17460 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 71 / Wednesday, April 15, 2009 / Notices 

reinstatement; (2) Title; (3) Summary of 

the collection; (4) Description of the 

need for, and proposed use of, the 

information; (5) Respondents and 

frequency of collection; and (6) 

Reporting and/or Recordkeeping 

burden. OMB invites public comment. 

Dated: April 9, 2009. 

Angela C. Arrington, 

Director, Information Collection Clearance 

Division, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Title: Small Business Innovation 

Research (SBIR) Program—Phase II— 

Grant Application Package. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profit. 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour 

Burden: 

Responses: 50. 

Burden Hours: 3,750. 

Abstract: This application package 

invites small business concerns to 

submit a Phase II application for the 

Small Business Innovation Research 

(SBIR) Program (CFDA 84.133). This is 

in response to Public Law 106–554, the 

‘‘Small Business Reauthorization Act of 

2000, H.R. 5667’’ (the ‘‘Act’’) enacted on 

December 21, 2000. The Act requires 

certain agencies, including the 

Department of Education (ED) to 

establish a Small Business Innovation 

Research (SBIR) program by reserving a 

statutory percentage of their extramural 

research and development budgets to be 

awarded to small business concerns for 

research or research and development 

through a uniform, highly competitive, 

three-phase process each fiscal year. 

This information collection is being 

submitted under the Streamlined 

Clearance Process for Discretionary 

Grant Information Collections (1894– 

0001). Therefore, the 30-day public 

comment period notice will be the only 

public comment notice published for 

this information collection. 

Requests for copies of the information 

collection submission for OMB review 

may be accessed from http:// 

edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the 

‘‘Browse Pending Collections’’ link and 

by clicking on link number 3979. When 

you access the information collection, 

click on ‘‘Download Attachments ’’ to 

view. Written requests for information 

should be addressed to U.S. Department 

of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, 

SW., LBJ, Washington, DC 20202–4537. 

Requests may also be electronically 

mailed to the Internet address 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed to 202– 

401–0920. Please specify the complete 

title of the information collection when 

making your request. 

Comments regarding burden and/or 

the collection activity requirements 

should be electronically mailed to 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Individuals who 

use a telecommunications device for the 

deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1– 

800–877–8339. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[OE Docket No. EA–351] 

Application To Export Electric Energy; 

DC Energy Dakota, LLC 

AGENCY: Office of Electricity Delivery 

and Energy Reliability, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of application. 

SUMMARY: DC Energy Dakota LLC (DCE 

Dakota) has applied for authority to 

transmit electric energy from the United 

States to Canada pursuant to section 

202(e) of the Federal Power Act. 

DATES: Comments, protests, or requests 

to intervene must be submitted on or 

before May 15, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Comments, protests, or 

requests to intervene should be 

addressed as follows: Office of 

Electricity Delivery and Energy 

Reliability, Mail Code: OE–20, U.S. 

Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0350 (FAX 202– 

586–8008). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ellen Russell (Program Office) 202–586– 

9624 or Michael Skinker (Program 

Attorney) 202–586–2793. 

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 FPA (16 U.S.C. 824a(e)). 

On April 7, 2009, DOE received an 

application from DCE Dakota for 

authority to transmit electric energy 

from the United States to Canada as a 

power marketer using international 

transmission facilities located at the 

United States border with Canada. DCE 

Dakota does not own any electric 

transmission facilities nor does it hold 

a franchised service area. The electric 

energy which DCE Dakota proposes to 

export to Canada would be surplus 

energy purchased from electric utilities, 

Federal power marketing agencies, and 

other entities within the United States. 

DCE Dakota has requested an electricity 

export authorization with a 5-year term. 

The construction, operation, 

maintenance, and connection of each of 

the international transmission facilities 

to be utilized by DCE Dakota has 

previously been authorized by a 

Presidential permit issued pursuant to 

Executive Order 10485, as amended. 

Procedural Matters: Any person 

desiring to become a party to these 

proceedings or to be heard by filing 

comments or protests to this application 

should file a petition to intervene, 

comment, or protest at the address 

provided above in accordance with 

sections 385.211 or 385.214 of the 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedures (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). 

Fifteen copies of each petition and 

protest should be filed with DOE on or 

before the date listed above. 

Comments on the DCE Dakota 

application to export electric energy to 

Canada should be clearly marked with 

Docket No. EA–351. Additional copies 

are to be filed directly with Stephen C. 

Palmer, Alston & Bird LLP, The Atlantic 

Building, 950 F Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20004–1404. A final 

decision will be made on this 

application after the environmental 

impacts have been evaluated pursuant 

to the National Environmental Policy 

Act of 1969, and a determination is 

made by DOE that the proposed action 

will not adversely impact on the 

reliability of the U.S. electric power 

supply system. 

Copies of this application will be 

made available, upon request, for public 

inspection and copying at the address 

provided above, by accessing the 

program Web site at http:// 

www.oe.energy.gov/ 

permits_pending.htm, or by e-mailing 

Odessa Hopkins at 

Odessa.hopkins@hq.doe.gov. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on April 8, 

2009. 

Anthony J. Como, 

Director, Permitting and Siting, Office of 

Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability. 

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