50636 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 164 / Monday, August 25, 2014 / Notices 

Issued at Washington, DC, on August 19, 

2014. 

LaTanya R. Butler, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2014–20131 Filed 8–22–14; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Secretary of Energy Advisory Board 

Meeting 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces an 

open meeting of the Secretary of Energy 

Advisory Board (SEAB). SEAB was 

reestablished pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463, 86 Stat. 770) (the Act). This notice 

is provided in accordance with the Act. 

DATES: Friday, September 5, 2014; 8:30 

a.m.–12:15 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Karen Gibson, Designated Federal 

Officer, U.S. Department of Energy, 

1000 Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585; telephone (202) 

586–3787; seab@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: The Board was 

established to provide advice and 

recommendations to the Secretary on 

the Department’s basic and applied 

research, economic and national 

security policy, educational issues, 

operational issues, and other activities 

as directed by the Secretary. 

Purpose of the Meeting: This meeting 

is the quarterly meeting of the Board. 

Tentative Agenda: The meeting will 

start at 8:30 a.m. on September 5th. The 

tentative meeting agenda includes 

updates on the work of the SEAB task 

forces, briefings on topics of interest 

from DOE, and comments from the 

public. The meeting will conclude at 

12:15 p.m. Agenda updates will be 

posted on the SEAB Web site: 

www.energy.gov/seab. 

Public Participation: The meeting is 

open to the public. Individuals who 

would like to attend must RSVP to 

Karen Gibson no later than 5:00 p.m. on 

Friday, August 29, 2014, by email at: 

seab@hq.doe.gov. Please provide your 

name, organization, citizenship, and 

contact information. Anyone attending 

the meeting will be required to present 

government-issued identification. Please 

note that the Department of Homeland 

Security (DHS) has determined that 

regular driver’s licenses (and ID cards) 

from the following jurisdictions are not 

acceptable: Alaska, American Samoa, 

Arizona, Louisiana, Maine, 

Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, 

Oklahoma, and Washington. Acceptable 

alternate forms of Photo-ID include: 

—U.S. Passport or Passport Card 

—An Enhanced Driver’s License or 

Enhanced ID-Card issued by the states 

of: Minnesota, New York or 

Washington (Enhanced licenses 

issued by these states are clearly 

marked Enhanced or Enhanced 

Driver’s License) 

—A military ID or other government 

issued Photo-ID card 

Individuals and representatives of 

organizations who would like to offer 

comments and suggestions may do so 

during the meeting. Approximately 30 

minutes will be reserved for public 

comments. Time allotted per speaker 

will depend on the number who wish to 

speak but will not exceed 5 minutes. 

The Designated Federal Officer is 

empowered to conduct the meeting in a 

fashion that will facilitate the orderly 

conduct of business. Those wishing to 

speak should register to do so beginning 

at 8:30 a.m. on September 5th. 

Those not able to attend the meeting 

or who have insufficient time to address 

the committee are invited to send a 

written statement to Karen Gibson, U.S. 

Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585, email to: 

seab@hq.doe.gov. 

Minutes: The minutes of the meeting 

will be available by contacting Ms. 

Gibson. She may be reached at the 

postal address or email address above, 

or by visiting SEAB’s Web site at 

www.energy.gov/seab. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on August 19, 

2014. 

LaTanya R. Butler, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Quadrennial Energy Review: Notice of 

Public Meeting 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Policy and 

Systems Analysis, Secretariat, 

Quadrennial Energy Review Task Force, 

Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: At the direction of the 

President, the U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE or Department), as the 

Secretariat for the Quadrennial Energy 

Review Task Force (QER) Task Force 

will convene a public meeting to 

discuss and receive comments on issues 

related to the Quadrennial Energy 

Review. 

DATES: The twelfth public meeting will 

be held on Monday, September 8, 2014, 

beginning at 9:00 a.m. ET. Written 

comments are welcome, especially 

following the public meeting, and 

should be submitted by Friday, October 

10, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: The twelfth meeting will be 

held at the: New Jersey Institute of 

Technology, Campus Center/Ballroom, 

150 Bleeker Street, Newark, NJ 07102– 

1982. 

You may submit written comments to: 

QERComments@hq.doe.gov or by U.S. 

mail to the Office of Energy Policy and 

Systems Analysis, EPSA–60, QER 

Meeting Comments, U.S. Department of 

Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue 

SW., Washington, DC 20585–0121. 

For the twelfth, Public Meeting, 

please title your comment ‘‘Quadrennial 

Energy Review: Comment on ElectricityEast’’. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Adonica Renee Pickett, EPSA–90, U.S. 

Department of Energy, Office of Energy 

Policy and Systems Analysis, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0121. 

Telephone: (202) 586–9168 Email: 

Adonica.Pickett@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

On January 9, 2014, President Obama 

issued a Presidential Memorandum— 

Establishing a Quadrennial Energy 

Review. To accomplish this review, the 

Presidential Memorandum establishes a 

Quadrennial Energy Review Task Force 

to be co-chaired by the Director of the 

Office of Science and Technology 

Policy, and the Director of the Domestic 

Policy Council. Under the Presidential 

Memorandum, the Secretary of Energy 

shall provide support to the Task Force, 

including support for coordination 

activities related to the preparation of 

the Quadrennial Energy Review Report, 

policy analysis and modeling, and 

stakeholder engagement. 

The DOE, as the Secretariat for the 

Quadrennial Energy Review Task Force, 

will hold a series of public meetings to 

discuss and receive comments on issues 

related to the Quadrennial Energy 

Review. 

The initial focus for the Quadrennial 

Energy Review will be our Nation’s 

infrastructure for transporting, 

transmitting, storing and delivering 

energy. Our current infrastructure is 

increasingly challenged by 

transformations in energy supply, 

markets, and patterns of end use; issues 

of aging and capacity; impacts of 

climate change; and cyber and physical 

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infrastructure may be exacerbated by the 

increasing interdependencies of energy 

systems with water, 

telecommunications, transportation, and 

emergency response systems. The first 

Quadrennial Energy Review Report will 

serve as a roadmap to help address these 

challenges. 

The Department of Energy has a broad 

role in energy policy development and 

the largest role in implementing the 

Federal Government’s energy research 

and development portfolio. Many other 

executive departments and agencies also 

play key roles in developing and 

implementing policies governing energy 

resources and consumption, as well as 

associated environmental impacts. In 

addition, non-Federal actors are crucial 

contributors to energy policies. Because 

most energy and related infrastructure is 

owned by private entities, investment 

by and engagement of the private sector 

is necessary to develop and implement 

effective policies. State and local 

policies; the views of nongovernmental, 

environmental, faith-based, labor, and 

other social organizations; and 

contributions from the academic and 

non-profit sectors are also critical to the 

development and implementation of 

effective energy policies. 

An interagency Quadrennial Energy 

Review Task Force, which includes 

members from all relevant executive 

departments and agencies (agencies), 

will develop an integrated review of 

energy policy that integrates all of these 

perspectives. It will build on the 

foundation provided in the 

Administration’s Blueprint for a Secure 

Energy Future of March 30, 2011, and 

Climate Action Plan released on June 

25, 2013. The Task Force will offer 

recommendations on what additional 

actions it believes would be appropriate. 

These may include recommendations on 

additional executive or legislative 

actions to address the energy challenges 

and opportunities facing the Nation. 

September 8, 2014 Public Meeting: 

Electricity-East 

On Monday, September 8, 2014, the 

DOE will hold a public meeting in 

Newark, New Jersey. The September 8, 

2014 public meeting will feature 

facilitated panel discussions, followed 

by an open microphone session. Persons 

desiring to speak during the open 

microphone session at the public 

meeting should come prepared to speak 

for no more than 5 minutes and will be 

accommodated on a first-come, firstserved basis, according to the order in 

which they register to speak on a signin sheet available at the meeting 

location, on the morning of the meeting. 

In advance of the meeting, DOE 

anticipates making publicly available a 

briefing memorandum providing useful 

background information regarding the 

topics under discussion at the meeting. 

DOE will post this memorandum on its 

Web site: http://energy.gov/qer. 

Submitting comments via email. 

Submitting comments by email to the 

QER email address will require you to 

provide your name and contact 

information in the transmittal email. 

Your contact information will be 

viewable to DOE staff only. Your contact 

information will not be publicly 

viewable except for your first and last 

names, organization name (if any), and 

submitter representative name (if any). 

Your contact information will be 

publicly viewable if you include it in 

the comment itself or in any documents 

attached to your comment. Any 

information that you do not want to be 

publicly viewable should not be 

included in your comment, nor in any 

document attached to your comment. 

Otherwise, persons viewing comments 

will see only first and last names, 

organization names, correspondence 

containing comments, and any 

documents submitted with the 

comments. 

Do not submit to the QER email 

address (QERcomments@hq.doe.gov) 

information for which disclosure is 

restricted by statute, such as trade 

secrets and commercial or financial 

information (hereinafter referred to as 

Confidential Business Information 

(CBI)). Comments submitted to the QER 

email address cannot be claimed as CBI. 

Comments received through the email 

address will waive any CBI claims for 

the information submitted. For 

information on submitting CBI, see the 

Confidential Business Information 

section, below. 

If you do not want your personal 

contact information to be publicly 

viewable, do not include it in your 

comment or any accompanying 

documents. Instead, provide your 

contact information in a cover letter. 

Include your first and last names, email 

address, telephone number, and 

optional mailing address. The cover 

letter will not be publicly viewable as 

long as it does not include any 

comments. 

Include contact information each time 

you submit comments, data, documents, 

and other information to DOE. If you 

submit via mail or hand delivery/

courier, please provide all items on a 

CD, if feasible, in which case it is not 

necessary to submit printed copies. No 

telefacsimiles (faxes) will be accepted. 

Comments, data, and other 

information submitted to DOE 

electronically should be provided in 

PDF (preferred), Microsoft Word or 

Excel, WordPerfect, or text (ASCII) file 

format. Provide documents that are not 

secured, written in English, and are free 

of any defects or viruses. Documents 

should not contain special characters or 

any form of encryption and, if possible, 

they should carry the electronic 

signature of the author. 

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, postal mail, or hand 

delivery/courier 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. 

Submit these documents via email or on 

a CD, if feasible. DOE will make its own 

determination about the confidential 

status of the information and treat it 

according to its determination. 

Confidential information should be 

submitted to the Confidential QER email 

address: QERConfidential@hq.doe.gov. 

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 which 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. It is DOE’s policy 

that all comments may be included in 

the public docket, without change and 

as received, including any personal 

information provided in the comments 

(except information deemed to be 

exempt from public disclosure). 

Issued in Washington, DC, on August 19, 

2014. 

Michele Torrusio, 

QER Secretariat, QER Interagency Task Force, 

U.S. Department of Energy. 

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