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Direct Loan Program including: Federal 

Direct Subsidized Stafford Loans (Direct 

Subsidized Loans); Federal Direct 

Unsubsidized Stafford Loans (Direct 

Unsubsidized Loans); Federal Direct 

PLUS Loans (Direct PLUS Loans); and 

Federal Direct Consolidation Loans 

(Direct Consolidation Loans). 

Direct Subsidized Loans, Direct 

Unsubsidized Loans, and Direct PLUS 

Loans first disbursed on or after July 1, 

2013, have a fixed interest rate that is 

calculated based on the high yield of the 

10-year Treasury notes auctioned at the 

final auction held before June 1 of each 

year, plus a statutory add-on percentage. 

Therefore, while the interest rate 

determination for new loans will be 

different from year to year, such loans 

will have a fixed interest rate for the life 

of the loan. In each case, the calculated 

rate is capped by a maximum interest 

rate. 

The following chart contains specific 

information on the calculation of the 

interest rates for Direct Loans first 

disbursed on or after July 1, 2013, and 

through June 30, 2014. We publish a 

separate notice containing the interest 

rates for Direct Loans that were made in 

prior years. 

FIXED-RATE DIRECT SUBSIDIZED LOANS, DIRECT UNSUBSIDIZED LOANS, AND DIRECT PLUS LOANS FIRST DISBURSED ON

OR AFTER 7/1/2013 AND THROUGH 6/30/2014 

Loan type Student grade level 

Cohort Index rate 

Margin 

(percent) 

2013–2014 

Fixed rate 

(percent) 

Max. rate 

(percent) First 

disbursed 

on/after 

First 

disbursed 

before 

10-Year 

treasury 

note 

Subsidized ........................ Undergraduates ................ 7/1/2013 7/1/2014 1.81 2.05 3.86 8.25 

Unsubsidized .................... Undergraduates ................ 7/1/2013 7/1/2014 1.81 2.05 3.86 8.25 

Unsubsidized .................... Graduate/Professional 

Students.

7/1/2013 7/1/2014 1.81 3.60 5.41 9.50 

PLUS ................................. Parents of Dependent Undergraduates.7/1/2013 7/1/2014 1.81 4.60 6.41 10.50 

PLUS ................................. Graduate/Professional 

Students.

7/1/2013 7/1/2014 1.81 4.60 6.41 10.50 

If an application for a Direct 

Consolidation Loan is received by the 

Department on or after July 1, 2013, the 

interest rate on that loan is the weighted 

average of the consolidated loans, 

rounded up to the nearest higher 1⁄8 of 

1 percent. Such Direct Consolidation 

Loans do not have an interest rate cap. 

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Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1087 et seq. 

Dated: September 20, 2013. 

James W. Runcie, 

Chief Operating Officer, Federal Student Aid. 

[FR Doc. 2013–23362 Filed 9–24–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board Chairs 

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) Chairs. The Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public 

notice of this meeting be announced in 

the Federal Register. 

DATES: Wednesday, October 16, 2013, 

8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.; Thursday, October 

17, 2013, 8:00 a.m.–12:15 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Deer Creek Lodge and 

Conference Center, P.O. Box 125, 22300 

State Park Road 20, Mt. Sterling, OH 

43143. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Catherine Alexander, Designated 

Federal Officer, U.S. Department of 

Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue 

SW., Washington, DC 20585; Phone: 

(202) 586–7711. 

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, 

waste management, and related 

activities. 

Tentative Agenda Topics: 

Wednesday, October 16, 2013 

Æ EM Program Update 

Æ EM SSAB Chairs’ Round Robin: 

Topics, Achievements, and 

Accomplishments 

Æ EM Headquarters Budget Update 

Æ EM Headquarters Waste Disposition 

Strategies 

Æ Public Comment Period 

Thursday October 17, 2013 

Æ DOE Headquarters News and Views 

Æ Educational Session: Life after EM 

Mission is Complete 

Public Participation: The EM SSAB 

Chairs welcome the attendance of the 

public at their advisory committee 

meetings and will make every effort to 

accommodate persons with physical 

disabilities or special needs. If you 

require special accommodations due to 

a disability, please contact Catherine 

Alexander at least seven days in 

advance of the meeting at the phone 

number listed above. Written statements 

may be filed either before or after the 

meeting with the Designated Federal 

Officer, Catherine Alexander, at the 

address or telephone listed above. 

Individuals who wish to make oral 

statements pertaining to agenda items 

should also contact Catherine 

Alexander. Requests must be received 

five days prior to the meeting and 

reasonable provision will be made to 

include the presentation in the agenda. 

The Designated Federal Officer is 

empowered to conduct the meeting in a 

fashion that will facilitate the orderly 

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conduct of business. Individuals 

wishing to make public comment will 

be provided a maximum of five minutes 

to present their comments. 

Minutes: Minutes will be available by 

writing or calling Catherine Alexander 

at the address or phone number listed 

above. Minutes will also be available at 

the following Web site: http://

www.em.doe.gov/stakepages/

ssabchairs.aspx. 

Issued at Washington, DC on September 

20, 2013. 

LaTanya R. Butler, 

Acting Deputy Committee Management 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2013–23329 Filed 9–24–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

President’s Council of Advisors on 

Science and Technology 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open teleconference. 

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the 

schedule and summary agenda for a 

conference call of the President’s 

Council of Advisors on Science and 

Technology (PCAST), and describes the 

functions of the Council. Notice of this 

meeting is required under the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 

U.S.C., App. 2. The purpose of this 

conference call is to discuss PCAST’s 

Cyber-security report. 

DATES: The public conference call will 

be held on Monday, October 7, 2013, 

from 4:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., (ET). To 

receive the call-in information, 

attendees should register for the 

conference call on the PCAST Web site, 

http://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/pcast 

no later than 12:00 p.m. (ET) on Friday, 

October 4, 2013. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Information regarding the call agenda, 

time, and how to register for the call is 

available on the PCAST Web site at: 

http://whitehouse.gov/ostp/pcast. 

Questions about the conference call 

should be directed to Ms. Marjory 

Blumenthal, PCAST Executive Director, 

by email at: mblumenthal@ostp.eop.gov, 

(202) 456–4444. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

President’s Council of Advisors on 

Science and Technology (PCAST) is an 

advisory group of the nation’s leading 

scientists and engineers, appointed by 

the President to augment the science 

and technology advice available to him 

from inside the White House and from 

cabinet departments and other Federal 

agencies. See the Executive Order at 

http://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/pcast. 

PCAST is consulted about and provides 

analyses and recommendations 

concerning a wide range of issues where 

understandings from the domains of 

science, technology, and innovation 

may bear on the policy choices before 

the President. PCAST is co-chaired by 

Dr. John P. Holdren, Assistant to the 

President for Science and Technology, 

and Director, Office of Science and 

Technology Policy, Executive Office of 

the President, The White House; and Dr. 

Eric S. Lander, President, Broad 

Institute of the Massachusetts Institute 

of Technology and Harvard. 

Type of Meeting: Open. 

Proposed Schedule and Agenda: The 

President’s Council of Advisors on 

Science and Technology (PCAST) is 

scheduled to hold a conference call in 

open session on October 7, 2013, from 

4:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. (ET) 

During the conference call, PCAST 

will discuss its Cyber-security report. 

Additional information and the agenda, 

including any changes that arise, will be 

posted at the PCAST Web site at: http:// 

whitehouse.gov/ostp/pcast. 

Public Comments: It is the policy of 

the PCAST to accept written public 

comments of any length, and to 

accommodate oral public comments 

whenever possible. The PCAST expects 

that public statements presented at its 

meetings will not be repetitive of 

previously submitted oral or written 

statements. 

The public comment period for this 

meeting will take place on October 7, 

2013, at a time specified in the meeting 

agenda posted on the PCAST Web site 

at http://whitehouse.gov/ostp/pcast. 

This public comment period is designed 

only for substantive commentary on 

PCAST’s work, not for business 

marketing purposes. 

Oral Comments: To be considered for 

the public speaker list at the meeting, 

interested parties should register to 

speak at: http://www.whitehouse.gov/

ostp/pcast, no later than 12:00 p.m. (ET) 

on Wednesday, October 2, 2013. Phone 

or email reservations to be considered 

for the public speaker list will not be 

accepted. To accommodate as many 

speakers as possible, the time for public 

comments will be limited to two (2) 

minutes per person, with a total public 

comment period of 10 minutes. If more 

speakers register than there is space 

available on the agenda, PCAST will 

randomly select speakers from among 

those who applied. Those not selected 

to present oral comments may always 

file written comments with the 

committee as described below. 

Written Comments: Although written 

comments are accepted until the date of 

the meeting, written comments should 

be submitted to PCAST no later than 

12:00 p.m. (ET) on Friday, October 4, 

2013, so that the comments may be 

made available to the PCAST members 

prior to the meeting for their 

consideration. Information regarding 

how to submit comments and 

documents to PCAST is available at 

http://whitehouse.gov/ostp/pcast in the 

section entitled ‘‘Connect with PCAST.’’ 

Please note that because PCAST 

operates under the provisions of FACA, 

all public comments and/or 

presentations will be treated as public 

documents and will be made available 

for public inspection, including being 

posted on the PCAST Web site. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on September 

19, 2013. 

LaTanya R. Butler, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2013–23336 Filed 9–24–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Combined Notice of Filings #1 

Take notice that the Commission 

received the following electric rate 

filings: 

Docket Numbers: ER10–2865–003 

Applicants: TransCanada Energy 

Sales Ltd. 

Description: TransCanada Energy 

Sales Market Based Rate Tariff to be 

effective 9/18/2013. 

Filed Date: 9/18/13 

Accession Number: 20130918–5042 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/9/13 

Docket Numbers: ER10–2870–003 

Applicants: TransCanada Power 

Marketing Ltd. 

Description: TransCanada Power 

Marketing Market Based Rate Tariff to 

be effective 9/18/2013. 

Filed Date: 9/18/13 

Accession Number: 20130918–5045 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/9/13 

Docket Numbers: ER13–127–002 

Applicants: Idaho Power Company 

Description: Idaho Power Company 

submits Resubmitted OATT Order No. 

1000 Second Regional Compliance 

Filing to be effective 10/1/2015. 

Filed Date: 9/18/13 

Accession Number: 20130918–5054 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/16/13 

Docket Numbers: ER13–2395–000 

Applicants: AEP Texas Central 

Company 

Description: TCC–LCRA Transmission 

Services IA Amend #6 to be effective 8/ 

28/2013. 

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