25592 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 86 / Monday, May 5, 2014 / Notices 

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Dated: April 29, 2014. 

Michael K. Yudin, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Special 

Education and Rehabilitative Services. 

[FR Doc. 2014–10224 Filed 5–2–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Proposed Agency Information 

Collection 

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy 

(DOE). 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(DOE) invites public comment on a 

proposed collection of information that 

DOE is developing for submission to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) pursuant to the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. Comments are 

invited on: (a) Whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) 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; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

DATES: Comments regarding this 

proposed information collection must 

be received on or before July 7, 2014. If 

you anticipate difficulty in submitting 

comments within that period, contact 

Mr. Dennis A. Smith as listed below. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be 

sent to Mr. Dennis A. Smith, Office of 

Energy Efficiency and Renewable 

Energy, U.S. Department of Energy, EE– 

2G, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0121, by phone 

at 202–586–1791, or by fax at 202–586– 

2476, or by email at dennis.a.smith@

ee.doe.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions should be 

directed to Mr. Dennis Smith using the 

contact information listed above. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

information collection request contains: 

(1) OMB No.: New; (2) Information 

Collection Request Title: Consumers 

and Fuel Economy; (3) Type of Request: 

New Collection; (4) Purpose: The 

Consumers and Fuel Economy Study is 

a follow-on study of consumers’ 

valuation of automotive fuel economy 

conducted in 2003. The purpose is to 

provide both a qualitative description 

based on in-home interviews and a 

quantitative estimate based on a 

national sample survey of the 

prevalence of consumers’ fuel economy 

valuations across the population of carowning households in the United States. 

The goals include the description of 

similarities and differences from the 

2003 study and the further development 

of theory, models, or heuristics to 

explain consumers’ valuations of fuel 

economy. This information will be 

made available to the general public via 

the joint Department of Energy and 

Environmental Protection Web site, 

www.fueleconomy.gov; (5) Estimated 

Number of Respondents: 54 household 

interviews (not an annual collection); 

(6) Estimated Number of Total 

Responses: 54; (7) Estimated Number of 

Burden Hours: 108 hours; (8) Annual 

Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping 

Cost Burden: N/A—Not an annual 

collection. 

Statutory Authority: 42 U.S.C. 13233; 42 

U.S.C. 13252 (a)–(b); 42 U.S.C. 16191; 49 

U.S.C. 32908 (g)–(2)–(A). 

Issued in Washington, DC, on: January 3, 

2014. 

Patrick B. Davis, 

Program Manager, Vehicle Technologies 

Program, Energy Efficiency and Renewable 

Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2014–10238 Filed 5–2–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Bonneville Power Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Other Utility/

Contractor/Vendor Worker Access 

Request Form 

AGENCY: Bonneville Power 

Administration (BPA), DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of submission of 

information collection approval from 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) and request for comments. 

SUMMARY: BPA is submitting to OMB for 

clearance, a proposal for the collection 

of information under the provisions of 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

The proposed collection will allow BPA 

to gather information from contractors 

and service vendors, to be used by BPA 

to document compliance with NERC 

Standard CIP–004–3 by maintaining a 

list of personnel given authorized cyber 

access or unescorted physical access 

into BPA’s Critical Cyber Assets, based 

on those personnel having the 

appropriate level of personnel risk 

assessment, training, and security 

awareness. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before June 24, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be 

submitted to: 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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Additional information may be 

requested from: Information Collection 

Clearance Officer, Christopher M. Frost, 

Governance and Internal Controls, 

DGC–7, Bonneville Power 

Administration, 905 NE. 11th Avenue, 

Portland, Oregon 97232, or by email: 

IGLM@bpa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

(1) OMB Number: New. 

(2) Information Collection Request 

Title: Other Utility/Contractor/Vendor 

Worker (OUW) Unescorted Access 

Request. 

(3) Type of Request: New. 

(4) Abstract: The information 

requested on this form is used by BPA 

to document compliance with NERC 

Standard CIP–004–3, R2 and R3, which 

requires that personnel having 

authorized cyber or authorized 

unescorted physical access to BPA’s 

Critical Cyber Assets, including 

contractors and service vendors, have an 

appropriate level of personnel risk 

assessment, training, and security 

awareness. 

Below we provide the BPA projected 

average estimates for the next three 

years. 

Affected Public: Contracting and 

Vendor Businesses and Organizations. 

Annual Estimated Number of 

Respondents: Approx. 500. 

Annual Estimated Number of Total 

Responses: Approx. 500. 

Average Minutes per Response: 15. 

Annual Estimated Number of Burden 

Hours: 125. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 


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1A 5-year rate extension of this same rate formula 

through June 7, 1993, was approved by FERC on 

July 20, 1988, at 44 FERC ¶ 62,058. Subsequent 5- 

year extensions of the rate formula have been 

approved by FERC. The most recent approval was 

on December 17, 2009, in Docket No. EF09–5101– 

000, which approved the same rate formula through 

June 7, 2014 (129 FERC ¶ 62,206). 

2Western’s proposal published on February 21, 

2014 (79 FR 9897). 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid 

Office of Management and Budget 

control number. 

Issued in Portland, Oregon, on April 24, 

2014. 

Damian J. Kelly, 

Acting Chief Compliance Officer, Agency 

Governance and Compliance. 

[FR Doc. 2014–10163 Filed 5–2–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Western Area Power Administration 

Falcon and Amistad Projects’ Rate 

Order No. WAPA–164 

AGENCY: Western Area Power 

Administration (Western), DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of extension. 

SUMMARY: This action is to extend the 

existing Falcon and Amistad Projects’ 

Firm Power Rate Formula, established 

in Rate Order No WAPA–143, through 

June 7, 2019. The Falcon and Amistad 

Projects’ Firm Power Rate Formula is set 

to expire June 7, 2014. 

DATES: The rate formula extension will 

become effective on an interim basis 

June 8, 2014, and will remain interim 

until the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission (FERC) confirms, approves, 

and places the rate formula into effect 

on a final basis through June 7, 2019, or 

until superseded. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Lynn C. Jeka, Colorado River Storage 

Project (CRSP) Manager, Colorado River 

Storage Project Management Center, 

Western Area Power Administration, 

150 East Social Hall Avenue, Suite 300, 

Salt Lake City, UT 84111–1580, (801) 

524–6372, email jeka@wapa.gov, or Mr. 

Rodney Bailey, Power Marketing 

Manager, Colorado River Storage Project 

Management Center, Western Area 

Power Administration, 150 East Social 

Hall Avenue, Suite 300, Salt Lake City, 

UT 84111–1580, (801) 524–4007, email 

rbailey@wapa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: By 

Delegation Order No. 00–037.00A, the 

Secretary of Energy delegated: (1) The 

authority to develop power and 

transmission rates to the Administrator 

of Western; (2) the authority to confirm, 

approve, and place in effect such rates 

on an interim basis to the Deputy 

Secretary of the Department of Energy 

(DOE); and (3) the authority to confirm 

and approve on a final basis or to 

disapprove rates developed by the 

Administrator under the delegation to 

FERC. This extension is issued pursuant 

to the Delegation Order and DOE rate 

extension procedures at 10 CFR 903– 

23(a). 

The Falcon and Amistad Dams are 

features of international water storage 

projects located on the Rio Grande River 

between Texas and Mexico. Under the 

terms of Contract No. 7–07–50–P0890 

(Contract), dated August 9, 1977, as 

amended, Western markets the power 

from these dams to South Texas Electric 

Cooperative, Inc. (STEC). The power 

rate formula of the Contract was 

approved by the Federal Power 

Commission (FPC), predecessor to 

FERC, in Docket No. E–9566 on August 

12, 1977 (59 FPC 1653), for a 5-year 

period effective on the date of initial 

operation of Amistad Power Plant, June 

8, 1983.1

According to article 9(a) of the 

Contract, Western calculates the annual 

installment to be paid by the Customer 

for the power generated at the Falcon 

and Amistad power plants on or before 

August 31 of the year proceeding the 

fiscal year to which it pertains and 

identifies this amount in a revised 

Exhibit A to the Contract. Each annual 

installment pays the annual amortized 

portion of the United States’ investment 

in the Falcon and Amistad hydroelectric 

facilities with interest, and the 

associated operation, maintenance, and 

administrative costs. This repayment 

schedule is not dependent upon the 

power and energy made available for 

sale or the rate of generation each year. 

Following review of Western’s 

proposal within the Department of 

Energy, I hereby approve, on an interim 

basis, Rate Order No. WAPA–164, 

which extends, without adjustment, the 

existing Falcon and Amistad Projects’ 

Power Rate Formula through June 7, 

2019.2 The rate formula will be 

promptly submitted to FERC for 

confirmation and approval on a final 

basis. 

Dated: April 28, 2014. 

Daniel B. Poneman, 

Deputy Secretary of Energy. 

Deputy Secretary 

In the matter of: Western Area Power 

Administration Extension for Falcon and 

Amistad Projects’ Power Rate Formula; Order 

Confirming and Approving an Extension of 

the Falcon and Amistad Projects’ Power Rate 

Formula 

This Power Rate Formula extension 

was established following section 302 of 

the Department of Energy (DOE) 

Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7152). This 

Act transferred to and vested in the 

Secretary of Energy the power marketing 

functions of the Secretary of the 

Department of the Interior and the 

Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) 

under the Reclamation Act of 1902 (ch. 

1093, 32 Stat. 388), as amended and 

supplemented by subsequent laws, 

particularly section 9(c) of the 

Reclamation Act of 1939 (43 U.S.C. 

485h(c)), and other acts that specifically 

apply to the project involved. 

By Delegation Order No. 00–037.00A, 

the Secretary of Energy delegated: (1) 

The authority to develop power and 

transmission rates to the Administrator 

of the Western Area Power 

Administration (Western); (2) the 

authority to confirm, approve, and place 

in effect such rates on an interim basis 

to the Deputy Secretary of Energy; and 

(3) the authority to confirm and approve 

on a final basis or to disapprove rates 

developed by the Administrator under 

the delegation to the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (FERC). This 

extension is issued pursuant to the 

Delegation Order and DOE rate 

extension procedures at 10 CFR 903– 

23(a). 

Background 

On December 17, 2009, in Docket No. 

EF09–5101–000, FERC confirmed, 

approved, and placed into effect on a 

final basis the Falcon and Amistad 

Projects’ Power Rate Formula, Rate 

Order No. WAPA–143. FERC approved 

the Power Rate Formula for 5 years 

beginning June 8, 2009, through June 7, 

2014. On February 21, 2014, pursuant to 

10 CFR 903.23(a), Western filed a notice 

in the Federal Register proposing to 

extend, without adjustment, Falcon and 

Amistad Projects’ Power Rate Formula 

as Rate Order No. WAPA–164. 

Consistent with its regulations at 10 

CFR 903.23(a), Western did not hold a 

consultation and comment period. 

Instead, Western stated its intent, via 

certified letter to South Texas Electric 

Cooperative, Inc (Customer), to extend 

the current Power Rate formula and 

received no adverse reactions. 

Discussion 

On June 7, 2014, Western’s Falcon 

and Amistad Projects’ Power Rate 

Formula expires. The Power Rate 

Formula, calculated annually and based 

on 2 years of data, includes the 

projected costs of the rate installment 

year (future fiscal year) and an 

adjustment from the last historic fiscal 

year. The adjustment is the surplus or 


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