83_FR_47325 83 FR 47144 - National Coal Council

83 FR 47144 - National Coal Council

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 181 (September 18, 2018)

Page Range47144-47145
FR Document2018-20276

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

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 181 (Tuesday, September 18, 2018)
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 181 (Tuesday, September 18, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47144-47145]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-20276]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


National Coal Council

AGENCY: Department of Energy, Office of Fossil Energy.

ACTION: Notice of open meetings.

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

DATES: Monday, October 1, 2018 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. (EST)

ADDRESSES: This will be virtual meeting conducted through WebEx. If you 
wish to join the meeting you must register by close of business (5:00 
p.m. EST) on Wednesday, September 26th by using the form available at 
the following URL: http://www.nationalcoalcouncil.org/page-NCC-Events.html. The email address you provide in the on-line registration 
form will be used to forward instructions on how to join the meeting 
using WebEx. WebEx requires a computer, web browser and an installed 
application (free). Instructions for joining the webcast will be sent 
to you two days in advance of the meeting.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph Giove, U.S. Department of 
Energy, E-136/Germantown Building, 19901 Germantown Road, Germantown, 
MD 20874-1290; Telephone 301-903-4130.

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 National Coal Council (the Council) will 
hold a virtual meeting via webcast at 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. (EST) on 
October 1, 2018, for the sole purpose of reviewing and voting on the 
following two reports: ``Advancing U.S. Coal Exports: An Assessment of 
Opportunities to Enhance Exports of U.S. Coal'' and ``Power Reset: 
Optimizing the Existing Coal Fleet to Ensure a Reliable and Resilient 
Grid.'' The Council membership will be asked to accept these reports 
and forward them to the U.S. Secretary of Energy. The draft reports are 
available on the National Coal Council website at the following URL: 
http://www.nationalcoalcouncil.org/page-NCC-Studies.html.

Tentative Agenda

     Call to order by Joseph Giove, NCC Deputy Designated 
Federal Officer, Director Coal Business Operations, Office Fossil 
Energy, U.S. Department of Energy.
     NCC Report Presentation on ``Advancing U.S. Coal Exports: 
An Assessment of Opportunities to Enhance Exports of U.S. Coal'' by 
report co-chairs Justin Burk, Commercial Director, Peabody and David 
Lawson, Vice President Coal, Norfolk Southern Corporation.
     NCC Report Presentation on ``Power Reset: Optimizing the 
Existing Coal Fleet to Ensure a Reliable & Resilient Power Grid'' by 
Janet Gellici, CEO, National Coal Council Inc.
     Public Comment Period & Closing Remarks.
     Adjourn.

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    All attendees are requested to register in advance for the meeting 
at: http://www.nationalcoalcouncil.org/page-NCC-Events.html.
    Exceptional Circumstances: This notice is being published less than 
15 days in advance of the meeting on October 1, 2018, due to 
exceptional circumstances. The previous National Coal Council FACA 
meeting was announced in the Federal Register to take place on 
September 13, 2018, in Norfolk, VA. That meeting was postponed as a 
result of the State of Emergency issued by the Virginia Governor due to 
Hurricane Florence. The reports that are to be reviewed at this 
rescheduled meeting on October 1, 2018, have been posted to the NCC 
website for public review since September 4, 2018.
    Public Participation: The meeting is open to the public. If you 
would like to file a written statement to be read during the virtual 
webcast, you may do so within five calendar days of the event. Please 
email your written statement to Joseph Giove at [email protected] 
by 5:00 p.m. (EST) on Wednesday, September 26th. If you would like to 
make an oral statement during the call regarding the reports being 
reviewed, you must both register to attend the webcast and also contact 
Joseph Giove (301-903-4130 or [email protected]) to state your 
desire to speak. You must make your request for an oral statement by 
5:00 p.m. (EST) on Wednesday, September 26th. Reasonable provision will 
be made to include oral statements at the conclusion of the meeting. 
However, those who fail to register in advance may not be accommodated. 
Oral statements are limited to 5-minutes per organization and per 
person.
    Minutes: A recording of the call will be posted on the FACA 
Database website: https://facadatabase.gov/committee/historymeetings.aspx?cid=408&fy=2017.

    Signed in Washington, DC, on September 13, 2018.
Latanya Butler,
Deputy Committee Management Officer.
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                                               47144                     Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 181 / Tuesday, September 18, 2018 / Notices

                                               DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION                                 public comment addressing the                         to join the meeting you must register by
                                                                                                       following issues: (1) Is this collection              close of business (5:00 p.m. EST) on
                                               [Docket No. ED–2018–ICCD–0073]
                                                                                                       necessary to the proper functions of the              Wednesday, September 26th by using
                                               Agency Information Collection                           Department; (2) will this information be              the form available at the following URL:
                                               Activities; Submission to the Office of                 processed and used in a timely manner;                http://www.nationalcoalcouncil.org/
                                               Management and Budget for Review                        (3) is the estimate of burden accurate;               page-NCC-Events.html. The email
                                               and Approval; Comment Request;                          (4) how might the Department enhance                  address you provide in the on-line
                                               Federal Perkins/NDSL Loan                               the quality, utility, and clarity of the              registration form will be used to forward
                                               Assignment Form                                         information to be collected; and (5) how              instructions on how to join the meeting
                                                                                                       might the Department minimize the                     using WebEx. WebEx requires a
                                               AGENCY: Federal Student Aid (FSA),                      burden of this collection on the                      computer, web browser and an installed
                                               Department of Education (ED).                           respondents, including through the use                application (free). Instructions for
                                               ACTION: Notice.                                         of information technology. Please note                joining the webcast will be sent to you
                                                                                                       that written comments received in                     two days in advance of the meeting.
                                               SUMMARY:    In accordance with the                      response to this notice will be                       FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                               Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is                  considered public records.                            Joseph Giove, U.S. Department of
                                               proposing an extension of an existing                      Title of Collection: Federal Perkins/              Energy, E–136/Germantown Building,
                                               information collection.                                 NDSL Loan Assignment Form.                            19901 Germantown Road, Germantown,
                                               DATES: Interested persons are invited to                   OMB Control Number: 1845–0048.                     MD 20874–1290; Telephone 301–903–
                                               submit comments on or before October                       Type of Review: An extension of an                 4130.
                                               18, 2018.                                               existing information collection.
                                                                                                                                                             SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                               ADDRESSES: To access and review all the                    Respondents/Affected Public: State,
                                               documents related to the information                                                                             Purpose of the Council: The National
                                                                                                       Local, and Tribal Governments; Private
                                               collection listed in this notice, please                                                                      Coal Council provides advice and
                                                                                                       Sector.
                                               use http://www.regulations.gov by                                                                             recommendations to the Secretary of
                                                                                                          Total Estimated Number of Annual
                                               searching the Docket ID number ED–                                                                            Energy on general policy matters
                                                                                                       Responses: 37,943.
                                               2018–ICCD–0073. Comments submitted                                                                            relating to coal and the coal industry.
                                                                                                          Total Estimated Number of Annual
                                                                                                                                                                Purpose of Meeting: The National
                                               in response to this notice should be                    Burden Hours: 18,972.
                                                                                                                                                             Coal Council (the Council) will hold a
                                               submitted electronically through the                       Abstract: Institutions participating in
                                                                                                                                                             virtual meeting via webcast at 11:30
                                               Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://                   the Federal Perkins Loan program use
                                                                                                                                                             a.m.–1:00 p.m. (EST) on October 1,
                                               www.regulations.gov by selecting the                    the assignment form to assign loans to
                                                                                                                                                             2018, for the sole purpose of reviewing
                                               Docket ID number or via postal mail,                    the Department for collection without
                                                                                                                                                             and voting on the following two reports:
                                               commercial delivery, or hand delivery.                  recompense, transferring the authority
                                                                                                                                                             ‘‘Advancing U.S. Coal Exports: An
                                               Please note that comments submitted by                  to collect on the loan. This request is for
                                                                                                                                                             Assessment of Opportunities to Enhance
                                               fax or email and those submitted after                  continued approval off the paper based
                                                                                                                                                             Exports of U.S. Coal’’ and ‘‘Power Reset:
                                               the comment period will not be                          assignment form and the electronic
                                                                                                                                                             Optimizing the Existing Coal Fleet to
                                               accepted. Written requests for                          process. The electronic process will
                                                                                                                                                             Ensure a Reliable and Resilient Grid.’’
                                               information or comments submitted by                    allow for batch processing as well as
                                                                                                                                                             The Council membership will be asked
                                               postal mail or delivery should be                       individual processing. The same
                                                                                                                                                             to accept these reports and forward
                                               addressed to the Director of the                        information is being requested in both
                                                                                                                                                             them to the U.S. Secretary of Energy.
                                               Information Collection Clearance                        processing methods.
                                                                                                                                                             The draft reports are available on the
                                               Division, U.S. Department of Education,                   Dated: September 13, 2018.                          National Coal Council website at the
                                               550 12th Street SW, PCP, Room 9086,                     Kate Mullan,                                          following URL: http://
                                               Washington, DC 20202–0023.
                                                                                                       Acting Director, Information Collection               www.nationalcoalcouncil.org/page-
                                               FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For                    Clearance Division, Office of the Chief Privacy       NCC-Studies.html.
                                               specific questions related to collection                Officer, Office of Management.
                                               activities, please contact Beth                         [FR Doc. 2018–20218 Filed 9–17–18; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                                                                             Tentative Agenda
                                               Grebeldinger, 202–377–4018.                             BILLING CODE 4000–01–P                                   • Call to order by Joseph Giove, NCC
                                               SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The                                                                                Deputy Designated Federal Officer,
                                               Department of Education (ED), in                                                                              Director Coal Business Operations,
                                               accordance with the Paperwork                           DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY                                  Office Fossil Energy, U.S. Department of
                                               Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C.                                                                        Energy.
                                               3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general                    National Coal Council                                    • NCC Report Presentation on
                                               public and Federal agencies with an                                                                           ‘‘Advancing U.S. Coal Exports: An
                                               opportunity to comment on proposed,                     AGENCY:  Department of Energy, Office of              Assessment of Opportunities to Enhance
                                               revised, and continuing collections of                  Fossil Energy.                                        Exports of U.S. Coal’’ by report co-chairs
                                               information. This helps the Department                  ACTION: Notice of open meetings.                      Justin Burk, Commercial Director,
                                               assess the impact of its information                                                                          Peabody and David Lawson, Vice
                                               collection requirements and minimize                    SUMMARY:  This notice announces a
                                                                                                                                                             President Coal, Norfolk Southern
                                               the public’s reporting burden. It also                  virtual meeting of the National Coal
                                                                                                                                                             Corporation.
                                               helps the public understand the                         Council (NCC) via WebEx. The Federal                     • NCC Report Presentation on ‘‘Power
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                                               Department’s information collection                     Advisory Committee Act requires that                  Reset: Optimizing the Existing Coal
                                               requirements and provide the requested                  public notice of this meeting be                      Fleet to Ensure a Reliable & Resilient
                                               data in the desired format. ED is                       announced in the Federal Register.                    Power Grid’’ by Janet Gellici, CEO,
                                               soliciting comments on the proposed                     DATES: Monday, October 1, 2018 11:30                  National Coal Council Inc.
                                               information collection request (ICR) that               a.m.–1 p.m. (EST)                                        • Public Comment Period & Closing
                                               is described below. The Department of                   ADDRESSES: This will be virtual meeting               Remarks.
                                               Education is especially interested in                   conducted through WebEx. If you wish                     • Adjourn.


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                                                  All attendees are requested to register              SUMMARY:   This notice announces a                    above. Requests must be received five
                                               in advance for the meeting at: http://                  meeting of the Environmental                          days prior to the meeting and reasonable
                                               www.nationalcoalcouncil.org/page-                       Management Site-Specific Advisory                     provision will be made to include the
                                               NCC-Events.html.                                        Board (EM SSAB), Oak Ridge. The                       presentation in the agenda. The Deputy
                                                  Exceptional Circumstances: This                      Federal Advisory Committee Act                        Designated Federal Officer is
                                               notice is being published less than 15                  requires that public notice of this                   empowered to conduct the meeting in a
                                               days in advance of the meeting on                       meeting be announced in the Federal                   fashion that will facilitate the orderly
                                               October 1, 2018, due to exceptional                     Register.                                             conduct of business. Individuals
                                               circumstances. The previous National                    DATES: Wednesday, October 10, 2018                    wishing to make public comments will
                                               Coal Council FACA meeting was                           6:00 p.m.                                             be provided a maximum of five minutes
                                               announced in the Federal Register to                                                                          to present their comments.
                                                                                                       ADDRESSES: Department of Energy
                                               take place on September 13, 2018, in                                                                            Minutes: Minutes will be available by
                                                                                                       Information Center, Office of Science
                                               Norfolk, VA. That meeting was                                                                                 writing or calling Melyssa P. Noe at the
                                                                                                       and Technical Information, 1
                                               postponed as a result of the State of                                                                         address and phone number listed above.
                                                                                                       Science.gov Way, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
                                               Emergency issued by the Virginia                                                                              Minutes will also be available at the
                                                                                                       37831.
                                               Governor due to Hurricane Florence.                                                                           following website: https://energy.gov/
                                                                                                       FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                      orem/listings/oak-ridge-site-specific-
                                               The reports that are to be reviewed at
                                                                                                       Melyssa P. Noe, Alternate Deputy                      advisory-board-meetings.
                                               this rescheduled meeting on October 1,
                                                                                                       Designated Federal Officer, U.S.
                                               2018, have been posted to the NCC                                                                               Signed in Washington, DC, on September
                                                                                                       Department of Energy, Oak Ridge Office
                                               website for public review since                                                                               12, 2018.
                                                                                                       of Environmental Management (OREM),
                                               September 4, 2018.                                                                                            Latanya Butler,
                                                                                                       P.O. Box 2001, EM–942, Oak Ridge, TN
                                                  Public Participation: The meeting is                 37831. Phone (865) 241–3315; Fax (865)                Deputy Committee Management Officer.
                                               open to the public. If you would like to                241–6932; Email: Melyssa.Noe@                         [FR Doc. 2018–20234 Filed 9–17–18; 8:45 am]
                                               file a written statement to be read                     orem.doe.gov. Or visit the website at:                BILLING CODE 6450–01–P
                                               during the virtual webcast, you may do                  https://energy.gov/orem/services/
                                               so within five calendar days of the                     community-engagement/oak-ridge-site-
                                               event. Please email your written                        specific-advisory-board.                              DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
                                               statement to Joseph Giove at
                                                                                                       SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Purpose of
                                               joseph.giove@hq.doe.gov by 5:00 p.m.                                                                          Proposed Agency Information
                                                                                                       the Board: The purpose of the Board is                Collection: Security
                                               (EST) on Wednesday, September 26th. If
                                                                                                       to make recommendations to DOE–EM
                                               you would like to make an oral
                                                                                                       and site management in the areas of                   AGENCY:  Bonneville Power
                                               statement during the call regarding the
                                                                                                       environmental restoration, waste                      Administration, Department of Energy.
                                               reports being reviewed, you must both
                                                                                                       management, and related activities.                   ACTION: Notice of information collection;
                                               register to attend the webcast and also
                                               contact Joseph Giove (301–903–4130 or                   Tentative Agenda                                      request for comments.
                                               joseph.giove@hq.doe.gov) to state your                  • Welcome and Announcements                           SUMMARY:   The Department of Energy
                                               desire to speak. You must make your                     • Comments from the Deputy                            (DOE), Bonneville Power
                                               request for an oral statement by 5:00                      Designated Federal Officer (DDFO)                  Administration (BPA), invites public
                                               p.m. (EST) on Wednesday, September                      • Comments from the DOE, Tennessee                    comment on a collection of information
                                               26th. Reasonable provision will be made                    Department of Environment and                      that BPA is developing for submission
                                               to include oral statements at the                          Conservation, and Environmental                    to the Office of Management and Budget
                                               conclusion of the meeting. However,                        Protection Agency Liaisons                         (OMB) pursuant to the Paperwork
                                               those who fail to register in advance                   • Public Comment Period                               Reduction Act of 1995.
                                               may not be accommodated. Oral                           • Presentation: Overview of OREM                      DATES: Comments regarding this
                                               statements are limited to 5-minutes per                    Program Outreach Efforts                           proposed information collection must
                                               organization and per person.                            • Motions/Approval of September 12,                   be received on or before November 19,
                                                  Minutes: A recording of the call will                   2018 Meeting Minutes                               2018.
                                               be posted on the FACA Database                          • Status of Outstanding
                                                                                                          Recommendations                                    ADDRESSES: Written comments may be
                                               website: https://facadatabase.gov/
                                                                                                       • Alternate DDFO Report                               sent to Bonneville Power
                                               committee/historymeetings.aspx?cid=
                                               408&fy=2017.                                            • Committee Reports                                   Administration, Attn: Laura McCarthy,
                                                                                                       • Adjourn                                             Privacy Program, CGC–7, P.O. Box 3621,
                                                 Signed in Washington, DC, on September                                                                      Portland, OR 97208–3621, or by fax
                                               13, 2018.                                                  Public Participation: The EM SSAB,
                                                                                                       Oak Ridge, welcomes the attendance of                 Attn: Laura McCarthy, Privacy Program,
                                               Latanya Butler,                                                                                               CGC–7, at (503) 230–4619, or by email
                                                                                                       the public at its advisory committee
                                               Deputy Committee Management Officer.                                                                          at ljmccarthy@bpa.gov.
                                                                                                       meetings and will make every effort to
                                               [FR Doc. 2018–20276 Filed 9–17–18; 8:45 am]             accommodate persons with physical                     FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                               BILLING CODE 6450–01–P                                  disabilities or special needs. If you                 Requests for additional information or
                                                                                                       require special accommodations due to                 copies of the information collection
                                                                                                       a disability, please contact Melyssa P.               instrument and instructions should be
                                               DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY                                    Noe at least seven days in advance of                 directed to Attn: Laura McCarthy,
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                                                                                                       the meeting at the phone number listed                Privacy Program, CGC–7, P.O. Box 3621,
                                               Environmental Management Site-                                                                                Portland, OR 97208–3621, or by fax
                                               Specific Advisory Board, Oak Ridge                      above. Written statements may be filed
                                                                                                       with the Board either before or after the             Attn: Laura McCarthy, Privacy Program,
                                               AGENCY: Office of Environmental                         meeting. Individuals who wish to make                 CGC–7 at (503) 230–4619, or by email at
                                               Management, Department of Energy.                       oral statements pertaining to the agenda              ljmccarthy@bpa.gov.
                                                                                                       item should contact Melyssa P. Noe at                 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments
                                               ACTION: Notice of open meeting.
                                                                                                       the address or telephone number listed                are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed


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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of open meetings.
DatesMonday, October 1, 2018 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. (EST)
ContactJoseph Giove, U.S. Department of Energy, E-136/Germantown Building, 19901 Germantown Road, Germantown, MD 20874-1290; Telephone 301-903-4130.
FR Citation83 FR 47144 

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