Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 160 / Thursday, August 20, 2009 / Notices 42061 

Dated: August 14, 2009. 

Andrew J. Pepin, 

Executive Administrator for Special 

Education and Rehabilitative Services. 

[FR Doc. E9–20050 Filed 8–19–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Notice 

AGENCY: U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of Public Meeting & 

Hearing Agenda. 

DATE & TIME: Wednesday, September 2, 

2009, 10 a.m.–12 p.m. EDT (Morning 

Session); 1 p.m.–4 p.m. EDT (Afternoon 

Session). 

PLACE: U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission, 1225 New York Ave, NW., 

Suite 150, Washington, DC 20005 

(Metro Stop: Metro Center). 

AGENDA: The Commission will hold a 

public meeting to consider 

administrative matters. The Commission 

will receive an update about UOCAVA 

activities. The Commission will hear 

panelists discuss the July 19, 2009 

NASS Resolution on Help America Vote 

Act of 2002 (HAVA) Grant and Payment 

Distinction. The Commission will have 

a hearing regarding Commercial-OffThe-Shelf (COTS) Software/Hardware. 

Members of the public may observe 

but not participate in EAC meetings 

unless this notice provides otherwise. 

Members of the public may use small 

electronic audio recording devices to 

record the proceedings. The use of other 

recording equipment and cameras 

requires advance notice to and 

coordination with the Commission’s 

Communications Office.* 

* View EAC Regulations Implementing 

Government in the Sunshine Act. 

This meeting will be open to the 

public. 

PERSON TO CONTACT FOR INFORMATION: 

Bryan Whitener, Telephone: (202) 566– 

3100. 

Alice Miller, 

Chief Operating Officer, U.S. Election 

Assistance Commission. 

[FR Doc. E9–20070 Filed 8–18–09; 11:15 am] 

BILLING CODE 6820–KF–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

High Energy Physics Advisory Panel 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of Reestablishment of the 

High Energy Physics Advisory Panel 

Charter. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 

14(a)(2)(A) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, App. 2, and section 

102–3.65, title 41, Code of Federal 

Regulations and following consultation 

with the Committee Management 

Secretariat, General Services 

Administration, notice is hereby given 

that the High Energy Physics Advisory 

Panel has been reestablished for a twoyear period. 

The Panel will provide advice to the 

Associate Director, Office of High 

Energy Physics, Office of Science (DOE), 

and the Assistant Director, 

Mathematical & Physical Sciences 

Directorate (NSF), on long-range 

planning and priorities in the national 

high-energy physics program. The 

Secretary of Energy has determined that 

reestablishment of the Panel is essential 

to conduct business of the Department 

of Energy and the National Science 

Foundation and is in the public interest 

in connection with the performance of 

duties imposed by law upon the 

Department of Energy. The Panel will 

continue to operate in accordance with 

the provisions of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463), the 

General Services Administration Final 

Rule on Federal Advisory Committee 

Management, and other directives and 

instructions issued in implementation 

of those acts. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Rachel Samuel, Deputy Committee 

Management Officer, U.S. Department of 

Energy. Telephone: (202) 586–3279. 

Issued in Washington DC, on August 14, 

2009. 

Eric G. Nicoll, 

Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–19995 Filed 8–19–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. IC09–714–001] 

Commission Information Collection 

Activities (FERC–714); Comment 

Request; Submitted for OMB Review 

August 13, 2009. 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

requirements of section 3507 of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 

U.S.C. 3507, the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (Commission or 

FERC) has submitted the information 

collection described below to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review of the information collection 

requirements. Any interested person 

may file comments directly with OMB 

and should address a copy of those 

comments to the Commission as 

explained below. The Commission 

received no comments in response to 

the Federal Register notice (74FR 

22913, 5/15/2009) and has made this 

notation in its submission to OMB. 

DATES: Comments on the collection of 

information are due by September 21, 

2009. 

ADDRESSES: Address comments on the 

collection of information to the Office of 

Management and Budget, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission Desk Officer. Comments to 

OMB should be filed electronically, c/o 

oira_submission@omb.eop.gov and 

include OMB Control Number 1902– 

0140 as a point of reference. The Desk 

Officer may be reached by telephone at 

202–395–4638. 

A copy of the comments should also 

be sent to the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission and should refer to Docket 

No. IC09–714–001. Comments may be 

filed either electronically or in paper 

format. Those persons filing 

electronically do not need to make a 

paper filing. Documents filed 

electronically via the Internet must be 

prepared in an acceptable filing format 

and in compliance with the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission 

submission guidelines. Complete filing 

instructions and acceptable filing 

formats are available at http:// 

www.ferc.gov/help/submission-guide/ 

electronic-media.asp. To file the 

document electronically, access the 

Commission’s website and click on 

Documents & Filing, E–Filing (http:// 

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp), 

and then follow the instructions for 

each screen. First time users will have 

to establish a user name and password. 

The Commission will send an automatic 

acknowledgement to the sender’s e-mail 

address upon receipt of comments. 

For paper filings, an original and 2 

copies of the comments should be 

submitted to the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, Secretary of the 

Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 

Washington, DC 20426, and should refer 

to Docket No. IC09–714–001. 

All comments may be viewed, printed 

or downloaded remotely via the Internet 

through FERC’s homepage using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link. For user assistance, 


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1These figures are based on a limited survey of 

8 respondents. The average estimated annual 

burden per respondent (and filing) is 87 hours. 

Using the number of hours spent by each specific 

job title or level, the estimated annual staff cost was 

calculated based on the nationwide average annual 

salary for various levels of engineers, found in the 

Occupational Outlook Handbook (2008–09 Edition) 

[posted on the Bureau of Labor Statistics website at 

http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos027.htm]. The 

estimated average annual staff cost for preparing the 

FERC–714 was $3,603. The respondents surveyed 

had additional costs of $514, on average per year. 

Therefore the total estimated average annual cost 

per respondent is $4,117. 

contact ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov or 

toll-free at (866) 208–3676 or for TTY, 

contact (202) 502–8659. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ellen Brown may be reached by 

telephone at (202) 502–8663, by fax at 

(202) 273–0873, and by e-mail at 

ellen.brown@ferc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FERC–714 

(Annual Electric Balancing Authority 

Area and Planning Area Report 

(formerly called ‘‘Annual Electric 

Control and Planning Area Report’’), 

OMB No. 1902–0140) is used by the 

Commission to implement Sections 4, 

202, 207, 210, 211–213, 304, 309 and 

311 of the Federal Power Act (FPA) as 

amended (49 Stat. 838: 16 U.S.C. 791 a825r), Section 3(4) of Public Utility 

Regulatory Policies Act of 1978, 26 

U.S.C. 2602 and sections 1211, 1221, 

1231, 1241 and 1242 of the Energy 

Policy Act of 2005 (Pub. L. 109–58) (119 

Stat. 594). The filing requirements are 

found at 18 CFR 141.51. The 

information allows the Commission to 

analyze power system operations, to 

estimate the effect of changes in power 

system operations that result from the 

installation of a new generating unit or 

plant, transmission facilities, energy 

transfers between systems and/or new 

points of interconnections. The analyses 

also serve to correlate rates and charges, 

assess reliability and other operating 

attributes in regulatory proceedings, 

monitor market trends and behaviors, 

and determine the competitive impacts 

of proposed mergers, acquisitions and 

dispositions. 

Action: The Commission is requesting 

a three-year extension of the current 

expiration date for the FERC–714, with 

no changes to the reporting 

requirements. 

Burden Statement: There has been an 

administrative change in the burden 

estimate due to: (1) An informal, limited 

survey of respondents in order to obtain 

improved estimates of both the burden 

and cost, (2) a change in the number of 

filers resulting from the formation of 

regional transmission organizations (and 

other similar entities) encompassing 

numerous former Control Areas 

(Balancing Authority Areas), and (3) the 

switch to an all-electronic filing in 2007 

(from a paper and diskette filing). Public 

reporting burden for this collection is 

estimated as follows. 

FERC data collection 

Number of 

respondents 

annually 

(1) 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

(2) 

Average 

burden hours 

per response 

(3) 

Total annual burden hours 

(1)x(2)x(3) 

FERC–714 .............................................................................................................. 215 1 87 1 18,705 1

[Note: These figures may not be exact, due to rounding.] 

The total estimated annual cost 

burden 1 to respondents is $885,155 

(215 respondents × $4,117 per 

respondent). 

The reporting burden includes the 

total time, effort, or financial resources 

expended to generate, maintain, retain, 

disclose, or provide the information 

including: (1) Reviewing instructions; 

(2) developing, acquiring, installing, and 

utilizing technology and systems for the 

purposes of collecting, validating, 

verifying, processing, maintaining, 

disclosing and providing information; 

(3) adjusting the existing ways to 

comply with any previously applicable 

instructions and requirements; (4) 

training personnel to respond to a 

collection of information; (5) searching 

data sources; (6) completing and 

reviewing the collection of information; 

and (7) transmitting, or otherwise 

disclosing the information. 

The estimate of cost for respondents 

is based upon salaries for professional 

and clerical support, as well as direct 

and indirect overhead costs. Direct costs 

include all costs directly attributable to 

providing this information, such as 

administrative costs and the cost for 

information technology. Indirect or 

overhead costs are costs incurred by an 

organization in support of its mission. 

These costs apply to activities which 

benefit the whole organization rather 

than any one particular function or 

activity. 

Comments are invited on: (1) Whether 

the proposed collections of information 

are necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Commission, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) the accuracy of the agency’s 

estimates of the burden of the proposed 

collections of information, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (4) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including the use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, e.g. permitting 

electronic submission of responses. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–19926 Filed 8–19–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 637–064] 

Public Utility District No. 1 Chelan 

County (PUD); Notice of Application To 

Amend License and Soliciting 

Comments, Motions To Intervene, and 

Protests 

August 13, 2009. 

Take notice that the following 

application has been filed with the 

Commission and is available for public 

inspection: 

a. Application Type: Amendment to 

License. 

b. Project No. 637–064. 

c. Date Filed: June 15, 2009. 

d. Applicant: Public Utility District 

No. 1 Chelan County (PUD). 

e. Name of Project: Lake Chelan 

Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Location: The project is located on 

the Chelan River in Chelan County near 

the City of Chelan, Washington. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act 16 U.S.C. § § 791(a)–825(r). 

h. Applicant Contact: Michele Smith, 

Licensing and Compliance Manager at 

P.O. Box 1231, Wenatchee, Washington. 

Phone: (509) 661–4186. 

i. FERC Contact: Any questions on 

this notice should be addressed to Brian 

Romanek at (202) 502–6175 or by email: Brian.Romanek@ferc.gov. 


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