81 FR 40273 - National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST); Smart Grid Advisory Committee Meeting
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and Technology Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 119 (June 21, 2016)
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 119 (June 21, 2016)
| Page Range | 40273-40274 | |
| FR Document | 2016-14580 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 119 (Tuesday, June 21, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 40273-40274] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-14580] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Institute of Standards and Technology National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST); Smart Grid Advisory Committee Meeting AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of Commerce. ACTION: Notice of open meeting. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Smart Grid Advisory Committee (SGAC or Committee), will meet in open session on Wednesday, July 13, 2016 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern time and Thursday, July 14, 2016 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Eastern time. This meeting was originally scheduled for January 26-27, 2016 and was rescheduled due to inclement weather. The primary purposes of this meeting are to provide updates on NIST Smart Grid and Cyber-Physical Systems Program activities and to discuss resiliency and reliability topics. The agenda may change to accommodate Committee business. The final agenda will be posted on the Smart Grid Web site at http://www.nist.gov/smartgrid. DATES: The SGAC will meet on Wednesday, July 13, 2016 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern time and Thursday, July 14, 2016 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Eastern time. ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the Executive Conference Room, Building 101 (Administration), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899. Please note admittance instructions under the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Cuong Nguyen, Smart Grid and Cyber-Physical Systems Program Office, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 8200, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8200; telephone 301-975-2254, fax 301-948-5668; or via email at [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Committee was established in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, 5 U.S.C. App. The Committee is composed of nine to fifteen members, appointed by the Director of NIST, who were selected on the basis of established records of distinguished service in their professional community and their knowledge of issues affecting Smart Grid deployment and operations. The Committee advises the Director of NIST in carrying out duties authorized by section 1305 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (Pub. L. 110-140). The Committee provides input to NIST on Smart Grid standards, priorities, and gaps, on the overall direction, status, and health of the Smart Grid implementation by the Smart Grid industry, and on Smart Grid Interoperability Panel activities, including the direction of research and standards activities. Background information on the Committee is available at http://www.nist.gov/smartgrid/committee.cfm. Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, 5 U.S.C. App., notice is hereby given that the NIST Smart Grid Advisory Committee (SGAC or Committee) will meet in open session on Wednesday, July 13, 2016 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern time and Thursday, July 14, 2016 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Eastern time. This meeting was originally scheduled for January 26-27, 2016 and was rescheduled due to inclement weather. The meeting will be open to the public and held in the Executive Conference Room, Building 101 (Administration) at NIST in Gaithersburg, Maryland. The primary purposes of this meeting are to provide updates on NIST Smart Grid activities and the intersections with Cyber-Physical System program [[Page 40274]] activities and to discuss resiliency and reliability topics. The agenda may change to accommodate Committee business. The final agenda will be posted on the Smart Grid Web site at http://www.nist.gov/smartgrid. Individuals and representatives of organizations who would like to offer comments and suggestions related to the Committee's affairs are invited to request a place on the agenda by submitting their request to Cuong Nguyen at [email protected] or (301) 975-2254 no later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern time, Friday, July 1, 2016. On Thursday, July 14, 2016, approximately one-half hour will be reserved at the end of the meeting for public comments, and speaking times will be assigned on a first-come, first-serve basis. The amount of time per speaker will be determined by the number of requests received, but is likely to be about three minutes each. Questions from the public will not be considered during this period. Speakers who wish to expand upon their oral statements, those who had wished to speak but could not be accommodated on the agenda, and those who were unable to attend in person are invited to submit written statements to Mr. Cuong Nguyen, Smart Grid and Cyber-Physical Systems Program Office, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 8200, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8200; telephone 301-975-2254, fax 301-948- 5668; or via email at [email protected]. All visitors to the NIST site are required to pre-register to be admitted. Anyone wishing to attend this meeting must register by 5:00 p.m. Eastern time, Friday, July 1, 2016, in order to attend. Please submit your full name, time of arrival, email address, and phone number to Cuong Nguyen. Non-U.S. citizens must submit additional information; please contact Mr. Nguyen. Mr. Nguyen's email address is [email protected] and his phone number is (301) 975-2254. For participants attending in person, please note that federal agencies, including NIST, can only accept a state-issued driver's license or identification card for access to federal facilities if such license or identification card is issued by a state that is compliant with the REAL ID Act of 2005 (Pub. L. 109-13), or by a state that has an extension for REAL ID compliance. NIST currently accepts other forms of federal-issued identification in lieu of a state-issued driver's license. For detailed information, please contact Mr. Nguyen or visit: http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/visitor/. Kent Rochford, Associate Director for Laboratory Programs. [FR Doc. 2016-14580 Filed 6-20-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-13-P
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U.S. citizens who will represent U.S. full committee meetings including a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern time and
companies, U.S. trade associations, and subcommittee conference calls or Thursday, July 14, 2016 from 8:30 a.m.
U.S. private sector organizations with meetings as needed, and (3) frequently to 12:00 p.m. Eastern time.
activities focused on the export drafting, preparing, or commenting on ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in
competitiveness of U.S. renewable proposed recommendations to be the Executive Conference Room,
energy and energy efficiency goods and evaluated at Committee meetings; Building 101 (Administration), National
services. Members shall reflect the (3) Short biography of nominee, Institute of Standards and Technology
diversity of this sector, including in including credentials; (NIST), 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg,
terms of entity or organization size, (4) Brief description of the company, Maryland 20899. Please note admittance
geographic location, and subsector trade association, or organization to be instructions under the SUPPLEMENTARY
represented. The Committee shall also represented and its business activities; INFORMATION section of this notice.
represent the diversity of company or company size (number of employees FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
organizational roles in the development and annual sales); and export markets Cuong Nguyen, Smart Grid and Cyber-
of renewable energy and energy served; Physical Systems Program Office,
efficiency projects, including, for (5) An affirmative statement that the National Institute of Standards and
example, project developers, technology nominee meets all Committee eligibility Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail
integrators, financial institutions, and requirements. Stop 8200, Gaithersburg, MD 20899–
manufacturers. Please do not send company, trade
8200; telephone 301–975–2254, fax
Prospective applicants and nominees association, or organization brochures or
301–948–5668; or via email at
are strongly encouraged to review any other information.
See the ADDRESSES and DATES cuong.nguyen@nist.gov.
materials and information on the
captions above for how and the deadline SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Committee Web site, including the
Committee’s charter, to gain an for submitting nominations. Committee was established in
understanding of the Committee’s Nominees selected for appointment to accordance with the Federal Advisory
responsibilities, matters on which the the Committee will be notified by mail. Committee Act, as amended, 5 U.S.C.
Committee will provide App. The Committee is composed of
Dated: June 15, 2016.
recommendations, and expectations for nine to fifteen members, appointed by
Edward A. O’Malley, the Director of NIST, who were selected
members based on the work of previous Director, Office of Energy and Environmental
Committees: http://export.gov/reee/ on the basis of established records of
Industries. distinguished service in their
reeeac. [FR Doc. 2016–14573 Filed 6–20–16; 8:45 am]
Members serve at the pleasure of the professional community and their
Secretary from the date of appointment
BILLING CODE 3510–DR–P knowledge of issues affecting Smart
to the Committee to the date on which Grid deployment and operations. The
the Committee’s charter terminates. Committee advises the Director of NIST
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE in carrying out duties authorized by
Members serve in a representative
capacity presenting the views and section 1305 of the Energy
National Institute of Standards and
interests of a U.S. entity or U.S. Independence and Security Act of 2007
Technology
organization, as well as their particular (Pub. L. 110–140). The Committee
subsector; they are, therefore, not National Institute of Standards and provides input to NIST on Smart Grid
Special Government Employees. Technology (NIST); Smart Grid standards, priorities, and gaps, on the
Members of the Committee must not Advisory Committee Meeting overall direction, status, and health of
be registered as foreign agents under the the Smart Grid implementation by the
Foreign Agents Registration Act. No AGENCY: National Institute of Standards Smart Grid industry, and on Smart Grid
member may represent a company that and Technology, Department of Interoperability Panel activities,
is majority owned or controlled by a Commerce. including the direction of research and
foreign government entity (or foreign ACTION: Notice of open meeting. standards activities. Background
government entities). information on the Committee is
SUMMARY: The National Institute of available at http://www.nist.gov/
Members of the Committee will not be Standards and Technology (NIST) Smart
compensated for their services or smartgrid/committee.cfm.
Grid Advisory Committee (SGAC or Pursuant to the Federal Advisory
reimbursed for their travel expenses. Committee), will meet in open session
If you are interested in applying or Committee Act, as amended, 5 U.S.C.
on Wednesday, July 13, 2016 from 8:30 App., notice is hereby given that the
nominating someone else to become a
a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern time and NIST Smart Grid Advisory Committee
member of the Committee, please
Thursday, July 14, 2016 from 8:30 a.m. (SGAC or Committee) will meet in open
provide the following information:
(1) Sponsor letter on the company’s, to 12:00 p.m. Eastern time. This meeting session on Wednesday, July 13, 2016
trade association’s or organization’s was originally scheduled for January from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern time
letterhead containing the name, title, 26–27, 2016 and was rescheduled due to and Thursday, July 14, 2016 from 8:30
and relevant contact information inclement weather. The primary a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Eastern time. This
(including phone, fax, and email purposes of this meeting are to provide meeting was originally scheduled for
address) of the individual who is updates on NIST Smart Grid and Cyber- January 26–27, 2016 and was
applying or being nominated; Physical Systems Program activities and rescheduled due to inclement weather.
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(2) An affirmative statement that the to discuss resiliency and reliability The meeting will be open to the public
nominee will be able to meet the topics. The agenda may change to and held in the Executive Conference
expected time commitments of accommodate Committee business. The Room, Building 101 (Administration) at
Committee work. Committee work final agenda will be posted on the Smart NIST in Gaithersburg, Maryland. The
includes (1) attending in-person Grid Web site at http://www.nist.gov/ primary purposes of this meeting are to
committee meetings roughly four times smartgrid. provide updates on NIST Smart Grid
per year (lasting one day each), (2) DATES: The SGAC will meet on activities and the intersections with
undertaking additional work outside of Wednesday, July 13, 2016 from 8:30 Cyber-Physical System program
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activities and to discuss resiliency and For detailed information, please not have an unmitigable adverse impact
reliability topics. The agenda may contact Mr. Nguyen or visit: http:// on the availability of the species or
change to accommodate Committee www.nist.gov/public_affairs/visitor/. stock(s) for subsistence uses (where
business. The final agenda will be relevant), and if the permissible
Kent Rochford,
posted on the Smart Grid Web site at methods of taking and requirements
Associate Director for Laboratory Programs. pertaining to the mitigation, monitoring,
http://www.nist.gov/smartgrid.
[FR Doc. 2016–14580 Filed 6–20–16; 8:45 am] and reporting of such takings are set
Individuals and representatives of BILLING CODE 3510–13–P forth. NMFS has defined ‘‘negligible
organizations who would like to offer impact’’ in 50 CFR 216.103 as ‘‘an
comments and suggestions related to the impact resulting from the specified
Committee’s affairs are invited to DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE activity that cannot be reasonably
request a place on the agenda by expected to, and is not reasonably likely
submitting their request to Cuong National Oceanic and Atmospheric to, adversely affect the species or stock
Nguyen at cuong.nguyen@nist.gov or Administration through effects on annual rates of
(301) 975–2254 no later than 5:00 p.m. RIN 0648–XE442 recruitment or survival.’’
Eastern time, Friday, July 1, 2016. On Section 101(a)(5)(D) of the MMPA
Thursday, July 14, 2016, approximately Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to established an expedited process by
one-half hour will be reserved at the end Specified Activities; Taking Marine which citizens of the United States can
of the meeting for public comments, and Mammals Incidental to Subsea Cable- apply for an authorization to
speaking times will be assigned on a Laying Operations in the Bering, incidentally take small numbers of
first-come, first-serve basis. The amount Chukchi, and Beaufort Seas marine mammals by harassment.
of time per speaker will be determined Section 101(a)(5)(D) of the MMPA
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries
by the number of requests received, but establishes a 45-day time limit for
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
NMFS’s review of an application
is likely to be about three minutes each. Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
followed by a 30-day public notice and
Questions from the public will not be Commerce.
comment period on any proposed
considered during this period. Speakers ACTION: Notice; issuance of an incidental authorizations for the incidental
who wish to expand upon their oral harassment authorization (IHA). harassment of small numbers of marine
statements, those who had wished to mammals. Within 45 days of the close
speak but could not be accommodated SUMMARY: In accordance with
regulations implementing the Marine of the public comment period, NMFS
on the agenda, and those who were must either issue or deny the
unable to attend in person are invited to Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) as
amended, notification is hereby given authorization.
submit written statements to Mr. Cuong Except with respect to certain
that NMFS has issued an IHA to
Nguyen, Smart Grid and Cyber-Physical activities not pertinent here, the MMPA
Quintillion Subsea Operations, LLC
Systems Program Office, National defines ‘‘harassment’’ as: Any act of
(Quintillion) to take, by harassment,
Institute of Standards and Technology, pursuit, torment, or annoyance which (i)
small numbers of 12 species of marine
100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 8200, has the potential to injure a marine
mammals incidental to a subsea cable-
Gaithersburg, MD 20899–8200; mammal or marine mammal stock in the
laying operation in the state and federal
telephone 301–975–2254, fax 301–948– wild [Level A harassment]; or (ii) has
waters of the Bering, Chukchi, and
5668; or via email at cuong.nguyen@ the potential to disturb a marine
Beaufort seas, Alaska, during the open-
nist.gov. mammal or marine mammal stock in the
water season of 2016.
wild by causing disruption of behavioral
All visitors to the NIST site are DATES: This authorization is effective patterns, including, but not limited to,
required to pre-register to be admitted. from June 1, 2016 through October 31, migration, breathing, nursing, breeding,
Anyone wishing to attend this meeting 2016. feeding, or sheltering [Level B
must register by 5:00 p.m. Eastern time, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: harassment].
Friday, July 1, 2016, in order to attend. Shane Guan, Office of Protected
Please submit your full name, time of Resources, NMFS, (301) 427–8401. Summary of Request
arrival, email address, and phone SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 29, 2015, NMFS received
number to Cuong Nguyen. Non-U.S. an IHA application and marine mammal
Background mitigation and monitoring plan (4MP)
citizens must submit additional
information; please contact Mr. Nguyen. Sections 101(a)(5)(A) and (D) of the from Quintillion for the taking of marine
Mr. Nguyen’s email address is MMPA (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) direct mammals incidental to conducting
cuong.nguyen@nist.gov and his phone the Secretary of Commerce to allow, subsea cable-laying activities in the U.S.
number is (301) 975–2254. For upon request, the incidental, but not Bering, Chukchi, and Beaufort seas.
participants attending in person, please intentional, taking of small numbers of After receiving NMFS’ comments on the
note that federal agencies, including marine mammals by U.S. citizens who initial application, Quintillion made
engage in a specified activity (other than revisions and updated its IHA
NIST, can only accept a state-issued
commercial fishing) within a specified application and 4MP on February 3,
driver’s license or identification card for
geographical region if certain findings 2016. NMFS determined that the
access to federal facilities if such license are made and either regulations are application and the 4MP were adequate
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or identification card is issued by a state issued or, if the taking is limited to and complete on February 5, 2016.
that is compliant with the REAL ID Act harassment, a notice of a proposed NMFS published a notice on March 30,
of 2005 (Pub. L. 109–13), or by a state authorization is provided to the public 2016 (81 FR 17666) making preliminary
that has an extension for REAL ID for review. determinations and proposing to issue
compliance. NIST currently accepts An authorization for incidental an IHA. The notice initiated a 30-day
other forms of federal-issued takings shall be granted if NMFS finds comment period.
identification in lieu of a state-issued that the taking will have a negligible Quintillion proposed to install a
driver’s license. impact on the species or stock(s), will subsea fiber optic network cable along
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| Action | Notice of open meeting. | |
| Dates | The SGAC will meet on Wednesday, July 13, 2016 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern time and Thursday, July 14, 2016 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Eastern time. | |
| Contact | Mr. Cuong Nguyen, Smart Grid and Cyber-Physical Systems Program Office, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 8200, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8200; telephone 301-975-2254, fax 301-948-5668; or via email at [email protected] | |
| FR Citation | 81 FR 40273 |
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