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INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION SCIENCES—Continued 

CFDA No. and name Application package 

available 

Deadline for transmittal of applications Estimated range of 

awards * Project period For further information contact 

fi National Research and Development Center on 

Developmental 

Education Assessment and Instruction.

June 6, 2013 ........... September 4, 2013 $1,000,000 to 

$2,000,000.

Up to 5 years .......... Rebecca McGillWilkinson. 

Rebecca.McGill@ed.gov. 

fi National Research and Development Center on 

Knowledge Utilization.

84.305D Statistical and 

Research Methodology 

in Education: 

fi Statistical and 

Research Methodology Grants.

June 6, 2013 ........... September 4, 2013 $40,000 to $300,000 Up to 3 years .......... Phill Gagne. 

Phill.Gagne@ed.gov. 

fi Early Career Statistical and Research Methodology Grants.

84.305H Partnerships 

and Collaborations Focused on Problems of 

Practice or Policy: 

fi Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships in Education 

Research.

June 6, 2013 ........... September 4, 2013 $100,000 to 

$1,000,000.

Up to 5 years .......... Allen Ruby. 

Allen.Ruby@ed.gov. 

fi Continuous Improvement Research in Education.

fi Evaluation of 

State and Local 

Education Programs and Policies.

* These estimates are annual amounts. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this notice. 

[FR Doc. 2013–09543 Filed 4–22–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Extension of the Public Comment 

Period for the Draft Uranium Leasing 

Program Programmatic Environmental 

Impact Statement 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Extension of the public 

comment period. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE) is extending the public 

comment period for the Draft Uranium 

Leasing Program Programmatic 

Environmental Impact Statement (Draft 

ULP PEIS, DOE/EIS–0472D), made 

available for public comment on March 

15, 2013 (78 FR 16500). The public 

comment period for the Draft ULP PEIS 

was to complete on May 16, 2013, and 

has now been extended to close on May 

31, 2013. This extension is being made 

in response to a public request for 

additional review time. 

DATES: The public comment period will 

close on May 31, 2013. Comments 

received after the end of the comment 

period will be considered to the extent 

practicable. 

ADDRESSES: The Draft ULP PEIS is 

available for review on the ULP PEIS 

Web site at http://ulpeis.anl.gov/ or the 

DOE NEPA Web site at http:// 

www.energy.gov/nepa. Please direct 

written comments on the Draft ULP 

PEIS to Mr. Raymond Plieness, ULP 

PEIS Document Manager, Office of 

Legacy Management, U.S. Department of 

Energy, 11025 Dover Street, Suite 1000, 

Westminster, CO 80021. Comments may 

also be submitted via email to 

ulpeis@anl.gov or via the internet at 

http://ulpeis.anl.gov/. DOE will give 

equal weight to written, email, and oral 

comments. Questions regarding the ULP 

PEIS process, requests to be placed on 

the ULP PEIS mailing list, and requests 

for copies of the document should be 

directed to Mr. Plieness. 

For general information about the 

NEPA process, please contact: Ms. Carol 

M. Borgstrom, Director, Office of NEPA 

Policy and Compliance, GC–54, U.S. 

Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585, Telephone: 

(202) 586–4600, leave a message at 1– 

800–472–2756, or send an email to Ask 

NEPA@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DOE has 

scheduled four public hearings on the 

Draft ULP PEIS at the following 

locations, dates, and times: 

• Grand Junction, Colorado, April 22, 

2013 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at the Colorado 

Mesa University, University Center 

Ballroom, 1455 N. 12th St., Grand 

Junction, CO. 

• Montrose, Colorado, April 23, 2013 

from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at the Johnson 

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Elementary School, 13820 6700 Road, 

Montrose, CO. 

• Telluride, Colorado, April 24, 2013 

from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at the Telluride 

Middle/High School, 725 W Colorado 

Avenue, Telluride, CO. 

• Naturita, Colorado, April 25, 2013 

from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at the Naturita 

School, 141 W Main St., Naturita, CO. 

The public hearings will begin with 

an open-house format with subject 

matter experts from DOE available to 

answer questions on the ULP and Draft 

ULP PEIS. Individuals who would like 

to present comments verbally at these 

hearings should register upon arrival at 

the hearing or register via the internet at 

http://ulpeis.anl.gov/ before the public 

hearing dates. Members of the general 

public are invited to attend the hearings 

at their convenience any time during 

hearing hours and submit their 

comments in writing, or in person to a 

court reporter. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on April 17, 

2013. 

David Geiser, 

Director, DOE-Office of Legacy Management. 

[FR Doc. 2013–09509 Filed 4–22–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9804–1] 

Forms and Procedures for Submitting 

Attest Engagements Under Various 

Subparts 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: EPA’s Office of 

Transportation and Air Quality (OTAQ) 

is announcing that attest engagements 

reports due on or after May 8, 2013 must 

be submitted via EPA’s Central Data 

Exchange (CDX). The substance of the 

attest engagement report itself is 

unchanged. EPA is switching to allelectronic reporting using the Central 

Data Exchange (CDX) because it is 

simple, cost effective, and efficient. As 

of May 8, 2013, parties will no longer 

be permitted to submit attest 

engagements via any method but CDX. 

This notice affects parties subject to 

attest engagement requirements of fuels 

programs, including reformulated 

gasoline, anti-dumping, gasoline sulfur, 

benzene content, and the renewable fuel 

standard. 

DATES: The attest engagement 

procedures described in this notice are 

effective starting with attest 

engagements due or submitted to EPA 

on or after May 8, 2013. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Scott Christian, Environmental 

Engineer, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue 

NW. (6406J), Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone number: 202–343–9498; fax 

number: 202–343–2800; email address: 

support@epamts-support.com. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Does this notice apply to me? 

This action affects regulated parties 

who submit attest engagements to EPA 

under various 40 C.F.R. Part 80 

programs, including the reformulated 

gasoline, anti-dumping, gasoline sulfur, 

and benzene programs, and the 

renewable fuel standard. The specific 

programs and forms affected are 

discussed in Section III—What Reports 

Must Be Submitted via CDX? Reports 

due or submitted to EPA on or after May 

8, 2013 must be submitted to the OTAQ 

Fuels Reporting System via the EPA 

Central Data Exchange (CDX). As of that 

date, regulated parties will no longer be 

permitted to submit attest engagements 

by any method other than CDX (e.g. EPA 

will no longer accept reports sent by 

mail). This notice also affects the 

resubmission of any attest engagement 

report to EPA, if the resubmission 

occurs on or after May 8, 2013. If you 

have further questions regarding the 

applicability of this action to a 

particular party, please contact the 

person listed in FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

II. Why is EPA switching to allelectronic submission of attest 

engagements using CDX? 

The Central Data Exchange (CDX) 

enables fast, efficient, and secure 

submission of data to EPA. The EPA 

Administrator designated CDX in the 

Cross-Media Electronic Reporting 

Regulation (CROMERR), 40 CFR part 3, 

published in the Federal Register on 

October 13, 2005 (70 FR 59848) (FRL– 

7977–1). CROMERR provides the legal 

framework for electronic reporting 

under EPA’s regulations, and requires 

any regulated entity that submits 

electronic documents directly to EPA to 

use CDX or an alternative system 

designated by the Administrator. CDX 

provides a single, centralized point of 

access for regulated entities to submit 

information electronically to EPA; and 

ensures the legal dependability of 

electronically submitted documents and 

provide a secure environment for data 

exchange. 

Among the advantages offered by CDX 

are the following features, which will 

improve submission and handling of 

attest engagements required under 

various 40 CFR Part 80 fuels programs. 

CDX allows parties to: 

• Submit data through one 

centralized and secure point of access; 

• Receive confirmation from EPA 

when submissions are received; 

• Identify and download a copy of 

record of what was submitted 

• Submit data in a variety of formats 

including Excel and flat-file; and 

• Reduce costs associated with 

submitting and processing data 

submissions. 

• EPA does not charge the regulated 

party to set up a CDX account. 

All active regulated parties subject to 

40 CFR Part 80 already have CDX 

accounts and EPA’s reporting forms and 

procedures already specify the 

submission of compliance reports using 

CDX. However, to date we have only 

permitted the submission of attest 

engagement reports by mail. Attest 

engagement reports due or submitted on 

or after May 8, 2013, may not be 

submitted by mail, and must be 

submitted using CDX. 

There are several reasons for 

eliminating alternative submission 

options. Physical media such as paper, 

CDs, and diskettes submitted to EPA via 

postal mail is irradiated for security 

reasons, and is often damaged as a 

result. This type of damage cannot occur 

with a CDX transmission. Storing paper 

and physical media associated with 

attest engagements requires a significant 

amount of secure storage space. With 

CDX, no superfluous paper record or 

physical object requiring special storage 

is generated by the submitter. EPA is 

able to more quickly and efficiently 

process reports received through CDX, 

and the amount of paper and physical 

media that must be utilized, reviewed, 

stored, and eventually archived, is 

greatly reduced. Costs associated with 

physical storage are also reduced. 

EPA believes there is no reason to 

provide for alternatives to CDX and that 

exclusive use of CDX will increase 

efficiency and lower the costs associated 

with the submission and processing of 

attest engagements. It will also enhance 

the availability and integrity of 

information stored in our compliance 

database. Attest engagement reports are 

generally not publicly available (since 

they often contain information claimed 

as confidential business information by 

the submitter), but the data must be 

made available to EPA program and 

enforcement personnel. By utilizing 

CDX, information is entered into our 

compliance database and available for 

use much more quickly. By fully 

utilizing CDX, we expect not only 

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