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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] 

BILLING CODE 6820–KF–P 

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 

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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 category 

is 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 GRAVITY 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] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

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 produce 

approximately 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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