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records, for contesting contents and
appealing initial agency determinations
are published in Defense Finance and
Accounting Service Regulation 5400.11–
R; 32 CFR part 324; or may be obtained
from the Defense Finance and
Accounting Service, Freedom of
Information/Privacy Act Program
Manager, Corporate Communications,
DFAS–ZCF/IN, 8899 E. 56th Street,
Indianapolis, IN 46249–0150.’’
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Navy
Notice of Extension of Public Scoping
Period and Additional Public Scoping
Meetings in Lopez Island and Port
Townsend, Washington, for the
Environmental Impact Statement for
EA–18G Growler Airfield Operations at
Naval Air Station Whidbey Island,
Washington
Department of the Navy, DoD.
Notice.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

The Department of the Navy
(DoN) is extending the public scoping
period for the Revised Notice of Intent
to prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) for EA–18G Growler
airfield operations at Naval Air Station
(NAS) Whidbey Island, Washington and
announcing two additional public
scoping meetings. The public scoping
period will be extended an additional
45-days to January 9, 2015 and two
additional public scoping meetings have
been scheduled, one in Lopez Island,
Washington and the other in Port
Townsend, Washington.
Dates and Addresses: Two open
house information sessions will be held
between 3:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. on:
1. Wednesday, December 3, 2014,
Lopez Island Center for Community and
Arts, 204 Village Road, Lopez Island,
Washington 98261.
2. Thursday, December 4, 2014, Fort
Worden Commons, Building 210, 200
Battery Way, Port Townsend,
Washington 98368.
Each of the open house information
sessions will be informal and consist of
information stations staffed by DoN
representatives.
The DoN invites comments on the
proposed scope and content of the EIS
from all interested parties, including
Federal agencies, state agencies, local
agencies, American Indian Tribes and
Nations, and interested persons.
Comments on the scope of the EIS may
be provided via the U.S. Postal Service

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or the EIS Web site at:
www.whidbeyeis.com. All comments
provided orally or in writing at the
scoping meetings, through the project
Web site or by mail during the scoping
period will receive the same
consideration during EIS preparation.
All comments must be postmarked no
later than January 9, 2015.
The DoN will not release the names,
street addresses, email addresses and
screen names, telephone numbers, or
other personally identifiable
information of individuals who provide
comments during scoping unless
required by law. However, the DoN may
release the city, state, and 5-digit zip
code of individuals who provide
comments. Each commenter making oral
comments at the public scoping
meetings will be asked by the
stenographer if he/she otherwise elects
to authorize the release of their
personally identifiable information prior
to providing their comments.
Commenters submitting written
comments, either using comment forms
or via the project Web site, may elect to
authorize release of personally
identifiable information by checking a
‘‘release’’ box on the comment form.
To be included on the DoN’s mailing
list for the EIS (or to receive a copy of
the Draft EIS, when released), electronic
requests can be made on the project
Web site at www.whidbeyeis.com.
Requests via the U.S. Postal Service
should be submitted to: EA–18G EIS
Project Manager (Code EV21/SS); Naval
Facilities Engineering Command
(NAVFAC) Atlantic, 6506 Hampton
Blvd., Norfolk, VA 23508. The same
policy for release of personally
identifiable information as identified
above for scoping comments will be
maintained by DoN for individuals
requesting to be included on the EIS
mailing list.
EA–
18G EIS Project Manager (Code EV21/
SS); Naval Facilities Engineering
Command (NAVFAC) Atlantic, 6506
Hampton Boulevard, Norfolk, Virginia
23508.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dated: November 7, 2014.
N. A. Hagerty-Ford,
Commander, Office of the Judge Advocate
General, U.S. Navy, Federal Register Liaison
Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Proposed Agency Information
Collection
U.S. Department of Energy.
Notice and request for
comments.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

The Department of Energy
(DOE) invites public comment on a
proposed collection of information that
DOE is developing for submission to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) pursuant to the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. 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: Comments regarding this
proposed information collection must
be received on or before January 16,
2015. If you anticipate difficulty in
submitting comments within that
period, contact Chris O’Gwin, as listed
below, as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be
sent to Chris O’Gwin or by fax at (301)
903–5488, or by email at chris.ogwin@
science.doe.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Chris O’Gwin or by fax at
(301) 903–5488, or by email at
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
information collection request contains:
(1) OMB No.: 1910–5166; (2)
Information Collection Request Title:
Small Business Innovation Research
(SBIR) and Small Business Technology
Transfer (STTR) Commercialization
Survey; (3) Type of Request: New; (4)
Purpose: The DOE needs this
information to satisfy the program
requirements of the Small Business Act,
including requirements established in
the SBIR program reauthorization
legislation, Public Law 106–554 and
Public Law 107–50. This data will be
collected by the DOE and provided to
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the Small Business Administration
(SBA) to maintain information about
SBIR/STTR awards issued through the
two programs. This data will be
provided by DOE based on information
collected from SBIR/STTR awardees.
This data will be used by DOE, SBA,
and Congress to assess the commercial
impact of these two programs; (5)
Annual Estimated Number of
Respondents: 2,500; (6) Annual
Estimated Number of Total Responses:
2,500; (7) Annual Estimated Number of
Burden Hours: 2,500; (8) Annual
Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping
Cost Burden: $120,000.
Statutory Authority: Section 9 of the
Small Business Act, as amended, codified at
15 U.S.C. 638(g).
Issued in Washington, DC, on November
10, 2014.
Manny Oliver,
SBIR/STTR Programs Director, Office of
Science, U.S. Department of Energy.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC15–1–000]

Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–598, FERC–716);
Consolidated Comment Request;
Extension
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of information
collections and request for comments.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 USC
3506(c)(2)(A), the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (Commission or
FERC) is soliciting public comment on
the requirements and burden 1 of the
information collections described
below.
DATES: Comments on the collections of
information are due January 16, 2015.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
(identified by Docket No. IC15–1–000)
by either of the following methods:
• eFiling at Commission’s Web site:
http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
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1 The Commission defines burden as the total
time, effort, or financial resources expended by
persons to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or
provide information to or for a Federal agency. For
further explanation of what is included in the
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• Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier:
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
Secretary of the Commission, 888 First
Street NE., Washington, DC 20426.
Please reference the specific
collection number and/or title in your
comments.
Instructions: All submissions must be
formatted and filed in accordance with
submission guidelines at: http://
www.ferc.gov/help/submissionguide.asp. For user assistance contact
FERC Online Support by email at
[email protected], or by phone
at: (866) 208–3676 (toll-free), or (202)
502–8659 for TTY.
Docket: Users interested in receiving
automatic notification of activity in this
docket or in viewing/downloading
comments and issuances in this docket
may do so at http://www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/docs-filing.asp.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ellen Brown may be reached by email
at [email protected], telephone
at (202) 502–8663, and fax at (202) 273–
0873.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the information collection
requirements for all collections
described below with no changes to the
current reporting requirements. Please
note that each collection is distinct from
the next.
Comments: Comments are invited on:
(1) Whether the collections of
information are necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Commission, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(2) the accuracy of the agency’s
estimates of the burden and cost of the
collections of information, including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance
the quality, utility and clarity of the
information collections; and (4) ways to
minimize the burden of the collections
of information on those who are to
respond, including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
FERC–598, Self-Certification for Entities
Seeking Exempt Wholesale Generator
Status or Foreign Utility Company
Status
OMB Control No.: 1902–0166.
Abstract: The Commission uses the
data in the FERC–598 information
collection to implement the statutory
provisions of Title XII, subchapter F of
the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct
2005).2
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EPAct 2005 repealed the Public
Utility Holding Company Act of 1935
(PUHCA 1935) in its entirety, and
adopted in its place the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 2005 (PUHCA
2005). This change enabled the
Commission to exempt from the
requirements of PUHCA 2005 the
holding companies that hold
responsibility over wholesale generators
from PUHCA 2005 on a case-by-case
basis. The Commission amended its
regulations (in Order No. 667 3) to add
procedures for self-certification by
entities seeking exempt wholesale
generator (EWG) and Foreign Utility
Company (FUCO) status. This selfcertification is similar to the process
available to entities that seek qualifying
facility status.
An EWG is a ‘‘person engaged
directly, or indirectly through one or
more affiliates . . . and exclusively in
the business of owning or operating, or
both owning and operating, all or part
of one or more eligible facilities and
selling electric energy at wholesale.’’ 4 A
FUCO is a company that ‘‘owns or
operates facilities that are not located in
any state and that are used for the
generation, transmission, or distribution
of electric energy for sale or the
distribution at retail of natural or
manufactured gas for heat, light, or
power, if such company: (1) Derives no
part of its income, directly or indirectly,
from the generation, transmission, or
distribution of electric energy for sale or
the distribution at retail of natural or
manufactured gas for heat, light, or
power, within the United States; and (2)
neither the company nor any of its
subsidiary companies is a public-utility
company operating in the United
States.’’
An EWG, FUCO, or its representative
seeking to self-certify its status must file
with the Commission a notice of selfcertification demonstrating that it
satisfies the definition of EWG or FUCO.
In the case of EWGs, the person filing
a notice of self-certification must also
file a copy of the notice of selfcertification with the state regulatory
authority of the state in which the
facility is located and that person must
also represent to the Commission in its
submission that it has filed a copy of the
notice with the appropriate state
regulatory authority.5
3 Repeal of the Public Utility Holding Company
Act of 1935 and Enactment of the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 2005, 70 FR 75592 (2005),
order on rehearing, Order 667–A, 71 FR 28446
(2006), order on rehearing, Order 667–B, 71 FR
42750 (2006), order on rehearing, Order 667–C, 118
FERC 61133 (2007).
4 18 CFR 366.1.
5 18 CFR 366.7.

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