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available upon request from: SURTASS 

LFA Sonar SEIS/SOEIS Program 

Manager, 4201 Wilson Blvd. #110–185, 

Arlington, Virginia 22203; or email: 

eisteam@surtass-lfa-eis.com. 

Written comments on the Draft SEIS/ 

SOEIS can be submitted by mail: 

SURTASS LFA Sonar SEIS/SOEIS 

Program Manager, 4201 Wilson Blvd. 

#110–185, Arlington, Virginia 22203; or 

email: eisteam@surtass-lfa-eis.com. All 

written comments must be postmarked 

by December 8, 2014 to ensure that they 

become part of the official record. All 

timely comments will be addressed in 

the Final SEIS/SOEIS. No public 

hearings or meetings will be held. 

Dated: October 27, 2014. 

N. A. Hagerty-Ford, 

Commander, Judge Advocate General’s Corps, 

U.S. Navy, Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 3810–FF–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Applications for Eligibility Designation; 

Programs under Parts A and F of Title 

III of the Higher Education Act of 1965, 

as amended (HEA), and Programs 

under Title V of the HEA 

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary 

Education, Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

Overview Information: 

This notice applies to the following 

programs: 

1. Programs authorized under Part A, 

Title III of the HEA: Strengthening 

Institutions Program (Part A SIP), 

Alaska Native and Native HawaiianServing Institutions (Part A ANNH), 

Predominantly Black Institutions (Part 

A PBI), Native American-Serving 

Nontribal Institutions (Part A NASNTI), 

and Asian American and Native 

American Pacific Islander-Serving 

Institutions (Part A AANAPISI). 

2. Programs authorized under Part F, 

Title III of the HEA: Hispanic-Serving 

Institutions STEM and Articulation 

(Part F, HSI STEM and Articulation), 

Predominantly Black Institutions (Part F 

PBI), Alaska Native and Native 

Hawaiian-Serving Institutions (Part F 

ANNH), Native American-Serving 

Nontribal Institutions (Part F NASNTI) 

and Asian American and Native 

American Pacific Islander-Serving 

Institutions (Part F AANAPISI). 

3. Programs authorized under Title V 

of the HEA: Developing HispanicServing Institutions (HSI) and 

Promoting Postbaccalaureate 

Opportunities for Hispanic Americans 

(PPOHA). Notice inviting applications 

for designation as an eligible institution 

for Fiscal Year (FY) 2015. 

DATES: Application Available: 

November 3, 2014. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: December 18, 2014. 

Special Note: Section 312 of the HEA and 

34 CFR 607.2–607.5 include most of the basic 

eligibility requirements for grant programs 

authorized under Titles III and V of the HEA. 

Section 312(b)(1)(B) of the HEA provides 

that, to be eligible for these programs, an 

institution of higher education’s average 

‘‘educational and general expenditures’’ 

(E&G) per full-time equivalent (FTE) 

undergraduate student must be less than the 

average E&G expenditures per FTE 

undergraduate student of institutions that 

offer similar instruction in that year. 34 CFR 

607.4(a). Since 2004, the National Center for 

Education Statistics (NCES) has calculated 

core expenses (Core Expenses) per FTE of 

postsecondary institutions, a statistic similar 

to E&G per FTE. Both E&G per FTE and Core 

Expenses per FTE are based on regular 

operational expenditures of postsecondary 

institutions (excluding auxiliary enterprises, 

independent operations, and hospital 

expenses). They differ only in that E&G per 

FTE is based on fall undergraduate 

enrollment, while Core Expenses per FTE is 

based on 12-month undergraduate 

enrollment for the academic year. To avoid 

inconsistency in the data submitted to and 

produced by the Department, for the purpose 

of section 312(b)(1)(B) of the HEA, E&G per 

FTE will now be calculated using the same 

methodology as Core Expenses per FTE. 

Accordingly, with regard to this and future 

notices inviting applications, to calculate 

E&G per FTE for the purpose of determining 

institutional eligibility for programs under 

Part A and Part F of Title III and Title V of 

the HEA, the Department will apply the 

NCES methodology for calculating Core 

Expenses per FTE. Institutions applying for 

eligibility must use the Core Expenses per 

FTE data reported to NCES’s Integrated 

Postsecondary Education Data System 

(IPEDS) for the most currently available 

academic year, in this case 2012–2013. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Programs: 

The Part A SIP, Part A ANNH, Part A 

PBI, Part A NASNTI, and Part A 

AANAPISI programs are authorized 

under Title III, Part A, of the HEA. The 

HSI and PPOHA programs are 

authorized under Title V of the HEA. 

The Part F, HSI STEM and Articulation, 

Part F PBI, Part F AANAPISI, Part F 

ANNH, and Part F NASNTI programs 

are authorized under Title III, Part F of 

the HEA. Please note that certain 

programs in this notice have the same 

or a similar name as another program 

that falls under a different statutory 

authority. For this reason, we specify 

the statutory authority as part of the 

acronym for certain programs. 

Under the programs discussed above, 

institutions of higher education (‘‘IHEs’’ 

or ‘‘institutions’’) are eligible to apply 

for grants if they meet specific statutory 

and regulatory eligibility requirements. 

An IHE that submits an application and 

is designated as an eligible institution 

may also receive a waiver of certain 

non-Federal cost-sharing requirements 

for one year under the Federal 

Supplemental Educational Opportunity 

Grants (FSEOG) program authorized by 

Part A, Title IV of the HEA and the 

Federal Work-Study Program (FWS) 

program authorized by section 443 of 

the HEA. Qualified institutions may 

receive the FWS and FSEOG waivers for 

one year even if they do not receive a 

grant under the Title III or Title V 

Programs. An applicant that receives a 

grant from the Student Support Services 

(SSS) program that is authorized under 

section 402D of the HEA, 20 U.S.C. 

1070a–14, may receive a waiver of the 

required non-Federal share for 

institutions for the duration of the grant. 

An applicant that receives a grant from 

the Undergraduate International Studies 

and Foreign Language (UISFL) program 

that is authorized under section 604 of 

the HEA, 20 U.S.C. 1124, may receive a 

waiver or reduction of the required nonFederal share for institutions for the 

duration of the grant. 

Special Note: To qualify as an eligible 

institution under the grant programs listed in 

this notice, your institution must satisfy 

several criteria. For most of these programs, 

these criteria include those that relate to the 

enrollment of needy students and to Core 

Expenses per FTE for a specified base year. 

The most recent data available for Core 

Expenses per FTE are for base year 2012– 

2013. In order to award FY 2015 grants in a 

timely manner, we will use this data to 

evaluate eligibility. Therefore, in completing 

your eligibility application, please use Core 

Expenses per FTE reported to IPEDS for 

academic year 2012–2013. 

Accordingly, all institutions 

interested in applying for a new grant 

under the Title III or Title V programs 

addressed in this notice or in requesting 

a waiver of the non-Federal cost share, 

must apply for eligibility designation for 

FY 2015. Under the HEA, any IHE 

interested in applying for a grant under 

any of these programs must first be 

designated as an eligible institution. (34 

CFR 606.5 and 607.5). 

Eligible Applicants: 

The eligibility requirements for the 

programs authorized under Part A of 

Title III of the HEA are in Sections 312 

and 317–320 of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 

1058, 1059d–1059g) and in the 

Department’s implementing regulations 

at 34 CFR 607.2 through 607.5. The 

regulations may be accessed at: 

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www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-2001- 

title34-vol3/xml/CFR-2001-title34-vol3- 

part607.xml. 

The eligibility requirements for the 

programs authorized by Part F of Title 

III of the HEA are in Section 371 of the 

HEA (20 U.S.C. 1067q). We are 

developing regulations for these 

programs; there are currently no specific 

program regulations. 

The eligibility requirements for the 

Title V HSI Program are in Part A of 

Title V of the HEA and in 34 CFR 606.2 

through 34 CFR 606.5. The regulations 

may be accessed at: www.gpo.gov/fdsys/ 

pkg/CFR-2001-title34-vol3/xml/CFR2001-title34-vol3-part606.xml. 

The requirements for the PPOHA 

Program are in Part B of Title V of the 

HEA and in the notice of final 

requirements published in the Federal 

Register on July 27, 2010 (75 FR 44055), 

and in 34 CFR 606.2(a) and (b), and 

606.3 through 606.5. 

Enrollment of Needy Students: For the 

Title III, Part A SIP; Part A ANNH; Part 

A NASNTI; Part A AANAPISI Part A 

PBI; Title III, Part F HSI STEM and 

Articulation; Part F AANAPISI; Part F 

NASNTI; Part F ANNH; Part F PBI; HSI 

and PPOHA programs, an institution is 

considered to have an enrollment of 

needy students if: (1) At least 50 percent 

of its degree students received financial 

assistance under: The Federal Pell 

Grant, FSEOG, FWS, or the Federal 

Perkins Loan Programs; or (2) the 

percentage of its undergraduate degree 

students who were enrolled on at least 

a half-time basis and received Federal 

Pell Grants exceeded the median 

percentage of undergraduate degree 

students who were enrolled on at least 

a half-time basis and received Federal 

Pell Grants at comparable institutions 

that offer similar instruction. 

To qualify under this latter criterion, 

an institution’s Federal Pell Grant 

percentage for base year 2012–2013 

must be more than the median for its 

category of comparable institutions 

provided in the 2012–2013 Median Pell 

Grant and Core Expenses per FTE 

Student Table in this notice. 

For the definition of ‘‘Enrollment of 

Needy Students’’ for purposes of the 

Part A PBI Program, see section 

318(b)(2) of the HEA, and for purposes 

of the Part F PBI program see section 

371(c)(9)of the HEA. 

Core Expenses Per FTE Student: For 

the Title III, Part A SIP; Part A ANNH; 

Part A PBI; Part A NASNTI; Part A 

AANAPISI; Title III, Part F HSI STEM 

and Articulation; Part F PBI; Part F 

AANAPISI; Part F ANNH; Part F 

NASNTI; HSI and PPOHA programs, an 

institution should compare its base year 

2012–2013 Core Expenses per FTE 

student to the average Core Expenses 

per FTE student for its category of 

comparable institutions in the base year 

2012–2013 Median Pell Grant and 

Average Core Expenses per FTE Student 

Table in this notice. The institution 

meets this eligibility requirement under 

these programs if its Core Expenses for 

the 2012–2013 base year are less than 

the average for its category of 

comparable institutions. 

Core Expenses are defined as the total 

expenses for the essential education 

activities of the institution. Core 

Expenses for public institutions 

reporting under the Governmental 

Accounting Standards Board (GASB) 

standards include expenses for 

instruction, research, public service, 

academic support, student services, 

institutional support, operation and 

maintenance of plant, depreciation, 

scholarships and fellowships, interest 

and other operating and nonoperating 

expenses. Core Expenses for institutions 

reporting under the Financial 

Accounting Standards Board (FASB) 

standards (primarily private, not-forprofit and for-profit) include expenses 

for instruction, research, public service, 

academic support, student services, 

institutional support, net grant aid to 

students, and other expenses. For both 

FASB and GASB institutions, core 

expenses exclude expenses for auxiliary 

enterprises (e.g., bookstores, 

dormitories), hospitals, and 

independent operations. The following 

table identifies the relevant median 

Federal Pell Grant percentages for the 

base year 2012–2013 and the relevant 

Core Expenses per FTE student for the 

base year 2012–2013 for the four 

categories of comparable institutions: 

Type of institution 

Base year 

2012–2013 

median pell 

grant 

percentage 

Base year 

2012–2013 

average core 

expenses per 

FTE student 

Two-year Public Institutions ..................................................................................................................................... 34.7 $11,287 

Two-year Non-profit Private Institutions .................................................................................................................. 38 13,657 

Four-year Public Institutions .................................................................................................................................... 45 27,608 

Four-year Non-profit Private Institutions .................................................................................................................. 44 34,361 

Waiver Information: IHEs that are 

unable to meet the needy student 

enrollment requirement or the Core 

Expenses per FTE requirement may 

apply to the Secretary for waivers of 

these requirements, as described in 

sections 392 and 522 of the HEA, and 

the implementing regulations at 34 CFR 

606.3(b), 606.4(c) and (d), 607.3(b), and 

607.4(c) and (d). 

IHEs requesting a waiver of the needy 

student enrollment requirement or the 

Core Expenses per FTE requirement 

must include in their application 

detailed information supporting the 

waiver request, as described in the 

instructions for completing the 

application. 

The regulations governing the 

Secretary’s authority to waive the needy 

student requirement, 34 CFR 606.3(b)(2) 

and (3) and 607.3(b)(2) and (3), refer to 

‘‘low-income’’ students or families. The 

regulations at 34 CFR 606.3(c) and 

607.3(c) define ‘‘low-income’’ as an 

amount that does not exceed 150 

percent of the amount equal to the 

poverty level, as established by the U.S. 

Census Bureau. 

For the purposes of this waiver 

provision, the following table sets forth 

the low-income levels for the various 

sizes of families: 

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2012 ANNUAL LOW-INCOME LEVELS

Size of family unit 

Family income for the 48 contiguous States, DC, and outlying 

jurisdictions 

Family income for Alaska Family income for Hawaii 

1 $16,755 $20,955 $19,290 

2 22,695 28,380 26,115 

3 28,635 35,805 32,940 

4 34,575 43,230 39,765 

5 40,515 50,655 46,590 

6 46,455 58,080 53,415 

7 52,395 65,505 60,240 

8 58,335 72,930 67,065 

Note: We use the 2012 annual low-income 

levels because those are the amounts that 

apply to the family income reported by 

students enrolled for the fall 2012 semester. 

For family units with more than eight 

members, add the following amount for each 

additional family member: $5,940 for the 

contiguous 48 States, the District of 

Columbia, and outlying jurisdictions; $7,425 

for Alaska; and $6,825 for Hawaii. 

The figures shown under family 

income represent amounts equal to 150 

percent of the family income levels 

established by the U.S. Census Bureau 

for determining poverty status. The 

poverty guidelines were published by 

the U.S. Department of Health and 

Human Services in the Federal Register 

on January 26, 2012 (77 FR 4034). 

The information about ‘‘metropolitan 

statistical areas’’ referenced in 34 CFR 

606.3(b)(4) and 607.3(b)(4) may be 

obtained at: www.census.gov/prod/

2010pubs/10smadb/appendixc.pdf and 

www.census.gov/prod/2008pubs/

07ccdb/appd.pdf. 

Electronic Submission of 

Applications: 

Applications for designation of 

eligibility must be submitted 

electronically at: http://opeweb.ed.gov/

title3and5/. 

To enter the Web site, you must use 

your institution’s unique 8-digit 

identifier, i.e., your Office of 

Postsecondary Education Identification 

Number (OPE ID Number). Your 

business office or student financial aid 

office should have the OPE ID Number. 

If not, contact the Department using the 

email addresses of the contact persons 

listed in this notice under For 

Applications and Further Information 

Contact. You will find detailed 

instructions for completing the 

application form electronically under 

the ‘‘Eligibility’’ link at: http://

www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/

idues/eligibility.html. 

If your institution is unable to meet 

the needy student enrollment 

requirement or the Core Expenses 

requirement, you may request a waiver 

of one or both of these requirements. To 

request a waiver, you must upload a 

waiver narrative at: http://

opeweb.ed.gov/title3and5/. 

Exception to the 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 electronically because— 

• You do not have access to the 

Internet; or 

• You do not have the capacity to 

upload documents to the Web site; 

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. 

Mail or fax your statement to: Nancy 

Regan, U.S. Department of Education, 

1990 K Street NW., Room 6032, 

Washington, DC 20006–8513. Fax: (202) 

502–7861. 

Your paper application must be 

submitted in accordance with the mail 

or hand delivery instructions described 

in this notice. 

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: 

Nancy Regan, U.S. Department of 

Education, 1990 K Street NW., Room 

6032, Washington, DC 20006–8513. 

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. 

(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. 

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 application, 

on or before the application deadline 

date, to the Department at the following 

address: Nancy Regan, U.S. Department 

of Education, 1990 K Street NW., Room 

6032, Washington, DC 20006–8513. 

Hand delivered applications will be 

accepted daily between 8:00 a.m. and 

4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, except 

Saturdays, Sundays, and Federal 

holidays. 

Applicable Regulations: This notice 

inviting applications (NIA) is being 

published before the Department adopts 

the Uniform Administrative 

Requirements, Cost Principles, and 

Audit Requirements in 2 CFR part 200. 

We expect to publish interim final 

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regulations that would adopt those 

requirements before December 26, 2014, 

and make those regulations effective on 

that date. Because grants in the 

programs to which this separate 

application process applies will likely 

be made after the Department adopts the 

requirements in 2 CFR part 200, we list 

as applicable regulations both those that 

are currently effective and those that 

will be effective at the time the 

Department makes grants. 

The current regulations follow: (a) 

The Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 

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

86, 97, 98, and 99. (b) The OMB 

Guidelines to Agencies on 

Governmentwide Debarment and 

Suspension (Nonprocurement) in 2 CFR 

part 180, as adopted as regulations of 

the Department in 2 CFR part 3485. 

At the time we award grants under 

this NIA, the following regulations will 

apply: (a) EDGAR in 34 CFR parts 75, 

77, 79, 82, 84, 86, 97, 98, and 99. (b) The 

OMB Guidelines to Agencies on 

Governmentwide Debarment and 

Suspension (Nonprocurement) in 2 CFR 

part 180, as adopted as regulations of 

the Department in 2 CFR part 3485 and 

the Uniform Administrative 

Requirements, Cost Principles, and 

Audit Requirements for Federal Awards 

in 2 CFR part 200, as adopted in 2 CFR 

part 3474. 

Regardless of the timing of the 

publication of the interim final 

regulations, the following also will 

apply to this NIA: (a) The regulations for 

the Title III Programs in 34 CFR part 

607, and for the HSI Program in 34 CFR 

part 606. (b) The notice of final 

requirements for the PPOHA Program, 

published in the Federal Register on 

July 27, 2010 (75 FR 44055). 

Note: There are no program-specific 

regulations for the Part A AANAPISI, Part A 

NASNTI, and Part A PBI programs or any of 

the Part F, Title III programs. Also, there have 

been amendments to the HEA since the 

Department last issued regulations for the 

programs established under Titles III and V 

of the statute. Accordingly, we encourage 

each potential applicant to read the 

applicable sections of the HEA in order to 

fully understand the eligibility requirements 

for the program for which they are applying. 

Please note that the Department is in the 

process of amending the Title III and Title V 

regulations. These updated regulations will 

include regulations for Part A AANAPISI, 

Part A NASNTI, and Part A PBI programs, as 

well as the Part F, Title III programs. 

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 institutions of higher education 

only. 

For Applications and Further 

Information Contact: Robyn Wood or 

Jeffrey Hartman, Institutional Service, 

U.S. Department of Education, 1990 K 

Street NW., Room 6134, Request for 

Eligibility Designation, Washington, DC 

20006–8513. 

You can contact these individuals at 

the following email addresses or phone 

numbers: Robyn.Wood@ed.gov, 202– 

502–7437, Jeffrey.Hartman@ed.gov, 

202–502–7607. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD) or a text 

telephone (TTY), 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, audio 

tape, or compact disc) on request to one 

of the contact persons listed in this 

section. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

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 via the Federal Digital System 

at: www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site 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). To use PDF you must 

have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

available free at the site. 

You may also access documents of the 

Department published in the Federal 

Register by using the article search 

feature at: www.federalregister.gov. 

Specifically, through the advanced 

search feature at this site, you can limit 

your search to documents published by 

the Department. 

Dated: October 29, 2014. 

Lynn B. Mahaffie, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary 

Education. 

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Idaho 

National Laboratory 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of Open Meeting: 

Correction. 

SUMMARY: On October 27, 2014, the 

Department of Energy (DOE) published 

a notice of open meeting announcing a 

meeting on November 18, 2014 of the 

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Paducah (79 

FR 63913). This document makes a 

correction to that notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert L. Pence, Federal Coordinator, 

Department of Energy, Idaho Operations 

Office, 1955 Fremont Avenue, MS– 

1203, Idaho Falls, Idaho 83415. Phone 

(208) 526–6518; Fax (208) 526–8789 or 

email: pencerl@id.doe.gov or visit the 

Board’s Internet home page at: http://

inlcab.energy.gov/. 

Correction 

In the Federal Register of October 27, 

2014, in FR Doc. 2014–25457, on page 

63913, please make the following 

correction: 

In that notice under DATES, third 

column, second paragraph, the meeting 

date should be corrected. The correct 

date is November 19, 2014 instead of 

November 18, 2014. 

Issued at Washington, DC, on October 29, 

2014. 

LaTanya R. Butler, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 2280–018] 

Seneca Generation, LLC; Notice of 

Availability of Environmental 

Assessment 

In accordance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and 

the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission’s regulations, 18 CFR Part 

380, the Office of Energy Projects has 

reviewed the application for a new 

license for the 451.8-megawatt (MW) 

Kinzua Pumped Storage Project located 

on the Allegheny River in Warren 

County, Pennsylvania, adjacent to the 

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (Corps) 

Kinzua dam and has prepared an 

environmental assessment (EA). 

In the EA, Commission staff analyzes 

the potential environmental effects of 

licensing the project and concludes that 

issuing a new license for the project, 

with appropriate environmental 

protective measures, would not 

constitute a major federal action that 

would significantly affect the quality of 

the human environment. 

A copy of the EA is available for 

review at the Commission in the Public 

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