83 FR 7463 - Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 35 (February 21, 2018)

Page Range		7463-7464
FR Document		2018-03483

This notice announces a meeting of the Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee (BESAC). The Federal Advisory Committee Act requires that public notice of these meetings be announced in the Federal Register.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 35 (Wednesday, February 21, 2018)

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Office of Science, Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces a meeting of the Basic Energy Sciences 
Advisory Committee (BESAC). The Federal Advisory Committee Act requires 
that public notice of these meetings be announced in the Federal 
Register.

DATES: 
    Thursday, March 22, 2018 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
    Friday, March 23, 2018 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon.

ADDRESSES: DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Bethesda--Washington, DC, 8120 
Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, MD 20814.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Katie Runkles; Office of Basic Energy 
Sciences; U.S. Department of Energy; Germantown Building, 1000 
Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585; Telephone: (301) 903-
6529.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Purpose of the Board: The purpose of this Board is to make 
recommendation to DOE-SC with respect to the basic energy sciences 
research program.
    Tentative Agenda:

 Call to Order, Introductions, Review of the Agenda
 News from the Office of Science
 News from the Office of Basic Energy Sciences
 Discussion of the BES 40th Report Preparation
 Materials Sciences and Engineering Division COV meeting 
announcement
 Public Comments
 Adjourn
Breaks Taken as Appropriate

    Public Participation: The meeting is open to the public. If you 
would like to file a written statement with the Committee, you may do 
so either before or after the meeting. If you would like to make oral 
statements regarding any of the items on the agenda, you should contact 
Katie Runkles at (301) 903-6594 (fax) or [email protected] 
(email). Reasonable provision will be made to include the scheduled 
oral statements on the agenda. The Chairperson of the Committee will 
conduct the meeting to facilitate the orderly conduct of business. 
Public comment will follow the 10-minute rule.
    Minutes: The minutes of this meeting will be available for public 
review and copying within 30 days at by contacting Ms. Runkles at the 
address or email above.


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LaTanya R. Butler,
Deputy Committee Management Officer.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the response to this notice will be ACTION: Notice of open meeting.
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is considered public records.
proposing a revision of an existing Title of Collection: 2008/18 SUMMARY: This notice announces a
information collection. Baccalaureate and Beyond (B&B: 08/18) meeting of the Basic Energy Sciences
DATES: Interested persons are invited to Full-Scale. Advisory Committee (BESAC). The
submit comments on or before March OMB Control Number: 1850–0729. Federal Advisory Committee Act
23, 2018. Type of Review: A revision of an requires that public notice of these
ADDRESSES: To access and review all the existing information collection. meetings be announced in the Federal
documents related to the information Respondents/Affected Public: Register.
collection listed in this notice, please Individuals or Households. DATES:
use http://www.regulations.gov by Total Estimated Number of Annual Thursday, March 22, 2018 9:00 a.m. to
searching the Docket ID number ED– Responses: 15,336. 5:00 p.m.
2018–ICCD–0018. Comments submitted Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 7,202. Friday, March 23, 2018 8:00 a.m. to
in response to this notice should be
Abstract: The Baccalaureate and 12:00 noon.
submitted electronically through the
Federal eRulemaking Portal at http:// Beyond Longitudinal Study (B&B), ADDRESSES: DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel
www.regulations.gov by selecting the conducted by the National Center for Bethesda—Washington, DC, 8120
Docket ID number or via postal mail, Education Statistics (NCES), part of the Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, MD
commercial delivery, or hand delivery. U.S. Department of Education, examines 20814.
Please note that comments submitted by students’ education and work
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
fax or email and those submitted after experiences after they complete a
Katie Runkles; Office of Basic Energy
the comment period will not be bachelor’s degree, with a special
Sciences; U.S. Department of Energy;
accepted. Written requests for emphasis on the experiences of K–12
Germantown Building, 1000
information or comments submitted by school teachers. The B&B-eligible cohort
Independence Avenue SW, Washington,
postal mail or delivery should be is initially identified in the National
DC 20585; Telephone: (301) 903–6529.
addressed to the Director of the Postsecondary Study Aid Study
Information Collection Clearance (NPSAS). The first cohort (B&B:93) was SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Division, U.S. Department of Education, identified in NPSAS:93, and consisted Purpose of the Board: The purpose of
400 Maryland Avenue SW, LBJ, Room of students who received their this Board is to make recommendation
216–34, Washington, DC 20202–4537. bachelor’s degree in the 1992–93 to DOE–SC with respect to the basic
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For academic year. The second cohort energy sciences research program.
specific questions related to collection (B&B:2000) was selected from the Tentative Agenda:
activities, please contact Kashka NPSAS:2000, and the third cohort
(B&B:08) was selected from • Call to Order, Introductions, Review
Kubzdela, 202–245–7377.
NPSAS:2008, which became the base of the Agenda
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
year for follow-up interviews in 2009 • News from the Office of Science
Department of Education (ED), in
accordance with the Paperwork and 2012. The B&B:08/18 data • News from the Office of Basic Energy
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. collection will be the third and final Sciences
3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general follow-up for the third cohort of the • Discussion of the BES 40th Report
public and Federal agencies with an B&B series (OMB# 1850–0729). The Preparation
opportunity to comment on proposed, fourth cohort of baccalaureate recipients • Materials Sciences and Engineering
revised, and continuing collections of (B&B:16/17), identified in NPSAS:2016, Division COV meeting announcement
information. This helps the Department entered full-scale data collection in • Public Comments
assess the impact of its information 2017 (OMB# 1850–0926). The request to
• Adjourn
collection requirements and minimize conduct the B&B:08/18 field test in
2017, which collected data from B&B:08 Breaks Taken as Appropriate
the public’s reporting burden. It also
helps the public understand the sample members after they were first Public Participation: The meeting is
Department’s information collection surveyed 10 years earlier, was approved open to the public. If you would like to
requirements and provide the requested in May 2017 (OMB# 1850–0729 v.11– file a written statement with the
data in the desired format. ED is 12). This request is to conduct the full- Committee, you may do so either before
soliciting comments on the proposed scale B&B:08/18 from July 2018 through or after the meeting. If you would like
information collection request (ICR) that March 2019. to make oral statements regarding any of
is described below. The Department of Dated: February 15, 2018. the items on the agenda, you should
Education is especially interested in Stephanie Valentine, contact Katie Runkles at (301) 903–6594
public comment addressing the (fax) or katie.runkles@science.doe.gov
Acting Director, Information Collection
following issues: (1) Is this collection Clearance Division, Office of the Chief Privacy (email). Reasonable provision will be
necessary to the proper functions of the Officer, Office of Management. made to include the scheduled oral
Department; (2) will this information be [FR Doc. 2018–03519 Filed 2–20–18; 8:45 am]
statements on the agenda. The
processed and used in a timely manner; Chairperson of the Committee will
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(3) is the estimate of burden accurate; conduct the meeting to facilitate the
(4) how might the Department enhance orderly conduct of business. Public
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the quality, utility, and clarity of the comment will follow the 10-minute
information to be collected; and (5) how DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY rule.
might the Department minimize the Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Minutes: The minutes of this meeting
burden of this collection on the Committee will be available for public review and
respondents, including through the use copying within 30 days at by contacting
of information technology. Please note AGENCY: Office of Science, Department Ms. Runkles at the address or email
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Issued in Washington, DC on February 14, this Notice and ending on April 23, (716) 942–9961; or email: Lee.Gordon@
2018. 2018. Comments must be submitted nyserda.ny.gov. Those seeking general
LaTanya R. Butler, during this time period to ensure information on the SEQRA process
Deputy Committee Management Officer. consideration; late comments will be should contact Ms. Janice Dean, Deputy
[FR Doc. 2018–03483 Filed 2–20–18; 8:45 am] considered to the extent practicable. Counsel, New York State Energy
BILLING CODE 6450–01–P DOE and NYSERDA will hold public Research and Development Authority,
scoping meetings on the SEIS in West 17 Columbia Circle, Albany, New York
Valley, NY (March 19, 2018), in Buffalo, 12203–6399; telephone: (518) 862–1090,
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NY (March 20, 2018), and in Irving, NY ext. 3117; facsimile: (518) 862–1091; or
(March 21, 2018). Further information email: Janice.Dean@nyserda.ny.gov.
Notice of Intent To Prepare a about the public scoping meetings is SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Supplemental Environmental Impact contained under SUPPLEMENTARY
Statement for Decommissioning and/or INFORMATION. Background
Long-Term Stewardship at the West
ADDRESSES: Written comments on the In 2010, DOE and NYSERDA decided
Valley Demonstration Project and
scope of the SEIS, requests to be placed to implement the Phased Decision-
Western New York Nuclear Service
on the SEIS mailing list, and requests making Alternative, which was the
Center, Notice of Floodplain and
for information may be submitted by preferred alternative in the Final
Wetlands Involvement, and Draft
U.S. mail to the DOE Document Environmental Impact Statement for
Scope
Manager, Mr. Martin Krentz, West Decommissioning and/or Long-Term
AGENCY: New York State Energy Valley Demonstration Project, U.S. Stewardship at the West Valley
Research and Development Authority, Department of Energy, 10282 Rock Demonstration Project and Western New
Department of Energy. Springs Road, AC–DOE, West Valley, York Nuclear Service Center (DOE/EIS–
ACTION: Notice of intent and draft scope. New York 14171–9799, by email to 0226) (2010 Final EIS). The Phased
SEISWestValleySite@emcbc.doe.gov, or Decision-making Alternative is
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of via the SEIS website at described in the 2010 Final EIS, DOE’s
Energy (DOE) and the New York State www.SEISWestValleySite.com. Before associated Record of Decision (ROD) (75
Energy Research and Development including your address, phone number, FR 20582; April 20, 2010), and
Authority (NYSERDA) announce their email address, or other personal NYSERDA’s associated Findings
intent to jointly prepare a Supplemental identifying information in your Statement (May 12, 2010). During
Environmental Impact Statement for comment, please be advised that your implementation of Phase 1 of the
Decommissioning and/or Long-Term entire comment—including your Phased Decision-making Alternative,
Stewardship at the West Valley personal identifying information—may which is ongoing, a number of highly
Demonstration Project and Western New be made publicly available. If you wish contaminated facilities at the West
York Nuclear Service Center (DOE/EIS– for DOE to withhold your name and/or Valley Site are being removed via
0226–S1), hereinafter referred to as the other personally identifiable decontamination and demolition and
Supplemental Environmental Impact information, please state this off-site disposal. The Phased Decision-
Statement (SEIS) for the West Valley prominently at the beginning of your making Alternative deferred decisions
Site, and to conduct a public scoping comment. You may also submit (known as Phase 2 decisions) on several
process. The West Valley Site, for the comments anonymously. The ‘‘Public facilities for 10 years (the expected time
purposes of this SEIS and associated Reading Room’’ section under frame to complete Phase 1
documents, includes the DOE West SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION lists the decommissioning activities) while DOE
Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) or address of the reading room where and NYSERDA gather additional
Project Premises, and the retained documents referenced herein are information and perform additional
premises, which includes the Western available. Documents and information analyses (Phase 1 Studies) to foster
New York Nuclear Service Center about the SEIS process are also available inter-agency consensus and inform the
(WNYNSC), and the State-Licensed online at the SEIS website at decisions. DOE and NYSERDA intend to
Disposal Area (SDA). In 2010, DOE and www.SEISWestValleySite.com. make Phase 2 decisions in 2022 on the
NYSERDA decided to implement the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For disposition of the facilities and areas
Phased Decision-making Alternative, information regarding the West Valley that would remain after completion of
which was the preferred alternative in Demonstration Project or the SEIS, Phase 1 decommissioning. The
the Final Environmental Impact contact Mr. Martin Krentz at the address remaining facilities include the Waste
Statement for Decommissioning and/or given above; telephone: (716) 942–4007; Tank Farm, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Long-Term Stewardship at the West or email: martin.krentz@emcbc.doe.gov. Commission (NRC)-Licensed Disposal
Valley Demonstration Project and For general information on DOE’s NEPA Area (NDA), non-source area of the
Western New York Nuclear Service process, contact Mr. Brian Costner (GC– North Plateau Groundwater Plume,
Center (DOE/EIS–0226) (2010 Final 54), Acting Director, Office of NEPA Construction and Demolition Debris
EIS). With this Notice of intent and draft Policy and Compliance, U.S. Landfill, Cesium Prong, contaminated
scope, DOE and NYSERDA are initiating Department of Energy, 1000 stream sediments, balance of the
the public scoping process for the SEIS Independence Avenue SW, Washington, WNYNSC property, and SDA.
and requesting comments to help define DC 20585; telephone: (202) 586–4600; DOE and NYSERDA intend to jointly
the environmental issues and the range facsimile: (202) 586–7031; or leave a prepare an SEIS to inform Phase 2
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of reasonable alternatives to be message at 1–800–472–2756, toll-free. decision-making for the West Valley
analyzed. Questions for NYSERDA should be Site. The SEIS process will be
DATES: DOE and NYSERDA are inviting directed to Dr. Lee Gordon, New York structured to meet DOE and NYSERDA’s
public comments on the scope and State Energy Research and Development respective environmental review
content of the SEIS for the West Valley Authority, 9030–B Route 219, West responsibilities under the National
Site during a public scoping period Valley, New York 14171; telephone: Environmental Policy Act (NEPA, 42
starting with the date of publication of (716) 942–9960, ext. 4963; facsimile: U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and the New York

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Section		Notices
Action		Notice of open meeting.
Dates		Thursday, March 22, 2018 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Contact		Katie Runkles; Office of Basic Energy Sciences; U.S. Department of Energy; Germantown Building, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585; Telephone: (301) 903- 6529.
FR Citation		83 FR 7463