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depend, in part, on the constituency, 

interests, or industry sector the nominee 

seeks to represent, and where 

appropriate, shall include significant 

experience as a direct service provider 

to consumers. 

Pursuant to Section 5 of the 

Community Bank Advisory Council 

Charter, in appointing members to the 

Advisory Council the Director shall seek 

to assemble experts in consumer 

protection, financial services, 

community development, fair lending 

and civil rights, and consumer financial 

products or services and representatives 

of community banks that primarily 

serve underserved communities, and 

representatives of communities that 

have been significantly impacted by 

higher-priced mortgage loans, and shall 

strive to have diversity in terms of 

points of view. Only current bank or 

thrift employees (CEOs, compliance 

officers, government relations officials, 

etc.) will be considered for membership. 

Membership is limited to employees of 

banks and thrifts with total assets of $10 

billion or less that are not affiliates of 

depository institutions or credit unions 

with total assets of more than $10 

billion. 

Pursuant to section 5 of the Credit 

Union Advisory Council Charter, in 

appointing members to the Advisory 

Council the Director shall seek to 

assemble experts in consumer 

protection, financial services, 

community development, fair lending 

and civil rights, and consumer financial 

products or services and representatives 

of credit unions that primarily serve 

underserved communities, and 

representatives of communities that 

have been significantly impacted by 

higher-priced mortgage loans, and shall 

strive to have diversity in terms of 

points of view. Only current credit 

union employees (CEOs, compliance 

officers, government relations officials, 

etc.) will be considered for membership. 

Membership is limited to employees of 

credit unions with total assets of $10 

billion or less that are not affiliates of 

depository institutions or credit unions 

with total assets of more than $10 

billion. 

The Bureau has a special interest in 

ensuring that women, minority groups, 

and individuals with disabilities are 

adequately represented on the Board 

and Councils, and therefore, encourages 

applications from qualified candidates 

from these groups. The Bureau also has 

a special interest in establishing a Board 

that is represented by a diversity of 

viewpoints and constituencies, and 

therefore encourages applications from 

qualified candidates who: 

1. Represent the United States’ 

geographic diversity; and 

2. Represent the interests of special 

populations identified in the DoddFrank Act, including service members, 

older Americans, students, and 

traditionally underserved consumers 

and communities. 

IV. Application Procedures 

Any interested person may apply for 

membership on the Board or Advisory 

Council. 

A complete application packet must 

include: 

1. A recommendation letter from a 

third party describing the applicant’s 

interests and qualifications to serve on 

the Board or Council; 

2. A complete re ́sume ́ or curriculum 

vitae for the applicant; and 

3. A complete application. 

To evaluate potential sources of 

conflicts of interest, the Bureau will ask 

potential candidates to provide 

information related to financial holdings 

and/or professional affiliations, and to 

allow the Bureau to perform a 

background check. The Bureau will not 

review applications and will not answer 

questions from internal or external 

parties regarding applications until the 

application period has closed. 

The Bureau will not entertain 

applications of federally registered 

lobbyists and individuals who have 

been convicted of a felony for a position 

on the Board and Councils. 

Only complete applications will be 

given consideration for review of 

membership on the Board and Councils. 

Dated: January 9, 2015. 

Christopher D’Angelo, 

Chief of Staff, Bureau of Consumer Financial 

Protection. 

[FR Doc. 2015–00565 Filed 1–15–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–AM–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Applications for New Awards; State 

Personnel Development Grants (SPDG) 

Program 

AGENCY: Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Applications for New Awards; 

extension of the application period. 

SUMMARY: On December 15, 2014, we 

published in the Federal Register a 

notice inviting applications for new 

awards under the SPDG competition. 

That notice established a January 29, 

2015, deadline for the submission of 

applications, and a deadline of March 

30, 2015, for intergovernmental review. 

We are extending both deadlines by 

fifteen (15) days. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 

84.323A. 

Dates: 

Applications Available: December 15, 

2014. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: February 13, 2015. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: April 14, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jennifer Coffey, U.S. Department of 

Education, Office of Special Education 

Programs, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., 

Room 4097, Potomac Center Plaza, 

Washington, DC 20202–2600. 

Telephone: (202) 245–6673 or by email: 

jennifer.coffey@ed.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

December 15, 2015, the Secretary 

invited applications for new awards for 

fiscal year (FY) 2015 under the SPDG 

competition (79 FR 74071). The purpose 

of this program, authorized by the 

Individuals with Disabilities Education 

Act (IDEA), is to assist State educational 

agencies (SEAs) in reforming and 

improving their systems for personnel 

preparation and professional 

development in early intervention, 

educational, and transition services in 

order to improve results for children 

with disabilities. 

The notice inviting applications 

established a January 29, 2015, deadline 

for the submission of applications. To 

ensure that all interested parties are 

provided a minimum of 60 days to 

submit their applications, we are 

extending the application period for 

fifteen (15) days to February 13, 2015. 

Consequently, we are also extending the 

deadline for intergovernmental review 

to April 14, 2015. All other information 

in the December 15, 2014, notice, 

including the two absolute priorities, 

remains the same. 

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document in 

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

print, audiotape, or compact disc) on 

request to the contact person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

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 

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Format (PDF). To use PDF, you must 

have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

available free at this 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: January 12, 2015. 

Michael K. Yudin, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Special 

Education and Rehabilitative Services. 

[FR Doc. 2015–00605 Filed 1–15–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Engineered High Energy Crop 

Programs Draft Programmatic 

Environmental Impact Statement, 

Southeastern United States 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of availability and public 

hearings. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE) Advanced Research 

Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA–E) 

announces the availability of the 

Engineered High Energy Crop (EHEC) 

Programs Draft Programmatic 

Environmental Impact Statement (or 

Draft PEIS) (DOE/EIS–0481). DOE also 

announces one in-person public hearing 

to be held in Washington, DC, and two 

Web-based public hearings, to receive 

comments on the Draft PEIS. The Draft 

PEIS evaluates the potential 

environmental impacts associated with 

DOE’s Proposed Action to implement 

one or more programs to catalyze the 

development and demonstration of 

crops specifically engineered for 

increased energy production. A main 

component of the proposed programs 

would be providing financial assistance 

to conduct field trials to test the 

effectiveness of EHECs in the 

Southeastern United States, specifically 

in Alabama, Florida (excluding the 

Everglades/Southern Florida coastal 

plain ecoregion), Georgia, Kentucky, 

Mississippi, North Carolina, South 

Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. 

DATES: Comments on the Draft PEIS 

Notice of Availability (NOA) will be 

accepted until March 17, 2015. During 

the public comment period, DOE will 

host one in-person public hearing and 

two Web-based public hearings to 

receive comments on the Draft PEIS. 

Comments submitted during this public 

comment period will be considered in 

preparation of a Final PEIS and used by 

DOE in its decision-making process for 

the Proposed Action. DOE will consider 

late comments to the extent practicable. 

DOE will conduct public hearings: 

• February 17, 2015, from 5:00–7:00 

p.m., at the Holiday Inn Washington 

Capitol, 550 C Street Southwest, 

Washington, DC 20024. 

• February 24, 2015, from 2:00–4:00 

p.m., Web-based. 

• February 26, 2015, from 2:00–4:00 

p.m., Web-based. 

Information on how to register for the 

Web-based public hearings will be 

available on the DOE EHEC PEIS project 

Web site (See ADDRESSES section). 

ADDRESSES: Written comments on the 

Draft PEIS may be submitted by any of 

the following methods: 

• EHEC Web site: http://

engineeredhighenergycropsPEIS.com 

• Email: comments@

engineeredhighenergycropsPEIS.com 

• Mail: Dr. Jonathan Burbaum, 

Program Director, ARPA–E, U.S. 

Department of Energy, ATTN: EHEC 

PEIS, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., 

Mailstop-950–8043, Washington, DC 

20585. Note: Comments submitted by 

U.S. Postal Service may be delayed by 

mail screening. 

This NOA, the EPA NOA, and the 

Draft PEIS will be posted on the DOE 

NEPA Web site at http://energy.gov/

nepa. These documents, and additional 

materials relating to this Draft PEIS, will 

also be available on the EHEC PEIS 

project Web site at: http://

engineeredhighenergycropsPEIS.com. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

more information on the PEIS, contact 

Dr. Jonathan Burbaum, Program 

Director, by one of the methods 

described in the ADDRESSES section, or 

by telephone at (202) 287–5453. For 

general information on 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, or 

telephone at (202) 586–4600, voicemail 

at (800) 472–2756, or email at 

askNEPA@hq.doe.gov. Persons with 

disabilities who require alternative 

means for communication (Braille, large 

print, audio tape, etc.) should contact 

(800) 877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EHEC 

PEIS (DOE/EIS–0481) is being prepared 

in accordance with NEPA (42 U.S.C. 

4321 et seq.) requirements, the Council 

on Environmental Quality’s NEPA 

regulations (40 CFR parts 1500–1508), 

and DOE’s NEPA Implementing 

Procedures (10 CFR part 1021). 

The Draft PEIS evaluates the potential 

environmental impacts of the Proposed 

Action and alternatives to develop and 

implement one or more programs to 

catalyze the research, development, and 

demonstration of EHECs in the 

Southeastern United States. EHECs are 

agriculturally-viable photosynthetic 

species containing genetic material that 

has been intentionally introduced 

through biotechnology, interspecific 

hybridization, or other engineering 

processes (excluding processes that 

occur in nature without human 

intervention), specifically engineered to 

increase the amount of energy produced 

per acre (e.g., improving the 

photosynthetic process), without 

increasing the amount of biomass. These 

approaches are referred to in this PEIS 

as approaches ‘‘independent of 

increasing the amount of biomass.’’ A 

main component of the proposed EHEC 

Programs would be DOE or other 

Federal or state agencies providing 

financial assistance for confined field 

trials to evaluate the performance of 

EHECs that could facilitate the 

commercial development and 

deployment of biofuels. The field trials 

would demonstrate the EHEC’s 

biological and economic viability and 

further DOE ARPA–E’s mission. 

Confined field trials may range in size 

and could include development scale 

(up to 5 acres), pilot scale (up to 250 

acres), or demonstration scale (up to 

15,000 acres). The Draft PEIS evaluates 

the potential environmental impacts of 

these scaled alternatives, which reflect 

the range of reasonable alternatives. 

Signed in Washington, DC, this 12th day of 

January, 2015. 

Jonathan Burbaum, 

Program Director, Advanced Research 

Projects Agency-Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2015–00601 Filed 1–15–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy 

Agency Information Collection 

Extension 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable, Energy Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice and Request for OMB 

Review and Comment. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(DOE) has submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

clearance, pursuant to the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, a three-year 


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