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Dated: May 30, 2014. 

Lynn B. Mahaffie, 

Senior Director, Policy Coordination, 

Development, and Accreditation Service, 

delegated the authority to perform the 

functions and duties of the Assistant 

Secretary for Postsecondary Education. 

[FR Doc. 2014–12980 Filed 6–3–14; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Proposed Agency Information 

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 

proposed collection will ‘‘support the 

administration and enforcement of the 

Department of Energy’s regulation at 10 

CFR part 217, issued pursuant to section 

705 of the Defense Production Act of 

1950 as amended (50 U.S.C. App.2061, 

et seq.) (EPAS regulation). The 

collection assures the availability of 

records for at least 3 years of 

transactions that are directly related to 

the placement of contracts or purchase 

orders under the EPAS regulation by 

contractors with suppliers to acquire 

items (materials, products, and services) 

needed to fill defense orders. Such 

records would include administrative, 

accounting, purchasing, scheduling, 

production, and shipping records, the 

receipt and acceptance or rejection of 

contractors’ orders by suppliers, and 

any other relevant and material record 

to evidence the timely production and 

delivery of items. 

DATES: Comments regarding this 

collection must be received on or before 

July 7, 2014. 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 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 Dr. Kenneth Friedman, 

U.S. Department of Energy, OE–30, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW., Washington 

DC 20585 or by fax at 202–586–2623, or 

by email at 

Kenneth.friedman@hq.doe.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Written comments may be sent to Dr. 

Kenneth Friedman, U.S. Department of 

Energy, OE–30, 1000 Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington DC 20585 or 

by fax at 202–586–2623, or by email at 

Kenneth.friedman@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

information collection request contains: 

(1) OMB No.: 1910–5159; (2) 

Information Collection Request Title: 

Energy Priorities and Allocations 

System (3) Type of Request: Extension; 

(4) Purpose: To meet requirements of 

the Defense Production Act (DPA) 

priorities and allocations authority with 

respect to all forms of energy necessary 

or appropriate to promote the national 

defense. Data supplied will be used to 

evaluate applicants requesting special 

priorities assistance to fill a rate order 

issued pursuant to the DPA and DOE’s 

implementing regulations. This data 

will also be used to conduct audits and 

for enforcement purposes. This 

collection will only be used if the 

Secretary of Energy determines that his 

authority under the DPA is necessary to 

maximize domestic energy supplies or 

to address an energy shortage. The last 

collection by DOE under this authority 

was in 2001; (5) Annual Estimated 

Number of Respondents: 10 or more as 

this collection is addressed to a 

substantial majority of the energy 

industry; (6) Annual Estimated Number 

of Total Responses: 10 or more as this 

collection is addressed to a substantial 

majority of the energy industry; (7) 

Annual Estimated Number of Burden 

Hours: 32 minutes per response; (8) 

Annual Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $120.25. 

Statutory Authority: Defense Production 

Act of 1950 as amended (50 U.S.C. App.2061, 

et seq.); Executive Order 13603. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on May 29, 

2014. 

William Bryan, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of 

Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability. 

[FR Doc. 2014–12913 Filed 6–3–14; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Environmental Assessment for the 

Acceptance and Disposition of Used 

Nuclear Fuel Containing U.S.-Origin 

Highly Enriched Uranium From the 

Federal Republic of Germany 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of intent; public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE) announces its intent to 

prepare an environmental assessment 

(EA), (DOE/EA–1977) pursuant to the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) to analyze the potential 

environmental impacts from a proposed 

project to accept used nuclear fuel from 

the Federal Republic of Germany at 

DOE’s Savannah River Site (SRS) for 

processing and disposition. This used 

nuclear fuel is composed of kernels 

containing thorium and U.S.-origin 

highly enriched uranium (HEU) 

embedded in small graphite spheres that 

were irradiated in nuclear reactors used 

for research and development purposes. 

DOE invites public comments on the 

scope of the EA and will conduct a 

public meeting. 

DATES: DOE invites Federal agencies, 

state and local governments, Native 

American tribes, industry, other 

organizations, and members of the 

general public to submit comments on 

DOE’s proposed scope of the EA. The 

public scoping period extends from the 

date of publication of this notice in the 

Federal Register through July 21, 2014. 

DOE will consider all comments 

received or postmarked by that date. 

Comments submitted after that date will 

be considered to the extent practicable. 

DOE will hold a public meeting to 

discuss the proposed German HEU fuel 

project and receive comments on the 

scope of the EA. The meeting will be 

held on: 

• Tuesday, June 24, 2014, (6:30 p.m. 

to 9:00 p.m.) at the North Augusta 

Community Center, 495 Brookside 

Drive, North Augusta, South Carolina 

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1To request a copy of this Statement of Intent, 

contact Mr. Grainger as indicated in the ADDRESSES

section above. 

ADDRESSES: Please direct written 

comments on the scope of the German 

HEU Fuel EA to Mr. Andrew Grainger, 

NEPA Compliance Officer, U.S. 

Department of Energy, P.O. Box B, 

Aiken, South Carolina 29802. 

Comments on the scope of the German 

HEU Fuel EA may also be submitted by 

email to drew.grainger@srs.gov. DOE 

will give equal weight to written 

comments and oral comments received 

at the public scoping meeting. Requests 

to be placed on the German HEU Fuel 

EA mailing list should be directed to 

Mr. Grainger at the postal or email 

addresses above. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request further information on SRS used 

nuclear fuel disposition activities or 

background information on the 

proposed project, please contact Mr. 

Grainger as listed above. 

For general information concerning 

DOE’s NEPA process, contact: Ms. Carol 

Borgstrom, Director, Office of NEPA 

Policy and Compliance (GC–54), U.S. 

Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585; (202) 586–4600, 

or leave a message toll-free, at (800) 

472–2756; fax (202) 586–7031; or send 

an email to askNEPA@hq.doe.gov. This 

Notice of Intent (NOI) and other 

information related to DOE’s NEPA 

program are available on the DOE NEPA 

Web site at http://nepa.energy.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

DOE intends to prepare an EA in 

accordance with Council on 

Environmental Quality and DOE NEPA 

implementing regulations at 40 CFR 

Parts 1500–1508 and 10 CFR Part 1021, 

respectively. The EA will to analyze the 

potential environmental impacts of a 

proposal to accept, process, and 

disposition used nuclear fuel from 

Germany containing approximately 900 

kilograms (kg) of HEU from the United 

States. The used nuclear fuel is 

composed of kernels containing thorium 

and U.S.-origin HEU embedded in 

thousands of small graphite spheres. 

The United States provided the HEU to 

Germany between 1965 and 1988. The 

fuel was irradiated at the 

Arbeitsgemeinschaft Versuchsreaktor 

(AVR) reactor, which operated from 

1967 to 1988, and the Thorium High 

Temperature Reactor (THTR)-300, 

which operated from 1983 to 1989. 

These reactors operated as part of 

Germany’s program to research and 

develop pebble bed reactor technology. 

AVR reactor fuel is stored at Ju ̈lich, 

Germany, and the THTR–300 reactor 

fuel is stored at Ahaus, Germany. 

In a February 2012 letter, the State 

Secretary of the Federal Ministry of 

Education and Research of the Federal 

Republic of Germany requested DOE’s 

Under Secretary for Nuclear Security to 

DOE consider accepting the fuel. The 

Office of Environmental Management 

responded on behalf of the Under 

Secretary that DOE would consider the 

request. Collaboration on the request 

was initiated in May 2012. 

German officials and the Office of 

Environmental Management 

subsequently began work on a feasibility 

study regarding the potential for 

acceptance, processing, and disposition 

of the fuel, and related research and 

development, using facilities at SRS, 

located near Aiken, South Carolina. 

Those efforts are ongoing. In April 2014, 

DOE, the Federal Ministry of Education 

and Research of the Federal Republic of 

Germany, and the Ministry for 

Innovation, Science and Research of the 

State of North Rhine-Westphalia on 

behalf of the North Rhine-Westphalian 

State Government, Germany, signed a 

Statement of Intent 1 to cooperate in 

conducting the preparatory work 

necessary to support DOE’s 

consideration of the request that it 

accept the used fuel from Germany and 

to use SRS facilities for processing and 

disposition of the fuel. The preparatory 

work includes the EA announced today 

and additional technical and 

engineering work needed to address 

uncertainties regarding potential 

disposition pathways for uranium and 

waste streams generated during 

processing. The environmental analysis 

and the engineering work will allow 

DOE to reach an informed decision on 

the proposed acceptance and 

disposition of the fuel. Germany will 

bear the costs of the preparatory phase 

work and, if DOE decides to proceed 

with the proposed project, Germany will 

also bear the costs associated with the 

acceptance, processing, and disposition 

of the fuel. 

Purpose and Need for Action 

DOE’s purpose and need for this 

action is to support the U.S. policy 

objective to reduce, and eventually to 

eliminate, HEU from civil commerce. 

This action would help achieve the U.S. 

HEU minimization objective by 

removing up to approximately 900 kg of 

U.S.-origin HEU from Germany and 

returning it to the United States for safe 

storage and disposition in a form no 

longer usable for an improvised nuclear 

device, a radiological dispersal device, 

or other radiological exposure device. 

Proposed Action and Alternatives 

Under the proposed action, the 

German government would work with 

DOE to transport the used fuel by oceangoing vessel to the United States in 

DOE/U.S. Department of 

Transportation-certified Type B casks. 

The used fuel would be received at Joint 

Base Charleston in Charleston, South 

Carolina, and then the casks would be 

transported by rail to SRS. DOE 

estimates that this could involve 

approximately 455 casks received over a 

period of approximately 3 years. 

DOE will analyze alternatives for 

unloading and storage of the transport 

casks at SRS. DOE will analyze any 

necessary improvements to the rail spur 

and roads at SRS needed to safely 

unload the casks and transport them onsite. Storage alternatives for the 

transport casks containing the used fuel 

may include construction of a new 

covered concrete storage pad and use of 

existing concrete pads (that may require 

modification). 

DOE would install a capability in HCanyon at SRS to chemically remove the 

graphite from the fuel kernels via a 

molten salt technique (‘‘chemical 

digestion’’) being developed by the 

Savannah River National Laboratory. 

DOE currently estimates that it would 

take approximately 3 years to complete 

removal of the graphite from all the 

used fuel. The fuel kernels would be 

stored in H-Canyon. After all the fuel 

kernels have been extracted, they would 

be processed through the H-Canyon. 

This would separate the uranium from 

thorium and fission products. 

DOE has identified three alternatives 

for disposition of the HEU that would be 

separated from the fuel kernels. 

• Dissolution, purification, and down 

blending the HEU to low-enriched 

uranium (LEU) for reuse as reactor fuel 

(if the LEU can meet applicable 

specifications); 

• Separating the uranium, down 

blending, and disposing of the uranium 

in an appropriate radioactive waste 

disposal facility; and 

• Disposal of the uranium as waste 

without down blending via vitrification 

in the Defense Waste Processing Facility 

at SRS. 

The EA also will evaluate alternatives 

for disposition of the empty transport 

casks and containers used to package 

the used fuel. Currently identified 

alternatives include on-site disposal in 

the E-Area at SRS and, potentially, 

pursuing reuse of the transport casks. In 

addition, the EA will analyze a no 

action alternative under which DOE 


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would not accept or process the used 

fuel. 

Potential Areas of Environmental 

Analysis 

DOE has tentatively identified the 

following areas for analysis in the 

German HEU Fuel EA. The list is 

presented to facilitate comment on the 

scope of the EA and is not intended to 

be comprehensive or to predetermine 

the potential impacts to be analyzed. 

• Impacts to the general population 

and workers from radiological and 

nonradiological releases, and other 

worker health and safety impacts. 

• Impacts of emissions on air and 

water quality, including impacts of 

greenhouse gas emissions on climate 

change. 

• Impacts on ecological systems and 

threatened and endangered species. 

• Impacts of waste management 

activities. 

• Impacts of the transportation of 

radioactive materials, including 

transport across the ocean. 

• Impacts that could occur as a result 

of postulated accidents and intentional 

destructive acts (terrorist actions and 

sabotage). 

• Potential disproportionately high 

and adverse effects on low-income and 

minority populations (environmental 

justice). 

• Short-term and long-term land use 

impacts, including potential impacts of 

disposal. 

• Cumulative impacts. 

NEPA Process 

Following the public scoping period 

and after consideration of all comments 

received during scoping, DOE will 

prepare a Draft German HEU Fuel EA. 

DOE will announce its availability to 

the public for comment, provide a 

public comment period, and conduct a 

public hearing to receive comments on 

the Draft EA. All comments submitted 

on the Draft EA during the public 

comment period will be considered and 

addressed in the Final German HEU 

Fuel EA. DOE will address comments 

submitted after the close of the public 

comment period on the Draft EA to the 

extent practicable. Based on the EA 

analysis, DOE will either issue a 

Finding of No Significant Impact or 

announce its intent to prepare an 

environmental impact statement (EIS). 

If DOE determines that an EIS is 

needed, either during preparation of the 

EA or after completing the EA, DOE 

would issue in the Federal Register an 

NOI to prepare an EIS. In that case, the 

current scoping process would serve as 

the scoping process that normally 

would follow an NOI to prepare an EIS. 

DOE would not solicit additional 

scoping comments but would consider 

any comments on the scope of the EA 

received during this scoping process in 

preparing the EIS. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on May 29, 

2014. 

David Huizenga, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Environmental 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2014–12933 Filed 6–3–14; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[DOE/EIS–0487; DOE/EIS–0488; DOE/EIS– 

0489; et. al.] 

Draft Addendum to Environmental 

Review Documents Concerning 

Exports of Natural Gas From the 

United States 

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, 

Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability of Draft 

Addendum to Environmental Review 

Documents Concerning Exports of 

Natural Gas from the United States. 

Freeport LNG Expansion, L.P. and FLNG Liquefaction, LLCD .................................................................................................. [DOE/EIS–0487]. 

Cameron LNG, LLC ........................................................................................................................................................................ DOE/EIS–0488]. 

Jordan Cove Energy Project, L.P ................................................................................................................................................... DOE/EIS–0489]. 

Lake Charles Exports, LLC and Trunkline LNG Export, LLC ..................................................................................................... DOE/EIS–0491]. 

LNG Development Company, LLC (d/b/a Oregon LNG) ............................................................................................................. DOE/EIS–0492]. 

Cheniere Marketing, LLC .............................................................................................................................................................. DOE/EIS–0493]. 

Excelerate Liquefaction Solutions I, LLC ..................................................................................................................................... DOE/EIS–0494]. 

CE FLNG, LLC ................................................................................................................................................................................ DOE/EIS–0497]. 

Magnolia LNG, LLC ....................................................................................................................................................................... DOE/EIS–0498]. 

Dominion Cove Point LNG, LP ..................................................................................................................................................... DOE/EA–1942]. 

Southern LNG Company, L.L.C .................................................................................................................................................... DOE/EA–1963]. 

Golden Pass Products LLC ............................................................................................................................................................ DOE/EA–1971]. 

Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC ...................................................................................................................................................... DOE/EA–1983]. 

SUMMARY: The Office of Fossil Energy 

(FE) of the Department of Energy (DOE) 

announces the availability of the Draft 

Addendum to Environmental Review 

Documents Concerning Exports of 

Natural Gas From The United States 

(Addendum) for public review and 

comment. The purpose of this 

Addendum is to provide additional 

information to the public regarding the 

potential environmental impacts of 

unconventional natural gas exploration 

and production activities. DOE has 

received many comments in related 

proceedings expressing concerns about 

the potential impacts from increased 

development of unconventional natural 

gas resources in the United States, 

particularly production that involves 

hydraulic fracturing. While not required 

by the National Environmental Policy 

Act (NEPA), DOE has prepared this 

Addendum in an effort to be responsive 

to the public and provide the best 

information available. DOE is making 

this draft Addendum available for 

public review and comment, and will 

consider comments prior to finalizing 

this Addendum. 

DATES: Comments are to be filed using 

procedures detailed in the Public 

Comment section no later than 4:30 

p.m., Eastern Time, July 21, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: 

Electronic Filing Using Online Form: 

http://energy.gov/fe/Draft-UpstreamAddendum. 

Regular Mail: U.S. Department of 

Energy (FE–34), Attn: Addendum 

Comments, Office of Oil & Gas Global 

Security & Supply, Office of Fossil 

Energy, P.O. Box 44375, Washington, 

DC 20026–4375 

Hand Delivery or Private Delivery 

Services (e.g., FedEx, UPS, etc.): U.S. 

Department of Energy (FE–34), Attn: 

Addendum Comments, Office of Oil & 

Gas Global Security & Supply, Office of 

Fossil Energy, Forrestal Building, Room 

3E–042, 1000 Independence Avenue 

SW., Washington, DC 20585 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

John Anderson, U.S. Department of 

Energy (FE–34), Office of Natural Gas 

Regulatory Activities, Office of Fossil 

Energy, Forrestal Building, Room 3E– 

042, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586– 

0521. 

Edward LeDuc, U.S. Department of 

Energy (GC–51), Office of the 


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