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Any associated form(s) for this 

collection may be located within this 

same electronic docket and downloaded 

for review/testing. Follow the 

instructions at http://

www.regulations.gov for submitting 

comments. Please submit comments on 

any given form identified by docket 

number, form number, and title. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request more information on this 

proposed information collection or to 

obtain a copy of the proposal and 

associated collection instruments, 

please write to the DSS Office of 

Information Management, Russell Knox 

Building, 27130 Telegraph Rd., 

Quantico, VA 22134 or email dss.niss@

mail.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title; Associated Form; and OMB 

Number: National Industrial Security 

System (NISS); OMB Control Number 

0704–XXXX. 

Needs and Uses: The information 

collection requirement is necessary for 

DSS to oversee the National Industrial 

Security Program (NISP) pursuant to 

Executive Order 12829. The National 

Industrial Security System (NISS) will 

become the repository of records related 

to the maintenance of information 

pertaining to contractor facility security 

clearances (FCL) and contractor 

capabilities to protect classified 

information in its possession. 

Affected Public: Cleared contractor 

companies participating in the NISP. 

Annual Burden Hours: 11,671. 

Number of Respondents: 11,671. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Annual Responses: 11,671. 

Average Burden per Response: 60 

minutes. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondents are security 

professionals who provide information 

to DSS in order to process facility 

security clearances (FCL), report 

changes of the facility that may affect 

the FCL, and managing incident 

response. In addition to this standard 

processing, NISS will enable security 

staff to communicate with their DSS 

representative pursuant to requirement 

DoD 5220.22–M, National Industrial 

Security Program Operating Manual. 

The NISS will be an integrated 

automated solution that will facilitate 

efficient execution of the Agency’s core 

mission. NISS will allow users to 

manage large amounts of information 

through increased automated workflows 

to ensure accuracy, create linkages in 

data, and close the gap of missing data 

elements. 

Dated: August 16, 2017. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Navy 

Notice of Intent To Prepare a 

Supplemental Environmental Impact 

Statement/Overseas Environmental 

Impact Statement for Northwest 

Training and Testing 

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 

1969 and regulations implemented by 

the Council on Environmental Quality, 

the Department of the Navy (DoN) 

announces its intent to prepare a 

supplement to the 2015 Final Northwest 

Training and Testing (NWTT) 

Environmental Impact Statement/ 

Overseas Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS/OEIS). 

DATES: Public comments will be 

accepted during the 30-day scoping 

period from August 22, 2017 to 

September 21, 2017. Public scoping 

meetings will not be held. However, 

public meetings are planned to occur 

following the release of the Draft 

Supplemental EIS/OEIS in early 2019. 

ADDRESSES: The DoN invites scoping 

comments on the NWTT Supplemental 

EIS/OEIS from all interested parties. 

Substantive comments may be provided 

by mail to the address below and 

through the project Web site at http://

nwtteis.com/. Comments must be 

postmarked or received online by 

September 21, 2017 for consideration 

during the development of the Draft 

Supplemental EIS/OEIS. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

Mosher, (360) 257–3234, 

john.g.mosher@navy.mil. Naval 

Facilities Engineering Command 

Northwest, Attention: NWTT 

Supplemental EIS/OEIS Project 

Manager, 3730 North Charles Porter 

Avenue, Building 385, Oak Harbor, 

Washington 98278–3500. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The DoN 

will assess the potential environmental 

effects associated with ongoing and 

future at-sea military readiness activities 

conducted within the NWTT EIS/OEIS 

Study Area (hereafter known as the 

‘‘Study Area’’) beyond 2020. Military 

readiness activities include training and 

research, development, testing, and 

evaluation (hereafter known as 

‘‘testing’’). The Supplemental EIS/OEIS 

will include an analysis of training and 

testing activities using new information 

available after the release of the 2015 

Final EIS/OEIS. New information 

includes an updated acoustic effects 

model, updated marine mammal density 

data, and evolving and emergent best 

available science. Proposed activities 

are generally consistent with those 

analyzed in the 2015 Final EIS/OEIS 

and are representative of training and 

testing activities the DoN has been 

conducting in the Study Area for 

decades. 

The Study Area remains unchanged 

since the 2015 Final EIS/OEIS. The 

Study Area is comprised of established 

maritime operating areas and warning 

areas in the northeastern Pacific Ocean, 

including areas within the Strait of Juan 

de Fuca, Puget Sound, and the Western 

Behm Canal in southeastern Alaska. The 

Study Area includes air and water space 

within and outside Washington state 

waters, air and water space outside state 

waters of Oregon and Northern 

California, and DoN pierside locations 

where sound navigation and ranging 

(sonar) maintenance and testing occur. 

In the supplement to the 2015 Final EIS/ 

OEIS, the DoN will only analyze those 

training and testing activities conducted 

at sea within the Study Area. 

As part of this process, the DoN will 

seek the issuance of federal regulatory 

permits and authorizations under the 

Marine Mammal Protection Act and 

Endangered Species Act to support ongoing and future at-sea military 

readiness activities within the Study 

Area beyond 2020. 

Pursuant to 40 CFR 1501.6, the DoN 

will invite the National Marine 

Fisheries Service and the U.S. Coast 

Guard to be cooperating agencies in 

preparation of the Supplemental EIS/ 

OEIS. 

The DoN’s lead action proponent is 

Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet. 

Additional action proponents include 

Naval Sea Systems Command and Naval 

Air Systems Command. 

The DoN’s Proposed Action is to 

conduct at-sea training and testing 

activities within the Study Area. 

Activities include the use of active 

sonar and explosives while employing 

marine species protective mitigation 

measures. The Proposed Action does 

not alter the DoN’s original purpose and 

need as discussed in the 2015 Final EIS/ 

OEIS. 

The purpose of the Proposed Action 

is to maintain a ready force, which is 

needed to ensure the DoN can 

accomplish its mission to maintain, 

train, and equip combat-ready naval 


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forces capable of winning wars, 

deterring aggression, and maintaining 

freedom of the seas, consistent with 

Congressional direction in section 5062 

of Title 10 of the U.S. Code. A 

Supplemental EIS/OEIS is considered 

the appropriate document, as there is 

recent scientific information including 

revised acoustic criteria to consider, in 

furtherance of NEPA, relevant to the 

environmental effects of the DoN’s 

Proposed Action. The analysis will 

support Marine Mammal Protection Act 

authorization requests. 

Proposed training and testing 

activities are generally consistent with 

those analyzed in the 2015 Final EIS/ 

OEIS. In the Supplemental EIS/OEIS, 

the DoN will analyze the proposed 

changes to the tempo and types of 

training and testing activities, 

accounting for the introduction of new 

technologies, the evolving nature of 

international events, advances in 

warfighting doctrine and procedures, 

and changes in the organization of 

vessels, aircraft, weapons systems, and 

DoN personnel. In the NWTT 

Supplemental EIS/OEIS, the DoN will 

reflect the compilation of training and 

testing activities required to fulfill the 

DoN’s military readiness requirements 

beyond 2020, and therefore includes the 

analysis of newly proposed activities 

and changes to previously analyzed 

activities. 

In the Supplemental EIS/OEIS, the 

DoN will evaluate the potential 

environmental effects of a no action 

alternative and action alternatives. 

Resources to be evaluated include, but 

are not limited to, marine mammals, sea 

turtles, essential fish habitat, threatened 

and endangered species, and American 

Indian and Alaska Native Traditional 

Resources. 

The scoping process is used to 

identify public concerns and local 

issues to be considered during the 

development of the Draft Supplemental 

EIS/OEIS. Federal agencies, state 

agencies, local agencies, the public, and 

interested persons are encouraged to 

provide substantive comments to the 

DoN on environmental resources and 

issue areas of concern the commenter 

believes the DoN should consider. 

Comments must be postmarked or 

received online by September 21, 2017 

for consideration during the 

development of the Draft Supplemental 

EIS/OEIS. Comments can be mailed to: 

Naval Facilities Engineering Command 

Northwest, Attention: NWTT 

Supplemental EIS/OEIS Project 

Manager, 3730 North Charles Porter 

Avenue, Building 385, Oak Harbor, 

Washington 98278–3500. Comments can 

be submitted online via the project Web 

site at http://www.nwtteis.com/. Also at 

this Web site, those interested in 

receiving electronic project updates can 

subscribe to receive notifications via 

email for key milestones throughout the 

environmental planning process. 

Dated: August 16, 2017. 

A.M. Nichols, 

Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate 

General’s Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register 

Liaison Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Free Application for Federal Student 

Aid (FAFSA®) Information To Be 

Verified for the 2018–2019 Award Year 

Correction 

In notice document 2017–09167, 

appearing on pages 21204 through 

21208, in the issue of Friday, May 5, 

2017, make the following corrections: 

1. On page 21207, in the second 

column, on the second line, the entry 

that reads ‘‘I certify that I ___’’, should 

read: 

‘‘I certify that I ___ am’’. 

2. On the same page, in the same 

column, on the nineteenth line, the 

entry that reads ‘‘I certify that I ___’’, 

should read: 

‘‘I certify that I ___ am’’. 

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BILLING CODE 1301–00–D 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy 

[EERE–2017–BT–CRT–0054] 

Proposed Agency Information 

Collection Extension 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Information collection 

extension, with changes; notice and 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE) intends to extend with 

changes for three years with the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB), the 

Certification Reports, Compliance 

Statements, Application for a Test 

Procedure Waiver, and Recordkeeping 

for Consumer Products and 

Commercial/Industrial Equipment 

subject to Energy or Water Conservation 

Standards Package under OMB No. 

1910–1400. Comments are invited on: 

(a) Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden of the proposed collection 

of information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

DATES: Written comments and 

information are requested and will be 

accepted on or before October 23, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

encouraged to submit comments using 

the Federal eRulemaking Portal at 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Alternatively, interested persons may 

submit comments, identified by docket 

number EERE–2017–BT–CRT–0054, by 

any of the following methods: 

1. Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

2. Email: to 

InfoCollection2017CRT0054@

ee.doe.gov. Include docket number 

EERE–2017–BT–CRT–0054 in the 

subject line of the message. 

3. Postal Mail: Appliance and 

Equipment Standards Program, U.S. 

Department of Energy, Building 

Technologies Office, Mailstop EE–5B, 

1000 Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0121. 

Telephone: (202) 287–1445. If possible, 

please submit all items on a compact 

disc (‘‘CD’’), in which case it is not 

necessary to include printed copies. 

4. Hand Delivery/Courier: Appliance 

and Equipment Standards Program, U.S. 

Department of Energy, Building 

Technologies Office, 950 L’Enfant Plaza 

SW., Suite 600, Washington, DC 20024. 

Telephone: (202) 287–1445. If possible, 

please submit all items on a CD, in 

which case it is not necessary to include 

printed copies. 

No telefacsimilies (faxes) will be 

accepted. 

Docket: The docket for this activity, 

which includes Federal Register 

notices, comments, and other 

supporting documents/materials, is 

available for review at http://

www.regulations.gov. All documents in 

the docket are listed in the http://

www.regulations.gov index. However, 

some documents listed in the index, 


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