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response to this notice will be 

considered public records. 

Title of Collection: Grantee Reporting 

Form—Rehabilitation Services 

Administration (RSA) Annual Payback 

Report. 

OMB Control Number: 1820–0617. 

Type of Review: A revision of an 

existing information collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals or Households; Private 

Sector. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 11,790. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 4,858. 

Abstract: Under Section 302 of the 

Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended 

by the Workforce Innovation and 

Opportunity Act (WIOA), hereafter 

referred to as ‘‘The Act,’’ the RSA 

provides Long-Term Training grants to 

academic institutions to support 

scholarship assistance to scholars. 

Scholars who receive scholarships 

under this program are required to work 

within the public rehabilitation 

program, such as with a State vocational 

rehabilitation agency, or an agency or 

organization that has a service 

arrangement with a State vocational 

rehabilitation agency, in qualified 

employment fields, which include 

rehabilitation counseling, 

administration, supervision, teaching or 

research in vocational rehabilitation, 

supported employment, or independent 

living rehabilitation of individuals with 

disabilities, especially individuals with 

significant disabilities. The scholar is 

required to work two years in such 

settings for every year of full-time 

scholarship support. The service 

obligation for the scholar who 

matriculated part time, is based on the 

equivalent total of actual academic years 

of training received. The program 

regulations at 34 CFR 386.33–386.36 

and 386.40–386.43 detail the payback 

provisions and the RSA scholars’ 

requirements to comply with them. 

Section 302 (b)(2)(C) of the Act 

requires that data on the employment of 

scholars are accurate, including tracking 

of scholars’ employment status and 

location of former scholars supported 

under the RLTT grants in order to 

ensure that scholars are meeting the 

payback requirements. 

In addition to meeting the 

requirement that all scholars be tracked, 

the data collected will provide 

performance data relevant to the 

rehabilitation fields and degrees 

pursued by RSA scholars, as well as the 

funds owed and the rehabilitation work 

completed by them. These data are used 

to assess program effectiveness and 

efficiency, and to meet the reporting 

requirements of the Government 

Performance and Results Act (GPRA). 

RSA is requesting a revision of the 

currently approved collection for 

grantees (Institutions of Higher 

Education) to submit an Annual 

Payback Report through the online RSA 

Management Information System (MIS). 

To collect the needed data, RSA created 

the revised Payback Information 

Management System (PIMS). Through 

the PIMS grantees, scholars and 

employers report data electronically. 

Dated: September 6, 2018. 

Tomakie Washington, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Office of the Chief Privacy 

Officer, Office of Management. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[OE Docket No. PP–82–6] 

Application To Amend Presidential 

Permit; Vermont Electric Power 

Company, Inc., as Agent for the Joint 

Owners in the Highgate 

Interconnection Facilities 

AGENCY: Office of Electricity, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of application. 

SUMMARY: Vermont Electric Power 

Company, Inc. (‘‘VELCO’’), as operatingand-management agent for the Joint 

Owners of the Highgate Interconnection 

Facilities (the ‘‘Highgate Joint Owners’’) 

filed an application to amend PP–82, 

issued on May 14, 1985 and amended 

on March 1, 1994, September 3, 2003, 

February 7, 2005, May 3, 2016 and 

January 8, 2018. VELCO requested that 

DOE reflect changes in ownership of the 

Highgate Interconnection Facilities and 

transfer the ownership interests in the 

Highgate Interconnection Facilities from 

two of the Highgate Joint Owners to the 

third Highgate Joint Owner. 

DATES: Comments or motions to 

intervene must be submitted on or 

before October 12, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Comments or motions to 

intervene should be addressed as 

follows: Office of Electricity (OE–20), 

U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20585. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christopher Lawrence (Program Office) 

at 202–586–5260, or by email to 

Christopher.Lawrence@hq.doe.gov; 

Christopher Drake (Program Attorney) at 

202–586–2919, or by email to 

Christopher.Drake@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

construction, operation, maintenance, 

and connection of facilities at the 

international border of the United States 

for the transmission of electric energy 

between the United States and a foreign 

country is prohibited in the absence of 

a Presidential permit issued pursuant to 

Executive Order (E.O.) 10485, as 

amended by E.O. 12038. 

On August 13, 2018, VELCO filed an 

application with DOE, as required by 10 

CFR 205.322, requesting that DOE 

amend PP–82–5 to reflect a change in 

names and ownership interests and 

authorize, under Article 10 of PP–82–5, 

the transfer of the Highgate 

Interconnection Facilities so that 

Vermont Transco LLC (Transco) will 

acquire 100% of the ownership interest 

in the facility from the two other 

Highgate Joint Owners: the Town of 

Stowe Electric Department and the City 

of Burlington Electric Department. 

Transco would then become sole owner 

of the Highgate Interconnection 

Facilities. 

The international transmission 

facilities authorized by Presidential 

Permit No. PP–82, as amended, include 

a back-to-back converter station in 

Highgate, Vermont, and a 345 kilovolt 

(kV) transmission line extending 

approximately 7.5 miles from the 

converter station to the United StatesCanada border in Franklin, Vermont. 

VELCO does not propose to make any 

physical changes to the Highgate 

Interconnection Facilities, but rather 

asks the Department to amend the 

permit to reflect the change in 

ownership of the Highgate Transmission 

Facility. 

Procedural Matters: Any person may 

comment on this application by filing 

such comment at the address provided 

above. Any person seeking to become a 

party to this proceeding must file a 

motion to intervene at the address 

provided above in accordance with Rule 

214 of the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.214). Two copies 

of each comment or motion to intervene 

should be filed with DOE on or before 

the date listed above. 

Additional copies of such motions to 

intervene also should be filed directly 

with Mr. Colin Owyang, Vice President, 

General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, 

Vermont Electric Power Company, Inc., 

366 Pinnacle Ridge Road, Rutland, VT 

05701, cowyang@velco.com AND 

Margaret H. Claybour, Esq., Van Ness 

Feldman, LLP, 1050 Thomas Jefferson 

Street NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC 

20007–3877, mhc@vnf.com. 

Before a Presidential permit may be 

granted or amended, DOE must 

determine that the proposed action will 

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the U.S. electric power supply system. 

In addition, DOE will consider the 

environmental impacts of the proposed 

action (i.e., granting the Presidential 

permit or amendment, with any 

conditions and limitations, or denying 

the permit) according to the standards of 

the National Environmental Policy Act 

of 1969, as amended. DOE also must 

obtain the favorable recommendation of 

the Secretary of State and the Secretary 

of Defense before taking final action on 

a Presidential permit application. 

Copies of this application will be 

made available, upon request, for public 

inspection and copying at the address 

provided above. In addition, the 

application may be reviewed or 

downloaded electronically at http://

energy.gov/oe/services/electricitypolicy-coordination-andimplementation/internationalelectricity-regulatio-2. Upon reaching 

the home page, select ‘‘Pending 

Applications.’’ 

Signed in Washington, DC, on August 31, 

2018. 

Christopher A. Lawrence, 

Program and Management Analyst, Office of 

Electricity. 

[FR Doc. 2018–19842 Filed 9–11–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

State Energy Advisory Board; 

Teleconference 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open teleconference. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

teleconference call of the State Energy 

Advisory Board (STEAB). The Federal 

Advisory Committee Act requires that 

public notice of these meetings be 

announced in the Federal Register. 

DATES: Thursday, September 20, 2018, 

from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. (EDT). To receive 

the call-in number and passcode, please 

contact the Board’s Designated Federal 

Officer at the address or phone number 

listed below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael Li, Senior Policy Advisor, 

Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, US Department of 

Energy, 1000 Independence Ave. SW, 

Washington, DC 20585. Phone number 

202–287–5718, and email: michael.li@

ee.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Board: To make 

recommendations to the Assistant 

Secretary for the Office of Energy 

Efficiency and Renewable Energy 

regarding goals and objectives, 

programmatic and administrative 

policies, and to otherwise carry out the 

Board’s responsibilities as designated in 

the State Energy Efficiency Programs 

Improvement Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101– 

440). 

Tentative Agenda: Discuss logistics 

and recommendations from STEAB to 

the Assistant Secretary for the Office of 

Energy Efficiency and Renewable 

Energy. 

Public Participation: The meeting is 

open to the public. Written statements 

may be filed with the Board either 

before or after the meeting. Members of 

the public who wish to make oral 

statements pertaining to agenda items 

should contact Michael Li at the address 

or telephone number listed above. 

Requests to make oral comments must 

be received five days prior to the 

meeting; reasonable provision will be 

made to include requested topic(s) on 

the agenda. The Chair of the Board is 

empowered to conduct the meeting in a 

fashion that will facilitate the orderly 

conduct of business. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on September 

6, 2018. 

Latanya Butler, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Biological and Environmental 

Research Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Office of Science, Department 

of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of Open Meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Biological and 

Environmental Research Advisory 

Committee (BERAC). The Federal 

Advisory Committee Act requires that 

public notice of these meetings be 

announced in the Federal Register. 

DATES: Thursday, October 18, 2018; 8:30 

a.m.—5:30 p.m. and Friday, October 19, 

2018; 8:30 a.m.—12:30 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Hilton Washington DC/ 

Rockville Hotel & Meeting Center, 1750 

Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Tristram West, Designated Federal 

Officer, BERAC, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Office of Science, Office of 

Biological and Environmental Research, 

SC–23/Germantown Building, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20585–1290. Phone 301–903–5155; 

fax (301) 903–5051 or email: 

tristram.west@science.doe.gov. The 

most current information concerning 

this meeting can be found on the 

website: http://science.energy.gov/ber/ 

berac/meetings/. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Committee: To provide 

advice on a continuing basis to the 

Director, Office of Science of the 

Department of Energy, on the many 

complex scientific and technical issues 

that arise in the development and 

implementation of the Biological and 

Environmental Research Program. 

Tentative Agenda Topics 

• News from the Office of Science 

• News from the Office of Biological 

and Environmental Research (BER) 

• News from the Biological Systems 

Science and Climate and 

Environmental Sciences Divisions 

• Workshop briefings 

• Subcommittee briefing 

• Science talks 

• New business 

• Public comment 

Public Participation: The day and a 

half meeting is open to the public. If you 

would like to file a written statement 

with the Committee, you may do so 

either before or after the meeting. If you 

would like to make oral statements 

regarding any of the items on the 

agenda, you should contact Tristram 

West at tristram.west@science.doe.gov 

(email) or 301–903–5051 (fax). You 

must make your request for an oral 

statement at least five business days 

before the meeting. Reasonable 

provision will be made to include the 

scheduled oral statements on the 

agenda. The Chairperson of the 

Committee will conduct the meeting to 

facilitate the orderly conduct of 

business. Public comment will be 

limited to five minutes each. 

Minutes: The minutes of this meeting 

will be available for public review and 

copying within 45 days at the BERAC 

website: http://science.energy.gov/ber/ 

berac/meetings/berac-minutes/. 

Signed in Washington, DC on September 6, 

2018. 

Latanya Butler, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2018–19830 Filed 9–11–18; 8:45 am] 

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