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the grant and must be expended for allowable grant activities.

Dated: March 31, 2015. Aaron Siegel, Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 2015–07707 Filed 4–2–15; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 5001–06–P**

**DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE**

**Office of the Secretary**

**[Docket ID: DoD–2015–OS–0028]**

**Proposed Collection; Comment Request** 

**AGENCY :**  Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness,
DoD.

**ACTION :**  Notice.

**SUMMARY :**  In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness announces a proposed public information collection and seeks public comment on the provisions thereof. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the burden of the proposed information collection; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the information collection on respondents, including through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology.

**DATES :**  Consideration will be given to all comments received by June 2, 2015.

**ADDRESSES :**  You may submit comments, identified by docket number and title, by any of the following methods:

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.

• Mail: Department of Defense, Office of the Deputy Chief Management Officer, Directorate of Oversight and Compliance, Regulatory and Audit Matters Office, 9010 Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301–9010.

Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name, docket number and title for this Federal Register document. The general policy for comments and other submissions from members of the public is to make these submissions available for public viewing on the Internet at http:// www.regulations.gov as they are received without change, including any personal identifiers or contact information.

Any associated forms for this collection may be located within this same electronic docket and downloaded for review/testing. Follow the
instructions at http:// www.regulations.gov for submitting comments. Please submit comments on any given form identified by docket number, form number, and title.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  To request more information on this proposed information collection or to obtain a copy of the proposal and associated collection instruments, please write to the Office of the Joint Personnel Adjudication System, ATTN: JPAS PM 400 Gigling Road, Seaside, CA

93955.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :** 

Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: Personnel Security System Access Request (PSSAR) Form; DD
Form 2962.

Needs and Uses: JPAS requires personal data collection to facilitate the initiation, investigation and adjudication of information relevant to DoD security clearances and employment suitability determinations for active duty military, civilian employees and contractors requiring such credentials. As a Personnel Security System it is the authoritative source for clearance information resulting in accesses determinations to sensitive/classified information and facilities. Specific uses include: Facilitation for DoD Adjudicators and Security Managers to obtain accurate up-to-date eligibility and access information on all personnel (military, civilian and contractor personnel) adjudicated by the DoD. The DoD Adjudicators and Security Managers are also able to update eligibility and access levels of military, civilian and contractor personnel nominated for access to sensitive DoD information. Security Managers working in private companies that contract with DoD and who need access to the JPAS system to update security-related information about their company’s employees must complete DD Form 2962 to access the system. Completion of the form assuresJPAS users have the required need-toknow, security clearance, and requires applicants accept the responsibility to abide by relevant DoD regulations, laws and account management policies necessary to access the system. DD Form 2962: To Grant Security Manager Applicants Access To JPAS System

Affected Public: Business or other for profit.

Annual Burden Hours: 7,333. Number of Respondents: 44,000. Responses per Respondent: 1. Annual Responses: 44,000. Average Burden per Response: 10 minutes.

Frequency: On occasion. The Joint Personnel Adjudication System (JPAS) is a DoD personnel security system and is the authoritative source for clearance information resulting in access determinations to sensitive/classified information and facilities. Collection and maintenance of personal data in JPAS is required to facilitate the initiation, investigation and adjudication of information relevant to DoD security clearances and employment suitability determinations for active duty military, civilian employees, and contractors requiring such credentials. Security Managers working in private companies that contract with DoD and who need accessto the JPAS system to update securityrelated information about their company’s employees must complete DD Form 2962 to access the system. Once granted access, the Security Managers maintain employee personal information, submit requests for investigations, and submit other relevant personnel security information into JPAS on over 500,000 contract employees annually.

Dated: March 31, 2015. Aaron Siegel, Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 2015–07702 Filed 4–2–15; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 5001–06–P**

**DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE**

**Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers** 

**Notice To Prepare an Environmental Assessment and Conduct a Public**  **Meeting for Preparation of a Dredged Material Management Plan for Noyo**  **Harbor, Fort Bragg, Mendocino County, CA** 

**AGENCY :**  Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DOD.

**ACTION :**  Public notice.

**SUMMARY :**  The purpose of this notice is to initiate the scoping process for an evaluation of whether there is adequate capacity for placement/disposal of projected maintenance dredged material


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from Noyo Harbor. This evaluation will be conducted in a two-step process: first a preliminary assessment (PA) will make projections of the volume of dredged material, estimate the existing capacity for placement/disposal of the material, and verify that continued maintenance dredging is economically justified. If it is concluded that continued maintenance dredging is justified and that the existing placement/disposal capacity is not adequate, then a Dredged Material Management Plan (DMMP) will be prepared to identify placement/disposal sites with adequate capacity for the next20 years or more of federal and nonfederal maintenance dredging.

**DATES :**  A public meeting will be held on April 16, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. (PDT). Submit comments concerning this notice on or before May 4, 2015.

**ADDRESSES :**  The scoping meeting location is the Town Hall, 363 North Main Street, Fort Bragg, California 95437. Mail written comments concerning this notice to: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco District, Engineering and Technical Services Division, ATTN: Mark Wiechmann, 1455 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94103–1398. Comment letters should include the commenter’s physical mailing address and the project title in the subject line.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  Mark Wiechmann, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco District, Environmental Section B, 1455 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94103–1398, (415) 503–6846, mark.j.wiechmann@ usace.army.mil.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :**  In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Corps intends to prepare an Environmental Assessment. The primary Federal actions under consideration are dredging, dredged material placement/disposal, and transport of dredged material for the purpose of ocean disposal and/or upland beneficial reuse. The Noyo Harbor District is the Non-Federal Sponsor (NFS). The Environmental Assessment is intended to be sufficient in scope to address the Federal, state and local requirements and environmental issues concerning the proposed activities and permit approvals.

Project Site And Background Information: Noyo Harbor is on the Northern California coast about 170 miles North of San Francisco and 130 miles south of Eureka, California. It is located in unincorporated Noyo Township, in forested lands immediately south of Fort Bragg, Mendocino County. Noyo Harbor is a shallow draft navigation project that supports a U.S. Coast Guard search and rescue station, commercial and sport fishing, and recreational boating.

The federal navigation project at Noyo Harbor consists of two jetties and a navigation channel leading to an 8 1 ⁄ 2 acre mooring basin. The north jetty is a 345 foot long concrete mass structure with an armor stone cover and the south jetty is a 240 foot long concrete wall founded on rock. The harbor’s opening faces west. The navigation channel is authorized to a project depth of 10 feet mean lower low water (MLLW). It begins in Noyo Cove, located at the mouth of the Noyo River and continues approximately 3,000 feet upriver to the Noyo mooring basin.

Proposed Action(s): The San Francisco District, US Army Corps of Engineers, is evaluating whether there is sufficient placement/disposal capacity and economic justification to support continued maintenance dredging at Noyo Harbor over the next 20 years or more of federal and non-federal maintenance dredging. This evaluation will be conducted in a two-step process. First, a preliminary assessment (PA) will make projections of the volume and physical and chemical characteristics of the dredged material, estimate existing placement/disposal capacity, and verify that continued maintenance dredging is economically justified. Second, if it is determined that continued maintenance dredging is justified, but that the existing placement/disposal capacity is not adequate, then a Dredged Material Management Plan (DMMP) will be prepared to identify future placement/ disposal sites for the next 20 years of dredging.

The existing historic disposal site is the North Jetty Upland Disposal Site located just north of the Noyo Harbor entrance channel and one mile east of the Highway 1 Bridge. It is a 2 1 ⁄ 2 acre low-lying area bounded to the north and east by bluffs and to the south and west by the harbor and river, respectively. The site has to be emptied periodically to accommodate additional material.

Issues: Potentially significant issues associated with the project may include: aesthetics/visual impacts, air quality emissions, biological resource impacts, environmental justice, geologic impacts related to seismicity, hazards and hazardous materials, hydrology and water quality, noise, traffic and transportation, and cumulative impacts from past, present and reasonably foreseeable future projects.

Scoping Process: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is seeking participation and input of all interested federal, state, and local agencies, Native American groups, and other concerned private organizations or individuals through this public notice. The purpose of the public meeting is to solicit comments regarding the potential impacts and environmental issues associated with the proposed action to be considered. A meeting will be held on April 16, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. (PDT). The final draft PA is expected to be available for public review and comment in the summer of 2015.

Adam J. Czekanski, Major, U.S. Army, Deputy District Engineer.
[FR Doc. 2015–07559 Filed 4–2–15; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 3720–58–P**

**DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY**

**Federal Energy Regulatory Commission** 

**Combined Notice of Filings #2**

Take notice that the Commission received the following electric rate filings:

Docket Numbers: ER15–1065–000. Applicants: Balko Wind, LLC. Description: Supplement to February 18, 2015 Balko Wind, LLC tariff filing.

Filed Date: 3/27/15. Accession Number: 20150327–5238. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/10/15.
Docket Numbers: ER15–1394–000. Applicants: Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc.

Description: Section 205(d) rate filing per 35.13(a)(2)(iii): 2015–03–27

_Add ALP Utilities to Sch 7,8,9 to be effective 6/1/2015.

Filed Date: 3/27/15. Accession Number: 20150327–5250. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/17/15.
Docket Numbers: ER15–1395–000. Applicants: Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc.

Description: Section 205(d) rate filing per 35.13(a)(2)(iii): 2015–03–27

_SA 6509 White Pine 2 SSR Termination to be effective 4/15/2015.

Filed Date: 3/27/15. Accession Number: 20150327–5291. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/17/15.
Docket Numbers: ER15–1396–000. Applicants: Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc.

Description: Section 205(d) rate filing per 35.13(a)(2)(iii): 2015–03–27

_Cancel Schedule 43I White Pine 2 SSR to be effective 4/15/2015.

Filed Date: 3/27/15. Accession Number: 20150327–5293. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/17/15.
Docket Numbers: ER15–1397–000.