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www.energy.gov/hubs/eric.htm) issued 

on February 8, 2010, titled the Energy 

Efficient Building Systems Regional 

Innovation Cluster Initiative. A single 

proposal submitted by a consortium of 

applicants will be funded at a total of up 

to $129.7 million over 5 years to foster 

a regional innovation cluster focused on 

innovation in energy efficient building 

technologies and systems design. The 

DOE funded Energy Efficient Building 

Systems Design Hub (the ‘‘Hub’’) will 

serve as a centerpiece of the regional 

innovation cluster (the ‘‘Energy Regional 

Innovation Cluster’’ or ‘‘E–RIC’’) and will 

work to disseminate new technologies 

into the local marketplace and share 

best practices with the public and 

private sectors. By linking researchers in 

the Hub with local businesses and 

supporting specialized workforce 

education and training in the area, the 

E–RIC will create an economically 

dynamic region focused on energy 

efficient buildings technologies and 

systems design. The Hub, one of three 

Energy Innovation Hubs to be created by 

the DOE in Fiscal Year 2010, will bring 

together a multidisciplinary team of 

researchers ideally working under one 

roof to conduct high-risk, high-reward 

research that overcomes technology 

challenges through approaches that 

span basic research to engineering 

development to commercialization 

readiness. The Hub will work with key 

partners funded by EDA, NIST, SBA, 

DOL, ED and NSF to foster the Energy 

Regional Innovation Cluster and 

leverage the collective resources and 

expertise of the seven federal agencies 

involved. At this public meeting, 

representatives from these agencies will 

discuss the goals and requirements of 

the joint FOA and answer any 

questions. To attend the conference or 

participate in the webcast, please go to 

http://www.energy.gov/hubs/apply.htm 

and follow the link to the information 

session site. Please identify your 

affiliation and state whether you will 

attend the in-person conference or 

participate in the webcast. 

DATES: Monday, February 22, 2010, 10 

a.m.–6 p.m. (Registration begins at 9 

a.m.) 

ADDRESSES: Ronald Reagan Building 

and International Trade Center 

Amphitheater (Concourse Level— 

closest to Pennsylvania Ave entrance), 

1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Megan Gatten at 

MGatten@smithbucklin.com. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Meeting: To 

communicate the goals and 

requirements of the Joint Federal 

Funding Opportunity Announcement 

(FOA) for the Energy Efficient Building 

Systems Regional Innovation Cluster 

Initiative and to answer questions 

related to the FOA. 

Tentative Agenda (Subject To Change) 

9 a.m.–10 a.m. Registration 

10 a.m.–10:15 a.m. Welcome and 

Overview of RIC Interagency 

Taskforce 

10:15 a.m.–11:10 a.m. Overview of 

Regional Innovation Clusters 

11:10 a.m.–11:30 a.m. The Need for 

Energy Efficient Building Innovations 

11:30 a.m.–12:15 p.m. Overview of the 

Joint FOA 

12:15 p.m.–1:15 p.m. Lunch Break 

1:15 p.m.–4 p.m. Presentations by 

Participating Agencies 

4 p.m.–4:30 p.m. Discussion of 

submission requirements and 

procedures 

4:30 p.m.–4:50 p.m. Break 

4:50 p.m.–5:50 p.m. Questions and 

Answers 

5:50 p.m.–6 p.m. Closing Remarks 

Public Participation: In keeping with 

procedures, members of the stakeholder 

community and the general public are 

welcome to observe the business of the 

conference and to submit their 

questions. To attend the conference or 

participate in the webcast, please go to 

http://www.energy.gov/hubs/apply.htm 

and follow the link to the information 

session site. Please state whether you 

will attend the in-person conference or 

participate in the webcast, and what 

organization you represent (if 

appropriate). 

Reasonable provision will be made to 

answer all questions during the meeting 

and webcast. If you would like to file a 

written question, you may do so at the 

meeting or during the webcast, or by 

contacting the appropriate person 

identified on the E–RIC Web site at 

http://www.energy.gov/hubs/ 

contact_us.htm. 

Minutes: The minutes of the meeting 

will be available for public review at 

http://www.energy.gov/hubs/eric.htm. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on February 16, 

2010. 

Henry Kelly, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Energy 

Efficiency and Renewable Energy, 

Department of Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2010–3303 Filed 2–18–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. IC10–730–001] 

Commission Information Collection 

Activities (FERC–730); Comment 

Request; Submitted for OMB Review 

February 3, 2010. 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

requirements of section 3507 of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 

U.S.C. 3507, the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (Commission or 

FERC) has submitted the information 

collection described below to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review of the information collection 

requirements. Any interested person 

may file comments directly with OMB 

and should address a copy of those 

comments to the Commission as 

explained below. The Commission 

received no comments in response to 

the Federal Register notice (74 FR 

59146, 11/17/2009) and has noted that 

in its submission to OMB. 

DATES: Comments on the collection of 

information are due by March 22, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Address comments on the 

collection of information to the Office of 

Management and Budget, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission Desk Officer. Comments to 

OMB should be filed electronically, c/o 

oira_submission@omb.eop.gov and 

include OMB Control Number 1902– 

0238 as a point of reference. The Desk 

Officer may be reached by telephone at 

202–395–4638. A copy of the comments 

should also be sent to the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission and 

should refer to Docket No. IC10–730– 

001. Comments may be filed either 

electronically or in paper format. Those 

persons filing electronically do not need 

to make a paper filing. Documents filed 

electronically via the Internet must be 

prepared in an acceptable filing format 

and in compliance with the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission 

submission guidelines. Complete filing 

instructions (including the required 

number of copies and acceptable filing 

formats) are available at http:// 

www.ferc.gov/help/submission-guide/ 

electronic-media.asp. To file the 

document electronically, access the 

Commission’s Web site and click on 

Documents & Filing, E-Filing (http:// 

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp), 


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1Number of hours an employee works each year. 

2Average annual salary per employee. 

1FERC–912 (‘‘Cogeneration and Small Power 

Production, PURPA Section 210(m) Regulations for 

Termination or Reinstatement of Obligation to 

Purchase or Sell;’’ OMB Control No. 1902–0237) 

covers the reporting requirements in 18 CFR Part 

292. 

and then follow the instructions for 

each screen. First-time users will have 

to establish a user name and password. 

The Commission will send an automatic 

acknowledgement to the sender’s e-mail 

address upon receipt of comments. 

All comments may be viewed, printed 

or downloaded remotely via the Internet 

through FERC’s homepage using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link. For user assistance, 

contact ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov or 

toll-free at (866) 208–3676 or for TTY, 

contact (202) 502–8659. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Ellen Brown 

may be reached by telephone at (202) 

502–8663, by fax at (202) 273–0873, and 

by e-mail at ellen.brown@ferc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

FERC–730, ‘‘Report of Transmission 

Investment Activity’’ (OMB Control No. 

1902–0239) is filed by public utilities 

that have been granted incentive rate 

treatment for specific electric 

transmission projects. Filing 

requirements are specified in 18 CFR 

35.35(h). Actual and planned 

transmission investments, and related 

project data for the most recent calendar 

year and the subsequent five years, must 

be reported annually beginning with the 

calendar year that the Commission 

granted the incentive rates. 

Congress enacted section 1241 of the 

Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct 2005), 

adding a new section 219 to the Federal 

Power Act (FPA), to promote the 

operation, maintenance and 

enhancement of electric transmission 

infrastructure. Congress aimed to benefit 

consumers by ensuring reliability and/ 

or reducing the cost of delivered power 

through reducing transmission 

congestion. In response to EPAct 2005, 

in Docket No. RM06–4, the Commission 

amended its regulations to allow for 

these incentive-based, (including 

performance-based), rate treatments. 

Through Docket No. RM06–4, the 

Commission amended its regulations in 

18 CFR 35.35 to identify the incentive 

ratemaking treatments allowed under 

FPA section 219. Incentives are required 

to be tailored to the type of transmission 

investments being made, and each 

applicant must demonstrate that its 

proposal meets the requirements of FPA 

section 219. 

The Commission needs the 

information filed under FERC–730 to 

provide a basis for determining the 

effectiveness of the rules and 

regulations and to provide an accurate 

assessment of the state of the industry 

with respect to transmission investment. 

Action: The Commission is requesting 

a three-year extension of the current 

expiration date for the FERC–730, with 

no changes. 

Burden Statement: Public reporting 

burden for this collection is estimated as 

follows. 

FERC Information collection Annual number 

of respondents 

Average number 

of reponses per 

respondent 

Average burden 

hours per 

response 

Total annual 

burden hours 

(1) (2) (3) (1)×(2)×(3) 

FERC–730 ....................................................................................... 20 1 30 600 

The total estimated annual cost burden 

to respondents is $37,008.75 (600 hours/ 

2080 hours 1 per year, times $128,297 2

equals $37,008.75). 

The reporting burden includes the 

total time, effort, or financial resources 

expended to generate, maintain, retain, 

disclose, or provide the information 

including: (1) Reviewing instructions; 

(2) developing, acquiring, installing, and 

utilizing technology and systems for the 

purposes of collecting, validating, 

verifying, processing, maintaining, 

disclosing and providing information; 

(3) adjusting the existing ways to 

comply with any previously applicable 

instructions and requirements; (4) 

training personnel to respond to a 

collection of information; (5) searching 

data sources; (6) completing and 

reviewing the collection of information; 

and (7) transmitting, or otherwise 

disclosing the information. 

The estimate of cost for respondents 

is based upon salaries for professional 

and clerical support, as well as direct 

and indirect overhead costs. Direct costs 

include all costs directly attributable to 

providing this information, such as 

administrative costs and the cost for 

information technology. Indirect or 

overhead costs are costs incurred by an 

organization in support of its mission. 

These costs apply to activities which 

benefit the whole organization rather 

than any one particular function or 

activity. 

Comments are invited on: (1) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the Commission, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of 

the agency’s estimate of the burden of 

the proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (3) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (4) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on those who are to respond, including 

the use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g. permitting electronic submission of 

responses. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–3100 Filed 2–18–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. IC09–912–001] 

Commission Information Collection 

Activities (FERC–912 1), Supplemental 

Notice 

February 3, 2010. 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Supplemental notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

requirements of section 3507 of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 

U.S.C. 3507, the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (Commission or 

FERC) has submitted the FERC–912 1 to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review of the information 

collection requirements. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

response to the Commission’s Notice in 

Docket No. IC09–912–001 requesting 

public comment (74 FR 63743, 12/4/ 

2009), FERC and OMB received one 


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