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activities, please contact Ian Foss, 202– 

377–3681. 

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: Servicemembers 

Civil Relief Act (SCRA): Interest Rate 

Limitation Request. 

OMB Control Number: 1845–0135. 

Type of Review: An extension of an 

existing information collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals or Households. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 200. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 67. 

Abstract: The Servicemembers Civil 

Relief Act (SCRA) provides that those 

on active duty military service are 

entitled to have an interest rate in 

excess of 6% be capped at 6% for the 

duration of their qualifying military 

service. The Department is requesting 

am extension of the currently approved 

information collection. These Federal 

Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program 

and Direct Loan Program regulations 

have not changed. The regulations 

require a loan holder to match its 

database against the Department of 

Defense’s Defense Manpower Data 

Center (DMDC) and automatically apply 

the interest rate limitation, as 

appropriate, to borrowers under the 

Servicemembers Civil Relief Act. The 

form in this collection would only be 

used in limited cases where the 

borrower is not found in the Defense 

Manpower Data Center, or does not have 

a copy of military orders, but still 

wishes to receive benefits under the 

SCRA. 

Dated: August 14, 2018. 

Kate Mullan, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Office of the Chief Privacy 

Officer Office of Management. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. EL18–192–000] 

North Carolina Electric Membership 

Corporation v. Duke Energy Progress, 

LLC; Notice of Complaint 

Take notice that on August 10, 2018, 

pursuant to section 206 of the Federal 

Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 824e, Rule 206 of 

the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission’s (Commission) Rules of 

Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.206 

(2018), and section 16.1 of the Fifth 

Amended and Restated Power Supply 

and Coordination Agreement between 

Duke Energy Progress, LLC (DEP or 

Respondent) and the North Carolina 

Electric Membership Corporation 

(NCEMC or Complainant), FERC Rate 

Schedule No. 182, NCEMC filed a 

formal complaint against DEP alleging 

that the Respondent’s Fixed Demand 

Rate, Variable Demand Rate, and the 

formula production rate that will go into 

effect January 1, 2020, are excessive, 

unjust and unreasonable, and not costbased as required by the Respondent’s 

Market-Based Rate Tariff, as more fully 

explained in the complaint. 

The Complainant certifies that copies 

of the complaint were served on the 

contacts for the Respondent listed on 

the Commission’s list of Corporate 

Officials and on the North Carolina 

Utilities Commission and the South 

Carolina Public Service Commission. 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest this filing must file in 

accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of 

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 

385.214). Protests will be considered by 

the Commission in determining the 

appropriate action to be taken, but will 

not serve to make protestants parties to 

the proceeding. Any person wishing to 

become a party must file a notice of 

intervention or motion to intervene, as 

appropriate. The Respondent’s answer 

and all interventions, or protests must 

be filed on or before the comment date. 

The Respondent’s answer, motions to 

intervene, and protests must be served 

on the Complainant. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests and 

interventions in lieu of paper using the 

‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://www.ferc.gov. 

Persons unable to file electronically 

should submit an original and 5 copies 

of the protest or intervention to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 

20426. 

This filing is accessible on-line at 

http://www.ferc.gov, using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for 

review in the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room in Washington, DC. 

There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the 

website that enables subscribers to 

receive email notification when a 

document is added to a subscribed 

docket(s). For assistance with any FERC 

Online service, please email 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call 

(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call 

(202) 502–8659. 

Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern 

Time on August 30, 2018. 

Dated: August 13, 2018. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–17761 Filed 8–16–18; 8:45 am] 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[ER–FRL–9040–8] 

Environmental Impact Statements; 

Notice of Availability 

Responsible Agency: Office of Federal 

Activities, General Information (202) 

564–7156 or https://www2.epa.gov/ 

nepa/. 

Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact 

Statements 

Filed 08/06/2018 Through 08/10/2018 

Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9. 

Notice 

Section 309(a) of the Clean Air Act 

requires that EPA make public its 

comments on EISs issued by other 

Federal agencies. EPA’s comment letters 

on EISs are available at: https://

cdxnodengn.epa.gov/cdx-enepa-public/ 

action/eis/search. 

EIS No. 20180181, Draft, DOC, NAT, 

Draft Environmental Impact 

Statement for the Summer Flounder 


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Commercial Issues Amendment, 

Comment Period Ends: 10/12/2018, 

Contact: Emily Gilbert 978–491–8024 

EIS No. 20180182, Draft, USFS, NV, Lee 

Canyon EIS, Comment Period Ends: 

10/01/2018, Contact: Jonathan Stein 

702–515–5418 

EIS No. 20180183, Draft, TVA, TN, 

Transmission System Vegetation 

Management Programmatic EIS, 

Comment Period Ends: 10/01/2018, 

Contact: Anita E. Masters 423–751– 

8697 

EIS No. 20180184, Draft, BLM, UT, Draft 

Bears Ears National Monument Indian 

Creek and Shash Jaa Units Monument 

Management Plans and Associated 

Environmental Impact Statement, 

Comment Period Ends: 11/15/2018, 

Contact: Lance Porter 435–259–2100 

EIS No. 20180185, Draft, BLM, UT, 

Grand Staircase-Escalante National 

Monument-Grand Staircase, 

Kaiparowits, and Escalante Canyon 

Units and Federal Lands Previously 

Included in the Monument That Are 

Excluded From the Boundaries Draft 

Resource Management Plans and 

Associated Environmental Impact 

Statement, Comment Period Ends: 11/ 

15/2018, Contact: Matt Betenson 435– 

644–1200 

EIS No. 20180186, Final, USFS, OR, 

East Hills Project, Review Period 

Ends: 09/17/2018, Contact: Jody 

Perozzi 541–353–2723 

Amended Notice 

Revision to the Federal Register 

Notice published 07/06/2018, extend 

comment period from 08/20/2018 to 09/ 

04/2018. 

EIS No. 20180149, Draft, FHWA, ND, 

Little Missouri Crossing, Contact: 

Gary Goff 701–221–9466 

Dated: August 14, 2018. 

Robert Tomiak, 

Director, Office of Federal Activities. 

[FR Doc. 2018–17747 Filed 8–16–18; 8:45 am] 

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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY 

COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Meetings 

TIME AND DATE: Friday, August 24, 2018, 

9:00 a.m. Eastern Time. 

PLACE: Jacqueline A. Berrien Training 

Center on the First Floor of the EEOC 

Office Building, 131 ‘‘M’’ Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20507. 

STATUS: The meeting will be closed to 

the public. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

Closed Session 

The Associate Legal Counsel has 

certified that, in her opinion, exemption 

10 of the Sunshine Act, 5 U.S.C. 

552b(c)(10) and 29 CFR 1612.4(j), 

permits consideration of the scheduled 

matters at the closed meeting. 

Agency Adjudication and 

Determination on Federal Agency 

Discrimination Complaint Appeals: 

The Commission will be considering 

four (4) cases. 

Note: Any matter not discussed or 

concluded may be carried over to a later 

meeting. (In addition to publishing 

notices on EEOC Commission meetings 

in the Federal Register, the Commission 

also provides information about 

Commission meetings on its website, 

www.eeoc.gov., and provides a recorded 

announcement a week in advance on 

future Commission sessions.) 

Please telephone (202) 663–7100 

(voice) and (202) 663–4074 (TTY) at any 

time for information on these meetings. 

The EEOC provides sign language 

interpretation and Communication 

Access Realtime Translation (CART) 

services at Commission meetings for the 

hearing impaired. Requests for other 

reasonable accommodations may be 

made by using the voice and TTY 

numbers listed above. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION: Bernadette B. Wilson, 

Executive Officer on (202) 663–4077. 

Dated: August 15, 2018. 

Bernadette B. Wilson, 

Executive Officer, Executive Secretariat. 

[FR Doc. 2018–17922 Filed 8–15–18; 4:15 pm] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[CMS–3357–FN] 

Medicare and Medicaid Program; 

Application From DNV GL—Healthcare 

(DNV GL) for Continued Approval of Its 

Hospital Accreditation Program 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS. 

ACTION: Final notice. 

SUMMARY: This final notice announces 

our decision to approve the DNV GL— 

Healthcare for continued recognition as 

a national accrediting organization for 

hospitals that wish to participate in the 

Medicare or Medicaid programs. 

DATES: This decision is effective August 

17, 2018 through September 26, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Karena Meushaw (410) 786–6609, or 

Monda Shaver (410) 786–3410. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

Under the Medicare program, eligible 

beneficiaries may receive covered 

services from a hospital, provided that 

certain requirements are met. Section 

1861(e) of the Social Security Act (the 

Act), establishes distinct criteria for 

facilities seeking designation as a 

hospital. Regulations concerning 

provider agreements are at 42 CFR part 

489 and those pertaining to activities 

relating to the survey and certification 

of facilities are at 42 CFR part 488. The 

regulations at 42 CFR part 482 specify 

the minimum conditions that a hospital 

must meet to participate in the Medicare 

program. 

Generally, to enter into an agreement, 

a hospital must first be certified by a 

State survey agency as complying with 

the conditions or requirements set forth 

in part 482 of our regulations. 

Thereafter, the hospital is subject to 

regular surveys by a State survey agency 

to determine whether it continues to 

meet these requirements. There is an 

alternative, however, to surveys by State 

agencies. 

Section 1865(a)(1) of the Act provides 

that, if a provider entity demonstrates 

through accreditation by an approved 

national accrediting organization that all 

applicable Medicare conditions are met 

or exceeded, we may deem those 

provider entities as having met the 

requirements. Accreditation by an 

accrediting organization is voluntary 

and is not required for Medicare 

participation. 

If an accrediting organization is 

recognized by the Secretary of the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services as having standards for 

accreditation that meet or exceed 

Medicare requirements, any provider 

entity accredited by the national 

accrediting body’s approved program 

may be deemed to meet the Medicare 

conditions. A national accrediting 

organization applying for approval of its 

accreditation program under part 488, 

subpart A, must provide the Centers for 

Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) 

with reasonable assurance that the 

accrediting organization requires the 

accredited provider entities to meet 

requirements that are at least as 

stringent as the Medicare conditions. 

Our regulations concerning the approval 

of accrediting organizations are set forth 

at § 488.5. The regulations at 

§ 488.5(e)(2)(i) require accrediting 

organizations to reapply for continued 

approval of its accreditation program 


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