Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 33 / Thursday, February 17, 2011 / Notices 9339 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

State Energy Advisory Board (STEAB); 

Meeting 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

Board meeting of the State Energy 

Advisory Board (STEAB). The Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463; 86 Stat. 770) requires that public 

notice of these meetings be announced 

in the Federal Register. 

DATES: February 22 and 23, 2011, 8 

a.m.–5 p.m. 

February 24, 2011, 8 a.m.–12 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Doubletree Berkeley 

Marina, 200 Marina Blvd., Berkeley, CA 

94710. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary 

Burch, STEAB Designated Federal 

Officer, Senior Management Technical 

Advisor, Intergovernmental Projects, 

Golden Field Office, U.S. Department of 

Energy, 1617 Cole Boulevard, Golden, 

CO 80401, Telephone (303) 275–4801. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Board: To make 

recommendations to the Assistant 

Secretary for the Office of Energy 

Efficiency and Renewable Energy 

regarding goals and objectives, 

programmatic and administrative 

policies, and to otherwise carry out the 

Board’s responsibilities as designated in 

the State Energy Efficiency Programs 

Improvement Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101– 

440). 

Tentative Agenda: Discuss ways the 

State Energy Advisory Board can 

continue to support the Department of 

Energy’s (DOE) commercialization and 

deployment efforts, find ways to 

encourage energy efficiency market 

transformation, meet with scientists and 

senior staff at Lawrence Berkeley 

National Laboratory (LBNL) in order to 

receive updates on new and emerging 

technologies as well as current projects, 

consider potential collaborative 

activities with LBNL in order to 

facilitate renewable energy 

advancement and deployment, and 

update members of the STEAB on 

routine business matters affecting the 

Board. 

Public Participation: The meeting is 

open to the public. Written statements 

may be filed with the Board either 

before or after the meeting. Members of 

the public who wish to make oral 

statements pertaining to agenda items 

should contact Gary Burch at the 

address or telephone number listed 

above. Requests to make oral comments 

must be received as soon as possible 

prior to the meeting; reasonable 

provision will be made to include 

requested topic(s) on the agenda. The 

Chair of the Board is empowered to 

conduct the meeting in a fashion that 

will facilitate the orderly conduct of 

business. 

This notice is being published less 

than 15 days prior to the meeting date 

due to programmatic issues, logistical 

circumstances, and members’ 

availability. Public notice of the meeting 

has been on the STEAB’s website since 

January 2011. 

Minutes: The minutes of the meeting 

will be available for public review and 

copying within 60 days on the STEAB 

Web site: www.steab.org. 

Issued at Washington, DC on February 14, 

2010. 

Carol A. Matthews, 

Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–3739 Filed 2–16–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy 

Biomass Research and Development 

Technical Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Department of Energy, Office of 

Energy Efficiency and Renewable 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of Open Meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces an 

open meeting of the Biomass Research 

and Development Technical Advisory 

Committee under Section 9008(d) of the 

Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 

2008. The Federal Advisory Committee 

Act (Pub. L. 92–463, 86 Stat. 770) 

requires that agencies publish these 

notices in the Federal Register to allow 

for public participation. This notice is 

being published less than 15 days prior 

to the meeting date due to programmatic 

issues, logistical circumstances, and 

members’ availability. 

DATES: March 2, 2010 8 a.m.–5 p.m. 

March 3, 2011 8 a.m.–1:30 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Omni Shoreham Hotel, 

2500 Calvert Street, NW., Washington, 

DC 20008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Laura McCann, Designated Federal 

Officer, Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of 

Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, 

SW, Washington, DC 20585; (202) 586– 

7766; E-mail: laura.mccann@ee.doe.gov 

or Roy Tiley at (410) 997–7778 ext. 220; 

E-mail: rtiley@bcs-hq.com. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of Meeting: To provide 

advice and guidance that promotes 

research and development leading to the 

production of biobased fuels and 

biobased products. 

Tentative Agenda: Agenda will 

include the following: 

• Update on USDA Biomass R&D 

Activities. 

• Update on DOE Biomass R&D 

Activities. 

• Overview of the DOE Biomass 

Program. 

• Presentation on Feedstock Logistics. 

Public Participation: In keeping with 

procedures, members of the public are 

welcome to observe the business of the 

Biomass Research and Development 

Technical Advisory Committee. To 

attend the meeting and/or to make oral 

statements regarding any of the items on 

the agenda, you must contact Laura 

McCann at (202) 586–7766; E-mail: 

laura.mccann@ee.doe.gov or Roy Tiley 

at (410) 997–7778 ext. 220; E-mail: 

rtiley@bcs-hq.com at least 5 business 

days prior to the meeting. Members of 

the public will be heard in the order in 

which they sign up at the beginning of 

the meeting. Reasonable provision will 

be made to include the scheduled oral 

statements on the agenda. The Chair of 

the Committee will make every effort to 

hear the views of all interested parties. 

If you would like to file a written 

statement with the Committee, you may 

do so either before or after the meeting. 

The Chair will conduct the meeting to 

facilitate the orderly conduct of 

business. 

Minutes: The minutes of the meeting 

will be available for public review and 

copying at http://biomassboard.gov/ 

committee/meetings.html. 

Issued at Washington, DC on February 14, 

2011. 

LaTanya R. Butler, 

Acting Deputy Committee Management 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–3599 Filed 2–16–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 14085–000] 

Village of Swanton, VT; Notice of 

Preliminary Permit Application 

Accepted for Filing and Soliciting 

Comments, Motions To Intervene, and 

Competing Applications 

On February 4, 2011, the Village of 

Swanton, Vermont (Swanton) filed an 

application for a preliminary permit, 

pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal 


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