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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 areknowledgeable 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/certificationrecipients 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.

Electronic Access to This Document:
The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register . Free Internet access to the
official edition of the Federal Register and the 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 published in the Federal Register , in
text or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). To use PDF you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is
available free at the site.

You may also access documents of the Department published in the Federal Register by using the article search
feature at: www.federalregister.gov. Specifically, through the advanced search feature at this site, you can limit your search to documents published by the Department.

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 (CO 2 ) from the Gasification Plant and transport the CO 2 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 CO 2

. **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 CO 2 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 CO 2 sequestration systems. The project would demonstrate the use of advanced technologies to capture CO 2 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 CO 2 at an existing oil field would also generate technical, environmental, and financial data