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Dated: January 12, 2015. 

Michael K. Yudin, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Special 

Education and Rehabilitative Services. 

[FR Doc. 2015–00605 Filed 1–15–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Engineered High Energy Crop 

Programs Draft Programmatic 

Environmental Impact Statement, 

Southeastern United States 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of availability and public 

hearings. 

SUMMARY: 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 

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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 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). 

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. 

Signed in Washington, DC, this 12th day of 

January, 2015. 

Jonathan Burbaum, 

Program Director, Advanced Research 

Projects Agency-Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2015–00601 Filed 1–15–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy 

Agency Information Collection 

Extension 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable, Energy Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice and Request for OMB 

Review and Comment. 

SUMMARY: 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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1The 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. 

2Persons 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 

Continued 

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. 

DATES: 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. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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; 

(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. 

[FR Doc. 2015–00603 Filed 1–15–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

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 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of information 

collections and request for comments. 

SUMMARY: 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 

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. 


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