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1.0, may be found on EAC’s Web site at www.eac.gov/open/comment.aspx.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  To request more information on this proposed information collection, please contact Mr. Brian Hancock, Director, Voting System Testing and Certification, Washington, DC, (202) 566–3100, Fax: (202) 566–1392.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :**  Background

In this notice, EAC seeks comments on the paperwork burdens contained in the current version of the Voting System Test Laboratory Manual, Version 1.0 OMB Control Number 3265–0004 only. Version 1.0 is the original version of the Manual without changes or updates.

Current Information Collection Request, Version 1.0

Title: Voting System Test Laboratory Manual, Version 1.0.

OMB Number: 3265–0013. Type of Review: Renewal. Needs and Uses: Section 231(a) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA), 42 U.S.C. 15371(a), requires EAC to ‘‘provide for the testing, certification, decertification, and recertification of voting system hardware and software by accredited laboratories.’’ To fulfill this mandate, EAC has developed and implemented the Voting System Test Laboratory Program Manual, Version 1.0. This version is currently in use under OMB Control Number 3265–0013. Although participation in the program in voluntary, adherence to the program’s procedural requirements is mandatory for participants.

Affected Public: Voting system manufacturers.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 8. Total Annual Responses: 8. Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 200 hours.

Alice Miller, Acting Executive Director, U.S. Election Assistance Commission.
[FR Doc. 2014–10345 Filed 5–5–14; 8:45 am]

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**DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY**

**[OE Docket No. EA–357–A]**

**Application to Export Electric Energy; Hunt Electric Power Marketing, L.L.C.** 

**AGENCY :**  Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, DOE.

**ACTION :**  Notice of application.

**SUMMARY :**  Hunt Electric Power Marketing, L.L.C. (HEPM) has applied to renew its authority to transmit electric energy from the United States to Mexico pursuant to section 202(e) of the Federal Power Act.

**DATES :**  Comments, protests, or motions to intervene must be submitted on or before June 5, 2014.

**ADDRESSES :**  Comments, protests, motions to intervene, or requests for more information should be addressed to: Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, Mail Code: OE–20, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585–0350. Because of delays in handling conventional mail, it is recommended that documents be transmitted by overnight mail, by electronic mail to Electricity.Exports@ hq.doe.gov, or by facsimile to 202–586–

8008.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :**  Exports of electricity from the United States to a foreign country are regulated by the Department of Energy (DOE) pursuant to sections 301(b) and 402(f) of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7151(b), 7172(f)) and require authorization under section 202(e) of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 824a(e)).

On August 31, 2009, DOE issued Order No. EA–357, which authorized HEPM to transmit electric energy from the United States to Mexico as a power marketer for a five-year term using existing international transmission facilities. That authority expires on August 31, 2014. On April 14, 2014, HEPM filed an application with DOE for renewal of the export authority contained in Order No. EA–357 for an additional five-year term.

In its application, HEPM states that it does not own any electric generating or transmission facilities, and it does not have a franchised service area. The electric energy that HEPM proposes to export to Mexico would be surplus energy purchased from electric utilities, Federal power marketing agencies, and other entities within the United States. The existing international transmission facilities to be utilized by HEPM have previously been authorized by Presidential permits issued pursuant to Executive Order 10485, as amended, and are appropriate for open access transmission by third parties.

Procedural Matters: Any person desiring to be heard in this proceeding should file a comment or protest to the application at the address provided above. Protests should be filed in accordance with Rule 211 of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) Rules of Practice and Procedures (18 CFR 385.211). Any person desiring to become a party to these proceedings should file a motion to intervene at the above address in accordance with FERC Rule 214 (18 CFR 385.214). Five copies of such comments, protests, or motions to intervene should be sent to the address provided above on or before the date listed above.

Comments on the HEPM application to export electric energy to Mexico should be clearly marked with OE Docket No. EA–357–A. An additional copy is to be provided directly to Geoffrey Street, Hunt Electric Power Marketing, L.L.C., 1900 North Akard Street, Dallas, TX 75201 and to James M. Bushee, Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP, One American Center, 600 Congress Avenue, Suite 2000, Austin, TX 78701. A final decision will be made on this application after the environmental impacts have been evaluated pursuant to DOE’s National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Procedures (10 CFR part 1021) and after a determination is made by DOE that the proposed action will not have an adverse impact on the sufficiency of supply or reliability of the U.S. electric power supply system.

Copies of this application will be made available by request to the addresses provided above or by accessing the program Web site at http://energy.gov/node/11845

.

Issued in Washington, DC, on April 30,

2014. Brian Mills, Director, Permitting and Siting, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability.

[FR Doc. 2014–10346 Filed 5–5–14; 8:45 am]

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**DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY**

**Energy Information Administration**

**Agency Information Collection Extension** 

**AGENCY :**  U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), U.S. Department of Energy.

**ACTION :**  Agency Information Collection Activities: Information Collection Extension; Notice and Request for Comments.

**SUMMARY :**  EIA intends to revise and extend for three years, Form EIA–914 ‘‘Monthly Natural Gas Production Report,’’ with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

The revisions include increasing the number of states for which natural gas production will be collected. Gas production has increased dramatically in a few of the states outside the current


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EIA–914 states—for example, Pennsylvania and Colorado, both of which now out-produce two of the original EIA–914 areas, New Mexico and the Gulf of Mexico. Much of Colorado’s new production is coalbed methane, while Pennsylvania’s production is largely from the Marcellus shale formation. While production from unconventional sources has risen, production from more traditional formations has declined, particularly in the Gulf of Mexico and New Mexico, as the emphasis on oil production has increased. Pennsylvania and Colorado are representative of quite a few states that have demonstrated recent, large production increases. Thus, EIA considers it important to expand the number of states for which natural gas production data are collected.

Additionally, EIA also proposes to add the collection of crude oil and lease condensate production data at the state level. Oil production in the United States has grown recently and, in some cases, dramatically after a long, gradual decline. However, tight formations have fueled a recent reversal of this trend. As recently as April 2005 North Dakota was the tenth-largest producer of crude oil in the United States with less than 2 percent of U.S. production, but due to developments in the Bakken formation, is now the third-largest producer and accounted for slightly more than 12 percent of U.S. production in November 2013. Similarly, Texas production, which declined for many years, dramatically increased over the last two years as the projects in the Eagle Ford formation came on-line and ramped up. Increased production from tight formations have more than offset natural declines in the Gulf of Mexico, California, Alaska, and elsewhere so that exporting U.S. oil production has become a seriously discussed topic.

Further, EIA proposes to collect statelevel crude oil and lease condensate production by API gravity category. We think that it’s important to collect oil production by API gravity to inform the growing discussion about exporting crude oil. Proponents of exporting argue that there are large amounts of light crude oil presently produced in the United States, too much for U.S. refineries to process. Opponents of exporting argue that there is far less light crude oil being produced. Thus, collecting crude oil production by API gravity categories will inform the debate. The categories have not been determined yet. We expect that the final set of categories will include ‘‘unknown,’’ but we don’t expect much production reported for this category.

Lastly, EIA plans to explore the possibility of collecting sulfur content of U.S. crude oil and lease condensate production (either at the state level, or national level). Categories of sulfur content will be determined once the availability of these data becomes known.

Comments are invited on the following issues: (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) whether the proposed collection of crude oil and lease condensate by API gravity categoryis consistent with industry recordkeeping practices, as well as general comments on potential respondents’ ability to provide such information, (c) whether the potential respondents are able to provide a measure of the sulfur content by state, (d) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (e) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology.

**DATES :**  Comments regarding this proposed information collection must be received on or before July 7, 2014. If you anticipate difficulty in submitting comments within that period, contact the person listed in **ADDRESSES** as soon as possible.

**ADDRESSES :**  Send comments to Neal Davis. The mailing address is U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Energy Information Administration, Attn: Neal Davis, EI–24, Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585. To ensure receipt of the comments by the due date, submission by email (neal.davis@ eia.gov ) is recommended. Alternatively, Neal Davis may be contacted by telephone at 202–586–6581 or by fax at

202–287–1938.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  Requests for additional information or copies of the forms and instructions should be directed to Neal Davis at the contact information given above. Forms and instructions are also available on the Internet at: http://www.eia.gov/ survey/notice/ngforms2015.cfm

. **SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :**  This information collection request contains: (1) OMB No. 1905–0160; (2) Information Collection Request Title: Monthly Natural Gas Production Report;

(3) Type of Request: Extension, with changes, of a currently approved collection

(4) Purpose: Form EIA–914, ‘‘Monthly Natural Gas Production Report,’’ collects monthly data on the production of natural gas in seven geographical areas (Texas (including State offshore), Louisiana (including State offshore), Oklahoma, New Mexico, Wyoming, Federal Gulf of Mexico offshore and Other States (defined as all remaining states, except Alaska, in which the operator produced natural gas during the report month)). The data appear in the ‘‘Monthly Natural Gas Gross Production Report’’ on EIA’s Web site and in the EIA publications, Monthly Energy Review, Natural Gas Annual, and Natural Gas Monthly.

(4a) Proposed Changes to Information Collection:

The proposed changes include:

• Changing the title from ‘‘Monthly Natural Gas Production Report’’ to ‘‘Monthly Crude Oil, Lease Condensate, and Natural Gas Production Report.’’

• In Part 2, EIA is proposing to remove several states from the ‘‘Other States’’ category—Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Kansas, Michigan, Mississippi, Montana, North Dakota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Utah, and West Virginia—and collect both gross withdrawals of natural gas and natural gas lease production volumes for a total of 21 states/areas including ‘‘Other States.’’ The ‘‘Other States’’ category will be retained, but only include the states Arizona, Federal California offshore, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, Oregon, Tennessee, South Dakota, and Virginia. EIA will continue to collect Alaska natural gas production directly from the state.

• EIA is proposing to add Part 3 to Form EIA–914. Part 3 will collect total monthly crude oil and lease condensate production volumes for the 21 states/ areas discussed above, including API gravity. Further, the production will be collected for several categories based on API gravity across each state. EIA plans to include a measure of the sulfur content (by state and API gravity) and is interested in assessing the availability of these data to respondents. The proposed categories are shown below.


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API G RAVITY 

### RANGES

≤20.0 20.1 to 30.0 30.1 to 35.0 35.1 to 40.0 40.1 to 45.0 45.1 to 50.0 50.1 to 55.0 ≥55.0 unknown

Note that it is expected that the ‘‘unknown’’ category will be rarely used by the respondent companies, typically under exceptional and temporary circumstances.

(5) Estimated Number of Survey Respondents: 600 respondents.

(6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: The annual number of total responses is 7200. Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: The annual estimated burden is 21,600 hours.

(7) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: Additional costs to respondents are not anticipated beyond costs associated with response burden hours.

(8) Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized and/ or included in the request for OMB approval of the form. They also will become a matter of public record.

Statutory Authority: Section 13(b) of the Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974, Pub. L. 93–275, codified at 15 U.S.C. 772(b).

Issued in Washington, DC on April 30,

2014. Stephen J. Harvey, Assistant Administrator for Energy Statistics, U.S. Energy Information Administration.

[FR Doc. 2014–10352 Filed 5–5–14; 8:45 am]

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**DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY**

**Federal Energy Regulatory Commission** 

**[Project No. 12496–002]**

**Rugraw, LLC: Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the**  **Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests** 

Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.

a. Type of Application: Major original license

b. Project No.: 12496–002

c. Date filed: April 21, 2014 d. Applicant: Rugraw, LLC

e. Name of Project: Lassen Lodge Hydroelectric Project

f. Location: On the South Fork Battle Creek, nearby the Town of Mineral, Tehama County, California. No federal lands or Indian reservations are located within the proposed project boundary. g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)–825(r)

h. Applicant Contact: Charlie Kuffner, 70 Paseo Mirasol, Tiburon, CA 94920; (415) 652–8553

i. FERC Contact: Adam Beeco at (202) 502–8655; email—adam.beeco@ferc.gov

j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, local, and tribal agencies with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to environmental issues that wish to cooperate in the preparation of the environmental document should follow the instructions for filing such requests described in item l below. Cooperating agencies should note the Commission’s policy that agencies that cooperate in the preparation of the environmental document cannot also intervene. See, 94 FERC ¶ 61,076 (2001).

k. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 CFR of the Commission’s regulations, if any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person believes that an additional scientific study should be conducted in order to form an adequate factual basis for a complete analysis of the application on its merit, the resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person must file a request for a study with the Commission not later than 60 days from the date of filing of the application, and serve a copy of the request on the applicant.

l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency status: June 20, 2014

The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency status using the Commission’s eFiling system at http:// www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp . For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ ferc.gov, (866) 208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659 (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please send a paper copy to: Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. The first page of any filing should include docket number P–12496–002.

m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this time.

n. The proposed Lassen Lodge Project consists of: (1) A 6-foot-high and 94- foot-long diversion dam; (2) an impoundment of approximately 0.5 acre; (3) a 20 by 10 foot enclosed concrete intake structure; (4) a 7,258- foot-long pipeline and a 5,230-foot-long penstock with a net head of 791 feet; (5) a 50 by 50 foot powerhouse containing one generating unit with a 5,000- kilowatt capacity; (6) a 50 by 50 foot substation area; (7) a 40 by 35 foot switchyard; (8) 100 by 100 foot multipurpose area; and (9) a new 12- mile-long, 60-kilovolt transmission line. The project is estimated to produceapproximately 25,000,000 kilowatthours annually.

o. A copy of the application is available for review at the Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the Commission’s Web site at http://www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket number field to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support. A copy is also available for inspection and reproduction at the address in item h above.

You may also register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filings and issuances related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

p. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according to the following preliminary Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the schedule will be made as appropriate.

Issue Acceptance or Deficiency Letter. June 2014

Request Additional Information. June 2014

Issue Acceptance Letter ........ September 2014 Issue Scoping Document 1

for Comments. October 2014

Request Additional Information (if necessary). December 2014

Issue Scoping Document 2

(if necessary). January 2015

Notice that application is

ready for environmental analysis. January 2015

Notice of the availability of

the draft EA. July 2015

Notice of the availability of

the final EA. October 2015

Dated: April 29, 2014. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary.
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