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processed and used in a timely manner;
(3) is the estimate of burden accurate;
(4) how might the Department enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (5) how
might the Department minimize the
burden of this collection on the
respondents, including through the use
of information technology. Please note
that written comments received in
response to this notice will be
considered public records.
Title of Collection: Annual
Performance Reporting (APR) System
for NIDRR Grantees (RERCs, RRTCS,
FIPs, ARRTs, DBTAC, DRRPs).
OMB Control Number: 1820–0675.
Type of Review: An extension of an
existing information collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: State,
Local, or Tribal Governments.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 266.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 13,832.
Abstract: The National Institute on
Disability and Rehabilitation Research
(NIDRR) of the Department of Education
requests an extension of the Annual
Performance Reporting (APR) System
for NIDRR Grantees (RERCs, RRTCS,
FIPs, ARRTs, DBTAC, DRRPs) 1820–
0695. These APRs are collected by the
Department to facilitate program
planning and management; respond to
Education Department General
Administrative Regulations
requirements; and reporting
requirements under the Government
Performance and Results Act of 1993
(P.L. 103–62) for these ten NIDRR grant
programs: Rehabilitation Research
Training Centers (RRTCs);
Rehabilitation Engineering Research
Centers (RERCs); Field Initiated
Research Projects (FIPs); Advanced
Rehabilitation Research Training
Projects (ARRTs); Model Systems
(including spinal cord injury, traumatic
brain injury, and burn centers);
Disability and Rehabilitation Research
Projects (DRRPs); Knowledge
Translation (KT) Projects; ADA National
Network Centers (ADAs); Small
Business Innovation Research Projects
(SBIR) grantees (Phase 2 only) and
Research Fellowships Program (RFP).
Dated: June 17, 2013.
Tomakie Washington,
Acting Director, Information Collection
Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and
Records Management Services, Office of
Management.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No. ED–2013–ICCD–0049]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Comment Request;
Study of the Delivery of Services
Under the State Vocational
Rehabilitation Grants Program
Department of Education (ED),
Office of Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services (OSERS).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is
proposing a new information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before July 22,
2013.
ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in
response to this notice should be
submitted electronically through the
Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://
www.regulations.gov by selecting
Docket ID number ED–2013–ICCD–0049
or via postal mail, commercial delivery,
or hand delivery. Please note that
comments submitted by fax or email
and those submitted after the comment
period will not be accepted. Written
requests for information or comments
submitted by postal mail or delivery
should be addressed to the Director of
the Information Collection Clearance
Division, U.S. Department of Education,
400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, Room
2E117,Washington, DC 20202–4537.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Electronically mail
[email protected]. Please do not
send comments here.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Department of Education (ED), in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general
public and Federal agencies with an
opportunity to comment on proposed,
revised, and continuing collections of
information. This helps the Department
assess the impact of its information
collection requirements and minimize
the public’s reporting burden. It also
helps the public understand the
Department’s information collection
requirements and provide the requested
data in the desired format. ED is
soliciting comments on the proposed
information collection request (ICR) that
is described below. The Department of
Education is especially interested in
public comment addressing the
following issues: (1) Is this collection
necessary to the proper functions of the
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Department; (2) will this information be
processed and used in a timely manner;
(3) is the estimate of burden accurate;
(4) how might the Department enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (5) how
might the Department minimize the
burden of this collection on the
respondents, including through the use
of information technology. Please note
that written comments received in
response to this notice will be
considered public records.
Title of Collection: Study of the
Delivery of Services under the State
Vocational Rehabilitation Grants
Program.
OMB Control Number: 1820—NEW.
Type of Review: New collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: State,
Local, or Tribal Governments.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 83.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 212.
Abstract: The Vocational
Rehabilitation (VR) Program provides a
wide range of services to help
individuals with disabilities to prepare
for and engage in gainful employment.
Eligible individuals are those who have
a physical or mental impairment that
results in a substantial impediment to
employment, who can benefit from VR
services for employment, and who
require VR services. If a State is unable
to serve all eligible individuals, priority
must be given to serving individuals
with the most significant disabilities.
The program is funded through formulabased grants awarded by the
Rehabilitation Services Administration
(RSA) to State VR agencies receive
funding from the basic Title I formula
grant program. The Rehabilitation Act
Title I formula grant program provides
funds to VR agencies to help individuals
with disabilities prepare for and engage
in gainful employment consistent with
their strengths, abilities, interests, and
informed choice through such supports
as counseling, medical, and
psychological services, job training, and
other individualized services.
RSA proposes to conduct a national
survey of all 80 state VR agencies. RSA
seeks to evaluate how State VR agencies
deliver services for individuals with
disabilities, how and to what extent
state VR agencies work with partner
agencies or programs to deliver services,
and to review program outcomes and
their associated costs, including
identifying cost effective practices for
serving specific target populations. RSA
will address the following objectives:
Determine the methods and practices
used by State VR agencies in delivering
services to individuals with disabilities,

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including optimal patterns of delivery
in serving specific populations;
determine how, and to what extent,
State VR agencies work with partner
agencies or programs to deliver services;
and examine program outcomes and
their associated costs, including
identifying cost effective practices for
serving specific target populations.
Dated: June 17, 2013.
Tomakie Washington,
Acting Director, Information Collection
Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and
Records Management Services, Office of
Management.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Notice of Intent To Prepare a
Programmatic Environmental Impact
Statement for Engineered High Energy
Crop Programs, Southeastern United
States
Department of Energy (DOE).
Notice of intent to prepare an
environmental impact statement and
conduct public scoping meetings.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

The U.S. Department of
Energy (DOE), Advanced Research
Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA–E)
announces its intent to prepare a
Programmatic Environmental Impact
Statement (PEIS) and conduct public
scoping meetings to evaluate the
potential environmental impacts of
DOE’s proposed action to implement
one or more programs to catalyze the
development and demonstration of
engineered high energy crops (EHECs).
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), and specifically
engineered to produce more energy per
acre by producing fuel molecules that
can be introduced easily into existing
energy infrastructure.
EHECs include those being developed
under the ARPA–E Plants Engineered to
Replace Oil (PETRO) program. A main
component of the proposed EHEC
programs would be providing financial
assistance for field trials to evaluate the
performance of EHECs. 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). All necessary permits, such as

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from the U.S. Department of
Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service (APHIS),
would be obtained before initiating
confined field trials. This PEIS will
assess the potential environmental
impacts of such confined field trials in
the southeastern United States.
DATES: DOE invites comments on the
proposed scope of this PEIS from all
interested parties. The scoping period
for this PEIS starts with the publication
of this notice and continues through
July 22, 2013. DOE will consider all
comments submitted electronically or
postmarked by July 22, 2013. Comments
submitted after this date will be
considered to the extent practicable.
DOE will conduct scoping meetings to
solicit input on the issues, concerns,
and alternatives of the PEIS. Poster
sessions will be hosted at each location
from 5:00 to 6:45 p.m., followed by an
open forum to receive comments from
7:00 to 9:00 p.m. The scoping meetings
will be held:
• July 9, 2013—Lexington Convention
Center, 430 West Vine Street,
Lexington, KY
• July 10, 2013—Mississippi e-Center at
Jackson State University (Convention
Hall), 1230 Raymond Road, Jackson,
MS
• July 11, 2013—Raleigh Convention
Center, 500 S. Salisbury Street,
Raleigh, NC
DOE will also host one web-based
meeting on July 17, 2013 from 3:00 to
5:00 p.m. Eastern Time. Details
regarding the scoping meetings,
including how to participate in the webbased meeting, are provided under
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION and on the
PEIS Web site: http://engineeredhigh
energycropsPEIS.com.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be
submitted by any of the following
methods:
• PEIS Web site: http://engineered
highenergycropsPEIS.com.
• Email: comments@engineeredhigh
energycropsPEIS.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 Notice of Intent (NOI), the Draft
PEIS, and the Final PEIS will be posted
on the DOE National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA) Web site at http://
energy.gov/nepa. These documents and
additional materials relating to this PEIS
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site at: http://engineeredhighenergy
cropsPEIS.com.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
more information on the PEIS or to be
added to the PEIS distribution list,
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
[email protected]. 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 the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of
1969 (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).
DOE has prepared this NOI to inform
interested parties of the planned PEIS
and scoping meetings, and to invite
public comments on the proposed
action, reasonable alternatives for
program implementation, and the range
of environmental issues to be
considered in the PEIS. DOE will
consult with interested American Indian
Tribes and federal, state, regional and
local agencies during preparation of the
PEIS. In addition, DOE invites agencies
with jurisdiction by law or special
expertise to participate as cooperating
agencies in the preparation of this PEIS.
Background
DOE’s mission and strategic goals
include promoting U.S. energy security
by providing reliable, clean, and
affordable energy and strengthening
U.S. technological leadership and
economic competitiveness through
advancements in science and
technology. ARPA–E’s goals include
enhancing U.S. economic and energy
security through the development of
advanced energy technologies that
reduce imports of foreign oil, reduce
energy-related emissions, and ensure
that the U.S. maintains a technological
lead in developing and deploying
advanced energy technologies. A core
aspect of ARPA–E’s mission is to
expedite the timeline for bringing
technologies to market. The proposed

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