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and determines the comparability of 

these standards to standards for 

accreditation applied to medical schools 

in the United States. Medical schools 

located in foreign countries that lack an 

NCFMEA finding of comparability of 

their accrediting standards are not 

eligible to have their U.S. students 

receive Federal student aid funds under 

Title IV of the HEA. 

Nomination Process: Any interested 

person or organization may nominate 

one or more qualified individuals. If you 

would like to nominate an individual or 

yourself for appointment to the 

NCFMEA, please submit the following 

information to the U.S. Department of 

Education’s White House Liaison Office. 

• A cover letter addressed to the 

Secretary of Education as follows: 

Honorable Arne Duncan, Secretary of 

Education, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20202. In the letter, 

please state your reason(s) for 

nominating the individual or yourself; 

• A copy of the nominee’s or your 

current resume or curriculum vitae. 

• Contact information for the 

nominee (name, title, business address, 

business phone, fax number, and 

business email address). 

In addition, the cover letter must 

include a statement affirming that the 

nominee (if you are nominating 

someone other than yourself) has agreed 

to be nominated and is willing to serve 

on the Committee if selected. Nominees 

should be broadly knowledgeable about 

foreign medical education and 

accreditation, respected in the 

educational community, and 

representative of the relevant 

constituencies. 

DATES: Nominations for the NCFMEA 

must be received no later than 12:00 

noon Eastern Standard Time, Tuesday, 

September 2, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit 

nominations, including attachments via 

email to: whitehouseliaison@ed.gov 

(specify in the email subject line 

‘‘NCFMEA Nomination’’). 

For questions, please contact the U. S. 

Department of Education White House 

Liaison Office at (202) 453–5737. 

Electronic Access to this Document: 

The official version of this document is 

published in the Federal Register. Free 

Internet access to the official version of 

this notice in the Federal Register and 

the applicable Code of Federal 

Regulations is available via the Federal 

Digital System 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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text or Adobe Portable Document 

Format (PDF). To use PDF, you must 

have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

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You may also access documents of the 

Department published in the Federal 

Register by using the article search 

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Specifically, through the advanced 

search feature at this site, you can limit 

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the Department. 

Dated: April 14, 2014. 

Sam Myers, Jr., 

White House Liaison, U.S. Department of 

Education. 

[FR Doc. 2014–19633 Filed 8–18–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Proposed Agency Information 

Collection 

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice and Request for 

Comments. 

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 

Department of Energy (DOE), Office of 

Science (SC) has chosen to leverage the 

use of Government, Off-the-Shelf 

(GOTS) software capabilities to 

implement a new consolidated system 

called Portfolio Analysis and 

Management System (PAMS). 

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 collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. This notice is being 

republished due to the time lapsed from 

original publication. 

DATES: Comments regarding this 

proposed information collection must 

be received on or before October 20, 

2014. If you anticipate difficulty in 

submitting comments within that 

period, contact the person listed in 

ADDRESSES as soon as possible. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be 

sent to Portfolio Analysis and 

Management System (PAMS) 

Information Collection Request (ICR) by 

email at pams-irccomments@science.doe.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions should be 

directed to Marina Amoroso by email at 

marina.amoroso@science.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

information collection request contains: 

(1) OMB No.: New. 

(2) Information Collection Request 

Title: Information Collection Request 

Title: Portfolio Analysis and 

Management System (PAMS) 

Submissions for Letter of Intent (LOI), 

Pre-proposals, Interagency Proposals, 

and DOE National Laboratory Proposals; 

System Registration by External Users. 

(3) Type of Request: New. 

(4) Purpose: This new system is based 

on the Health Resources and Services 

Administration (HRSA) Electronic 

Handbooks software. Discretionary 

financial assistance proposals continue 

to be collected using Grants.gov but are 

imported into PAMS for use by the 

program offices. Under the proposed 

information collection, an external 

interface will be implemented in PAMS 

to allow two other types of proposal 

submission: DOE National Laboratories 

will be able to submit proposals for 

technical work authorizations directly 

into PAMS, while other Federal 

Agencies will be able to submit 

Proposals for interagency awards 

directly into PAMS. External users from 

all institution types will be able to 

submit Solicitation Letters of Intent and 

Pre-proposals directly into PAMS. All 

applicants, whether they submitted 

through Grants.gov or PAMS, will be 

able to register with PAMS to view the 

proposals that were submitted. They 

will also be able to maintain a minimal 

amount of information in their personal 

profile. The proposed collection will 

automate and streamline the 

submission, tracking, and 

correspondence portions of financial 

award pre-review processes. The 

information collected will be used by 

DOE to select applicants and projects for 

financial awards. 

(5) Annual Estimated Number of 

Respondents: The following numbers 

are calculated using the average of the 

number of financial assistance proposals 

received in fiscal year 2006 through 

fiscal year 2010. 9,920 PAMS 

registrants, who are to include 8,000 

submitters of lab proposals, interagency 

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Intent (LOI) (assuming one person per 

estimated submission) and 1,920 

reviewers of proposals submitted 

through Grants.gov. 

(6) Annual Estimated Number of 

Total Responses: Annual Estimated 

Number of Total Responses: The Office 

of Science receives about 1,000 DOE 

national laboratory and interagency 

proposals per year, based on an average 

of estimated submission numbers (fiscal 

year 2006 through fiscal year 2014) and 

about 7,000 pre-proposals and letters of 

intent per year, based on an estimate of 

about 200 per solicitation and the 

number of solicitations per year (about 

35, based on an average between fiscal 

year 2006 and fiscal year 2014). 

(7) Annual Estimated Number of 

Burden Hours: The time it takes to 

complete a form depends upon the type 

of form being completed. External users 

will need to register with PAMS in 

order to access the system. It takes 

approximately 30 minutes for external 

users to complete the forms required to 

become a registered PAMS user. Both 

LOI and pre-proposal forms take 15 

minutes each, whereas completing a 

lab/interagency proposal will take about 

2 hours. The reviewers require about 1 

hour of analysis, per submission. Based 

on the annual estimated number of 

responses, broken down by DOE 

national laboratory, letter of intent and 

pre-proposal, the annual estimated time 

required for reviewers to complete 

analysis or responses and the time 

required for external users to register 

with PAMS, the estimated annual 

number of burden hours is 10,630. 

Total number of unduplicated 

respondents: 9,920. 

Reports filed per person: 1. 

Total annual responses: 9,920. 

Total annual burden hours: 10,630. 

(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0. 

Statutory Authority: Section 641 of the 

Department of Energy Organization Act, 

codified at 42 U.S.C. 7251. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on August 12, 

2014. 

Marina Amoroso, 

Deputy Project Manager for Information 

Technology and Services Office of Science. 

[FR Doc. 2014–19676 Filed 8–18–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

National Electric Transmission 

Congestion Study 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of Public Comment. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(Department) invites public comment on 

the draft National Electric Transmission 

Congestion Study. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before October 20, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: The draft study is available 

for review at http://www.energy.gov/

node/942311. Written comments may be 

submitted electronically to 

Congestionstudy.comments@hq.doe.gov. 

Written comments may also be 

delivered by conventional mail to David 

Meyer, Office of Electricity Delivery and 

Energy Reliability, U.S. Department of 

Energy, 1000 Independence Ave. SW., 

Washington, DC 20585. Commenters are 

cautioned, however, that all 

conventional mail to the Department is 

subject to an automatic security 

screening process that may take up to 

three weeks and sometimes renders 

mailed material illegible. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David Meyer, at David.Meyer@

hq.doe.gov, or telephone 202–586–1411. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

1221(a) of the Energy Policy Act of 

2005, codified at 16 U.S.C. 824p(a), 

directs the Secretary of Energy to 

conduct an electric transmission 

congestion study every three years, and 

to prepare it in consultation with 

affected states and regional reliability 

organizations. In the study, the 

Department seeks to provide 

information about transmission 

congestion by focusing on specific 

indications of transmission constraints 

and congestion and their consequences. 

The study focuses on a specific time 

frame—i.e., historical trends over the 

past few years, and looking forward 

three to five years. The study is based 

entirely on publicly available data and 

transmission-related documents. 

The draft study is available for review 

at http://www.energy.gov/node/942311. 

All comments received will be made 

publicly available on http://

www.energy.gov/node/942311. After 

reviewing and considering the public 

comments, the Department will prepare 

and release a final version of the study. 

Issued at Washington, DC, on August 14, 

2014. 

Patricia A. Hoffman, 

Assistant Secretary, Office of Electricity 

Delivery and Energy Reliability. 

[FR Doc. 2014–19690 Filed 8–18–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9915–14–OARM; EPA–HQ–OEI–2012– 

0836] 

Notification of a New System of 

Records Notice for the EPA Personnel 

Access and Security System (EPASS) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of 

Administration and Resource 

Management, Office of Administration, 

Security Management Division is giving 

notice that it proposes to create a new 

system of records pursuant to the 

provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 

U.S.C. 552a). The EPA Personnel Access 

and Security System (EPASS) is being 

created to comply with the Homeland 

Security Presidential Directive-12 

(HSPD–12), which was issued on 

August 12, 2004 and signed on August 

27, 2004. HSPD–12 mandates a 

government-wide federal standard for 

ensuring that identification cards issued 

to government employees and 

contractors are reliable and secure. 

EPASS complies with the federal 

requirements and will enhance security, 

increase efficiency, reduce identity 

fraud, and protect personal privacy. 

DATES: Persons wishing to comment on 

this new system of records notice must 

do so by September 29, 2014. 

ADDRESS: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

2012–0836, by mail: 

• www.regulations.gov: Follow the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Email: oei.docket@epa.gov. 

• Fax: 202–566–1752. 

• Mail: OEI Docket, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mail code: 2822T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. 

• Hand Delivery: OEI Docket, EPA/

DC, EPA West Building, Room 3334, 

1301 Constitution Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC. Such deliveries are 

only accepted during the docket’s 

normal hours of operation, and special 

arrangements should be made for 

deliveries of boxed information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OEI–2012– 

0836. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change and may be 

made available online at 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 


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