83 FR 6669 - Sunshine Act Meeting Notice
TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 31 (February 14, 2018)
Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 31 (February 14, 2018)
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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 14, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 6669-6670] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-03138] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY Sunshine Act Meeting Notice Meeting No. 18-01 The TVA Board of Directors will hold a public meeting on February 16, 2018, in the Missionary Ridge Auditorium of the Chattanooga Office Complex, 1101 Market Street, Chattanooga, Tennessee. The public may comment on any agenda item or subject at a public listening session which begins at 9:30 a.m. (ET). Following the end of the public listening session, the meeting will be called to order to consider the agenda items listed below. On-site registration will be available until 15 minutes before the public listening session begins at 9:30 a.m. (ET). Preregistered speakers will address the Board first. TVA management will answer questions from the news media following the Board meeting. Status: Open. Agenda Chair's Welcome Discussion of committee membership Old Business Approval of minutes of the November 9, 2017, Board Meeting New Business 1. Report from President and CEO 2. Report of the Finance, Rates, and Portfolio Committee 3. Report of the Audit, Risk, and Regulation Committee 4. Report of the Nuclear Oversight Committee 5. Report of the External Relations Committee A. FACA Charter Renewals 6. Report of the People and Performance Committee 7. Information Items A. Conveyance of Power System Assets to a Customer B. Committee Membership For more information: Please call TVA Media Relations at (865) 632- 6000, Knoxville, Tennessee. People who plan [[Page 6670]] to attend the meeting and have special needs should call (865) 632- 6000. Anyone who wishes to comment on any of the agenda in writing may send their comments to: TVA Board of Directors, Board Agenda Comments, 400 West Summit Hill Drive, Knoxville, Tennessee 37902. Dated: February 9, 2018. Sherry A. Quirk, General Counsel. [FR Doc. 2018-03138 Filed 2-12-18; 11:15 am] BILLING CODE 8120-08-P
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at a regional level with some extending Power Supply Mix, TVA took into draft EIS will be published by the U.S.
to a national or global level. Preliminary account its least-cost planning Environmental Protection Agency in the
issues identified by TVA that will be requirement and customer priorities of Federal Register. TVA will solicit
reviewed in this analysis include: power cost and reliability, as well as written comments on the draft IRP and
• Emissions of greenhouse gases, other comments it received during the EIS and also hold public meetings for
• fuel consumption, public comment periods. The Target this purpose. TVA expects to release the
• air quality, Power Supply Mix established ranges, draft IRP and EIS in late 2018. TVA
• water quality and quantity, in MW, for coal plant retirements and anticipates issuing the final IRP and EIS
• waste generation and disposal, additions of nuclear, hydroelectric, in 2019.
• land use, demand response, energy efficiency,
• ecological, Dated: February 8, 2018.
solar, wind, and natural gas capacity.
• cultural resources, TVA anticipates using an analytical
M. Susan Smelley,
• socioeconomic impacts and approach similar to that of the 2015 IRP/ Director, Environmental Compliance and
environmental justice. Operations.
EIS described above. The number of
TVA invites suggestions concerning alternative energy resource strategies [FR Doc. 2018–03027 Filed 2–13–18; 8:45 am]
the list of issues which should be and scenarios to be evaluated may differ BILLING CODE 8120–08–P
addressed. TVA also invites specific from the 2015 IRP/EIS and will be
comments on the questions that will determined after the completion of
begin to be answered by this IRP: scoping. TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
• How do you think energy usage will
change in the next 20 years in the Scoping Process Sunshine Act Meeting Notice
Tennessee Valley region? Scoping, which is integral to the Meeting No. 18–01
• Should the diversity of the current process for implementing NEPA,
power generation mix (e.g., coal, nuclear provides an early and open process to The TVA Board of Directors will hold
power, natural gas, hydro, renewable ensure that (1) issues are identified early a public meeting on February 16, 2018,
resources) change? If so, how? and properly studied; (2) issues of little in the Missionary Ridge Auditorium of
• How should distributed energy significance do not consume substantial the Chattanooga Office Complex, 1101
resources be considered in TVA time and effort; (3) the draft EIS is Market Street, Chattanooga, Tennessee.
planning? thorough and balanced; and (4) delays The public may comment on any agenda
• How should energy efficiency and caused by an inadequate EIS are item or subject at a public listening
demand response be considered in avoided. session which begins at 9:30 a.m. (ET).
planning for future energy needs and With the help of the public, TVA will Following the end of the public
how can TVA directly affect electricity identify the most effective energy listening session, the meeting will be
usage by consumers? resource strategy that will meet TVA’s called to order to consider the agenda
• And how will the resource mission and serve the people of the items listed below. On-site registration
decisions discussed above affect the Valley for the next 20 years. To ensure will be available until 15 minutes before
reliability, dispatchability (ability to that the full range of issues and a the public listening session begins at
turn on or off energy resources) and cost comprehensive portfolio of energy 9:30 a.m. (ET). Preregistered speakers
of electricity? resources are addressed, TVA invites will address the Board first. TVA
members of the public as well as management will answer questions from
Analytical Approach the news media following the Board
Federal, state, and local agencies and
TVA employs a scenario planning Indian tribes to comment on the scope meeting.
approach when developing an IRP. The of the IRP EIS. As part of the IRP process STATUS: Open.
major steps in this approach include and in addition to other public Agenda
identifying the future need for power, engagement opportunities, TVA is Chair’s Welcome
developing scenarios and strategies, assembling representatives from key Discussion of committee membership
determining potential supply-side and stakeholders to participate in a working Old Business
demand-side energy resource options, group that will discuss tradeoffs Approval of minutes of the November
developing portfolios associated with associated with different resource 9, 2017, Board Meeting
the strategies and ranking strategies and options and assist TVA in developing an New Business
portfolios. The 2015 IRP, developed optimal energy resource strategy. 1. Report from President and CEO
with extensive public involvement, Comments on the scope of this IRP 2. Report of the Finance, Rates, and
evaluated six alternative energy EIS should be submitted no later than Portfolio Committee
resource strategies which differed in the the date given under the DATES section 3. Report of the Audit, Risk, and
amount of purchased power, energy of this notice. Any comments received, Regulation Committee
efficiency and demand response efforts, including names and addresses, will 4. Report of the Nuclear Oversight
renewable energy resources, nuclear become part of the administrative record Committee
generating capacity additions, and coal- and will be available for public 5. Report of the External Relations
fired generation. The alternative inspection. Committee
strategies were analyzed in the context After consideration of the comments A. FACA Charter Renewals
of five different scenarios that described received during this scoping period, 6. Report of the People and
plausible future economic, financial, TVA will summarize public and agency Performance Committee
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regulatory and legislated conditions, as comments, identify the issues and 7. Information Items
well as social trends and adoption of alternatives to be addressed in the EIS, A. Conveyance of Power System
technological innovations. TVA then and identify the schedule for Assets to a Customer
developed a preferred alternative, the completing the EIS process. Following B. Committee Membership
Target Power Supply Mix, based on analysis of the issues, TVA will prepare For more information: Please call
guideline ranges for key energy a draft EIS for public review and TVA Media Relations at (865) 632–6000,
resources. In developing the Target comment. Notice of availability of the Knoxville, Tennessee. People who plan
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to attend the meeting and have special ADDRESSES: USTR strongly prefers copper indium gallium selenide
needs should call (865) 632–6000. electronic submissions made through (‘‘CIGS’’);
Anyone who wishes to comment on any the Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// • CSPV cells, not exceeding 10,000
of the agenda in writing may send their www.regulations.gov. Follow the mm2 in surface area, that are
comments to: TVA Board of Directors, instructions for submitting comments in permanently integrated into a consumer
Board Agenda Comments, 400 West section III below. The docket number is good whose primary function is other
Summit Hill Drive, Knoxville, USTR–2018–0001. For alternatives to than power generation and that
Tennessee 37902. on-line submissions, please contact consumes the electricity generated by
Dated: February 9, 2018. Yvonne Jamison, Trade Policy Staff the integrated CSPV cell. Where more
Sherry A. Quirk, Committee, at (202) 395–9666. All non- than one CSPV cell is permanently
confidential versions of submissions integrated into a consumer good, the
General Counsel.
will be posted in the docket for public surface area for purposes of this
[FR Doc. 2018–03138 Filed 2–12–18; 11:15 am]
inspection. exclusion shall be the total combined
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: surface area of all CSPV cells that are
Victor Mroczka, Office of WTO and integrated into the consumer good; and
Multilateral Affairs, at vmroczka@ • CSPV cells, whether or not partially
OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ustr.eop.gov or (202) 395–9450, or Dax or fully assembled into other products,
TRADE REPRESENTATIVE Terrill, Office of General Counsel, at if such CSPV cells were manufactured
[Docket No. USTR–2018–0001] Dax.Terrill@ustr.eop.gov or (202) 395– in the United States.
4739. On the basis of information developed
Procedures To Consider Additional during the investigation, the ITC
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Requests for Exclusion of Particular determined pursuant to section 202(b)
Products From the Solar Products I. Background of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 2252(b)) that
Safeguard Measure Following receipt of a petition from CSPV products are being imported into
AGENCY: Office of the United States Suniva, Inc., a producer of CSPV the United States in such increased
Trade Representative. products in the United States, that was quantities as to be a substantial cause of
later joined by SolarWorld Americas, serious injury to the domestic industry
ACTION: Notice and request for
Inc., another producer of CPSV products and made additional findings under the
comments.
in the United States (collectively, implementing statutes of certain free
SUMMARY: On January 23, 2018, the petitioners), the ITC instituted an trade agreements or other statutory
President imposed a safeguard measure investigation under section 202 of the provisions related to certain preferential
on imports of crystalline silicon Trade Act of 1974, as amended (Trade trade programs.
photovoltaic (CSPV) cells, whether or Act) (19 U.S.C. 2252), to determine II. Products Excluded From the
not partially or fully assembled into whether there were increased imports of Application of the Safeguard Measure
other products such as modules (other CSPV products in such quantities as to
CSPV products), consisting of (1) a be a substantial cause of serious injury, On October 25, 2017 (82 FR 49469),
tariff-rate quota on imports of CSPV or the threat thereof, to the domestic the Trade Policy Staff Committee
cells not partially or fully assembled industry producing like or directly (TPSC) provided details concerning the
into other products, with an unchanged competitive products. The ITC notice of process it would use to make a
rate of duty for the within-quota institution (82 FR 25331) identified the recommendation to the President on
quantity and an increase in the rate of scope of the products covered by this actions he should take to facilitate the
duty applicable to articles entered in investigation as CSPV cells, whether or efforts of the domestic industry to make
excess of that quantity; and (2) an not partially or fully assembled into a positive adjustment to import
increase in the rate of duty on imports other products, of a thickness equal to competition and provide greater
of other CSPV products, as provided for or greater than 20 micrometers, having economic and social benefits than costs.
in the Proclamation’s annex. This notice a p/n junction (or variant thereof) The process included an opportunity to
establishes the procedures to request the formed by any means, whether or not file initial and responsive comments
exclusion of a particular product from the cell has undergone other processing, regarding this question and a public
the safeguard measure, the criteria for including, but not limited to cleaning, hearing on December 6, 2017, during
describing a particular product for etching, coating, and addition of which commenters testified regarding
which exclusion is sought, and materials (including, but not limited to their submissions and addressed the
identifies the factors that the Office of metallization and conductor patterns) to claims and arguments of others. As part
the United States Trade Representative collect and forward the electricity that of this process, a number of interested
(USTR) may take into consideration is generated by the cell. The scope of the persons requested the exclusion of
when determining whether to exclude a investigation also included photovoltaic products from application of the
particular product. It also solicits cells that contain crystalline silicon in safeguard measure.
requests for exclusion of a particular addition to other materials, such as Presidential Proclamation 9693 of
product from the safeguard measure. passivated emitter rear contact cells, January 23, 2018 (83 FR 3541) excluded
DATES: heterojunction with intrinsic thin layer certain particular products:
March 16, 2018, at 11:59 p.m. EST: cells, and other so-called ‘‘hybrid’’ cells. • 10 to 60 watt, inclusive, rectangular
Deadline for the submission of requests The notice of institution identified solar panels, where the panels have the
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for exclusion of a particular product products covered and excluded by the following characteristics: (A) Length of
from the safeguard measure. scope of the investigation. Specifically, 250 mm or more but not over 482 mm
April 16, 2018 at 11:59 p.m. EST: the scope of the investigation did not or width of 400 mm or more but not
Deadline for the submission of cover: over 635 mm, and (B) surface area of
comments in response to requests for • Thin film photovoltaic products 1000 cm2 or more but not over 3,061
exclusion of a particular product from produced from amorphous silicon (‘‘a- cm2), provided that no such panel with
the safeguard measure. Si’’), cadmium telluride (‘‘CdTe’’), or those characteristics shall contain an
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