81 FR 2204 - Secretary of Energy Advisory Board

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 10 (January 15, 2016)

Page Range		2204-2205
FR Document		2016-00854

This notice announces an open meeting of the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board (SEAB). SEAB was reestablished pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) (the Act). This notice is provided in accordance with the Act.

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[FR Doc No: 2016-00854]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Secretary of Energy Advisory Board

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces an open meeting of the Secretary of 
Energy Advisory Board (SEAB). SEAB was reestablished pursuant to the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) (the 
Act). This notice is provided in accordance with the Act.

DATES: Tuesday, January 26, 2016, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. PT.

ADDRESSES: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Joint BioEnergy 
Institute (JBEI), 5885 Hollis Street, 4th Floor, Emeryville, CA 94608.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Gibson, Designated Federal 
Officer, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., 
Washington, DC 20585; telephone (202) 586-3787; [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Background: The Board was established to provide advice and 
recommendations to the Secretary on the Department's basic and applied 
research, economic and national security policy, educational issues, 
operational issues, and other activities as directed by the Secretary.
    Purpose of the Meeting: This meeting is the quarterly meeting of 
the Board.
    Tentative Agenda: The meeting will start at 8:30 a.m. on January 
26th. The tentative meeting agenda includes: Updates from SEAB's task 
forces, presentations from DOE and Berkeley Lab, and an opportunity for 
comments from the public. The meeting will conclude at 12:30 p.m. 
Agenda updates will be posted on the SEAB Web site prior to the 
meeting: www.energy.gov/seab.
    Public Participation: The meeting is open to the public. 
Individuals who would like to attend must RSVP to Karen Gibson no later 
than 5 p.m. on Thursday, January 21, 2016 at [email protected]. Please 
provide your name, organization, citizenship, and contact information. 
Anyone attending the meeting will be required to present government-
issued identification.
    Individuals and representatives of organizations who would like to 
offer comments and suggestions may do so during the meeting. Those 
wishing to speak should register to do so beginning at 8:30 a.m. on 
January 26th. Approximately 30 minutes will be reserved for public 
comments. Time allotted per speaker will depend on the number who wish 
to speak but will not

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exceed 5 minutes. The Designated Federal Officer is empowered to 
conduct the meeting in a fashion that will facilitate the orderly 
conduct of business.
    This meeting is being published less than 15 days prior to the 
scheduled meeting to allow the public and Board to hear presentations 
that are unique to this facility, and for the Board to continue to meet 
their deadlines and reporting schedules. Scheduling conflicts resulted 
in a delay in securing the venue.
    Those not able to attend the meeting or who have insufficient time 
to address the committee are invited to send a written statement to 
Karen Gibson, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., 
Washington, DC 20585, email to [email protected].
    Minutes: The minutes of the meeting will be available on the SEAB 
Web site or by contacting Ms. Gibson. She may be reached at the postal 
address or email address above, or by visiting SEAB's Web site at 
www.energy.gov/seab.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on January 13, 2016.
Amy Bodette,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-00854 Filed 1-14-16; 8:45 am]
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to DOE–EM and site management in the public notice of these meetings be DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
areas of environmental restoration, announced in the Federal Register.
waste management, and related DATES: Secretary of Energy Advisory Board
activities. Thursday, February 11, 2016—8:00
AGENCY: Department of Energy.
a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Tentative Agenda Friday, February 12, 2016—9:00 a.m.– ACTION: Notice of open meeting.
• Tri-Party Agreement Agencies’ 12:00 p.m.
SUMMARY: This notice announces an
Updates ADDRESSES: Bethesda North Hotel and open meeting of the Secretary of Energy
• Hanford Advisory Board Committee Conference Center, 5701 Marinelli Road, Advisory Board (SEAB). SEAB was
Reports Bethesda, MD 20852. reestablished pursuant to the Federal
• Discussion of Potential Draft Advice FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–
Public Participation: The meeting is Katie Runkles, Office of Basic Energy 463, 86 Stat. 770) (the Act). This notice
open to the public. The EM SSAB, Sciences; U.S. Department of Energy; is provided in accordance with the Act.
Hanford, welcomes the attendance of SC–22/Germantown Building, 1000
DATES: Tuesday, January 26, 2016, 8:30
the public at its advisory committee Independence Avenue SW.;
a.m.–12:30 p.m. PT.
meetings and will make every effort to Washington, DC 20585; Telephone:
(301) 903–6529. ADDRESSES: Lawrence Berkeley National
accommodate persons with physical
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Laboratory, Joint BioEnergy Institute
disabilities or special needs. If you
Purpose of the Board: The purpose of (JBEI), 5885 Hollis Street, 4th Floor,
require special accommodations due to
this Board is to make recommendation Emeryville, CA 94608.
a disability, please contact Kristen
Holmes at least seven days in advance to DOE–SC with respect to the basic FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
of the meeting at the phone number energy sciences research program. Karen Gibson, Designated Federal
listed above. Written statements may be Tentative Agenda: Officer, U.S. Department of Energy,
filed with the Board either before or • Swearing in of New Members 1000 Independence Avenue SW.,
after the meeting. Individuals who wish • Annual Ethics Briefing (BESAC Washington, DC 20585; telephone (202)
to make oral statements pertaining to Members Only) 586–3787; seab@hq.doe.gov.
agenda items should contact Kristen • Call to Order, Introductions, Review SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Holmes at the address or telephone of the Agenda Background: The Board was
number listed above. Requests must be • News from the Office of Science established to provide advice and
received five days prior to the meeting (Budget) recommendations to the Secretary on
and reasonable provision will be made • News from the Office of Basic Energy the Department’s basic and applied
to include the presentation in the Sciences (Budget) research, economic and national
agenda. The Deputy Designated Federal • New Charge to be Presented regarding security policy, educational issues,
Officer is empowered to conduct the the assessment of the proposed operational issues, and other activities
meeting in a fashion that will facilitate upgrades to x-ray scattering facilities as directed by the Secretary.
the orderly conduct of business. (both free-electron laser-based sources Purpose of the Meeting: This meeting
Individuals wishing to make public and ring-based sources) and to the is the quarterly meeting of the Board.
comments will be provided a maximum Spallation Neutron Source Tentative Agenda: The meeting will
of five minutes to present their • Public Comments start at 8:30 a.m. on January 26th. The
• Adjourn tentative meeting agenda includes:
comments.
Breaks Taken As Appropriate
Minutes: Minutes will be available by Updates from SEAB’s task forces,
Public Participation: The meeting is presentations from DOE and Berkeley
writing or calling Kristen Holmes’s
open to the public. If you would like to Lab, and an opportunity for comments
office at the address or phone number
file a written statement with the from the public. The meeting will
listed above. Minutes will also be
Committee, you may do so either before conclude at 12:30 p.m. Agenda updates
available at the following Web site:
or after the meeting. If you would like will be posted on the SEAB Web site
http://www.hanford.gov/page.cfm/hab.
to make oral statements regarding any of prior to the meeting: www.energy.gov/
Issued at Washington, DC, on January 8, the items on the agenda, you should
2016. seab.
contact Katie Runkles at (301) 903–6594 Public Participation: The meeting is
LaTanya R. Butler, (fax) or via email Katie.Runkles@ open to the public. Individuals who
Deputy Committee Management Officer. science.doe.gov. would like to attend must RSVP to
[FR Doc. 2016–00682 Filed 1–14–16; 8:45 am] Reasonable provision will be made to Karen Gibson no later than 5 p.m. on
BILLING CODE 6450–01–P include the scheduled oral statements Thursday, January 21, 2016 at seab@
on the agenda. The Chairperson of the hq.doe.gov. Please provide your name,
Committee will conduct the meeting to organization, citizenship, and contact
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY facilitate the orderly conduct of information. Anyone attending the
business. Public comment will follow meeting will be required to present
Basic Energy Sciences Advisory the 10-minute rule.
Committee government-issued identification.
Minutes: The minutes of this meeting
Individuals and representatives of
will be available for public review and
AGENCY: Office of Science, Department organizations who would like to offer
copying within 45 days by contacting
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of Energy. comments and suggestions may do so
Katie Runkles at the address above.
ACTION: Notice of open meeting. during the meeting. Those wishing to
Issued in Washington, DC, on January 11, speak should register to do so beginning
SUMMARY: This notice announces a 2016. at 8:30 a.m. on January 26th.
meeting of the Basic Energy Sciences LaTanya R. Butler, Approximately 30 minutes will be
Advisory Committee (BESAC). The Deputy Committee Management Officer. reserved for public comments. Time
Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. [FR Doc. 2016–00717 Filed 1–14–16; 8:45 am] allotted per speaker will depend on the
L. 92–463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that BILLING CODE 6450–01–P number who wish to speak but will not

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exceed 5 minutes. The Designated On January 5, 2016, Arkansas Electric j. This application is not ready for
Federal Officer is empowered to Cooperative Corporation; Mississippi environmental analysis at this time.
conduct the meeting in a fashion that Delta Energy Agency and its members, k. Project Description: The existing
will facilitate the orderly conduct of Clarksdale Public Utilities Commission Glen Ferris Hydroelectric Project
business. of the City of Clarksdale, Mississippi consists of: (1) A low concrete dam with
This meeting is being published less and Public Service Commission of a maximum height of 12 feet above the
than 15 days prior to the scheduled Yazoo City, Mississippi; Hoosier Energy river bed and a crest elevation of 651.0
meeting to allow the public and Board Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc.; and feet National Geodetic Vertical Datum of
to hear presentations that are unique to South Mississippi Electric Power 1929 (NGVD29), consisting of (from left
this facility, and for the Board to Association filed a motion for to right—looking downstream) (i) a 590-
continue to meet their deadlines and clarification regarding the submission of foot-long spillway section that generally
reporting schedules. Scheduling briefs on exceptions, in the above- curves upstream; (ii) a 128-foot-long
conflicts resulted in a delay in securing referenced proceeding (Motion). On five-bay stoplog sluice; (iii) a 2,132-foot-
the venue. January 8, 2016, MISO Transmission long right spillway that runs diagonally
Those not able to attend the meeting Owners filed an answer to the Motion. in a downstream direction; (iv) a trash
or who have insufficient time to address Notice is hereby given that the deadline sluice section; (v) a 54-foot-long by 38-
the committee are invited to send a for submitting briefs on exceptions is set foot-wide east powerhouse with a 62-
written statement to Karen Gibson, U.S. to and including January 21, 2016. The foot-wide intake structure; and (vi) a
Department of Energy, 1000 deadline to file briefs opposing 64.5-foot-long by 63-foot-wide west
Independence Avenue SW., exceptions is set to and including powerhouse with a 82.3-foot-wide
Washington, DC 20585, email to seab@ February 10, 2016. intake structure, with both powerhouses
hq.doe.gov. integral to the dam; (2) a 190-acre
Dated: January 11, 2016.
Minutes: The minutes of the meeting reservoir with a gross storage capacity of
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., approximately 1,500 acre-feet at the
will be available on the SEAB Web site
Deputy Secretary. dam crest elevation of 651.0 feet
or by contacting Ms. Gibson. She may be
reached at the postal address or email [FR Doc. 2016–00704 Filed 1–14–16; 8:45 am] NGVD29; (3) two turbine-generator units
address above, or by visiting SEAB’s BILLING CODE 6717–01–P in the east powerhouse, each with a
Web site at www.energy.gov/seab. rated capacity of approximately 1.9
megawatts (MW); (4) six turbine-
Issued in Washington, DC, on January 13, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY generator units in the west powerhouse,
2016.
each with a rated capacity of
Amy Bodette, Federal Energy Regulatory approximately 0.4 MW; (5) a 4-mile-
Committee Management Officer. Commission long, 13.8-kilovolt transmission line;
[FR Doc. 2016–00854 Filed 1–14–16; 8:45 am] [Project No. 14439–001] and (6) appurtenant facilities.
BILLING CODE 6450–01–P The project is currently operated in a
Hawks Nest Hydro, LLC; Notice of run-of-river mode with no usable
Application Tendered for Filing With storage capacity. Hawks Nest Hydro
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY the Commission and Establishing proposes to continue run-of-river
Procedural Schedule for Licensing and operation. The project generates an
Federal Energy Regulatory Deadline for Submission of Final annual average of 41,482 megawatt-
Commission Amendments hours.
l. Locations of the Application: A
[Docket No. EL14–12–002] Take notice that the following copy of the application is available for
hydroelectric application has been filed review at the Commission in the Public
Notice Setting Deadlines To File Briefs
with the Commission and is available Reference Room or may be viewed on
for public inspection. the Commission’s Web site at http://
Association of Businesses Advocating
Tariff Equity, Coalition of MISO
a. Type of Application: New Major www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link.
Transmission Customers, Illinois Industrial License. Enter the docket number excluding the
Energy Consumers, Indiana Industrial Energy b. Project No.: 14439–001. last three digits in the docket number
Consumers, Inc., Minnesota Large Industrial c. Date Filed: December 29, 2015. field to access the document. For
Group, Wisconsin Industrial Energy Group v. d. Applicant: Hawks Nest Hydro, LLC assistance, contact FERC Online
Midcontinent Independent System Operator, (Hawks Nest Hydro). Support at FERCOnlineSupport@
Inc., ALLETE, Inc., Ameren Illinois Company, e. Name of Project: Glen Ferris ferc.gov or toll-free at 1–866–208–3676,
Ameren Missouri, Ameren Transmission Hydroelectric Project.
Company of Illinois, American Transmission
or for TTY, (202) 502–8659. A copy is
f. Location: The existing project is also available for inspection and
Company LLC, Cleco Power LLC, Duke
Energy Business Services, LLC, Entergy
located on the Kanawha River, in reproduction at the address in item (h)
Arkansas, Inc., Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, Fayette County, West Virginia. The above.
LLC, Entergy Louisiana, LLC, Entergy project does not occupy any federal m. You may also register online at
Mississippi, Inc., Entergy New Orleans, Inc., lands. http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
Entergy Texas, Inc., Indianapolis Power & g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power esubscription.asp to be notified via
Light Company, International Transmission Act, 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)–825(r). email of new filings and issuances
Company, ITC Midwest LLC, Michigan
mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES

h. Applicant Contact: Steven Murphy, related to this or other pending projects.
Electric Transmission Company, LLC Manager, Licensing, Brookfield For assistance, contact FERC Online
MidAmerican Energy Company, Montana- Renewable Energy Group, 33 West 1st
Dakota Utilities Co., Northern Indiana Public
Support.
Service Company, Northern States Power
Street South, Fulton, New York 13069; n. Procedural Schedule: The
Company-Minnesota, Northern States Power Telephone (315) 598–6130. application will be processed according
Company-Wisconsin, Otter Tail Power i. FERC Contact: Monir Chowdhury, to the following preliminary Hydro
Company, Southern Indiana Gas & Electric (202) 502–6736 or monir.chowdhury@ Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the
Company ferc.gov. schedule may be made as appropriate.

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Category		Regulatory Information
Collection		Federal Register
sudoc Class		AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106:
Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Notice of open meeting.
Dates		Tuesday, January 26, 2016, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. PT.
Contact		Karen Gibson, Designated Federal Officer, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585; telephone (202) 586-3787; [email protected]
FR Citation		81 FR 2204