82_FR_27807 82 FR 27692 - Smart Grid Advisory Committee Meeting

82 FR 27692 - Smart Grid Advisory Committee Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and Technology

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 115 (June 16, 2017)

Page Range27692-27693
FR Document2017-12543

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Smart Grid Advisory Committee (SGAC or Committee) will meet in open session on Thursday, August 17, 2017 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern time and Friday, August 18, 2017 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Eastern time. The primary purposes of this meeting are to provide updates on NIST Smart Grid activities and the intersections with Cyber- Physical Systems program activities, and to discuss the NIST Framework and Roadmap for Smart Grid Interoperability Standards revision and the NIST Smart Grid research program. 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.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


Smart Grid Advisory Committee Meeting

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of 
Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

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SUMMARY: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) 
Smart Grid Advisory Committee (SGAC or Committee) will meet in open 
session on Thursday, August 17, 2017 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 
Eastern time and Friday, August 18, 2017 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. 
Eastern time. The primary purposes of this meeting are to provide 
updates on NIST Smart Grid activities and the intersections with Cyber-
Physical Systems program activities, and to discuss the NIST Framework 
and Roadmap for Smart Grid Interoperability Standards revision and the 
NIST Smart Grid research program. 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 Thursday, August 17, 2017 from 8:30 a.m. 
to 5:00 p.m. Eastern time and Friday, August 18, 2017 from 8:30 a.m. to 
12:00 p.m. Eastern time.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in Conference Room C103, Building 
215 (Advanced Measurement Laboratory), National Institute of Standards 
and Technology, 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 
cuong.nguyen@nist.gov.

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,

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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 Thursday, 
August 17, 2017 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern time and Friday, 
August 18, 2017 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Eastern time. The meeting 
will be held in Conference Room C103, Building 215 (Advanced 
Measurement Laboratory), National Institute of Standards and 
Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899. The primary 
purposes of this meeting are to provide updates on NIST Smart Grid 
activities and the intersections with Cyber-Physical Systems program 
activities, and to discuss the NIST Framework and Roadmap for Smart 
Grid Interoperability Standards revision and the NIST Smart Grid 
research program. 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 cuong.nguyen@nist.gov or (301) 975-2254 no later than 
5:00 p.m. Eastern time, Thursday, August 3, 2017. On Friday, August 18, 
2017, 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 cuong.nguyen@nist.gov.
    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, Thursday, August 3, 2017, 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 
cuong.nguyen@nist.gov 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/.

Kevin Kimball,
Chief of Staff.
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                                                revenues in our calculation of U.S.                     will be the rate established for the most              ACTION:   Notice of open meeting.
                                                price.9                                                 recently completed segment of this
                                                                                                        proceeding for the manufacturer of                     SUMMARY:    The National Institute of
                                                Final Results of Administrative Review                                                                         Standards and Technology (NIST) Smart
                                                                                                        subject merchandise; and (4) the cash
                                                  As a result of this review, we continue               deposit rate for all other manufacturers               Grid Advisory Committee (SGAC or
                                                to find that a weighted-average dumping                 or exporters will continue to be 64.93                 Committee) will meet in open session
                                                margin of 0.00 percent exists for Villares              percent, the all-others rate established               on Thursday, August 17, 2017 from 8:30
                                                for the period February 1, 2015, through                in the original less-than-fair-value                   a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern time and
                                                January 31, 2016.                                       investigation.11 These cash deposit                    Friday, August 18, 2017 from 8:30 a.m.
                                                                                                        requirements, when imposed, shall                      to 12:00 p.m. Eastern time. The primary
                                                Assessment                                                                                                     purposes of this meeting are to provide
                                                                                                        remain in effect until further notice.
                                                   In accordance with section                                                                                  updates on NIST Smart Grid activities
                                                751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, 19 CFR                         Notification to Importers                              and the intersections with Cyber-
                                                351.212(b) and the Final Modification,10                   This notice serves as a final reminder              Physical Systems program activities,
                                                the Department will instruct U.S.                       to importers of their responsibility                   and to discuss the NIST Framework and
                                                Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to                  under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a                   Roadmap for Smart Grid Interoperability
                                                liquidate all appropriate entries for                   certificate regarding the reimbursement                Standards revision and the NIST Smart
                                                Villares without regard to antidumping                  of antidumping duties prior to                         Grid research program. The agenda may
                                                duties.                                                 liquidation of the relevant entries                    change to accommodate Committee
                                                   For entries of subject merchandise                   during this review period. Failure to                  business. The final agenda will be
                                                during the POR produced by Villares for                 comply with this requirement could                     posted on the Smart Grid Web site at
                                                which it did not know that the                          result in the Secretary’s presumption                  http://www.nist.gov/smartgrid.
                                                merchandise was destined for the                        that reimbursement of antidumping                      DATES: The SGAC will meet on
                                                United States, we will instruct CBP to                  duties occurred and the subsequent                     Thursday, August 17, 2017 from 8:30
                                                liquidate un-reviewed entries at the all-               assessment of double antidumping                       a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern time and
                                                others rate if there is no rate for the                 duties.                                                Friday, August 18, 2017 from 8:30 a.m.
                                                intermediate company(ies) involved in                                                                          to 12:00 p.m. Eastern time.
                                                the transaction. We intend to issue                     Notification Regarding Administrative
                                                                                                        Protective Orders                                      ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in
                                                instructions to CBP 15 days after
                                                publication of the final results of this                                                                       Conference Room C103, Building 215
                                                                                                          This notice also serves as a reminder
                                                review.                                                                                                        (Advanced Measurement Laboratory),
                                                                                                        to parties subject to administrative
                                                                                                                                                               National Institute of Standards and
                                                Cash Deposit Requirements                               protective order (APO) of their
                                                                                                                                                               Technology, 100 Bureau Drive,
                                                                                                        responsibility concerning the
                                                  The following cash deposit                                                                                   Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899. Please
                                                                                                        destruction of proprietary information
                                                requirements will be effective upon                                                                            note admittance instructions under the
                                                                                                        disclosed under APO in accordance
                                                publication of the notice of final results                                                                     SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
                                                                                                        with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely
                                                of the administrative review for all                                                                           this notice.
                                                                                                        written notification of the return or
                                                shipments of SS Bar from Brazil                                                                                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
                                                                                                        destruction of APO materials or
                                                entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,                   conversion to judicial protective order is             Cuong Nguyen, Smart Grid and Cyber-
                                                for consumption on or after the date of                 hereby requested. Failure to comply                    Physical Systems Program Office,
                                                publication as provided by section                      with the regulations and terms of an                   National Institute of Standards and
                                                751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The cash                   APO is a violation subject to sanction.                Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail
                                                deposit rate for Villares, will be 0.00                                                                        Stop 8200, Gaithersburg, MD 20899–
                                                percent, the weighted average dumping                   Notification to Interested Parties                     8200; telephone 301–975–2254, fax
                                                margin established in the final results of                We are issuing and publishing these                  301–948–5668; or via email at
                                                this administrative review; (2) for                     results in accordance with sections                    cuong.nguyen@nist.gov.
                                                merchandise exported by manufacturers                   751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.                    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
                                                or exporters not covered in this                          Dated: June 12, 2017.                                Committee was established in
                                                administrative review but covered in a                                                                         accordance with the Federal Advisory
                                                                                                        Ronald K. Lorentzen,
                                                prior segment of the proceeding, the                                                                           Committee Act, as amended, 5 U.S.C.
                                                                                                        Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
                                                cash deposit rate will continue to be the               and Compliance.                                        App. The Committee is composed of
                                                company-specific rate published for the                                                                        nine to fifteen members, appointed by
                                                                                                        [FR Doc. 2017–12524 Filed 6–15–17; 8:45 am]
                                                most recently completed segment of this                                                                        the Director of NIST, who were selected
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                                                proceeding in which that manufacturer                                                                          on the basis of established records of
                                                or exporter participated; (3) if the                                                                           distinguished service in their
                                                exporter is not a firm covered in this                  DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE                                 professional community and their
                                                administrative review, a prior review, or                                                                      knowledge of issues affecting Smart
                                                the original investigation, but the                     National Institute of Standards and                    Grid deployment and operations. The
                                                manufacturer is, the cash deposit rate                  Technology                                             Committee advises the Director of NIST
                                                                                                                                                               in carrying out duties authorized by
                                                   9 For further details, see Memorandum to the File,   Smart Grid Advisory Committee                          section 1305 of the Energy
                                                ‘‘Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty         Meeting                                                Independence and Security Act of 2007
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                                                Order on Stainless Steel Bar from Brazil: Final
                                                Analysis Memorandum for Villares Metals S.A.;                                                                  (Pub. L. 110–140). The Committee
                                                                                                        AGENCY: National Institute of Standards
                                                2015–2016,’’ dated concurrently with this                                                                      provides input to NIST on Smart Grid
                                                                                                        and Technology, Department of
                                                memorandum.                                                                                                    standards, priorities, and gaps, on the
                                                   10 See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of       Commerce.
                                                                                                                                                               overall direction, status, and health of
                                                the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and
                                                Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping Duty               11 See Notice of Final Determination of Sales at     the Smart Grid implementation by the
                                                Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 8101, 8102       Less Than Fair Value: Stainless Steel Bar from         Smart Grid industry, and on Smart Grid
                                                (February 14, 2012) (Final Modification).               Brazil, 59 FR 66914 (December 28, 1994).               Interoperability Panel activities,


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                                                including the direction of research and                 must register by 5:00 p.m. Eastern time,               copies of the information collection
                                                standards activities. Background                        Thursday, August 3, 2017, in order to                  instrument and instructions should be
                                                information on the Committee is                         attend. Please submit your full name,                  directed to Chris Jeffrey, National
                                                available at http://www.nist.gov/                       time of arrival, email address, and                    Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, 1305
                                                smartgrid/committee.cfm.                                phone number to Cuong Nguyen. Non-                     East-West Hwy, Silver Spring, MD
                                                   Pursuant to the Federal Advisory                     U.S. citizens must submit additional                   20910–3281, Telephone number (240)
                                                Committee Act, as amended, 5 U.S.C.                     information; please contact Mr. Nguyen.                533–0354, email: chris.jeffrey@noaa.gov.
                                                App., notice is hereby given that the                   Mr. Nguyen’s email address is
                                                NIST Smart Grid Advisory Committee                      cuong.nguyen@nist.gov and his phone                    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                (SGAC or Committee) will meet in open                   number is (301) 975–2254. For                          I. Abstract
                                                session on Thursday, August 17, 2017                    participants attending in person, please
                                                from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern time                note that federal agencies, including                     This request is for a new information
                                                and Friday, August 18, 2017 from 8:30                   NIST, can only accept a state-issued                   collection.
                                                a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Eastern time. The                    driver’s license or identification card for               The Coral Reef Conservation Program
                                                meeting will be held in Conference                      access to federal facilities if such license           (CRCP), developed under the authority
                                                Room C103, Building 215 (Advanced                       or identification card is issued by a state            of the Coral Reef Conservation Act of
                                                Measurement Laboratory), National                       that is compliant with the REAL ID Act
                                                Institute of Standards and Technology,                                                                         2000, is responsible for programs
                                                                                                        of 2005 (Pub. L. 109–13), or by a state                intended to enhance the conservation of
                                                100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg,                         that has an extension for REAL ID
                                                Maryland 20899. The primary purposes                                                                           coral reefs. We intend to use the
                                                                                                        compliance. NIST currently accepts                     information collected through this
                                                of this meeting are to provide updates                  other forms of federal-issued
                                                on NIST Smart Grid activities and the                                                                          instrument for conducting a
                                                                                                        identification in lieu of a state-issued               characterization project utilizing a
                                                intersections with Cyber-Physical                       driver’s license. For detailed
                                                Systems program activities, and to                                                                             limits of acceptable change (LAC)
                                                                                                        information, please contact Mr. Nguyen
                                                discuss the NIST Framework and                                                                                 framework that encompasses the Puerto
                                                                                                        or visit: http://www.nist.gov/public_
                                                Roadmap for Smart Grid Interoperability                                                                        Rico Northeast Marine Corridor (NMC)
                                                                                                        affairs/visitor/.
                                                Standards revision and the NIST Smart                                                                          as a continuous management area,
                                                Grid research program. The agenda may                   Kevin Kimball,                                         addressing the following subjects across
                                                change to accommodate Committee                         Chief of Staff.                                        the area and within individual natural
                                                business. The final agenda will be                      [FR Doc. 2017–12543 Filed 6–15–17; 8:45 am]            reserves to create the information base
                                                posted on the Smart Grid Web site at                    BILLING CODE 3510–13–P                                 required to promote effective
                                                http://www.nist.gov/smartgrid.                                                                                 management: Biophysical conditions,
                                                   Individuals and representatives of                                                                          social conditions, stakeholder
                                                organizations who would like to offer                   DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE                                 identification, stakeholder uses and use
                                                comments and suggestions related to the                                                                        patterns, stakeholder knowledge,
                                                Committee’s affairs are invited to                      National Oceanic and Atmospheric                       attitudes, and beliefs, and stakeholder
                                                request a place on the agenda by                        Administration                                         and resource use conflicts. The study
                                                submitting their request to Cuong                                                                              will build on past work conducted with
                                                Nguyen at cuong.nguyen@nist.gov or                      Proposed Information Collection;
                                                                                                                                                               stakeholders on natural resources and
                                                (301) 975–2254 no later than 5:00 p.m.                  Comment Request; Limits of
                                                                                                                                                               social indicators in the region,
                                                Eastern time, Thursday, August 3, 2017.                 Acceptable Change Study: Surveys in
                                                                                                        the Northeast Reserves and Culebra                     developing a social conditions baseline.
                                                On Friday, August 18, 2017,                                                                                    Social conditions will be characterized
                                                approximately one-half hour will be                     Island, Puerto Rico
                                                                                                                                                               via a series of stakeholder participation
                                                reserved at the end of the meeting for                  AGENCY: National Oceanic and                           protocols, which will result in
                                                public comments, and speaking times                     Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),                     stakeholder identification, use and use
                                                will be assigned on a first-come, first-                Commerce.                                              patterns, knowledge, attitudes, and
                                                serve basis. The amount of time per
                                                                                                        ACTION: Notice.                                        belief, and use conflicts. It will engage
                                                speaker will be determined by the
                                                number of requests received, but is                                                                            the four, main NMC stakeholders:
                                                                                                        SUMMARY:    The Department of                          Commercial fishers; commercial water
                                                likely to be about three minutes each.                  Commerce, as part of its continuing
                                                Questions from the public will not be                                                                          operators; recreational boaters, and
                                                                                                        effort to reduce paperwork and                         visitors. All commercial fishers and
                                                considered during this period. Speakers                 respondent burden, invites the general
                                                who wish to expand upon their oral                                                                             commercial water operators in the
                                                                                                        public and other Federal agencies to                   region will be surveyed with an in-
                                                statements, those who had wished to                     take this opportunity to comment on
                                                speak but could not be accommodated                                                                            person questionnaire. Recreational
                                                                                                        proposed and/or continuing information                 boaters will be reached by sending out
                                                on the agenda, and those who were                       collections, as required by the
                                                unable to attend in person are invited to                                                                      an internet/email survey questionnaire
                                                                                                        Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.                       sent to all vessel registrants. Visitors in
                                                submit written statements to Mr. Cuong
                                                                                                        DATES: Written comments must be                        the NMC will be surveyed using an
                                                Nguyen, Smart Grid and Cyber-Physical
                                                Systems Program Office, National                        submitted on or before August 15, 2017.                intercept survey administered twice a
                                                Institute of Standards and Technology,                  ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments                 month at a ferry location and via self-
                                                                                                        to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental                       administered surveys disseminated by
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                                                100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 8200,
                                                Gaithersburg, MD 20899–8200;                            Paperwork Clearance Officer,                           commercial water operators. It is
                                                telephone 301–975–2254, fax 301–948–                    Department of Commerce, Room 6616,                     expected that these multi-pronged
                                                5668; or via email at cuong.nguyen@                     14th and Constitution Avenue NW.,                      approaches will provide the information
                                                nist.gov.                                               Washington, DC 20230 (or via the                       necessary to complete a stakeholder
                                                   All visitors to the NIST site are                    Internet at pracomments@doc.gov).                      characterization for the NMC that can be
                                                required to pre-register to be admitted.                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                       applied to evaluate LAC conditions and
                                                Anyone wishing to attend this meeting                   Requests for additional information or                 trends.


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of open meeting.
DatesThe SGAC will meet on Thursday, August 17, 2017 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern time and Friday, August 18, 2017 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Eastern time.
ContactMr. 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 Citation82 FR 27692 

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