60 Day Federal Register Notice

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POLICY JUSTIFICATION
Greece—Spare Parts and Services for
F100–PW–229 Engines
The Government of Greece has
requested the purchase of spare parts
and services for F100–PW–229 engines
for the Hellenic Air Force F–16 aircraft,
to include: Inlet/Fan Modules, Core
Engine Modules, Rear Compressor Drive
Turbines, Fan Drive Turbine Modules,
Augmentor Duct and Nozzle Modules,
and Gearbox Modules. In addition, the
proposed sale will include support
equipment, publications and technical
documentation, U.S. Government and
contractor technical, engineering, and
logistics support services, and other
related elements of program support.
The estimated cost is $250 million.
This proposed sale will contribute to
the foreign policy and national security
of the United States by helping to
improve the security of a NATO ally.
The uninterrupted supply of spare
parts and support will ensure the
Hellenic Air Force sustains its aircraft
fleet at the highest state of readiness to
face any potential threats.
The proposed sale of this equipment
and support will not alter the basic
military balance in the region.
The proposed sale will not be for one
sole source contract for this sale. There
are no known offset agreements
proposed in connection with this
potential sale.
Implementation of this proposed sale
will not require the assignment of any
additional U.S. Government or
contractor representatives to Greece.
There will be no adverse impact on
U.S. defense readiness as a result of this
proposed sale.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED–2013–ICCD–0093]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Comment Request; Program
for International Student Assessments
(PISA) Validation Study
IES/NCES, Department of
Education (ED).
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
September 16, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in
response to this notice should be

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submitted electronically through the
Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://
www.regulations.gov by selecting
Docket ID number ED–2013–ICCD–0093
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
2E105, 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
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: Program for
International Student Assessments
(PISA) Validation Study.
OMB Control Number: 1850–NEW.
Type of Review: New information
collection.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Individuals or households.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 5,810.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 2,240.

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Abstract: PISA (Program for
International Student Assessment), is an
international assessment of 15-year-olds
designed to evaluate, at the end of
compulsory education, how well
students are prepared for further
education or entry into the workforce
and, more fundamentally, to contribute
to society as functioning young adults
(OMB #1850–0755). However, PISA has
been implemented as a cross-sectional
study and, thus, the claim that PISA
assesses key competencies for later
success has never been tested in the
United States. What is lacking is an
empirical linkage between PISA and
measures of successful transition from
high school to postsecondary education,
the workforce, or the types of skills
required for successful participation in
adult life. This study is designed to
provide this empirical linkage. Students
in the U.S. who participated in PISA in
2012 and supplied contact information
will be contacted in early 2013 and
invited to participate in the PISA
Validation Study. In 2015, when these
students will be 18 years old, they will
be asked to complete an online
questionnaire and assessment, based on
those used in the Program for the
International Assessment of Adult
Competencies (PIAAC), assessing their
literacy, numeracy, and problem-solving
skills, and asking them about their
educational attainment, education and
work experiences, skills used in daily
life, and aspects of health and wellbeing. This submission is for address
updates of both filed trial and main
study sample members, and will be
followed in 2014 by requests for field
test and main study recruitment and
data collections activities.
Dated: July 11, 2013.
Stephanie Valentine,
Acting Director, Information Collection
Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and
Records Management Services, Office of
Management.
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ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION
Proposed Information Collection—
2014 Election Administration and
Voting Survey; Comment Request
U.S. Election Assistance
Commission (EAC).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

In compliance with Section
3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, EAC announces
an information collection and seeks
public comment on the provisions

SUMMARY:

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thereof. The EAC, pursuant to 5 CFR
1320.5(a)(iii), intends to submit this
proposed information collection (2014
Election Administration and Voting
Survey) to the Director of the Office of
Management and Budget for approval.
The 2014 Election Administration and
Voting Survey (Survey) asks election
officials questions concerning voting
and election administration. These
questions request information
concerning ballots cast; voter
registration; overseas and military
voting; Election Day activities; voting
technology; and other important issues.
The EAC issues the survey to meet its
obligations under the Help America
Vote Act to serve as national
clearinghouse and resource for the
compilation of information with respect
to the administration of Federal
elections; to fulfill both the EAC’s and
the Department of Defense Federal
Voting Assistance Programs’
quantitative State data collection
requirements under the Uniformed and
Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act
(UOCAVA); and meet its National Voter
Registration Act (NVRA) mandate to
collect information from states
concerning the impact of that statute on
the administration of Federal Elections.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before 4 p.m. EDT on
September 16, 2013.
Comments: Public 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 information collection; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the information collection on
respondents, including through the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments on the proposed information
collection should be submitted
electronically to
[email protected]. Written
comments on the proposed information
collection can also be sent to the U.S.
Election Assistance Commission, 1201
New York Avenue NW., Suite 300,
Washington, DC 20005, Attn: Election
Administration and Voting Survey.
Obtaining a Copy of the Survey: To
obtain a free copy of the survey: (1)
Access the EAC Web site at http://
www.eac.gov and download an
electronic copy of the survey; or (2)
write to the EAC (including your
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Election Assistance Commission, 1201
New York Avenue NW., Suite 300,
Washington, DC 20005, Attn: Election
Administration and Voting Survey.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Karen Lynn-Dyson at (202) 566–3100,
U.S. Election Assistance Commission,
1201 New York Avenue NW., Suite 300,
Washington, DC 20005.
Needs and Uses
The EAC issues the survey to meet its
obligations under the Help America
Vote Act to serve as national
clearinghouse and resource for the
compilation of information with respect
to the administration of Federal
elections; to fulfill both the EAC and
Department of Defense Federal Voting
Assistance Program data collection
requirements under the Uniformed and
Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act
(UOCAVA); and meet its National Voter
Registration Act (NVRA) mandate to
collect information from states
concerning the impact of that statute on
the administration of Federal Elections.
The Help America Vote Act of 2002
(HAVA) (42 U.S.C. 15322) requires the
EAC to serve as a national clearinghouse
and resource for the compilation of
information and review of procedures
with respect to the administration of
Federal Elections. This includes the
obligation to study and report on
election activities, practices, policies,
and procedures, including methods of
voter registration, methods of
conducting provisional voting, poll
worker recruitment and training, and
such other matters as the Commission
determines are appropriate. In addition,
under the National Voter Registration
Act (NVRA), the EAC is responsible for
collecting information and reporting,
biennially, to the United States Congress
on the impact of that statute. The
information the States are required to
submit to the EAC for purposes of the
NVRA report are found under Title 11
of the Code of Federal Regulations.
States that respond to questions in this
survey concerning voter registration
related matters will meet their NVRA
reporting requirements under 42 U.S.C.
1973gg–7 and EAC regulations. Finally,
the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens
Absentee Voters Act (UOCAVA)
mandates that the Department of
Defense Federal Voting Assistance
Program (FVAP) work with the EAC and
State Chief Election officials to develop
standards for reporting UOCAVA voting
information (42 U.S.C. 1973ff–1) and
that the FVAP will store the reported
data and present the findings within the
congressionally-mandated report to the
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UOCAVA requires that ‘‘not later than
90 days after the date of each regularly
scheduled general election for Federal
office, each State and unit of local
government which administered the
election shall (through the State, in the
case of a unit of local government)
submit a report to the Election
Assistance Commission (established
under the Help America Vote Act of
2002) on the combined number of
absentee ballots transmitted to absent
uniformed services voters and overseas
voters for the election and the combined
number of such ballots which were
returned by such voters and cast in the
election, and shall make such a report
available to the general public.’’ States
that complete and timely submit the
UOCAVA section of the survey to the
EAC will fulfill their UOCAVA
reporting requirement under 42 U.S.C.
1973ff–1(c). In order to fulfill the above
requirements, the EAC is seeking
information relating to the period from
the Federal general election day 2012 +1
through the November 2014 Federal
general election. The 2014 Survey has
been expanded to include all of the
questions from the Post-Election Survey
of State and Local Election Officials,
OMB Control Number 0704–0125,
formerly conducted by the Department
of Defense Federal Voting Assistance
Program. The Election Assistance
Commission will provide the data from
the new included items to the
Department of Defense after data
collection is completed. The additional
questions are necessary to fulfill the
mandate of the Uniformed and Overseas
Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA
of 1986 [42 U.S.C. 1973ff]). UOCAVA
requires the States to allow Uniformed
Services personnel, their family
members, and overseas citizens to use
absentee registration procedures and to
vote by absentee ballot in general,
special, primary, and runoff elections
for Federal offices. UOCAVA covers
members of the Uniformed Services and
the merchant marine to include the
commissioned corps of the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration and Public Health
Service and their eligible dependents,
Federal civilian employees overseas,
and overseas U.S. citizens not affiliated
with the Federal Government. Local
Election Officials (LEO) process voter
registration and absentee ballot
applications, send absentee ballots to
voters, and receive and process the
voted ballots in counties, cities,
parishes, townships and other
jurisdictions within the U.S. The
Federal Voting Assistance Program
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survey of State and Local Election
Officials to determine registration and
participation rates that are
representative of all citizens covered by
the Act, to measure State-Federal
cooperation, and to evaluate the
effectiveness of the overall absentee
voting program.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title and OMB Number: 2014 Election
Administration and Voting Survey;
OMB Number Pending.
Summary of the Collection of
Information: The survey requests
information on a state- and county-level
(or township-, independent city-,
borough-level, where applicable)
concerning the following categories:

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Voter Registration Applications (From
the Period of Federal General Election
Day +1, 2012 Through Federal General
Election Day, 2014)
(a) Total number of registered voters;
(b) Number of active and inactive
registered voters; (c) Number of persons
who registered to vote on Election
Day—only applicable to States with
Election Day registration; (d) Number of
voters who registered using online
registration—only applicable to States
that allow online registration: (e)
Number of voter registration
applications received from all sources;
(f) Number of voter registration
applications that were duplicates,
invalid or rejected, new, changes of
name, address, party, and not
categorized; (g) Number of duplicate
registration applications received from
all sources; (h) Total number of
removal/confirmation notices mailed to
voters and the reason for removal; (i)
total number of voters removed from the
registration list or moved to the inactive
registration list.
Uniformed and Overseas Citizens
Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA)
(a) Total number and type of
UOCAVA absentee ballots transmitted;
(b) Total number and type of UOCAVA
ballots returned and submitted for
counting; (c) •Total number of the type
of UOCAVA ballot returned by type of
UOCAVA voter; (d) Total number and
type of all UOCAVA ballots counted; (e)
Total number of the type of UOCAVA
ballot counted by type of UOCAVA
voter; (f) Total number and type of all
UOCAVA ballots rejected; (g) Total
number of UOCAVA ballots rejected by
reason for rejection; (h) Total number of
UOCAVA ballot rejected by type of
UOCAVA voter; (i) Total number and
type of registered and eligible UOCAVA
voters; (j) Total number of Federal Post
Card Applications (FPCAs) received by
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rejected by type of voter; (l) Total
number of FPCAs rejected after the
absentee ballot request deadline; (m)
Date when transmission of absentee
ballots to UOCAVA voters began for the
November election cycle; (n) Total
number of UOCAVA ballots transmitted
before and after the 45-day deadline by
mode of transmission; (o) Total number
of UOCAVA ballots transmitted that
were returned as undeliverable by mode
of transmission; (p) Total number of
UOCAVA ballots returned by voters,
excluding Federal Write-In Absentee
Ballots (FWABs); (q) Total number of
UOCAVA ballots returned by voters and
rejected, excluding FWABS, by type of
voter and by mode of transmission; (r)
Total number of UOCAVA ballots
counted by mode of transmission,
excluding FWABS; (s) Total number of
FWABs received by type of voter; (t)
Total number of FWABs rejected by
type of voter; (u) Total number of
FWABs rejected by reason for rejection;
and (v) Total number of FWABs
received by type of voter.
Election Administration
(a) Total number of precincts in the
state/jurisdiction; (b) Number of polling
places available for voting in the
November 2014 Federal general
election; (c) Number of poll workers
used for Election Day; (d) Extent to
which jurisdictions had enough poll
workers available for the general
election.
Election Day Activities
(a) Total number of persons who
voted in the 2014 Federal general
election; (b) The source of the
participation number—poll books,
ballots counted, vote history; (c) Total
number of first-time voters who
registered by mail and were required to
provide identification in order to vote;
(d) Number of voters who appeared on
the permanent absentee voter
registration list; (e) Number of absentee
ballots requested, received, counted,
and not counted; (f) Reasons for
absentee ballot rejection; (g) Number of
provisional ballots cast, counted, and
rejected; (h) Reasons for provisional
ballot rejection; (i) Use of electronic and
printed poll books during the 2014
Federal general election; (j) Type and
number of voting equipment used for
the 2014 Federal general election; (k)
Type of process in which voting
equipment was used—precinct,
absentee, early vote site, accessible to
disabled voters, provisional voting; (l)
Location in which votes were tallied—
central location, precinct/polling place,
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regarding the jurisdiction’s Election Day
experiences.
2014 Election Results
Total number of votes cast—at polling
places, via absentee ballot, at early vote
centers, via provisional ballots.
Statutory Overview (2014 Federal
General Election)
(a) Information on whether the state is
exempt from the National Voter
Registration Act (NVRA); (b) State
definition of terms—over-vote, undervote, blank ballot, void/spoiled ballot,
provisional/challenged ballot; (c) State
definition of inactive and active voter;
(d) State provision for voter
identification at registration, for inperson voting, and for mail-in or
absentee voting; (e) information on legal
citation for changes to election laws or
procedures enacted or adopted since the
previous Federal general election; (f)
State definition of voter registration; (g)
Process used for moving voters from
active to inactive lists and from inactive
to active; (h) State deadline for
registration for the Federal general
election; (i) Information of whether the
state is an Election Day/Same Day
Registration state; (j) Description of state
voter registration database system—
bottom-up or top-down; (k) State voter
removal/confirmation notices processes;
(l) Agency or department that is
responsible for list maintenance; (m)
Information on whether there are
electronic links between the voter
registrar’s office and other state
agencies; (n) State’s use of National
Change of Address (NCOA); (o) State’s
voting eligibility requirements as they
relate to convicted felons; (p) Tabulation
of votes cast at a place other than the
voter’s precinct; (q) Provision for voting
absentee; (r) State tracking of the date of
all ballots cast before election day; (s)
Provision for mail-in voting in place of
at-the-precinct voting; (t) Acceptance or
rejection of provisional ballots of voters
registered in a different precinct; (u)
State process for capturing over-votes
and under-votes. States and territories
that submitted a Statutory Overview for
2008 will be asked to provide updates
to the information above, where
applicable.
Affected Public (Respondents): State
or local governments, the District of
Columbia, Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico, Guam, American Samoa, and the
United States Virgin Islands.
Affected Public: State or local
government.
Number of Respondents: 55.
Responses per Respondent: 1.

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Estimated Burden per Response: 230
hours per collection, 115 hours
annualized.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 12,650 hours per collection,
6,325 hours annualized.
Frequency: Biennially.
Alice Miller,
Chief Operating Officer and Acting Executive
Director, U.S. Election Assistance
Commission.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Southeastern Power Administration
Cumberland System
Southeastern Power
Administration (Southeastern),
Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of rate extension.
AGENCY:

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Dated: July 10, 2013.
Daniel B. Poneman,
Deputy Secretary.

Deputy Secretary
Rate Order No. SEPA–57
In the Matter of:
Southeastern Power Administration
Cumberland System Rates

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Pursuant to Sections 302(a) of the
Department of Energy Organization Act,
Public Law 95–91, the functions of the
Secretary of the Interior and the Federal
Power Commission under Section 5 of
the Flood Control Act of 1944, 16 U.S.C.
825s, relating to the Southeastern Power
Administration (Southeastern), were
transferred to and vested in the
Secretary of Energy. By Delegation
Order No. 00–037.00, effective
December 6, 2001, the Secretary of
Energy delegated to Southeastern’s
Administrator the authority to develop
power and transmission rates for
Southeastern customers and delegated
to the Deputy Secretary of Energy the
authority to extend and place in effect
such rates on an interim basis. This rate
is issued by the Deputy Secretary
pursuant to that delegation order.
Background

The Deputy Secretary,
Department of Energy, extended on an
interim basis rate schedules CBR–1–H,
CSI–1–H, CEK–1–H, CM–1–H, CC–1–I,
CK–1–H, CTV–1–H, CTVI–1–A, and
Replacement-3. These rate schedules are
applicable to Southeastern power sold
to existing preference customers in
Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky,
Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee,
and Virginia. The rate schedules are
extended through September 30, 2015.
DATES: Approval of the rate extension is
effective October 1, 2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Virgil G. Hobbs III, Assistant
Administrator, Finance and Marketing,
Southeastern Power Administration,
Department of Energy, 1166 Athens
Tech Road, Elberton, Georgia 30635–
6711, (706) 213–3800.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
by Order issued December 22, 2011, in
Docket No. EF11–13–000 (137 FERC ¶
62,249), confirmed and approved
Wholesale Power Rate Schedules CBR–
1–H, CSI–1–H, CEK–1–H, CM–1–H, CC–
1–I, CK–1–H, CTV–1–H, CTVI–1–A, and
Replacement-3 through September 30,
2013. This order extends these rate
schedules on an interim basis.
SUMMARY:

Order Confirming and Approving
Power Rates on an Interim Basis

Power from the Cumberland Projects
is presently sold under Wholesale
Power Rate Schedules CBR–1–H, CSI–
1–H, CEK–1–H, CM–1–H, CC–1–I, CK–
1–H, CTV–1–H, CTVI–1–A, and
Replacement-3. These rate schedules
were approved by the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (FERC) in
docket number EF11–13–000 on
December 22, 2011, for a period ending
September 30, 2013 (137 FERC ¶
62,249).
Public Notice and Comment
Notice of a proposed rate extension
was published in the Federal Register
on March 28, 2013 (78 FR 18976). The
notice advised interested parties of a
proposal to extend the existing rate
schedules for a two-year period, from
October 1, 2013, through September 30,
2015. Written comments were due on or
before April 29, 2013. Written
comments were received from seven
sources.
Comments received from interested
parties are summarized below.
Southeastern’s response follows each
comment.
Comment 1: The customers support
the proposed extension.
Response 1: Southeastern will
recommend the extension to the Deputy
Secretary of the Department of Energy.
Comment 2: Future rate increases may
drive Southeastern’s rates to the point
where it would no longer be economical
to purchase Southeastern power. Once
the full cost of repairs of the Wolf Creek
and Center Hill Projects are included,
the customers estimate Southeastern
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dispatchable hours. The potential price
of the Southeastern resources has been
projected to exceed the expected market
prices the majority of the time.
Response 2: Southeastern is
concerned the cost of power
Southeastern is responsible for
marketing may exceed market rates.
Southeastern will work with the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) and
the customers to ensure costs are
managed and charged appropriately in
an effort to maintain competitive rates.
Comment 3: At present, the Corps has
not completed the repair work at the
Wolf Creek and Center Hill Projects. It
is appropriate that Southeastern set a
rate that does not include any of the
repair costs at this time.
Response 3: The cost of the repair
work at Wolf Creek and Center Hill has
not been included in the proposed rate
extension.
Comment 4: While the Corps has
declined to consider the appropriate
statutory language in the Dam Safety
Act that would mitigate the cost that
hydropower customers may be asked to
pay, Southeastern retains the full
authority to ensure that the eventual
rates for power will be the lowest
possible rates consistent with sound
business principles.
Response 4: Southeastern agrees that
it retains full authority to ensure that
the rates for power will be the lowest
possible rates consistent with sound
business principles within the meaning
of Section 5 of the Flood Control Act of
1944. As noted above, Southeastern has
not included the repair costs in the
proposed rate extension.
Discussion
System Repayment
An examination of Southeastern’s
revised system power repayment study,
prepared in January 2013, for the
Cumberland System, shows that the
existing rates are adequate to meet
repayment criteria. The Administrator
of Southeastern Power Administration
(Administrator) has certified that the
rates are consistent with applicable law
and that they are the lowest possible
rates to customers consistent with
sound business principles.
Environmental Impact
Southeastern has reviewed the
possible environmental impacts of the
rate extension under consideration and
has concluded that, because the
adjusted rates would not significantly
affect the quality of the human
environment within the meaning of the
National Environmental Policy Act of
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