Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 91 / Monday, May 12, 2014 / Notices 26955 

addressed to the Director of the 

Information Collection Clearance 

Division, U.S. Department of Education, 

400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, 

Mailstop L–OM–2–2E319, Room 2E115, 

Washington, DC 20202. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Elizabeth 

Akinola, 202–245–7303. 

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: Independent 

Living Services for Older Individuals 

Who are Blind. 

OMB Control Number: 1820–0608. 

Type of Review: An extension of an 

existing information collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

Local, or Tribal Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 56. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 336. 

Abstract: This data collection 

instrument is being submitted to obtain 

approval for information collection on 

the Independent Living Services For 

Older Individuals Who Are Blind 

program. Through this program, grants 

are made to states to support services for 

individuals age 55 or older whose 

severe visual impairment makes 

competitive employment difficult to 

obtain but for whom independent living 

goals are feasible. This data will be used 

to evaluate and construct a profile for 

the program nationwide. The 

respondents will be the managers of the 

Independent Living Services For Older 

Individuals Who Are blind program in 

each of the 56 states and territories. The 

revisions to this instrument consist of 2 

additional items in Part I to capture the 

amount of other federal funds made 

available to the program, and the 

carryover for those funds. In Part III, 

rearrangement in the order of requested 

information to avoid double counting of 

consumers in the race and ethnicity 

categories; an additional item to capture 

the number of consumers served who 

are homeless; additional items to 

capture the number of consumers 

referred from nursing homes, assisted 

living facilities, government/social 

service agencies, and self-referrals. 

Dated: May 6, 2014. 

Tomakie Washington, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2014–10756 Filed 5–9–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No. ED–2014–ICCD–0063] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; 

Consolidated Annual Report (CAR) for 

the Carl D. Perkins Career and 

Technical Education Act of 2006 

AGENCY: Office of Career Technical and 

Adult Education (OCTAE), Department 

of Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is 

proposing an extension of an existing 

information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before July 11, 

2014. 

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–2014–ICCD–0063 

or via postal mail, commercial delivery, 

or hand delivery. If the regulations.gov 

site is not available to the public for any 

reason, ED will temporarily accept 

comments at ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. 

Please note that comments submitted by 

fax or email and those submitted after 

the comment period will not be 

accepted; ED will ONLY accept 

comments during the comment period 

in this mailbox when the regulations.gov 

site is not available. 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, 

Mailstop L–OM–2–2E319, Room 2E115, 

Washington, DC 20202. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Sharon Head, 

202–245–6131 

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: Consolidated 

Annual Report (CAR) for the Carl D. 

Perkins Career and Technical Education 

Act of 2006. 

OMB Control Number: 1830–0569. 

Type of Review: An extension of an 

existing information collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

Local, or Tribal Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 55. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 9,570. 

Abstract: The purpose of this 

information collection package—the 


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Consolidated Annual Report (CAR) is to 

gather narrative, financial and 

performance data as required by the 

reauthorized Carl D. Perkins Career and 

Technical Education Act of 2006 

(Perkins IV) (20 U.S. C. 2301 et seq. As 

amended by Pub. L. 109–270). OCTAE 

staff will determine each States 

compliance with basic provisions of 

Perkins IV and the Education 

Department General Administrative 

Regulations (34 CFR part 80.40 [Annual 

Performance Report] and Part 80.41 

[Financial Status Report]). OCTAE staff 

will review performance data to 

determine whether, and to what extent, 

each State has met its State adjusted 

levels of performance for the core 

indicators described in section 113(b)(4) 

of Perkins IV. Perkins IV requires the 

Secretary to provide the appropriate 

committees of Congress copies of annual 

reports received by the Department from 

each eligible agency that receives funds 

under the Act. 

Dated: May 6, 2014. 

Tomakie Washington, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2014–10755 Filed 5–9–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Record of Decision for the Uranium 

Leasing Program Programmatic 

Environmental Impact Statement 

AGENCY: Office of Legacy Management, 

Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Record of Decision. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE) announces its decision to 

continue management of the Uranium 

Leasing Program (ULP) for 31 lease 

tracts for the next 10 years, consistent 

with DOE’s preferred alternative 

identified in the Final Uranium Leasing 

Program Programmatic Environmental 

Impact Statement (Final ULP PEIS) 

(DOE/EIS–0472). DOE prepared the 

Final ULP PEIS to evaluate the 

reasonably foreseeable environmental 

impacts, including the site-specific 

impacts, of the range of reasonable 

alternatives for the management of the 

ULP. Under the ULP, DOE administers 

31 tracts of land covering an aggregate 

of approximately 25,000 acres (10,000 

ha) in Mesa, Montrose, and San Miguel 

Counties in western Colorado for 

exploration, mine development and 

operations, and reclamation of uranium 

mines. There are currently 29 tracts that 

have been leased; the two other tracts 

have not been leased. Analyses in the 

Final ULP PEIS were based on sitespecific information available on the 31 

lease tracts (including current lessee 

information and status, size of each 

lease tract, previous mining operations 

that occurred, location of existing 

permitted mines and associated 

structures, and other environmental 

information) and additional information 

on uranium mining from other 

references and cooperating agency 

input. As plans for exploration, mine 

development and operation, or 

reclamation are submitted by the lessees 

to DOE for approval, further National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) 

analyses will be prepared for each plan 

and will be tiered from the analyses 

contained in the Final ULP PEIS. 

‘‘The 31 leases currently in existence’’ 

under the ULP are stayed by an Order 

issued by the U.S. District Court for the 

District of Colorado (Colorado 

Environmental Coalition v. DOE, 819 F. 

Supp. 2d 1193, 1224 (D. Colo. 2011)). 

The Court also enjoined DOE from 

issuing any new leases and from 

approving any activities on lands 

governed by the ULP. The Court also 

ordered that after DOE conducts an 

environmental analysis that complies 

with NEPA, the Endangered Species Act 

(ESA), all other governing statutes and 

regulations, and the Court’s Order, DOE 

could then request a dissolution of the 

injunction. 

The Court later amended its 

injunction to allow DOE, other Federal, 

state, or local governmental agencies, 

and/or the ULP lessees to conduct only 

those activities on ULP lands that are 

absolutely necessary. DOE will 

implement this ROD only after the U.S. 

District Court for the District of 

Colorado has dissolved the injunction 

that it issued on October 18, 2011. 

DOE has complied with Executive 

Order (E.O.) 13175, Section 7 of the 

ESA, and Section 106 of the National 

Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) by 

completing its consultations with tribal 

governments, with the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (USFWS), and with 

tribes, government agencies, and local 

historical groups. 

ADDRESSES: The Final ULP PEIS and 

this ROD are available on DOE’s NEPA 

Web site at http://energy.gov/nepa/

nepa-documents; on the DOE Legacy 

Management (LM) Web site at http://

energy.gov/lm/office-legacymanagement; and on the ULP PEIS Web 

site at http://ulpeis.anl.gov. Requests for 

copies of these documents may be 

submitted through the ULP PEIS Web 

site at http://ulpeis.anl.gov; or by 

contacting Dr. David Shafer by 

electronic mail: David.Shafer@

lm.doe.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

obtain additional information about the 

ULP, the PEIS, or the ROD, contact Dr. 

David Shafer, LM Asset Management 

Team Lead, as indicated under 

ADDRESSES above. For general 

information about the DOE NEPA 

process, contact Ms. Carol 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; email: askNEPA@

hq.doe.gov; fax: 202–586–7031; or leave 

a toll-free message at 1–800–472–2756. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DOE 

prepared the ULP PEIS and this ROD 

pursuant to the National Environmental 

Policy Act of 1969 (42 United States 

Code [U.S.C.] §§ 4321, et seq.), and in 

compliance with the Council on 

Environmental Quality (CEQ) 

implementing regulations for NEPA (40 

Code of Federal Regulations [CFR] Parts 

1500 through 1508), and DOE’s 

implementing procedures for NEPA (10 

C.F.R. Part 1021). This ROD is based on 

DOE’s Final ULP PEIS. 

Background 

Congress authorized DOE’s 

predecessor agency, the U.S. Atomic 

Energy Commission (AEC), to develop a 

supply of domestic uranium. The 

aggregated acreage managed by AEC 

totaled approximately 25,000 acres 

(10,000 ha) in Mesa, Montrose, and San 

Miguel Counties in western Colorado. 

Beginning in 1949, the AEC and its 

successor agencies, the U.S. Energy 

Research and Development 

Administration and DOE, administered 

three separate and distinct leasing 

programs during the ensuing 60 years. 

In July 2007, DOE issued a 

programmatic environmental 

assessment (PEA) for the ULP, in which 

it examined three alternatives for the 

management of the ULP for the next 10 

years. In that same month, DOE issued 

a Finding of No Significant Impact 

(FONSI), in which DOE announced its 

decision to proceed with the Expanded 

Program Alternative, and also 

determined that preparation of an 

environmental impact statement (EIS) 

was not required. Under the Expanded 

Program Alternative, DOE would extend 

the 13 existing leases for a 10-year 

period and would also expand the ULP 

to include the competitive offering of up 

to 25 additional lease tracts to the 

domestic uranium industry. In 2008, 

DOE implemented the Expanded 

Program Alternative and executed new 

lease agreements with the existing 


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