities. 

Dated: July 11, 2013. 

Stephanie Valentine, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 

Proposed Information Collection— 

2014 Election Administration and 

Voting Survey; Comment Request 

AGENCY: U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission (EAC). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 

3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, EAC announces 

an information collection and seeks 

public comment on the provisions 


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thereof. The EAC, pursuant to 5 CFR 

1320.5(a)(iii), intends to submit this 

proposed information collection (2014 

Election Administration and Voting 

Survey) to the Director of the Office of 

Management and Budget for approval. 

The 2014 Election Administration and 

Voting Survey (Survey) asks election 

officials questions concerning voting 

and election administration. These 

questions request information 

concerning ballots cast; voter 

registration; overseas and military 

voting; Election Day activities; voting 

technology; and other important issues. 

The EAC issues the survey to meet its 

obligations under the Help America 

Vote Act to serve as national 

clearinghouse and resource for the 

compilation of information with respect 

to the administration of Federal 

elections; to fulfill both the EAC’s and 

the Department of Defense Federal 

Voting Assistance Programs’ 

quantitative State data collection 

requirements under the Uniformed and 

Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act 

(UOCAVA); and meet its National Voter 

Registration Act (NVRA) mandate to 

collect information from states 

concerning the impact of that statute on 

the administration of Federal Elections. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before 4 p.m. EDT on 

September 16, 2013. 

Comments: Public 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 information collection; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the information collection on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Comments on the proposed information 

collection should be submitted 

electronically to 

electiondaysurvey@eac.gov. Written 

comments on the proposed information 

collection can also be sent to the U.S. 

Election Assistance Commission, 1201 

New York Avenue NW., Suite 300, 

Washington, DC 20005, Attn: Election 

Administration and Voting Survey. 

Obtaining a Copy of the Survey: To 

obtain a free copy of the survey: (1) 

Access the EAC Web site at http:// 

www.eac.gov and download an 

electronic copy of the survey; or (2) 

write to the EAC (including your 

address and phone number) at U.S. 

Election Assistance Commission, 1201 

New York Avenue NW., Suite 300, 

Washington, DC 20005, Attn: Election 

Administration and Voting Survey. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Karen Lynn-Dyson at (202) 566–3100, 

U.S. Election Assistance Commission, 

1201 New York Avenue NW., Suite 300, 

Washington, DC 20005. 

Needs and Uses 

The EAC issues the survey to meet its 

obligations under the Help America 

Vote Act to serve as national 

clearinghouse and resource for the 

compilation of information with respect 

to the administration of Federal 

elections; to fulfill both the EAC and 

Department of Defense Federal Voting 

Assistance Program data collection 

requirements under the Uniformed and 

Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act 

(UOCAVA); and meet its National Voter 

Registration Act (NVRA) mandate to 

collect information from states 

concerning the impact of that statute on 

the administration of Federal Elections. 

The Help America Vote Act of 2002 

(HAVA) (42 U.S.C. 15322) requires the 

EAC to serve as a national clearinghouse 

and resource for the compilation of 

information and review of procedures 

with respect to the administration of 

Federal Elections. This includes the 

obligation to study and report on 

election activities, practices, policies, 

and procedures, including methods of 

voter registration, methods of 

conducting provisional voting, poll 

worker recruitment and training, and 

such other matters as the Commission 

determines are appropriate. In addition, 

under the National Voter Registration 

Act (NVRA), the EAC is responsible for 

collecting information and reporting, 

biennially, to the United States Congress 

on the impact of that statute. The 

information the States are required to 

submit to the EAC for purposes of the 

NVRA report are found under Title 11 

of the Code of Federal Regulations. 

States that respond to questions in this 

survey concerning voter registration 

related matters will meet their NVRA 

reporting requirements under 42 U.S.C. 

1973gg–7 and EAC regulations. Finally, 

the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens 

Absentee Voters Act (UOCAVA) 

mandates that the Department of 

Defense Federal Voting Assistance 

Program (FVAP) work with the EAC and 

State Chief Election officials to develop 

standards for reporting UOCAVA voting 

information (42 U.S.C. 1973ff–1) and 

that the FVAP will store the reported 

data and present the findings within the 

congressionally-mandated report to the 

President and Congress. Additionally, 

UOCAVA requires that ‘‘not later than 

90 days after the date of each regularly 

scheduled general election for Federal 

office, each State and unit of local 

government which administered the 

election shall (through the State, in the 

case of a unit of local government) 

submit a report to the Election 

Assistance Commission (established 

under the Help America Vote Act of 

2002) on the combined number of 

absentee ballots transmitted to absent 

uniformed services voters and overseas 

voters for the election and the combined 

number of such ballots which were 

returned by such voters and cast in the 

election, and shall make such a report 

available to the general public.’’ States 

that complete and timely submit the 

UOCAVA section of the survey to the 

EAC will fulfill their UOCAVA 

reporting requirement under 42 U.S.C. 

1973ff–1(c). In order to fulfill the above 

requirements, the EAC is seeking 

information relating to the period from 

the Federal general election day 2012 +1 

through the November 2014 Federal 

general election. The 2014 Survey has 

been expanded to include all of the 

questions from the Post-Election Survey 

of State and Local Election Officials, 

OMB Control Number 0704–0125, 

formerly conducted by the Department 

of Defense Federal Voting Assistance 

Program. The Election Assistance 

Commission will provide the data from 

the new included items to the 

Department of Defense after data 

collection is completed. The additional 

questions are necessary to fulfill the 

mandate of the Uniformed and Overseas 

Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA 

of 1986 [42 U.S.C. 1973ff]). UOCAVA 

requires the States to allow Uniformed 

Services personnel, their family 

members, and overseas citizens to use 

absentee registration procedures and to 

vote by absentee ballot in general, 

special, primary, and runoff elections 

for Federal offices. UOCAVA covers 

members of the Uniformed Services and 

the merchant marine to include the 

commissioned corps of the National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration and Public Health 

Service and their eligible dependents, 

Federal civilian employees overseas, 

and overseas U.S. citizens not affiliated 

with the Federal Government. Local 

Election Officials (LEO) process voter 

registration and absentee ballot 

applications, send absentee ballots to 

voters, and receive and process the 

voted ballots in counties, cities, 

parishes, townships and other 

jurisdictions within the U.S. The 

Federal Voting Assistance Program 

(FVAP) conducts the post-election 


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survey of State and Local Election 

Officials to determine registration and 

participation rates that are 

representative of all citizens covered by 

the Act, to measure State-Federal 

cooperation, and to evaluate the 

effectiveness of the overall absentee 

voting program. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title and OMB Number: 2014 Election 

Administration and Voting Survey; 

OMB Number Pending. 

Summary of the Collection of 

Information: The survey requests 

information on a state- and county-level 

(or township-, independent city-, 

borough-level, where applicable) 

concerning the following categories: 

Voter Registration Applications (From 

the Period of Federal General Election 

Day +1, 2012 Through Federal General 

Election Day, 2014) 

(a) Total number of registered voters; 

(b) Number of active and inactive 

registered voters; (c) Number of persons 

who registered to vote on Election 

Day—only applicable to States with 

Election Day registration; (d) Number of 

voters who registered using online 

registration—only applicable to States 

that allow online registration: (e) 

Number of voter registration 

applications received from all sources; 

(f) Number of voter registration 

applications that were duplicates, 

invalid or rejected, new, changes of 

name, address, party, and not 

categorized; (g) Number of duplicate 

registration applications received from 

all sources; (h) Total number of 

removal/confirmation notices mailed to 

voters and the reason for removal; (i) 

total number of voters removed from the 

registration list or moved to the inactive 

registration list. 

Uniformed and Overseas Citizens 

Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA) 

(a) Total number and type of 

UOCAVA absentee ballots transmitted; 

(b) Total number and type of UOCAVA 

ballots returned and submitted for 

counting; (c) •Total number of the type 

of UOCAVA ballot returned by type of 

UOCAVA voter; (d) Total number and 

type of all UOCAVA ballots counted; (e) 

Total number of the type of UOCAVA 

ballot counted by type of UOCAVA 

voter; (f) Total number and type of all 

UOCAVA ballots rejected; (g) Total 

number of UOCAVA ballots rejected by 

reason for rejection; (h) Total number of 

UOCAVA ballot rejected by type of 

UOCAVA voter; (i) Total number and 

type of registered and eligible UOCAVA 

voters; (j) Total number of Federal Post 

Card Applications (FPCAs) received by 

type of voter; (k) Total number of FPCAs 

rejected by type of voter; (l) Total 

number of FPCAs rejected after the 

absentee ballot request deadline; (m) 

Date when transmission of absentee 

ballots to UOCAVA voters began for the 

November election cycle; (n) Total 

number of UOCAVA ballots transmitted 

before and after the 45-day deadline by 

mode of transmission; (o) Total number 

of UOCAVA ballots transmitted that 

were returned as undeliverable by mode 

of transmission; (p) Total number of 

UOCAVA ballots returned by voters, 

excluding Federal Write-In Absentee 

Ballots (FWABs); (q) Total number of 

UOCAVA ballots returned by voters and 

rejected, excluding FWABS, by type of 

voter and by mode of transmission; (r) 

Total number of UOCAVA ballots 

counted by mode of transmission, 

excluding FWABS; (s) Total number of 

FWABs received by type of voter; (t) 

Total number of FWABs rejected by 

type of voter; (u) Total number of 

FWABs rejected by reason for rejection; 

and (v) Total number of FWABs 

received by type of voter. 

Election Administration 

(a) Total number of precincts in the 

state/jurisdiction; (b) Number of polling 

places available for voting in the 

November 2014 Federal general 

election; (c) Number of poll workers 

used for Election Day; (d) Extent to 

which jurisdictions had enough poll 

workers available for the general 

election. 

Election Day Activities 

(a) Total number of persons who 

voted in the 2014 Federal general 

election; (b) The source of the 

participation number—poll books, 

ballots counted, vote history; (c) Total 

number of first-time voters who 

registered by mail and were required to 

provide identification in order to vote; 

(d) Number of voters who appeared on 

the permanent absentee voter 

registration list; (e) Number of absentee 

ballots requested, received, counted, 

and not counted; (f) Reasons for 

absentee ballot rejection; (g) Number of 

provisional ballots cast, counted, and 

rejected; (h) Reasons for provisional 

ballot rejection; (i) Use of electronic and 

printed poll books during the 2014 

Federal general election; (j) Type and 

number of voting equipment used for 

the 2014 Federal general election; (k) 

Type of process in which voting 

equipment was used—precinct, 

absentee, early vote site, accessible to 

disabled voters, provisional voting; (l) 

Location in which votes were tallied— 

central location, precinct/polling place, 

or early vote site; (m) General comments 

regarding the jurisdiction’s Election Day 

experiences. 

2014 Election Results 

Total number of votes cast—at polling 

places, via absentee ballot, at early vote 

centers, via provisional ballots. 

Statutory Overview (2014 Federal 

General Election) 

(a) Information on whether the state is 

exempt from the National Voter 

Registration Act (NVRA); (b) State 

definition of terms—over-vote, undervote, blank ballot, void/spoiled ballot, 

provisional/challenged ballot; (c) State 

definition of inactive and active voter; 

(d) State provision for voter 

identification at registration, for inperson voting, and for mail-in or 

absentee voting; (e) information on legal 

citation for changes to election laws or 

procedures enacted or adopted since the 

previous Federal general election; (f) 

State definition of voter registration; (g) 

Process used for moving voters from 

active to inactive lists and from inactive 

to active; (h) State deadline for 

registration for the Federal general 

election; (i) Information of whether the 

state is an Election Day/Same Day 

Registration state; (j) Description of state 

voter registration database system— 

bottom-up or top-down; (k) State voter 

removal/confirmation notices processes; 

(l) Agency or department that is 

responsible for list maintenance; (m) 

Information on whether there are 

electronic links between the voter 

registrar’s office and other state 

agencies; (n) State’s use of National 

Change of Address (NCOA); (o) State’s 

voting eligibility requirements as they 

relate to convicted felons; (p) Tabulation 

of votes cast at a place other than the 

voter’s precinct; (q) Provision for voting 

absentee; (r) State tracking of the date of 

all ballots cast before election day; (s) 

Provision for mail-in voting in place of 

at-the-precinct voting; (t) Acceptance or 

rejection of provisional ballots of voters 

registered in a different precinct; (u) 

State process for capturing over-votes 

and under-votes. States and territories 

that submitted a Statutory Overview for 

2008 will be asked to provide updates 

to the information above, where 

applicable. 

Affected Public (Respondents): State 

or local governments, the District of 

Columbia, Commonwealth of Puerto 

Rico, Guam, American Samoa, and the 

United States Virgin Islands. 

Affected Public: State or local 

government. 

Number of Respondents: 55. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 


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Estimated Burden per Response: 230 

hours per collection, 115 hours 

annualized. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 12,650 hours per collection, 

6,325 hours annualized. 

Frequency: Biennially. 

Alice Miller, 

Chief Operating Officer and Acting Executive 

Director, U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission. 

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BILLING CODE 6820–KF–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Southeastern Power Administration 

Cumberland System 

AGENCY: Southeastern Power 

Administration (Southeastern), 

Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of rate extension. 

SUMMARY: The Deputy Secretary, 

Department of Energy, extended on an 

interim basis rate schedules CBR–1–H, 

CSI–1–H, CEK–1–H, CM–1–H, CC–1–I, 

CK–1–H, CTV–1–H, CTVI–1–A, and 

Replacement-3. These rate schedules are 

applicable to Southeastern power sold 

to existing preference customers in 

Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, 

Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee, 

and Virginia. The rate schedules are 

extended through September 30, 2015. 

DATES: Approval of the rate extension is 

effective October 1, 2013. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Virgil G. Hobbs III, Assistant 

Administrator, Finance and Marketing, 

Southeastern Power Administration, 

Department of Energy, 1166 Athens 

Tech Road, Elberton, Georgia 30635– 

6711, (706) 213–3800. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

by Order issued December 22, 2011, in 

Docket No. EF11–13–000 (137 FERC ¶ 

62,249), confirmed and approved 

Wholesale Power Rate Schedules CBR– 

1–H, CSI–1–H, CEK–1–H, CM–1–H, CC– 

1–I, CK–1–H, CTV–1–H, CTVI–1–A, and 

Replacement-3 through September 30, 

2013. This order extends these rate 

schedules on an interim basis. 

Dated: July 10, 2013. 

Daniel B. Poneman, 

Deputy Secretary. 

Deputy Secretary 

Rate Order No. SEPA–57 

In the Matter of: 

Southeastern Power Administration 

Cumberland System Rates 

Order Confirming and Approving 

Power Rates on an Interim Basis 

Pursuant to Sections 302(a) of the 

Department of Energy Organization Act, 

Public Law 95–91, the functions of the 

Secretary of the Interior and the Federal 

Power Commission under Section 5 of 

the Flood Control Act of 1944, 16 U.S.C. 

825s, relating to the Southeastern Power 

Administration (Southeastern), were 

transferred to and vested in the 

Secretary of Energy. By Delegation 

Order No. 00–037.00, effective 

December 6, 2001, the Secretary of 

Energy delegated to Southeastern’s 

Administrator the authority to develop 

power and transmission rates for 

Southeastern customers and delegated 

to the Deputy Secretary of Energy the 

authority to extend and place in effect 

such rates on an interim basis. This rate 

is issued by the Deputy Secretary 

pursuant to that delegation order. 

Background 

Power from the Cumberland Projects 

is presently sold under Wholesale 

Power Rate Schedules CBR–1–H, CSI– 

1–H, CEK–1–H, CM–1–H, CC–1–I, CK– 

1–H, CTV–1–H, CTVI–1–A, and 

Replacement-3. These rate schedules 

were approved by the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (FERC) in 

docket number EF11–13–000 on 

December 22, 2011, for a period ending 

September 30, 2013 (137 FERC ¶ 

62,249). 

Public Notice and Comment 

Notice of a proposed rate extension 

was published in the Federal Register 

on March 28, 2013 (78 FR 18976). The 

notice advised interested parties of a 

proposal to extend the existing rate 

schedules for a two-year period, from 

October 1, 2013, through September 30, 

2015. Written comments were due on or 

before April 29, 2013. Written 

comments were received from seven 

sources. 

Comments received from interested 

parties are summarized below. 

Southeastern’s response follows each 

comment. 

Comment 1: The customers support 

the proposed extension. 

Response 1: Southeastern will 

recommend the extension to the Deputy 

Secretary of the Department of Energy. 

Comment 2: Future rate increases may 

drive Southeastern’s rates to the point 

where it would no longer be economical 

to purchase Southeastern power. Once 

the full cost of repairs of the Wolf Creek 

and Center Hill Projects are included, 

the customers estimate Southeastern 

power will become uneconomical 

during nearly eighty percent of the 

dispatchable hours. The potential price 

of the Southeastern resources has been 

projected to exceed the expected market 

prices the majority of the time. 

Response 2: Southeastern is 

concerned the cost of power 

Southeastern is responsible for 

marketing may exceed market rates. 

Southeastern will work with the U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) and 

the customers to ensure costs are 

managed and charged appropriately in 

an effort to maintain competitive rates. 

Comment 3: At present, the Corps has 

not completed the repair work at the 

Wolf Creek and Center Hill Projects. It 

is appropriate that Southeastern set a 

rate that does not include any of the 

repair costs at this time. 

Response 3: The cost of the repair 

work at Wolf Creek and Center Hill has 

not been included in the proposed rate 

extension. 

Comment 4: While the Corps has 

declined to consider the appropriate 

statutory language in the Dam Safety 

Act that would mitigate the cost that 

hydropower customers may be asked to 

pay, Southeastern retains the full 

authority to ensure that the eventual 

rates for power will be the lowest 

possible rates consistent with sound 

business principles. 

Response 4: Southeastern agrees that 

it retains full authority to ensure that 

the rates for power will be the lowest 

possible rates consistent with sound 

business principles within the meaning 

of Section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 

1944. As noted above, Southeastern has 

not included the repair costs in the 

proposed rate extension. 

Discussion 

System Repayment 

An examination of Southeastern’s 

revised system power repayment study, 

prepared in January 2013, for the 

Cumberland System, shows that the 

existing rates are adequate to meet 

repayment criteria. The Administrator 

of Southeastern Power Administration 

(Administrator) has certified that the 

rates are consistent with applicable law 

and that they are the lowest possible 

rates to customers consistent with 

sound business principles. 

Environmental Impact 

Southeastern has reviewed the 

possible environmental impacts of the 

rate extension under consideration and 

has concluded that, because the 

adjusted rates would not significantly 

affect the quality of the human 

environment within the meaning of the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969, the proposed action is not a major 


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