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you may do so either before or after the 

meeting. If you would like to make oral 

statements regarding any of the items on 

the agenda, you should contact Melea 

Baker via FAX at 301–903–4846 or via 

e-mail (Melea.Baker@science.doe.gov). 

You must make your request for an oral 

statement at least 5 business days prior 

to the meeting. Reasonable provision 

will be made to include the scheduled 

oral statements on the agenda. The 

Chairperson of the Committee will 

conduct the meeting to facilitate the 

orderly conduct of business. Public 

comment will follow the 10-minute 

rule. This notice is being published less 

than 15 days before the date of the 

meeting due to programmatic issues. 

Minutes: The minutes of this meeting 

will be available for public review and 

copying within 30 days at the Freedom 

of Information Public Reading Room; 

1G–033, Forrestal Building; 1000 

Independence Avenue, SW.; 

Washington, DC 20585; between 9 a.m. 

and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except holidays. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on September 

16, 2010. 

Rachel Samuel, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–23656 Filed 9–21–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Unconventional Resources 

Technology Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Department of Energy, Office of 

Fossil Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Unconventional 

Resources Technology Advisory 

Committee. The Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (Pub. L. No. 92–463, 86 

Stat. 770) requires that public notice of 

this meeting be announced in the 

Federal Register. 

DATES: Wednesday, October 13, 2010, 8 

a.m.–5 p.m. (CDT). 

Thursday, October 14, 2010, 8 a.m.– 

12 p.m. (CDT). 

ADDRESSES: Wyndham Riverfront New 

Orleans, 701 Convention Center 

Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana 

70130. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Elena Melchert, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Office of Oil and Natural Gas, 

Washington, DC 20585. Phone: 202– 

586–5600. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Committee: The 

purpose of the Unconventional 

Resources Technology Advisory 

Committee is to provide advice on 

development and implementation of 

programs related to onshore 

unconventional natural gas and other 

petroleum resources to the Secretary of 

Energy; and provide comments and 

recommendations and priorities for the 

Department of Energy Annual Plan per 

requirements of the Energy Policy Act of 

2005, Title IX, Subtitle J, Section 999D. 

Tentative Agenda: 

October 13: 

7:30 a.m. Registration. 

8 a.m.–4:45 p.m. Welcome & 

Introductions, Opening Remarks, 

and Discussion of Subcommittee 

Reports, and Findings regarding 

Draft 2011 Annual Plan. 

4:45 p.m. Public Comments. 

5 p.m. Adjourn. 

October 14: 

7:30 a.m. Registration. 

8 a.m.–12 p.m. Discussion of 

Recommendations regarding Draft 

2011 Annual Plan. 

12 p.m. Adjourn. 

Public Participation: The meeting is 

open to the public. The Designated 

Federal Officer and the Chairman of the 

Committee will lead the meeting for the 

orderly conduct of business. If you 

would like to file a written statement 

with the Committee, you may do so 

either before or after the meeting. If you 

would like to make oral statements 

regarding any of the items on the 

agenda, you should contact Elena 

Melchert at the address or telephone 

number listed above. You must make 

your request for an oral statement at 

least two business days prior to the 

meeting, and reasonable provisions will 

be made to include the presentation on 

the agenda. Public comment will follow 

the 5 minute rule. 

Minutes: The minutes of this meeting 

will be available for public review and 

copying within 60 days at the Freedom 

of Information Public Reading Room, 

Room 1G–033, Forrestal Building, 1000 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 4 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

Issued at Washington, DC, on September 

16, 2010. 

Rachel Samuel, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–23658 Filed 9–21–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Unconventional Resources 

Technology Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Department of Energy, Office of 

Fossil Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Unconventional 

Resources Technology Advisory 

Committee. The Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463, 86 Stat. 

770) requires that notice of this meeting 

be announced in the Federal Register. 

DATES: Thursday, October 21, 2010, 

1 p.m. to 3 p.m. (EDT). 

ADDRESSES: IBM, 955 L’Enfant Plaza 

North, SW., Suite 1500, Washington, DC 

20024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Elena Melchert, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Office of Oil and Natural Gas, 

Washington, DC 20585. Phone: 202– 

586–5600. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Committee: The 

purpose of the Unconventional 

Resources Technology Advisory 

Committee is to provide advice on 

development and implementation of 

programs related to onshore 

unconventional natural gas and other 

petroleum resources to the Secretary of 

Energy and provide comments and 

recommendations and priorities for the 

Department of Energy Annual Plan per 

requirements of the Energy Policy Act of 

2005, Title IX, Subtitle J, Section 999. 

Tentative Agenda: 

12:30 p.m. Registration. 

1 p.m. Welcome and Roll Call; 

Opening Remarks by the Committee 

Chair; Report by the Editing 

Subcommittee; Facilitated 

Discussion by the Members 

regarding Final Report; Approval of 

Committee Final Report. 

2:45 p.m. Public Comments. 

3 p.m. Adjourn. 

Public Participation: The meeting is 

open to the public. The Designated 

Federal Officer and the Chairman of the 

Committee will lead the meeting for the 

orderly conduct of business. If you 

would like to file a written statement 

with the Committee, you may do so 

either before or after the meeting. If you 

would like to make oral statements 

regarding any of the items on the 

agenda, you should contact Elena 

Melchert at the address or telephone 

number listed above. You must make 

your request for an oral statement at 

least two business days prior to the 

meeting, and reasonable provisions will 

be made to include the presentation on 


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1The previous estimate reported average burden 

hours per response and total burden hours as 2,402 

and 1,237,030 respectively (for the 515 

respondents). Further, the previous estimate 

reported the average annual cost per respondent 

and total annual cost as $141,045 and $72,638,045 

respectively. 

the agenda. Public comment will follow 

the 5 minute rule. 

Minutes: The minutes of this meeting 

will be available for public review and 

copying within 60 days at the Freedom 

of Information Public Reading Room, 

Room 1G–033, Forrestal Building, 1000 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 

4 p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

federal holidays. 

Issued at Washington, DC, on September 

16, 2010. 

Rachel Samuel, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–23657 Filed 9–21–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. IC10–555–000] 

Commission Information Collection 

Activities (FERC–555); Comment 

Request; Extension 

September 16, 2010. 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed information 

collection and request for comments. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

requirements of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A) (2006), (Pub. L. 

104–13), the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission (Commission or FERC) is 

soliciting public comment on the 

proposed information collection 

described below. 

DATES: Comments in consideration of 

the collection of information are due 

November 22, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be filed 

either electronically (eFiled) or in paper 

format, and should refer to Docket No. 

IC10–555–000. Documents must be 

prepared in an acceptable filing format 

and in compliance with Commission 

submission guidelines at http:// 

www.ferc.gov/help/submissionguide.asp. eFiling instructions are 

available at: http://www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/efiling.asp. First time users must 

follow eRegister instructions at: http:// 

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

eregistration.asp, to establish a user 

name and password before eFiling. The 

Commission will send an automatic 

acknowledgement to the sender’s e-mail 

address upon receipt of eFiled 

comments. Commenters making an 

eFiling should not make a paper filing. 

Commenters that are not able to file 

electronically must send an original and 

two (2) paper copies of their comments 

to: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, Secretary of the 

Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 

Washington, DC 20426. 

Users interested in receiving 

automatic notification of activity in this 

docket may do so through eSubscription 

at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

esubscription.asp. In addition, all 

comments and FERC issuances may be 

viewed, printed or downloaded 

remotely through FERC’s eLibrary at 

http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

elibrary.asp, by searching on Docket No. 

IC10–555. For user assistance, contact 

FERC Online Support by e-mail at 

ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, or by phone 

at: (866) 208–3676 (toll-free), or (202) 

502–8659 for TTY. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION Ellen Brown 

may be reached by e-mail at 

DataClearance@FERC.gov, telephone at 

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

0873. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

information collected under the 

requirements of FERC–555, ‘‘Records 

Retention Requirements’’ (OMB No. 

1902–0098), is used by the Commission 

to carry out its responsibilities in 

implementing the statutory provisions 

of sections 301, 304 and 309 of the 

Federal Power Act (FPA) (16 U.S.C. 825, 

825c and 825h), sections 8, 10 and 16 

of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) (15 U.S.C. 

717–717w), and section 20 of the 

Interstate Commerce Act (ICA, 49 U.S.C. 

20). 

The regulations for preservation of 

records establish retention periods, 

necessary guidelines, and requirements 

for retention of applicable records for 

the regulated public utilities, natural gas 

and oil pipeline companies subject to 

the Commission’s jurisdiction. These 

records will be used by the regulated 

companies as the basis for their required 

rate filings and reports for the 

Commission. In addition, the records 

will be used by the Commission’s audit 

staff during compliance reviews, by 

enforcement staff during investigations, 

and for special analyses as deemed 

necessary by the Commission. 

On January 8, 1999 the Commission 

issued AI99–2–000, an Accounting 

Issuance providing guidance on records 

storage media. Specifically, FERC gave 

each jurisdictional company the 

flexibility to select its own storage 

media. The storage media selected must 

have a life expectancy equal to the 

applicable record period unless the 

quality of the data transferred from one 

media to another with no loss of data 

would exceed the record period. 

On January 27, 2000, FERC issued a 

final rule amending its records retention 

regulations for public utilities and 

licensees, and natural gas and oil 

pipeline companies. These changes 

included revising the general 

instructions, and shortening various 

records retention periods. The final 

rule’s objective was to reduce or 

eliminate burdensome and unnecessary 

regulatory requirements. 

It has been more than ten years since 

the issuance of the final rule and the 

accounting guidance, and, it is expected 

that jurisdictional companies have 

experienced more than sufficient time to 

implement these provisions. No 

additional changes have been made to 

the record retention requirements 

specified under FERC–555. The 

Commission implements these filing 

requirements in the Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR) under 18 CFR Parts 

125, 225, and 356. 

Action: The Commission is requesting 

a three-year extension of the current 

expiration date, with no changes to the 

existing collection of data. 

Burden Statement: In order to obtain 

a more accurate burden figure, 

Commission staff asked a small number 

of FERC–555 respondents to estimate 

the burden imposed by this data 

collection. The results show that the 

record retention requirements under 

FERC–555 were underestimated in the 

previous renewal of this information 

collection.1 The following table portrays 

the updated burden estimate based on 

industry responses: 


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