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scheduled to be held in September 

2013. The Corps will notify the public 

through local newspapers in advance of 

the meeting. 

For Additional Information Contact: 

Questions or comments regarding the 

Whittier Narrows Dam DSMS, including 

requests to be placed on the mailing list 

may be submitted by mail to Ms. 

Deborah Lamb, U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, Los Angeles District, CESPL– 

PD–RL, 915 Wilshire Blvd., Los 

Angeles, CA 90017–3401; or by email to 

Deborah.L.Lamb@usace.army.mil. 

DATES: Submit NEPA scoping comments 

on or before 31 August 2013. 

Dated: July 3, 2013. 

R. Mark Toy, 

Colonel, US Army, Commander and District 

Engineer, Los Angeles District. 

[FR Doc. 2013–17489 Filed 7–19–13; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Navy 

[Docket ID USN–2013–0025] 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records 

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice to delete a System of 

Records. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the Navy 

is deleting a system of records notice in 

its existing inventory of record systems 

subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 

U.S.C. 552a), as amended. 

DATES: This proposed action will be 

effective on August 22, 2013 unless 

comments are received which result in 

a contrary determination. Comments 

will be accepted on or before August 21, 

2013. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number and title, 

by any of the following methods: 

* Federal Rulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

* Mail: Federal Docket Management 

System Office, 4800 Mark Center Drive, 

East Tower, 2nd Floor, Suite 02G09, 

Alexandria, VA 22350–3100. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

docket number for this Federal Register 

document. The general policy for 

comments and other submissions from 

members of the public is to make these 

submissions available for public 

viewing on the Internet at http:// 

www.regulations.gov as they are 

received without change, including any 

personal identifiers or contact 

information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Robin Patterson, HEAD, FOIA/Privacy 

Act Policy Branch, Department of the 

Navy, 2000 Navy Pentagon, Washington, 

DC 20350–2000, or by phone at (202) 

685–6545. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department of the Navy’s systems of 

records notices subject to the Privacy 

Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended, 

have been published in the Federal 

Register and are available from the 

address in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT or at http://dpclo.defense.gov/ 

privacy/SORNs/component/navy/ 

index.html. The proposed deletion is 

not within the purview of subsection (r) 

of the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 

552a), as amended, which requires the 

submission of a new or altered system 

report. 

Dated: July 17, 2013. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

Deletion: 

N05760–1 

Biographical and Service Record 

Sketches of Chaplains (February 22, 

1993, 58 FR 10768). 

REASON: 

The Department of the Navy (DON) 

has determined that no records are 

being collected or maintained in the 

Biographical and Service Record 

Sketches of Chaplains. All data 

previously collected and maintained in 

this system has been destroyed in 

accordance with the NARA approved 

records retention and the DON Records 

Management Manual. Therefore, 

N05760–1, Biographical and Service 

Record Sketches of Chaplains can be 

deleted. 

[FR Doc. 2013–17485 Filed 7–19–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2013–ICCD–0069] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

NCES Cognitive, Pilot, and Field Test 

Studies System 

AGENCY: Institute of Education Sciences/ 

National Center for Education Statistics 

(IES) Department of Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is 

proposing an extension of an existing 

information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before August 

21, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in 

response to this notice should be 

submitted electronically through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at http:// 

www.regulations.gov by selecting 

Docket ID number ED–2013–ICCD–0069 

or via postal mail, commercial delivery, 

or hand delivery. Please note that 

comments submitted by fax or email 

and those submitted after the comment 

period will not be accepted. Written 

requests for information or comments 

submitted by postal mail or delivery 

should be addressed to the Director of 

the Information Collection Clearance 

Division, U.S. Department of Education, 

400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, Room 

2E105, Washington, DC 20202–4537. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Electronically mail 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Please do not 

send comments here. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department of Education (ED), in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general 

public and Federal agencies with an 

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: NCES Cognitive, 

Pilot, and Field Test Studies System. 


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OMB Control Number: 1850–0803. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change of an existing collection of 

information. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals or households. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 135,000. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 27,000. 

Abstract: This is a request for a 3-year 

renewal of the generic clearance to 

allow the National Center for Education 

Statistics (NCES) to continue to develop, 

test, and improve its survey and 

assessment instruments and 

methodologies. The procedures utilized 

to this effect include but are not limited 

to experiments with levels of incentives 

for various types of survey operations, 

focus groups, cognitive laboratory 

activities, pilot testing, exploratory 

interviews, experiments with 

questionnaire design, and usability 

testing of electronic data collection 

instruments. 

Dated: July 17, 2013. 

Stephanie Valentine, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2013–17509 Filed 7–19–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Notice of Availability 

Hydrogen Energy California’s 

Integrated Gasification Combined 

Cycle Project; Preliminary Staff 

Assessment and Draft Environmental 

Impact Statement 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of availability and public 

hearing. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE) announces the availability 

of the Hydrogen Energy California’s 

Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle 

Project Preliminary Staff Assessment/ 

Draft Environmental Impact Statement 

(PSA/DEIS) (DOE/EIS–0431D) for public 

review and comment. This document is 

the draft environmental impact 

statement for DOE’s purpose of 

complying with the National 

Environmental Policy Act. This 

document is also the Preliminary Staff 

Assessment for the California Energy 

Commission’s (CEC) purpose of 

complying with the California 

Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). 

This combined document is hereafter 

referred to as the Preliminary Staff 

Assessment/Draft Environmental Impact 

Statement (PSA/DEIS). The PSA/DEIS 

analyzes the potential environmental 

impacts associated with the Hydrogen 

Energy California’s (HECA) Integrated 

Gasification Combined Cycle Project, 

which would be designed, constructed, 

and operated by HECA, LLC. HECA’s 

proposal was selected by DOE for 

financial assistance under the Clean 

Coal Power Initiative (CCPI) Program. 

The PSA/DEIS was prepared in 

accordance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 

(NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), the 

Council on Environmental Quality 

(CEQ) regulations that implement the 

procedural provisions of NEPA (40 CFR 

Parts 1500–1508), DOE’s procedures for 

compliance with floodplain and 

wetland review requirements (10 CFR 

Part 1022), and DOE’s procedures 

implementing NEPA (10 CFR Part 1021). 

DOE’s proposed action is subject to the 

Clean Air Act’s General Conformity rule 

(GCR) set forth in section 176(c) of the 

Act and 40 CFR Part 93. DOE’s Draft 

General Conformity Analysis is 

incorporated into the PSA/DEIS. DOE is 

coordinating its compliance with the 

GCR requirements for public 

participation in 40 CFR 93.156 with the 

public comment period for the PSA/ 

DEIS. 

DATES: DOE invites the public to 

comment on the PSA/DEIS during the 

public comment period, which ends 

September 3, 2013. DOE will consider 

all comments postmarked or received 

during the public comment period in 

preparing the final EIS and will 

consider late comments to the extent 

practicable. 

DOE and CEC will hold a public 

hearing(s) during the public comment 

period. The date(s), time(s), and 

location(s) of these public hearings will 

be published in The Bakersfield 

Californian at least 14 days prior to the 

hearing(s). This information will also be 

posted on CEC’s Web site at http://

www.energy.ca.gov/sitingcases/

hydrogen_energy/. 

ADDRESSES: Requests for a paper copy or 

information about this PSA/DEIS should 

be directed to: Mr. Fred Pozzuto, U.S. 

Department of Energy, National Energy 

Technology Laboratory, 3610 Collins 

Ferry Road, P.O. Box 880, Morgantown, 

WV 26507–0880. Additional 

information may also be requested by 

electronic mail: 

fred.pozzuto@netl.doe.gov or by 

telephone at (304) 285–5219, or toll-free 

at: 1-(800)-432–8330, extension 5219. 

The PSA/DEIS may be viewed at http:// 

www.energy.gov/nepa. Copies of the 

PSA/DEIS are also available for review 

at the locations listed in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this Notice. 

Written comments on the PSA/DEIS 

can be mailed or sent electronically to 

Mr. Pozzuto at the addresses noted 

above. Comments may also be submitted 

by fax to: (304) 285–4403. Oral 

comments on the PSA/DEIS will be 

accepted during the public hearing(s). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information on the proposed 

project, please contact Mr. Pozzuto (see 

ADDRESSES). For general information 

regarding DOE NEPA process, please 

contact: Ms. Carol M. Borgstrom, 

Director, Office of NEPA Policy and 

Compliance (GC–54), U.S. Department 

of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue 

SW., Washington, DC 20585–0103; 

telephone: (202)–586–4600. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DOE 

proposes to provide limited financial 

assistance through a cooperative 

agreement to HECA, LLC. 

Approximately $275 million would be 

provided through the American 

Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) 

and $133 million through the Clean 

Coal Power Initiative (CCPI) program for 

a total Federal share of approximately 

$408 million. Total project cost is 

estimated to be over $4 billion. 

The HECA project would demonstrate 

integrated gasification combined cycle 

(IGCC) and carbon capture technology 

on a commercial-scale in a new power 

plant. The power plant would consist of 

a single gasifier with gas cleanup 

systems, a gas combustion turbine, a 

heat recovery steam generator, a steam 

turbine, and associated facilities. 

The IGCC technology would turn a 

fuel blend consisting of 75 percent 

western sub-bituminous coal and 25 

percent petroleum coke (petcoke) into a 

synthesis gas (syngas). The facility 

would gasify the fuel blend to produce 

hydrogen-rich syngas which would be 

used to generate electricity in a 

combined cycle power block; 

manufacture nitrogen-based products in 

an integrated fertilizer manufacturing 

complex; and capture and transport 

carbon dioxide (CO2) via pipeline to a 

neighboring oil field for enhanced oil 

recovery (EOR) and sequestration. At 

full capacity, the plant is expected to 

use about 4,600 short tons of coal and 

about 1,140 short tons of petcoke per 

day. 

The combined power block consists of 

gas combustion and steam turbines that 

would have the capacity to generate 

416-megawatts (gross) of low-carbon 

electricity. This combined-cycle 

approach of using gas and steam 

turbines in tandem increases the 


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