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Abstract: The Fund for the 

Improvement of Postsecondary 

Education (FIPSE) works to improve 

postsecondary education through grants 

to postsecondary educational 

institutions and agencies. Such grants 

are awarded to non-profit organizations 

on the basis of competitively reviewed 

applications submitted to FIPSE under 

its Comprehensive and Special Focus 

Competition Program grant 

competitions. This collection includes a 

final performance report for use with all 

of the following Fund for the 

Improvement of Postsecondary 

Education (FIPSE) programs: 

Comprehensive (84.116B), European 

Union-United States (84.116J), U.S.- 

Brazil (84.116M), North America 

(84.116N), and U.S.-Russia (84.116S). 

Also included is a final performance 

report for Congressionally-directed 

grants (earmarks)(84.116Z). We request 

clearance of one annual report for the 

Comprehensive program (84.116B). A 

total of three (3) forms comprise this 

collection. We need to collect this data 

in order to evaluate and assess each 

grantee for continued funding and 

assessment of their project. 

Kate Mullan, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Combined Notice of Filings #1 

Take notice that the Commission 

received the following electric rate 

filings: 

Docket Numbers: ER11–2780–015. 

Applicants: Safe Harbor Water Power 

Corporation. 

Description: Notice of Change in 

Status of Safe Harbor Water Power 

Corporation. 

Filed Date: 9/9/13. 

Accession Number: 20130909–5420. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/30/13. 

Docket Numbers: ER11–4649–001. 

Applicants: PacifiCorp. 

Description: BPA ASC Filing for FY 

2014–2015 to be effective N/A. 

Filed Date: 8/14/13. 

Accession Number: 20130814–5103. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/18/13. 

Docket Numbers: ER13–2146–001. 

Applicants: Wabash Valley Power 

Association, Inc. 

Description: Wabash Valley Power 

Association, Inc. submits Amendments 

to Rate Schedules—Amended Filing to 

be effective 9/15/2013. 

Filed Date: 9/10/13. 

Accession Number: 20130910–5119. 

Docket Numbers: ER13–2364–000. 

Applicants: PacifiCorp. 

Description: PacifiCorp submits 

OATT Order No. 764 & 764–A 

Compliance Filing to be effective 11/12/ 

2013. 

Filed Date: 9/10/13. 

Accession Number: 20130910–5081. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/1/13. 

Docket Numbers: ER13–2365–000. 

Applicants: Tucson Electric Power 

Company. 

Description: UNSE Interconnection 

Agreement to be effective 11/11/2013. 

Filed Date: 9/10/13. 

Accession Number: 20130910–5120. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/1/13. 

Docket Numbers: ER13–2366–000. 

Applicants: Cogentrix of Alamosa, 

LLC. 

Description: First Revised MBR to be 

effective 11/9/2013. 

Filed Date: 9/10/13. 

Accession Number: 20130910–5142. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/1/13. 

Docket Numbers: ER13–2367–000. 

Applicants: Raven Power Marketing 

LLC. 

Description: Revised Market-Based 

Rate Tariff to be effective 9/11/2013. 

Filed Date: 9/10/13. 

Accession Number: 20130910–5149. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/1/13. 

Docket Numbers: ER13–2368–000. 

Applicants: Pacific Gas and Electric 

Company. 

Description: Notice of Termination for 

the Green Volts SGIA, WDT SA No. 34 

Volume No. 4 of Pacific Gas and Electric 

Company. 

Filed Date: 9/10/13. 

Accession Number: 20130910–5168. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/1/13. 

Docket Numbers: ER13–2369–000. 

Applicants: PJM Interconnection, 

L.L.C. 

Description: PJM Interconnection, 

L.L.C. submits Notice of Cancellation of 

PJM Service Agreement No. 3346 to be 

effective 9/1/2013. 

Filed Date: 9/11/13. 

Accession Number: 20130911–5035. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/2/13. 

Docket Numbers: ER13–2370–000. 

Applicants: PacifiCorp. 

Description: PacifiCorp submits BPA 

Two-way Operation and Maintenance 

Agreement 4th Revised to be effective 

11/11/2013. 

Filed Date: 9/11/13. 

Accession Number: 20130911–5053. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/2/13. 

The filings are accessible in the 

Commission’s eLibrary system by 

clicking on the links or querying the 

docket number. 

Any person desiring to intervene or 

protest in any of the above proceedings 

must file in accordance with Rules 211 

and 214 of the Commission’s 

Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and 

385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern 

time on the specified comment date. 

Protests may be considered, but 

intervention is necessary to become a 

party to the proceeding. 

eFiling is encouraged. More detailed 

information relating to filing 

requirements, interventions, protests, 

service, and qualifying facilities filings 

can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/

docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For 

other information, call (866) 208–3676 

(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. 

Dated: September 11, 2013. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OECA–2007–0468; ER–FRL 9011– 

3] 

Proposed Information Collection 

Request; Comment Request; 

Environmental Impact Assessment of 

Nongovernmental Activities in 

Antarctica (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency is planning to submit an 

information collection request (ICR), 

‘‘Final Rule at 40 CFR Part 8: 

Environmental Impact Assessment of 

Nongovernmental Activities in 

Antarctica’’ (EPA ICR No. 1808.07, OMB 

Control No. 2020–0007) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.). Before doing so, EPA is 

soliciting public comments on specific 

aspects of the proposed information 

collection as described below. This is a 

proposed extension of the ICR, which is 

currently approved through March 31, 

2014. An Agency may not conduct or 

sponsor and a person is not required to 

respond to a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. 

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DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before Tuesday, November 19, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OECA–2007–0468 online using 

www.regulations.gov (our preferred 

method) or by mail to: EPA Docket 

Center, Environmental Protection 

Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460. 

EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes profanity, threats, 

information claimed to be Confidential 

Business Information (CBI) or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie 

Roemele, Office of Federal Activities, 

Mail Code 2252A, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone number: (202) 564–5632; fax 

number: (202) 564–0072; email address: 

roemele.julie@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Supporting documents which explain in 

detail the information that the EPA will 

be collecting are available in the public 

docket for this ICR. The docket can be 

viewed online at www.regulations.gov 

or in person at the EPA Docket Center, 

WJC West, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC. The telephone number for the 

Docket Center is 202–566–1744. For 

additional information about EPA’s 

public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/ 

dockets. 

Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 

the PRA, EPA is soliciting comments 

and information to enable it to: (i) 

Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the Agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (ii) evaluate the 

accuracy of the Agency’s estimate of the 

burden of the proposed collection of 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(iii) enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (iv) minimize the burden 

of the collection of information on those 

who are to respond, including through 

the use of appropriate automated 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submission of 

responses. EPA will consider the 

comments received and amend the ICR 

as appropriate. The final ICR package 

will then be submitted to OMB for 

review and approval. At that time, EPA 

will issue another Federal Register 

notice to announce the submission of 

the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to 

submit additional comments to OMB. 

Abstract: The Environmental 

Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) regulations 

at 40 CFR Part 8, Environmental Impact 

Assessment of Nongovernmental 

Activities in Antarctica (Rule), were 

promulgated pursuant to the Antarctic 

Science, Tourism, and Conservation Act 

of 1996 (Act), 16 U.S.C. 2401 et seq., as 

amended, 16 U.S.C. 2403a, which 

implements the Protocol on 

Environmental Protection (Protocol) to 

the Antarctic Treaty of 1959 (Treaty). 

The Rule provides for assessment of the 

environmental impacts of 

nongovernmental activities in 

Antarctica, including tourism, for which 

the United States is required to give 

advance notice under Paragraph 5 of 

Article VII of the Treaty, and for 

coordination of the review of 

information regarding environmental 

impact assessments received from other 

Parties under the Protocol. The 

requirements of the Rule apply to 

operators of nongovernmental 

expeditions organized or proceeding 

from the territory of the United States to 

Antarctica and include commercial and 

non-commercial expeditions. 

Expeditions may include ship-based 

tours; yacht, skiing or mountaineering 

expeditions; privately funded research 

expeditions; and other nongovernmental 

activities. The Rule does not apply to 

individual U.S. citizens or groups of 

citizens planning travel to Antarctica on 

an expedition for which they are not 

acting as an operator. (Operators, for 

example, typically acquire use of vessels 

or aircraft, hire expedition staff, plan 

itineraries, and undertake other 

organizational responsibilities.) The rule 

provides nongovernmental operators 

with the specific requirements they 

need to meet in order to comply with 

the requirements of Article 8 and Annex 

I to the Protocol. The provisions of the 

Rule are intended to ensure that 

potential environmental effects of 

nongovernmental activities undertaken 

in Antarctica are appropriately 

identified and considered by the 

operator during the planning process 

and that to the extent practicable 

appropriate environmental safeguards 

which would mitigate or prevent 

adverse impacts on the Antarctic 

environment are identified by the 

operator. 

Environmental Documentation. 

Persons subject to the Rule must prepare 

environmental documentation to 

support the operator’s determination 

regarding the level of environmental 

impact of the proposed expedition. 

Environmental documentation includes 

a Preliminary Environmental Review 

Memorandum (PERM), an Initial 

Environmental Evaluation (IEE), or a 

Comprehensive Environmental 

Evaluation (CEE). The environmental 

document is submitted to the Office of 

Federal Activities (OFA). If the operator 

determines that an expedition may 

have: (1) Less than a minor or transitory 

impact, a PERM needs to be submitted 

no later than 180 days before the 

proposed departure to Antarctica; (2) no 

more than minor or transitory impacts, 

an IEE needs to be submitted no later 

than 90 days before the proposed 

departure; or (3) more than minor or 

transitory impacts, a CEE needs to be 

submitted. Operators who anticipate 

such activities are encouraged to consult 

with EPA as soon as possible regarding 

the date for submittal of the CEE. 

(Article 3(4), of Annex I of the Protocol 

requires that draft CEEs be distributed to 

all Parties and the Committee for 

Environmental Protection 120 days in 

advance of the next Antarctic Treaty 

Consultative Meeting (ATCM) at which 

the CEE may be addressed.) 

The Protocol and the Rule also require 

an operator to employ procedures to 

assess and provide a regular and 

verifiable record of the actual impacts of 

an activity which proceeds on the basis 

of an IEE or CEE. The record developed 

through these measures needs to be 

designed to: (a) Enable assessments to 

be made of the extent to which 

environmental impacts of 

nongovernmental expeditions are 

consistent with the Protocol; and (b) 

provide information useful for 

minimizing and mitigating those 

impacts and, where appropriate, on the 

need for suspension, cancellation, or 

modification of the activity. Moreover, 

an operator needs to monitor key 

environmental indicators for an activity 

proceeding on the basis of a CEE. An 

operator may also need to carry out 

monitoring in order to assess and verify 

the impact of an activity for which an 

IEE would be prepared. For activities 

that require an IEE, an operator should 

be able to use procedures currently 

being voluntarily utilized by operators 

to provide the required information. 

Should an activity require a CEE, the 

operator should consult with EPA to: (a) 

Identify the monitoring regime 

appropriate to that activity, and (b) 

determine whether and how the 

operator might utilize relevant 

monitoring data collected by the U.S. 

Antarctic Program. The Office of Federal 

Activities (OFA) would consult with the 

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National Science Foundation and other 

interested Federal agencies regarding 

the monitoring regime. 

In cases of emergency related to the 

safety of human life or of ships, aircraft, 

equipment and facilities of high value, 

or the protection of the environment 

which would require an activity to be 

undertaken without completion of the 

documentation procedures set out in the 

Rule, the operator would need to notify 

the Department of State within 15 days 

of any activities which would have 

otherwise required preparation of a CEE, 

and provide a full explanation of the 

activities carried out within 45 days of 

those activities. (During the time the 

Interim Final and Final Rules have been 

in effect, there were no emergencies 

requiring notification by U.S. operators. 

An Interim Final Rule was in effect from 

April 30, 1997, until replaced on 

December 6, 2001, by the Final Rule). 

Environmental documents (e.g., 

PERM, IEE, CEE) are submitted to OFA. 

Environmental documents are reviewed 

by OFA, in consultation with the 

National Science Foundation and other 

interested Federal agencies, and also 

made available to other Parties and the 

public as required under the Protocol or 

otherwise requested. OFA notifies the 

public of document availability via the 

World Wide Web at: http://www.epa.

gov/compliance/international/

antarctica/index.html. The types of 

nongovernmental activities currently 

being carried out (e.g., ship-based tours, 

land-based tours, flights, and privately 

funded research expeditions) are 

typically unlikely to have impacts that 

are more than minor or transitory, thus 

an IEE is the typical level of 

environmental documentation 

submitted. For the 1997–1998 through 

2012–2013 austral summer seasons 

during the time the Rule has been in 

effect, all respondents submitted IEEs 

with the exception of two PERMs. 

Paperwork reduction provisions in the 

Rule that are used by the operators 

include: a) Incorporation of material in 

the environmental document by 

referring to it in the IEE, b) inclusion of 

all proposed expeditions by one 

operator within one IEE; c) use of one 

IEE to address expeditions being carried 

out by more than one operator; and d) 

use of multi-year environmental 

documentation to address proposed 

expeditions for a period of up to five 

consecutive austral summer seasons. 

Coordination of Review of 

Information Received from Other Parties 

to the Treaty. The Rule also provides for 

the coordination of review of 

information received from other Parties 

and the public availability of that 

information including: (1) A description 

of national procedures for considering 

the environmental impacts of proposed 

activities; (2) an annual list of any IEEs 

and any decisions taken in consequence 

thereof; (3) significant information 

obtained and any action taken in 

consequence thereof with regard to 

monitoring from IEEs to CEEs; and (4) 

information in a final CEE. This 

provision fulfills the United States’ 

obligation to meet the requirements of 

Article 6 of Annex I to the Protocol. The 

Department of State is responsible for 

coordination of these reviews of drafts 

with interested Federal agencies, and for 

public availability of documents and 

information. This portion of the Rule 

does not impose paperwork 

requirements on any nongovernmental 

person subject to U.S. regulation. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: Entities 

potentially affected by this action are all 

nongovernmental operators with 

activities in Antarctica, including tour 

operators, for which the United States is 

required to give advance notice under 

paragraph 5 of Article VII of the 

Antarctic Treaty of 1959; this includes 

all nongovernmental expeditions to and 

within Antarctica organized in or 

proceeding from the territory of the 

United States. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory (40 CFR Part 8). 

Estimated number of respondents: 18. 

Frequency of response: Annual. 

Total estimated burden: 1,254 hours. 

Total estimated cost: $100,575 

includes $3,390 annualized capital or 

operation & maintenance costs. 

Changes in Estimates: There is a 

decrease of 454 hours in the total 

estimated respondent burden compared 

with the ICR currently approved by 

OMB. This decrease is the result of a 

change to the level of environmental 

documentation EPA anticipates the 

operators will submit as well as an 

anticipated decrease of operators 

submitting documentation. 

Dated: September 17, 2013. 

Cliff Rader, 

Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office 

of Federal Activities. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[ER–FRL–9011–2] 

Environmental Impacts Statements; 

Notice of Availability 

Responsible Agency: Office of Federal 

Activities, General Information (202) 

564–7146 or http://www.epa.gov/

compliance/nepa/. 

Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact 

Statements 

Filed 09/09/2013 Through 09/13/2013 

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: http://www.epa.

gov/compliance/nepa/eisdata.html. 

EIS No. 20130273, Final EIS, USFS, WY, 

Mackey Road Relocation, Review 

Period Ends: 11/04/2013, Contact: 

Misty Hays 307–358–4690. 

EIS No. 20130274, Final EIS, USFS, OR, 

Galena Project, Review Period Ends: 

11/04/2013, Contact: Dave Halemeier 

541–575–3401. 

EIS No. 20130275, Final EIS, AFS, BLM, 

CO, San Juan National Forest and 

Proposed Tres Rios, Field Office Land 

and Resource Management Plan, 

Review Period Ends: 10/21/2013, 

Contact: Mark Lambert 970–385– 

1240. 

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s 

Forest Service and the U.S. Department 

of the Interior’s Bureau of Land 

Management are joint lead agencies for 

the above project. 

EIS No. 20130276, Draft Supplement, 

USN, WA, Introduction of the P–8A 

Multi-Mission Aircraft into the U.S. 

Navy Fleet, Comment Period Ends: 

11/04/2013, Contact: Cory Zahm 757– 

322–4347. 

EIS No. 20130277, Final Supplement, 

BLM, NV, Silver State Solar South 

Project Proposed Resource 

Management Plan Amendment, 

Review Period Ends: 10/21/2013, 

Contact: Nancy Christ 702–515–5136. 

Amended Notices 

EIS No. 20130227, Draft EIS, NASA, CA, 

Proposed Demolition and 

Environmental Cleanup Activities at 

Santa Susana Field Laboratory, 

Comment Period Ends: 10/01/2013, 

Contact: Allen Elliott 256–544–0662. 

Revision to FR Notice Published 08/02/ 

2013; Extending Comment Period 

from 09/16/2013 to 0/01/2013. 

Dated: September 17, 2013. 

Aimee S. Hessert, 

Deputy Director, NEPA Compliance Division, 

Office of Federal Activities. 

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