60-Day Federal Register Notice

Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 219 / Wednesday, November 15, 2023 / Notices
The
Department, 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. The
Department is soliciting comments on
the proposed information collection
request (ICR) that is described below.
The Department 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: Entry Evidence
and Evaluation & Exit Evidence Forms.
OMB Control Number: 1894–NEW.
Type of Review: New ICR.
Respondents/Affected Public: State,
Local, and Tribal governments
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 819.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 2,927.
Abstract: ED will use the Entry
Evidence ICR form and the Evaluation &
Exit Evidence ICR form for discretionary
grant programs that: (1) Use the
standard ED 524–B Grant Performance
Report form as approved by OMB. The
use of the standard ED 524–B Grant
Performance Report promotes the
standardization and streamlining of ED
discretionary grant performance
reporting. These performance reporting
components are necessary to
standardize information collection
about Entry evidence, and Evaluation &
Exit evidence use in grant
implementation and to ensure a better,
more comprehensive understanding of
the use of evidence from what is
provided in a grant application to the
actual implementation of the grant
project.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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Dated: November 8, 2023.
Stephanie Valentine,
PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and
Clearance, Governance and Strategy Division,
Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of
Planning, Evaluation and Policy
Development.
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ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION
Request for Comment: 2024 Election
Administration and Voting Survey
Election Assistance
Commission.
ACTION: Notice, request for comment.
AGENCY:

As part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork burdens, and as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (PRA), the EAC announces
an information collection and seeks
public comment on the provisions
thereof. The EAC intends to submit this
proposed information collection (2024
Election Administration and Voting
Survey, or EAVS) to the Director of the
Office of Management and Budget for
approval. The 2024 EAVS asks election
officials questions concerning voting
and election administration, including
the following topics: Voter registration;
overseas and military voting; voting by
mail; early in-person voting; polling
operations; provisional voting; voter
participation; election technology;
election policy; and other related issues.
DATES: Comments must be received by
5 p.m. Eastern on Monday, January 15,
2023.
ADDRESSES: Comments on the proposed
information collection should be
submitted electronically via https://
www.regulations.gov (docket ID: EAC–
2023–0008). Written comments on the
proposed information collection can
also be sent to the U.S. Election
Assistance Commission, 633 3rd Street
NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20001,
Attn: EAVS.To obtain a free copy of the
draft survey instrument: (1) Download a
copy at https://www.regulations.gov
(docket ID: EAC–2023–0008); or (2)
write to the EAC (including your
address and phone number) at U.S.
Election Assistance Commission, 633
3rd Street NW, Suite 200, Washington,
DC 20001, Attn: EAVS.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Raymond Williams at 202–924–0794, or
email [email protected]; U.S. Election
Assistance Commission, 633 3rd Street
NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20001.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Title and OMB Number: 2024 Election
Administration and Voting Survey;
OMB Number Pending.
Purpose: Under the PRA (44 U.S.C.
3501–3520), Federal Agencies must
obtain approval from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for each
collection of information they conduct
or sponsor. ‘‘Collection of information’’
is defined in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5
CFR 1320.3(c) and includes Agency
requests or requirements that members
of the public submit reports, keep
records, or provide information to a
third party. Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
PRA requires Federal agencies to
provide a 60-day notice in the Federal
Register concerning each proposed
collection of information, including
each proposed extension of an existing
collection of information, before
submitting the collection to OMB for
approval. To comply with this
requirement, the EAC is publishing
notice of the proposed collection of
information set forth in this document.
Background: The EAC issues the
EAVS to meet its obligations under the
Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA)
to serve as a national clearinghouse and
resource for the compilation of
information with respect to the
administration of Federal elections; to
fulfill both the EAC and the Department
of Defense Federal Voting Assistance
Program’s (FVAP) 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.
In addition, under the NVRA, the EAC
is responsible for collecting information
and reporting, biennially, to 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 52 U.S.C. 20508 and EAC
regulations. Finally, UOCAVA mandates
that FVAP work with the EAC and chief
state election officials to develop
standards for reporting UOCAVA voting
information (52 U.S.C. 20302) and that
FVAP will store the reported data and
present the findings within the
congressionally-mandated report to the
President and Congress. Additionally,
UOCAVA requires that ‘‘not later than
90 days after the date of each regularly
scheduled general election for Federal
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government which administered the
election shall (through the state, in the
case of a unit of local government)
submit a report to the EAC 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
52 U.S.C. 20302. In order to fulfill the
above requirements, the EAC is seeking
information relating to the period from
the Federal general election day 2022 +1
through the November 2024 Federal
general election. The EAC will provide
the data regarding UOCAVA voting to
FVAP after data collection is completed.
This data sharing reduces burden on
local election offices because FVAP
does not have to conduct its own data
collection to meet its reporting
requirements.
Public Comments: Public comments
are invited on:
• 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;
• The accuracy of the agency’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
information collection;
• Ways to enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be
collected; and
• 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.
Please note that comments submitted
in response to this Notice are public
record. Before including any detailed
personal information, you should be
aware that your submitted comments,
including your personal information,
will be available for public review.
Affected Public (Respondents): State
or local governments, the District of
Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, the
Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico,
and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Affected Public: State or local
government.
Number of Respondents: 56.
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Estimated Burden per Response: 90
hours per collection, 45 hours
annualized.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 5,040 hours per collection, 2,520
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Frequency: Biennially.
Camden Kelliher,
Deputy General Counsel, U.S. Election
Assistance Commission.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[GDO Docket No. EA–462–A]

Application for Renewal of
Authorization To Export Electric
Energy; Guzman Energy LLC
Grid Deployment Office,
Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of application.
AGENCY:

Guzman Energy LLC (the
Applicant or Guzman Energy) has
applied for renewed authorization to
transmit electric energy from the United
States to Mexico pursuant to the Federal
Power Act.
DATES: Comments, protests, or motions
to intervene must be submitted on or
before December 15, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Comments, protests,
motions to intervene, or requests for
more information should be addressed
by electronic mail to
[email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Christina Gomer, (240) 474–2403,
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
United States Department of Energy
(DOE) regulates electricity exports from
the United States to foreign countries in
accordance with section 202(e) of the
Federal Power Act (FPA) (16 U.S.C.
824a(e)) and regulations thereunder (10
CFR 205.300 et seq.). Sections 301(b)
and 402(f) of the DOE Organization Act
(42 U.S.C. 7151(b) and 7172(f))
transferred this regulatory authority,
previously exercised by the nowdefunct Federal Power Commission, to
DOE.
Section 202(e) of the FPA provides
that an entity which seeks to export
electricity must obtain an order from
DOE authorizing that export. (16 U.S.C.
824a(e)). On April 10, 2023, the
authority to issue such orders was
delegated to the DOE’s Grid Deployment
Office (GDO) by Delegation Order No.
S1–DEL–S3–2023 and Redelegation
Order No. S3–DEL–GD1–2023.
On December 6, 2018, DOE issued
Order No. EA–462, authorizing Guzman
Energy to transmit electricity from the
United States to Mexico as a power
marketer for a five-year term. On
October 3, 2023, Guzman Energy filed
an application with DOE (Application
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or App.) for renewal of their export
authority for an additional five-year
term. App. at 1.
In its Application, Guzman Energy
states that it ‘‘provides, through various
subsidiaries and affiliates, a wide
spectrum of wholesale electric and
energy-related products and services to
a diverse range of customers.’’ App. at
2. The Applicant further clarifies that it
‘‘is not a franchised public utility with
a transmission or distribution system
and does not have captive customers.’’
Id. The Applicant asserts that it ‘‘does
not have its own system on which its
exports of energy could have an impact
with respect to electric supply. As such,
Applicant’s proposed exports would not
impair the sufficiency of the electric
supply on ‘its system,’ as Applicant
does not own or operate an integrated
transmission or distribution system.’’ Id.
at 5.
The existing international
transmission facilities to be utilized by
the Applicant have been previously
authorized by Presidential permits
issued pursuant to Executive Order
10485, as amended, and are appropriate
for open access transmission by third
parties. See id. at Exhibit C. Procedural
Matters: Any person desiring to be
heard in this proceeding should file a
comment or protest to the Application
at [email protected].
Protests should be filed in accordance
with Rule 211 of FERC’s Rules of
Practice and Procedure (18 CFR
385.211). Any person desiring to
become a party to this proceeding
should file a motion to intervene at
[email protected] in
accordance with FERC Rule 214 (18 CFR
385.214).
Comments and other filings
concerning Guzman Energy’s
Application should be clearly marked
with GDO Docket No. EA–462–A.
Additional copies are to be provided
directly to Robin J. Lunt, Chief
Commercial Officer, Guzman Energy
LLC, 1125 17th Street, Suite 740,
Denver, CO 80202, rlunt@
guzmanenergy.com and Max Carpenter,
Managing Director of Trading and
Market Operations, Guzman Energy
LLC, 1125 17th Street, Suite 740,
Denver, CO 80202, mcarpenter@
guzmanenergy.com.
A final decision will be made on the
requested authorization after the
environmental impacts have been
evaluated pursuant to DOE’s National
Environmental Policy Act Implementing
Procedures (10 CFR part 1021) and after
DOE evaluates whether the proposed
action will have an adverse impact on
the sufficiency of supply or reliability of

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