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ACTION: Notice of cancellation of the 

auction under the Competitive Loan 

Auction Pilot Program for the right to 

originate PLUS loans to new parent 

borrowers under the Federal Family 

Education Loan (FFEL) Program. 

SUMMARY: Through this notice, the 

Secretary of Education (the Secretary) 

announces the cancellation of the 

auction (Auction) that was scheduled to 

occur on April 15, 2009 under the 

Competitive Loan Auction Pilot 

Program (Auction Program) for the 

rights to originate PLUS loans to parent 

borrowers under the FFEL Program. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information about the Auction Program 

go to http://www.ed.gov/ope/plusauction or contact: Donald Conner, U.S. 

Department of Education, 1990 K Street, 

NW., room 8030, Washington, DC 

20006. Telephone (202) 502–7818, or by 

fax to (202) 502–7873. You may also email your questions about the Auction 

Program to: donald.conner@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD), call the 

Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 

1–800–877–8339. 

Individuals with disabilities can 

obtain this document in an accessible 

format (e.g., braille, large print, 

audiotape, or computer diskette) by 

contacting the program contact person 

listed in this section. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the 

Federal Register of March 3, 2009, the 

Secretary announced his intention to 

conduct, and invited eligible FFEL 

lenders to participate in, an Auction for 

the rights to originate PLUS loans to 

new parent borrowers under the FFEL 

Program (74 FR 9232). Through the 

Auction, the Secretary would award the 

rights to originate PLUS loans to new 

parent borrowers under the Federal 

PLUS Program authorized by section 

428B of Title IV of the Higher Education 

Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), for loan 

periods beginning on or after July 1, 

2009 and ending on or before June 30, 

2011. 

The period for the submission by 

lenders of pre-qualification requests for 

the Auction closed on April 1, 2009. In 

order for the Auction to have been 

considered successful for any State, at 

least two lenders must have submitted 

pre-qualification requests for that State. 

However, the Department failed to 

receive two requests for prequalification for any State, and for the 

vast majority of States the Department 

received no requests. For this reason, 

the Secretary has determined that the 

purpose of the Competitive Loan 

Auction Pilot Program has been 

frustrated, and he is cancelling the 

Auction that was scheduled to occur on 

April 15, 2009. During the 2009–10 and 

2010–11 award years, Parent PLUS 

loans under the FFEL Program may be 

made by any eligible lender selected by 

the parent borrower. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

You can view this document, as well as 

all other documents of this Department 

published in the Federal Register, in 

text or Adobe Portable Document 

Format (PDF), on the Internet at the 

following site: http://www.ed.gov/news/ 

fedregister. 

To use PDF, you must have Adobe 

Acrobat Reader, which is available free 

at this site. If you have questions about 

using PDF, call the U.S. Government 

Printing Office (GPO), toll free, at 1– 

888–293–6498; or in the Washington, 

DC area at (202) 512–1530. 

Note: The official version of this document 

is the document published in the Federal 

Register. Free Internet access to the official 

edition of the Federal Register and the Code 

of Federal Regulations is available on GPO 

Access at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/ 

index.html. 

Delegation of Authority: The Secretary 

of Education has delegated authority to 

Daniel T. Madzelan, Director, 

Forecasting and Policy Analysis for the 

Office of Postsecondary Education, to 

perform the functions of the Assistant 

Secretary for Postsecondary Education. 

Dated: April 24, 2009. 

Daniel T. Madzelan, 

Director, Forecasting and Policy Analysis. 

[FR Doc. E9–9884 Filed 4–28–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Postsecondary Education; 

Overview Information; Fund for the 

Improvement of Postsecondary 

Education, FIPSE—Special Focus 

Competition: The U.S.-Russia 

Program: Improving Research and 

Educational Activities in Higher 

Education; Notice Inviting Applications 

for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 

2009 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 84.116S. 

DATES: 

Applications Available: April 30, 

2009. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: June 29, 2009. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The U.S.-Russia 

Program encourages cooperative 

education programs between 

institutions of higher education (IHEs) 

in the Russian Federation and the 

United States of America. The objective 

of this program is to provide grants that 

demonstrate partnerships between 

Russian and American IHEs that 

contribute to the development and 

promotion of educational opportunities 

between the two nations. The aim is to 

use the educational content as the 

vehicle for learning languages, cultural 

appreciation, sharing knowledge, and 

forming long-term relationships 

between the two countries. In the 

context of the modern international 

society and a global economy, an 

understanding of the cultural context 

plays a vital role in education and 

training. 

Thus, this program is designed to 

support the formation of educational 

consortia of American and Russian IHEs 

to encourage mutual socio-culturallinguistic cooperation; the joint 

development of curricula, educational 

materials, and other types of 

educational and methodological 

activities; and related educational 

student and staff mobility (exchanges). 

Russian institutions will apply to The 

Russian Ministry of Education and 

Science for funding. 

Priority: Under this competition, we 

are particularly interested in 

applications that address the following 

priority. 

Invitational Priority: For FY 2009, this 

priority is an invitational priority. 

Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(1), we do not 

give an application that meets this 

invitational priority a competitive or 

absolute preference over other 

applications. 

Applicants must select one academic 

discipline as the subject area for their 

grant proposal in this U.S.-Russia 

competition. For the year 2009, the 

Department and the Russian Ministry 

have jointly decided to make up to three 

awards, as follows: 

(A) Environmental Science Studies— 

No more than one award. 

(B) Biotechnology—No more than one 

award. 

(C) Any discipline, other than (A) and 

(B)—No more than one award. 

Applications are invited from 

institutions of higher education with the 

capacity to contribute to a collaborative 

project in the areas listed with a Russian 

institution. The consortium partners, 

through promoting the study of and 

communication in foreign languages, are 

expected to increase awareness and 

understanding of the two cultures, and 

to strengthen the professional and 

scholarly ties between the two 

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The Russian institutions, as part of a 

U.S.-Russian consortium, will receive 

separate but equivalent funding from 

the Russian Ministry of Education and 

Science. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1138– 

1138d. 

Applicable Regulations: The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 

34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 82, 84, 

85, 86, 97, 98, and 99. 

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 79 

apply to all applicants except federally 

recognized Indian tribes. 

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 

apply to IHEs only. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary grants. 

Estimated Available Funds: $400,000. 

Estimated Range of Awards: 

$100,000–$150,000. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$133,000. 

Maximum Award: We will reject any 

application that proposes a budget 

exceeding $150,000 for a single budget 

period of 12 months. The Assistant 

Secretary for Postsecondary Education 

may change the maximum amount 

through a notice published in the 

Federal Register. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 3. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 36 months. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: IHEs or 

combinations of IHEs and other public 

and private nonprofit institutions and 

agencies. 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This 

program does not require cost sharing or 

matching. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Address to Request Application 

Package: You can obtain an application 

package via the Internet or from the 

Education Publications Center (ED 

Pubs). To obtain a copy via the Internet, 

use the following address: http://egrants.ed.gov. To obtain a copy from ED 

Pubs, write, fax, or call the following: 

Education Publications Center, P.O. Box 

1398, Jessup, MD 20794–1398. 

Telephone, toll free: 1– 877–433–7827. 

FAX: (301) 470–1244. If you use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD), call, toll free: 1–877–576–7734. 

You can contact ED Pubs at its Web 

site, also: http://www.ed.gov/pubs/ 

edpubs.html or at its e-mail address: 

edpubs@inet.ed.gov. 

If you request an application from ED 

Pubs, be sure to identify this program or 

competition as follows: CFDA Number 

84.116S. 

Individuals with disabilities can 

obtain a copy of the application package 

in an accessible format (e.g., braille, 

large print, audiotape, or computer 

diskette) by contacting the person listed 

under Accessible Format in section VIII 

of this notice. 

2. Content and Form of Application 

Submission: Requirements concerning 

the content of an application, together 

with the forms you must submit, are in 

the application package for this 

competition. 

Page Limit: The application narrative 

[Part III of the application] is where you, 

the applicant, address the selection 

criteria that reviewers use to evaluate 

your application. You must limit the 

application narrative [Part III] to the 

equivalent of no more than 20 typed 

pages, using the following standards: 

• A ‘‘page’’ is 8.5′′ x 11′′, on one side 

only, with 1′′ margins at the top, bottom, 

and both sides. 

• Double space (no more than three 

lines per vertical inch) all text in the 

application narrative, including titles, 

headings, footnotes, quotations, 

references, and captions, as well as all 

text in charts, tables, figures, and 

graphs. 

• Use a font that is either 12 point or 

larger, or no smaller than 10 pitch 

(characters per inch). 

• Use one of the following fonts: 

Times New Roman, Courier, Courier 

New, or Arial. An application submitted 

in any other font (including Times 

Roman and Arial Narrow) will not be 

accepted. 

The page limit does not apply to Part 

I, the cover sheet; Part II, the budget 

section, including the narrative budget 

justification; Part IV, the assurances and 

certifications; or the one-page abstract, 

the resumes, the bibliography, or the 

letters of support. However, the page 

limit does apply to all of the application 

narrative section [Part III]. 

We will reject your application if you 

exceed the page limit. 

3. Submission Dates and Times: 

Applications Available: April 30, 

2009. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: June 29, 2009. 

Applications for grants under the 

U.S.-Russia Program: Improving 

Research and Educational Activities in 

Higher Education, CFDA Number 

84.116S, must be submitted 

electronically using the Electronic Grant 

Application System (e-Application) 

accessible through the Department’s eGrants Web site. For information 

(including dates and times) about how 

to submit your application 

electronically, or by mail or hand 

delivery if you qualify for an exception 

to the electronic submission 

requirement, please refer to section IV. 

6. Other Submission Requirements of 

this notice. 

We do not consider an application 

that does not comply with the deadline 

requirements. 

Individuals with disabilities who 

need an accommodation or auxiliary aid 

in connection with the application 

process should contact the person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT in section VII of this notice. If 

the Department provides an 

accommodation or auxiliary aid to an 

individual with a disability in 

connection with the application 

process, the individual’s application 

remains subject to all other 

requirements and limitations in this 

notice. 

4. Intergovernmental Review: This 

program is subject to Executive Order 

12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR 

part 79. Information about 

Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs under Executive Order 12372 

is in the application package for this 

program. 

5. Funding Restrictions: We specify 

unallowable costs in 34 CFR part 74. We 

reference additional regulations 

outlining funding restrictions in the 

Applicable Regulations section of this 

notice. 

6. Other Submission Requirements: 

Applications for grants under this 

competition must be submitted 

electronically unless you qualify for an 

exception to this requirement in 

accordance with the instructions in this 

section. 

a. Electronic Submission of 

Applications. 

Applications for grants under the 

U.S.-Russia program: Improving 

Research and Educational Activities in 

Higher Education, CFDA Number 

84.116S, must be submitted 

electronically using e-Application, 

accessible through the Department’s eGrants Web site at: 

http://e-grants.ed.gov. 

We will reject your application if you 

submit it in paper format unless, as 

described elsewhere in this section, you 

qualify for one of the exceptions to the 

electronic submission requirement and 

submit, no later than two weeks before 

the application deadline date, a written 

statement to the Department that you 

qualify for one of these exceptions. 

Further information regarding 

calculation of the date that is two weeks 

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provided later in this section under 

Exception to Electronic Submission 

Requirement. 

While completing your electronic 

application, you will be entering data 

online that will be saved into a 

database. You may not e-mail an 

electronic copy of a grant application to 

us. 

Please note the following: 

• You must complete the electronic 

submission of your grant application by 

4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on 

the application deadline date. EApplication will not accept an 

application for this competition after 

4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on 

the application deadline date. 

Therefore, we strongly recommend that 

you do not wait until the application 

deadline date to begin the application 

process. 

• The hours of operation of the eGrants Web site are 6:00 a.m. Monday 

until 7:00 p.m. Wednesday; and 6:00 

a.m. Thursday until 8:00 p.m. Sunday, 

Washington, DC time. Please note that, 

because of maintenance, the system is 

unavailable between 8:00 p.m. on 

Sundays and 6:00 a.m. on Mondays, and 

between 7:00 p.m. on Wednesdays and 

6:00 a.m. on Thursdays, Washington, 

DC time. Any modifications to these 

hours are posted on the e-Grants Web 

site. 

• You will not receive additional 

point value because you submit your 

application in electronic format, nor 

will we penalize you if you qualify for 

an exception to the electronic 

submission requirement, as described 

elsewhere in this section, and submit 

your application in paper format. 

• You must submit all documents 

electronically, including all information 

you typically provide on the following 

forms: The Application for Federal 

Assistance (SF 424), the Department of 

Education Supplemental Information for 

SF 424, Budget Information—NonConstruction Programs (ED 524), and all 

necessary assurances and certifications. 

You must attach any narrative sections 

of your application as files in a .DOC 

(document), .RTF (rich text), or .PDF 

(Portable Document) format. If you 

upload a file type other than the three 

file types specified in this paragraph or 

submit a password protected file, we 

will not review that material. 

• Your electronic application must 

comply with any page limit 

requirements described in this notice. 

• Prior to submitting your electronic 

application, you may wish to print a 

copy of it for your records. 

• After you electronically submit 

your application, you will receive an 

automatic acknowledgment that will 

include a PR/Award number (an 

identifying number unique to your 

application). 

• Within three working days after 

submitting your electronic application, 

fax a signed copy of the SF 424 to the 

Application Control Center after 

following these steps: 

(1) Print SF 424 from e-Application. 

(2) The applicant’s Authorizing 

Representative must sign this form. 

(3) Place the PR/Award number in the 

upper right hand corner of the hardcopy signature page of the SF 424. 

(4) Fax the signed SF 424 to the 

Application Control Center at (202) 

245–6272. 

• We may request that you provide us 

original signatures on other forms at a 

later date. 

Application Deadline Date Extension 

in Case of e-Application Unavailability: 

If you are prevented from electronically 

submitting your application on the 

application deadline date because eApplication is unavailable, we will 

grant you an extension of one business 

day to enable you to transmit your 

application electronically, by mail, or by 

hand delivery. We will grant this 

extension if— 

(1) You are a registered user of eApplication and you have initiated an 

electronic application for this 

competition; and 

(2) (a) E–Application is unavailable 

for 60 minutes or more between the 

hours of 8:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., 

Washington, DC time, on the 

application deadline date; or 

(b) E–Application is unavailable for 

any period of time between 3:30 p.m. 

and 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, 

on the application deadline date. 

We must acknowledge and confirm 

these periods of unavailability before 

granting you an extension. To request 

this extension or to confirm our 

acknowledgment of any system 

unavailability, you may contact either 

(1) the person listed elsewhere in this 

notice under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT (see VII. Agency Contact) or (2) 

the e-Grants help desk at 1–888–336– 

8930. If e-Application is unavailable 

due to technical problems with the 

system and, therefore, the application 

deadline is extended, an e-mail will be 

sent to all registered users who have 

initiated an e-Application. Extensions 

referred to in this section apply only to 

the unavailability of the Department’s eApplication system. 

Exception to Electronic Submission 

Requirement: You qualify for an 

exception to the electronic submission 

requirement and may submit your 

application in paper format if you are 

unable to submit an application through 

e-Application because— 

• You do not have access to the 

Internet; or 

• You do not have the capacity to 

upload large documents to eApplication; 

and 

• No later than two weeks before the 

application deadline date (14 calendar 

days; or, if the fourteenth calendar day 

before the application deadline date 

falls on a Federal holiday, the next 

business day following the Federal 

holiday), you mail or fax a written 

statement to the Department, explaining 

which of the two grounds for an 

exception prevents you from using the 

Internet to submit your application. If 

you mail your written statement to the 

Department, it must be postmarked no 

later than two weeks before the 

application deadline date. If you fax 

your written statement to the 

Department, we must receive the faxed 

statement no later than two weeks 

before the application deadline date. 

Address and mail or fax your 

statement to: Krish Mathur, U.S. 

Department of Education, 1990 K Street, 

NW., room 6155, Washington, DC 

20006–8544. FAX: (202) 502–7877. 

Your paper application must be 

submitted in accordance with the mail 

or hand delivery instructions described 

in this notice. 

b. Submission of Paper Applications 

by Mail. 

If you qualify for an exception to the 

electronic submission requirement, you 

may mail (through the U.S. Postal 

Service or a commercial carrier) your 

application to the Department. You 

must mail the original and two copies 

of your application, on or before the 

application deadline date, to the 

Department at the following address: 

U.S. Department of Education, 

Application Control Center, Attention: 

(CFDA Number 84.116S), LBJ Basement 

Level 1, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20202–4260. 

You must show proof of mailing 

consisting of one of the following: 

(1) A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service 

postmark. 

(2) A legible mail receipt with the 

date of mailing stamped by the U.S. 

Postal Service. 

(3) A dated shipping label, invoice, or 

receipt from a commercial carrier. 

(4) Any other proof of mailing 

acceptable to the Secretary of the U.S. 

Department of Education. 

If you mail your application through 

the U.S. Postal Service, we do not 

accept either of the following as proof 

of mailing: 

(1) A private metered postmark. 


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(2) A mail receipt that is not dated by 

the U.S. Postal Service. 

If your application is postmarked after 

the application deadline date, we will 

not consider your application. 

Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not 

uniformly provide a dated postmark. Before 

relying on this method, you should check 

with your local post office. 

c. Submission of Paper Applications 

by Hand Delivery. 

If you qualify for an exception to the 

electronic submission requirement, you 

(or a courier service) may deliver your 

paper application to the Department by 

hand. You must deliver the original and 

two copies of your application, by hand, 

on or before the application deadline 

date, to the Department at the following 

address: U.S. Department of Education, 

Application Control Center, Attention: 

(CFDA Number 84.116S), 550 12th 

Street, SW., Room 7041, Potomac Center 

Plaza, Washington, DC 20202–4260. 

The Application Control Center 

accepts hand deliveries daily between 

8:00 a.m. and 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, 

DC time, except Saturdays, Sundays, 

and Federal holidays. 

Note for Mail or Hand Delivery of Paper 

Applications: If you mail or hand deliver 

your application to the Department— 

(1) You must indicate on the envelope 

and—if not provided by the Department—in 

Item 11 of the SF 424 the CFDA number, 

including suffix letter, if any, of the 

competition under which you are submitting 

your application; and 

(2) The Application Control Center will 

mail to you a notification of receipt of your 

grant application. If you do not receive this 

grant notification within 15 business days 

from the application deadline date, you 

should call the U.S. Department of Education 

Application Control Center at (202) 245– 

6288. 

V. Application Review Information 

Selection Criteria: The selection 

criteria for evaluating the applications 

for this program are from 34 CFR 75.210 

and are listed in the application 

package. 

VI. Award Administration Information 

1. Award Notices: If your application 

is successful, we notify your U.S. 

Representative and U.S. Senators and 

send you a Grant Award Notification 

(GAN). We may notify you informally, 

also. 

If your application is not evaluated or 

not selected for funding, we notify you. 

2. Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements: We identify 

administrative and national policy 

requirements in the application package 

and reference these and other 

requirements in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

We reference the regulations outlining 

the terms and conditions of an award in 

the Applicable Regulations section of 

this notice and include these and other 

specific conditions in the GAN. The 

GAN also incorporates your approved 

application as part of your binding 

commitments under the grant. 

3. Reporting: At the end of your 

project period, you must submit a final 

performance report, including financial 

information, as directed by the 

Secretary. If you receive a multi-year 

award, you must submit an annual 

performance report that provides the 

most current performance and financial 

expenditure information as directed by 

the Secretary under 34 CFR 75.118. The 

Secretary may also require more 

frequent performance reports under 34 

CFR 75.720(c). For specific 

requirements on reporting, please go to 

http://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/ 

appforms/appforms.html. 

4. Performance Measures: Under the 

Government Performance and Results 

Act (GPRA), the Department will use the 

following measures to assess the 

performance of this program: 

(a) The percentage of FIPSE grantees 

reporting project dissemination to 

others. 

(b) The percentage of FIPSE projects 

reporting institutionalization on their 

home campuses. 

If funded, you will be asked to collect 

and report data on these measures in 

your project’s annual performance 

report (34 CFR 75.590). Applicants are 

also advised to consider these two 

measures in conceptualizing the design, 

implementation, and evaluation of the 

proposed project because of their 

importance in the application review 

process. Collection of data on these 

measures should be part of the project 

evaluation plan, along with any 

measures of progress on goals and 

objectives that are specific to your 

project. 

VII. Agency Contacts 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Krish Mathur, FIPSE—Fund for the 

Improvement of Postsecondary 

Education, 1990 K Street, NW., room 

6155, Washington, DC 20006–8544. 

Telephone: (202) 502–7512 or by e-mail: 

krish.mathur@ed.gov. 

If you use a TDD, call the FRS, toll 

free, at 1–800–877–8339. 

VIII. Other Information 

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document 

and a copy of the application package in 

an accessible format (e.g., braille, large 

print, audiotape, or computer diskette) 

on request to the program contact 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII of 

this notice. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

You can view this document, as well as 

all other documents of this Department 

published in the Federal Register, in 

text or Adobe Portable Document 

Format (PDF) on the Internet at the 

following site: http://www.ed.gov/news/ 

fedregister. 

To use PDF, you must have Adobe 

Acrobat Reader, which is available free 

at this site. If you have questions about 

using PDF, call the U.S. Government 

Printing Office (GPO), toll free, at 1– 

888–293–6498; or in the Washington, 

DC, area at (202) 512–1530. 

Note: The official version of this document 

is the document published in the Federal 

Register. Free Internet access to the official 

edition of the Federal Register and the Code 

of Federal Regulations is available on GPO 

Access at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/ 

index.html. 

Delegation of Authority: The Secretary 

of Education has delegated authority to 

Daniel T. Madzelan, Director, 

Forecasting and Policy Analysis for the 

Office of Postsecondary Education, to 

perform the function of the Assistant 

Secretary for Postsecondary Education. 

Dated: April 24, 2009. 

Daniel T. Madzelan, 

Director, Forecasting and Policy Analysis. 

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Amended Notice of Intent To Modify 

the Scope of the Environmental Impact 

Statement for the Abengoa Biorefinery 

Project Near Hugoton, KS 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Amended notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE or the Department) is 

providing this Amended Notice of 

Intent to announce its intent to modify 

the scope of an ongoing environmental 

impact statement in which DOE is 

assessing the potential environmental 

impacts of a project proposed by 

Abengoa Bioenergy Biomass of Kansas, 

LLC (ABBK), to construct and operate a 

biomass-to-ethanol and energy facility 

near Hugoton, Kansas (Abengoa 

Biorefinery Project). DOE issued its 

original Notice of Intent on Aug. 25, 

2008, for the proposed construction and 

operation of a biomass-to-ethanol and 

energy facility that was planned to be 


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