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21. How Should States Address Capital 

Expenditures in the Base Year? For 

Example, Several Counties Purchased 

Equipment in the Base Year, Which 

Appears To Establish an Unreasonable 

MOE Baseline for Those Jurisdictions 

For purposes of establishing the 

baseline MOE, HAVA does not make a 

distinction between capital 

expenditures and recurring costs 

associated with election administration 

that were incurred in the base year. 

However, when calculating MOE 

baselines, capital expenditures may be 

expensed in a manner consistent with 

IRS depreciation tables, over the 

expected life of the equipment 

purchased. 

22. How Do States Establish a Baseline 

MOE When the Year Before FY 2000 

Was Not an Election Year and the 

Election Administration Costs in That 

Year Were Lower Than in an Election 

Year? 

HAVA is clear that the timeframe for 

setting the baseline MOE is the year 

before November 2000. 

23. Does the EAC Have Any Suggestions 

for How To Enforce MOE Requirements 

With Eligible Lower Tier Fund 

Recipients? 

States should have several 

mechanisms available to ensure 

compliance with MOE requirements. 

Sub-grant agreements should be 

modified to contain MOE requirements 

and instructions. Any agreements to buy 

and transfer equipment or services to 

lower tier jurisdictions should also 

contain such a requirement. Finally, 

States, as the legal recipient of HAVA 

funds, have authority to enforce MOE 

requirements through administrative 

action which could include withholding 

future requirement payments. 

24. Can You Provide an Example of 

Another Federal Agency That Requires 

Tracking of MOE at This Detailed Level? 

State and local education agencies are 

required to go through a similar process 

to meet their MOE requirements for 

Federal funding from the U.S. 

Department of Education. 

25. What Type of Assistance and 

Training Can the States Expect From the 

EAC To Help Implement This Policy? 

EAC grants staff will be available to 

provide guidance to States on their MOE 

plans. In addition, EAC plans to provide 

technical assistance to develop tools 

and templates to help capture and track 

MOE. EAC will also publish sample 

MOE plans from States willing to share 

their work with others as a best 

practices guideline. 

26. What Authority in HAVA Allows 

EAC To Implement This Proposed 

Policy? 

Section 254(a)(7) of HAVA requires 

States to include in their State plan an 

explanation of how they will meet their 

MOE obligations. Submitting a State 

plan and all of its required sections is 

a precondition for receiving a 

requirement payment. Section 258(3) 

requires States to submit a yearly report 

that includes an analysis and 

description of the activities funded with 

Section 251 funds, as well as how 

activities conform to the State Plan 

under Section 254. This policy defines 

MOE and provides States with a 

voluntary set of guidelines and practices 

for developing a baseline MOE and 

tracking yearly progress towards 

meeting that obligation. Section 202(4) 

of HAVA requires that EAC provide 

information and training on the 

management of payments and grants 

provided through HAVA. 

Thomas R. Wilkey, 

Executive Director, U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2010–6006 Filed 3–18–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6820–KF–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Extension of the Public Comment 

Period for the Draft Tank Closure and 

Waste Management Environmental 

Impact Statement for the Hanford Site, 

Richland, WA 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Extension of the public 

comment period. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE) is extending the public 

comment period for the Draft Tank 

Closure and Waste Management 

Environmental Impact Statement for the 

Hanford Site, Richland, Washington 

(Draft EIS, DOE/EIS–00391), made 

available for public comment on 

October 30, 2009 (74 FR 56194). The 

public comment period for the Draft EIS 

was to complete on March 19, 2010, and 

will be extended for 45 days. The new 

date for the close of the Public Comment 

period is now May 3, 2010. The 

extension is being made at the request 

of several reviewers. 

ADDRESSES: The Draft EIS is available 

electronically through, and written 

comments can be submitted at, 

TC&WMEIS@saic.com, or by faxing to 

(888) 785–2865. Paper copies may be 

obtained by request to the EIS Web site 

or by contacting: Mary Beth Burandt, 

Document Manager, Office of River 

Protection, P.O. Box 1178, Richland, 

Washington, 99352, 888–829–6347. The 

Draft EIS is also available at DOE’s 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) Web site at http:// 

www.gc.energy.gov/nepa. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information on the Draft EIS, 

contact Ms. Burandt at the address 

above or by telephone at 1–888–785– 

2865. For further information on DOE’s 

NEPA process, contact Carol M. 

Borgstrom, Director, Office of NEPA 

Policy and Compliance, Office of 

General Counsel, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Washington, DC 20585–0103, 

Telephone: (202) 586–4600, or leave a 

message at (800) 472–2756. Further 

information on the Draft EIS is also 

available through the Hanford Web site 

at: http://www.hanford.gov/orp. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on March 15, 

2010. 

William M. Levitan, 

Director, Office of Environmental 

Compliance, Office of Environmental 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2010–6046 Filed 3–18–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Oak Ridge 

Reservation 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Environmental 

Management Site-Specific Advisory 

Board (EM SSAB), Oak Ridge 

Reservation. The Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (Pub. L. No. 92–463, 86 

Stat. 770) requires that public notice of 

this meeting be announced in the 

Federal Register. 

DATES: Wednesday, April 14, 2010, 6 

p.m. 

ADDRESSES: DOE Information Center, 

475 Oak Ridge Turnpike, Oak Ridge, 

Tennessee. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Patricia J. Halsey, Federal Coordinator, 

Department of Energy Oak Ridge 

Operations Office, P.O. Box 2001, EM– 

90, Oak Ridge, TN 37831. Phone (865) 

576–4025; Fax (865) 576–2347 or e-mail: 

halseypj@oro.doe.gov or check the Web 

site at http://www.oakridge.doe.gov/em/ 

ssab. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Board: The purpose of 

the Board is to make recommendations 

to DOE–EM and site management in the 

areas of environmental restoration, 


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