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their specific requirements, as 

necessary. Manufacturers will use these 

requirements when they design and 

build new e-poll book systems. VSTLs 

will refer to this document when they 

develop test plans for the analysis and 

testing of e-poll book systems to verify 

whether the system meets these 

requirements. States and Territories may 

utilize these requirements as a baseline 

and include additional requirements, as 

deemed necessary by their legislation or 

other regulations. 

Public Comments: Please note that 

comments submitted in response to this 

Notice are public record. Before 

including any detailed personal 

information, you should be aware that 

your submitted comments, including 

your personal information, will be 

available for public review. 

Respondents: Election Supporting 

Technology Manufacturers, Voting 

System Test Laboratories, State and 

Local Election Officials. 

Camden Kelliher, 

Deputy General Counsel, U.S. Election 

Assistance Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2023–25054 Filed 11–13–23; 8:45 am] 

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ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Meetings 

AGENCY: U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission. 

ACTION: Sunshine Act notice; notice of 

public meeting agenda. 

SUMMARY: Public Meeting: U.S. Election 

Assistance Commission Technical 

Guidelines Development Committee 

2023 Annual Meeting. 

DATES: Tuesday, December 5, 2023, 8:30 

a.m.–5:00 p.m. ET. 

Registration for attending this event in 

person is required and must be 

submitted by November 20, 2023. The 

registration form will be available at 

www.eac.gov/events/2023/12/05/eactechnical-guidelines-developmentcommittee-annual-meeting-december-5- 

2023. 

ADDRESSES: National Cybersecurity 

Center of Excellence, 9700 Great Seneca 

Highway, Rockville, MD 20850. 

Information on where the public can 

watch the livestream of this meeting 

will be available at www.eac.gov/events/ 

2023/12/05/eac-technical-guidelinesdevelopment-committee-annualmeeting-december-5-2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kristen Muthig, Telephone: (202) 897– 

9285, Email: kmuthig@eac.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose: In accordance with the 

Government in the Sunshine Act 

(Sunshine Act), Public Law 94–409, as 

amended (5 U.S.C. 552b), the U.S. 

Election Assistance Commission (EAC) 

will conduct the 2023 annual meeting of 

the EAC Technical Guidelines 

Development Committee (TGDC) to 

discuss regular business of the board. 

Agenda: The EAC and TGDC 

members will hold an annual meeting to 

discuss program updates for EAC 

Testing and Certification and the 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology (NIST) Voting Program. The 

meeting will also include the status of 

the Voluntary Electronic Poll Book Pilot 

Program, the annual review of the 

Voluntary Voting System Guidelines 

(VVSG), lab testing strategies, and more. 

The full agenda will be posted in 

advance on the EAC website: 

www.eac.gov/events/2023/12/05/eactechnical-guidelines-developmentcommittee-annual-meeting-december-5- 

2023. 

Background: Section 221 of the Help 

America Vote Act (HAVA) of 2002 (52 

U.S.C. 20971(b)) requires that the EAC 

to adopt voluntary voting system 

guidelines, and to provide for the 

testing, certification, decertification, and 

recertification of voting system 

hardware and software. 

The TGDC was established in 

accordance with the requirements of 

Section 221 of the Help America Vote 

Act of 2002 (Pub. L. 107–252, codified 

at 52 U.S.C. 20961), to act in the public 

interest to assist the Executive Director 

of the EAC in the development of 

voluntary voting system guidelines. 

This meeting will be open to the 

public. 

Camden Kelliher, 

Deputy General Counsel, U.S. Election 

Assistance Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2023–25134 Filed 11–9–23; 11:15 am] 

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ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 

Request for Comment: Election 

Supporting Technology Evaluation 

Program Manual 

AGENCY: U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice, request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission (EAC) is publishing the 

Election Supporting Technology 

Evaluation Program (ESTEP) Manual 

v1.0 for public comment. The intent of 

this Manual is to assist in the 

facilitation of Program activities and to 

serve as a guide for manufacturers and 

voting system test laboratories that 

select to participate in the Program. 

Participation in this program is 

voluntary. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

5 p.m. eastern on Thursday, December 

14, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: To view the Manual v1.0, 

see: https://www.eac.gov/votingequipment/Election_Supporting_

Technology_Evaluation_Program. 

Comments on the proposed ESTEP 

Manual v1.0 should be submitted 

electronically via https://

www.regulations.gov (docket IDs: EAC– 

2023–0004). Written comments on the 

proposed document can also be sent to 

the U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission, 633 3rd Street NW, Suite 

200, Washington, DC 20001, Attn: 

Election Supporting Technology 

Evaluation Program. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Elizabeth Beatrice, Election Technology 

Specialist, Election Supporting 

Technology Evaluation Program, 

Washington, DC, (202)–748–2298. 

Email: estep@eac.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose: Under the authority of the 

Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA), 

the U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission (EAC) developed the 

Election Supporting Technology 

Evaluation Program (ESTEP). This 

Program establishes a protocol for 

testing critical election-supporting 

technologies to ensure their 

conformance with baseline Federal 

standards for security and accessibility. 

While participation in this Program is 

voluntary, EAC certification benefits the 

public and wider election technology 

field by supporting State and local 

election officials, increasing quality 

control and quality assurance of 

election-supporting technologies, and 

increasing voter confidence in the use of 

these systems. 

This Manual establishes the minimum 

requirements for participation in this 

Program. If election-supporting 

technology manufacturers decide to 

participate, then they must conform to 

the Program Manual’s procedural 

requirements. 

Public Comments: Please note that 

comments submitted in response to this 

Notice are public record. Before 

including any detailed personal 

information, you should be aware that 

your submitted comments, including 

your personal information, will be 

available for public review. 

Respondents: Election Supporting 

Technology Manufacturers, Voting 


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System Test Laboratories, State and 

Local Election Officials. 

Camden Kelliher, 

Deputy General Counsel, U.S. Election 

Assistance Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2023–25058 Filed 11–13–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Notice of Request for Information (RFI) 

Regarding Challenges and 

Opportunities at the Interface of Wind 

Turbines and Radar Technology 

AGENCY: Office Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Wind Energy 

Technologies Office, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Request for information (RFI). 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE) invites public comment 

on its request for information (RFI) 

number DE–FOA–0003166 regarding 

mitigation strategies for the technical 

and operational effects of wind turbines 

on critical radar missions, as required 

by the Infrastructure Investment and 

Jobs Act also known as the Bipartisan 

Infrastructure Law (BIL). 

DATES: Responses to the RFI must be 

received by January 12, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Comments to the RFI must 

be provided in writing. Interested 

parties are to submit their written 

comments electronically to 

windenergyrfi@ee.doe.gov and include 

‘‘Comment on RFI: Challenges & 

Opportunities at the Interface of Wind 

Turbines and Radar Technology’’ in the 

subject line of the email. Email 

attachments can be provided as a 

Microsoft Word (.docx) file or an Adobe 

PDF (.pdf) file, prepared in accordance 

with the detailed instructions in the 

RFI. Documents submitted 

electronically should clearly indicate 

which topic areas and specific questions 

are being addressed and should be 

limited to no more than 25 MB in size. 

The complete RFI DE–FOA–0003166 

document is located at https://eereexchange.energy.gov/. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Hannah Taylor, hannah.taylor@

ee.doe.gov, (240) 220–8077. 

Further instructions can be found in 

the RFI document DE–FOA–0003166 

posted on EERE Exchange at https://

eere-exchange.energy.gov/. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DOE’s 

Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, on behalf of the 

Wind Energy Technologies Office and in 

collaboration with the Wind TurbineRadar Interference Mitigation (WTRIM) 

Working Group, issued this RFI to seek 

public input to help inform DOE’s 

implementation of the BIL. The WTRIM 

Working Group has been working to 

identify and develop the means to 

mitigate the technical and operational 

effects of wind turbines on critical radar 

missions. This RFI represents the latest 

effort by the WTRIM Working Group to 

better understand the challenges wind 

developers are facing regarding radar 

interference and to determine the 

capability of the marketplace to find 

solutions that mitigate the impact of 

wind turbine interference on existing 

and future radar systems. 

Specific questions can be found in the 

RFI. The RFI DE–FOA–0003166 is 

available at: https://eere-exchange.

energy.gov/. 

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 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. DOE 

will make its own determination about 

the confidential status of the 

information and treat it according to its 

determination. 

Signing Authority: This document of 

the Department of Energy was signed on 

November 6, 2023, by Dr. Becca JonesAlbertus, Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Renewable Energy, pursuant to 

delegated authority from the Secretary 

of Energy. That document with the 

original signature and date is 

maintained by DOE. For administrative 

purposes only, and in compliance with 

requirements of the Office of the Federal 

Register, the undersigned DOE Federal 

Register Liaison Officer has been 

authorized to sign and submit the 

document in electronic format for 

publication, as an official document of 

the Department of Energy. This 

administrative process in no way alters 

the legal effect of this document upon 

publication in the Federal Register. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on November 8, 

2023. 

Treena V. Garrett, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. 

Department of Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2023–25029 Filed 11–13–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Adjustment of Indemnification Amount 

for Inflation 

AGENCY: Office of the General Counsel, 

U.S. Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of adjusted 

indemnification amount. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(DOE or the Department) is announcing 

the adjusted amount of indemnification 

provided under subsection 170d. of the 

Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (AEA), 

commonly known as the PriceAnderson Act. Subsection 170t. of the 

AEA requires an inflation adjustment of 

the indemnification amount at least 

once during each 5-year period 

following July 1, 2003, in accordance 

with the aggregate percentage change in 

the Consumer Price Index (CPI). This 

notice announces $16,592,154,000 as 

the fourth inflation-adjusted 

indemnification amount based on the 

aggregate percentage change in the CPI 

during the 5-year period from July 1, 

2018 to July 1, 2023. 

DATES: This action is effective on 

November 14, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Meghan Claire Hammond, Attorney 

Advisor (GC–72), Office of the General 

Counsel, U.S. Department of Energy, 

1000 Independence Ave. SW, 

Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586–3806. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The PriceAnderson Act (PAA), section 170 of the 

AEA (42 U.S.C. 2210), establishes a 

system of financial protection for 

persons who may be liable for a 

‘‘nuclear incident,’’ as defined in 

section 11q. of the AEA (42 U.S.C. 

2014q.). The Price-Anderson Act is 

administered by DOE with respect to the 

nuclear activities of contractors acting 

on DOE’s behalf. Subsection 170d. 

provides that the Secretary of Energy 

shall enter into agreements of 

indemnification with any person who 

may conduct activities under a contract 

with DOE that involve the risk of public 

liability and that are not subject to the 

financial protection requirements of the 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission system. 

DOE’s Price-Anderson Act 

indemnification contract provisions are 

codified in the Department of Energy 

Acquisition Regulation (DEAR), which 

sets forth a standard nuclear 

indemnification clause, the Nuclear 

Hazard Indemnity Clause at 48 CFR 

952.250–70, that is incorporated into all 

DOE contracts and subcontracts in 

which the contractor is under risk of 

public liability for a nuclear incident or 

precautionary evacuation, as those 

terms are defined in the PAA. 


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