81 FR 54567 - Secretary of Energy Advisory Board

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 158 (August 16, 2016)

Page Range		54567-54567
FR Document		2016-19495

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.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 158 (Tuesday, August 16, 2016)

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 158 (Tuesday, August 16, 2016)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 2016-19495]


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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: September 22, 2016, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Room 1E-
245, Washington, DC 20585.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Gibson, Designated Federal 
Officer, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., 
Washington, DC 20585; [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 September 
22nd. The tentative meeting agenda includes: Updates from SEAB's task 
forces, approval of SEAB reports, informational briefings, 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 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 20, 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. Please note that the Department of 
Homeland Security (DHS) has determined that regular driver's licenses 
(and ID cards) from the following jurisdictions are not acceptable: 
Alaska, American Samoa, Arizona, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, 
Minnesota, New York, Oklahoma, and Washington. Acceptable alternate 
forms of Photo-ID include:

 U.S. Passport or Passport Card
 An Enhanced Driver's License or Enhanced ID-Card issued by the 
states of Minnesota, New York or Washington (Enhanced licenses issued 
by these states are clearly marked Enhanced or Enhanced Driver's 
License)
 A military ID or other government issued Photo-ID card

    Individuals and representatives of organizations who would like to 
offer comments and suggestions may do so during the meeting. 
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 exceed 5 minutes. The Designated Federal Officer is empowered 
to conduct the meeting in a fashion that will facilitate the orderly 
conduct of business. Those wishing to speak should register to do so 
beginning at 8:15 a.m. on September 22nd.
    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 August 10, 2016.
LaTanya R. Butler,
Deputy Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-19495 Filed 8-15-16; 8:45 am]
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71 FR at 36326, col. 3, tenth omission or a fully responsive reply. Public Participation: The meeting is
paragraph (‘‘(H) . . .’’) is replaced with Extensions of time under the provisions open to the public. Individuals who
the following: of 37 CFR 1.136(a) are permitted, but would like to attend must RSVP to
(H) Foreign priority claim under 35 will result in the application being Karen Gibson no later than 5:00 p.m. on
U.S.C. 119(a)–(d) identified in the taken out of the program. Failure to Tuesday, September 20, 2016 at seab@
application data sheet (if applicable); timely file the omission or a fully hq.doe.gov. Please provide your name,
71 FR at 36326–27, col. 3, eleventh responsive reply will result in organization, citizenship, and contact
paragraph (‘‘(I) . . .’’) is replaced with abandonment of the application. information. Anyone attending the
the following: If the reply is not a bona fide attempt,
(I) Domestic benefit claims under 35 meeting will be required to present
no additional time period will be given. government issued identification. Please
U.S.C. 119(e), 120, 121, 365(c), or 386(c) The time period set forth in the previous
in compliance with 37 CFR 1.78 (e.g., note that the Department of Homeland
Office action will continue to run.
the specific reference to the prior Security (DHS) has determined that
Dated: August 10, 2016. regular driver’s licenses (and ID cards)
application must be submitted in an
Michelle K. Lee, from the following jurisdictions are not
application data sheet, and for any
benefit claim to a non-English language Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual acceptable: Alaska, American Samoa,
Property and Director of the United States Arizona, Louisiana, Maine,
provisional application, the application
Patent and Trademark Office.
must include a statement that: (a) An Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York,
[FR Doc. 2016–19527 Filed 8–15–16; 8:45 am] Oklahoma, and Washington. Acceptable
English language translation, and (b) a
BILLING CODE 3510–16–P alternate forms of Photo-ID include:
statement that the translation is
accurate, have been filed in the
• U.S. Passport or Passport Card
provisional application) (if applicable);
71 FR at 36327, col. 1, third paragraph DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY • An Enhanced Driver’s License or
(‘‘(L) . . .’’) is replaced with the Enhanced ID-Card issued by the states
following: Secretary of Energy Advisory Board of Minnesota, New York or
(L) No petition under 37 CFR AGENCY: Department of Energy. Washington (Enhanced licenses
1.46(b)(2) to designate a person with ACTION: Notice of open meeting. issued by these states are clearly
sufficient proprietary interest as the marked Enhanced or Enhanced
applicant. SUMMARY: This notice announces an Driver’s License)
71 FR at 36327, col. 1, fifth paragraph open meeting of the Secretary of Energy
(‘‘Applicant should . . .’’) is replaced • A military ID or other government
Advisory Board (SEAB). SEAB was
with the following: issued Photo-ID card
reestablished pursuant to the Federal
Applicant should also provide a Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– Individuals and representatives of
suggested classification (i.e., group/ 463, 86 Stat. 770) (the Act). This notice organizations who would like to offer
subgroup of the Cooperative Patent is provided in accordance with the Act. comments and suggestions may do so
Classification for utility applications or DATES: September 22, 2016, 8:30 a.m.– during the meeting. Approximately 30
class/subclass of the U.S. Patent 12:30 p.m. minutes will be reserved for public
Classification for design applications) ADDRESSES: Department of Energy, 1000 comments. Time allotted per speaker
for the application on the transmittal Independence Avenue SW., Room 1E– will depend on the number who wish to
letter, petition, or an application data 245, Washington, DC 20585. speak but will not exceed 5 minutes.
sheet as set forth in 37 CFR 1.76(b)(3) so
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The Designated Federal Officer is
that the application can be
expeditiously processed. Karen Gibson, Designated Federal empowered to conduct the meeting in a
71 FR at 36327, col. 1, sixth paragraph Officer, U.S. Department of Energy, fashion that will facilitate the orderly
(‘‘The petition . . .’’) is replaced with 1000 Independence Avenue SW., conduct of business. Those wishing to
the following: Washington, DC 20585; seab@ speak should register to do so beginning
The petition to make special will be hq.doe.gov. at 8:15 a.m. on September 22nd.
dismissed if the application omits an SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Those not able to attend the meeting
item or includes a paper that causes the Background: The Board was or who have insufficient time to address
Office of Patent Application Processing established to provide advice and the committee are invited to send a
(OPAP) to mail a notice during the recommendations to the Secretary on written statement to Karen Gibson, U.S.
formality review (e.g., a notice of the Department’s basic and applied Department of Energy, 1000
incomplete application, notice to file research, economic and national Independence Avenue SW.,
missing parts, notice to file corrected security policy, educational issues, Washington, DC 20585, email to seab@
application papers, notice of omitted operational issues, and other activities hq.doe.gov.
items, or notice of informal application). as directed by the Secretary.
The opportunity to perfect a petition Purpose of the Meeting: This meeting Minutes: The minutes of the meeting
(Part II) does not apply to applications is the quarterly meeting of the Board. will be available on the SEAB Web site
that are not in condition for Tentative Agenda: The meeting will or by contacting Ms. Gibson. She may be
examination on filing. start at 8:30 a.m. on September 22nd. reached at the postal address or email
71 FR at 36327, col. 1, seventh The tentative meeting agenda includes: address above, or by visiting SEAB’s
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paragraph (‘‘Reply Not . . .’’) is Updates from SEAB’s task forces, Web site at www.energy.gov/seab.
replaced with following: approval of SEAB reports, informational Issued in Washington, DC, on August 10,
Reply Not Fully Responsive: If a reply briefings, and an opportunity for 2016.
to a non-final Office action is not fully comments from the public. The meeting
LaTanya R. Butler,
responsive, but a bona fide attempt to will conclude at 12:30 p.m. Agenda
advance the application to final action, updates will be posted on the SEAB Deputy Committee Management Officer.
the examiner may provide two (2) Web site prior to the meeting: [FR Doc. 2016–19495 Filed 8–15–16; 8:45 am]
months for applicant to supply the www.energy.gov/seab. BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

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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		September 22, 2016, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Contact		Karen Gibson, Designated Federal Officer, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585; [email protected]
FR Citation		81 FR 54567