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special government employees shall 

serve without compensation except that 

travel and per diem expenses associated 

with official Committee activities are 

reimbursable. 

Additional information about the 

Committee is available on the Internet 

at: http://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/

AboutUs/Advisory.aspx 

Brenda S. Bowen, 

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2014–27491 Filed 11–19–14; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army; Corps of 

Engineers 

Notice of Intent To Prepare a Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), 

Initiate the Public Scoping Period and 

Host Public Scoping Meetings for the 

Great Lakes and Mississippi River 

Interbasin Study (‘‘GLMRIS’’)— 

Evaluation of Aquatic Nuisance 

Species Controls Near Brandon Road 

Lock and Dam 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: The Chicago District, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) 

announces its intent to (1) prepare a 

Draft EIS, (2) accept public comments 

and (3) host public scoping meetings in 

Lemont, Illinois at Argonne National 

Laboratories and Chicago, Illinois for 

GLMRIS—Evaluation of Aquatic 

Nuisance Species Controls near 

Brandon Road Lock and Dam 

(GLMRIS—Brandon Road). 

In collaboration with other Federal, 

State, and local agencies as well as nongovernmental entities, USACE is 

evaluating structural and nonstructural 

options and technologies near the 

Brandon Road Lock and Dam site. This 

effort is an interim response to the 

GLMRIS authority. The purpose of the 

GLMRIS—Brandon Road evaluation is 

to consider a control point to reduce the 

risk of upstream transfer of ANS, from 

the Mississippi River (MR) Basin into 

the Great Lakes (GL) Basin through the 

Chicago Area Waterway System 

(CAWS), to the maximum extent 

possible. The GLMRIS—Brandon Road 

effort will seek to minimize adverse 

impacts to waterway users or resources. 

DATES: The NEPA scoping period ends 

on January 16, 2015. The GLMRIS— 

Brandon Road NEPA Public Scoping 

meetings are scheduled for December 6, 

2014 in Lemont, Illinois at Argonne 

National Laboratories, and December 9, 

2014 in Chicago, Illinois. Please refer to 

the ‘‘Scoping and Public Involvement’’ 

section below for information regarding 

the public scoping meeting and for 

instructions on how to submit public 

comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information and/or questions 

about GLMRIS, please contact USACE, 

Chicago District, Project Manager, Mr. 

David Wethington, by mail: USACE, 

Chicago District, 231 S. LaSalle, Suite 

1500, Chicago, Illinois 60604, or by 

email: david.m.wethington@

usace.army.mil. 

For media inquiries, please contact 

USACE, Chicago District, Public Affairs 

Officer, Ms. Lynne Whelan, by mail: 

USACE, Chicago District, 231 S. LaSalle, 

Suite 1500, Chicago, Illinois 60604, by 

phone: 312.846.5330 or by email: 

lynne.e.whelan@usace.army.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

1. Background. In January 2014, 

USACE released the GLMRIS Report, 

which evaluated the potential range of 

alternatives to control ANS transfer 

between the GL and MR basins via the 

CAWS. In GLMRIS, USACE has 

interpreted the term ‘‘prevent’’ to mean 

the reduction of risk to the maximum 

extent possible, because it may not be 

technologically feasible to achieve an 

absolute solution. 

The GLMRIS Report identified eight 

alternatives, six of which were 

structural alternatives. Three structural 

alternatives established an ANS control 

point near Brandon Road Lock and Dam 

in Joliet, Illinois. The GLMRIS Report 

identified the Brandon Road control 

point as a single location that can 

address upstream transfer of MR ANS 

through the CAWS. 

Based on evaluations presented in the 

GLMRIS Report and in response to 

stakeholder input, USACE has been 

directed by the Assistant Secretary of 

the Army (Civil Works) to proceed with 

a formal evaluation of potential ANS 

controls to be applied near the Brandon 

Road Lock and Dam, located near Joliet, 

Illinois. The GLMRIS—Brandon Road 

effort will evaluate the range of options 

or technologies available to prevent 

additional MR ANS transfer through the 

CAWS into the GL Basin. 

This effort will assess the potential of 

various ANS controls to address the 

one-way, upstream transfer of ANS 

through the approach channel and/or 

lock chamber at Brandon Road Lock and 

Dam, and seek to minimize any adverse 

impacts to waterway users or resources. 

The Brandon Road Lock and Dam 

Historic District includes the Brandon 

Road Lock and Dam and was 

retroactively listed on the National 

Register of Historic Places on March 11, 

2004. 

GLMRIS will be conducted in 

accordance with NEPA and with the 

Economic and Environmental Principles 

and Guidelines for Water and Related 

Land Resource Implementation Studies, 

Water Resources Council, March 10, 

1983. 

2. Scoping and Public Involvement. 

USACE will accept comments related to 

GLMRIS—Brandon Road until January 

16, 2014. 

All forms of comments received 

during the scoping period will be 

weighted equally. Using input obtained 

during the scoping period, USACE will 

refine the scope of GLMRIS to focus on 

significant issues, as well as eliminate 

issues that are not significant from 

further detailed study. 

Comments may be submitted in the 

following ways: 

• GLMRIS project Web site: Use the 

web comment function found at http:// 

glmris.anl.gov/. 

• NEPA Scoping Meeting: USACE is 

hosting scoping meetings and asks those 

who wish to make oral comments in 

person to register on the GLMRIS 

project Web site at http://glmris.anl 

.gov/. Each meeting’s on-line 

registration to speak will be closed at 10 

a.m. central time the day of the meeting. 

Those who do not register to speak via 

the GLMRIS Web site may register at the 

meeting. Those registering through the 

Web site may be given a preference over 

those that register to make an oral 

comment at the meeting. Each 

individual wishing to make oral 

comments shall be given three (3) 

minutes, and a stenographer will 

document oral comments; 

• Mail: Mail written comments to 

GLMRIS—Brandon Road Scoping, 231 

S. LaSalle, Suite 1500, Chicago, Illinois 

60604. Comments must be postmarked 

by January 16, 2014; and 

• Hand Delivery: Comments may be 

hand-delivered to the Chicago District, 

USACE office located at 231 S. LaSalle, 

Suite 1500, Chicago, Illinois 60604 

between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. 

Comments must be received by January 

16, 2014. 

The public meetings will begin with 

a brief presentation regarding the study 

followed by an oral comment period. 

During the meeting, USACE will also 

collect written comments. 

The public meetings are scheduled for 

the following: 

• 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, 

December 6, 2014, at Argonne National 

Laboratory’s Theory and Computing 

Sciences Building, located at Theory 

and Computing Sciences Building, 

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Laboratory, 9700 S. Cass Avenue, 

Argonne, Illinois 60439 (directions 

available on the GLMRIS project Web 

site), and 

• 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, 

December 9, 2014, at the Gleacher 

Center, located at 450 North Cityfront 

Plaza Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60611. 

Please see the GLMRIS project Web site 

at http://glmris.anl.gov/ for directions, 

more information regarding the meeting 

and if you wish to make an oral 

comment. 

Comments received during the 

scoping period will be posted on the 

GLMRIS project Web site and will 

become part of the EIS. 

If you require assistance under the 

Americans with Disabilities Act, please 

contact Ms. Lynne Whelan via email at 

lynne.e.whelan@usace.army.mil or 

phone at (312) 846–5330 at least seven 

(7) working days prior to the meeting to 

request arrangements. 

3. Significant Issues. Issues associated 

with the proposed study are likely to 

include, but will not be limited to 

impacts of ANS on current waterway 

uses and resources; impacts of potential 

ANS controls on current waterway uses 

and resources; and statutory and legal 

responsibilities relative to the lakes and 

waterways. Examples of waterway uses 

and resources that may be impacted by 

ANS include significant natural 

resources such as ecosystems and 

threatened and endangered species, 

commercial and recreational fisheries, 

and current recreational uses of the 

lakes and waterways. Examples of 

current waterway uses that may be 

impacted by potential ANS controls are 

commercial and recreational navigation, 

flood risk management and water 

supply and quality. 

4. Availability of the Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement. 

Availability of the Draft EIS is 

contingent upon sufficient allocation of 

funding for the study. Draft EIS 

availability will be announced to the 

public in the Federal Register in 

compliance with 40 CFR 1506.9 and 

1506.10. 

5. Authority. This action is being 

undertaken pursuant to the Water 

Resources and Development Act of 

2007, Section 3061, Pub. L. 110–114, 

121 STAT. 1121, and the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 

(NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 4321, et seq., as 

amended. 

Dated: November 14, 2014. 

Susanne J. Davis, P.E., 

Chief, Planning Branch, Chicago District, 

Corps of Engineers. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No. ED–2014–ICCD–0152] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; 

Personal Authentication Service (PAS) 

for FSA ID 

AGENCY: Federal Student Aid (FSA), 

Department of Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is 

proposing a new information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before January 

20, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in 

response to this notice should be 

submitted electronically through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov by selecting 

Docket ID number ED–2014–ICCD–0152 

or via postal mail, commercial delivery, 

or hand delivery. If the regulations.gov 

site is not available to the public for any 

reason, ED will temporarily accept 

comments at ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. 

Please note that comments submitted by 

fax or email and those submitted after 

the comment period will not be 

accepted; ED will ONLY accept 

comments during the comment period 

in this mailbox when the regulations.gov 

site is not available. Written requests for 

information or comments submitted by 

postal mail or delivery should be 

addressed to the Director of the 

Information Collection Clearance 

Division, U.S. Department of Education, 

400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, 

Mailstop L–OM–2–2E319, Room 2E103, 

Washington, DC 20202. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Beth 

Grebeldinger, 202 377–4018. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department of Education (ED), in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general 

public and Federal agencies with an 

opportunity to comment on proposed, 

revised, and continuing collections of 

information. This helps the Department 

assess the impact of its information 

collection requirements and minimize 

the public’s reporting burden. It also 

helps the public understand the 

Department’s information collection 

requirements and provide the requested 

data in the desired format. ED is 

soliciting comments on the proposed 

information collection request (ICR) that 

is described below. The Department of 

Education is especially interested in 

public comment addressing the 

following issues: (1) Is this collection 

necessary to the proper functions of the 

Department; (2) will this information be 

processed and used in a timely manner; 

(3) is the estimate of burden accurate; 

(4) how might the Department enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (5) how 

might the Department minimize the 

burden of this collection on the 

respondents, including through the use 

of information technology. Please note 

that written comments received in 

response to this notice will be 

considered public records. 

Title of Collection: Personal 

Authentication Service (PAS) for FSA 

ID. 

OMB Control Number: 1845–NEW. 

Type of Review: A new information 

collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals or Households. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 55,300,000. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 7,370,000. 

Abstract: Federal Student Aid (FSA) 

is replacing the current PIN system with 

the Personal Authentication Service 

(PAS) which will employ an FSA ID, a 

standard user name and password 

solution. In order to create an FSA ID to 

gain access to certain FSA systems 

(FAFSA on the Web, NSLDS, 

StudentLoans.gov, etc.) a user must 

register on-line for an FSA ID account. 

The FSA ID will allow the customer to 

have a single identity, even if there is a 

name change or change to other 

personally identifiable information. The 

information collected to create the FSA 

ID enables electronic authentication and 

authorization of users for FSA webbased applications and information and 

protects users from unauthorized access 

to user accounts on all protected FSA 

sites. 

Dated: November 17, 2014. 

Kate Mullan, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2014–27509 Filed 11–19–14; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Secretary of Energy Advisory Board; 

Meeting 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of Open Meeting. 


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