Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 26 / Friday, February 7, 2014 / Notices 7439 

ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 

Publication of EAC Decision Regarding 

State Requests To Include Additional 

Proof-of-Citizenship Instructions on 

the National Mail Voter Registration 

Form 

AGENCY: U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission (EAC). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission (EAC) hereby causes to be 

published in the Federal Register this 

notice in reference to the Memorandum 

Of Decision Concerning State Requests 

To Include Additional Proof-OfCitizenship Instructions On The 

National Mail Voter Registration Form 

(Docket No. Eac 2013 0004). The 

decision, issued January 17, 2014, is 

posted on the EAC Web site at 

www.eac.gov (shortened link: http://

1.usa.gov/1mdWASw), and also on the 

Federal eRulemaking portal, 

www.regulations.gov, at the following 

link: http://www.regulations.gov/

#!documentDetail;D=EAC-2013-0004- 

0429. Arizona, Georgia, and Kansas had 

sought to modify the state-specific 

instructions on the National Mail Voter 

Registration Form (‘‘Federal Form’’) to 

require that, as a precondition to 

registering to vote in Federal elections 

in those states, applicants must provide 

additional proof of their United States 

citizenship beyond that currently 

required by the Federal Form. For the 

reasons set forth in the decision, the 

Commission denied the states’ requests. 

DATES: This notice is effective upon 

publication in the Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bryan Whitener, Telephone 301–563– 

3919 or 1–866–747–1471 (toll-free). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: The EAC’s decision 

followed a Federal court order in a 

lawsuit brought by Kansas and Arizona 

challenging the EAC’s earlier deferral of 

a decision on those states’ requests to 

modify the Federal Form’s state-specific 

instructions. See Kobach v. EAC, No. 

5:13–cv–4095 (D. Kan. Dec. 13, 2013). 

The district court directed the 

Commission to take final action on 

Kansas’s and Arizona’s requests by 

January 17, 2014. Because Georgia’s 

request presented similar issues, the 

EAC also decided to take final action on 

that request. Before issuing its decision, 

the EAC solicited public comment on all 

three states’ requests, see 78 Fed. Reg. 

77666–67 (Dec. 24, 2013), and reviewed 

and considered all comments received. 

Dated: February 4, 2014. 

Alice Miller, 

Chief Operating Officer and Acting Executive 

Director, U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2014–02691 Filed 2–6–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6820–KF–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Amended Notice of Intent To Prepare 

an Environmental Impact Statement for 

Remediation of Area IV and the 

Northern Buffer Zone of the Santa 

Susana Field Laboratory and Conduct 

Public Scoping Meetings 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Amended notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE) is amending its 2008 

notice of intent (NOI) to prepare an 

environmental impact statement (EIS) 

under the National Environmental 

Policy Act (NEPA) for cleanup of Area 

IV, including the Energy Technology 

Engineering Center (ETEC), as well as 

the Northern Buffer Zone of the Santa 

Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL) (DOE/

EIS–0402) in eastern Ventura County, 

California, approximately 29 miles 

north of downtown Los Angeles. (DOE’s 

operations bordered the Northern Buffer 

Zone. DOE is responsible for soil 

cleanup in Area IV and the Northern 

Buffer Zone.) Since DOE’s 2008 NOI, 

extensive studies of the site for 

radiological and chemical 

contamination have been ongoing and 

are nearing completion. DOE is 

proposing a revised scope for the EIS 

due to the 2010 Administrative Order 

on Consent (2010 AOC) that DOE and 

the California Department of Toxic 

Substances Control (DTSC) signed for 

soil cleanup, and due to information 

now available from site characterization. 

The scope of the EIS would continue to 

include groundwater remediation 

consistent with requirements in the 

2007 Consent Order for Corrective 

Action (2007 Consent Order) issued by 

DTSC. This Amended NOI describes 

DOE’s proposed action and includes 

cleanup concepts developed by the local 

community for remediation of SSFL 

Area IV and the Northern Buffer Zone. 

In the EIS, DOE will evaluate reasonable 

alternatives for disposition of 

radiological facilities and support 

buildings, remediation of contaminated 

soil and groundwater, and disposal of 

all resulting waste at permitted 

facilities. 

DOE is initiating a 30-day public 

scoping period, during which public 

scoping meetings are planned for 

Calabasas and Simi Valley, California. 

DOE invites comments from federal and 

state agencies, state and local 

governments, Tribal Nations, natural 

resource trustees, the general public, 

and other interested parties on the scope 

of the EIS. 

DATES: The public scoping period will 

extend from the date of publication of 

this notice in the Federal Register 

through March 10, 2014. DOE plans to 

hold public scoping meetings at the 

following dates, times, and locations. 

• Simi Valley, California: Simi Valley 

City Council Chambers in City Hall, 

2929 Tapo Canyon Road, Simi Valley, 

on February 27, from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 

p.m.; and 

• Agoura Hills/Calabasas, California: 

Community Center, 27040 Malibu Hills 

Road, Calabasas, on March 1, from 9:30 

a.m. to 12:30 p.m. 

DOE will consider all comments 

received or postmarked by the end of 

the scoping period. Comments 

submitted after that date will be 

considered to the extent practicable. 

DOE will give equal consideration to 

written comments and oral comments. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments on the 

scope of the EIS should be sent to: Ms. 

Stephanie Jennings, NEPA Document 

Manager, U.S. Department of Energy, 

4100 Guardian Street, Suite 160, Simi 

Valley, CA 93063 or by fax: (855) 658– 

8695. Comments may also be submitted 

by email to SSFL_DOE_EIS@

emcbc.doe.gov (use ‘‘Scoping 

comments’’ for the subject), or on the 

ETEC Web site at http://

www.etec.energy.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request further information about the 

EIS or about the public scoping 

activities, or to be placed on the EIS 

distribution list, use any of the methods 

listed under ADDRESSES. 

For general information concerning 

the DOE NEPA process, contact Carol 

Borgstrom, Director, Office of NEPA 

Policy and Compliance (GC–54), U.S. 

Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0119, email to: 

AskNEPA@hq.doe.gov, telephone: (202) 

586–4600, leave a message at (800) 472– 

2756, or fax: (202) 586–7031. 

This Amended NOI will be available 

on the internet at: http://energy.gov/

nepa. This Amended NOI and related 

information will also be available on the 

internet at: http://www.etec.energy.gov, 

select the ‘‘Characterization & Cleanup’’ 

link on the toolbar, and then the 

‘‘Environmental Impact Statement’’ link. 

Additional information about the 

SSFL Area IV is available in the 

following public reading rooms: 

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