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Title of Collection: Guaranty Agencies 

Security Self-assessment and 

Attestation. 

OMB Control Number: 1845–0134. 

Type of Review: An extension of an 

existing information collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

Local, and Tribal Governments; Private 

Sector. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 24. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 7,584. 

Abstract: This is a request for an 

extension of the approved information 

collection used by Federal Student Aid 

(FSA) to ensure that all data collected 

and managed by Guaranty Agencies 

(GAs) in support federal student 

financial aid programs is secure. FSA 

initiated a formal assessment program 

for ensuring the GAs have security 

protocols in place to protect the 

confidentiality and integrity of data 

entrusted to FSA by students and 

families. This assessment is designed to 

identify security deficiencies based on 

the federal standards described in the 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology publications. 

Dated: December 11, 2018. 

Kate Mullan, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Office of the Chief Privacy 

Officer, Office of Management. 

[FR Doc. 2018–27127 Filed 12–13–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Energy Information Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Extension With Changes 

AGENCY: U.S. Energy Information 

Administration (EIA), U.S. Department 

of Energy (DOE). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: EIA submitted an information 

collection request for extension with 

changes as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. The information 

collection requests a three-year 

extension of its Commercial Buildings 

Energy Consumption Survey (CBECS), 

OMB Control Number 1905–0145. The 

first part of the collection gathers 

detailed information about buildings 

that are used for commercial purposes 

(such as building size, age, structural 

characteristics, operating hours, 

ownership, energy sources and uses, 

and the types of energy-related 

equipment used) from building owners, 

managers, and tenants. The second part 

of the collection assembles monthly 

energy consumption and expenditures 

from the energy suppliers of the 

sampled buildings. 

DATES: Comments on this information 

collection must be received no later 

than January 14, 2019. If you anticipate 

any difficulties in submitting your 

comments by the deadline, contact the 

DOE Desk Officer at (202) 395–4718. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be sent to: DOE Desk Officer: Brandon 

DeBruhl, Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget, New 

Executive Office Building, Room 10102, 

735 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 

20503. Brandon_F_DeBruhl@

omb.eop.gov and to Joelle Michaels, 

CBECS Survey Manager, U.S. 

Department of Energy, EI–22, 1000 

Independence Ave. SW, Washington, 

DC 20585 joelle.michaels@eia.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joelle Michaels (202) 586–8952, or email 

joelle.michaels@eia.gov. Form EIA–871 

and its instructions can be viewed at 

https://www.eia.gov/survey/. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

This information collection request 

contains 

(1) OMB No.: 1905–0145; 

(2) Information Collection Request 

Title: Commercial Buildings Energy 

Consumption Survey (CBECS); 

(3) Type of Request: Three-year 

extension with changes; 

(4) Purpose: CBECS collects data on 

energy consumed in commercial 

buildings and the characteristics of the 

buildings. The surveys fulfill planning, 

analyses and decision-making needs of 

DOE, other federal agencies, state and 

local governments, and the private 

sector. Respondents are owners/ 

managers of selected commercial 

buildings and their energy suppliers. 

(4a) Changes to Information 

Collection: The proposed design, 

procedures, and forms for the 2018 

CBECS reflect a number of changes from 

the 2012 CBECS. These changes 

include: First, the option for 

respondents to complete the CBECS 

using a self-administered online 

questionnaire; Second, Forms EIA–871B 

Authorization Form, EIA–871G 

Worksheet 1: Characteristics, Energy 

Sources, and Equipment, and EIA–871H 

Worksheet 2: Energy Amounts Used and 

Dollars Spent are no longer needed and 

are deleted; Third, most of the real-time 

automatic edits from the questionnaire 

are deleted to reduce interview time and 

burden; Fourth, building respondents 

will not be asked to report monthly 

energy data; and Fifth, numerous 

individual question changes, additions, 

and deletions are contained in Forms 

EIA–871A, C, D, E, F, I and J to keep the 

survey content relevant to data user 

needs. 

(5) Annual Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 5,718; 

(6) Annual Estimated Number of 

Total Responses: 5,718; 

(7) Annual Estimated Number of 

Burden Hours: 2,618; 

(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: The 

estimated annualized cost of the burden 

hours is $193,784 ((10,472 total burden 

hours * $74.02)/4 year collection cycle). 

EIA estimates that there are no 

additional costs to respondents 

associated with this survey other than 

the costs associated with the burden 

hours. 

Statutory Authority: Section 13(b) of the 

Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974, 

Public Law 93–275, codified at 15 U.S.C. 

772(b). 

Signed in Washington, DC, on December 2, 

2018. 

Nanda Srinivasan, 

Director, Office of Survey Development and 

Statistical Integration, U.S. Energy 

Information Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2018–27124 Filed 12–13–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2018–0605; FRL–9987–41] 

Request for Comments on the Experts 

Nominated To Be Considered for Ad 

Hoc Participation and Possible 

Membership on the Toxic Substances 

Control Act (TSCA), Science Advisory 

Committee on Chemicals (SACC) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: EPA is requesting public 

review and welcomes comments on the 

scientific experts nominated to be 

considered for ad hoc participation and 

possible membership on the Toxic 

Substances Control Act (TSCA) Science 

Advisory Committee on Chemicals 

(SACC). Nominations that were received 

in response to a prior notice are being 

considered for ad hoc participation on 

an as needed basis for the TSCA SACC’s 

peer reviews of the EPA’s risk 

evaluations for chemical substances 

addressed under the TSCA. In addition, 

all nominees are under consideration for 

TSCA SACC membership to fulfill short 

term needs when a vacancy occurs on 

the chartered Committee. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

January 14, 2019. 


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64342 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 240 / Friday, December 14, 2018 / Notices 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPPT–2018–0605, by 

one of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Do not submit electronically any 

information you consider to be 

Confidential Business Information (CBI) 

or other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. 

• Mail: Document Control Office 

(7407M), Office of Pollution Prevention 

and Toxics (OPPT), Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460–0001. 

• Hand Delivery: To make special 

arrangements for hand delivery or 

delivery of boxed information, please 

follow the instructions at http://

www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.html. 

Additional instructions on 

commenting or visiting the docket, 

along with more information about 

dockets generally, is available at http:// 

www.epa.gov/dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Todd Peterson, DFO, Office of Science 

Coordination and Policy (7201M), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 

20460–0001; telephone number: (202) 

564–6428; email address: 

peterson.todd@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

This action is directed to the public 

in general. This action may, however, be 

of interest to persons who are or may be 

required to conduct testing and risk 

evaluations of chemical substances 

under the Toxic Substances Control Act 

(TSCA). Since other entities may also be 

interested, the Agency has not 

attempted to describe all the specific 

entities that may be affected by this 

action. 

B. List of Nominees and Affiliations 

Brief biographical sketches of 

nominees to be considered for ad hoc 

participation and possible membership 

on the TSCA SACC are posted on the 

TSCA SACC website at http://

www.epa.gov/tsca-peer-review or may 

be obtained from the OPPT Docket at 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

C. What should I consider as I prepare 

my comments regarding nominees for 

EPA? 

1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit CBI 

information to EPA through 

regulations.gov or email. If your 

comments contain any information that 

you consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected, please contact the DFO listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT to obtain special instructions 

before submitting your comments. 

2. Comments regarding nominees to 

be considered for ad hoc participation 

and possible membership on the TSCA 

SACC. As part of the broader process for 

developing a pool of candidates, the 

Office of Science Coordination and 

Policy (OSCP) staff solicited 

nominations from the public and 

stakeholder communities of prospective 

candidates for service as ad hoc 

reviewers and possibly members of 

TSCA SACC (‘‘Request for Nominations 

of Experts To Consider for ad hoc 

Participation and Possible Membership 

on the Toxic Substances Control Act 

(TSCA), Science Advisory Committee 

on Chemicals (SACC)’’, Federal Register 

83:178 (September 13, 2018) p. 46487). 

The list of nominees to be considered 

for ad hoc participation and possible 

membership on the TSCA SACC will be 

posted on the TSCA SACC website at 

http://www.epa.gov/tsca-peer-review or 

may be obtained from the OPPT Docket 

at http://www.regulations.gov. EPA 

requests that the public provide 

information on the nominees that will 

assist the Agency when selecting ad hoc 

participants and members for the TSCA 

SACC. 

All comments must be provided to the 

docket number EPA–HQ–OPPT–2018– 

0605 on or before January 14, 2019. 

Please follow the instructions for 

electronic submission of comments to 

the docket available at http://

www.regulations.gov. Questions should 

be directed to the DFO listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT on or 

before January 14, 2019. 

II. Background 

The Science Advisory Committee on 

Chemicals (SACC) was established by 

EPA in 2016 under the authority of the 

Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for 

the 21st Century Act, Public Law 114– 

182, 140 Stat. 448 (2016), and operates 

in accordance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (FACA) of 

1972. The SACC supports activities 

under the Toxic Substances Control Act 

(TSCA), 15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq., the 

Pollution Prevention Act (PPA), 42 

U.S.C. 13101 et seq., and other 

applicable statutes. The SACC provides 

independent scientific advice and 

recommendations to the EPA on the 

scientific and technical aspects of risk 

assessments, methodologies, and 

pollution prevention measures and 

approaches for chemicals regulated 

under TSCA. 

The SACC is comprised of experts in: 

Toxicology; environmental risk 

assessment; exposure assessment; and 

related sciences (e.g., synthetic biology, 

pharmacology, biotechnology, 

nanotechnology, biochemistry, 

biostatistics, PBPK modeling, 

computational toxicology, 

epidemiology, environmental fate, and 

environmental engineering and 

sustainability). The SACC currently 

consists of 26 members. When needed, 

the committee will be assisted in their 

reviews by ad hoc reviewers with 

specific expertise in the topics under 

consideration. 

Through a prior Federal Register 

notice (‘‘Request for Nominations of 

Experts to Consider for ad hoc 

Participation and Possible Membership 

on the Toxic Substances Control Act 

(TSCA), Science Advisory Committee 

on Chemicals (SACC)’’ (83 FR 46487, 

September 13, 2018), EPA sought 

nominations to create a pool of experts 

who can be available to the SACC to 

assist in reviews conducted by the 

Committee. EPA anticipates selecting 

experts from this pool, as needed, to 

assist the SACC in their review of EPA’s 

risk evaluations for the chemical 

substances addressed under the TSCA: 

1,4-Dioxane, Asbestos; Cyclic Aliphatic 

Bromide Cluster (HBCD); 1- 

Bromopropane; Perchloroethylene; 

Trichloroethylene; Carbon 

Tetrachloride; Methylene Chloride; and 

n-Methylpyrolidone. 

In addition, EPA anticipates selecting 

from this pool of experts, as needed, to 

appoint SACC members to fulfill short 

term needs when a vacancy occurs on 

the Committee due to resignation or 

reasons other than expiration of a term. 

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2625 et seq.; 5 U.S.C. 

Appendix 2 et seq. 

Dated: December 7, 2018. 

Stanley Barone, Jr., 

Acting Director, Office of Science 

Coordination and Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2018–27155 Filed 12–13–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[ER–FRL–9042–8] 

Environmental Impact Statements; 

Notice of Availability 

Responsible Agency: Office of Federal 

Activities, General Information 202– 

564–5632 or https://www.epa.gov/ 

nepa/. 

Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact 

Statements 

Filed 12/03/2018 Through 12/07/2018 


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