SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's (PNNL) Marine Sciences Laboratory (MSL), located in Washington State, is the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) only marine research facility. The laboratory helps the Nation achieve sustainable energy, a healthy environment, and robust security in coastal settings. The purpose of this request for information is to solicit feedback from industry, academia, other national laboratories, government agencies, and private entities regarding the use of this unique DOE marine laboratory as a research, development, testing, and validation venue supporting multiple DOE missions as they relate to the coastal and ocean environment. ( printed page 27104)

Confidential Business Information

Pursuant to 10 CFR 1004.11, any person submitting information that he or she believes to be confidential and exempt by law from public disclosure should submit via email two well marked copies: One copy of the document marked “confidential” including all the information believed to be confidential, and one copy of the document marked “non-confidential” with the information believed to be confidential deleted. DOE will make its own determination about the confidential status of the information and treat it according to its determination.

Factors of interest to DOE when evaluating requests to treat submitted information as confidential include: (1) A description of the items, (2) whether and why such items are customarily treated as confidential within the industry, (3) whether the information is generally known by or available from other sources, (4) whether the information has previously been made available to others without obligation concerning its confidentiality, (5) an explanation of the competitive injury to the submitting person that would result from public disclosure, (6) when such information might lose its confidential character due to the passage of time, and (7) why disclosure of the information would be contrary to the public interest.

84 FR 27103