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(1) the office listed elsewhere in this 

notice under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT or (2) the G5 help desk at 1– 

888–336–8930. If G5 is unavailable due 

to technical problems with the system 

and, therefore, the application deadline 

is extended, an email will be sent to all 

registered users who have initiated a G5 

application. Extensions referred to in 

this section apply only to the 

unavailability of the G5 system. 

II. Rulemaking 

Section 222.3 of CFR Title 34, which 

establishes the annual January 31 

Impact Aid application deadline, is 

currently in effect. However, due to 

changes in the applications that were 

necessitated by legislative amendments 

in the 2013 National Defense 

Authorization Act (Pub. L. 112–239) and 

the related revision, production, and 

distribution of the application packages, 

the Secretary extends the deadline for 

the potential applicants under section 

8002 for fiscal year 2014. Because this 

amendment makes a procedural change 

for this year only as a result of unique 

circumstances, proposed rulemaking is 

not required under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(A). 

In addition, the Secretary has waived 

rulemaking under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B) for 

the one-time suspension of the 

regulatory deadline date because it 

would be impracticable and contrary to 

the public interest. It would be 

impracticable because Section 8002 

applicants need to be able to submit an 

FY 2014 application as soon as possible 

after January 31, 2013, to receive 

funding for their 2013–2014 school year 

on a timely basis. The months required 

for rulemaking would make it 

impossible for districts to receive this 

annual funding in a timely manner. 

Rulemaking would also be contrary to 

the public interest because the 

Department’s ability to make FY 2014 

payments would be stalled, thus 

affecting school districts in their 

planning and provision of services. 

IV. Other Information 

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document 

and a copy of the application package in 

an accessible format (e.g., braille, large 

print, audiotape, or compact disc) on 

request to the program contact listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

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official edition of the Federal Register 

and the Code of Federal Regulations is 

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at: www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site you 

can view this document, as well as all 

other documents of this Department 

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You may also access documents of the 

Department published in the Federal 

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Specifically, through the advanced 

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the Department. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7702. 

Dated: September 6, 2013. 

Deborah S. Delisle, 

Assistant Secretary for Elementary and 

Secondary Education. 

[FR Doc. 2013–22127 Filed 9–10–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Advisory Committee on Student 

Financial Assistance: Meeting 

AGENCY: Advisory Committee on 

Student Financial Assistance, ED. 

ACTION: Cancellation notice of an 

opening meeting/hearing. 

SUMMARY: The Advisory Committee on 

Student Financial Assistance gives 

notice of the cancellation of the meeting 

scheduled for September 19, 2013 

announced in the Federal Register on 

August 21, 2013 in Vol. 78, No. 162. 

The meeting will be rescheduled for 

a date to be announced in the future. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Janet Chen, Director of Programs, 

Advisory Committee on Student 

Financial Assistance, Capitol Place, 80 F 

Street NW., Suite 413, Washington DC 

20202–7582, (202) 219–2099; http://

www2.ed.gov/ACSFA. 

Dated: September 5, 2013. 

William J. Goggin, 

Executive Director, Advisory Committee on 

Student Financial Assistance. 

[FR Doc. 2013–22068 Filed 9–10–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Proposed Agency Information 

Collection Extension 

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice and request for OMB 

review and comment. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(DOE) has submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

clearance, a proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The 

submission seeks a three year extension 

to the original collection. 

DATES: Comments regarding this 

proposed collection must be received on 

or before October 11, 2013. If you 

anticipate that you will be submitting 

comments, but find it difficult to do so 

within the period of time allowed by 

this notice, please advise the DOE Desk 

Officer at Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) of your intention to make 

a submission as soon as possible. The 

Desk Officer may be telephoned at 202– 

395–4650. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be sent to the DOE Desk Officer, Office 

of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, New 

Executive Office Building, Room 10102, 

735 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 

20503. 

And to 

Mark Westergard, U.S. Department of 

Energy, LPO–7–, Room 4B–160, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585 or by fax at 202– 

287–6949, or by email at 

LPO.PaperworkReductionAct.Comments

@hq.doe.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions should be 

directed to Mark Westergard, 

LPO.PaperworkReductionAct.Comments

@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

information collection request contains: 

(1) Information Collection Request Title: 

10 CFR Part 609—Loan Guarantees for 

Projects that Employ Innovative 

Technologies; (2) Type of Request: 

Reinstatement (3) Purpose: This 

information collection package covers 

collection of information necessary to 

evaluate applications for loan 

guarantees submitted under Title XVII 

of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, as 

amended, 42 U.S.C. 16511–16516. 

Applications for loan guarantees 

submitted to DOE in response to a 

solicitation must contain certain 

information. This information will be 

used to analyze whether a project is 

eligible for a loan guarantee and to 

evaluate the application under criteria 

specified in 10 CFR Part 609. The 

collection of this information is critical 

to ensure that the government has 

sufficient information to determine 

whether applicants meet the eligibility 

requirements to qualify for a DOE loan 

guarantee and to provide DOE with 

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applicant’s project using the criteria 

specified in 10 CFR Part 609; (5) Annual 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 100 

Pre-Applications/10 Full Applications; 

(6) Annual Estimated Number of Total 

Responses: It is estimated that the total 

number of annual responses will not 

exceed 100; (7) Annual Estimated 

Number of Burden Hours: 13,000 hours, 

most of which is likely to be time 

committed by firms that seek debt and/ 

or equity financing for their projects, 

regardless of their intent to apply for a 

DOE loan guarantee; (8) Annual 

Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping 

Cost Burden: It is estimated that the 

annual estimated reporting and 

recordkeeping cost burden for 

applicants will not exceed $25,000 per 

annum. 

Authority: Title XVII of the Energy Policy 

Act of 2005 42 U.S.C. 16511–16516. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on September 5, 

2013. 

David G. Frantz, 

Acting Executive Director, Loan Programs 

Office. 

[FR Doc. 2013–22117 Filed 9–10–13; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Electricity Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Office of Electricity Delivery 

and Energy Reliability, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Electricity Advisory 

Committee (EAC). The Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 463, 86 Stat. 

770) requires that public notice of these 

meetings be announced in the Federal 

Register. 

DATES: Wednesday, October 2, 2013; 

12:00 p.m.–5:15 p.m. (EDT). Thursday, 

October 3, 2013; 8:00 a.m.–3:10 p.m. 

(EDT). 

ADDRESSES: National Rural Electric 

Cooperative Association, 4301 Wilson 

Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia 22203. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Matthew Rosenbaum, Office of 

Electricity Delivery and Energy 

Reliability, U.S. Department of Energy, 

Forrestal Building, Room 8G–017, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585; Telephone: 

(202) 586–1060 or Email: 

matthew.rosenbaum@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Committee: The 

Electricity Advisory Committee (EAC) 

was re-established in July 2010, in 

accordance with the provisions of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), as amended, 5 U.S.C., App. 2, 

to provide advice to the U.S. 

Department of Energy (DOE) in 

implementing the Energy Policy Act of 

2005, executing the Energy 

Independence and Security Act of 2007, 

and modernizing the nation’s electricity 

delivery infrastructure. The EAC is 

composed of individuals of diverse 

backgrounds selected for their technical 

expertise and experience, established 

records of distinguished professional 

service, and their knowledge of issues 

that pertain to electricity. 

Tentative Agenda: The meeting of the 

EAC is expected to include discussion 

of the activities of the Energy Storage 

Technologies Subcommittee, the Smart 

Grid Subcommittee, and the 

Transmission Subcommittee, as well as 

discussions of distributed resource 

integration and lessons for grid 

resilience. 

Tentative Agenda: October 2, 2013 

12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m. Swearing in 

Ceremony and Ethics Briefing—For 

New EAC Members 

12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m. EAC Leadership 

Committee Meeting 

12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m. Registration 

1:00 p.m.–1:15 p.m. Welcome and 

Developments since the June 2013 

Meeting 

1:15 p.m.–1:45 p.m. Update on DOE 

Office of Electricity Delivery and 

Energy Reliability (OE) 2013 

Current Programs and Initiatives 

1:45 p.m.–2:05 p.m. DOE Energy 

Storage Program Update 

2:00 p.m.–2:20 p.m. Break 

2:50 p.m.–3:10 p.m. FERC Update 

2:20 p.m.–4:00 p.m. Distributed 

Resource Integration Panel 

4:00 p.m.–5:10 p.m. EAC Storage 

Subcommittee Activities and Plans 

for 2013 

5:10 p.m.–5:15 p.m. Wrap up and 

Adjourn Day One of October 2013 

EAC Meeting 

Tentative Agenda: October 3, 2013 

8:00 a.m.–9:40 a.m. Post-Sandy: 

Lessons for Grid Resilience Panel 

9:40 a.m.–10:50 a.m. EAC 

Transmission Subcommittee 2013 

Papers and Work Plan for 2013 

10:50 a.m.–11:00 a.m. Break 

11:00 a.m.–12:20 p.m. DOE Keynote 

Speaker 

12:20 p.m.–1:40 p.m. Lunch (Local 

Restaurants) 

1:40 p.m.–2:50 p.m. EAC Smart Grid 

Subcommittee Papers and Work 

Plans for 2013 

2:50 p.m.–3:05 p.m. Public Comments 

(Must register to comment at time of 

check-in) 

3:05 p.m.–3:10 p.m. Wrap Up and 

Adjourn October 2013 EAC Meeting 

The meeting agenda may change to 

accommodate EAC business. For EAC 

agenda updates, see the EAC Web site 

at: http://energy.gov/oe/services/

electricity-advisory-committee-eac. 

Public Participation: The EAC 

welcomes the attendance of the public 

at its meetings. Individuals who wish to 

offer public comments at the EAC 

meeting may do so on Thursday, 

October 3, 2013, but must register at the 

registration table in advance. 

Approximately 15 minutes will be 

reserved for public comments. Time 

allotted per speaker will depend on the 

number who wish to speak but is not 

expected to exceed three minutes. 

Anyone who is not able to attend the 

meeting, or for whom the allotted public 

comments time is insufficient to address 

pertinent issues with the EAC, is invited 

to send a written statement to Mr. 

Matthew Rosenbaum. 

You may submit comments, identified 

by ‘‘Electricity Advisory Committee 

Open Meeting’’, by any of the following 

methods: 

• Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier: 

Matthew Rosenbaum, Office of 

Electricity Delivery and Energy 

Reliability, U.S. Department of Energy, 

Forrestal Building, Room 8G–017, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585. 

• Email: matthew.rosenbaum@

hq.doe.gov. Include ‘‘Electricity 

Advisory Committee Open Meeting’’ in 

the subject line of the message. 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

identifier. All comments received will 

be posted without change to http://

energy.gov/oe/services/electricityadvisory-committee-eac, including any 

personal information provided. 

• Docket: For access to the docket, to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to http://

energy.gov/oe/services/electricityadvisory-committee-eac. 

The following electronic file formats 

are acceptable: Microsoft Word (.doc), 

Corel Word Perfect (.wpd), Adobe 

Acrobat (.pdf), Rich Text Format (.rtf), 

plain text (.txt), Microsoft Excel (.xls), 

and Microsoft PowerPoint (.ppt). If you 

submit information that you believe to 

be exempt by law from public 

disclosure, you must submit one 

complete copy, as well as one copy from 

which the information claimed to be 

exempt by law from public disclosure 

has been deleted. You must also explain 


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