15358 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 47 / Monday, March 11, 2013 / Notices 

1Transuranic (TRU) waste is waste that contains 

alpha particle-emitting radionuclides with atomic 

numbers greater than that of uranium (92) and halflives greater than 20 years in concentrations greater 

than 100 nanocuries per gram of waste. ‘‘Mixed 

waste’’ is radioactive waste containing hazardous 

constituents regulated under the Resource 

Conservation and Recovery Act. 

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: State of Preschool 

Survey 2013–2015. 

OMB Control Number: 1850–NEW. 

Type of Review: New information 

collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

Local or Tribal Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 53. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 636. 

Abstract: The National Center for 

Education Statistics (NCES), within the 

Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of 

the U.S. Department of Education (ED), 

is seeking approval to conduct in 2013, 

2014, and 2015 the annual, web-based 

State of Preschool survey, which 

centralizes data about publicly provided 

early childhood education 

opportunities. Data are collected from 

state agencies responsible for providing 

early childhood education and made 

available for secondary analyses. Data 

collected as part of the survey focus on 

enrollment counts in state-funded early 

childhood education programs, funding 

provided by the states for these 

programs, and program monitoring and 

licensing policies. The collected data 

are then reported, both separately and in 

combination with extant data available 

from federal agencies supporting early 

childhood education programs such as 

Head Start and the U.S. Census Bureau. 

Data from the U.S. Census Bureau form 

the basis for some of the rates developed 

for the State of Preschool reports. The 

data and annual report resulting from 

the State of Preschool data collection 

provide a key information resource for 

research and for federal and state policy 

on publicly funded early childhood 

education. 

Dated: March 5, 2013. 

Stephanie Valentine, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2013–05541 Filed 3–8–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

DOE’s Preferred Alternative for Certain 

Tanks Evaluated in the Final Tank 

Closure and Waste Management 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Hanford Site, Richland, 

Washington 

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy 

(DOE). 

ACTION: Notice of DOE’s preferred 

alternative. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE) is announcing its 

preferred alternative for wastes 

contained in underground radioactive 

waste storage tanks evaluated in the 

Final Tank Closure and Waste 

Management Environmental Impact 

Statement for the Hanford Site, 

Richland, Washington (Final TC & WM 

EIS, DOE/EIS–0391, December 2012). 

With regard to those wastes that, in the 

future, may be properly and legally 

classified as mixed transuranic waste 

(mixed TRU waste) 1 DOE’s preferred 

alternative is to retrieve, treat, package, 

and characterize and certify the wastes 

for disposal at the Waste Isolation Pilot 

Plant (WIPP) in Carlsbad, New Mexico, 

a geologic repository for the disposal of 

mixed TRU waste generated by atomic 

energy defense activities. This Notice 

supplements DOE’s expression of its 

preferred alternatives identified in the 

Final TC & WM EIS in Section S.7 of the 

Summary, and in Chapter 2, Section 

2.12, of Volume 1. (Also see 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.) 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Final TC & 

WM EIS (paper or electronic) may be 

obtained by contacting: Ms. Mary Beth 

Burandt, NEPA Document Manager, 

Office of River Protection, U.S. 

Department of Energy, P.O. Box 1178, 

Richland, Washington 99352, Email: 

TC&WMEIS@saic.com. 

The Final TC & WM EIS and its DOE 

Notice of Availability are available on 

the DOE NEPA Web site at http:// 

energy.gov/nepa. Additional 

information on the Final TC & WM EIS 

is also available through the Hanford 

Web site at http://www.hanford.gov/. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information on the Final TC & 

WM EIS, contact Ms. Burandt as listed 

in ADDRESSES or by telephone at 1–888– 

829–6347. For general information 

regarding the DOE NEPA process, 

contact: Ms. Carol M. Borgstrom, 

Director, Office of NEPA Policy and 

Compliance, GC–54, U.S. Department of 

Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue 

SW, Washington, DC 20585, Telephone: 

202–586–4600, or leave a message at 1– 

800–472–2756, Email: askNEPA@hq.

doe.gov. 

For further information about DOE’s 

preferred alternative for the tanks 

discussed herein, contact: Mr. Todd 

Shrader, U.S. Department of Energy, 

1000 Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585, Telephone: 

202–586–3784. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Hanford Site, located in 

southeastern Washington State along the 

Columbia River, is approximately 586 

square miles in size. Hanford’s mission 

from the early 1940s to approximately 

1989 included defense-related nuclear 

research, development, and weapons 

production activities. These activities 

created a wide variety of chemical and 

radioactive wastes. Hanford’s mission 

now is focused on the cleanup of those 

wastes and ultimate closure of the Site. 

To support its decision making 

process, DOE prepared the TC & WM 

EIS pursuant to the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and 

in accordance with Council on 

Environmental Quality and DOE NEPA 

implementing regulations (40 CFR Parts 

1500–1508; 10 CFR Part 1021); the U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency and 

the Washington State Department of 

Ecology are cooperating agencies on this 

EIS. The TC & WM EIS addresses 

proposed actions in three major areas: 

The retrieval and treatment of waste 

from 177 underground radioactive waste 

storage tanks, including 149 single-shell 

tanks (SSTs), and closure of the SSTs; 

decommissioning the Fast Flux Test 

Facility and its auxiliary facilities; and 

continued and expanded management 

of low-level radioactive waste and 

mixed low-level radioactive waste. 

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Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 47 / Monday, March 11, 2013 / Notices 15359 

2Tank Closure Alternatives 3A, 3B, 3C, 4, and 5. 

3 ‘‘ROD’’ refers to a Record of Decision. 

TC & WM EIS Evaluation of Candidate 

Tank Waste for Classification as Mixed 

TRU Waste 

This notice pertains only to the 

retrieval, treatment, packaging, and 

characterization and certification, for 

disposal at WIPP, of wastes contained in 

the 20 tanks evaluated in the TC & WM 

EIS as being candidates for classification 

as mixed TRU waste. The total volume 

of waste in these tanks is approximately 

3.1 million gallons, all of which the EIS 

evaluations assumed to be mixed TRU 

waste for the purposes of analysis. 

Currently, DOE has not classified any of 

the waste as mixed TRU waste. The 20 

tanks were included in five of the tank 

closure alternatives evaluated in the TC 

& WM EIS.2 Information about these 

tanks and further details of the 

evaluation can be found in the 

Summary (Page S–57) and in Appendix 

E of the TC & WM EIS. 

Preferred Alternatives 

DOE’s preferred alternatives for all 

three major areas listed above are 

described in the Summary, Section S.7, 

and in Chapter 2, Section 2.12, of 

Volume 1 of the Final TC & WM EIS. 

Regarding wastes contained in the 20 

tanks evaluated as candidates for 

classification as mixed TRU waste, the 

EIS stated that: ‘‘Retrieval of tank waste 

identified as mixed TRU waste would 

commence only after DOE had issued a 

Federal Register notice of its preferred 

alternative and a ROD’’.3

To make progress in the overall tank 

waste retrieval process, and in view of 

recent information about potential tank 

leaks, DOE now prefers to retrieve, treat, 

package, and characterize and certify 

the wastes that are properly and legally 

classified as mixed TRU waste for 

disposal at WIPP. Initiating retrieval of 

tank waste classified as mixed TRU 

waste would be contingent on DOE’s 

obtaining the applicable and necessary 

permits, ensuring that the WIPP Waste 

Acceptance Criteria and all other 

applicable regulatory requirements have 

been met, and making a documented 

determination that the waste is properly 

classified as mixed TRU waste. Further, 

retrieval of waste would not commence 

until a ROD had been issued. DOE may 

issue such a ROD regarding the 

candidate TRU wastes no sooner than 

30 days from the date of publication of 

this notice in the Federal Register. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on March 4, 

2013. 

David Huizenga, 

Senior Advisor for Environmental 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2013–05509 Filed 3–8–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Combined Notice of Filings 

Take notice that the Commission has 

received the following Natural Gas 

Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings: 

Filings Instituting Proceedings 

Docket Numbers: RP13–620–000. 

Applicants: Southern Star Central Gas 

Pipeline, Inc. 

Description: Fuel Filing—Eff. April 1, 

2013 to be effective 4/1/2013. 

Filed Date: 3/1/13. 

Accession Number: 20130301–5056. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/13/13. 

Docket Numbers: RP13–621–000. 

Applicants: WBI Energy 

Transmission, Inc. 

Description: 2013 Annual Fuel and 

Electric Power Reimbursement to be 

effective 4/1/2013. 

Filed Date: 3/1/13. 

Accession Number: 20130301–5057. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/13/13. 

Docket Numbers: RP13–622–000. 

Applicants: Discovery Gas 

Transmission LLC. 

Description: 2013 Tariff Revisions to 

be effective 4/1/2013. 

Filed Date: 3/1/13. 

Accession Number: 20130301–5058. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/13/13. 

Docket Numbers: RP13–623–000. 

Applicants: Texas Eastern 

Transmission, LP. 

Description: Northeast Energy 

Contract Conversion FTS–5 to FT–1 to 

be effective 4/1/2013. 

Filed Date: 3/1/13. 

Accession Number: 20130301–5064. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/13/13. 

Docket Numbers: RP13–624–000. 

Applicants: Elba Express Company, 

L.L.C. 

Description: BG Negotiated Rate 

Filing to be effective 4/1/2013. 

Filed Date: 3/1/13. 

Accession Number: 20130301–5067. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/13/13. 

Docket Numbers: RP13–625–000. 

Applicants: Crossroads Pipeline 

Company. 

Description: Operational Transactions 

year ended Dec 2012. 

Filed Date: 3/1/13. 

Accession Number: 20130301–5069. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/13/13. 

Docket Numbers: RP13–626–000. 

Applicants: Energy West 

Development, Inc. 

Description: Energy West 

Development, Inc. submit Lost and 

Unaccounted Gas [LAUF] 

reimbursement. 

Filed Date: 2/28/13. 

Accession Number: 20130228–5419. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/12/13. 

Docket Numbers: RP13–627–000. 

Applicants: Virginia Power Energy 

Marketing Inc., Dominion Energy 

Brayton Point, LLC. 

Description: Joint Petition of Virginia 

Power Energy Marketing, Inc. and 

Dominion Energy Brayton Point, LLC for 

Temporary Waiver of Capacity Release 

Regulations and Policies, and Request 

for Expedited Treatment. 

Filed Date: 2/28/13. 

Accession Number: 20130228–5420. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/8/13. 

Docket Numbers: RP13–628–000. 

Applicants: TWP Pipeline LLC. 

Description: Annual FRP Filing to be 

effective 4/1/2013. 

Filed Date: 3/1/13. 

Accession Number: 20130301–5073. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/13/13. 

Docket Numbers: RP13–629–000. 

Applicants: Empire Pipeline, Inc. 

Description: Annual Report Pursuant 

to GT&C Sec 23.5. 

Filed Date: 3/1/13. 

Accession Number: 20130301–5078. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/13/13. 

Docket Numbers: RP13–630–000. 

Applicants: Stingray Pipeline 

Company, L.L.C. 

Description: Stingray Pipeline 

Company, L.L.C. submits Events 

Surcharge Adjustment. 

Filed Date: 2/28/13. 

Accession Number: 20130228–5421. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/12/13. 

Docket Numbers: RP13–631–000. 

Applicants: Gulf South Pipeline 

Company, LP. 

Description: Remove Tariff Sections 

Affected by Abandonment in CP13–31– 

000 to be effective 3/31/2013. 

Filed Date: 3/1/13. 

Accession Number: 20130301–5092. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/13/13. 

Docket Numbers: RP13–632–000. 

Applicants: Transcontinental Gas 

Pipe Line Company. 

Description: Annual Fuel Tracker 

Filing 2013 to be effective 4/1/2013. 

Filed Date: 3/1/13. 

Accession Number: 20130301–5093. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/13/13. 

Docket Numbers: RP13–633–000. 

Applicants: Columbia Gas 

Transmission, LLC. 

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