60D Federal Register Notice

emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with NOTICES

Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 91 / Monday, May 12, 2014 / Notices
addressed to the Director of the
Information Collection Clearance
Division, U.S. Department of Education,
400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ,
Mailstop L–OM–2–2E319, Room 2E115,
Washington, DC 20202.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
specific questions related to collection
activities, please contact Elizabeth
Akinola, 202–245–7303.
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: Independent
Living Services for Older Individuals
Who are Blind.
OMB Control Number: 1820–0608.
Type of Review: An extension of an
existing information collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: State,
Local, or Tribal Governments.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 56.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 336.
Abstract: This data collection
instrument is being submitted to obtain
approval for information collection on
the Independent Living Services For
Older Individuals Who Are Blind
program. Through this program, grants
are made to states to support services for
individuals age 55 or older whose
severe visual impairment makes
competitive employment difficult to

VerDate Mar<15>2010

18:00 May 09, 2014

Jkt 232001

obtain but for whom independent living
goals are feasible. This data will be used
to evaluate and construct a profile for
the program nationwide. The
respondents will be the managers of the
Independent Living Services For Older
Individuals Who Are blind program in
each of the 56 states and territories. The
revisions to this instrument consist of 2
additional items in Part I to capture the
amount of other federal funds made
available to the program, and the
carryover for those funds. In Part III,
rearrangement in the order of requested
information to avoid double counting of
consumers in the race and ethnicity
categories; an additional item to capture
the number of consumers served who
are homeless; additional items to
capture the number of consumers
referred from nursing homes, assisted
living facilities, government/social
service agencies, and self-referrals.
Dated: May 6, 2014.
Tomakie Washington,
Acting Director, Information Collection
Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and
Records Management Services, Office of
Management.
[FR Doc. 2014–10756 Filed 5–9–14; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4000–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No. ED–2014–ICCD–0063]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Comment Request;
Consolidated Annual Report (CAR) for
the Carl D. Perkins Career and
Technical Education Act of 2006
Office of Career Technical and
Adult Education (OCTAE), 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 an extension of an existing
information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before July 11,
2014.
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–2014–ICCD–0063
or via postal mail, commercial delivery,
or hand delivery. If the regulations.gov
site is not available to the public for any
reason, ED will temporarily accept
comments at [email protected].
Please note that comments submitted by
fax or email and those submitted after
SUMMARY:

PO 00000

Frm 00023

Fmt 4703

Sfmt 4703

26955

the comment period will not be
accepted; ED will ONLY accept
comments during the comment period
in this mailbox when the regulations.gov
site is not available. 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,
Mailstop L–OM–2–2E319, Room 2E115,
Washington, DC 20202.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
specific questions related to collection
activities, please contact Sharon Head,
202–245–6131
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: Consolidated
Annual Report (CAR) for the Carl D.
Perkins Career and Technical Education
Act of 2006.
OMB Control Number: 1830–0569.
Type of Review: An extension of an
existing information collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: State,
Local, or Tribal Governments.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 55.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 9,570.
Abstract: The purpose of this
information collection package—the

E:\FR\FM\12MYN1.SGM

12MYN1

26956

Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 91 / Monday, May 12, 2014 / Notices

Consolidated Annual Report (CAR) is to
gather narrative, financial and
performance data as required by the
reauthorized Carl D. Perkins Career and
Technical Education Act of 2006
(Perkins IV) (20 U.S. C. 2301 et seq. As
amended by Pub. L. 109–270). OCTAE
staff will determine each States
compliance with basic provisions of
Perkins IV and the Education
Department General Administrative
Regulations (34 CFR part 80.40 [Annual
Performance Report] and Part 80.41
[Financial Status Report]). OCTAE staff
will review performance data to
determine whether, and to what extent,
each State has met its State adjusted
levels of performance for the core
indicators described in section 113(b)(4)
of Perkins IV. Perkins IV requires the
Secretary to provide the appropriate
committees of Congress copies of annual
reports received by the Department from
each eligible agency that receives funds
under the Act.
Dated: May 6, 2014.
Tomakie Washington,
Acting Director, Information Collection
Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and
Records Management Services, Office of
Management.
[FR Doc. 2014–10755 Filed 5–9–14; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4000–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Record of Decision for the Uranium
Leasing Program Programmatic
Environmental Impact Statement
Office of Legacy Management,
Department of Energy.
ACTION: Record of Decision.
AGENCY:

The U.S. Department of
Energy (DOE) announces its decision to
continue management of the Uranium
Leasing Program (ULP) for 31 lease
tracts for the next 10 years, consistent
with DOE’s preferred alternative
identified in the Final Uranium Leasing
Program Programmatic Environmental
Impact Statement (Final ULP PEIS)
(DOE/EIS–0472). DOE prepared the
Final ULP PEIS to evaluate the
reasonably foreseeable environmental
impacts, including the site-specific
impacts, of the range of reasonable
alternatives for the management of the
ULP. Under the ULP, DOE administers
31 tracts of land covering an aggregate
of approximately 25,000 acres (10,000
ha) in Mesa, Montrose, and San Miguel
Counties in western Colorado for
exploration, mine development and
operations, and reclamation of uranium
mines. There are currently 29 tracts that
have been leased; the two other tracts

emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with NOTICES

SUMMARY:

VerDate Mar<15>2010

18:00 May 09, 2014

Jkt 232001

have not been leased. Analyses in the
Final ULP PEIS were based on sitespecific information available on the 31
lease tracts (including current lessee
information and status, size of each
lease tract, previous mining operations
that occurred, location of existing
permitted mines and associated
structures, and other environmental
information) and additional information
on uranium mining from other
references and cooperating agency
input. As plans for exploration, mine
development and operation, or
reclamation are submitted by the lessees
to DOE for approval, further National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
analyses will be prepared for each plan
and will be tiered from the analyses
contained in the Final ULP PEIS.
‘‘The 31 leases currently in existence’’
under the ULP are stayed by an Order
issued by the U.S. District Court for the
District of Colorado (Colorado
Environmental Coalition v. DOE, 819 F.
Supp. 2d 1193, 1224 (D. Colo. 2011)).
The Court also enjoined DOE from
issuing any new leases and from
approving any activities on lands
governed by the ULP. The Court also
ordered that after DOE conducts an
environmental analysis that complies
with NEPA, the Endangered Species Act
(ESA), all other governing statutes and
regulations, and the Court’s Order, DOE
could then request a dissolution of the
injunction.
The Court later amended its
injunction to allow DOE, other Federal,
state, or local governmental agencies,
and/or the ULP lessees to conduct only
those activities on ULP lands that are
absolutely necessary. DOE will
implement this ROD only after the U.S.
District Court for the District of
Colorado has dissolved the injunction
that it issued on October 18, 2011.
DOE has complied with Executive
Order (E.O.) 13175, Section 7 of the
ESA, and Section 106 of the National
Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) by
completing its consultations with tribal
governments, with the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service (USFWS), and with
tribes, government agencies, and local
historical groups.
ADDRESSES: The Final ULP PEIS and
this ROD are available on DOE’s NEPA
Web site at http://energy.gov/nepa/
nepa-documents; on the DOE Legacy
Management (LM) Web site at http://
energy.gov/lm/office-legacymanagement; and on the ULP PEIS Web
site at http://ulpeis.anl.gov. Requests for
copies of these documents may be
submitted through the ULP PEIS Web
site at http://ulpeis.anl.gov; or by
contacting Dr. David Shafer by

PO 00000

Frm 00024

Fmt 4703

Sfmt 4703

electronic mail: David.Shafer@
lm.doe.gov.
To
obtain additional information about the
ULP, the PEIS, or the ROD, contact Dr.
David Shafer, LM Asset Management
Team Lead, as indicated under
ADDRESSES above. For general
information about the DOE NEPA
process, contact Ms. Carol Borgstrom,
Director, Office of NEPA Policy and
Compliance (GC–54), U.S. Department
of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue
SW., Washington, DC 20585; telephone:
202–586–4600; email: askNEPA@
hq.doe.gov; fax: 202–586–7031; or leave
a toll-free message at 1–800–472–2756.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DOE
prepared the ULP PEIS and this ROD
pursuant to the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969 (42 United States
Code [U.S.C.] §§ 4321, et seq.), and in
compliance with the Council on
Environmental Quality (CEQ)
implementing regulations for NEPA (40
Code of Federal Regulations [CFR] Parts
1500 through 1508), and DOE’s
implementing procedures for NEPA (10
C.F.R. Part 1021). This ROD is based on
DOE’s Final ULP PEIS.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Background
Congress authorized DOE’s
predecessor agency, the U.S. Atomic
Energy Commission (AEC), to develop a
supply of domestic uranium. The
aggregated acreage managed by AEC
totaled approximately 25,000 acres
(10,000 ha) in Mesa, Montrose, and San
Miguel Counties in western Colorado.
Beginning in 1949, the AEC and its
successor agencies, the U.S. Energy
Research and Development
Administration and DOE, administered
three separate and distinct leasing
programs during the ensuing 60 years.
In July 2007, DOE issued a
programmatic environmental
assessment (PEA) for the ULP, in which
it examined three alternatives for the
management of the ULP for the next 10
years. In that same month, DOE issued
a Finding of No Significant Impact
(FONSI), in which DOE announced its
decision to proceed with the Expanded
Program Alternative, and also
determined that preparation of an
environmental impact statement (EIS)
was not required. Under the Expanded
Program Alternative, DOE would extend
the 13 existing leases for a 10-year
period and would also expand the ULP
to include the competitive offering of up
to 25 additional lease tracts to the
domestic uranium industry. In 2008,
DOE implemented the Expanded
Program Alternative and executed new
lease agreements with the existing

E:\FR\FM\12MYN1.SGM

12MYN1