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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: Annual 

Performance Reporting (APR) System 

for NIDRR Grantees (RERCs, RRTCS, 

FIPs, ARRTs, DBTAC, DRRPs). 

OMB Control Number: 1820–0675. 

Type of Review: An extension of an 

existing information collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

Local, or Tribal Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 266. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 13,832. 

Abstract: The National Institute on 

Disability and Rehabilitation Research 

(NIDRR) of the Department of Education 

requests an extension of the Annual 

Performance Reporting (APR) System 

for NIDRR Grantees (RERCs, RRTCS, 

FIPs, ARRTs, DBTAC, DRRPs) 1820– 

0695. These APRs are collected by the 

Department to facilitate program 

planning and management; respond to 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations 

requirements; and reporting 

requirements under the Government 

Performance and Results Act of 1993 

(P.L. 103–62) for these ten NIDRR grant 

programs: Rehabilitation Research 

Training Centers (RRTCs); 

Rehabilitation Engineering Research 

Centers (RERCs); Field Initiated 

Research Projects (FIPs); Advanced 

Rehabilitation Research Training 

Projects (ARRTs); Model Systems 

(including spinal cord injury, traumatic 

brain injury, and burn centers); 

Disability and Rehabilitation Research 

Projects (DRRPs); Knowledge 

Translation (KT) Projects; ADA National 

Network Centers (ADAs); Small 

Business Innovation Research Projects 

(SBIR) grantees (Phase 2 only) and 

Research Fellowships Program (RFP). 

Dated: June 17, 2013. 

Tomakie Washington, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2013–14786 Filed 6–20–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No. ED–2013–ICCD–0049] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

Study of the Delivery of Services 

Under the State Vocational 

Rehabilitation Grants Program 

AGENCY: Department of Education (ED), 

Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services (OSERS). 

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 July 22, 

2013. 

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–2013–ICCD–0049 

or via postal mail, commercial delivery, 

or hand delivery. Please note that 

comments submitted by fax or email 

and those submitted after the comment 

period will not be accepted. 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, Room 

2E117,Washington, DC 20202–4537. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Electronically mail 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Please do not 

send comments here. 

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: Study of the 

Delivery of Services under the State 

Vocational Rehabilitation Grants 

Program. 

OMB Control Number: 1820—NEW. 

Type of Review: New collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

Local, or Tribal Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 83. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 212. 

Abstract: The Vocational 

Rehabilitation (VR) Program provides a 

wide range of services to help 

individuals with disabilities to prepare 

for and engage in gainful employment. 

Eligible individuals are those who have 

a physical or mental impairment that 

results in a substantial impediment to 

employment, who can benefit from VR 

services for employment, and who 

require VR services. If a State is unable 

to serve all eligible individuals, priority 

must be given to serving individuals 

with the most significant disabilities. 

The program is funded through formulabased grants awarded by the 

Rehabilitation Services Administration 

(RSA) to State VR agencies receive 

funding from the basic Title I formula 

grant program. The Rehabilitation Act 

Title I formula grant program provides 

funds to VR agencies to help individuals 

with disabilities prepare for and engage 

in gainful employment consistent with 

their strengths, abilities, interests, and 

informed choice through such supports 

as counseling, medical, and 

psychological services, job training, and 

other individualized services. 

RSA proposes to conduct a national 

survey of all 80 state VR agencies. RSA 

seeks to evaluate how State VR agencies 

deliver services for individuals with 

disabilities, how and to what extent 

state VR agencies work with partner 

agencies or programs to deliver services, 

and to review program outcomes and 

their associated costs, including 

identifying cost effective practices for 

serving specific target populations. RSA 

will address the following objectives: 

Determine the methods and practices 

used by State VR agencies in delivering 

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including optimal patterns of delivery 

in serving specific populations; 

determine how, and to what extent, 

State VR agencies work with partner 

agencies or programs to deliver services; 

and examine program outcomes and 

their associated costs, including 

identifying cost effective practices for 

serving specific target populations. 

Dated: June 17, 2013. 

Tomakie Washington, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2013–14785 Filed 6–20–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Notice of Intent To Prepare a 

Programmatic Environmental Impact 

Statement for Engineered High Energy 

Crop Programs, Southeastern United 

States 

AGENCY: Department of Energy (DOE). 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an 

environmental impact statement and 

conduct public scoping meetings. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE), Advanced Research 

Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA–E) 

announces its intent to prepare a 

Programmatic Environmental Impact 

Statement (PEIS) and conduct public 

scoping meetings to evaluate the 

potential environmental impacts of 

DOE’s proposed action to implement 

one or more programs to catalyze the 

development and demonstration of 

engineered high energy crops (EHECs). 

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), and specifically 

engineered to produce more energy per 

acre by producing fuel molecules that 

can be introduced easily into existing 

energy infrastructure. 

EHECs include those being developed 

under the ARPA–E Plants Engineered to 

Replace Oil (PETRO) program. A main 

component of the proposed EHEC 

programs would be providing financial 

assistance for field trials to evaluate the 

performance of EHECs. 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). All necessary permits, such as 

from the U.S. Department of 

Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service (APHIS), 

would be obtained before initiating 

confined field trials. This PEIS will 

assess the potential environmental 

impacts of such confined field trials in 

the southeastern United States. 

DATES: DOE invites comments on the 

proposed scope of this PEIS from all 

interested parties. The scoping period 

for this PEIS starts with the publication 

of this notice and continues through 

July 22, 2013. DOE will consider all 

comments submitted electronically or 

postmarked by July 22, 2013. Comments 

submitted after this date will be 

considered to the extent practicable. 

DOE will conduct scoping meetings to 

solicit input on the issues, concerns, 

and alternatives of the PEIS. Poster 

sessions will be hosted at each location 

from 5:00 to 6:45 p.m., followed by an 

open forum to receive comments from 

7:00 to 9:00 p.m. The scoping meetings 

will be held: 

• July 9, 2013—Lexington Convention 

Center, 430 West Vine Street, 

Lexington, KY 

• July 10, 2013—Mississippi e-Center at 

Jackson State University (Convention 

Hall), 1230 Raymond Road, Jackson, 

MS 

• July 11, 2013—Raleigh Convention 

Center, 500 S. Salisbury Street, 

Raleigh, NC 

DOE will also host one web-based 

meeting on July 17, 2013 from 3:00 to 

5:00 p.m. Eastern Time. Details 

regarding the scoping meetings, 

including how to participate in the webbased meeting, are provided under 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION and on the 

PEIS Web site: http://engineeredhigh

energycropsPEIS.com. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be 

submitted by any of the following 

methods: 

• PEIS Web site: http://engineered

highenergycropsPEIS.com. 

• Email: comments@engineeredhigh

energycropsPEIS.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 Notice of Intent (NOI), the Draft 

PEIS, and the Final PEIS will be posted 

on the DOE National Environmental 

Policy Act (NEPA) Web site at http:// 

energy.gov/nepa. These documents and 

additional materials relating to this PEIS 

will also be available on the PEIS Web 

site at: http://engineeredhighenergy

cropsPEIS.com. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

more information on the PEIS or to be 

added to the PEIS distribution list, 

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 the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 

1969 (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). 

DOE has prepared this NOI to inform 

interested parties of the planned PEIS 

and scoping meetings, and to invite 

public comments on the proposed 

action, reasonable alternatives for 

program implementation, and the range 

of environmental issues to be 

considered in the PEIS. DOE will 

consult with interested American Indian 

Tribes and federal, state, regional and 

local agencies during preparation of the 

PEIS. In addition, DOE invites agencies 

with jurisdiction by law or special 

expertise to participate as cooperating 

agencies in the preparation of this PEIS. 

Background 

DOE’s mission and strategic goals 

include promoting U.S. energy security 

by providing reliable, clean, and 

affordable energy and strengthening 

U.S. technological leadership and 

economic competitiveness through 

advancements in science and 

technology. ARPA–E’s goals include 

enhancing U.S. economic and energy 

security through the development of 

advanced energy technologies that 

reduce imports of foreign oil, reduce 

energy-related emissions, and ensure 

that the U.S. maintains a technological 

lead in developing and deploying 

advanced energy technologies. A core 

aspect of ARPA–E’s mission is to 

expedite the timeline for bringing 

technologies to market. The proposed 


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