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Advisory Committee Act and the 

procedures described in this paragraph. 

Written statements can be submitted to 

the Designated Federal Officer at the 

address detailed below at any time. 

Statements being submitted in response 

to the agenda mentioned in this notice 

must be received by the Designated 

Federal Officer at the address listed 

below at least five calendar days prior 

to the meeting which is the subject of 

this notice. Written statements received 

after this date may not be provided to 

or considered by the United States Air 

Force Scientific Advisory Board until its 

next meeting. The Designated Federal 

Officer will review all timely 

submissions with the United States Air 

Force Scientific Advisory Board 

Chairperson and ensure they are 

provided to members of the United 

States Air Force Scientific Advisory 

Board before the meeting that is the 

subject of this notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

United States Air Force Scientific 

Advisory Board Executive Director and 

Designated Federal Officer, Lt Col 

Anthony M. Mitchell, 301–981–7135, 

United States Air Force Scientific 

Advisory Board, 1602 California Ave., 

Ste. #251, Andrews AFB, MD 20762, 

anthonym.mitchell@pentagon.af.mil. 

Bao-Anh Trinh, 

Air Force Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–32600 Filed 12–27–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–10–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Blue Ribbon Commission on 

America’s Nuclear Future 

AGENCY: Department of Energy, Office of 

Nuclear Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces an 

open meeting of the Blue Ribbon 

Commission on America’s Nuclear 

Future (the Commission). The 

Commission was organized 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: Thursday, January 6, 2011; 1 

p.m.–5 p.m. EST. Friday, January 7, 

2011; 8 a.m.–3:30 p.m. EST. 

ADDRESSES: Augusta Marriott Hotel and 

Suites, Two Tenth Street, Augusta, GA 

30901, (706) 722–8900. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Timothy A. Frazier, Designated Federal 

Officer, U.S. Department of Energy, 

1000 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585; telephone (202) 

586–4243 or facsimile (202) 586–0544; 

e-mail 

CommissionDFO@nuclear.energy.gov. 

Additional information may also be 

available at http://www.brc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice is being published less that 15 

days from the date of the meeting and 

tour due to logistical circumstances and 

the inability to delay and reschedule the 

meeting and tour in a timely fashion. In 

addition, the dates for the meeting and 

tour have been publicly known for 

several weeks and posted on http:// 

www.brc.gov. 

Background: The President directed 

that the Blue Ribbon Commission on 

America’s Nuclear Future (the 

Commission) be established to conduct 

a comprehensive review of policies for 

managing the back end of the nuclear 

fuel cycle. The Commission will 

provide advice and make 

recommendations on issues including 

alternatives for the storage, processing, 

and disposal of civilian and defense 

spent nuclear fuel and nuclear waste. 

The Commission is scheduled to 

submit a draft report to the Secretary of 

Energy by July 2011, and a final report 

by January 2012. 

Purpose of the Meeting: The meeting 

will provide the Commission with a 

range of local and regional perspectives 

from a wide variety of individuals and 

organizations. The Commission will 

also tour the Savannah River Site to see 

first-hand the site’s facilities involved in 

the treatment, packaging and storage of 

used fuel and high-level wastes and 

other facilities related to the back end of 

the nuclear fuel cycle. 

Tentative Agenda: The site tour is 

expected to start at 1 p.m. on January 6 

with the Commissioners touring 

relevant areas of the Savannah River 

Site. The meeting on January 7 will 

begin at 8 a.m. at the Augusta Marriott 

Hotel and Suites. The Commission will 

hear presentations and statements from 

various stakeholder groups, and ask 

questions of the presenters, to provide 

additional information for Commission 

consideration. The meeting on January 7 

is expected to conclude with public 

statements starting at approximately 

2:30 p.m. The meeting will end by 3:30 

p.m. 

Public Participation: A drive-by tour 

of some of the Savannah River Site 

facilities is being offered to the general 

public on a first come, first served basis. 

Registration for the public tour will 

open at 8 a.m. on Monday, January 3, 

2011, and close at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, 

January 4, 2011. Individuals interested 

in the public tour may register by 

calling 803–952–8467. A limited 

number of seats are available. 

Individuals and representatives of 

organizations who would like to offer 

comments and suggestions may do so at 

the end of the meeting on January 7, 

2011. Approximately one hour will be 

reserved for public comments. Time 

allotted per speaker will depend on the 

number who wish to speak but will not 

exceed five 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 

a.m. on January 7, 2011, at the Augusta 

Marriott Hotel and Suites. Registration 

to speak will close at 1 p.m., January 7, 

2011. 

Those not able to attend the meeting 

or have insufficient time to address the 

committee are invited to send a written 

statement to Timothy A. Frazier, U.S. 

Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585, e-mail to 

CommissionDFO@nuclear.energy.gov, or 

post comments on the Commission Web 

site at http://www.brc.gov. 

Additionally, the meeting will be 

available via live webcast. The link will 

be available at http://www.brc.gov. 

Minutes: The minutes of the meeting 

will be available at http://www.brc.gov 

or by contacting Mr. Frazier. He may be 

reached at the postal address or e-mail 

address above. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on December 

22, 2010. 

LaTanya R. Butler, 

Acting Deputy Committee Management 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–32579 Filed 12–27–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

National Energy Technology 

Laboratory; Notice of Intent To Grant 

Exclusive License 

AGENCY: National Energy Technology 

Laboratory, Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent To Grant 

Exclusive License. 

SUMMARY: This notice is issued in 

accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(c)(1) and 

37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i). NETL hereby 

gives notice of its intent to grant an 

exclusive license to practice the 

inventions described and claimed in 

U.S. Patent Application Numbers 61/ 

305,116 and 12/422,346, entitled 

‘‘Method for designing a reforming and/ 

or combustion catalyst system’’ and 

‘‘Pyrochlore-type catalysts for the 

reforming of hydrocarbon fuels,’’ 

respectively, to Pyrochem Catalyst 


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Corporation, having its principal place 

of business in Durham, NC. The 

inventions are owned by United States 

of America, as represented by the 

Department of Energy. The prospective 

exclusive license will comply with the 

terms and conditions of 35 U.S.C. 209 

and 37 CFR 404.7. 

DATES: Written comments or 

nonexclusive license applications are to 

be received at the address listed below 

no later than January 12, 2011. 

Objections submitted in response to this 

notice will not be made available to the 

public for inspection and, to the extent 

permitted by law, will not be released 

under the Freedom of Information Act, 

5 U.S.C. 552. 

ADDRESSES: Objections relating to the 

prospective exclusive license may be 

submitted to the Office of Chief 

Counsel, National Energy Technology 

Laboratory, 3610 Collins Ferry Rd., P.O. 

Box 880, Morgantown, WV 26506 or via 

facsimile at (412) 386–5949. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jessica Sosenko, Technology Transfer 

Program Manager, U.S. Department of 

Energy, National Energy Technology 

Laboratory, P.O. Box 10940, Pittsburgh, 

PA 15236; Telephone (412) 386–7417; 

E-mail: jessica.sosenko@netl.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 35 U.S.C. 

209(c) provides the DOE with authority 

to grant exclusive or partially exclusive 

licenses in Department-owned 

inventions, where a determination can 

be made, among other things, that the 

desired practical application of the 

invention has not been achieved, or is 

not likely expeditiously to be achieved, 

under a nonexclusive license. The 

statute and implementing regulations 

(37 CFR part 404) require that the 

necessary determinations be made after 

public notice and opportunity for filing 

written objections. 

Pyrochem Catalyst Corporation, a new 

small business, has applied for an 

exclusive license to practice the 

inventions and has a plan for 

commercialization of the invention. 

DOE intends to grant the license, upon 

a final determination in accordance 

with 35 U.S.C. 209(c), unless within 15 

days of publication of this notice the 

NETL Technology Transfer Manager 

(contact information listed above), 

receives in writing any of the following, 

together with the supporting 

documents: 

(i) A statement from any person 

setting forth reasons why it would not 

be in the best interest of the United 

States to grant the proposed license; or 

(ii) An application for a nonexclusive 

license to the invention, in which 

applicant states that it already has 

brought the invention to practical 

application or is likely to bring the 

invention to practical application 

expeditiously. 

The proposed license will be 

exclusive, subject to a license and other 

rights retained by the U.S. Government, 

and subject to a negotiated royalty. The 

Department will review all timely 

written responses to this notice, and 

will grant the license if, after expiration 

of the 15-day notice period, and after 

consideration of any written responses 

to this notice, a determination is made, 

in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(c), 

that the license grant is in the public 

interest. 

Dated: December 10, 2010. 

Anthony V. Cugini, 

Director, National Energy Technology 

Laboratory. 

[FR Doc. 2010–32584 Filed 12–27–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Proposed Subsequent Arrangement 

AGENCY: Office of Nonproliferation and 

International Security, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Proposed subsequent 

arrangement. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Article VIII.C of 

the Agreement for Cooperation 

Concerning Civil Uses of Atomic 

Energy, signed April 4, 1972, as 

amended, the American Institute in 

Taiwan and the Taipei Economic and 

Cultural Representative Office (TECRO) 

hereby jointly determine that the 

provisions in Article XI of the 

Agreement may be effectively applied 

with respect of the plan proposed by 

TECRO in March 2010 for the alteration 

in form or content of U.S.-origin nuclear 

material contained in irradiated fuel 

elements at the hot laboratory of the 

Institute of Nuclear Energy Research, 

Lungtan, Taiwan. The facility is hereby 

found acceptable to both parties 

pursuant to Article VIII.C of the 

Agreement for the sole purpose of 

alteration in form or content of 

irradiated fuel elements for the period 

ending December 31, 2015. 

In accordance with section 131a. of 

the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as 

amended, it has been determined that 

this subsequent arrangement will not be 

inimical to the common defense and 

security. 

This subsequent arrangement will 

take effect no sooner than January 12, 

2011. 

Dated: December 21, 2010. 

For the Department of Energy. 

Thomas P. D’Agostino, 

Administrator, National Nuclear Security 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2010–32586 Filed 12–27–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP11–46–000] 

Kern River Gas Transmission 

Company; Notice of Application 

December 21, 2010. 

Take notice that on December 9, 2010, 

Kern River Gas Transmission Company 

(Kern River), 2755 E. Cottonwood 

Parkway, Suite 300, Salt Lake City, Utah 

84121, filed in the above referenced 

docket an application pursuant to 

section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act 

(NGA) and Part 157 of the Commission’s 

regulations, for an order granting a 

certificate of public convenience to 

construct and operate the Mountain 

Pass Lateral and appurtenant facilities, 

all as more fully set forth in the 

application which is on file with the 

Commission and open to public 

inspection. The filing may also be 

viewed on the web at http:// 

www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. 

Enter the docket number excluding the 

last three digits in the docket number 

field to access the document. For 

assistance, please contact FERC Online 

Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll 

free at (866) 208–3676, or TTY, contact 

(202) 502–8659. 

Specifically, the Mountain Pass lateral 

is an 8.6-mile, 8-inch diameter pipeline 

routing generally south from Kern River 

mainlines along the western edge of 

Ivanpah Valley, over the Clark 

Mountains, and terminating on 

Molycorp property. Also, as part of the 

project Kern River proposes to construct 

a new meter station, capable of 

measuring and delivering 24,270 

dekatherms per day (Dth/d) of natural 

gas, and a pig receiver facility to be 

located at the Molycorp facility. 

Any questions concerning this 

application may be directed to Michael 

Loeffler, Senior Director, Certificates, 

Kern River Gas Transmission Company, 

MidAmerican Energy Pipeline Group, 

1111 South 103rd Street, Omaha, 

Nebraska 68124, at (402) 398–7103. 

Pursuant to section 157.9 of the 

Commission’s rules, 18 CFR 157.9, 

within 90 days of this Notice the 

Commission staff will either: Complete 

its environmental assessment (EA) and 


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