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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: ED–524 Budget 

Information Non-Construction Programs 

Form and Instructions. 

OMB Control Number: 1894–0008. 

Type of Review: An extension of an 

existing information collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: Private 

Sector. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 5,400. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 94,500. 

Abstract: The ED–524 form and 

instructions are included in U.S. 

Department of Education discretionary 

grant application packages and are 

needed in order for applicants to submit 

summary-level budget data by budget 

category, as well as a detailed budget 

narrative, to request and justify their 

proposed grant budgets which are part 

of their grant applications. 

Dated: April 15, 2014. 

Stephanie Valentine, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2014–08892 Filed 4–17–14; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Hawaii Clean Energy Draft 

Programmatic Environmental Impact 

Statement 

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of availability and public 

hearings. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE) announces the availability 

of the Hawaii Clean Energy Draft 

Programmatic Environmental Impact 

Statement (Hawaii Clean Energy Draft 

PEIS or Draft PEIS) (DOE/EIS–0459). 

DOE also announces eight public 

hearings to receive comments on the 

Draft PEIS. The Draft PEIS evaluates the 

potential environmental impacts 

associated with 31 energy efficiency 

activities and renewable energy 

technologies that could assist the State 

of Hawaii in meeting the goals 

established under the Hawaii Clean 

Energy Initiative (HCEI). 

DATES: DOE invites comments on the 

Draft PEIS during a 90-day period, 

which ends July 17, 2014. Comments 

submitted after this date will be 

considered to the extent practicable 

during preparation of the Hawaii Clean 

Energy Final PEIS. The Department will 

hold eight public hearings at the 

locations, dates, and times listed in 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION below. 

ADDRESSES: Comments on the Draft PEIS 

may be submitted: 

• Orally or in writing at a public 

hearing. 

• By email to 

hawaiicleanenergypeis@ee.doe.gov. 

• Through the PEIS Web site at 

http://hawaiicleanenergypeis.com. 

• By mail to Dr. Jane Summerson, 

Hawaii Clean Energy PEIS Document 

Manager, DOE NNSA, POB 5400 Bldg 

401, KAFB East, Albuquerque, NM 

87185. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information on the Hawaii 

Clean Energy Draft PEIS, contact Dr. 

Jane Summerson at the address above or 

send an email to 

hawaiicleanenergypeis@ee.doe.gov. For 

general information regarding the DOE 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) process, contact: Ms. Carol M. 

Borgstrom, Director, Office of NEPA 

Policy and Compliance (GC–54), U.S. 

Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Ave. SW., Washington, 

DC 20585, telephone 202–586–4600 or 

leave a message at 800–472–2756. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

DOE and Hawaii entered into a 

Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) 

in January 2008 that established a longterm partnership to assist Hawaii in its 

efforts to transform the way in which 

energy efficiency and renewable energy 

resources are planned and used in the 

State. The MOU established working 

groups to address key sectors of the 

energy economy (e.g., electricity, enduse efficiency, transportation, and 

fuels), which led to the establishment of 

the Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative 

(HCEI). A goal of the HCEI is to meet 70 

percent of Hawaii’s energy needs by 

2030 through energy efficiency and 

renewable energy (collectively ‘‘clean 

energy’’). 

PEIS Scoping 

On December 14, 2010, DOE issued a 

notice of intent to prepare a PEIS, with 

the State of Hawaii as a joint lead, on 

the wind phase of the Hawaii 

Interisland Renewable Energy Program 

(75 FR 77859). In light of scoping 

comments and regulatory and policy 

developments, DOE broadened the 

range of reasonable energy efficiency 

and renewable energy activities and 

technologies to be analyzed in the PEIS 

and issued an amended notice of intent 

to prepare the Hawaii Clean Energy 

PEIS (77 FR 47828; August 10, 2012). In 

preparing the PEIS, DOE considered 

scoping comments received on the 

initial and amended notices of intent. 

The Hawaii Clean Energy Draft PEIS 

was prepared with the following 

cooperating agencies: State of Hawaii 

(Department of Business, Economic 

Development and Tourism), U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency 

Region 9, Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management, National Park Service, 

Natural Resources Conservation Service, 

U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Navy, and 

Federal Aviation Administration. 

Purpose and Need for Agency Action 

The purpose and need for DOE’s 

action is based on the 2008 MOU with 

the State of Hawaii that established the 

long-term HCEI partnership. Consistent 

with this MOU, DOE’s purpose and 

need is to support the State of Hawaii 

in its efforts to meet 70 percent of the 

State’s energy needs by 2030 through 

clean energy. DOE’s primary purpose in 

preparing this PEIS is to provide 

information to the public, Federal and 

State agencies, and future energy 

developers on the potential 

environmental impacts of a wide range 

of energy efficiency activities and 

renewable energy technologies that 

could support the HCEI. This 

environmental information could be 

used by decisionmakers, developers, 

and regulators in determining the best 

activities and technologies to meet 

future energy needs. The public could 

use this PEIS to better understand the 

types of potential impacts associated 

with the various technologies. 

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1 International Energy Outlook 2013, http://

www.eia.gov/forecasts/ieo/. 

2R. Hamm, M. Hamm, Industrial Accelerators 

and Their Applications, (World Scientific, 

Singapore: 2012). 

3Environmental Applications of Ionizing 

Radiation, W. Cooper, R. Curry, and K. O’Shea, 

Editors, (John Wiley & Sons, New York: 1998). 

4 ‘‘Accelerators for America’s Future’’, http://

science.energy.gov/∼/media/hep/pdf/accelerator-rdstewardship/Report.pdf (2009). 

5Office of High Energy Physics Accelerator R&D 

Task Force Report, May 2012 http://

science.energy.gov/∼/media/hep/pdf/accelerator-rdstewardship/Accelerator_Task_Force_Report.pdf. 

Proposed Action 

DOE’s Proposed Action is to develop 

guidance that can be used in making 

decisions to support the State of Hawaii 

in achieving the HCEI’s goals. 

For the Hawaii Clean Energy Draft 

PEIS, DOE and the State of Hawaii 

identified 31 clean energy technologies 

and activities associated with potential 

future actions and grouped them into 

five clean energy categories: 

• Energy efficiency, 

• Distributed renewable energy 

technologies, 

• Utility-scale renewable energy 

technologies, 

• Alternative transportation fuels and 

modes, and 

• Electrical transmission and 

distribution. 

For each activity or technology, the 

Draft PEIS identifies potential impacts 

to 17 environmental resource areas and 

potential best management practices 

that could be used to minimize or 

prevent those potential environmental 

impacts. 

Document Availability 

The Hawaii Clean Energy Draft PEIS 

is posted at http://

hawaiicleanenergypeis.com and http://

energy.gov/nepa/eis-0459-hawaii-cleanenergy-programmatic-environmentalimpact-statement. To obtain a compact 

disk (CD) of the Draft PEIS, contact Dr. 

Summerson at the address under 

ADDRESSES above, online at http://

hawaiicleanenergypeis.com, or by email 

to hawaiicleanenergypeis@ee.doe.gov. 

Printed copies of the complete PEIS are 

available at: 

• Hawaii State Library, 478 South 

King Street, Honolulu, HI 96813. 

• Lanai Public and School Library, 

555 Fraser Ave, Lanai City, HI 96763. 

• Wailuku Public Library, 251 High 

Street, Wailuku, HI 96793. 

• Molokai Public Library, 15 Ala 

Malama, Kaunakakai, HI 96748. 

• Hilo Public Library, 300 

Waianuenue Ave, Hilo, HI 96720. 

• Kailua-Kona Public Library, 75–138 

Hualalai Road, Kailua-Kona, HI 96740. 

• Lihue Public Library, 4344 Hardy 

Street, Lihue, HI 96766. 

• Kaneohe Public Library, 45–829 

Kamehameha Highway, Kaneohe, HI 

96744. 

DOE will provide a printed copy of 

the Summary or complete Draft PEIS 

upon request. However, due to the size 

of the document (approximately 60 

pages for the Summary and 1,300 pages 

for the complete Draft PEIS), DOE 

recommends that interested parties take 

advantage of the download or CD 

options. If a printed copy is required, 

contact Dr. Jane Summerson at the 

address above or by email to 

hawaiicleanenergypeis@ee.doe.gov. 

Public Hearings 

The Department invites interested 

parties to provide comments on the 

Draft PEIS at public hearings to be held 

May 12 through May 22, 2014, at: 

• May 12: Kauai, Kauai War 

Memorial, Convention Hall, 4191 Hardy 

Street, Lihue, HI 96766. 

• May 13: Hawaii, Kealakehe High 

School, 74–5000 Puohulihuli Street, 

Kailua-Kona, HI 96740. 

• May 14: Hawaii, Aunty Sally 

Kaleohano’s Luau Hale, 799 Piilani 

Street, Hilo, HI 96720. 

• May 15: Maui, Pomaikai Elementary 

School, 4650 South Kamehameha 

Avenue, Kahului, HI 96732. 

• May 19: Molokai, Kaunakakai 

Elementary School, 30 Ailoa Street, 

Kaunakakai, HI 96748. 

• May 20: Lanai, Lanai High & 

Elementary School, 555 Fraser Avenue, 

Lanai City, HI 96763. 

• May 21: Oahu, Kawananakoa 

Middle School, 49 Funchal Street, 

Honolulu, HI 96813. 

• May 22: Oahu, James B. Castle High 

School, 45–386 Kaneohe Bay Drive, 

Kaneohe, HI 96744. 

Each hearing will begin at 5:00 p.m. 

and end at 8:30 p.m. Each hearing will 

start with an open house (5:00–5:45), 

when Federal and State personnel and 

their contractors will be available to 

answer questions in an informal setting. 

The open house will be followed by a 

presentation (5:45–6:00) by Dr. 

Summerson, who will describe the 

PEIS, the NEPA process, and the 

methods that can be used to submit 

comments. During the remainder of the 

hearing, interested parties may present 

oral comments to DOE. A court reporter 

will transcribe the comments presented 

at each hearing. Individuals wishing to 

speak at a hearing should register when 

they arrive. DOE will initially allot three 

minutes to each commenter to ensure 

that as many people as possible have the 

opportunity to speak. More time may be 

provided, as circumstances permit. 

Written comments may be submitted at 

the hearing or by the other methods 

described in ADDRESSES above. DOE will 

give equal consideration to oral and 

written comments in preparing the 

Hawaii Clean Energy Final PEIS. 

Issued in Washington, DC, April 14, 2014. 

Patricia A. Hoffman, 

Assistant Secretary, Office of Electricity 

Delivery and Energy Reliability. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Proposed New Program in 

Stewardship of Accelerator 

Technologies for Energy and 

Environmental Applications 

AGENCY: Office of High Energy Physics, 

Office of Science, Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of request for 

information (RFI). 

SUMMARY: The Office of High Energy 

Physics, as DOE’s lead office for longterm accelerator R&D, invites interested 

parties to provide input on a possible 

new program to perform R&D leading to 

advances in particle accelerator 

technology used in energy and 

environmental applications. 

DATES: Written comments and 

information are requested on or before 

May 19, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons may 

submit comments by email only. 

Comments must be sent to 

EnergyEnvironmentRFI@science.doe.gov 

with the subject line ‘‘Stewardship RFI 

Comments’’. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Eric R. Colby, (301)–903–5475, 

Eric.Colby@science.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

The Challenge 

With world energy consumption 

predicted to grow by 56% between 2010 

and 2040,1 innovations that reduce 

pollutants from energy production, 

improve energy efficiency of industrial 

processes, and develop cost-effective 

techniques to clean up water and 

destroy environmental toxins will 

become increasingly important both to 

sustaining economic growth, and to 

protecting the environment. 

Accelerator technologies have been 

demonstrated to have significant impact 

in each of these areas,2345 but have not 

reached a sufficient level of technical 

maturity and economy to be widely 

adopted. 

The Response 

The U.S. Department of Energy, acting 

through the Office of High Energy 

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