82 FR 42663 - Meetings; National Coal Council

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 174 (September 11, 2017)

Page Range		42663-42663
FR Document		2017-19176

This notice announces a meeting of the National Coal Council (NCC). The Federal Advisory Committee Act requires that public notice of these meetings be announced in the Federal Register.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 174 (Monday, September 11, 2017)

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 174 (Monday, September 11, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 42663]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-19176]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Meetings; National Coal Council

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of open meetings.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces a meeting of the National Coal Council 
(NCC). The Federal Advisory Committee Act requires that public notice 
of these meetings be announced in the Federal Register.

DATES: Wednesday, September 27, 2017, 8:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Renaissance Ross Bridge Resort, 4000 Grand Avenue, 
Birmingham, AL 35226.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Daniel Matuszak, U.S. Department of 
Energy, 4G-036/Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., 
Washington, DC 20585-0001; Telephone: 202-287-6915.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Purpose of the Council: The National Coal Council provides advice 
and recommendations to the Secretary of Energy, on general policy 
matters relating to coal and the coal industry.
    Purpose of Meeting: The 2017 Fall Meeting of the National Coal 
Council.

Agenda

1. Call to order and opening remarks by Greg Workman, Chair, National 
Coal Council
2. Keynote Remarks by Dr. Grace Bochenek, Director, National Energy 
Technology Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy
3. Industry Keynote Presentation--Dan Byers, Senior Director Policy, 
U.S. Chamber Global Energy Institute
4. Presentation by Andy Roberts, Research Director--Global Thermal Coal 
Markets, Wood Mackenzie on What's Needed to Incentivize Deployment of 
Advance Coal Plants in the U.S.
5. Presentation by Hans Daniels, CEO, Doyle Trading Consultants on 
Opportunities for U.S. Coal Exports
6. Presentation by Roy W. Hill, Chairman of the Board Clean Energy 
Technology Association Inc. on CETA Energy's Lignite Coal Distillation 
Initiative
7. Council Business:
    a. NCC Chair's Report by NCC Chair Greg Workman
    b. Finance Report by Finance Committee Chair Dan Roling
    c. Coal Policy Committee Report by Coal Policy Committee Chair Deck 
Slone
    d. Communications Committee Report by Communications Committee 
Chair Lisa Bradley
    e. NCC Business Report by NCC CEO Janet Gellici
8. Other Business
9. Adjourn

    Attendees are requested to register in advance for the meeting at: 
http://www.nationalcoalcouncil.org/page-NCC-Events.html.
    Public Participation: The meeting is open to the public. If you 
would like to file a written statement with the Council, you may do so 
either before or after the meeting. If you would like to make oral 
statements regarding any item on the agenda, you should contact Daniel 
Matuszak, 202-287-6915 or [email protected] (email). You must 
make your request for an oral statement at least 5 business days before 
the meeting. Reasonable provision will be made to include oral 
statements on the scheduled agenda. The Chairperson of the Council will 
lead the meeting in a manner that facilitates the orderly conduct of 
business. Oral statements are limited to 10-minutes per organization 
and per person.
    Minutes: A link to the transcript of the meeting will be posted on 
the NCC Web site at: http://www.nationalcoalcouncil.org/.

    Issued at Washington, DC, on September 6, 2017.
LaTanya R. Butler,
Deputy Committee Management Officer.
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notice of this meeting be announced in received five days prior to the meeting 3. Industry Keynote Presentation—Dan
the Federal Register. and reasonable provision will be made Byers, Senior Director Policy, U.S.
DATES: Wednesday, September 27, 2017, to include the presentation in the Chamber Global Energy Institute
1:00 p.m.–5:15 p.m. agenda. The Deputy Designated Federal 4. Presentation by Andy Roberts,
ADDRESSES: Cottonwood on the Greens, Officer is empowered to conduct the Research Director—Global Thermal
4244 Diamond Drive, Los Alamos, New meeting in a fashion that will facilitate Coal Markets, Wood Mackenzie on
Mexico 87544. the orderly conduct of business. What’s Needed to Incentivize
Individuals wishing to make public Deployment of Advance Coal Plants
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
comments will be provided a maximum in the U.S.
Menice Santistevan, Northern New
of five minutes to present their 5. Presentation by Hans Daniels, CEO,
Mexico Citizens’ Advisory Board
comments. Doyle Trading Consultants on
(NNMCAB), 94 Cities of Gold Road,
Santa Fe, NM 87506. Phone (505) 995– Minutes: Minutes will be available by Opportunities for U.S. Coal Exports
0393; Fax (505) 989–1752 or Email: writing or calling Menice Santistevan at
6. Presentation by Roy W. Hill,
Menice.Santistevan@em.doe.gov. the address or phone number listed
Chairman of the Board Clean
above. Minutes and other Board
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Energy Technology Association Inc.
documents are on the Internet at:
Purpose of the Board: The purpose of on CETA Energy’s Lignite Coal
https://energy.gov/em/nnmcab/meeting-
the Board is to make recommendations Distillation Initiative
materials.
to DOE–EM and site management in the 7. Council Business:
areas of environmental restoration, Issued at Washington, DC, on August 31,
2017.
a. NCC Chair’s Report by NCC Chair
waste management, and related Greg Workman
activities. LaTanya R. Butler,
Deputy Committee Management Officer.
b. Finance Report by Finance
Tentative Agenda Committee Chair Dan Roling
[FR Doc. 2017–19097 Filed 9–8–17; 8:45 am]
• Call to Order c. Coal Policy Committee Report by
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• Welcome and Introductions Coal Policy Committee Chair Deck
• Approval of Agenda and Meeting Slone
Minutes of July 26, 2017 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY d. Communications Committee Report
• Old Business by Communications Committee
Æ Report from Chair Meetings; National Coal Council Chair Lisa Bradley
Æ Report from Nominating Committee e. NCC Business Report by NCC CEO
for Election of Chair and Vice-Chair AGENCY: Department of Energy.
Janet Gellici
for Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 ACTION: Notice of open meetings.
8. Other Business
Æ Other Items
• New Business SUMMARY: This notice announces a 9. Adjourn
Æ Election of Chair and Vice-Chair for meeting of the National Coal Council Attendees are requested to register in
FY 2018 (NCC). The Federal Advisory Committee advance for the meeting at: http://
Æ Other Items Act requires that public notice of these www.nationalcoalcouncil.org/page-
• Update from Co-Deputy Designated meetings be announced in the Federal NCC-Events.html.
Federal Officer and Executive Register. Public Participation: The meeting is
Director DATES: Wednesday, September 27, 2017, open to the public. If you would like to
• Update on Waste Isolation Pilot Plant 8:30 a.m.–12:15 p.m. file a written statement with the
• Break ADDRESSES: Renaissance Ross Bridge Council, you may do so either before or
• Overview of Waste Control Specialists Resort, 4000 Grand Avenue, after the meeting. If you would like to
• Public Comment Period Birmingham, AL 35226. make oral statements regarding any item
• Updates from EM Los Alamos Field on the agenda, you should contact
Office and New Mexico FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Daniel Matuszak, U.S. Department of Daniel Matuszak, 202–287–6915 or
Environment Department daniel.matuszak@hq.doe.gov (email).
• Wrap-Up Comments from NNMCAB Energy, 4G–036/Forrestal Building,
1000 Independence Avenue SW., You must make your request for an oral
Members statement at least 5 business days before
• Adjourn Washington, DC 20585–0001;
the meeting. Reasonable provision will
Public Participation: The EM SSAB, Telephone: 202–287–6915.
be made to include oral statements on
Northern New Mexico, welcomes the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: the scheduled agenda. The Chairperson
attendance of the public at its advisory Purpose of the Council: The National of the Council will lead the meeting in
committee meetings and will make Coal Council provides advice and a manner that facilitates the orderly
every effort to accommodate persons recommendations to the Secretary of conduct of business. Oral statements are
with physical disabilities or special Energy, on general policy matters limited to 10-minutes per organization
needs. If you require special relating to coal and the coal industry. and per person.
accommodations due to a disability, Purpose of Meeting: The 2017 Fall Minutes: A link to the transcript of the
please contact Menice Santistevan at Meeting of the National Coal Council. meeting will be posted on the NCC Web
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least seven days in advance of the site at: http://
Agenda
meeting at the telephone number listed www.nationalcoalcouncil.org/.
above. Written statements may be filed 1. Call to order and opening remarks by
with the Board either before or after the Greg Workman, Chair, National Issued at Washington, DC, on September 6,
Coal Council 2017.
meeting. Individuals who wish to make
oral statements pertaining to agenda 2. Keynote Remarks by Dr. Grace LaTanya R. Butler,
items should contact Menice Bochenek, Director, National Deputy Committee Management Officer.
Santistevan at the address or telephone Energy Technology Laboratory, U.S. [FR Doc. 2017–19176 Filed 9–8–17; 8:45 am]
number listed above. Requests must be Department of Energy BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

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Collection		Federal Register
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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Notice of open meetings.
Dates		Wednesday, September 27, 2017, 8:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
Contact		Daniel Matuszak, U.S. Department of Energy, 4G-036/Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585-0001; Telephone: 202-287-6915.
FR Citation		82 FR 42663