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ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES: 

The Department may disclose 

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uses listed in this system of records 

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Department has complied with the 

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(Privacy Act), under a computer 

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individually identifiable information 

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comply with the requirements of section 

183 of the ESRA (20 U.S.C. 9573) 

providing for confidentiality standards 

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and publication of data by IES. 

(1) Contract Disclosure. If the 

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contractor, the Department may disclose 

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Department shall require the contractor 

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respect to the records in the system. 

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of the Institute of Education Sciences 

may disclose information from this 

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respect to such records. When 

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directory information, will be disclosed 

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Not applicable to this system of 

records. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING, 

RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND

DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

STORAGE: 

The Department maintains records on 

CD–ROM, and should IES’ technical 

support contractor (Decision 

Information Resources, Inc.) and subcontractor (Mathematica Policy 

Research, Inc.) be asked to provide 

assistance, they will maintain data for 

this system on computers and in hard 

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Records in this system are indexed 

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All physical access to the 

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Department’s contractor and 

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records may be maintained, is 

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high degree of resistance to tampering 

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system limits data access to Department 

and contract staff on a need-to-know 

basis, and controls individual users’ 

ability to access and alter records within 

the system. The contractor and 

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provide technical support, will establish 

a similar set of procedures at their sites 

to ensure confidentiality of data. The 

contractor’s and subcontractor’s systems 

are required to ensure that information 

identifying individuals is in files 

physically separated from other research 

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will maintain security of the complete 

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documentation. Access to individually 

identifying data will be strictly 

controlled. All data will be kept in 

locked file cabinets during nonworking 

hours, and work on hardcopy data will 

take place in a single room, except for 

data entry. Physical security of 

electronic data will also be maintained. 

Security features that protect project 

data include: Password-protected 

accounts that authorize users to use the 

contractor’s system but to access only 

specific network directories and 

network software; user rights and 

directory and file attributes that limit 

those who can use particular directories 

and files and determine how they can 

use them; and additional security 

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will establish for projects as needed. 

The contractor’s and subcontractor’s 

employees who ‘‘maintain’’ (collect, 

maintain, use, or disseminate) data in 

this system shall comply with the 

requirements of the confidentiality 

standards in section 183 of the ESRA 

(20 U.S.C. 9573). 

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL: 

Records are maintained and disposed 

of in accordance with the Department’s 

Records Disposition Schedule ED 068.a 

(NARA Disposition Authority N1–441– 

08–18). 

SYSTEM MANAGER AND ADDRESS: 

Associate Commissioner, Evaluation 

Division, National Center for Education 

Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 

Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. 

Department of Education, 555 New 

Jersey Avenue NW., Room 502D, 

Washington, DC 20208–0001. 

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If you wish to determine whether a 

record exists regarding you in the 

system of records, contact the systems 

manager. Your request must meet the 

requirements of regulations at 34 CFR 

5b.5, including proof of identity. 

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURE: 

If you wish to gain access to your 

record in the system of records, contact 

the system manager. Your request must 

meet the requirements of regulations at 

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CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURE: 

If you wish to contest the content of 

a record regarding you in the system of 

records, contact the system manager. 

Your request must meet the 

requirements of the regulations at 34 

CFR 5b.7, including proof of identity. 

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

This system contains records on 

students participating in the FAFSA 

Completion Study. Data will be 

obtained through student directory 

information maintained by participating 

school districts and data extracts from 

the Office of Federal Student Aid. 

EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

None. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Notice of Availability of the Draft 

Uranium Leasing Program 

Programmatic Environmental Impact 

Statement 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE) announces the availability 

of the Draft Uranium Leasing Program 

Programmatic Environmental Impact 

Statement (Draft ULP PEIS, DOE/EIS– 

0472D), for public comment. DOE is 


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also announcing the dates, times, and 

locations for public hearings to receive 

comments on the Draft ULP PEIS. DOE 

has prepared the Draft ULP PEIS 

pursuant to the National Environmental 

Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), the Council 

on Environmental Quality’s (CEQ’s) 

NEPA regulations (40 CFR parts 1500– 

1508), and DOE’s NEPA implementing 

procedures (10 CFR part 1021) to 

analyze the reasonably foreseeable 

potential environmental impacts, 

including the site-specific impacts, of 

the range of reasonable alternatives for 

the management of the ULP. DOE’s ULP 

administers 31 tracts of land covering an 

aggregate of approximately 25,000 acres 

(10,000 ha) in Mesa, Montrose, and San 

Miguel Counties in western Colorado for 

exploration, mine development, 

operations, and reclamation of uranium 

mines. The cooperating agencies on this 

ULP PEIS are the: U.S. Department of 

the Interior (DOI), Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM); U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA); Colorado 

Department of Transportation; Colorado 

Division of Reclamation, Mining, and 

Safety; Colorado Parks and Wildlife ; 

Mesa County Commission; Montrose 

County Commission; San Juan County 

Commission; San Miguel County Board 

of Commissioners; Pueblo of Acoma 

Tribe; Pueblo de Cochiti Tribe; Pueblo 

de Isleta Tribe; Navajo Nation; and 

Southern Ute Indian Tribe. 

DATES: DOE invites Federal agencies, 

state and local governments, Native 

American tribes, industry, other 

interested organizations, and members 

of the public to comment on the Draft 

ULP PEIS during the 60-day public 

comment period, which ends on May 

16, 2013. Comments received after this 

date will be considered to the extent 

practicable. DOE will hold public 

hearings on the Draft ULP PEIS; the 

dates, times and locations are listed 

under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

ADDRESSES: Please direct written 

comments on the Draft ULP PEIS to Mr. 

Raymond Plieness, ULP PEIS Document 

Manager, Office of Legacy Management, 

U.S. Department of Energy, 11025 Dover 

Street, Suite 1000, Westminster, CO 

80021. Comments may also be 

submitted via email to ulpeis@anl.gov 

or via the internet at http://ulpeis.anl. 

gov/. DOE will give equal weight to 

written, email, and oral comments. 

Questions regarding the ULP PEIS 

process, requests to be placed on the 

ULP PEIS mailing list, and requests for 

copies of the document should be 

directed to Mr. Plieness by the means 

given above. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

general information about the 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, Telephone: 

(202) 586–4600, leave a message at 1– 

800–472–2756, or send an email to Ask 

NEPA@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Congress 

authorized DOE’s predecessor agency, 

the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission 

(AEC), to develop a supply of domestic 

uranium. In 1948, the BLM issued 

Public Land Order (PLO) 459, which 

stated, ‘‘Subject to valid existing rights 

and existing withdrawals, the public 

lands and the minerals reserved to the 

United States in the patented lands in 

the following areas in Colorado are 

hereby withdrawn from all forms of 

appropriation under the public-land 

laws, including the mining laws but not 

the mineral-leasing laws, and reserved 

for the use of the United States Atomic 

Energy Commission.’’ Subsequently, 

other PLOs increased or decreased the 

total acreage of the withdrawn lands. In 

addition, the Federal Government, 

through the Union Mines Development 

Corporation, acquired a substantial 

number of patented and unpatented 

mining claims, mill and tunnel site 

claims, and agricultural patents, until 

the aggregated acreage managed by AEC 

totaled approximately 25,000 acres 

(10,000 ha). The areas under 

consideration are located in western 

Colorado in Mesa, Montrose, and San 

Miguel Counties. 

In July 2007, DOE issued a 

Programmatic Environmental 

Assessment (PEA) for the ULP, in which 

it examined three alternatives for the 

management of the ULP for the next 10 

years. In that same month, DOE issued 

a Finding of No Significant Impact 

(FONSI), in which DOE announced its 

decision to proceed with the Expanded 

Program Alternative, and also 

determined that preparation of an 

environmental impact statement was 

not required. Under the Expanded 

Program Alternative, DOE would extend 

the 13 existing leases for a 10-year 

period and would also expand the ULP 

to include the competitive offering of up 

to 25 additional lease tracts to the 

domestic uranium industry. 

In 2008, DOE implemented the 

Expanded Program Alternative and 

executed new lease agreements with the 

existing lessees for their 13 respective 

lease tracts, effective April 30, 2008. In 

addition, DOE offered the remaining, 

inactive lease tracts to industry for lease 

through a competitive solicitation 

process. That process culminated in the 

execution of 18 new lease agreements 

for the inactive lease tracts, effective 

June 27, 2008. Since that time, two lease 

tracts were combined into one and 

another lease was relinquished back to 

DOE. Accordingly, there are 29 lease 

tracts that are actively held under lease 

and 2 lease tracts that are currently 

inactive. 

On June 21, 2011, DOE published a 

Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare this 

PEIS (see Volume 76, page 36097 of the 

Federal Register [76 FR 36097]). In the 

NOI, DOE stated that it had determined, 

in light of the site-specific information 

that DOE had gathered as a result of the 

site-specific agency actions proposed 

and approved pursuant to the July 2007 

PEA, that it was appropriate for DOE to 

prepare a PEIS in order to analyze the 

reasonably foreseeable environmental 

impacts, including the site-specific 

impacts, of a range of alternatives for the 

management of the ULP for the 

remainder of the 10-year period that was 

covered by the July 2007 PEA. After 

DOE published the NOI, it notified the 

ULP lessees that until the PEIS process 

was completed, DOE would not approve 

any new exploration and mining plans 

and would not require any lessees to 

pay royalties. 

After DOE published its NOI, the U.S. 

District Court for the District of 

Colorado issued two Orders in a lawsuit 

in which plaintiffs had alleged that 

DOE’s July 2007 PEA and FONSI 

violated NEPA and the Endangered 

Species Act (ESA). Colorado 

Environmental Coalition v. DOE, No. 

08–cv–1624 (D. Colo.). In its first Order, 

issued on Oct. 18, 2011, the Court, 

among other things, invalidated the July 

2007 PEA and FONSI; stayed the ULP 

leases; and ordered that after DOE 

conducts an environmental analysis that 

complies with NEPA, ESA, all other 

governing statutes and regulations, and 

that Order, DOE could then move the 

Court to dissolve its injunction 

enjoining DOE from approving any 

activities on ULP lands. In the Court’s 

second Order, issued on Feb. 27, 2012, 

the Court granted in part DOE’s motion 

for reconsideration of the first Order, 

and amended its injunction to allow 

DOE, other Federal, state, or local 

governmental agencies, and/or the ULP 

lessees to conduct certain activities that 

are absolutely necessary on ULP lands. 

DOE has prepared the Draft ULP PEIS 

to analyze alternatives that address the 

range of reasonable alternatives for the 

management of the ULP. Site-specific 

information available on the 31 lease 

tracts (including current lessee 

information and status, size of each 

lease tract, previous mining operations, 

location of existing permitted mines and 


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associated structures, and other 

environmental information) has been 

utilized as the basis for the evaluation 

contained in the Draft ULP PEIS. 

For the Draft ULP PEIS, DOE is 

complying with Executive Order (E.O.) 

13175 and with Section 7 of the 

Endangered Species Act by engaging in 

consultation on a government-togovernment basis with Native American 

tribes and with the U. S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, respectively. 

Alternatives 

Five alternatives are analyzed in the 

Draft ULP PEIS as follows: (1) 

Alternative 1: DOE would terminate all 

leases, and all operations would be 

reclaimed by lessees. DOE would 

continue to manage the withdrawn 

lands, without leasing, in accordance 

with applicable requirements; (2) 

Alternative 2: Same as Alternative 1, 

except once reclamation was completed 

by lessees, DOE would relinquish the 

lands in accordance with 43 CFR part 

2370. If DOI/BLM determines, in 

accordance with that same part of the 

CFR, the lands were suitable to be 

managed as public domain lands, they 

would be managed by BLM under its 

multiple use policies. DOE’s uranium 

leasing program would end; (3) 

Alternative 3: DOE would continue the 

ULP as it existed before July 2007 with 

the 13 then-active leases, for the next 

10-year period or for another reasonable 

period, and DOE would terminate the 

remaining leases; (4) Alternative 4: DOE 

would continue the ULP with the 31 

lease tracts for the next 10-year period 

or for another reasonable period; and (5) 

Alternative 5: This is the No Action 

Alternative, under which DOE would 

continue the ULP with the 31 lease 

tracts for the remainder of the 10-year 

period, as the leases were when they 

were issued in 2008. 

DOE’s preferred alternative is 

Alternative 4. That is, DOE would 

continue the ULP with the 31 lease 

tracts for the next 10-year period or for 

another reasonable period. 

Public Hearings and Invitation to 

Comment 

DOE will hold four public hearings on 

the Draft ULP PEIS at the following 

locations, dates, and locations: 

• Grand Junction, Colorado, April 22, 

2013 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at the Colorado 

Mesa University, University Center 

Ballroom, 1455 N. 12th St., Grand 

Junction, Co. 

• Montrose, Colorado, April 23, 2013 

from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at the Johnson 

Elementary School, 13820 67.00 Road, 

Montrose, CO. 

• Telluride, Colorado, April 24, 2013 

from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at the Telluride 

Middle/High School, 725 W Colorado 

Avenue, Telluride, Co. 

• Naturita, Colorado, April 25, 2013 

from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at the Naturita 

School, 141 W Main St., Naturita, Co. 

The public hearings will begin with 

an open-house format with subject 

matter experts from DOE available to 

answer questions on the ULP and Draft 

ULP PEIS. The public hearing portion of 

the meeting will run from 7 p.m. 

through 9 p.m. Individuals who would 

like to present comments orally at these 

hearings should register upon arrival at 

the hearing or register via the internet at 

http://ulpeis.anl.gov/ before the public 

hearing dates. Members of the general 

public are invited to attend the hearings 

at their convenience any time during 

hearing hours and submit their 

comments in writing, or in person to a 

court reporter. Written comments on the 

Draft ULP PEIS may also be submitted 

to the address shown above under 

ADDRESSES or on the Internet at http:// 

ulpeis.anl.gov/. 

The Draft ULP PEIS is also available 

for review on the ULP PEIS Web site at 

http://ulpeis.anl.gov/ or the DOE NEPA 

Web site at http://www.energy.gov/nepa 

and at the following reading rooms: 

• Nucla Public Library, 544 Z Rd., 

Nucla, CO 81424–0129, (970) 864–2166. 

• Montrose Regional Library, 320 S. 

2nd St., Montrose, CO 81401, (970) 249– 

9656. 

• Naturita Public Library, 411 West 

Second Ave., Naturita, CO 81422, (970) 

865–2848. 

• Blanding Branch Library, 25 West 

300 South, Blanding, UT 84511, (435) 

978–2335. 

• Mesa County Public Library, 655 N. 

1st St., Grand Junction, CO 81501, (970) 

683–2449. 

• Norwood Public Library, 1110 

Lucerne St., Norwood, CO 81423, (970) 

327–4833. 

• Dolores County Public Library, 525 

N Main St., Dove Creek, CO 81324, (970) 

677–2356. 

• Wilkinson Public Library, 100 W 

Pacific Ave., Telluride, CO 81435, (970) 

728–4519. 

• Grand County Public Library, 257 

East Center St., Moab, UT 84532, (435) 

259–1111. 

• San Juan County Library, 80 North 

Main St., Monticello, UT 84535–0066, 

(435) 587–2281. 

Following the end of the public 

comment period on the Draft ULP PEIS 

described above, DOE will consider and 

respond to comments received during 

the comment period in the Final 

Uranium Leasing Program 

Programmatic Environmental Impact 

Statement. Comments received after the 

end of the comment period will be 

considered to the extent practicable. 

DOE decision-makers will consider the 

environmental impact analyses 

presented in the Final document, 

including public comments and other 

information, in making decisions related 

to the Final ULP PEIS. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on March 5, 

2013. 

David W. Geiser, 

Director, Office of Legacy Management. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. IC13–7–000] 

Commission Information Collection 

Activities (FERC–607); Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, DOE. 

ACTION: Comment request. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

requirements of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 

3507(a)(1)(D), the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (Commission or 

FERC) is submitting the information 

collection, FERC–607 (Report on 

Decision or Action on Request for 

Federal Authorization.), to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review of the information collection 

requirements. Any interested person 

may file comments directly with OMB 

and should address a copy of those 

comments to the Commission as 

explained below. The Commission 

issued a Notice in the Federal Register 

(77 FR 76015, December 26, 2012) 

requesting public comments. FERC 

received no comments on the FERC–607 

and is making this notation in its 

submittal to OMB. 

DATES: Comments on the collection of 

information are due by April 15, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB, 

identified by the OMB Control No. 

1902–0240, should be sent via email to 

the Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs: oira_submission@omb.gov. 

Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission Desk Officer. The Desk 

Officer may also be reached via 

telephone at 202–395–4718. 

A copy of the comments should also 

be sent to the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, identified by the Docket 


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