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Dated: April 6, 2010. 

Alexa Posny, 

Assistant Secretary for Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services. 

[FR Doc. 2010–8166 Filed 4–8–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 

Notice: Request for Substantive 

Comments on the EAC’s Procedural 

Manual for the Election Assistance 

Commission’s Pilot Voting System 

Testing and Certification Program 

Manual 

AGENCY: United States Election 

Assistance Commission (EAC). 

ACTION: Notice; Request for Substantive 

Comments. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission (EAC) is publishing a 

procedural manual for its Pilot Voting 

System Testing and Certification 

Program Manual for a fifteen day public 

comment period. This program sets the 

administrative procedures for 

manufacturers seeking certification of 

pilot voting systems to be used in a 

federal election. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brian Hancock, Director, Voting System 

Certification, Washington, DC (202) 

566–3100, Fax: (202) 566–1392. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background. HAVA requires that the 

EAC certify and decertify voting systems 

through testing conducted by accredited 

laboratories. Section 231(a)(1) of HAVA 

(42 U.S.C. 15371) specifically requires 

the EAC to ‘‘* * * provide for the 

testing, certification, decertification and 

recertification of voting system 

hardware and software by accredited 

laboratories.’’ To meet this obligation, 

the EAC has created a voluntary 

program to test pilot voting systems to 

a set of voluntary pilot certification 

requirements. The Pilot Testing 

Certification Program manual sets the 

procedures for the pilot voting system 

manufacturers to follow in order to 

receive certification for their system to 

be used in a pilot project for a state or 

local jurisdiction that require EAC 

certification. 

The Pilot Voting System Testing and 

Certification program manual contains 

program requirements and procedures 

for the following areas: 

1. Voting system manufacturer 

registration. 

2. When voting system intended for 

use in a pilot must be submitted for 

certification. 

3. Certification Testing, Technical 

Review and Grant of Certification for 

Pilot Voting Systems. 

4. Denial of Certification. 

5. Pilot Program Monitoring and 

Reporting. 

6. Requests for Interpretations. 

7. Release of Certification Program 

Information. 

Substantive Comments: The EAC 

seeks substantive comments from the 

public on its proposed procedural 

manual. Please submit comments 

consistent with the information below. 

Comments should identify and cite the 

section of the manual at issue. Where a 

substantive issue is raised, please 

propose a recommended change or 

alternative policy. All comments 

submitted will be published at the end 

of the comment period on the EAC’s 

Web site at http://www.eac.gov. This 

publication and request for comment is 

not required under the rulemaking, 

adjudicative, or licensing provisions of 

the Administrative Procedures Act 

(APA). It is a voluntary effort by the 

EAC to gather input from the public on 

the EAC’s administrative procedures for 

certifying voting systems to be used in 

pilot projects. Furthermore, this request 

by the EAC for public comment is not 

intended to make any of the APA’s 

rulemaking provisions applicable to 

development of this or future EAC 

procedural programs. However, in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, a separate notice 

will be published on the Federal 

Register to request comments regarding 

the burden of responding to the 

information collection activities of the 

proposed manual; please refer to the 

EAC’s Web site, http://www.eac.gov, for 

further information about the 

submission of comments regarding 

burden. 

DATES: Submit written or electronic 

comments on this draft procedural 

manual on or before 5 p.m. EDT on 

April 26, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments via email to votingsystemguidelines@eac.gov; 

via mail to Brian Hancock, Director of 

Voting System Certification, U.S. 

Election Assistance Commission, 1201 

New York Avenue, Suite 300, 

Washington, DC 20005; or via fax to 

202–566–1392. An electronic copy of 

the proposed guidance may be found on 

the EAC’s Web site at http:// 

www.eac.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Matthew Masterson, Deputy Director, 

Testing and Certification Program 1201 

New York Avenue, Suite 300, 

Washington, DC, (202) 566–3100, Fax: 

(202) 566–1392. 

Alice Miller, 

Chief Operating Officer, U.S. Election 

Assistance Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2010–8150 Filed 4–8–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6820–KF–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 13655–000] 

Riverbank Minnesota, LLC; Notice of 

Preliminary Permit Application 

Accepted for Filing and Soliciting 

Comments, Motions To Intervene, and 

Competing Applications 

April 2, 2010. 

On January 12, 2010, Riverbank 

Minnesota, LLC filed an application, 

pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal 

Power Act, proposing to study the 

feasibility of the Granite Falls Pumped 

Storage Project No. 13655, to be located 

east of the City of Granite Falls and the 

Minnesota River in Chippewa County, 

Minnesota. 

The proposed pumped storage project 

would consist of: (1) A new 

approximately 135-acre, 30-foot-deep 

upper reservoir constructed of enclosed 

earth embankments; (2) a new lower 

reservoir excavated in granite bedrock at 

a depth of approximately 1,800 feet 

below the surface, consisting of six 

approximately 150-foot-high, 90-footwide underground galleries; (3) a new 

approximately 20 to 100-foot-diameter 

intake structure; (4) a new 

approximately 1,800-foot-long, 20-footdiameter penstock from the intake 

structure to an underground 

powerhouse; (5) a new approximately 

380-foot-long, 83-foot-wide, and 400- 

foot-high underground powerhouse; (6) 

four new reversible pump-turbines with 

a total combined capacity of 1,000 

megawatts; (7) a new 330-foot-long, 55- 

foot-wide, and 400-foot-high 

transformer gallery; (8) a new 

approximately 1.2-mile-long, 230- 

kilovolt transmission line; and (9) 

appurtenant facilities. The project 


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