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Affected Public: Individuals or 

Households. 

Annual Burden Hours: 338. 

Number of Respondents: 450. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Average Burden per Response: 45 

minutes. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

U.S. Army Safety Center personnel 

retrieve data from accident prevention 

studies by name, Social Security 

Number (SSN), age, or gender. Accident 

and incident case records are retrieved 

by date of incident, location of incident, 

or type of equipment involved. Paper 

records are maintained in locked file 

cabinets and information is accessible 

only by authorized personnel with 

appropriate clearance/access in the 

performance of their duty. Remote 

terminal access is only authorized by 

authorized personnel. Maintaining this 

accident data is critical in maintaining 

the integrity of the accident prevention 

process. 

Dated: December 3, 2014. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2014–28671 Filed 12–5–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No. ED–2014–ICCD–0130] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

Third Party Servicer Data Collection 

AGENCY: Federal Student Aid (FSA), 

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 January 

7, 2015. 

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–2014–ICCD–0130 

or via postal mail, commercial delivery, 

or hand delivery. If the regulations.gov 

site is not available to the public for any 

reason, ED will temporarily accept 

comments at ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. 

Please note that comments submitted by 

fax or email and those submitted after 

the comment period will not be 

accepted; ED will only accept comments 

during the comment period in this 

mailbox when the regulations.gov site is 

not available. 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, 

Mailstop L–OM–2–2E319, Room 2E103, 

Washington, DC 20202. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Beth 

Grebeldinger, 202–377–4018. 

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: Third Party 

Servicer Data Collection. 

OMB Control Number: 1845—NEW. 

Type of Review: A new information 

collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals or households, private 

sector, State, Local and Tribal 

Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 600. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 750. 

Abstract: The Department of 

Education (ED) is seeking approval of a 

Third Party Servicer Data Collection 

form to be used to validate the 

information reported to ED by higher 

education institutions regarding third 

party servicers that administer one or 

more aspects of the administration of 

the Title IV, Higher Education Act of 

1965, as amended, programs on an 

institution’s behalf and to collect 

additional information required for 

effective oversight of these entities. 

Dated: December 3, 2014. 

Kate Mullan, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2014–28680 Filed 12–5–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Excess Uranium Management: Effects 

of DOE Transfers of Excess Uranium 

on Domestic Uranium Mining, 

Conversion, and Enrichment 

Industries; Request for Information 

AGENCY: Office of Nuclear Energy, 

Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Request for information (RFI). 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE) is planning to issue a new 

Secretarial Determination covering 

continued transfers of uranium for 

cleanup services at the Portsmouth 

Gaseous Diffusion Plant and for downblending of highly-enriched uranium to 

low-enriched uranium (LEU). This RFI 

solicits information from the public 

about the effects of the proposed 

transfers in the uranium markets and 

possible consequences for the domestic 

uranium mining, conversion and 

enrichment industries. The RFI also 

solicits recommendations about factors 

that the Department should consider 

and/or the methodology it should use in 

assessing the possible impacts of 

transfers. DOE will then consider this 

information as part of its analysis to 

determine whether its transfers would 

have an adverse material impact on the 

domestic uranium mining, conversion, 

or enrichment industry. 

DATES: DOE will accept comments, data, 

and information responding to this RFI 

submitted on or before January 7, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons may 

submit comments by any of the 

following methods. 

1. Email: RFI-UraniumTransfers@

hq.doe.gov. Submit electronic comments 

in WordPerfect, Microsoft Word, PDF, 

or ASCII file format, and avoid the use 

of special characters or any form of 

encryption. 

2. Postal Mail: Mr. David Henderson, 

U.S. Department of Energy, Office of 

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1The 2014 Secretarial Determination and a 

market analysis the Department used in developing 

the Determination, are available at http://

www.energy.gov/articles/energy-departmentannounces-secretarial-determination-no-adversematerial-impact-uranium. 

Nuclear Energy, Mailstop NE–52, 19901 

Germantown Rd., Germantown, MD 

20874–1290. If possible, please submit 

all items on a compact disk (CD), in 

which case it is not necessary to include 

printed copies. 

3. Hand Delivery/Courier: Mr. David 

Henderson, U.S. Department of Energy, 

Office of Nuclear Energy, Mailstop NE– 

52, 19901 Germantown Rd., 

Germantown, MD 20874–1290. Phone: 

(301) 903–2590. If possible, please 

submit all items on a CD, in which case 

it is not necessary to include printed 

copies. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name for this 

request for information. No facsimiles 

(faxes) will be accepted. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information may 

be sent to: Mr. David Henderson, U.S. 

Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear 

Energy, Mailstop NE–52, 19901 

Germantown Rd., Germantown, MD 

20874–1290. Phone: (301) 903–2590. 

Email: David.Henderson@

Nuclear.Energy.Gov. 

For further information on how to 

submit a comment, contact Mr. David 

Henderson at (301) 903–2590 or by 

email: David.Henderson@

Nuclear.Energy.Gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents 

I. Authority and Background 

II. Issues on Which DOE Seeks Comment and 

Information 

III. Submission of Comments 

IV. Confidential Business Information 

I. Authority and Background 

Title I, Chapters 6–7, 14, of the 

Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 

2011 et seq., ‘‘AEA’’) authorizes the 

Department of Energy to transfer special 

nuclear material and source material. 

Enriched uranium and natural uranium 

are types of special nuclear material and 

source material, respectively. In 1996, 

Congress enacted the USEC 

Privatization Act (Pub. L. 104–134, 42 

U.S.C. 2297h et seq.), which places 

certain limitations on DOE’s authority to 

transfer uranium from its excess 

uranium inventory. Specifically, under 

section 3112(d)(2)(B) of the USEC 

Privatization Act (42 U.S.C. 2297h– 

10(d)(2)(B)), DOE may make certain 

transfers of natural or low-enriched 

uranium if the Secretary determines that 

the transfers ‘‘will not have an adverse 

material impact on the domestic 

uranium mining, conversion or 

enrichment industry, taking into 

account the sales of uranium under the 

Russian Highly Enriched Uranium 

Agreement and the Suspension 

Agreement.’’ Section 306(a) of Division 

D, Title III of the Consolidated 

Appropriations Act, 2014 (Pub. L. 113– 

76), limits the validity of any 

determination by the Secretary under 

Section 3112(d)(2)(B) of the USEC 

Privatization Act to no more than two 

calendar years subsequent to the 

determination. 

In recent years, DOE has transferred 

uranium for cleanup services at the 

Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant and 

for down-blending of highly-enriched 

uranium to low-enriched uranium 

(LEU). In May 2012, the Secretary 

determined that transfers of up to 2,400 

metric tons of natural uranium 

equivalent (MTU) per year for cleanup 

services and up to 400 MTU (contained 

in LEU) for down-blending would not 

have an adverse material impact on 

domestic uranium industries. In May 

2014, the Secretary determined that 

transfers of up to a total of 2,705 MTU 

per calendar year for these programs 

will not have an adverse material 

impact on the domestic uranium 

mining, conversion, or enrichment 

industry (the ‘‘2014 Secretarial 

Determination’’).1 The 2014 

determination covers up to 2,055 MTU 

per year of natural uranium 

hexafluoride and off-specification nonuranium hexafluoride for cleanup 

services and up to 650 MTU per year 

(contained in LEU) for down-blending 

of highly-enriched uranium. 

DOE is planning to issue a new 

Secretarial Determination that would 

cover the continued transfer of uranium 

for cleanup services at the Portsmouth 

Gaseous Diffusion Plant and for downblending of highly-enriched uranium to 

LEU. DOE anticipates that a new 

Secretarial Determination would be 

finalized in Spring 2015. DOE is 

initiating this process by publishing this 

RFI. DOE will evaluate comments 

received in response to this RFI along 

with other information and analysis. 

II. Issues on Which DOE Seeks 

Comment and Information 

This RFI seeks information from 

interested parties regarding the effects of 

DOE’s planned transfers on the uranium 

markets and possible consequences for 

domestic uranium industries. DOE will 

then use that information to help 

determine whether its planned transfers 

would have an adverse material impact 

on the domestic uranium mining, 

conversion, or enrichment industry. For 

all comments, DOE requests that 

interested parties fully explain any 

assumptions that underlie their 

reasoning. DOE also requests that 

commenters provide underlying data or 

other information sufficient to allow 

DOE to review and verify any of the 

assumptions, calculations or views 

expressed by the commenters. 

DOE specifically invites public 

comment on the following questions: 

(1) What factors should DOE consider 

in assessing whether transfers will have 

adverse material impacts? 

(2) With respect to transfers from 

DOE’s excess uranium inventory in 

calendar years 2012, 2013, and 2014, 

what have been the effects of transfers 

in uranium markets and the 

consequences for the domestic uranium 

mining, conversion, and enrichment 

industries relative to other market 

factors? 

(3) What market effects and industry 

consequences could DOE expect from 

continued transfers at annual rates 

comparable to the transfers described in 

the 2014 Secretarial Determination? 

(4) Would transfers at a lower annual 

rate significantly change these effects, 

and if so, how? 

(5) Are there actions DOE could take 

other than altering the annual rate of 

transfers that would mitigate any 

negative effects on these industries? 

(6) Are there actions DOE could take 

with respect to the transfers that would 

have positive effects on these 

industries? 

(7) Are there any anticipated changes 

in these markets that may significantly 

change how DOE transfers affect the 

domestic uranium industries? 

Although comment is particularly 

welcome on the issues discussed above, 

DOE also requests comments on other 

topics that commenters consider 

significant for a new Secretarial 

Determination. 

III. Submission of Comments 

DOE invites all interested parties to 

submit, in writing by January 7, 2015, 

comments and information on matters 

addressed in this notice. Any 

information that may be confidential 

and exempt by law from public 

disclosure should be submitted as 

described below. After the close of the 

comment period, DOE will continue 

collecting data, conducting analyses, 

and reviewing the public comments, as 

needed. 

IV. Confidential Business Information 

Pursuant to 10 CFR 1004.11, any 

person submitting information he or she 

believes to be confidential and exempt 

by law from public disclosure should 

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1WAPA–146 was approved by the Deputy 

Secretary of Energy on December 14, 2009 (74 FR 

67191 (Dec 18, 2009)), and confirmed and approved 

by FERC on a final basis on June 18, 2010, in Docket 

No. EF10–1–000. See United States Department of 

Energy, Western Area Power Administration 

(Loveland Area Projects), 131 FERC ¶ 62,247. 

submit via email, postal mail, or hand 

delivery/courier two well-marked 

copies: One copy of the document 

marked ‘‘confidential’’ including all the 

information believed to be confidential, 

and one copy of the document marked 

‘‘non-confidential’’ with the information 

believed to be confidential deleted. 

Submit these documents via email or on 

a CD, if feasible. DOE will make its own 

determination about the confidential 

status of the information and treat it 

according to its determination. Factors 

of interest to DOE when evaluating 

requests to treat submitted information 

as confidential include: (1) A 

description of the items; (2) whether 

and why such items are customarily 

treated as confidential within the 

industry; (3) whether the information is 

generally known by or available from 

other sources; (4) whether the 

information has previously been made 

available to others without obligation 

concerning its confidentiality; (5) an 

explanation of the competitive injury to 

the submitting person which would 

result from public disclosure; (6) when 

such information might lose its 

confidential character due to the 

passage of time; and (7) why disclosure 

of the information would be contrary to 

the public interest. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on December 2, 

2014. 

Peter B. Lyons, 

Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy, Office 

of Nuclear Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2014–28695 Filed 12–5–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Western Area Power Administration 

Loveland Area Projects—Rate Order 

No. WAPA–167 

AGENCY: Western Area Power 

Administration, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of Order Concerning 

Firm Electric Rates. 

SUMMARY: The Deputy Secretary of 

Energy confirmed and approved Rate 

Order No. WAPA–167 and Rate 

Schedule L–F10, placing firm electric 

service rates for the Western Area Power 

Administration (Western) Loveland 

Area Projects (LAP) into effect on an 

interim basis. 

DATES: Rate Schedule L–F10 will be 

placed into effect on an interim basis on 

the first day of the first full billing 

period beginning on or after January 1, 

2015, and will remain in effect until the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 

(FERC) confirms, approves, and places 

the rate schedule into effect on a final 

basis ending December 31, 2019, or 

until the rate schedule is superseded. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Bradley S. Warren, Regional Manager, 

Rocky Mountain Region, Western Area 

Power Administration, 5555 East 

Crossroads Boulevard, Loveland, CO 

80538–8986, telephone (970) 461–7201, 

or Mrs. Sheila D. Cook, Rates Manager, 

Rocky Mountain Region, Western Area 

Power Administration, 5555 East 

Crossroads Boulevard, Loveland, CO 

80538–8986, telephone (970) 461–7211, 

email scook@wapa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

existing Rate Schedule L–F9 was 

approved under Rate Order No. WAPA– 

146 for the period beginning January 1, 

2010, and ending December 31, 2014.1

Under the current rate methodology, 

rates for LAP firm electric service are 

designed to recover an annual revenue 

requirement that includes investment 

repayment, interest, purchase power, 

operation and maintenance, and other 

expenses within the allowable period. 

The total annual revenue requirement 

for LAP remains $84.5 million for firm 

electric service. In addition, the overall 

capacity and energy charges are not 

changing, as the existing charges in the 

current rate schedules for firm electric 

service continue to provide sufficient 

revenue to meet LAP’s repayment 

obligations. The Rate Schedule 

continues to be formula based. An 

incremental upward adjustment to the 

Drought Adder greater than the 

equivalent of 2 mills/kWh to the Power 

Repayment Study (PRS) Composite Rate 

will require a public process. The 

Drought Adder may be adjusted 

downward pursuant to the formula 

without a public process. 

Rate Schedule L–F9 is being 

superseded by Rate Schedule L–F10. 

Under Rate Schedule L–F10, the firm 

capacity charge will remain $5.43/

kWmonth and the firm energy charge 

will remain 20.71 mills/kWh. The Base 

and Drought Adder components 

associated with these charges are shown 

in Table 1 below: 

TABLE 1—SUMMARY OF LAP CHARGE COMPONENTS

Existing charges under Rate Schedule L–F9 

effective January 1, 2010 

Provisional charges under Rate Schedule L–F10 

effective January 1, 2015 

Base 

component 

Drought adder 

component Total charge Base component 

Drought adder 

component Total charge 

Firm Capacity ($/kWmonth) ..................... $3.29 $2.14 $5.43 $3.92 $1.51 $5.43 

Firm Energy (mills/kWh) .......................... 12.54 8.17 20.71 14.95 5.76 20.71 

By Delegation Order No. 00–037.00A, 

effective October 25, 2013, the Secretary 

of Energy delegated: (1) The authority to 

develop power and transmission rates to 

Western’s Administrator; (2) the 

authority to confirm, approve, and place 

such rates into effect on an interim basis 

to the Deputy Secretary of Energy; and 

(3) the authority to confirm, approve, 

and place into effect on a final basis, to 

remand or to disapprove such rates to 

FERC. Existing Department of Energy 

procedures for public participation in 

power rate adjustments (10 CFR part 

903) were published on September 18, 

1985. 

Under Delegation Order Nos. 00– 

037.00A and 00–001.00E and in 

compliance with 10 CFR part 903 and 

18 CFR part 300, I hereby confirm, 

approve, and place Rate Order No. 

WAPA–167, LAP firm electric service 

rates, into effect on an interim basis 

(Provisional Rates). 

The new Rate Schedule L–F10 will be 

promptly submitted to FERC for 

confirmation and approval on a final 

basis. 

Dated: December 2, 2014. 

Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, 

Deputy Secretary of Energy. 

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