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accrediting entity brought by agencies 

and/or persons seeking to be accredited 

or approved or who are accredited or 

approved, and to inform the Department 

immediately of any events that may 

affect its ability to defend itself (e.g., 

change in or loss of insurance coverage, 

change in relevant state law). CEAS 

agrees that it will consult with the 

Department immediately if it becomes 

aware of any other legal proceedings 

related to its acts as an accrediting 

entity, or of any legal proceedings not 

related to its acts as an accrediting 

entity that may threaten its ability to 

continue to function as an accrediting 

entity. 

(3) Privacy and Data Protection: CEAS 

agrees to take appropriate steps to 

ensure that all documents and 

information it receives about adoption 

service providers are safeguarded 

against unauthorized disclosure 

consistent with 22 CFR 96.26 (a). CEAS 

shall maintain internal policies and 

procedures designed to ensure the 

integrity and security of the data 

collected, handled, or stored in 

connection with its functions as an 

accrediting entity. CEAS agrees not to 

share or disclose any non-public 

information, including Department of 

State visa records protected under 

section 222(f) of the Immigration and 

Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1202(f)), 

shared with it by the Department, 

without prior authorization from the 

Department. CEAS agrees to promptly 

notify the Department in any cases 

where it knows or believes that an 

unauthorized disclosure has taken 

place. 

Article 7 

Liaison Between the Department and 

the Accrediting Entity 

(1) CEAS’s principal point of contact 

for communications relating to its 

functions and duties as an accrediting 

entity will be the Executive Director, or 

his or her designate. The Department’s 

principal point of contact for 

communication is the Chief of the 

Adoptions Oversight Division, or his or 

her designate. 

(2) The parties will keep each other 

currently informed in writing of the 

names and contact information for their 

principal points of contact. As of the 

signing of this Agreement, the 

respective principal points of contact 

are as set forth in Attachment 1. 

(3) CEAS acknowledges that 

information shared with the Department 

is subject to disclosure as required by 

U.S. law and regulations, to the extent 

that such information appears within an 

agency record as defined by 5 U.S.C. 

552, et seq, is subject to the Freedom of 

Information Act (FOIA). CEAS may not 

withhold required information from the 

Department for the purpose of avoiding 

potential public disclosure pursuant to 

FOIA. 

Article 8 

Certifications and Assurances 

(1) CEAS certifies that it will comply 

with all requirements of applicable State 

and Federal law. 

Article 9 

Agreement, Scope, and Period of 

Performance 

(1) Scope: 

(a) This agreement is not intended to 

have any effect on any activities of 

CEAS that are not related to its 

functions as an accrediting entity for 

adoption service providers providing 

adoption services in intercountry 

adoptions. 

(b) Nothing in this agreement shall be 

deemed to be a commitment or 

obligation to provide any Federal funds. 

(c) All accrediting entity functions 

and responsibilities authorized by this 

agreement are to occur only during the 

duration of this agreement. 

(d) Nothing in this agreement shall 

release CEAS from any legal 

requirements or responsibilities 

imposed on the accrediting entity by the 

IAA, UAA, 22 CFR part 96, or any other 

applicable laws or regulations. 

(2) Commencement of responsibilities: 

CEAS’s responsibilities under this 

agreement will commence upon 

approval by the Department of systems, 

procedures, and a fee schedule that, if 

applicable, are coordinated between 

CEAS and any other designated 

accrediting entity to ensure general 

consistency in accreditation systems 

and procedures, and general parity of 

fees. CEAS’s responsibilities are subject 

to determination by the Department of 

jurisdictional boundaries between CEAS 

and any other designated accrediting 

entity. 

(3) Duration: CEAS’s designation as 

an accrediting entity and this agreement 

shall remain in effect for five years from 

signature, unless terminated earlier by 

the Department in conjunction with the 

suspension or cancellation of the 

designation of CEAS. The Parties may 

agree mutually in writing to extend the 

designation of the accrediting entity and 

the duration of this agreement. If either 

Party does not wish to renew the 

agreement, it must provide written 

notice no less than one year prior to the 

termination date, and the Parties will 

consult to establish a mutually agreed 

schedule to transfer adoption service 

providers to another accrediting entity, 

including by transferring a reasonable 

allocation of collected fees for the 

remainder of the accreditation or 

approval period of such adoption 

service providers. 

(4) Changed Circumstances: If 

unforeseen circumstances arise that will 

render CEAS unable to continue to 

perform its duties as an Accrediting 

Entity, CEAS will immediately inform 

the Department of State. The Parties will 

consult and make reasonable efforts to 

find a solution that will enable CEAS to 

continue to perform until the end of the 

contract period. If no such solution can 

be reached, the contract may be 

terminated on a mutually agreed date or, 

if mutual agreement cannot be reached, 

on not less than 14 months written 

notice from CEAS. 

(5) Severability: To the extent that the 

Department determines, within its 

reasonable discretion, that any 

provision of this agreement is 

inconsistent with the Convention, the 

IAA, the UAA, the regulations 

implementing the IAA and UAA, or any 

other provision of law, that provision of 

the agreement shall be considered null 

and void and the remainder of the 

agreement shall continue in full force 

and effect as if the offending portion 

had not been a part of it. 

(6) Entirety of Agreement: This 

agreement is the entire agreement of the 

Parties and may be modified only upon 

written agreement of the Parties. 

Dated: May 27, 2022. 

Rena Bitter, 

Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs, U.S. 

Department of State. 

Dated: June 2, 2022. 

Jayne Schmidt, 

Executive Director, Center for Excellence in 

Adoption Services. 

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BILLING CODE 4710–06–P 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

Release of Waybill Data 

The Surface Transportation Board has 

received a request from Mark L. Burton 

(WB22–33–6/22/22) for permission to 

use data from the Board’s 2019 

Unmasked Carload Waybill Sample. A 

copy of this request may be obtained 

from the Board’s website under docket 

no. WB22–33. 

The waybill sample contains 

confidential railroad and shipper data; 

therefore, if any parties object to these 

requests, they should file their 

objections with the Director of the 

Board’s Office of Economics within 14 


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calendar days of the date of this notice. 

The rules for release of waybill data are 

codified at 49 CFR 1244.9. 

Contact: Alexander Dusenberry, (202) 

245–0319. 

Eden Besera, 

Clearance Clerk. 

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BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY 

North Alabama Utility-Scale Solar 

Facility Environmental Impact 

Statement 

AGENCY: Tennessee Valley Authority. 

ACTION: Issuance of record of decision. 

SUMMARY: The Tennessee Valley 

Authority (TVA) has decided to adopt 

the preferred alternative identified in its 

final environmental impact statement 

(Final EIS) for the North Alabama 

Utility-Scale Solar Facility. The Final 

EIS was made available to the public on 

May 9, 2022. A Notice of Availability 

(NOA) of the Final EIS was published in 

the Federal Register on May 13, 2022. 

TVA’s preferred alternative, analyzed in 

the Final EIS as the Proposed Action 

Alternative, consists of TVA 

constructing an approximately 200- 

megawatt (MW) alternating current (AC) 

solar photovoltaic (PV) facility, 

including an electrical substation and 

possibly a battery energy storage system 

(BESS), on an approximately 1,459-acre 

portion of a 2,896-acre Project Site 

currently owned by TVA, two miles east 

of Courtland in Lawrence County, 

Alabama. In addition, up to 150 acres on 

the Project Site would be maintained as 

species-rich native plant meadow. The 

Project would connect to the existing 

adjacent Reservation–Mountain Home 

161-kilovolt (kV) transmission line (TL), 

which crosses the southern portion of 

the Project Site. The interconnection of 

the solar PV facility would require 

network upgrades on this TL in 

Lawrence County. This alternative 

would achieve the purpose and need of 

the Project to meet the demand for 

increased renewable energy generation 

and partially fulfill the renewable 

energy goals established in TVA’s 2019 

Integrated Resource Plan (IRP). 

ADDRESSES: To access and review the 

Final EIS, this Record of Decision 

(ROD), and other project documents, go 

to TVA’s website at https://

www.tva.gov/nepa. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Elizabeth Smith, Tennessee Valley 

Authority, 400 West Summit Hill Drive, 

WT 11B, Knoxville, Tennessee 37902, 

865–632–3053, esmith14@tva.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice is provided in accordance with 

the Council on Environmental Quality’s 

regulations (40 CFR 1500 through 1508) 

and TVA’s procedures for implementing 

the National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA). TVA is a federal agency and 

instrumentality of the United States, 

established by an act of Congress in 

1933, to foster the social and economic 

well-being of the residents of the 

Tennessee Valley region. As part of its 

diversified energy strategy, TVA 

produces or obtains electricity from a 

diverse portfolio of energy sources, 

including solar, hydroelectric, wind, 

biomass, fossil fuel, and nuclear. In June 

2019, TVA completed its 2019 IRP and 

associated EIS. The 2019 IRP, which 

updated the 2015 IRP, identified the 

various resources that TVA intends to 

use to meet the energy needs of the TVA 

region over a 20-year planning period, 

while achieving TVA’s objectives to 

deliver reliable, low-cost, and cleaner 

energy with fewer environmental 

impacts. The 2019 IRP recommends the 

expansion of solar generating capacity 

of up to 14,000 MW by 2038. 

TVA entered into a two-year Purchase 

Option Agreement in October 2019 for 

the Project Site and purchased the 

property before expiration of the 

agreement in October 2021 to preserve 

the option of the Proposed Action 

Alternative in the ongoing 

environmental review. Since the 

property once acquired could be readily 

sold, TVA considers this land purchase 

to be an action that is reversible in the 

future. TVA would not initiate Projectrelated actions on the Project Site unless 

the Proposed Action is selected with the 

issuance of the ROD. TVA would either 

maintain the Project Site through 

periodic mowing or enter into lease 

agreement(s) with local farmer(s) to 

continue agricultural operations. 

TVA has prepared an EIS pursuant to 

NEPA to assess the environmental 

impacts of the Proposed Action to 

construct an approximately 200-MW AC 

solar PV facility, including an electrical 

substation and possibly a BESS, on an 

approximately 1,459-acre portion of the 

TVA-owned Project Site, and the 

interconnection of the solar PV facility 

to the existing Reservation–Mountain 

Home 161-kV TL and associated 

network upgrades. 

Alternatives Considered: TVA 

considered two alternatives in the Draft 

EIS and Final EIS. 

No Action Alternative. Under the No 

Action Alternative, TVA would not 

develop the North Alabama UtilityScale Solar Facility at the Project Site 

and would pursue other actions to meet 

its renewable energy goals established 

in the 2019 IRP. TVA would retain 

ownership of the site until decisions on 

its future development and/or disposal, 

assessed in subsequent NEPA reviews, 

are made. Until that point, TVA would 

conduct necessary site maintenance, 

such as periodic inspections and 

mowing of parts of the site. TVA may 

also enter into lease agreement(s) with 

local farmer(s) for continued 

agricultural operations. TVA may 

implement environmental enhancement 

measures by establishing and 

maintaining the proposed species-rich 

native plant meadow and/or by 

expanding the suitable habitat for the 

state-listed Tuscumbia darter and the 

globally rare round-rib elimia, wherein 

TVA would thin the dense vegetative 

buffer along Wheeler Branch and 

maintain the thinned buffer. These 

interim activities would follow TVA’s 

standard best management practices and 

permitting requirements and would 

align with TVA’s natural resource 

management policies as described in its 

2020 Natural Resource Plan and EIS. 

Agricultural lease agreements with 

farmers would adhere to TVA’s 

standards listed in its Grasslands and 

Agricultural Lands Management License 

provisions. 

Proposed Action Alternative. Under 

the Proposed Action Alternative, TVA 

would construct an approximately 200- 

MW AC solar PV facility known as the 

North Alabama Utility-Scale Solar 

Facility, including an electrical 

substation and possibly a 200-MW hour 

(MWh) BESS. The solar PV facility, 

BESS, and associated 161-kV Project 

substation would occupy approximately 

1,459 acres of a 2,896-acre Project Site 

located along U.S. Highway 72 Alternate 

approximately two miles east of the 

town of Courtland in northeastern 

Lawrence County, Alabama. The solar 

facility and associated components 

would be designed to avoid and 

minimize impacts to environmental 

resources to the maximum extent 

possible. In addition, up to 150 acres of 

the Project Site would be maintained as 

species-rich native plant meadow. As 

part of the Proposed Action, TVA may 

also construct a 200-MWh BESS within 

the 1,459-acre developed portion of the 

Project Site, adjacent to the Project 

substation. TVA would develop the 

facility with the intent of entering into 

a power purchase agreement (PPA) with 

a qualified company to own, maintain, 

and operate the facility under terms of 

the PPA for up to a 20-year period. The 

PPA would include appropriate 


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