83_FR_7503 83 FR 7468 - DOE/NSF Nuclear Science Advisory Committee

83 FR 7468 - DOE/NSF Nuclear Science Advisory Committee

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

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

Page Range7468-7469
FR Document2018-03484

This notice announces a meeting of the DOE/NSF Nuclear Science Advisory Committee (NSAC). 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) 
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 35 (Wednesday, February 21, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7468-7469]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-03484]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


DOE/NSF Nuclear Science 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 DOE/NSF Nuclear Science 
Advisory Committee (NSAC). The Federal Advisory Committee Act requires 
that public notice of these meetings be announced in the Federal 
Register.

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DATES: Monday, March 12, 2018 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Crystal City Marriott at Reagan National Airport, 1999 
Jefferson Davis Highway, Potomac Ballroom, Arlington, Virginia 22202, 
703-413-5500.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brenda L. May, U.S. Department of 
Energy; SC-26/Germantown Building, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, 
Washington, DC 20585; Telephone: (301) 903-0536 or email: 
[email protected]
    The most current information concerning this meeting can be found 
on the website: http://science.gov/np/nsac/meetings/.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Purpose of the Board: The purpose of the Board is to provide advice 
and guidance on a continuing basis to the Department of Energy and the 
National Science Foundation on scientific priorities within the field 
of basic nuclear science research.
    Tentative Agenda: Agenda will include discussions of the following:

Monday, March 12, 2018
     Perspectives from Department of Energy and National 
Science Foundation
     Update from the Department of Energy and National Science 
Foundation's Nuclear Physics Offices
     Presentation of the Mo-99 Subcommittee Report
     Discussion of the Mo-99 Subcommittee Report

    Note:  The NSAC Meeting will be broadcast live on the internet. 
You may find out how to access this broadcast by going to the 
following site prior to the start of the meeting. A video record of 
the meeting, including the presentations that are made, will be 
archived at this site after the meeting ends: http://www.tvworldwide.com/events/DOE/180312/.

    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 these items on the agenda, you should 
contact Brenda L. May, (301) 903-0536 or [email protected] 
(email). You must make your request for an oral statement at least five 
business days before the meeting. Reasonable provisions 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.
    The minutes of the meeting will be available for review on the U.S. 
Department of Energy's Office of Nuclear Physics website at: http://science.gov/np/nsac/meetings/.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on February 14, 2018.
LaTanya R. Butler,
Deputy Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-03484 Filed 2-20-18; 8:45 am]
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7468 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 35 / Wednesday, February 21, 2018 / Notices • Irretrievable and irreversible issues to be analyzed. Written availability of the Draft SEIS in the commitment of resources. comments may be provided by any of Federal Register, and NYSERDA will the means described under ADDRESSES, publish notice of availability in the Potentially Significant Adverse Impacts or orally at public scoping meetings. State Environmental Notice Bulletin, • Impacts to the general population Both oral and written comments will be which will begin a 6-month public and onsite workers from radiological considered and given equal weight by comment period. DOE and NYSERDA and non-radiological releases from DOE and NYSERDA regardless of how will announce how to comment on the decommissioning and/or long-term submitted. Comments must be provided Draft SEIS and will hold at least three stewardship activities. Transportation by April 23, 2018, to ensure public hearings during the public impacts from shipments of radioactive, consideration in preparation of the Draft comment period, but no sooner than 15 hazardous, mixed, and clean waste SEIS. DOE and NYSERDA will consider days after EPA’s notice of availability generated during decommissioning late comments to the extent practicable. and NYSERDA’s notice are published. activities. DOE and NYSERDA will hold three In preparing the Final SEIS, which is • Impacts to the general population public scoping meetings on the West planned for issuance in 2022, DOE and and onsite workers from radiological Valley SEIS on the following dates: NYSERDA will respond to comments and non-radiological releases at • Monday, March 19, 2018, from 6:00 received on the Draft SEIS. DOE may radiological and non-radiological waste p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at the West Valley issue its ROD no sooner than 30 days disposal sites receiving waste generated Volunteer Hose Company, Inc., after EPA publishes a notice of during site decommissioning and/or Firemen’s Memorial Hall and Training, availability of the Final SEIS. NYSERDA long-term stewardship activities. 9091 Route 240, West Valley, NY 14171, Findings and Decisions can be made no • Impacts from postulated accidents. in the Main Hall. sooner than 10 days after the Notice of • Disproportionately high and • Tuesday, March 20, 2018, from 6:00 Completion of the Final SEIS is adverse effects on low-income and p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at Erie Community published. DOE and NYSERDA intend minority populations (environmental College, City Campus, Post Office to complete the SEIS process to inform justice). Building, 121 Ellicott Street, Buffalo, Phase 2 decisions in 2022. • Socioeconomic impacts to local NY 14203, in the Minnie Gillette Notice of Floodplain and Wetland communities. Auditorium. Involvement: Because the proposed • Areas of concern to the Seneca • Wednesday, March 21, 2018, from project may involve actions in Nation of Indians related to culturally- 6:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at the Cattaraugus floodplains and wetlands, in accordance specific considerations. Council Chambers, 12837 Route 438, with DOE’s 10 CFR part 1022, the Draft • Short-term and long-term land use Irving, NY 14081. SEIS will include a floodplain and impacts. Further information about these wetland assessment, and, as • Short-term and long-term meetings is available on the SEIS appropriate, the Final SEIS or ROD will environmental impacts, including air website at include a floodplain statement of and water quality, from www.SEISWestValleySite.com and will findings. decommissioning and/or long-term be announced in the local media. stewardship activities. Requests to speak at the public Public Reading Room • Impacts to floodplains and meeting should be made to the DOE Documents referenced in this Notice wetlands (the SEIS will contain an Document Manager (see ADDRESSES). of Intent and Draft Scope and related assessment of potential floodplain and Speakers will be scheduled on a first- information are available online at wetland impacts in accordance with come, first-served basis. Individuals www.SEISWestValleySite.com and at the DOE requirements (10 CFR part 1022)). may sign up at the door to speak and Ashford Community and Training • Impacts to groundwater quality. will be accommodated as time permits. Center, 9377 NY–240, West Valley, New • Impacts on threatened and Written comments will also be accepted York 14171, (716) 942–6016. endangered species. at the meeting. Speakers are encouraged to provide written versions of their oral Signed in Washington, DC, this 14th day of Other Agency Involvement February, 2018. comments for the record. DOE and NYSERDA invite Federal, The meetings will be facilitated by a James M. Owendoff, state, and local agencies with moderator. Time will be provided for Acting Assistant Secretary for Environmental jurisdiction by law or special expertise meeting attendees to ask clarifying Management, Department of Energy. to participate in the SEIS as cooperating questions. Individuals requesting to [FR Doc. 2018–03493 Filed 2–20–18; 8:45 am] or involved agencies. At this time, the speak on behalf of an organization must BILLING CODE 6450–01–P U.S. Environmental Protection Agency identify the organization. Each speaker (EPA), NRC, and NYSDEC will will be allowed five minutes to present participate as cooperating agencies comments unless more time is requested DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY under NEPA. NYSDEC and NYSDOH and available. Comments will be will also participate as involved DOE/NSF Nuclear Science Advisory recorded by a court reporter and will agencies under SEQRA with respect to Committee become part of the scoping meeting NYSERDA’s proposed actions. record. AGENCY: Office of Science, Department Public Scoping Process of Energy. SEIS Process and Schedule ACTION: Notice of open meeting. The purpose of scoping is to DOE and NYSERDA will consider daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES encourage public involvement and to comments received during the public SUMMARY: This notice announces a solicit public comments on the scoping period in defining the meeting of the DOE/NSF Nuclear proposed scope of the SEIS. DOE and alternatives and issues to be analyzed in Science Advisory Committee (NSAC). NYSERDA invite interested parties to detail in the Draft SEIS, which is The Federal Advisory Committee Act participate in the scoping process to planned for issuance by the end of 2020. requires that public notice of these help identify the range of reasonable After the document is distributed to the meetings be announced in the Federal alternatives and the environmental public, EPA will publish a notice of Register. VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:57 Feb 20, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\21FEN1.SGM 21FEN1

Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 35 / Wednesday, February 21, 2018 / Notices 7469 DATES: Monday, March 12, 2018 8:30 The minutes of the meeting will be • eFiling at Commission’s website: a.m.–4:30 p.m. available for review on the U.S. http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ ADDRESSES: Crystal City Marriott at Department of Energy’s Office of efiling.asp. Reagan National Airport, 1999 Jefferson Nuclear Physics website at: http:// • Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier: Davis Highway, Potomac Ballroom, science.gov/np/nsac/meetings/. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Arlington, Virginia 22202, 703–413– Issued in Washington, DC, on February 14, Secretary of the Commission, 888 First 5500. 2018. Street NE, Washington, DC 20426. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: LaTanya R. Butler, Instructions: All submissions must be Brenda L. 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For user assistance, contact (301) 903–0536 or email: brenda.may@ FERC Online Support by email at science.doe.gov DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, or by phone The most current information at: (866) 208–3676 (toll-free), or (202) concerning this meeting can be found Federal Energy Regulatory 502–8659 for TTY. on the website: http://science.gov/np/ Commission Docket: Users interested in receiving nsac/meetings/. automatic notification of activity in this SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: [Docket No. IC18–1–000] docket or in viewing/downloading Purpose of the Board: The purpose of comments and issuances in this docket the Board is to provide advice and Commission Information Collection may do so at http://www.ferc.gov/docs- guidance on a continuing basis to the Activities (FERC–598); Comment filing/docs-filing.asp. Department of Energy and the National Request; Extension FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Science Foundation on scientific AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Ellen Brown may be reached by email priorities within the field of basic Commission, Department of Energy. at DataClearance@FERC.gov, telephone nuclear science research. at (202) 502–8663, and fax at (202) 273– Tentative Agenda: Agenda will ACTION: Notice of information collection and request for comments. 0873. include discussions of the following: SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Monday, March 12, 2018 SUMMARY: In compliance with the • Perspectives from Department of requirements of the Paperwork Title: FERC–598, Self-Certification for Energy and National Science Reduction Act of 1995, the Federal Entities Seeking Exempt Wholesale Foundation Energy Regulatory Commission Generator Status or Foreign Utility • Update from the Department of (Commission or FERC) is soliciting Company Status. Energy and National Science public comment on the currently OMB Control No.: 1902–0166. Foundation’s Nuclear Physics approved information collection, FERC– Type of Request: Three-year extension Offices 598 (Self-Certification for Entities of the FERC–598 information collection • Presentation of the Mo–99 Seeking Exempt Wholesale Generator requirements with no changes to the Subcommittee Report Status or Foreign Utility Company current reporting requirements. • Discussion of the Mo–99 Status) and submitting the information Abstract: The Commission uses the Subcommittee Report collection to the Office of Management data in the FERC–598 information Note: The NSAC Meeting will be broadcast and Budget (OMB) for review. Any collection to implement the statutory live on the internet. You may find out how interested person may file comments provisions of Title XII, subtitle F of the to access this broadcast by going to the directly with OMB and should address Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct following site prior to the start of the a copy of those comments to the 2005).1 meeting. A video record of the meeting, including the presentations that are made, Commission as explained below. The EPAct 2005 repealed the Public will be archived at this site after the meeting Commission published a Notice in the Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 ends: http://www.tvworldwide.com/events/ Federal Register in Docket No. IC18–1– (PUHCA 1935),2 and adopted in its DOE/180312/. 000 on December 11, 2017 requesting place the Public Utility Holding Public Participation: The meeting is public comments. FERC received no Company Act of 2005 (PUHCA 2005).3 open to the public. If you would like to comments in response to the Notice and While providing for the Commission’s file a written statement with the is indicating that in its submittal to the regulation of holding companies, Committee, you may do so either before OMB. PUHCA 2005 also provided an or after the meeting. If you would like DATES: Comments on the collection of exemption from such regulation for to make oral statements regarding any of information are due March 23, 2018. those holding companies that are these items on the agenda, you should ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB, subject to Commission regulation as contact Brenda L. May, (301) 903–0536 identified by OMB Control No. 1902– holding companies solely due to their or Brenda.May@science.doe.gov (email). 0166, should be sent via email to the holding exempt wholesale generators You must make your request for an oral Office of Information and Regulatory (EWG) and foreign utility companies statement at least five business days Affairs: oira_submission@omb.gov. (FUCO).4 To carry out this statutory before the meeting. Reasonable Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory directive, the Commission amended its daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES provisions will be made to include the Commission Desk Officer. The Desk scheduled oral statements on the Officer may also be reached via 1 Energy Policy Act of 2005, Public Law 109–58, agenda. The Chairperson of the telephone at 202–395–0710. 119 Stat. 594, 972 et seq. (2005) (codified at 42 U.S.C. 16451 et seq.). Committee will conduct the meeting to A copy of the comments should also 2 Id. § 1263, 119 Stat. 594, 974. facilitate the orderly conduct of be sent to the Commission, in Docket 3 Id. § 1261, 119 Stat. 594, 972. business. Public comment will follow No. IC18–1, by either of the following 4 Id. § 1266(a), 119 Stat. 594, 975 (codified at 42 the 10-minute rule. methods: U.S.C. 16454(a)). VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:57 Feb 20, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\21FEN1.SGM 21FEN1


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of open meeting.
DatesMonday, March 12, 2018 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
ContactBrenda L. May, U.S. Department of Energy; SC-26/Germantown Building, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585; Telephone: (301) 903-0536 or email: [email protected]
FR Citation83 FR 7468 
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