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the main page of EAC’s Web site, viewers should click the link to the Standards Board Virtual Meeting Room. The virtual meeting room will open on Monday, February 8, 2010, at 9 a.m. EST and will close on Friday, February 19, 2010, at 9 p.m. EST. The site will be available 24 hours per day during that 12-day period.

**PURPOSE :**  The EAC Standards Board will review and provide comment on Phase II of the Election Operations Assessment. Phase II of the Election Operations Assessment contains threat trees for the seven types of voting types covered by the Election Operations Assessment. These threat trees are intended to capture risks to the various types of voting systems and the possible mitigations. These threat trees feed into the Risk Assessment tool that will be used by the EAC and NIST in their work with the Voluntary Voting System Guidelines.

The EAC Standards Board Virtual Meeting Room was established to enable the Standards Board to conduct business in an efficient manner in a public forum, including being able to review and discuss draft documents, when it is not feasible for an in-person board meeting. The Standards Board will not take any votes or propose any resolutions during the 12-day forum of February 8–February 19, 2010. Members will post comments about Phase II of the Election Operations Assessment.

This activity is open to the public. The public may view the proceedings of this special forum by visiting the EAC Standards Board virtual meeting room at http://www.eac.gov at any time between Monday, February 8, 2010, 9 a.m. EST and Friday, February 19, 2010, 9 p.m. EST. The public also may view Phase II of the Election Operations Assessment, which will be posted on EAC’s Web site beginning February 8, 2010. The public may file written statements to the EAC Standards Board at standardsboard@eac.gov. Data on EAC’s Web site is accessible to visitors with disabilities and meets the requirements of section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act.

**PERSON TO CONTACT FOR INFORMATION :**  Bryan Whitener, Telephone: (202) 566–

3100.

Alice Miller, Chief Operating Officer, U.S. Election Assistance Commission. [FR Doc. 2010–1619 Filed 1–22–10; 4:15 pm]

**BILLING CODE 6820–KF–P ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION** 

**Sunshine Act; Notice of Virtual Public Forum for EAC Board of Advisors** 

**DATE** & **TIME :**  Monday, February 8, 2010, 9 a.m. EST through Friday, February 19, 2010, 9 p.m. EST.

**PLACE :**  EAC Board of Advisors Virtual Meeting Room at http://www.eac.gov. Once at the main page of EAC’s Web site, viewers should click the link to the Board of Advisors Virtual Meeting Room. The virtual meeting room will open on Monday, February 8, 2010, at 9 a.m. EST and will close on Friday, February 19, 2010, at 9 p.m. EST. The site will be available 24 hours per day during that 12-day period.

**PURPOSE :**  The EAC Board of Advisors will review and provide comment on Phase II of the Election Operations Assessment. Phase II of the Election Operations Assessment contains threat trees for the seven types of voting types covered by the Election Operations Assessment. These threat trees are intended to capture risks to the various types of voting systems and the possible mitigations. These threat trees feed into the Risk Assessment tool that will be used by the EAC and NIST in their work with the Voluntary Voting System Guidelines.

The EAC Board of Advisors Virtual Meeting Room was established to enable the Board of Advisors to conduct business in an efficient manner in a public forum, including being able to review and discuss draft documents, when it is not feasible for an in-person board meeting. The Board of Advisors will not take any votes or propose any resolutions during the 12-day forum of February 8–February 19, 2010. Members will post comments about Phase II of the Election Operations Assessment.

This activity is open to the public. The public may view the proceedings of this special forum by visiting the EAC Board of Advisors virtual meeting room
at http://www.eac.gov at any time between Monday, February 8, 2010, 9 a.m. EST and Friday, February 19, 2010, 9 p.m. EST. The public also may view Phase II of the election operations assessment, which will be posted on EAC’s Web site beginning February 8, 2010. The public may file written statements to the EAC Board of Advisors
at boardofadvisors@eac.gov. Data on EAC’s Web site is accessible to visitors with disabilities and meets the requirements of section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act. **PERSON TO CONTACT FOR INFORMATION :**  Bryan Whitener, Telephone: (202) 566–
3100.

Alice Miller, Chief Operating Officer, U.S. Election Assistance Commission. [FR Doc. 2010–1623 Filed 1–22–10; 4:15 pm]

**BILLING CODE 6820–KF–P**

**DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY**

**Agency Information Collection Extension** 

**AGENCY :**  Department of Energy.

**ACTION :**  Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) review; comment request.

**SUMMARY :**  The Department of Energy (DOE), pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, has obtained emergency approval of an information collection request with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). DOE is now is submitting a request to OMB for a three-year approval of that collection, OMB control no. 1910–5142.

This request, the Recovery Act Reviewer Web site information collection request, covers information necessary to collect the biographical information, educational background, and area of specialty of potential reviewers of financial assistance proposals under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. DOE will then use the information to select proposal reviewers.

**DATES :**  Comments regarding this collection must be received on or before February 25, 2010. If you anticipate that you will be submitting comments, but find it difficult to do so within the period of time allowed by this notice, please advise the OMB Desk Officer of your intention to make a submission as soon as possible. The Desk Officer may be telephoned at (202) 395–4650.

**ADDRESSES :**  Written comments should be sent to the 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 :**  Tony Johnson, Program Analyst, Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, Washington, DC 20585 or by fax at 202–586–0573 or by e-mail at Tony.Johnson@Hq.Doe.Gov.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :**  This information collection request contains: (1) OMB No. 1910–5142; (2) Information


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Collection Request Title: Recovery Act Reviewer Web site (3) Purpose: This Web site uses approximately 30 information fields to ask for the biographical information, educational background, and area of specialty of potential reviewers of financial assistance proposals under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. DOE will then use the information to select reviewers; (4) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,000; (5) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 2,000; (5) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 300; (6) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: 0.

Statutory Authority: Department of Energy Organization Act, Public Law 95–91, Section 5315, title 5, August 4, 1977, which vests the Secretary of Energy with the executive direction and management functions, authority, and responsibilities for the Department.

Issued in Washington, DC, on January 15,
2010. Ingrid Kolb, Director, Office of Management.
[FR Doc. 2010–1492 Filed 1–25–10; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 6450–01–P**

**DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY**

**Agency Information Collection Extension** 

**AGENCY :**  Department of Energy.

**ACTION :**  Submission for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) review; comment request.

**SUMMARY :**  The Department of Energy (DOE) has submitted an information collection request to the OMB for extension under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. Theinformation collection requests a threeyear extension of its Human Reliability Program (HRP), OMB Control Number 1910–5122. This information collection consists of forms that will certify to DOE that respondents were advised of the requirements for occupying or continuing to occupy an HRP position. The HRP is a security and safety reliability program for individuals who apply for or occupy certain positions that are critical to the national security. It requires an initial and annual supervisory review, medical assessment, management evaluation, and a DOE personnel security review of all applicants or incumbents. It is also used to ensure that employees assigned to nuclear explosive duties do not have emotional, mental, or physical conditions that could result in an accidental or unauthorized detonation of nuclear explosives.

**DATES :**  Comments regarding this collection must be received on or before February 25, 2010. If you anticipate that you will be submitting comments, but find it difficult to do so within the period of time allowed by this notice, please advise the OMB Desk Officer of your intention to make a submission as soon as possible. The Desk Officer may be telephoned at 202–395–4650.

**ADDRESSES :**  Written comments should be sent to the DOE Desk Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10102, 735 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503; and to Dane A. Woodard, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Health, Safety and Security (HS–1.4), 1000 Independence Ave., SW., Washington, DC 20585, telephone (202) 586–4148, by fax at (202) 586–3312, or by e-mail at dane.woodard@hq.doe.gov.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  Request for additional information should be directed to Dane A. Woodard, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Health, Safety and Security (HS–1.4), 1000 Independence Ave., SW., Washington, DC 20585, telephone (202) 586–4148, by fax at (202) 586–3312, or by e-mail at dane.woodard@hq.doe.gov.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :**  This information collection request contains: (1) Current OMB Number: 1910–5122; (2) Information Collection Request Title: Human Reliability Program; (3) Purpose: This collection provides for DOE management to ensure that individuals who occupy HRP positions meet program standards of reliability and physical and mental suitability; (4) Estimated Number of Respondents: 51,700; (5) Estimated Total Burden
Hours: 31,020; (6) Number of Collections: The information collection request contains five (5) information and/or recordkeeping requirements.

Statutory Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2165; 10 CFR pt. 712.

Issued in Washington, DC, on January 20,

2010. Lesley A. Gasperow, Director, Office of Resource Management, Office of Health, Safety and Security.
[FR Doc. 2010–1496 Filed 1–25–10; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 6450–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY** 

**Federal Energy Regulatory Commission** 

**[Project No. 13572–000]**

**Issaquena County Board of Supervisors; Notice of Competing**  **Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting**  **Comments and Motions To Intervene**

January 15, 2010.

On August 25, 2009, Issaquena County Board of Supervisors filed an application for a preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act, proposing to study the feasibility of the Fitler Bend Hydrokinetic Project, to be located on the Mississippi River, in East Carroll Parish, Louisiana and Issaquena County, Mississippi.

The sole purpose of a preliminary permit, if issued, is to grant the permit holder priority to file a license application during the permit term. A preliminary permit does not authorize the permit holder to perform any land disturbing activities or otherwise enter upon lands or waters owned by others without the owners’ express permission.

The proposed Fitler Bend Hydrokinetic Project consists of: (1) 25 proposed 200 kilowatt Underwater Electric Kite generating units having a total installed capacity of 5 megawatts,mounted to a 200-foot-long by 80-footwide barge; (2) a 7-mile-long, 115 kilovolt transmission line; and (3) appurtenant facilities. The proposed Fitler Bend Hydrokinetic Project would have an average annual generation of 43.8 gigawatt-hours.

Applicant Contact: Gene Fulton, President, Issaquena County Board of Supervisors, 132 Court Street, Mayersville, MS 39113; phone: (662)
873–2761.

FERC Contact: Kim Carter, 202–502–
6486.

Competing Application: This application competes with Project No. 13481–000 filed May 22, 2009. Competing applications must be filed on or before September 8, 2009.

Deadline for filing comments, motions to intervene: 60 days from the issuance of this notice. Comments, motions to intervene, may be filed electronically via the Internet. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission’s Web site under the

‘‘e-Filing’’ link. If unable to be filedelectronically, documents may be paperfiled. To paper-file, an original and eight copies should be mailed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First