Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 36 / Monday, February 24, 2014 / Notices 10135 

ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Election 

Assistance Commission’s Voting 

System Testing and Certification 

Program Manual, Version 1.0 

AGENCY: U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission (EAC). 

ACTION: Notice; comment request. 

SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork and respondent 

burden in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

U.S. Election Assistance Commission 

(EAC) invites the general public and 

other Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on EAC’s 

request to renew an existing information 

collection, EAC’s Voting System Testing 

and Certification Program Manual, 

Version 1.0. 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, 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 

information collection on respondents. 

Comments submitted in response to this 

notice will be summarized and included 

in the request for approval of this 

information collection by the Office of 

Management and Budget; they also will 

become a matter of public record. This 

notice requests comments solely on the 

four criteria above. Note: This notice 

solicits comments on the currently-used 

Manual, Version 1.0 only. Due to lack of 

a quorum, EAC will postpone making 

changes to Version 1.0 of the Manual 

until such a time as a quorum is reestablished. See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION, below. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before 11:59 p.m. EDT 

on April 25, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Comments and 

recommendations on the proposed 

information collection must be 

submitted in writing: (1) Electronically 

to jmyers@eac.gov; via mail to Mr. Brian 

Hancock, Director of Voting System 

Testing and Certification, U.S. Election 

Assistance Commission, 1335 East-West 

Highway, Suite 4300, Silver Spring, MD 

20910; or via fax to (202) 566–1392. An 

electronic copy of the manual, version 

1.0, can be found on EAC’s Web site at 

www.eac.gov/open/comment.aspx. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request more information on this 

proposed information collection, please 

contact Mr. Brian Hancock, Director, 

Voting System Testing and Certification, 

Washington, DC, (202) 566–3100, Fax: 

(202) 566–1392. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

In this notice, EAC seeks comments 

on the paperwork burdens contained in 

the current version of the Voting System 

Testing and Certification Program 

Manual, Version 1.0 OMB Control 

Number 3265–0004 only. Version 1.0 is 

the original version of the Manual 

without changes or updates. 

Current Information Collection 

Request, Version 1.0 

Title: Voting System Testing and 

Certification Program, Version 1.0. 

OMB Number: 3265–0004. 

Type of Review: Renewal. 

Needs and Uses: Section 231(a) of the 

Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA), 

42 U.S.C. 15371(a), requires EAC to 

‘‘provide for the testing, certification, 

decertification, and recertification of 

voting system hardware and software by 

accredited laboratories.’’ To fulfill this 

mandate, EAC has developed and 

implemented the Voting System Testing 

and Certification Program Manual, 

Version 1.0. This version is currently in 

use under OMB Control Number 3265– 

0004. Although participation in the 

program in voluntary, adherence to the 

program’s procedural requirements is 

mandatory for participants. 

Affected Public: Voting system 

manufacturers. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 8. 

Total Annual Responses: 8. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 200 hours. 

Alice Miller, 

Acting Executive Director, U.S. Election 

Assistance Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2014–03844 Filed 2–21–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6820–KF–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Oak Ridge 

Reservation 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of Open Meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Environmental 

Management Site-Specific Advisory 

Board (EM SSAB), Oak Ridge 

Reservation. The Federal Advisory 

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

770) requires that public notice of this 

meeting be announced in the Federal 

Register. 

DATES: Wednesday, March 12, 2014, 

6:00 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Department of Energy 

Information Center, Office of Science 

and Technical Information, 1 

Science.gov Way, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 

37830. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Melyssa P. Noe, Federal Coordinator, 

Department of Energy Oak Ridge 

Operations Office, P.O. Box 2001, EM– 

90, Oak Ridge, TN 37831. Phone (865) 

241–3315; Fax (865) 576–0956 or email: 

noemp@emor.doe.gov or check the Web 

site at www.oakridge.doe.gov/em/ssab. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Board: The purpose of 

the Board is to make recommendations 

to DOE–EM and site management in the 

areas of environmental restoration, 

waste management, and related 

activities. 

Tentative Agenda 

• Welcome and Announcements 

• Comments from the Deputy 

Designated Federal Officer 

• Comments from the DOE, Tennessee 

Department of Environment and 

Conservation, and Environmental 

Protection Agency Liaisons 

• Public Comment Period 

• Presentation 

• Additions/Approval of Agenda 

• Motions/Approval of February 12, 

2014 Meeting Minutes 

• Status of Recommendations with DOE 

• Committee Reports 

• Federal Coordinator Report 

• Adjourn 

Public Participation: The EM SSAB, 

Oak Ridge, welcomes the attendance of 

the public at its advisory committee 

meetings and will make every effort to 

accommodate persons with physical 

disabilities or special needs. If you 

require special accommodations due to 

a disability, please contact Melyssa P. 

Noe at least seven days in advance of 

the meeting at the phone number listed 

above. Written statements may be filed 

with the Board either before or after the 

meeting. Individuals who wish to make 

oral statements pertaining to the agenda 

item should contact Melyssa P. Noe at 

the address or telephone number listed 

above. Requests must be received five 

days prior to the meeting and reasonable 

provision will be made to include the 

presentation in the agenda. The Deputy 

Designated Federal Officer is 

empowered to conduct the meeting in a 

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