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(ii) Research and Development—such 

as scientific research, software, data 

security, computation, energy, 

environmental, or biotechnology; 

(iii) Technology Manufacturing—such 

as defense manufacturing, sensor 

manufacturing, or medical devices; 

(iv) Food/Agriculture—such as wine, 

food processing, or agricultural 

products; 

(v) ‘‘Back Office’’ (i.e. business 

services)—such as call centers, 

administrative processing, or data 

processing. 

DOE’s analysis of the Proposed Action 

Alternative will also assume that future 

uses would be developed in accordance 

with local zoning and current City of 

Richland (2008) and Benton County 

(2006) comprehensive land use plans 

that were developed to comply with the 

Washington State Growth Management 

Act. In order to identify environmental 

effects that could result from 

implementation of the proposed action, 

DOE intends to use analytical 

assumptions in the EA that would tend 

to maximize estimates of reasonably 

foreseeable environmental impacts 

associated with footprint, infrastructure, 

utilities, emissions, construction of 

buildings, projected workforce and 

traffic, water usage, and similar 

requirements. 

Preliminary Identification of 

Environmental Issues 

Issues tentatively identified for 

analysis in the EA include the 

reasonably foreseeable effects associated 

with: land use; ecological resources; 

cultural and historic resources; geology 

and soils; water resources; climate and 

air quality; noise; transportation; 

accidents and intentional destructive 

acts; socioeconomics; environmental 

justice; visual resources; waste 

management; infrastructure; and human 

health and safety. The proposed action 

may affect floodplains and wetlands. 

This NOI serves as a notice of proposed 

floodplain or wetland action in 

accordance with DOE floodplain and 

wetland environmental review 

requirements (10 CFR part 1022). The 

EA will include an assessment of 

potential impacts to floodplains and 

wetlands, and if required, a statement of 

findings following DOE regulations for 

compliance with floodplain and 

wetlands environmental review (10 CFR 

part 1022). The analyses will identify 

the environmental effects that are 

reasonably foreseeable to the local 

region as well as to ongoing DOE 

missions and activities at the Hanford 

Site. The analysis will also consider 

cumulative environmental effects. The 

EA will also explore potential 

mitigation measures that could result in 

imposing deed restrictions aimed at 

precluding or minimizing 

environmental consequences. 

National Historic Preservation Act 

Section 106 of the National Historic 

Preservation Act (NHPA) requires 

Federal agencies to take into account the 

effects of their undertakings on historic 

properties. Federal agencies are 

encouraged to coordinate compliance 

with Section 106 of the NHPA with any 

steps taken to meet the requirements of 

NEPA. In the interest of being 

comprehensive and less duplicative, 

DOE plans to coordinate the NEPA 

review and Section 106 compliance 

processes for the preparation of this EA 

to the greatest extent possible. 

Scoping Process 

DOE has established a 30-day scoping 

period during which Federal agencies, 

State, Tribal and local governments, 

special interest groups, concerned 

citizens and any other interested parties 

are invited to comment on the scope of 

the EA, including specific issues that 

should be addressed in the EA. In 

keeping with DOE’s plans to coordinate 

the NEPA and NHPA Section 106 

requirements, DOE also invites 

comments regarding the identification 

of historic properties governed by the 

NHPA, and any potential adverse effects 

that may result from the proposed 

action, along with suggested actions 

DOE might take to mitigate any such 

adverse effects. A public meeting will be 

held during the scoping period. At the 

public meeting, DOE will provide an 

overview of the proposed action, an 

informal question-and-answer period to 

clarify the information presented, and 

an opportunity for individuals to 

provide formal written or oral 

statements. DOE will consider all 

comments received during the scoping 

period in preparing the draft EA. 

If at any time during preparation of 

the EA DOE determines that an 

environmental impact statement (EIS) is 

needed, DOE will issue a revised Notice 

of Intent (NOI) to prepare an EIS in the 

Federal Register. In that case, the 

current scoping process will serve as the 

scoping process that normally would 

follow an NOI to prepare an EIS. 

Accordingly, DOE will consider any 

comments on the scope of the EA 

received during this scoping process in 

preparing the EIS. 

Issued in Richland, WA on September 12, 

2012. 

Matt McCormick, 

Manager, Richland Operations Office. 

[FR Doc. 2012–23099 Filed 9–18–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy 

SunShot Prize: Race to the Rooftop 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice; Release of competition 

rules and processes to compete. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

release of the SunShot Prize: Race to the 

Rooftop competition. This competition 

offers $10 million in prizes to those who 

can lower the non-hardware installation 

cost of rooftop solar energy systems. 

DATES: Registration opened on 

September 12, 2012, and will run 

through October 31, 2014. Participants 

can submit Phase I materials through 

December 31, 2014, and Phase II 

materials through December 31, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

encouraged to learn about the SunShot 

Prize: Race to the Rooftop competition 

rules at eere.energy.gov/solar/sunshot/ 

prize.html. Teams that wish to enter the 

competition can register at 

eere.energy.gov/solar/sunshot/ 

prize.html. Questions about the prize 

competition can be sent to: 

Email: SunShot.Prize@ee.doe.gov. 

Mail: Solar Energy Technologies 

Program, U.S. Department of Energy, 

1000 Independence Ave. SW., 

Washington, DC 20585. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Minh Le, Solar Energy Technologies 

Program, U.S. Department of Energy, 

1000 Independence Ave. SW., 

Washington, DC 20585. Email: 

SunShot.Prize@ee.doe.gov 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

America COMPETES Reauthorization 

Act of 2010, Public Law 111–358, 

enacted January 4, 2011, authorizes, 

among other things, Federal agencies to 

issue competitions to stimulate 

innovations in technology, education, 

and science. The $10 million SunShot 

Prize: Race to the Rooftop competition 

challenges the ingenuity of America’s 

businesses and communities to make it 

faster, easier, and cheaper to install 

rooftop solar energy systems. Successful 

competitors will deploy domestically 

and in two phases, at least 6,000 new 

rooftop photovoltaic (PV) installations 


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1Hinshaw pipelines are those that receive all outof-state gas from entities within or at the boundary 

of a state if all the natural gas so received is 

ultimately consumed within the state in which it is 

received, 15 U.S.C. 717(c). Congress concluded that 

Hinshaw pipelines are ‘‘matters primarily of local 

concern,’’ and so are more appropriately regulated 

by pertinent state agencies rather than by FERC. 

The Natural Gas Act section 1(c) exempts Hinshaw 

pipelines from FERC jurisdiction. A Hinshaw 

pipeline, however, may apply for a FERC certificate 

to transport gas outside of state lines. 2Burden is defined as the total time, effort, or 

financial resources expended by persons to 

generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or provide 

information to or for a Federal agency. For further 

explanation of what is included in the information 

collection burden, reference 5 Code of Federal 

Regulations 1320.3. 

at an average pre-subsidy non-hardware 

cost of $1 per watt. Winners will break 

this significant price barrier, considered 

to be unachievable a decade ago, and 

prove that they can repeatedly achieve 

a $1 per watt non-hardware cost using 

innovative, verifiable processes and 

business practices. 

As required by the America 

COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 

2010, the Secretary of Energy has 

approved this competition. 

Today’s notice announces the 

SunShot Prize and the release of prize 

rules. 

Issued in Washington DC, on September 

12, 2012. 

Rachel Tronstein, 

Deputy Director, SunShot Initiative, Energy 

Efficiency and Renewable Energy . 

[FR Doc. 2012–23098 Filed 9–18–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. IC12–15–000] 

Commission Information Collection 

Activities (FERC–546); Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, DOE. 

ACTION: Comment request. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

requirements of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission 

(Commission or FERC) is submitting the 

information collection FERC–546 

(Certificated Filings: Gas Pipeline Rates) 

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 

issued a Notice in the Federal Register 

(77 FR 40438, 7/9/2012) requesting 

public comments. FERC received no 

comments on the FERC–546 and is 

making this notation in its submittal to 

OMB. 

DATES: Comments on the collection of 

information are due by October 19, 

2012. 

ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB, 

identified by the OMB Control No. 

1902–0155, should be sent via email to 

the Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs: oira_submission@omb.gov. 

Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission Desk Officer. The Desk 

Officer may also be reached via 

telephone at 202–395–4718. 

A copy of the comments should also 

be sent to the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, identified by the Docket 

No. IC12–15–000, by either of the 

following methods: 

• eFiling at Commission’s Web site: 

http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

efiling.asp. 

• Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier: 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

Secretary of the Commission, 888 First 

Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

Instructions: All submissions must be 

formatted and filed in accordance with 

submission guidelines at: http:// 

www.ferc.gov/help/submissionguide.asp. For user assistance contact 

FERC Online Support by email at 

ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, or by phone 

at: (866) 208–3676 (toll-free), or (202) 

502–8659 for TTY. 

Docket: Users interested in receiving 

automatic notification of activity in this 

docket or in viewing/downloading 

comments and issuances in this docket 

may do so at http://www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/docs-filing.asp. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ellen Brown may be reached by email 

at DataClearance@FERC.gov, by 

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

at (202) 273–0873. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: FERC–546, Certificated Filings: 

Gas Pipeline Rates. 

OMB Control No.: 1902–0155. 

Type of Request: Three-year extension 

of the FERC–546 information collection 

requirements with no changes to the 

reporting requirements. 

Abstract: The Commission reviews 

the FERC–546 materials to decide 

whether to determine an initial rate 

associated with an application for a 

certificate under NGA Section 7(c). It 

reviews FERC–546 materials in 4(f) 

storage applications to evaluate market 

power and decide whether to grant, 

deny, or condition market based rate 

authority for the applicant. The 

Commission uses the FERC–546 

information to monitor jurisdictional 

transportation, natural gas storage, and 

unbundled sales activities of interstate 

natural gas pipelines and Hinshaw 1

pipelines. In addition to fulfilling the 

Commission’s obligations under the 

NGA, the FERC–546 enables the 

Commission to monitor the activities 

and evaluate transactions of the natural 

gas industry, ensure competitiveness, 

and improved efficiency of the 

industry’s operations. In summary, the 

Commission uses the FERC–546 

information to: 

• Ensure adequate customer 

protections under section 4(f) of the 

NGA; 

• Review rate and tariff changes by 

natural gas companies for the 

transportation of gas, natural gas storage 

services; 

• Provide general industry oversight; 

• And supplement documentation 

during its audits process. 

Failure to collect this information 

would prevent the Commission from 

being able to monitor and evaluate 

transactions and operations of interstate 

pipelines and perform its regulatory 

functions. 

Type of Respondents: Pipeline 

companies and storage operators. 

Estimate of Annual Burden: 2 The 

Commission estimates the total Public 

Reporting Burden for this information 

collection as: 

FERC–546 (IC12–15–000): CERTIFICATED RATE FILINGS (GAS PIPELINE RATES) 

Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Total number 

of responses 

Average 

burden hours 

per response 

Estimated total 

annual burden 

(A) (B) (A) × (B) = (C) (D) (C) × (D) 

Pipeline Companies ............................................................. 11 1 11 40 440 


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