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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2015–ICCD–0030] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

Predominantly Black Institutions 

Application 

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary 

Education (OPE), 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 reinstatement of a 

previously approved information 

collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before April 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–2015–ICCD–0030 

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 Bernadette 

Miles, 202–502–7616. 

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: Predominantly 

Black Institutions Application. 

OMB Control Number: 1840–0797. 

Type of Review: A reinstatement of a 

previously approved information 

collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

Local and Tribal Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 130. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 4,550. 

Abstract: The Predominantly Black 

Institutions (PBI) Program is authorized 

under title III, part F of the Higher 

Education Act of 1965, as amended 

(HEA). The PBI Program makes grant 

awards to eligible colleges and 

universities to support the strengthening 

of PBIs to carry out programs in the 

following areas: science, technology, 

engineering, or mathematics; health 

education; internationalization or 

globalization; teacher preparation; or 

improving the educational outcomes of 

African American males. Grants support 

the establishment or strengthening of 

such programs that are designed to 

increase the institutions capacity to 

prepare students for instruction in the 

above noted fields. Grants are awarded 

competitively. This information 

collection is necessary to comply with 

title III, part F of the HEA. 

Dated: March 16, 2015. 

Kate Mullan, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Notice of Effectiveness of Exempt 

Wholesale Generator or Foreign Utility 

Company Status 

Docket Nos. 

Duke Energy Beckjord Storage, LLC ............................................................................................................................. EG15–11–000 

Samchully Power & Utilities 1 LLC ................................................................................................................................. EG15–12–000 

Chief Conemaugh Power, LLC ....................................................................................................................................... EG15–15–000 

Chief Keystone Power, LLC ........................................................................................................................................... EG15–16–000 

Kay Wind, LLC ................................................................................................................................................................ EG15–17–000 

Spinning Spur Wind Three, LLC .................................................................................................................................... EG15–18–000 

Green Pastures Wind, II, Inc .......................................................................................................................................... EG15–19–000 

Briscoe Wind Farm, LLC ................................................................................................................................................ EG15–20–000 

Sierra Solar Greenworks LLC ........................................................................................................................................ EG15–21–000 

Rising Tree Wind Farm III LLC ...................................................................................................................................... EG15–22–000 

NiGen, LLC ..................................................................................................................................................................... EG15–23–000 

Stephens Ranch Wind Energy II, LLC ........................................................................................................................... EG15–24–000 

Milo Wind Project, LLC ................................................................................................................................................... EG15–25–000 

Roosevelt Wind Project, LLC ......................................................................................................................................... EG15–26–000 

KMC Thermo, LLC .......................................................................................................................................................... EG15–27–000 

Verso Bucksport Power LLC .......................................................................................................................................... EG15–31–000 

Verso Bucksport LLC ...................................................................................................................................................... EG15–32–000 

Alterna Springerville LLC ................................................................................................................................................ EG15–33–000 

LDVF1 TEP LLC ............................................................................................................................................................. EG15–34–000 

Los Vientos Windpower III, LLC ..................................................................................................................................... EG15–35–000 


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Enbridge Massif du Sud Wind Project GP Inc ............................................................................................................... FC15–2–000 

Enbridge Saint Robert Bellarmin Wind Project GP I ...................................................................................................... FC15–3–000 

FuelCell Energy, Ltd ....................................................................................................................................................... FC15–4–000 

Take notice that during the months of 

January and February 2015, the status of 

the above-captioned entities as Exempt 

Wholesale Generators or Foreign Utility 

Companies became effective by 

operation of the Commission’s 

regulations. 18 CFR 366.7(a). 

Dated: March 12, 2015. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2015–06205 Filed 3–18–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9923–75–Region 5] 

Sole Source Aquifer Designation of the 

Mahomet Aquifer System in EastCentral Illinois 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of final determination. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

pursuant to the Safe Drinking Water Act 

(SDWA) Section 1424(e) and in 

response to a petition by a coalition of 

cities, a town, villages, and a public 

university in east-central Illinois, the 

Regional Administrator for Region 5 of 

the Environmental Protection Agency 

(EPA) has determined that a portion of 

the Mahomet Aquifer System in eastcentral Illinois is a sole or principal 

source of drinking water and if 

contaminated, would create a significant 

hazard to public health. As a result of 

this action, all projects receiving Federal 

financial assistance are subject to review 

by EPA regarding whether such projects 

may contaminate the designated aquifer 

system through a recharge zone so as to 

create a significant hazard to public 

health. 

DATES: This determination is effective 

immediately. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

William Spaulding, EPA Region 5, 

Water Division, Ground Water and 

Drinking Water Branch, by mail at 77 W. 

Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60604; 

by telephone at (312) 886–9262; or by 

email at spaulding.william@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

Section 1424(e) of the SDWA provides 

as follows: 

If the Administrator determines, on his 

own initiative or upon petition, that an area 

has an aquifer which is the sole or principal 

drinking water source for the area and which, 

if contaminated, would create a significant 

hazard to public health, he shall publish 

notice of that determination in the Federal 

Register. After the publication of any such 

notice, no commitment for Federal financial 

assistance (through a grant, contract, loan 

guarantee, or otherwise) may be entered into 

for any project which the Administrator 

determines may contaminate such aquifer 

through a recharge zone so as to create a 

significant hazard to public health, but a 

commitment for Federal financial assistance 

may, if authorized under another provision of 

law, be entered into to plan or design the 

project to assure that it will not so 

contaminate the aquifer. 

42 U.S.C. 300h–3(e). The authority to 

designate an aquifer under this section 

has been delegated to the Regional 

Administrator. 

EPA in general considers a ‘‘sole or 

principal source’’ or sole source aquifer 

(SSA) to be an aquifer or aquifer system 

that is needed to supply fifty percent or 

more of the drinking water ‘‘for the 

aquifer service area,’’ and for which 

there is no reasonably available 

alternative source or sources that could 

physically, legally, and economically 

supply those dependent upon the 

aquifer. See U.S. EPA, 1987, Sole Source 

Aquifer Designation Decision Process, 

Petition Review Guidance (‘‘EPA 

Petition Review Guidance’’). A portion 

of an aquifer can be designated if it is 

hydrogeologically separate from the rest 

of the aquifer. Id. at 6. Similarly, a 

system of hydrogeologically connected 

aquifers can be designated as an SSA. 

Id. 

On December 12, 2012, EPA received 

a petition to designate a portion of the 

Mahomet Aquifer System in east-central 

Illinois as an SSA from the City of 

Champaign and several partners, 

including the Cities of Urbana, Delavan, 

and Gilman; the Town of Normal; the 

Villages of Savoy, Mansfield, and 

Mahomet; and the University of Illinois 

at Urbana-Champaign. Following receipt 

of the petition, additional entities 

expressed support for the petition, 

including Champaign and DeWitt 

Counties; the Cities of Clinton and 

Watseka; the Villages of Armington and 

Waynesville; and the Illinois-American 

Water Company. 

In response to the petition, EPA 

published a notice of its intent to 

designate a portion of the Mahomet 

Aquifer System in east-central Illinois as 

an SSA and announced two Public 

Hearings in Champaign, Illinois on May 

13, 2014, and in Morton, Illinois on May 

14, 2014. This notice was published in 

two newspapers of general circulation 

in the area: The Champaign News 

Gazette and Peoria Journal Star, on 

March 12, 2014. This notice also 

announced the request for written 

comments during the public comment 

period from March 13, 2014 to June 12, 

2014. 

The public comments received by 

EPA generally support designation. EPA 

also received significant comments and 

additional scientific studies on the 

geology of the Mahomet Aquifer System 

during the comment period. These 

comments and additional studies 

required extensive evaluation and 

consideration. EPA has responded to the 

public comments in a document titled: 

‘‘Responsiveness Summary—Sole 

Source Aquifer Petition for the 

Mahomet Aquifer System in EastCentral Illinois—March 2015.’’ The 

Responsiveness Summary and other 

relevant documents are available for 

public inspection during normal 

business hours at the following 

locations: Champaign Public Library, 

200 W. Green St., Champaign, Illinois; 

Bloomington Public Library, 205 E. 

Olive St., Bloomington, Illinois; Pekin 

Public Library, 301 S. Fourth St., Pekin, 

Illinois; Havana Public Library, 201 W. 

Adams St., Havana, Illinois; Watseka 

Public Library, 201 S. 4th St., Watseka, 

Illinois; U.S. EPA’s Region 5 Office 

Library, 77 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, 

Illinois. 

II. Description of Mahomet Aquifer 

System in East-Central Illinois 

The Mahomet Aquifer is located in 

Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and possibly 

West Virginia. This SSA designation is 

for a hydraulically and 

hydrogeologically distinct portion of the 

aquifer system in east-central Illinois 

bounded in the east by the Iroquois 

River and the North Fork of the 

Vermilion River and in the west by the 

Illinois River. Within the SSA area, 

deposits of saturated sand or sand and 

gravel found within the Quaternary 


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