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information as directed by the Secretary 

under 34 CFR 75.118. The Secretary 

may also require more frequent 

performance reports under 34 CFR 

75.720(c). For specific requirements on 

reporting, please go to www.ed.gov/

fund/grant/apply/appforms/

appforms.html. 

4. Performance Measures: Under the 

Government Performance and Results 

Act of 1993 (GPRA), the Department has 

established a set of performance 

measures, including long-term 

measures, that are designed to yield 

information on various aspects of the 

effectiveness and quality of the 

Personnel Development to Improve 

Services and Results for Children with 

Disabilities Program. These measures 

include: (1) The percentage of Special 

Education Personnel Development 

projects that incorporate evidence-based 

practices into their curriculum; (2) the 

percentage of scholars completing 

Special Education Personnel 

Development-funded programs who are 

knowledgeable and skilled in evidencebased practices for infants, toddlers, 

children, and youth with disabilities; (3) 

the percentage of Special Education 

Personnel Development-funded scholars 

who exit preparation programs prior to 

completion due to poor academic 

performance; (4) the percentage of 

Special Education Personnel 

Development-funded degree/

certification recipients who are working 

in the area(s) for which they were 

prepared upon program completion; (5) 

the percentage of Special Education 

Personnel Development-funded degree/

certification recipients who are working 

in the area(s) for which they were 

prepared upon program completion and 

who are fully qualified under IDEA; (6) 

the percentage of Special Education 

Personnel Development degree/

certification recipients who maintain 

employment in the area(s) for which 

they were prepared for three or more 

years and who are fully qualified under 

IDEA; and (7) the Federal cost per fully 

qualified degree/certification recipient. 

In addition, the Department will be 

gathering information on the following 

outcome measures: (1) The number and 

percentage of degree/certification 

recipients who are employed in highneed schools; (2) the number and 

percentage of degree/certification 

recipients who are employed in a school 

for at least three years; and (3) the 

number and percentage of degree/

certification recipients who are rated as 

effective by their employers. 

Grantees may be asked to participate 

in assessing and providing information 

on these aspects of program quality. 

5. Continuation Awards: In making a 

continuation award, the Secretary may 

consider, under 34 CFR 75.253, the 

extent to which a grantee has made 

‘‘substantial progress toward meeting 

the objectives in its approved 

application.’’ This consideration 

includes the review of a grantee’s 

progress in meeting the targets and 

projected outcomes in its approved 

application, and whether the grantee 

has expended funds in a manner that is 

consistent with its approved application 

and budget. In making a continuation 

grant, the Secretary also considers 

whether the grantee is operating in 

compliance with the assurances in its 

approved application, including those 

applicable to Federal civil rights laws 

that prohibit discrimination in programs 

or activities receiving Federal financial 

assistance from the Department (34 CFR 

100.4, 104.5, 106.4, 108.8, and 110.23). 

VII. Agency Contact 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Celia Rosenquist, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., 

Room 4070, PCP, Washington, DC 

20202–2600. Telephone: (202) 245– 

7373. 

If you use a TDD or a TTY, call the 

Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 

1–800–877–8339. 

VIII. Other Information 

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document 

and a copy of the application package in 

an accessible format (e.g., braille, large 

print, audiotape, or compact disc) by 

contacting the Grants and Contracts 

Services Team, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., 

Room 5075, PCP, Washington, DC 

20202–2550. Telephone: (202) 245– 

7363. If you use a TDD or a TTY, call 

the FRS, toll free, at 1–800–877–8339. 

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Dated: January 7, 2014. 

Michael K. Yudin, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Special 

Education and Rehabilitative Services. 

[FR Doc. 2014–00266 Filed 1–9–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[OE Docket No. EA–348–B] 

Application To Export Electric Energy; 

NextEra Energy Power Marketing, LLC 

AGENCY: Office of Electricity Delivery 

and Energy Reliability, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of application. 

SUMMARY: NextEra Energy Power 

Marketing, LLC (NEPM) has applied to 

renew its authority to transmit electric 

energy from the United States to Canada 

pursuant to section 202(e) of the Federal 

Power Act. 

DATES: Comments, protests, or motions 

to intervene must be submitted on or 

before February 10, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Comments, protests, or 

motions to intervene should be 

addressed to: Lamont Jackson, Office of 

Electricity Delivery and Energy 

Reliability, Mail Code: OE–20, U.S. 

Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0350. Because 

of delays in handling conventional mail, 

it is recommended that documents be 

transmitted by overnight mail, by 

electronic mail to Lamont.Jackson@

hq.doe.gov, or by facsimile to 202–586– 

8008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lamont Jackson (Program Office) at 

202–586–0808, or by email to 

Lamont.Jackson@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Exports of 

electricity from the United States to a 

foreign country are regulated by the 

Department of Energy (DOE) pursuant to 

sections 301(b) and 402(f) of the 

Department of Energy Organization Act 

(42 U.S.C. 7151(b), 7172(f)) and require 

authorization under section 202(e) of 

the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 

824a(e)). 

On February 11, 2009, DOE issued 

Order No. EA–348 to FPL Energy Power 

Marketing, Inc. to transmit electric 

energy from the United States to Canada 

as a power marketer for a five-year term 

using existing international 

transmission facilities. That authority 

expires on February 11, 2014. 

On March 19, 2009, FPL Energy 

Power Marketing, Inc. notified DOE 

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that, effective March 12, 2009, it 

changed its legal name to NextEra 

Energy Power Marketing, LLC. 

Accordingly, on March 26, 2009, DOE 

issued Order No. EA–348–A, in which 

it amended the original order by 

changing the name of the authorized 

exporter to NEPM. All other terms and 

conditions of Order No. EA–348 

remained unchanged. 

On December 20, 2013, NEPM filed an 

application with DOE for renewal of the 

export authority contained in Order No. 

EA–348–A for an additional five-year 

term. Specifically, NEPM states that it 

seeks renewal, as a power marketer, to 

export electricity through existing 

Canadian border facilities. 

NEPM states that it does not own, 

operate, or control any physical assets 

such as electric generating or 

transmission facilities, and it does not 

have a franchised service area. The 

electric energy that NEPM proposes to 

export to Canada would be surplus 

energy purchased from electric utilities 

and other suppliers within the United 

States. 

The existing international 

transmission facilities to be utilized by 

NEPM have previously been authorized 

by Presidential permits issued pursuant 

to Executive Order 10485, as amended, 

and are appropriate for open access 

transmission by third parties. 

Procedural Matters: Any person 

desiring to be heard in this proceeding 

should file a comment or protest to the 

application at the address provided 

above. Protests should be filed in 

accordance with Rule 211 of the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) 

Rules of Practice and Procedures (18 

CFR 385.211). Any person desiring to 

become a party to these proceedings 

should file a motion to intervene at the 

above address in accordance with FERC 

Rule 214 (18 CFR 385.214). Five copies 

of such comments, protests, or motions 

to intervene should be sent to the 

address provided above on or before the 

date listed above. 

Comments on the NEPM application 

to export electric energy to Canada 

should be clearly marked with OE 

Docket No. EA–348–B. An additional 

copy is to be provided directly to both 

Marty Jo Rogers, Senior Counsel, 

NextEra Energy Power Marketing, LLC, 

601 Travis Street, Suite 1910, Houston, 

TX 77002, and Gunnar Birgisson, Senior 

Attorney, NextEra Energy, 801 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20004. A final decision will be made 

on this application after the 

environmental impacts have been 

evaluated pursuant to DOE’s National 

Environmental Policy Act Implementing 

Procedures (10 CFR part 1021) and after 

a determination is made by DOE that the 

proposed action will not have an 

adverse impact on the sufficiency of 

supply or reliability of the U.S. electric 

power supply system. 

Copies of this application will be 

made available, upon request, for public 

inspection and copying at the address 

provided above, by accessing the 

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

node/11845, or by emailing Angela Troy 

at Angela.Troy@hq.doe.gov. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on January 6, 

2014. 

Brian Mills, 

Director, Permitting and Siting, Office of 

Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability. 

[FR Doc. 2014–00316 Filed 1–9–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Record of Decision and Floodplain 

Statement of Findings for the Lake 

Charles Carbon Capture and 

Sequestration Project 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Record of Decision. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE) announces its decision to 

provide cost-shared funding to Leucadia 

Energy, LLC (Leucadia) for its Lake 

Charles Carbon Capture and 

Sequestration project (Lake Charles CCS 

project) under DOE’s Industrial Carbon 

Capture Sequestration (ICCS) Program. 

DOE prepared an environmental impact 

statement (EIS) to evaluate the potential 

environmental impacts associated with 

DOE’s proposed action of providing 

financial assistance to the Lake Charles 

CCS project. The EIS evaluated the 

impacts associated with construction 

and operation of the proposed project 

and Leucadia’s Gasification Plant, 

which is a connected action. DOE’s 

proposed action is to provide financial 

assistance through a cooperative 

agreement with Leucadia to capture 

carbon dioxide (CO2) from the 

Gasification Plant and transport the CO2

via pipelines to the West Hastings oil 

field, for use in existing, commercial 

enhanced oil recovery (EOR). The West 

Hastings research monitoring, 

verification, and accounting (MVA) 

program will provide an accurate 

accounting of approximately 1 million 

tons of stored CO2. 

ADDRESSES: The EIS and this Record of 

Decision (ROD) are available on DOE’s 

Web sites (www.energy.gov/nepa/or 

www.netl.doe.gov/publications/others/

nepa/index.html). Copies of these 

documents may also be obtained by 

contacting Ms. Pierina Fayish, M/S 922– 

342C, U.S. Department of Energy, 

National Energy Technology Laboratory, 

P.O. Box 10940, Pittsburgh, PA 15236; 

telephone: 412–386–5428; or email: 

pierina.fayish@netl.doe.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

obtain additional information about the 

project or the EIS, contact Ms. Pierina 

Fayish at the address provided above. 

For general information on DOE’s NEPA 

process, 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; telephone: 202–586–4600; or 

toll free at 1–800–472–2756. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DOE 

prepared this ROD pursuant to the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) of 1969 (42 United States Code 

[U.S.C.] 4321 et seq.), and in compliance 

with the Council on Environmental 

Quality (CEQ) implementing regulations 

for NEPA (40 Code of Federal 

Regulations [CFR] 1500 through 1508), 

DOE’s NEPA implementing procedures 

(10 CFR Part 1021) and DOE’s 

Compliance with Floodplain and 

Wetland Environmental Review 

regulations (10 CFR Part 1022). This 

ROD is based on DOE’s EIS for the Lake 

Charles CCS Project (DOE/EIS–0464, 

November 2013) and other program 

considerations. 

Purpose and Need for Agency Action 

The purpose and need for DOE action 

is to advance the ICCS program by 

providing financial assistance to 

projects that have the best chance of 

achieving the program’s objectives as 

established by Congress: Demonstrating 

the next generation of technologies that 

will capture CO2 from industrial sources 

and either sequester or beneficially use 

it. The proposed project was selected 

under the ICCS program as one of a 

portfolio of projects that DOE 

determined were the most appropriate 

ones to achieve programmatic objectives 

and meet legislative requirements. 

This proposed project would help the 

ICCS Program meet its congressionally 

mandated mission of large-scale testing 

of CO2 sequestration systems. The 

project would demonstrate the use of 

advanced technologies to capture CO2

from an industrial source and sequester 

it as part of an EOR operation. The 

project would also provide information 

on the cost and feasibility of deploying 

sequestration technologies. A successful 

demonstration of the Rectisol®-based 

carbon-capture technology with 

beneficial use of the CO2 at an existing 

oil field would also generate technical, 

environmental, and financial data 

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