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Dated: May 30, 2014. 

Lynn B. Mahaffie, 

Senior Director, Policy Coordination, 

Development, and Accreditation Service, 

delegated the authority to perform the 

functions and duties of the Assistant 

Secretary for Postsecondary Education. 

[FR Doc. 2014–12980 Filed 6–3–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Proposed Agency Information 

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice and request for OMB 

review and comment. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(DOE) has submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

clearance, a proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The 

proposed collection will ‘‘support the 

administration and enforcement of the 

Department of Energy’s regulation at 10 

CFR part 217, issued pursuant to section 

705 of the Defense Production Act of 

1950 as amended (50 U.S.C. App.2061, 

et seq.) (EPAS regulation). The 

collection assures the availability of 

records for at least 3 years of 

transactions that are directly related to 

the placement of contracts or purchase 

orders under the EPAS regulation by 

contractors with suppliers to acquire 

items (materials, products, and services) 

needed to fill defense orders. Such 

records would include administrative, 

accounting, purchasing, scheduling, 

production, and shipping records, the 

receipt and acceptance or rejection of 

contractors’ orders by suppliers, and 

any other relevant and material record 

to evidence the timely production and 

delivery of items. 

DATES: Comments regarding this 

collection must be received on or before 

July 7, 2014. If you anticipate that you 

will be submitting comments, but find 

it difficult to do so within the period of 

time allowed by this notice, please 

advise the DOE Desk Officer at OMB of 

your intention to make a submission as 

soon as possible. The Desk Officer may 

be telephoned at 202–395–4650. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be sent to the DOE Desk Officer, Office 

of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, New 

Executive Office Building, Room 10102, 

735 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 

20503 and to Dr. Kenneth Friedman, 

U.S. Department of Energy, OE–30, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW., Washington 

DC 20585 or by fax at 202–586–2623, or 

by email at 

Kenneth.friedman@hq.doe.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Written comments may be sent to Dr. 

Kenneth Friedman, U.S. Department of 

Energy, OE–30, 1000 Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington DC 20585 or 

by fax at 202–586–2623, or by email at 

Kenneth.friedman@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

information collection request contains: 

(1) OMB No.: 1910–5159; (2) 

Information Collection Request Title: 

Energy Priorities and Allocations 

System (3) Type of Request: Extension; 

(4) Purpose: To meet requirements of 

the Defense Production Act (DPA) 

priorities and allocations authority with 

respect to all forms of energy necessary 

or appropriate to promote the national 

defense. Data supplied will be used to 

evaluate applicants requesting special 

priorities assistance to fill a rate order 

issued pursuant to the DPA and DOE’s 

implementing regulations. This data 

will also be used to conduct audits and 

for enforcement purposes. This 

collection will only be used if the 

Secretary of Energy determines that his 

authority under the DPA is necessary to 

maximize domestic energy supplies or 

to address an energy shortage. The last 

collection by DOE under this authority 

was in 2001; (5) Annual Estimated 

Number of Respondents: 10 or more as 

this collection is addressed to a 

substantial majority of the energy 

industry; (6) Annual Estimated Number 

of Total Responses: 10 or more as this 

collection is addressed to a substantial 

majority of the energy industry; (7) 

Annual Estimated Number of Burden 

Hours: 32 minutes per response; (8) 

Annual Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $120.25. 

Statutory Authority: Defense Production 

Act of 1950 as amended (50 U.S.C. App.2061, 

et seq.); Executive Order 13603. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on May 29, 

2014. 

William Bryan, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of 

Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability. 

[FR Doc. 2014–12913 Filed 6–3–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Environmental Assessment for the 

Acceptance and Disposition of Used 

Nuclear Fuel Containing U.S.-Origin 

Highly Enriched Uranium From the 

Federal Republic of Germany 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of intent; public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE) announces its intent to 

prepare an environmental assessment 

(EA), (DOE/EA–1977) pursuant to the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) to analyze the potential 

environmental impacts from a proposed 

project to accept used nuclear fuel from 

the Federal Republic of Germany at 

DOE’s Savannah River Site (SRS) for 

processing and disposition. This used 

nuclear fuel is composed of kernels 

containing thorium and U.S.-origin 

highly enriched uranium (HEU) 

embedded in small graphite spheres that 

were irradiated in nuclear reactors used 

for research and development purposes. 

DOE invites public comments on the 

scope of the EA and will conduct a 

public meeting. 

DATES: DOE invites Federal agencies, 

state and local governments, Native 

American tribes, industry, other 

organizations, and members of the 

general public to submit comments on 

DOE’s proposed scope of the EA. The 

public scoping period extends from the 

date of publication of this notice in the 

Federal Register through July 21, 2014. 

DOE will consider all comments 

received or postmarked by that date. 

Comments submitted after that date will 

be considered to the extent practicable. 

DOE will hold a public meeting to 

discuss the proposed German HEU fuel 

project and receive comments on the 

scope of the EA. The meeting will be 

held on: 

• Tuesday, June 24, 2014, (6:30 p.m. 

to 9:00 p.m.) at the North Augusta 

Community Center, 495 Brookside 

Drive, North Augusta, South Carolina 

29841. 


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