51530 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 165 / Friday, August 24, 2012 / Notices 

statements, both oral and written, will 

become part of the public record on the 

Draft EIS and will be responded to in 

the Final EIS. Equal weight will be 

given to both oral and written 

statements. In the interest of available 

time, and to ensure all who wish to give 

an oral statement have the opportunity 

to do so, each speaker’s comments will 

be limited to two (2) minutes. If a long 

statement is to be presented, it should 

be summarized at the public hearing 

with the full text submitted either in 

writing at the hearing, or mailed, faxed, 

or emailed to Commander, Naval 

Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren 

Division, 6149 Welsh Road, Suite 203, 

Dahlgren, VA 22448–5130, Attn: Code 

C6 (NSWCDD PAO), Fax: 1–540–653– 

4679, or Email: DLGR_NSWC_EIS@navy.

mil during the comment period. All 

written comments must be postmarked 

or received by October 01, 2012 to 

ensure they become part of the official 

record. All comments will be addressed 

in the Final EIS. 

Dated: August 20, 2012. 

C.K. Chiappetta, 

Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate 

General’s Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register 

Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2012–20937 Filed 8–23–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3810–FF–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Proposed Agency Information 

Collection 

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice and request for OMB 

review and comment. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(DOE) has submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

clearance a proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The 

proposed collection will enable DOE to 

have current knowledge of Federal 

employees and contractors conducting 

foreign travel to a non U.S. territory on 

the behalf of DOE. Information gathered 

will include dates of travel, destination, 

purpose, and after-hour contact 

information in case of emergency. 

DATES: Comments regarding this 

collection must be received on or before 

30 days after date of publication in the 

Federal Register. 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 DOE Desk Officer at 

OMB 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, and to Julie Squires by fax at 

(202) 586–0406 or by email at 

julie.squires@hq.doe.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions should be 

directed to Julie Squires at 

julie.squires@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

information collection request contains: 

(1) OMB No. 1910–5144. 

(2) Information Collection Request 

Title: records, and secures approval of 

all foreign travel conducted by DOE 

federal employees and contractors. The 

system allows DOE to have full 

accountability of all travel and in cases 

of emergency DOE is able to quickly 

retrieve information as to who is 

traveling, where the individual is 

traveling, and the dates of travel. 

Information gathered is listed under 

three categories: (1) Traveler 

Information which requests traveler’s 

name, passport information, site, 

position, and contact information, (2) 

General Trip Information which consists 

of estimated travel costs, and (3) Trip 

Itinerary Information which consists of 

destination, dates of travel, and 

purpose. 

(3) Type of Respondents: DOE Federal 

employees and contractors traveling on 

behalf of DOE. 

(4) Estimated Annual Number of 

Respondents 8,313. 

(5) Estimated Annual Number of 

Burden Hours: 4,228. 

(6) Estimated Annual Cost Burden: 

None. 

Authority: DOE Order 551.1D (April 2, 

2012), regarding ‘‘Official Foreign Travel.’’ 

Issued in Washington, DC, on August 14, 

2012. 

Umeki G. Thorne, 

Director, Office of Management, Office of 

International Travel and Exchange Visitor 

Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2012–20840 Filed 8–23–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[ER–FRL9004–7] 

Amended Environmental Impact 

Statement Filing System Guidance for 

Implementing 40 CFR 1506.9 and 

1506.10 of the Council on 

Environmental Quality’s Regulations 

Implementing the National 

Environmental Policy Act 

1. Introduction 

On October 7, 1977, the Council of 

Environmental Quality (CEQ) and the 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

signed a Memorandum of Agreement 

(MOA) that allocated the 

responsibilities of the two agencies for 

assuring the government-wide 

implementation of the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 

(NEPA). Specifically, the MOA 

transferred to EPA the administrative 

aspects of the environmental impact 

statement (ElS) filing process. Within 

EPA, the Office of Federal Activities has 

been designated the official recipient in 

EPA of all EISs. These responsibilities 

have been codified in CEQ’s NEPA 

Implementing Regulations (40 CFR Parts 

1500–1508), and are totally separate 

from the substantive EPA reviews 

performed pursuant to both NEPA and 

Section 309 of the Clean Air Act. 

Under 40 CFR 1506.9, EPA can issue 

guidelines to implement its EIS filing 

responsibilities. The purpose of the EPA 

Filing System Guidelines is to provide 

guidance to Federal agencies on filing 

EISs, including draft, final, and 

supplemental EISs. Information is 

provided on: (1) How to file EISs; (2) the 

steps to follow when a Federal agency 

is adopting an EIS, or when an EIS is 

withdrawn, delayed or reopened; (3) 

public review periods; (4) issuance of 

notices of availability in the Federal 

Register; and (5) retention of filed EISs. 

The guidelines published today 

update the previous guidelines, which 

were first published in the Federal 

Register on March 7, 1989. These 

updated guidelines have been modified 

to incorporate changes necessary to 

implement the e-NEPA electronic filing 

system. 

2. Purpose 

Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9 and 

1506.10, EPA is responsible for 

administering the EIS filing process, and 

can issue guidelines to implement those 

responsibilities. The process of EIS 

filing includes the following: (1) 

Receiving and recording of the EISs, so 

that information in them can be 

incorporated into EPA’s computerized 


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